Team Stats

2015–16 Regular Season

Coach: Dan Bylsma
Total Players: 35
Related2015–16 game results2015–16 standings
Season Summary

35-36-11, 81 points, a -16 goal differential.

PENALTIES
Drew 324, took 290 (+34)
Team Totals
199
215
-16
18.9%
82.6%
49.4%
2.62
6.6%
.925
0.991
GF
GA
DIFF
PP%
PK%
FO%
GAA
S% (5v5)
SV% (5v5)
PDO (5v5)
NHL
25th
15th
19th
12th
9th
21st
15th
29th
17th
26th
CONF
13th
8th
11th
5th
7th
13th
8th
15th
10th
14th
DIV
7th
3rd
6th
2nd
2nd
8th
3rd
7th
5th
7th
ALL-TIME
21st pct
50th pct
28th pct
49th pct
55th pct
66th pct
21st pct
79th pct

All-time is where 2015–16 ranks among Sabres regular seasons, as a percentile: GF, GA and DIFF since 1970–71 (55 seasons), PP% and PK% since 1977–78 (48), FO% since 1997–98 (28), S% (5v5) and SV% (5v5) since 2009–10 (17). GF, GA and DIFF are relative to each season's league scoring. Higher is better, GA included.

Goal differential
LEAGUE MED +5BUF -16-53+57
One dot per NHL team.
PDO (5v5)
LEAGUE MED 0.997BUF 0.9910.9831.024
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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Games 1 (Oct 8) to 82 (Apr 9)

82 games.

Shot Map

Every BUF shot attempt this season, to scale, attacking right.

Shot on goal (size = xG)GoalMissed shot×Blocked shot

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.

35-47 in 82 decided games, 2015–16 regular season, with 11 of those losses in overtime or a shootout.
Wins (35)Losses (47, 11 in overtime or a shootout)
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 (35)LOSSES (47)
Forward goals3.031.36
Defense goals0.490.26
Forward points6.803.13
Defense points2.141.23
Different goal scorers3.061.47
D share of points24%28%
D share of shots23%29%

Line Combinations

Lines and pairs at 5v5 this season, summed over every game together. 82 of 82 games have shift data.

What do TOI, CF, xG% etc. mean?
GP
Games in which this exact line/pair shared the ice together at 5v5.
TOI
Time on ice together at 5v5, meaning the whole line/pair on the ice at once, not any one player's own total. Only the seconds that exact pair or trio was the unit count, which is why a pair's TOI and xG% here differ slightly from the WOWY table, where together counts every 5v5 second the two share, whoever else is on the ice.
xGF / xGA
Expected goals for/against while this combo was on the ice, from this site's own xG model.
xG%
Share of on-ice expected goals this combo earned: xGF / (xGF + xGA). The single best read on who controlled play.
GF / GA
Actual goals for/against while this combo was on the ice together.
CF / CA (Corsi For / Against, Shot Attempts)
"Corsi" is just the hockey-analytics name for total shot attempts: shots on goal, missed shots, and blocked shots combined, a volume proxy for who had the puck more. CF is this combo's own attempts, CA is the opponent's.
CF%
Share of on-ice shot attempts (Corsi) this combo earned: CF / (CF + CA).
CF% Rel
This combo's CF% minus the team's own CF% in the minutes this exact combo was NOT on the ice. Positive means the combo lifted the team's play; negative means it dragged it down.
xGF% Rel
This combo's xG% minus the team's own xG% in the minutes this exact combo was NOT on the ice. Positive means the combo lifted the team's expected-goals share; negative means it dragged it down.
FF / FA
Unblocked shot attempts (also called Fenwick): shots on goal plus misses, excluding blocks. One layer closer to real scoring chances than CF/CA.
SF / SA
Shots on goal for/against while this combo was on the ice together.
Minimum Ice Time
Drag the slider on each table down to see combos with less shared ice time. Their percentages get noisier the lower you go, since a combo that barely played together can swing to 100% or 0% off a single shot.
STRENGTH
Forward Lines
LineGPTOIxGFxGAxG%GFGACFCACF%CF% RelxGF% RelFFFASFSA
Gionta–Foligno–Larsson33339:310.000.00131229233246.8%-0.8%228260164183
O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart29191:040.000.006617214254.8%7.6%1311119885
McGinn–O'Reilly–Reinhart18185:540.000.007516517848.1%0.6%12313788100
Kane–Reinhart–Eichel25150:080.000.007615114950.3%2.9%1171159088
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Defense Pairs
LineGPTOIxGFxGAxG%GFGACFCACF%CF% RelxGF% RelFFFASFSA
Gorges–Ristolainen771184:080.000.003344977117045.5%-2.9%714879530624
Bogosian–McCabe54753:110.000.00232559372844.9%-3.2%461548341388
Franson–Weber29309:180.000.007925023152.0%4.8%199176146131
Franson–McCabe30248:190.000.007823419454.7%7.7%174148126118
Colaiacovo–Pysyk22225:560.000.007822418954.2%7.1%15814010695
Pysyk–McCabe29167:220.000.006513714448.8%1.4%1061118572
Bogosian–Ristolainen26120:420.000.00551199755.1%7.9%88766247
Colaiacovo–Franson15117:330.000.00457410940.4%-7.3%48784060
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With or Without You

