Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres this season: record, standing, recent form, roster, advanced stats, salary cap, injuries and schedule, from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Team leaders · 2026–27
Points, goals and assists count games with this team; the other stats are season totals for players now on the roster. The NHL doesn’t track passes; assists are the closest measure.
Points
Goals
Assists
Hits
Blocked shots
Takeaways
Faceoff %
50+ faceoffsExpected goals (xG)
Save %
3+ GP
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
Chances (expected goals)
Ranks of 32 teams.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better league rank among the 32 teams. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone timeLeague avg 41.1%41.0%#17 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.6%40.9%#15 of 32
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 41.1%40.7%#12 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, power playLeague avg 62.9%56.9%#24 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, penalty killLeague avg 24.2%26.3%#19 of 32
- Shot-attempt differential per game+1.2#11 of 32
Speed
- Average shot speedLeague avg 59.3 mph61.8 mph#1 of 32
- Hardest shotLeague avg 96.4 mph100.2 mph#2 of 32
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 375530#2 of 32
- Top skating speedLeague avg 23.3 mph23.4 mph#10 of 32
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 5 shots
- Right corner: 1 shots
- Left side of the net: 15 shots
- Crease: 20 shots
- Right side of the net: 15 shots
- Low slot: 106 shots
- Left circle: 50 shots
- Right circle: 49 shots
- High slot: 43 shots
- Outside left: 25 shots
- Outside right: 26 shots
- Left point: 21 shots
- Centre point: 38 shots
- Right point: 28 shots
- Neutral zone: 4 shots
- Beyond the red line: 9 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 128126#17 of 32
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%17.5%#21 of 32
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 133142#8 of 32
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.5%12.7%#19 of 32
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 888714th most
- Long-range shooting %League avg 4.0%6.9%#3 of 32
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
45.4%
Faceoffs won
420
926 taken
League rank
#30
of 32 teams
By zone
- Offensive zone44.1% · 141/320
- Neutral zone46.7% · 134/287
- Defensive zone45.5% · 145/319
By situation
- Even strength46.4% · 347/748
- Power play46.0% · 40/87
- Shorthanded36.3% · 33/91
Coaching Staff
Don Granato
2 seasons with teamActive
2026-27
0‑0‑0
0 GP
Salary Cap
2026-27 upper limit $104.0MContract and payroll data not yet available for this team.
Injuries
League injury report →Man-games lost
65
Injured now
4
Games played
16
- Konsta HeleniusUpper Body4 GMOut
Helenius (upper body) is week-to-week, according to Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic on Monday. · Nov 2
- Justin DanforthUpper Body6 GMInjured Reserve
Danforth (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, per the NHL media site. · Oct 29
- Alex LyonLeft Shoulder9 GMInjured Reserve
Lyon (upper body) had a setback in his recovery and is without a timeline to return, the team announced Thursday. · Oct 15
- Matt GrzelcykLower Body10 GMInjured Reserve
Grzelcyk (lower body) suffered a "flare-up" and could be out for at least "a few days," head coach Lindy Ruff told Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News on Tuesday. · Oct 13
Most games missed this season
- Jack Rathbonereturned15
- Conor Timminsreturned14
- Matt Grzelcyk10
- Alex Lyon9
- Justin Danforth6
GM = team games missed in the current stint. HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.
