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Buffalo Sabres, 2023-24

Be the GM of the Buffalo Sabres Take over the 2023-24 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference

2023-24 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
22 82 39-37-6 84 0.512 246 244 +2 21-19-1 18-18-5

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

Analytics

Five-on-five, from 82 games. What these numbers mean

50.7Corsi for %16th of 32 · 3,930 attempts for, 3,815 against
50.6Fenwick for %16th of 32 · unblocked attempts
51.7Shots for %9th of 32 · shots on goal
49.2Expected goals for %22nd of 32 · 166.8 expected for, 172.5 against
52.3Goals for %12th of 32 · 174 for, 159 against
100.2PDO8.8% shooting + 91.4% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 32 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

40%45%50%55%60%Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

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.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson38234:1655.250.28-10
Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson29192:5456.352.14-5
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka21155:2754.350.913-5
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt21139:1257.055.89-8
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka22125:5452.556.810-8
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · Zach Benson17113:2948.859.66-4
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power67495:3045.143.730-24
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin67489:4654.954.114-12
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin40434:4951.249.912-21
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson30290:1648.046.98-7
Rasmus Dahlin · Owen Power70245:0459.453.514-11

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

Shots for
Shots against

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

$74.3MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 26 ranked players
$59.9MWorth at the going rate84.7 goals above replacement
-$14.4MValue25th of 32 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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
Alex Tuch R 75 22 37 59 9 54 192 72 51.2 50.7 +10.5 $4.75M+$3.8M
Rasmus Dahlin D 81 20 39 59 -3 66 235 195 53.8 52.3 +13.3 $6M+$4.7M
Tage Thompson C 71 29 27 56 -1 43 246 79 53.6 52.0 +6.6 $7.143M-$1.5M
JJ Peterka R 82 28 22 50 10 28 226 27 53.4 52.7 +9.6 $856K+$7.1M
Casey Mittelstadt C 62 14 33 47 12 28 102 14 52.2 53.7 +4.5 $2.5M+$1.6M
Dylan Cozens C 79 18 29 47 -4 42 200 107 50.7 49.2 +3.3 $7.1M-$3.8M
Jeff Skinner L 74 24 22 46 -2 34 211 26 51.7 49.3 +3.9 $9M-$5.3M
Owen Power D 76 6 27 33 8 28 108 45 51.4 49.3 +0.8 $917K+$433K
Zach Benson L 71 11 19 30 -3 36 98 35 52.7 51.5 +3.5 $950K+$2.4M
Jordan Greenway L 67 10 18 28 11 64 107 141 47.0 50.0 +1.2 $3M-$1.4M
Kyle Okposo R 61 12 10 22 1 32 106 61 51.2 48.7 -0.2 $2.5M-$1.9M
Henri Jokiharju D 74 3 17 20 14 24 84 92 48.9 47.5 -2.5 $2.5M-$3.6M
Jack Quinn R 27 9 10 19 -1 8 56 31 52.4 51.5 +2.2 $863K+$1.6M
Connor Clifton D 79 4 14 18 12 88 77 204 49.6 46.7 +0.1 $3.333M-$2.5M
Peyton Krebs C 80 4 13 17 2 67 74 108 52.1 47.0 -5.7 $863K-$4.3M
Victor Olofsson L 51 7 8 15 -1 4 66 22 46.8 42.4 -3.1 $4.75M-$6.3M
Zemgus Girgensons C 63 8 6 14 -1 21 73 141 49.0 45.7 +0.7 $2.5M-$1.2M
Bowen Byram D 18 3 6 9 -1 13 21 34 49.0 47.2 -2.7 $3.85M-$5.1M
Eric Robinson L 40 2 7 9 0 19 52 72 49.5 43.5 -1.5 $1.6M-$1.9M
Jacob Bryson D 36 1 7 8 5 8 15 17 48.5 48.6 +0.9 $1.85M-$418K
Mattias Samuelsson D 41 1 6 7 4 26 44 106 52.0 50.9 +0.2 $4.286M-$3.4M
Ryan Johnson D 41 0 7 7 3 12 35 8 52.6 53.6 +1.6 $925K+$1M
Tyson Jost C 43 3 3 6 -11 10 48 44 42.4 39.3 -1.9 $2M-$2.7M
Erik Johnson D 50 3 0 3 -5 24 40 93 48.4 48.1 -1.2 $3.25M-$3.4M
Brandon Biro L 5 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 34.1 30.8 -0.6 $763K
Lukas Rousek R 15 0 2 2 -1 0 4 5 47.6 41.2 -0.3 $775K
Kale Clague D 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 43.5 53.5 +0.1 $775K
Brett Murray L 2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 66.7 57.9 -0.1 $775K
Isak Rosen R 7 0 0 0 -3 0 8 0 40.7 33.1 -0.5 $894K
Jiri Kulich C 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 30.8 40.6 +0.2 $918K
Matt Savoie C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.0 83.6 +0.0 $918K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 54 272245 1470 1338 132 2.57 0.910 +11.9 +26.6 $838K+$4.8M
Devon Levi 23 10820 666 599 67 3.10 0.899 +5.0 +12.3 $925K+$2.1M
Eric Comrie 10 2700 254 222 32 3.69 0.874 -1.7 +1.4 $1.8M

