Category: Sab(re)metrics

Breaking Down the (lack of) Sabres Scoring

By Lee Drinkwater | Dec 1st 2017 | 3 min read |

The NHL has seen a noticeable increase in scoring this season. Unfortunately, the Buffalo Sabres apparently haven’t gotten the message. While most f...

Projecting the Sabres final 2015-16 season stats at the halfway mark

By Andy Boron | Jan 10th 2016 | 11 min read |

After last night’s loss in Chicago, the Buffalo Sabres have played 41 games, and sit at the halfway mark of their 2015-16 season. Halfway though...

Sabres praised for usage of analytics

By Andy Boron | Feb 23rd 2015 | 2 min read |

Analytics has been the hot topic in sports for the past few years, with hockey slowly adopting the type of advanced stats that have been around in oth...

Five factoids about the Buffalo Sabres at the All-Star Break

By Andy Boron | Jan 22nd 2015 | 4 min read |

With a week’s break before the next Sabres game and the All-Star festivities not yet begun, we thought today would be a good time to take a mome...

Don't worry about the Sabres winning too much

By Andy Boron | Nov 24th 2014 | 4 min read |

Over the past few days, there’s been some worried rumblings on this site and the internet in general about the Buffalo Sabres three-game winning...

Myers, Gorges off to strong start among sea of hot garbage

By Andy Boron | Oct 16th 2014 | 4 min read |

Last season, the Buffalo Sabres defense was mostly a terrible, terrible mess, which thankfully also contained a few bright spots – notably in th...

When was the last time each player on the Buffalo Sabres scored?

By Andy Boron | Mar 20th 2014 | 5 min read |

Over their last seven games, but the Buffalo Sabres scored just six goals, all by only two players. This season, they’re by far the least threat...

Ville Leino's contract is the worst value in the NHL

By Andy Boron | Mar 15th 2014 | 2 min read |

Some of you might be sick of hearing it at this point, but let’s talk about Ville Leino’s contract. This albatross signifies, to me, most ...

The incredible, and ineveitable, resurgance of Drew Stafford

By Andy Boron | Mar 13th 2014 | 4 min read |

When the Buffalo Sabres re-signed Drew Stafford after the 2011 season, and after a year that saw him score 31 goals in 62 games, they expected him to ...

How do you measure puck possession, and why are the Sabres so bad at it? - Part II

By Andy Boron | Nov 11th 2013 | 6 min read |

A few weeks ago, we wrote an article introducing the concept of puck possession and the Fenwick For % stat, and showed that not only are the Buffalo S...