Team Stats

2013–14 Regular Season

Coaches: Ron Rolston, Ted Nolan
Total Players: 45
Related2013–14 game results2013–14 standings
Season Summary

21-51-10, 52 points, a -93 goal differential.

PDO
0.982 at 5v5; about 0.997 is sustainable
PENALTIES
Drew 334, took 352 (-18)
Team Totals
150
243
-93
14.1%
81.4%
46.8%
2.96
5.8%
.923
0.982
GF
GA
DIFF
PP%
PK%
FO%
GAA
S% (5v5)
SV% (5v5)
PDO (5v5)
NHL
30th
25th
30th
29th
20th
29th
25th
30th
14th
30th
CONF
16th
12th
16th
15th
11th
16th
12th
16th
9th
16th
DIV
8th
5th
8th
7th
4th
8th
5th
8th
5th
8th
ALL-TIME
1st pct
15th pct
3rd pct
14th pct
41st pct
27th pct
3rd pct
62nd pct

All-time is where 2013–14 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 +2BUF -93-93+87
One dot per NHL team.
PDO (5v5)
LEAGUE MED 1.001BUF 0.9820.9821.025
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 2) to 82 (Apr 13)

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.

21-61 in 82 decided games, 2013–14 regular season, with 10 of those losses in overtime or a shootout.
Wins (21)Losses (61, 10 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 (21)LOSSES (61)
Forward goals2.331.20
Defense goals0.570.26
Forward points5.243.02
Defense points2.330.92
Different goal scorers2.711.34
D share of points31%23%
D share of shots32%28%

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
Moulson–Ennis–Girgensons19201:230.000.0071018819948.6%5.6%146151111112
Stafford–Ennis–Foligno14129:390.000.003511713047.4%4.3%82996262
Moulson–Stafford–Hodgson10123:040.000.002311012347.2%4.0%77995170
Foligno–Flynn–Girgensons17110:540.000.00456210836.5%-7.0%49804060
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Defense Pairs
LineGPTOIxGFxGAxG%GFGACFCACF%CF% RelxGF% RelFFFASFSA
Tallinder–Myers42524:410.000.00122541749345.8%2.9%307388225280
Ehrhoff–Pysyk37456:510.000.00162335042345.3%2.2%265323188240
Weber–McBain41375:390.000.0071927341639.6%-4.1%201298153213
Weber–Myers28224:490.000.0071317422343.8%0.5%13317292122
Ehrhoff–Sulzer18219:030.000.007818123443.6%0.3%13817588120
Ehrhoff–Ristolainen23177:470.000.0041113718742.3%-1.1%1071368090
Ehrhoff–McBain45157:400.000.005516417548.4%5.3%11713593102
McBain–Ristolainen14132:410.000.00548715436.1%-7.5%661225585
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With or Without You

Buffalo's 5v5 CF% and xGF% with Ehrhoff 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. 2013–14 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
EHRHOFF APART
IMPACT
TOI TogetherCF%xGF%CF%xGF%Δ CF%Δ xGF%
Pysyk
457:1345.2%
46.2%
-1.0
Ennis
429:3747.2%
45.1%
+2.1
Hodgson
363:1546.8%
45.5%
+1.3
Stafford
334:3246.1%
45.8%
+0.3
Girgensons
310:5645.1%
46.1%
-1.0
Flynn
291:5644.1%
46.4%
-2.3
Foligno
286:4543.4%
46.5%
-3.1
Ott
284:4944.4%
46.3%
-1.9
Moulson
237:0646.6%
45.7%
+0.9
Leino
231:4344.2%
46.2%
-2.0
Sulzer
219:0443.5%
46.4%
-2.9
D'Agostini
185:1747.5%
45.6%
+1.9
Ristolainen
178:0541.9%
46.5%
-4.6
McBain
158:4247.7%
45.6%
+2.1
Ruhwedel
131:0150.0%
45.4%
+4.6
Ellis
120:5246.6%
45.8%
+0.8
Scott
98:5846.7%
45.8%
+0.9
Larsson
94:3252.1%
45.5%
+6.6
Myers
91:1352.5%
45.3%
+7.2
Vanek
82:1247.3%
45.8%
+1.5
Conacher
75:2744.6%
45.9%
-1.3
Deslauriers
71:3949.6%
45.7%
+3.9
McCormick
58:5741.0%
46.1%
-5.1
Grigorenko
58:0540.6%
46.1%
-5.5
Weber
53:4841.7%
46.0%
-4.3
Konopka
47:0136.1%
46.2%
-10.1
Omark
44:2155.2%
45.5%
+9.7
Adam
43:0154.1%
45.6%
+8.5
Porter
40:0544.4%
45.9%
-1.5
Tropp
33:5334.5%
46.1%
-11.6
Varone
26:5561.2%
45.5%
+15.7
Stewart
21:4450.0%
45.8%
+4.2