Buffalo's 5v5 CF% and xGF% with Ristolainen on the ice, with and without each teammate. Δ is together minus apart. That gap is always measured from the named player's side, so the same pair can read positive on one player's table and negative on the other's. 2015–16 regular season, minimum 20:00 together. Together counts every 5v5 second the two share, whoever else is on the ice, so a pair's time and xGF% here differ slightly from the Line Combinations table, which counts only the seconds that exact pair or trio was the unit. 82 of 82 games have shift data.

Teammate
TOGETHER
RISTOLAINEN APART
IMPACT
TOI TogetherCF%xGF%CF%xGF%Δ CF%Δ xGF%
Gorges
1189:1245.4%
45.6%
-0.2
O'Reilly
487:4045.3%
45.5%
-0.2
Gionta
454:3145.4%
45.4%
0.0
Eichel
405:5645.7%
45.3%
+0.4
Reinhart
403:3048.4%
44.3%
+4.1
Kane
384:3246.9%
44.9%
+2.0
Larsson
367:0948.0%
44.5%
+3.5
Foligno
364:1748.1%
44.6%
+3.5
McGinn
300:3946.6%
45.1%
+1.5
Girgensons
296:3646.0%
45.3%
+0.7
Moulson
287:0544.8%
45.5%
-0.7
Deslauriers
224:5038.8%
46.6%
-7.8
Legwand
150:0840.8%
45.9%
-5.1
Bogosian
121:2154.8%
44.6%
+10.2
Ennis
108:4144.1%
45.5%
-1.4
McCabe
62:1743.3%
45.5%
-2.2
O'Reilly
45:4033.3%
45.8%
-12.5
Weber
41:5424.4%
46.0%
-21.6
Colaiacovo
37:1942.4%
45.5%
-3.1
Fasching
32:1945.9%
45.4%
+0.5
Bailey
31:2937.0%
45.6%
-8.6
Schaller
30:1834.7%
45.6%
-10.9
Catenacci
26:3344.7%
45.4%
-0.7

Shift Profile

Shift length and on-ice results, 2015–16 regular season. Empty-net goals against are left out. 82 of 82 games have shift data.

