RW · BUF · NHL id 8477491
Nick Baptiste has played 33 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2017-18, scoring 4 goals and 2 assists (6 points) on 45 shots while averaging 9:58 a night (8:55 at even strength, 0:48 on the power play and 0:11 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Baptiste on the ice (8-12 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against FLA he was on L4 with Jordan Nolan and Johan Larsson and on PP2; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 8.9% this season.
Right now
From the Apr 7 game vs FLA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 10:40 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 6 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2017-18 · 70 attempts, 45 on goal, 4 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 70 attempts, 45 on goal, 4 goals, 3.60 expected goals; best chance Nick Baptiste at 0.23 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2017-18 regular season · 31 of 33 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.013
- Season net
- −0.06xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.85
- Attempts
- 9
- 0.087
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Baptiste
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
33 games in 2017-18, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7 | @ FLA | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:48 | 6:07 | 0:28 | 2:13 |
| Apr 6 | @ TBL | L 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:21 | 6:13 | 2:48 | 2:20 |
| Apr 4 | vs OTT | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:38 | 7:12 | 1:19 | — |
| Apr 2 | @ TOR | L 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:43 | 8:03 | 2:40 | — |
| Mar 31 | @ NSH | W 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:01 | 6:22 | 2:39 | — |
| Mar 29 | vs DET | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 10:22 | 9:05 | 1:17 | — |
| Mar 26 | @ TOR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:07 | 10:07 | — | — |
| Mar 24 | @ NYR | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:27 | 10:40 | 1:20 | 0:27 |
| Mar 23 | vs MTL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 11:48 | 11:27 | — | 0:21 |
| Mar 21 | vs ARI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:40 | 8:11 | 1:47 | — |
| Mar 19 | vs NSH | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:39 | 10:33 | 0:42 | — |
| Mar 17 | vs CHI | W 5-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:16 | 11:00 | 1:13 | 0:25 |
| Mar 15 | vs TOR | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:26 | 10:32 | 0:54 | — |
| Mar 10 | vs VGK | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12:56 | 11:22 | 1:34 | — |
| Mar 8 | @ OTT | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:15 | 10:21 | 0:50 | 0:04 |
| Mar 7 | vs CGY | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:53 | 9:59 | 0:54 | — |
| Mar 5 | vs TOR | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:47 | 6:17 | 0:30 | — |
| Mar 2 | @ FLA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 11:45 | 10:20 | 1:25 | — |
| Feb 28 | @ TBL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:32 | 11:51 | 0:41 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs BOS | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8:39 | 7:43 | 0:56 | — |
Season splits by strength
2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 33 | 328:54 | 9:58 | 265 | 306 | 46.4% | 46.9% | 151 | 181 | 11 | 13 | 46% | 11.7 | 16.0 | 61% |
| Even strength | 33 | 294:19 | 8:55 | 235 | 277 | 45.9% | 46.1% | 132 | 163 | 8 | 12 | 40% | 9.8 | 14.1 | 59% |
| 5v5 | 33 | 292:22 | 8:52 | 232 | 276 | 45.7% | 45.8% | 130 | 163 | 8 | 12 | 40% | 9.5 | 13.9 | 59% |
| Power play | 25 | 26:26 | 1:03 | 29 | 11 | 72.5% | 75.0% | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.9 | 0.4 | 80% |
| Penalty kill | 6 | 5:50 | 0:58 | 0 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.5 | — |
| 5v4 | 25 | 26:17 | 1:03 | 29 | 11 | 72.5% | 75.0% | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.9 | 0.4 | 80% |
| 4v5 | 6 | 5:50 | 0:58 | 0 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.5 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | BUF | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 14 | 45 | 8.9% | 16 | 3 | 9:58 |
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.