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Buffalo Sabres

Jason Pominville

#29Right Wing

2018-19 regular season
73
GP
16
G
15
A
31
P
134
SOG
11.9% SH
12:28
TOI/GP

RW · BUF · NHL id 8469506

Jason Pominville has played 73 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19, scoring 16 goals and 15 assists (31 points) on 134 shots while averaging 12:28 a night (11:28 at even strength, 0:52 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Pominville on the ice (41-41 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against DET he was on L4 with Johan Larsson and Zemgus Girgensons and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 11.9% this season against 10.6% across the 155 games in our data.

Right now

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

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last gameLast 5: L2 · L4 · L3 · L2 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 17 games, 11:06 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 9 line changes.

PPLine44▼43▲4▼3▲4▼3▲3442▲24▼32▲4▼0m3m7m10m13m17mFeb 26Mar 2Mar 7Mar 12Mar 16Mar 20Mar 25Mar 28Mar 31Apr 4
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
17 games shown, 11:06 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 · 198 attempts, 134 on goal, 16 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 198 attempts, 134 on goal, 16 goals, 15.26 expected goals; best chance Jason Pominville at 0.49 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

051015+0.7goals above expected0.2σOct 4Apr 6
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 71 of 73 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.004
Season net
−0.06xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.096
Season
+0.03G
51.4%35 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 18-12 · NZ 0-4 · DZ 0-1

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.22
Attempts
17
0.067

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.48G
Per 60
+0.032
Drawn / taken
5 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
51.2%
53.3%
51.5%
Transition CF/60
5.1
Turnovers won/60
16.6
Turnovers lost/60
15.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
134 shots on goal, 16 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot35%24%11
L Circle4%11%0
Outside R11%4%1
R Circle18%11%1
Center Point3%8%0
L Point2%7%0
Outside L1%5%0

Linemates

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

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

73 games in 2018-19, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 6@ DETW 7-1011+13000—10:2510:25——
Apr 4vs OTTW 5-2101+12000—14:1113:530:18—
Apr 2vs NSHL 2-3000-110110%10:1910:18——
Mar 30@ NYIL 1-5000-14000100%12:0712:07——
Mar 28vs DETOTL 4-5011+14000100%15:0114:47—0:06
Mar 26@ OTTL 0-4000-11010—12:0512:05——
Mar 25@ NJDL 1-3000-12000—11:3111:03——
Mar 23@ MTLL 4-700001001—12:0412:04——
Mar 16@ CARL 2-4000-200000%12:3312:29——
Mar 14vs PITL 0-5000-12001—13:0712:59——
Mar 12vs DALL 0-2000-11000—10:2110:21——
Mar 9@ COLL 0-3000010200%11:0810:220:46—
Mar 7@ CHIOTL 4-500001000—8:218:21——
Mar 4vs EDML 3-40110200033%10:4310:43——
Mar 2@ TORL 2-510101000—11:4510:41——
Mar 1vs PITW 4-3000-10000—5:154:52——
Feb 26@ PHIL 2-5000-12000—9:568:551:01—
Feb 25@ TORL 3-501104010—17:2115:121:27—
Feb 23vs WSHW 5-2101+13000—12:4910:102:39—
Feb 21@ TBLOTL 1-200002000—13:4311:272:16—

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations73909:5212:2894380154.1%54.1%545467464650%49.543.162%
Even strength73837:1011:2883277551.8%51.6%471448414150%41.539.159%
5v573837:0411:2883277551.8%51.6%471448414150%41.539.159%
Power play4062:431:341031686.6%86.7%70134180%7.51.2100%
Penalty kill51:040:13010.0%0.0%0100—0.00.00%
5v44062:431:341031686.6%86.7%70134180%7.51.2100%
6v5, own net empty156:190:258657.1%58.3%441420%0.62.7100%
5v6, opponent net empty102:360:16030.0%0.0%0100—0.00.20%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2018-19BUF73161531-4413411.9%182012:28
2017-18BUF82161834-1781689.5%393514:54

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.