Shift Profile

Shift length and on-ice results, 2013–14 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
C. Ehrhoff7921130:5437.7%34.3%39.2%52.9%+2216318+4s337 (87 to whistle)119
T. Ennis8017290:5236.4%33.7%45.5%55.1%+922267+3s293 (86 to whistle)61
T. Myers6216410:5043.9%27.2%42.1%45.3%-1178251+4s193 (53 to whistle)80
J. McBain6916120:5237.8%31.6%40.1%46.3%+5203136+4s236 (45 to whistle)74
B. Flynn7915960:4354.9%15.7%35.2%28.4%-248330+1s151 (30 to whistle)44
D. Stafford7015860:4943.1%29.2%40.1%50.4%-5170218+3s210 (59 to whistle)54
C. Hodgson7215660:5040.5%29.3%43.6%53.7%+5190118+7s179 (39 to whistle)47
H. Tallinder6415500:4747.7%23.4%38.8%34.9%+350244+5s205 (46 to whistle)62
M. Weber6815420:4749.1%23.3%36.5%36.8%-1244235+3s196 (59 to whistle)61
Z. Girgensons7014630:4451.7%18.4%37.8%40.0%068232+2s159 (36 to whistle)42
S. Ott5914470:4844.4%26.2%37.5%44.2%-2158257+5s161 (36 to whistle)47
M. Foligno7414410:4645.5%23.1%41.4%45.6%-2123169+1s185 (45 to whistle)27
M. Pysyk4411090:4750.5%22.4%42.5%42.5%+377155-3s139 (39 to whistle)51
V. Leino5810220:4940.8%29.3%40.3%51.1%+314121+4s163 (48 to whistle)32
M. D'Agostini499850:4647.2%22.8%45.0%47.6%-411772+3s114 (23 to whistle)26
M. Moulson449680:5140.5%30.7%49.0%56.4%+212534+6s133 (32 to whistle)25
R. Ristolainen347960:4945.0%25.1%39.8%43.1%06887+4s107 (37 to whistle)26
M. Ellis507300:3966.0%10.4%39.2%27.9%-429133+1s50 (12 to whistle)22
A. Sulzer255580:4943.4%24.9%34.0%40.9%-42677+2s87 (25 to whistle)22
J. Scott565500:4157.6%15.1%45.6%30.4%02515+3s56 (11 to whistle)8
J. Larsson284910:4646.4%23.4%41.6%42.0%-12666+3s77 (24 to whistle)14
C. Ruhwedel214850:4650.9%23.3%50.0%40.3%-22952+3s62 (10 to whistle)15
Z. Konopka233900:3173.1%9.7%26.7%29.6%01294+3s19 (5 to whistle)27
C. Conacher193690:4649.1%25.2%38.9%54.3%05013+4s42 (8 to whistle)15
C. McCormick293670:4060.8%14.4%33.2%25.0%+1562-1s28 (7 to whistle)6
N. Deslauriers172940:4643.9%23.5%45.3%48.2%-2395+3s33 (8 to whistle)7
T. Vanek132680:5436.2%35.4%36.1%52.3%-13615+7s41 (9 to whistle)6
B. McNabb122660:4745.9%24.1%46.8%44.4%-12926+6s24 (2 to whistle)5
M. Grigorenko182610:4744.4%23.8%39.0%46.0%+1245+3s36 (10 to whistle)12
L. Omark132130:4742.7%26.3%42.0%59.6%-13370s30 (7 to whistle)6
T. Mitchell92110:4063.5%10.0%44.8%11.1%0847+3s81
L. Adam122000:4643.5%18.5%42.9%57.7%+1175+7s26 (4 to whistle)1
K. Porter121820:4652.7%23.1%37.4%36.9%0629+7s29 (7 to whistle)6
J. McCabe71500:4358.7%19.3%31.1%32.3%-1313+1s20 (5 to whistle)3
P. Varone91460:4250.7%17.8%44.0%40.0%-161+6s15 (4 to whistle)7
N. Zadorov71420:5142.3%33.1%34.6%35.2%0512-5s26 (3 to whistle)3
C. Tropp91390:4159.0%14.4%40.9%31.4%+16110s15 (6 to whistle)2
C. Stewart5880:4647.7%25.0%38.0%46.8%-165+16s12 (7 to whistle)1
P. Kaleta5600:4258.3%15.0%20.0%50.0%0013+1s8 (2 to whistle)0

