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Buffalo Sabres, 2010-11

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Northeast Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

2010-11 record

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 30 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Conference Quarterfinals	Philadelphia Flyers	Lost 3-4

Value for money

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. Many contracts from this season are missing, mostly those of players who have since retired, so this is a rough guide only. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	CF%	xGF%	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Thomas Vanek	L	80	32	41	73	2	24	238	30	51.4	53.0	+13.4	$7.143M	-$981K
Drew Stafford	R	62	31	21	52	13	34	179	53	50.1	48.5	+1.7	$1.9M	-$673K
Jason Pominville	R	73	22	30	52	1	15	215	35	52.8	52.7	+11.5	$5.3M	+$57K
Tyler Ennis	R	82	20	29	49	0	30	210	42	49.4	50.8	+8.6
Tim Connolly	C	68	13	29	42	-10	20	151	24	53.7	52.6	+5.6
Tyler Myers	D	80	10	27	37	0	40	122	107	53.7	53.4	+5.1	$875K	+$1.8M
Derek Roy	C	35	10	25	35	-1	16	89	16	49.0	50.0	+6.0
Jordan Leopold	D	71	13	22	35	-11	36	134	49	48.8	52.9	+3.0
Nathan Gerbe	C	64	16	15	31	11	34	171	53	53.8	53.9	+4.9
Paul Gaustad	C	81	12	19	31	7	101	117	128	50.9	55.5	+5.6	$2.3M	+$561K
Andrej Sekera	D	76	3	26	29	11	34	88	61	52.1	51.5	+4.7	$1M	+$1.5M
Jochen Hecht	C	67	12	17	29	4	40	172	32	55.0	55.6	+5.6
Steve Montador	D	73	5	21	26	16	83	118	86	49.5	52.1	+5.5
Cody McCormick	C	81	8	12	20	2	142	104	108	48.3	49.8	+3.1	$500K	+$1.3M
Rob Niedermayer	C	71	5	14	19	-8	22	80	37	46.2	47.8	-0.8
Mike Weber	D	58	4	13	17	13	69	53	158	48.4	49.5	+1.3	$550K	+$483K
Mike Grier	R	73	5	11	16	0	12	107	112	46.6	49.7	+1.3
Brad Boyes	R	21	5	9	14	2	6	46	11	52.4	49.5	+4.8	$4M	-$1.5M
Chris Butler	D	49	2	7	9	8	26	52	38	51.7	52.6	+0.7
Patrick Kaleta	R	51	4	5	9	-4	78	65	126	49.3	55.3	+4.0
Mark Mancari	R	20	1	7	8	-1	12	43	16	50.9	55.8	+1.0
Shaone Morrisonn	D	62	1	4	5	-2	32	44	110	46.7	48.6	-0.8
Luke Adam	C	19	3	1	4	-6	12	31	17	43.9	44.5	-1.5
Craig Rivet	D	23	1	2	3	-5	12	20	19	49.7	51.1	-1.4
Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	9	1	2	3	0	2	11	6	54.9	47.4	-0.1	$500K
Paul Byron	L	8	1	1	2	0	2	5	18	51.6	56.8	+1.1
Colin Stuart	L	3	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	55.7	63.0	+0.3
Mark Parrish	R	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	56.9	46.2	-0.3
Matt Ellis	L	14	0	0	0	-4	0	20	8	48.9	47.7	+0.3

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Ryan Miller	66	34	22	8	5	1964	1799	165	2.59	0.916	-4.4	+12.0	$6.25M	-$4.3M
Jhonas Enroth	14	9	2	2	1	377	342	35	2.73	0.907	-2.0	+1.4
Patrick Lalime	7	0	5	0	0	163	145	18	2.96	0.890	-2.3	-0.7

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