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Buffalo Sabres, 2017-18

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference

2017-18 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 31 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. 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
Jack Eichel	C	67	25	39	64	-25	32	246	52	49.1	48.3	+7.7	$925K	+$4.6M
Ryan O'Reilly	C	81	24	37	61	-23	2	230	42	50.0	48.7	+9.1	$7.5M	-$1.1M
Sam Reinhart	C	82	25	25	50	-24	26	188	48	51.5	50.0	+8.5	$894K	+$5.1M
Kyle Okposo	R	76	15	29	44	-34	40	161	70	46.4	41.8	-0.1	$6M	-$5.5M
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	73	6	35	41	-25	48	182	206	47.8	46.5	+2.6	$5.4M	-$3.1M
Evander Kane	L	61	20	20	40	-14	57	227	120	50.6	53.3	+7.0	$5.25M	-$197K
Jason Pominville	R	82	16	18	34	-17	8	168	39	50.9	49.0	+2.6	$5.6M	-$3.3M
Evan Rodrigues	C	48	7	18	25	-10	14	91	19	49.8	47.6	+3.5	$650K	+$2.2M
Marco Scandella	D	82	5	17	22	-15	37	138	91	47.3	46.0	+0.4	$4M	-$3.1M
Benoit Pouliot	L	74	13	6	19	-8	22	83	69	46.0	43.0	+0.0	$1.15M	-$526K
Johan Larsson	L	80	4	13	17	-30	49	86	117	42.8	37.6	-4.3	$1.475M	-$3.6M
Zemgus Girgensons	C	71	7	8	15	-12	26	113	134	48.5	45.7	+0.5	$1.6M	-$645K
Scott Wilson	C	49	6	8	14	-17	8	85	93	46.4	43.9	+0.6	$625K	+$399K
Jake McCabe	D	53	3	9	12	-11	26	53	110	48.2	45.8	+1.7	$1.6M	+$98K
Victor Antipin	D	47	0	10	10	-9	18	40	14	48.6	45.0	+0.1	$925K	-$244K
Nathan Beaulieu	D	59	1	8	9	-19	36	67	45	48.0	43.6	-0.8	$2.4M	-$2.3M
Casey Nelson	D	37	3	5	8	-14	8	48	31	48.2	44.3	+0.8	$650K	+$443K
Jordan Nolan	C	69	4	4	8	-13	69	50	123	42.7	43.4	-2.4	$950K	-$1.9M
Nick Baptiste	R	33	4	2	6	-4	14	45	16	45.7	42.3	-2.0	$718K	-$1.4M
Brendan Guhle	D	18	0	5	5	-6	10	37	10	51.3	49.0	+0.1	$698K
Casey Mittelstadt	C	6	1	4	5	1	2	9	2	47.8	47.7	+0.6	$925K
Jacob Josefson	C	39	2	2	4	-4	6	35	26	37.4	36.1	-1.1	$700K	-$760K
Justin Bailey	R	12	3	1	4	-2	2	19	19	44.1	42.3	+1.0	$670K
Seth Griffith	C	21	2	1	3	-6	6	15	10	49.4	46.2	-0.4	$650K	-$278K
Josh Gorges	D	34	0	2	2	-4	17	15	69	44.7	48.1	+1.7	$3.9M	-$2.2M
Justin Falk	D	46	1	1	2	-16	28	36	121	42.4	42.6	-1.3	$650K	-$865K
Alex Nylander	L	3	1	0	1	-3	0	2	0	52.9	45.9	-0.2	$894K
Taylor Fedun	D	7	0	1	1	-1	2	8	4	53.1	46.5	-0.1	$650K
Zach Bogosian	D	18	0	1	1	-9	20	29	22	48.7	51.1	+1.2	$5.143M
Danny O'Regan	C	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42.0	47.8	-0.3	$859K	-$445K
Hudson Fasching	R	5	0	0	0	-1	2	1	7	42.9	36.9	-0.7	$925K
Kyle Criscuolo	C	9	0	0	0	-4	4	5	13	46.2	52.4	0.0	$650K
Matt Moulson	L	14	0	0	0	-9	2	13	8	46.3	32.2	-1.6	$5M
Matt Tennyson	D	15	0	0	0	-8	8	25	13	46.7	40.9	-1.9	$650K
Zach Redmond	D	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	4	47.9	38.0	-0.4	$613K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Robin Lehner	53	14	26	9	3	1560	1417	143	3.01	0.908	-14.2	-1.0	$4M	-$3.6M
Chad Johnson	36	10	16	3	0	962	857	105	3.55	0.891	-24.1	-15.9	$2.5M	-$5.5M
Linus Ullmark	5	1	2	0	0	123	115	8	2.00	0.935	+0.9	+1.9	$750K
Adam Wilcox	1	0	1	0	0	14	14	0	0.00	1.000	+1.3	+1.4	$650K

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