Team Stats

2011–12 Regular Season

Coach: Lindy Ruff
Total Players: 36
Related2011–12 game results2011–12 standings
Season Summary

39-32-11, 89 points, a -12 goal differential.

PENALTIES
Drew 369, took 360 (+9)
Team Totals
211
223
-12
17.1%
81.7%
49.5%
2.72
8.2%
.926
1.008
GF
GA
DIFF
PP%
PK%
FO%
GAA
S% (5v5)
SV% (5v5)
PDO (5v5)
NHL
17th
18th
17th
16th
19th
19th
18th
11th
10th
8th
CONF
12th
7th
9th
10th
7th
9th
7th
8th
3rd
3rd
DIV
4th
3rd
4th
4th
3rd
4th
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
ALL-TIME
41st pct
34th pct
32nd pct
28th pct
43rd pct
70th pct
68th pct
91st pct

All-time is where 2011–12 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 -7BUF -12-59+61
One dot per NHL team.
PDO (5v5)
LEAGUE MED 0.999BUF 1.0080.9791.015
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 7) to 82 (Apr 7)

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.

39-43 in 82 decided games, 2011–12 regular season, with 11 of those losses in overtime or a shootout.
Wins (39)Losses (43, 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 (39)LOSSES (43)
Forward goals2.971.42
Defense goals0.460.37
Forward points7.443.56
Defense points1.971.26
Different goal scorers2.951.67
D share of points21%26%
D share of shots25%26%

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
Roy–Pominville–Vanek33254:490.000.0071023224149.0%-0.1%175174126130
Roy–Pominville–Leino24224:220.000.0012721418453.8%4.9%156143116105
Hecht–Pominville–Vanek20196:300.000.008616916850.1%1.0%1181328799
Gaustad–Kaleta–Gerbe32182:510.000.003713213349.8%0.7%104917771
Pominville–Vanek–Adam20168:340.000.0010814716447.3%-1.9%1111308999
Stafford–Ennis–Foligno13156:280.000.0017517415552.9%4.0%1321219287
Roy–Stafford–Leino19142:040.000.006814012253.4%4.4%101957874
Roy–Stafford–Gerbe15115:550.000.009211312148.3%-0.9%86936758
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Defense Pairs
LineGPTOIxGFxGAxG%GFGACFCACF%CF% RelxGF% RelFFFASFSA
Regehr–Sekera38359:560.000.00141326831046.4%-3.0%208235157160
Regehr–Leopold38302:320.000.0011626229547.0%-2.3%198222143158
Leopold–Ehrhoff37272:100.000.00111323728245.7%-3.7%183210146150
Leopold–Myers32269:560.000.0014623627246.5%-2.8%177212118151
Sekera–Myers29200:390.000.006917118248.4%-0.7%1301299590
Regehr–Weber35189:180.000.0001213217642.9%-6.5%911307096
Ehrhoff–Gragnani25180:220.000.0012518516552.9%4.0%13913310898
Regehr–Myers31178:230.000.002313018441.4%-8.1%991397299
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With or Without You

