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Buffalo Sabres

Kale Clague

#38Defenseman

2023-24 regular season
3
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
2
SOG
0.0% SH
12:16
TOI/GP

D · BUF · NHL id 8479348

Kale Clague has played 3 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2023-24, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 2 shots while averaging 12:16 a night. At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Clague on the ice (2-2 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against WSH he was on D3 with Henri Jokiharju and off the power play.

Right now

From the Apr 11 game vs WSH, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 3: D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 1 games, 16:25 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine30m3m7m10m13m17mMar 2Mar 6Mar 9Mar 14Mar 18Mar 21Mar 27Mar 30Apr 5Apr 9
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
1 games shown, 16:25 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 3 GP in 2023-24; showing 2022-23 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed31st3221.1 mph
Bursts 20+ mph52nd5218
Hardest shot21st2186.2 mph
Offensive-zone time55th5542.0%
Distance skated34th3567.8 mi
High-danger SOG37th372
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2023-24 · 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.11 expected goals; best chance Kale Clague at 0.07 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

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.1goals below expected-0.3σFeb 21Apr 11
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 31 of 33 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.020
Season net
−0.16xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.12
Attempts
1
0.014

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.70G
Per 60
−0.205
Drawn / taken
3 / 12minors

MethodLeaders
50.6%
48.5%
50.8%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
14.8
Turnovers lost/60
16.0

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
24 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot4%24%0
R Point25%6%0
L Point17%6%0
L Circle4%12%0
Center Point4%8%0
Outside R8%4%0
Outside L8%5%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Clague

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

3 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 11vs WSHW 4-200001010—16:2516:25——
Feb 23@ CBJW 2-1011+11200—8:318:31——
Feb 21@ MTLW 3-2000-10000—11:5311:53——

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations336:4912:16333647.8%40.8%14122250%1.20.867%
Even strength336:4912:16333647.8%40.8%14122250%1.20.867%
5v5336:4912:16333647.8%40.8%14122250%1.20.867%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24BUF30110220.0%1012:16
2022-23BUF33044-324240.0%242415:06
2021-22MTL, LAK362810-1020267.7%142316:44
2020-21LAK18066-64240.0%91317:12
2019-20LAK4000-3220.0%1414:34

Kale Clague news

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

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.