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Buffalo Sabres, 2011-12

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Northeast Division, Eastern Conference

2011-12 record

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

Analytics

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.

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
Jason Pominville	R	82	30	43	73	-7	12	235	30	48.4	48.3	+12.1	$5.3M	+$663K
Thomas Vanek	L	78	26	35	61	-6	52	204	34	47.2	47.6	+4.2	$7.143M	-$4.7M
Drew Stafford	R	80	20	30	50	5	46	226	102	49.8	50.5	+8.2	$4M	+$204K
Derek Roy	C	80	17	27	44	-7	54	176	35	50.5	51.0	+4.4
Tyler Ennis	R	48	15	19	34	11	14	82	26	48.5	48.9	+3.3
Christian Ehrhoff	D	66	5	27	32	-2	47	136	47	49.9	49.9	+3.3	$4M	-$2M
Nathan Gerbe	C	62	6	19	25	2	32	137	53	48.0	46.0	+3.4	$1.45M	+$588K
Ville Leino	L	71	8	17	25	-2	16	78	41	51.5	49.2	+2.6
Jordan Leopold	D	79	10	14	24	4	28	110	54	48.5	49.4	+4.0
Brad Boyes	R	65	8	15	23	2	6	100	29	48.7	49.9	+2.2	$4M	-$2.5M
Tyler Myers	D	55	8	15	23	5	33	84	78	46.4	46.2	-0.2	$875K	-$456K
Luke Adam	C	52	10	10	20	-6	14	89	26	49.6	47.4	+1.9
Paul Gaustad	C	56	7	10	17	-1	70	62	98	44.3	45.3	+1.2	$2.3M	-$1.3M
Andrej Sekera	D	69	3	10	13	3	18	88	56	50.6	49.3	+5.7	$2.75M	+$344K
Marcus Foligno	L	14	6	7	13	6	9	23	44	51.1	53.0	+1.7	$827K
Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	44	1	11	12	10	20	35	12	53.5	50.5	-1.2	$550K	-$593K
Patrick Kaleta	R	63	5	5	10	-5	116	69	139	48.4	47.9	+2.0
Alexander Sulzer	D	15	3	5	8	2	6	22	11	52.5	50.5	+2.3
Brayden McNabb	D	25	1	7	8	-1	15	23	49	49.5	52.0	+3.4	$715K	+$1.3M
Cody Hodgson	C	20	3	5	8	-7	2	51	12	49.3	45.5	+4.5
Corey Tropp	R	34	3	5	8	0	20	32	47	44.6	49.1	+0.8
Jochen Hecht	C	22	4	4	8	1	6	40	14	47.8	46.1	+0.2
Matt Ellis	L	60	3	5	8	-3	25	85	34	50.3	51.1	+2.5
Zack Kassian	R	27	3	4	7	-1	20	36	39	51.3	43.0	-1.6
Mike Weber	D	51	1	4	5	-19	64	51	123	47.9	45.1	-0.9	$950K	-$867K
Robyn Regehr	D	76	1	4	5	-12	56	49	172	45.0	45.8	-2.7
Cody McCormick	C	50	1	3	4	-7	56	43	67	53.1	56.5	+1.0	$1.2M	-$267K
Paul Szczechura	C	9	1	3	4	0	4	11	7	44.4	46.7	+0.5
TJ Brennan	D	11	1	0	1	0	6	14	20	49.8	47.0	+0.7
Travis Turnbull	C	3	1	0	1	0	5	3	7	40.9	59.9	+0.6
Colin Stuart	L	2	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	28.6	7.8	-0.2
Derek Whitmore	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	68.4	64.6	+0.6
Joe Finley	D	5	0	0	0	-3	12	1	3	46.3	34.0	-0.5

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Ryan Miller	61	31	21	7	6	1788	1638	150	2.54	0.916	-2.7	+12.4	$6.25M	-$4M
Jhonas Enroth	26	8	11	4	1	756	693	63	2.70	0.917	-0.7	+5.7	$675K	+$682K
Drew MacIntyre	2	0	0	0	0	18	17	1	1.38	0.944	+0.1	+0.3	$525K

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