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Buffalo Sabres

Lawrence Pilut

#20Defenseman

2022-23 regular season
17
GP
1
G
2
A
3
P
14
SOG
7.1% SH
12:48
TOI/GP

D · BUF · NHL id 8480935

Lawrence Pilut has played 17 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2022-23, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 14 shots while averaging 12:48 a night (11:43 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:59 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Pilut on the ice (9-13 in goals, 46% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against VGK he was on D3 with Casey Fitzgerald and off the power play. He is shooting 7.1% this season against 3.5% across the 63 games in our data.

Right now

From the Dec 19 game vs VGK, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Rasmus Dahlin
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D2 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 10 games, 12:23 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine2223▼33323▼30m3m7m10m13m17m20mNov 8Nov 12Nov 16Nov 22Nov 25Nov 30Dec 4Dec 9Dec 13Dec 17
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
10 games shown, 12:23 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
Top speed21st2220.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph15th162
Hardest shot16th1684.2 mph
Offensive-zone time62nd6242.5%
Distance skated25th2530.2 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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

2022-23 · 22 attempts, 14 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 22 attempts, 14 on goal, 1 goal, 0.43 expected goals; best chance Lawrence Pilut at 0.13 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

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81+0.6goals above expected0.9σOct 25Dec 19
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 15 of 17 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.018
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 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.57G
Per 60
+0.157
Drawn / taken
3 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
49.0%
48.0%
48.7%
Transition CF/60
2.8
Turnovers won/60
16.8
Turnovers lost/60
10.7

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

Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Pilut

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

17 games in 2022-23, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 19@ VGKW 3-2112+11000—13:3111:12—2:19
Dec 17@ ARIW 5-2000-10001—9:347:48—1:25
Dec 15@ COLW 4-200001010—17:4416:220:181:04
Dec 7@ CBJW 9-4000-21000—13:5213:49—0:03
Dec 1vs COLL 4-600000011—6:506:43——
Nov 30@ DETW 5-400000000—5:325:32——
Nov 16@ OTTL 1-4000-11010—9:038:45——
Nov 15vs VANL 4-5000-12001—14:4914:12—0:37
Nov 12vs BOSL 1-3000-11001—17:0515:53—1:12
Nov 8vs ARIL 1-400001002—16:3214:37—1:55
Nov 5@ TBLL 3-500001021—10:049:37—0:27
Nov 4@ CARL 3-5000-30001—11:018:40—2:21
Nov 2vs PITW 6-3000+31001—15:5414:210:070:49
Oct 31vs DETW 8-3000+11013—15:5615:43—0:13
Oct 29vs CHIW 4-300000002—14:0411:12—2:52
Oct 27vs MTLL 2-3011+13001—11:1110:59—0:12
Oct 25@ SEAL 1-5000-10001—14:5013:40—1:10

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations17217:3212:4818318449.9%49.8%9910491636%8.911.040%
Even strength17199:0511:4317215852.1%52.4%969191341%8.69.347%
5v517196:2011:3317215452.8%53.0%968991341%8.69.146%
Power play20:250:1300——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill1416:391:11102330.3%25.0%212030%0.31.50%
4v432:450:55040.0%0.0%0200—0.00.2100%
4v51416:391:11102330.3%25.0%212030%0.31.50%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2022-23BUF17123-40147.1%61612:48
2019-20BUF13000-4460.0%101916:14
2018-19BUF33156-820372.7%203317:25

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.