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 15, 2024 @ TBL W 4-2 34 33
Apr 13, 2024 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 29 42
Apr 11, 2024 vs WSH W 4-2 17 24
Apr 9, 2024 @ DAL L 2-3 21 24
Apr 7, 2024 @ DET L 1-3 38 24
Apr 5, 2024 vs PHI W 4-2 19 34
Apr 2, 2024 vs WSH W 6-2 35 26
Mar 30, 2024 vs TOR L 0-3 34 22
Mar 29, 2024 vs NJD W 5-2 36 30
Mar 27, 2024 vs OTT L 2-6 36 42
Mar 24, 2024 @ CGY W 4-1 29 33
Mar 21, 2024 @ EDM L 3-8 29 39
Mar 19, 2024 @ VAN L 2-3 17 34
Mar 18, 2024 @ SEA W 6-2 30 34
Mar 16, 2024 @ DET L 1-4 26 26
Mar 14, 2024 vs NYI W 4-0 37 21
Mar 12, 2024 vs DET W 7-3 39 24
Mar 9, 2024 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 27 32
Mar 7, 2024 @ NSH L 2-4 28 24
Mar 6, 2024 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 25 27
Mar 3, 2024 vs WPG L 2-5 19 35
Mar 2, 2024 vs VGK W 7-2 35 24
Feb 29, 2024 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 23 23
Feb 27, 2024 @ FLA L 2-3 30 37
Feb 25, 2024 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 32 32
Feb 23, 2024 @ CBJ W 2-1 37 26
Feb 21, 2024 @ MTL W 3-2 23 31
Feb 19, 2024 vs ANA L 3-4 37 14
Feb 17, 2024 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 28 32
Feb 15, 2024 vs FLA L 0-4 45 30
Feb 13, 2024 vs LAK W 7-0 24 33
Feb 10, 2024 vs STL L 1-3 34 26
Feb 6, 2024 vs DAL L 1-2 48 30
Jan 27, 2024 @ SJS W 5-2 36 26
Jan 24, 2024 @ LAK W 5-3 37 40
Jan 23, 2024 @ ANA L 2-4 30 36
Jan 20, 2024 vs TBL L 1-3 27 16
Jan 18, 2024 vs CHI W 3-0 31 19
Jan 15, 2024 vs SJS W 3-0 35 28
Jan 13, 2024 vs VAN L 0-1 26 23
Jan 11, 2024 vs OTT W 5-3 32 28
Jan 9, 2024 vs SEA L 2-5 38 26
Jan 6, 2024 @ PIT W 3-1 32 41
Jan 4, 2024 @ MTL W 6-1 38 33
Dec 31, 2023 @ OTT L 1-5 46 31
Dec 30, 2023 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 42 20
Dec 27, 2023 vs BOS L 1-4 26 25
Dec 23, 2023 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 30 33
Dec 21, 2023 vs TOR W 9-3 34 27
Dec 19, 2023 vs CBJ L 4-9 29 34
Dec 16, 2023 @ ARI L 0-2 28 22
Dec 15, 2023 @ VGK W 5-2 27 35
Dec 13, 2023 @ COL L 1-5 30 29
Dec 11, 2023 vs ARI W 5-2 38 23
Dec 9, 2023 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 48 31
Dec 7, 2023 @ BOS W 3-1 35 32
Dec 5, 2023 vs DET L 3-5 32 27
Dec 3, 2023 vs NSH L 1-2 35 29
Dec 2, 2023 @ CAR L 2-6 22 37
Nov 30, 2023 @ STL L 4-6 46 20
Nov 27, 2023 @ NYR W 5-1 39 26
Nov 25, 2023 @ NJD L 2-7 12 37
Nov 24, 2023 vs PIT W 3-2 34 33
Nov 22, 2023 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 27 30
Nov 19, 2023 @ CHI W 3-2 20 26
Nov 17, 2023 @ WPG L 2-3 28 18
Nov 14, 2023 vs BOS L 2-5 34 32
Nov 11, 2023 @ PIT L 0-4 35 39
Nov 10, 2023 vs MIN W 3-2 25 35
Nov 7, 2023 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 21 27
Nov 4, 2023 @ TOR W 6-4 41 28
Nov 3, 2023 vs PHI L 1-5 22 19
Nov 1, 2023 @ PHI W 5-2 15 40
Oct 29, 2023 vs COL W 4-0 29 23
Oct 27, 2023 @ NJD L 4-5 27 39
Oct 24, 2023 @ OTT W 6-4 24 38
Oct 23, 2023 vs MTL L 1-3 37 27
Oct 21, 2023 vs NYI W 3-1 42 25
Oct 19, 2023 vs CGY L 3-4 27 36
Oct 17, 2023 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 31 25
Oct 14, 2023 @ NYI L 2-3 28 29
Oct 12, 2023 vs NYR L 1-5 25 31