Benoit Pouliot

#67Left Wing

2017-18 regular season

SOG

15.7% SH

13:41

TOI/GP

LW · BUF · NHL id 8471678

Benoit Pouliot has played 74 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2017-18, scoring 13 goals and 6 assists (19 points) on 83 shots while averaging 13:41 a night (11:13 at even strength, 0:37 on the power play and 1:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Pouliot on the ice (22-34 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against TOR he was on L4 with Johan Larsson and Nick Baptiste and off the power play. He is shooting 15.7% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 2 game vs TOR, detected from shift data

Line

Johan Larsson Nick Baptiste

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L4 · L4/PP2 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

19 games shown, 12:11 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2017-18 · 145 attempts, 83 on goal, 13 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

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 · 71 of 74 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.002
Season net: +0.02xG

Offensive TK/600.95 (13)

Offensive GV/600.88 (12)

Neutral TK/600.44 (6)

Neutral GV/600.37 (5)

Defensive TK/600.51 (7)

Defensive GV/600.88 (12)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.277
Season: −0.09G
: 36.4%33 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 7-11 · NZ 4-3 · DZ 1-7

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.66
Attempts: 9
: 0.028

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −0.17G
Per 60: −0.010
Drawn / taken: 10 / 11minors

Method Leaders

: 44.7%
: 44.5%
: 44.6%
Transition CF/60: 4.0
Turnovers won/60: 15.4
Turnovers lost/60: 14.8

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

83 shots on goal, 13 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	35%	23%	9
Outside L	12%	5%	0
R Circle	5%	11%	0
R Point	1%	7%	0
Center Point	4%	8%	0
L Circle	8%	11%	0
High Slot	11%	9%	2

Linemates

2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Pouliot

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

74 games in 2017-18, newest first

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 2	@ TOR	L 2-5	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	—	5:41	5:41	—	—
Mar 31	@ NSH	W 7-4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0%	10:50	8:33	0:41	0:19
Mar 26	@ TOR	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	—	11:05	10:39	—	0:26
Mar 24	@ NYR	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—	12:47	10:30	1:16	1:01
Mar 23	vs MTL	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	—	10:08	8:29	—	1:39
Mar 21	vs ARI	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—	13:45	10:36	0:03	2:44
Mar 19	vs NSH	L 0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	13:43	13:43	—	—
Mar 17	vs CHI	W 5-3	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	—	14:09	13:32	—	0:37
Mar 15	vs TOR	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	13:00	11:17	—	1:11
Mar 10	vs VGK	OTL 1-2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0%	12:14	8:53	2:05	1:16
Mar 8	@ OTT	W 4-3	0	1	1	+1	3	2	1	0	—	16:13	13:20	1:29	1:24
Mar 7	vs CGY	L 1-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	67%	10:29	8:43	0:51	0:55
Mar 5	vs TOR	W 5-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	6:24	5:42	—	0:42
Mar 2	@ FLA	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	14:03	11:01	2:11	0:51
Feb 28	@ TBL	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	—	12:58	10:33	1:49	0:36
Feb 25	vs BOS	W 4-1	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	—	16:15	11:20	2:04	1:56
Feb 24	@ WSH	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	—	17:29	15:17	1:08	0:56
Feb 22	@ DET	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	—	13:50	9:36	2:25	1:25
Feb 19	vs WSH	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	10:09	8:04	1:37	0:28
Feb 17	vs LAK	L 2-4	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	—	11:32	9:50	0:48	0:38

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	74	1012:31	13:41	816	1094	42.7%	42.0%	455	584	31	53	37%	39.4	56.1	45%
Even strength	74	830:09	11:13	708	828	46.1%	45.6%	398	442	22	35	39%	30.2	37.7	58%
5v5	74	820:24	11:05	697	817	46.0%	45.6%	391	434	22	34	39%	29.6	36.8	58%
Power play	43	45:48	1:04	53	17	75.7%	73.5%	26	12	2	0	100%	3.2	0.4	87%
Penalty kill	70	121:17	1:44	35	219	13.8%	14.7%	24	116	3	16	16%	2.5	15.4	3%
4v4	10	4:17	0:26	6	3	66.7%	50.0%	3	1	0	0	—	0.2	0.2	56%
3v3 (OT)	5	5:28	1:06	5	8	38.5%	38.5%	4	7	0	1	0%	0.4	0.7	50%
5v4	43	45:48	1:04	53	17	75.7%	73.5%	26	12	2	0	100%	3.2	0.4	87%
4v5	70	116:58	1:40	35	211	14.2%	15.1%	24	112	3	16	16%	2.5	14.6	3%
3v5	4	2:50	0:43	0	4	0.0%	0.0%	0	3	0	0	—	0.0	0.4	0%
6v5, own net empty	13	5:59	0:28	13	3	81.3%	80.0%	3	1	0	1	0%	0.6	0.7	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	10	6:24	0:38	6	14	30.0%	33.3%	3	6	3	1	75%	2.8	1.0	0%
4v6, opponent net empty	4	2:52	0:43	1	13	7.1%	9.1%	1	7	1	0	100%	0.2	0.8	0%

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	74	13	6	19	-8	22	83	15.7%	69	34	13:41

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season