Skaters

PlayerNo.GPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWGSOGG/60A/60P/60SOG/60S%FO%TOI/G
Cody Hodgson1972202444-26209001820.921.102.028.3611.0%46.8%18:09
Tyler Ennis6380212243-25426002100.840.881.718.3510.0%38.7%18:51
Drew Stafford2170161834-19392111850.740.831.568.518.6%53.8%18:38
Christian Ehrhoff107962733-27381121610.190.861.055.113.7%0.0%23:55
Matt Moulson44111829-8203021050.801.312.117.6410.5%25.0%18:44
Tyler Myers576291322-2658300990.400.570.974.379.1%0.0%21:54
Zemgus Girgensons287081422-6140111150.450.781.236.447.0%41.7%15:19
Steve Ott95991120-2655601990.460.571.035.119.1%52.1%19:42
Marcus Foligno827471219-1782013790.380.651.024.258.9%48.5%15:04
Jamie McBain46961117-1314200980.260.470.734.236.1%0.0%20:10
Ville Leino235801515-1610000380.001.081.082.720.0%43.5%14:26
Brian Flynn65796713-10140101020.320.370.685.375.9%47.3%14:25
Matt D'Agostini27495611-1422202990.400.480.877.865.1%33.3%15:26
Thomas Vanek2613459-54100500.991.242.2312.408.0%40.0%18:37
Mike Weber668189-2973000470.050.400.452.332.1%0.0%17:49
Henrik Tallinder2064268-2134000400.100.300.391.975.0%100.0%19:00
Mark Pysyk1344167-1116001510.070.420.493.542.0%0.0%19:37
Matt Ellis3750426-64000700.510.250.768.875.7%41.6%9:28
Cory Conacher8819336-716101270.630.631.275.7011.1%100.0%14:58
Cody McCormick829145-845000200.240.971.224.875.0%43.8%8:29
Johan Larsson2228044019000210.000.640.643.340.0%47.4%13:27
Rasmus Ristolainen5534224-156000520.180.180.374.803.8%0.0%19:07
Mikhail Grigorenko2518213-32000200.580.290.875.8310.0%51.5%11:26
Alexander Sulzer5225022-38000210.000.260.262.780.0%0.0%18:08
Linus Omark1713022-56000100.000.720.723.610.0%0.0%12:46
Phil Varone849112-34000150.580.581.178.776.7%46.4%11:24
Zenon Konopka2423011-43300060.000.290.291.760.0%57.3%8:53
Kevin Porter1212011-5200030.000.430.431.290.0%34.0%11:38
Torrey Mitchell1791010400090.430.000.433.8311.1%42.9%15:39
John Scott3256101-12125000160.160.000.162.546.3%0.0%6:45
Corey Tropp789011-8000070.000.640.644.450.0%0.0%10:29
Luke Adam721210104000160.390.000.396.236.3%38.5%12:50
Nicolas Deslauriers4417101-1018000300.270.000.278.063.3%0.0%13:09
Jake McCabe197011-31500010.000.560.560.560.0%0.0%15:13
Chad Ruhwedel521011-32000350.000.160.165.590.0%0.0%17:53
Nikita Zadorov517101-4400040.500.000.502.0025.0%0.0%17:10
Patrick Kaleta365000-1500000.000.000.000.00100.0%8:21
Chris Stewart805000-2600030.000.000.002.650.0%40.0%13:36
Brayden McNabb4412000+16000100.000.000.002.900.0%0.0%17:14
Total1502493998893651421567.0%

Goalies

PlayerNo.GPWLOTLGAASV%SO
Ryan Miller3040152232.72.9230
Jhonas Enroth12841752.82.9110
Matt Hackett3181613.10.9080
Nathan Lieuwen5071402.97.9060
Michal Neuvirth3420202.56.9490
Connor Knapp4920013.14.8750
Total2151100

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.