What do Short %, Hemmed-In Shifts, Long-Change Gap etc. mean?
GP (shifts)
Games in which the NHL shift chart has rows for this skater. It can read lower than the games played in the Skaters table, because a game with no usable shift chart is left out of every column here.
Short / Long
"Short" is a skater's shifts under 0:45; "Long" is their shifts of 1:00 or more. Short % / Long % is the share of all their shifts that fall in that range.
CF% (short) / CF% (long)
Shot-attempt share (Corsi) specifically during a skater's own short shifts versus their own long shifts. Compares whether they generate or allow more when the shift is quick versus when it drags on.
GF-GA (long)
Goals for minus goals against specifically during a skater's shifts of 1:00 or more. A single-game or short-series number here is a very small sample; look for it to hold up across a season.
PP Shifts / PK Shifts
Number of shifts a skater started while their team had a power play or was shorthanded, tagged by the strength in effect at the moment they stepped on the ice.
Long-Change Gap
This skater's average 2nd-period shift length minus the average of their 1st and 3rd. Positive means their shifts really do run longer in the 2nd, but that period is the "long change" (the bench sits at center ice, so whichever team is defending the far end can't change on the fly as easily), so a positive gap isn't automatically fatigue.
Hemmed-In Shifts
Even-strength shifts in which the unit was on for more than 60 seconds of unbroken play: no whistle came, so they could not change. The number in parentheses is how many of those only ended at a whistle. Most of such a shift is ordinary play: the first minute looks like any other stretch of the game, and only the time past it tilts hard toward the defending end (the game page counts that as pinned time). Shift length is an outcome here, not a cause, so this column says nothing about why a goal went in.
Short-Rest Shifts
Even-strength shifts a skater started after less than 45 seconds on the bench, same period only (an intermission is a full rest). Power-play and penalty-kill units legitimately take long shifts and short rests, so both of these columns leave them out.
PlayerGP (shifts)ShiftsAvg ShiftShort %Long %CF% (short)CF% (long)GF-GA (long)PP ShiftsPK ShiftsLong-Change GapHemmed-In ShiftsShort-Rest Shifts
R. Ristolainen8225730:4847.8%26.2%46.7%49.0%+14248281+6s250 (53 to whistle)447
J. Gorges7722130:4357.6%16.8%45.1%34.3%-248265+4s189 (40 to whistle)364
J. McCabe7720190:4453.5%18.0%49.1%38.5%-457203+4s213 (53 to whistle)288
R. O'Reilly7118350:5040.1%29.2%50.6%53.7%+6204253+2s179 (36 to whistle)110
Z. Bogosian6418040:4846.2%25.2%45.2%47.4%+4149168+3s228 (61 to whistle)287
J. Eichel8117960:5238.5%32.9%51.3%57.9%+12200122+3s270 (53 to whistle)93
B. Gionta7917780:4745.0%24.8%44.2%50.4%+4197206+3s205 (44 to whistle)89
S. Reinhart7916050:5039.6%27.4%57.6%61.4%+1820043+2s178 (24 to whistle)71
E. Kane6515520:5334.0%35.4%50.4%57.1%+2174154+1s269 (60 to whistle)104
Z. Girgensons7114410:4451.1%17.0%46.2%48.0%-198154+1s124 (30 to whistle)44
J. Larsson7414380:4645.5%22.0%48.8%48.8%-111273+1s169 (28 to whistle)58
C. Franson5914140:4257.6%17.8%51.4%58.0%-1147104+2s116 (23 to whistle)111
M. Foligno7513850:4352.9%15.7%45.2%48.0%-26595+2s135 (19 to whistle)54
M. Moulson8112940:4550.5%19.6%53.0%60.2%+119221+1s128 (25 to whistle)44
M. Pysyk5512770:4160.3%15.3%53.0%47.1%-37069-1s123 (31 to whistle)134
J. McGinn6311360:4744.6%23.2%54.4%58.8%+415530+2s91 (19 to whistle)34
D. Legwand7911330:4160.6%12.8%42.3%25.5%-2142730s67 (17 to whistle)26
N. Deslauriers7010020:4350.2%19.1%40.1%40.8%-135320s135 (30 to whistle)34
M. Weber358030:4257.2%16.3%49.8%44.2%+2886+3s69 (11 to whistle)82
C. Colaiacovo367660:4161.2%14.5%50.1%41.2%-217230s78 (13 to whistle)80
T. Ennis234820:5236.3%35.3%54.5%55.8%+26413+6s83 (15 to whistle)26
C. O'Reilly202880:4747.9%21.2%47.7%54.2%+5413-2s31 (6 to whistle)4
T. Schaller172260:3866.4%9.3%43.4%27.0%+1435+1s14 (1 to whistle)4
C. Nelson71620:3864.2%10.5%61.0%63.6%+2184+3s913
D. Catenacci111300:4446.9%18.5%39.5%28.3%-100+2s18 (4 to whistle)4
J. Bailey81150:4839.1%25.2%64.3%39.1%+150+2s18 (2 to whistle)5
H. Fasching71120:4349.1%15.2%55.8%45.5%+131-1s14 (4 to whistle)0
P. Varone5650:3860.0%12.3%42.1%10.0%013+4s6 (1 to whistle)0
E. Rodrigues2320:4446.9%3.1%73.3%83.3%021+3s00
C. Schneider2300:5126.7%26.7%50.0%77.8%020-7s61
C. Ruhwedel1230:4043.5%17.4%88.9%0.0%022-8s34