Buffalo's 5v5 CF% and xGF% with Leopold 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. 2011–12 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
LEOPOLD APART
IMPACT
TOI TogetherCF%xGF%CF%xGF%Δ CF%Δ xGF%
Roy
373:0550.5%
47.7%
+2.8
Stafford
366:0248.2%
48.7%
-0.5
Pominville
356:1148.1%
48.7%
-0.6
Leino
356:1150.9%
47.7%
+3.2
Vanek
313:0145.5%
49.5%
-4.0
Regehr
303:1546.5%
49.1%
-2.6
Ehrhoff
276:5645.4%
49.4%
-4.0
Myers
271:0345.6%
49.3%
-3.7
Boyes
270:2047.1%
48.9%
-1.8
Gerbe
263:0349.2%
48.4%
+0.8
Kaleta
224:1351.3%
48.0%
+3.3
Gaustad
207:1744.4%
49.3%
-4.9
Ellis
205:0749.4%
48.4%
+1.0
Ennis
200:0447.7%
48.7%
-1.0
Adam
181:4651.2%
48.1%
+3.1
Weber
147:4449.5%
48.4%
+1.1
McCormick
145:0354.0%
47.9%
+6.1
Tropp
109:3139.9%
49.3%
-9.4
Kassian
94:1952.0%
48.3%
+3.7
Hodgson
94:1044.4%
48.8%
-4.4
McNabb
92:2355.8%
48.0%
+7.8
Sekera
83:4956.8%
47.9%
+8.9
Gragnani
82:1953.5%
48.2%
+5.3
Hecht
79:5454.5%
48.2%
+6.3
Foligno
70:5147.4%
48.6%
-1.2
Brennan
32:5357.4%
48.3%
+9.1
Sulzer
30:1143.5%
48.7%
-5.2
Szczechura
25:1240.0%
48.7%
-8.7

Shift Profile

Shift length and on-ice results, 2011–12 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
J. Leopold7921170:5042.4%27.7%46.7%47.2%-2183260+5s254 (53 to whistle)192
J. Pominville8219850:4941.8%25.6%45.4%60.1%-2205291+3s190 (41 to whistle)82
R. Regehr7618790:4553.3%19.6%42.6%31.2%-1066268+3s147 (35 to whistle)134
D. Roy8018400:5039.5%31.1%49.6%57.7%-8190242+4s273 (54 to whistle)77
A. Sekera6917740:4650.6%20.8%50.4%47.4%-4124188+3s170 (45 to whistle)162
D. Stafford8017300:4941.2%29.7%48.8%56.5%0199171+2s271 (66 to whistle)56
C. Ehrhoff6616920:5434.1%37.1%50.2%57.6%+17154166+4s290 (68 to whistle)161
T. Vanek7816350:4842.4%26.0%49.2%63.0%-119387+4s179 (36 to whistle)64
T. Myers5515190:4946.3%26.3%46.3%49.8%-3130174+3s166 (43 to whistle)159
V. Leino7113460:5039.3%32.7%50.0%56.4%-212350+2s293 (85 to whistle)33
M. Weber5112100:4748.1%24.3%48.9%39.4%-741140+1s142 (34 to whistle)100
N. Gerbe6211780:4548.7%20.6%51.7%46.4%06470+4s146 (34 to whistle)38
P. Gaustad5611470:4452.2%19.5%41.0%29.7%-451230+4s98 (25 to whistle)39
P. Kaleta6311420:4453.4%18.0%43.1%33.6%-1371900s103 (31 to whistle)25
B. Boyes6510560:4941.1%26.3%52.2%56.6%+314038+2s133 (29 to whistle)27
T. Ennis489450:4938.9%28.8%47.8%54.6%+210234+4s161 (36 to whistle)30
M. Gragnani449370:4648.1%22.4%55.0%65.6%+911841+5s78 (12 to whistle)81
L. Adam528600:4546.4%19.4%51.7%56.0%-511019+4s82 (16 to whistle)19
M. Ellis608290:4255.7%13.0%49.8%45.8%-32749+2s71 (15 to whistle)13
B. McNabb255870:4649.6%22.7%56.7%42.6%031640s76 (23 to whistle)69
C. McCormick505550:4253.0%16.6%54.3%45.3%01515+1s63 (10 to whistle)5
J. Hecht224970:4547.1%20.3%45.7%52.4%02572+1s53 (10 to whistle)24
C. Tropp344900:4257.8%13.9%45.9%42.1%-31819+2s42 (8 to whistle)8
C. Hodgson204240:4940.1%23.8%44.5%52.9%04437+4s48 (8 to whistle)5
Z. Kassian274090:4741.3%25.9%50.6%52.5%-14412+2s65 (14 to whistle)8
A. Sulzer153450:5038.8%31.3%56.7%54.8%+1921+5s57 (13 to whistle)28
M. Foligno142800:4744.3%27.9%45.4%53.5%+2268+2s49 (11 to whistle)10
T. Brennan112050:4552.2%24.4%52.6%48.6%+21610+4s34 (5 to whistle)6
P. Szczechura91510:4155.6%15.9%40.5%52.0%023-1s15 (1 to whistle)4
J. Finley5590:4057.6%16.9%38.7%69.2%003+9s7 (2 to whistle)4
D. Whitmore2350:4348.6%11.4%64.3%75.0%033-8s20
T. Turnbull3250:3568.0%12.0%53.8%0.0%010-17s3 (1 to whistle)0
C. Stuart2190:3978.9%5.3%35.7%0.0%010+4s11

