Team Stats

1990–91 Regular Season

Coach: Rick Dudley
Total Players: 37
Related1990–91 game results1990–91 standingsRound 1 vs MTL breakdown
Season Summary

31-30-19, 81 points, a +14 goal differential.

Team Totals
292
278
+14
18.3%
83.2%
3.48
GF
GA
DIFF
PP%
PK%
GAA
NHL
7th
14th
9th
14th
5th
14th
CONF
4th
8th
5th
8th
2nd
8th
DIV
2nd
4th
3rd
3rd
1st
4th
ALL-TIME
74th pct
41st pct
48th pct
39th pct
61st pct

All-time is where 1990–91 ranks among Sabres regular seasons, as a percentile: GF, GA and DIFF since 1970–71 (55 seasons), PP% and PK% since 1977–78 (48). GF, GA and DIFF are relative to each season's league scoring. Higher is better, GA included.

Goal differential
LEAGUE MED 0BUF +14-118+86
One dot per NHL team.
Team Leaders

Skater Scatter

Any two stats, one dot per skater. What is xG?

Dot size is ice time per game. Above the dashed line: more Goals than xG.

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Win DNA

Yes-or-no box-score traits, and how often the Sabres won with and without each. Correlation, not cause.

How this is measured

Every counting stat runs higher in a win (you score more when you win), so each game gets a yes-or-no question instead, and the win rate when yes is set against the win rate when no. The gap is the lift, in percentage points. A trait can be a symptom of a good night as much as a reason for one. Shot-attempt share (CF%) is left out: in a single game the trailing team piles up attempts, so out-attempting the opponent has gone with a lower win rate.

31-30 in 61 decided games, 1990–91 regular season, with 2 of those losses in overtime.
Wins (31)Losses (30, 2 in overtime)
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%

The wider the gap on an axis, the more that trait separates a win from a loss.

The raw split, wins vs losses

The totals the table above deliberately doesn't lead with. Goals and points from both positions climb in wins, but the defense's share of the offense barely moves, which is why the question is who else scored, not whether the D did.

PER GAMEWINS (31)LOSSES (30)
Forward goals4.102.17
Defense goals0.710.30
Forward points9.454.97
Defense points2.681.33
Different goal scorers4.032.40
D share of points22%21%
D share of shots27%28%

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGS%
Dale Hawerchuk1080315889+232120119416.0%
Pierre Turgeon8778324779+1426132317418.4%
Dave Andreychuk2580363369+1132130423415.4%
Alexander Mogilny8962303464+141633520114.9%
Rick Vaive2771252752+117490315516.1%
Christian Ruuttu2177163450-69623115510.3%
Benoit Hogue3376192847-87610213414.2%
Uwe Krupp4474123244+14666001388.7%
Grant Ledyard36082331+13462111186.8%
Doug Bodger85852328-8542001393.6%
Dave Snuggerud188091524-13320421287.0%
Mikko Makela246015722-2252216224.2%
Mike Ramsey57161420+1446001876.9%
Rob Ray32668816-113500015414.8%
Darrin Shannon34348614-11121005614.3%
Mike Hartman18609312-102042016513.8%
Dean Kennedy6644812+5119002468.7%
Mike Foligno1731459+4420002714.8%
Kevin Haller721189+920100422.4%
Ken Sutton615369+2132002611.5%
Lou Franceschetti3235178+228001205.0%
Tony Tanti910178+26000195.3%
Donald Audette288437-142011723.5%
John Tucker71813404000166.3%
Greg Brown939123-2035000263.8%
Greg Paslawski281221304001922.2%
Jay Wells2443123-1886000362.8%
Bill Houlder237022-2400070.0%
Jiri Sejba2311022-58000100.0%
Brian Curran3417011-34300070.0%
Joel Savage383011-2000020.0%
Darcy Loewen106000-4800020.0%
Brad Miller4413000-16700040.0%
Total2924507421678731531241012.1%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLTGAASV%SO
Daren Puppa3138151163.38.8852
Clint Malarchuk30371214103.35.8911
Darcy Wakaluk34164533.33.8810
David Littman3110005.04.8330
Total3130193

A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings. The Total row leaves GP out for that reason.