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGG/60A/60P/60SOG/60S%FO%TOI/G
Ryan O'Reilly9071213960-1688121570.821.522.336.1013.4%56.5%21:44
Jack Eichel981243256-16228052380.931.242.179.2210.1%41.0%19:07
Sam Reinhart2379231942-888031651.040.861.897.4413.9%33.3%16:50
Rasmus Ristolainen558293241-21334012020.260.931.195.854.5%0.0%25:17
Evander Kane965201535-14912132710.880.661.5411.897.4%50.0%21:02
Brian Gionta1279122133-5121021690.510.901.417.247.1%45.0%17:44
Jamie McGinn8863141327-10106031090.940.871.827.3312.8%66.7%14:10
Zach Bogosian46471724-11683011210.290.711.015.085.8%0.0%22:21
Marcus Foligno8275101323+479022810.610.791.404.9112.3%25.0%13:11
Matt Moulson8181321-5162011110.500.811.316.917.2%0.0%11:54
Zemgus Girgensons2871711180201011100.390.621.016.186.4%45.7%15:02
Cody Franson65941317-526101920.240.791.035.564.3%0.0%16:50
Johan Larsson227410717-427105950.550.380.935.2010.5%51.1%14:49
David Legwand17795914-414010610.390.701.104.778.2%45.9%9:42
Jake McCabe197741014+651000620.160.410.572.536.5%0.0%19:07
Josh Gorges47721012-772000570.080.380.462.173.5%0.0%20:28
Nicolas Deslauriers44706612-1459001720.500.501.005.988.3%0.0%10:20
Tyler Ennis63233811-911200570.431.161.598.235.3%100.0%18:04
Mark Pysyk135511011-132000440.070.690.753.022.3%0.0%15:54
Cal O'Reilly1920347-12101100.811.071.882.6830.0%54.1%11:11
Carlo Colaiacovo2536145-1110000290.120.460.583.343.4%0.0%14:28
Mike Weber635145+332000280.110.430.543.023.6%0.0%15:55
Casey Nelson87044+1800050.002.312.312.890.0%0.0%14:49
Tim Schaller5917123+32011180.420.851.277.635.6%35.4%8:19
Phil Varone845112+1200021.441.442.892.8950.0%66.7%8:19
Hudson Fasching247112+2400090.740.741.496.7011.1%0.0%11:31
Evan Rodrigues712112+2000082.552.555.1120.4312.5%0.0%11:45
Daniel Catenacci4311000-2000070.000.000.004.370.0%100.0%8:44
Cole Schneider1020000000050.000.000.0011.880.0%0.0%12:38
Chad Ruhwedel510000200010.000.000.003.870.0%0.0%15:30
Justin Bailey958000-22000220.000.000.0014.220.0%0.0%11:36
Total1993195187234863324188.2%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLOTLGAASV%SO
Chad Johnson3145221642.36.9201
Linus Ullmark352081022.60.9130
Robin Lehner40215952.47.9241
Jason Kasdorf3310104.00.8670
Total3536112

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.