Buffalo Sabres

1-1-0 · 2 pts · GF 7 · GA 9

#20 deepest of 32 teams, 2026-27

Shot depth

.528

15th in the NHL · 15th over the last 10

CF depth

.572

28th in the NHL · 28th over the last 10

xG depth

.451

11th in the NHL · 11th over the last 10

TOI depth

.827

26th in the NHL · 26th over the last 10

Season

2026-27 2025-26

Only 2 games into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

Window

Season Last 20 Last 10

Stat

Shots CF xG TOI

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .498.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27

Sabres

.451

League average

.430

Least deep (WPG)

.329

Biggest contributors · all four stats · season

Top 3: 37% of team output (an even split across 19 regulars would be 16%)

J. Quinn R

of team output · 2 GP · 2G 0A

T. Thompson C

of team output · 2 GP · 1G 1A

R. Dahlin D

of team output · 2 GP · 1G 0A

5 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 19 regulars it would take 10.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.

1 J. Quinn R 2 1.1

16.8% 17%

2 T. Thompson C 2 1.0

14.4% 31%

3 K. Helenius C 2 0.6

9.4% 41%

4 N. Ostlund C 2 0.6

9.3% 50%

5 Z. Benson L 2 0.6

8.8% 59%

6 R. Dahlin D 2 0.5

7.9% 67%

7 J.Kulich C 2 0.4

6.3% 73%

8 R. McLeod C 2 0.4

6.1% 79%

9 J. Doan R 2 0.4

6.1% 85%

10 P. Krebs C 2 0.4

5.5% 91%

11 J. Norris C 2 0.3

3.8% 94%

12 M. Samuelsson D 2 0.1

1.8% 96%

13 O. Power D 2 0.1

1.3% 97%

14 S. Carrick C 2 0.1

1.1% 99%

15 O. Zellweger D 1 0.1

1.0% 100%

16 L. Crevier D 2 0.0

0.4% 100%

17 B. Malenstyn L 2 0.0

0.1% 100%

18 Z. Metsa D 2 0.0

0.0% 100%

19 M. Grzelcyk D 1 0.0

0.0% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx

U. Luukkonen237 .78459:34 -3.2

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (season).

Share of team xG in each of the last 2 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason

Oct

Result

Forwards

22J. QuinnR 216.8%

72T. ThompsonC 214.4%

94K. HeleniusC 29.4%

86N. OstlundC 29.3%

6Z. BensonL 28.8%

20J.KulichC 26.3%

71R. McLeodC 26.1%

91J. DoanR 26.1%

19P. KrebsC 25.5%

9J. NorrisC 23.8%

10S. CarrickC 21.1%

29B. MalenstynL 20.1%

Defense

26R. DahlinD 27.9%

23M. SamuelssonD 21.8%

25O. PowerD 21.3%

8O. ZellwegerD 11.0%

46L. CrevierD 20.4%

24M. GrzelcykD 10.0%

73Z. MetsaD 20.0%

WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game