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Buffalo Sabres

Casey Nelson

#8Defenseman

2018-19 regular season
38
GP
1
G
5
A
6
P
37
SOG
2.7% SH
15:25
TOI/GP

D · BUF · NHL id 8479268

Casey Nelson has played 38 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19, scoring 1 goal and 5 assists (6 points) on 37 shots while averaging 15:25 a night (14:08 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 1:09 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Nelson on the ice (20-20 in goals, 53% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against DET he was on D3 with Lawrence Pilut and off the power play. He is shooting 2.7% this season against 4.7% across the 75 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 6 game vs DET, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Lawrence Pilut
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Rasmus Ristolainen
Last 5: D2 · D2 · D3 · D3 · D2

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 16 games, 16:19 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 5 line changes.

PPLine3333332▲3▼32▲2223▼32▲0m8m17mFeb 26Mar 2Mar 7Mar 12Mar 16Mar 20Mar 25Mar 28Mar 31Apr 4
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
16 games shown, 16:19 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

2018-19 · 83 attempts, 37 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 83 attempts, 37 on goal, 1 goal, 1.31 expected goals; best chance Casey Nelson at 0.09 xG.

  • 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

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.522.5-0.3goals below expected-0.3σOct 4Apr 6
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 35 of 38 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.039
Season net
−0.34xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.34
Attempts
3
0.002

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.48G
Per 60
−0.050
Drawn / taken
3.5 / 6.5minors

MethodLeaders
47.1%
48.3%
46.6%
Transition CF/60
3.1
Turnovers won/60
14.9
Turnovers lost/60
14.1

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
37 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point41%7%0
Low Slot0%24%0
Center Point19%8%1
L Circle3%11%0
L Point14%7%0
Outside R0%4%0
High Slot5%9%0

Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Nelson

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

38 games in 2018-19, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 6@ DETW 7-1011+20021—18:4317:29—1:14
Apr 4vs OTTW 5-200002020—15:3213:35—1:57
Apr 2vs NSHL 2-3000-11020—16:5915:44—0:42
Mar 31vs CBJL 0-4000-22031—18:5017:52—0:58
Mar 30@ NYIL 1-5000-21031—21:0220:22—0:40
Mar 28vs DETOTL 4-5000+20012—16:3915:22—1:17
Mar 26@ OTTL 0-4000-12032—20:3516:20—4:15
Mar 25@ NJDL 1-300000011—14:0112:54—1:07
Mar 23@ MTLL 4-700003002—16:4115:35—1:06
Mar 20vs TORL 2-400002010—17:3216:17—1:15
Mar 17vs STLW 4-300001031—16:3816:22—0:16
Mar 16@ CARL 2-4000-21510—11:0610:21—0:45
Mar 14vs PITL 0-500000212—14:2913:54—0:27
Mar 9@ COLL 0-300002031—13:2113:10—0:11
Mar 7@ CHIOTL 4-5000-11200—14:1913:27—0:34
Mar 4vs EDML 3-400002012—15:3315:13—0:20
Dec 4vs TOROTL 3-400000000—2:392:39——
Dec 3@ NSHL 1-2000-10001—12:4812:26—0:22
Nov 30@ FLAOTL 2-3000+11221—15:5413:51—2:00
Nov 29@ TBLL 4-501102001—15:3813:16—2:22

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations38585:3315:2548549549.5%49.7%262270212546%22.930.149%
Even strength38537:0414:0847643452.3%52.5%257239202050%21.925.252%
5v538534:3814:0447543152.4%52.6%256238202050%21.825.053%
Power play30:330:1110100.0%100.0%1000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill3443:411:173555.2%6.8%329050%0.13.90%
4v462:260:241325.0%33.3%1100—0.10.20%
4v53443:411:173555.2%6.8%329050%0.13.90%
5v6, opponent net empty52:260:292433.3%40.0%1210100%0.90.20%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2018-19BUF38156+113372.7%443615:25
2017-18BUF37358-148486.3%313718:47

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.