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGG/60A/60P/60SOG/60S%FO%TOI/G
Jason Pominville2982304373-7128252351.121.602.718.7412.8%47.7%19:41
Thomas Vanek2678263561-65210052041.181.592.779.2712.7%50.0%16:56
Drew Stafford2180203050+5463142260.851.272.129.608.8%52.3%17:39
Derek Roy980172744-7546121760.661.051.716.839.7%50.6%19:19
Tyler Ennis6348151934+1114201821.161.472.636.3418.3%45.9%16:10
Christian Ehrhoff106652732-2471031360.201.061.265.363.7%0.0%23:03
Nathan Gerbe426261925+2320021370.411.291.709.334.4%36.8%14:12
Ville Leino237181725-216101780.420.901.334.1410.3%41.3%15:55
Jordan Leopold379101424+4281001100.340.480.813.739.1%0.0%22:22
Brad Boyes226581523+262001000.561.051.617.018.0%47.2%13:10
Tyler Myers575581523+533301840.390.731.124.079.5%0.0%22:29
Luke Adam7252101020-614000890.930.931.868.2811.2%44.0%12:24
Paul Gaustad285671017-170003620.500.711.214.4011.3%56.8%15:05
Andrej Sekera446931013+318100880.130.440.583.903.4%0.0%19:36
Marcus Foligno82146713+69201231.631.903.526.2326.1%0.0%15:49
Marc-Andre Gragnani174411112+1020100350.080.921.002.912.9%100.0%16:23
Patrick Kaleta36635510-5116001690.360.360.725.007.2%52.6%13:09
Jochen Hecht5522448+16010400.650.651.306.4810.0%45.3%16:50
Matt Ellis3760358-325001850.310.510.828.753.5%47.9%9:43
Alexander Sulzer5215358+26000220.621.041.664.5613.6%0.0%19:18
Corey Tropp7834358020001320.520.871.405.609.4%0.0%10:05
Cody Hodgson1920358-72201510.520.871.398.865.9%51.3%17:16
Brayden McNabb4425178-115100230.130.941.083.094.3%0.0%17:50
Zack Kassian5427347-120000360.560.751.306.718.3%50.0%11:56
Robyn Regehr2476145-1256000490.040.170.212.082.0%0.0%18:38
Mike Weber651145-1964000510.060.250.323.232.0%0.0%18:35
Cody McCormick850134-756000430.150.460.616.592.3%47.1%7:50
Paul Szczechura58913404000110.581.752.336.419.1%41.8%11:26
TJ Brennan331110106000140.390.000.395.417.1%0.0%14:07
Travis Turnbull6531010500034.060.004.0612.1933.3%50.0%4:55
Colin Stuart152000-3000000.000.000.000.000.0%6:12
Joe Finley45000-31200010.000.000.001.540.0%0.0%7:48
Derek Whitmore7120000000020.000.000.004.790.0%0.0%12:31
Total2113635748844453223978.8%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLOTLGAASV%SO
Ryan Miller3061312172.54.9166
Jhonas Enroth12681142.70.9171
Drew MacIntyre3120001.38.9440
Total3932117

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.