C · BUF · NHL id 8471743
Vladimir Sobotka has played 16 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2019-20, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 23 shots while averaging 14:16 a night (12:29 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:31 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Sobotka on the ice (9-7 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against TBL he was on L4 with Marcus Johansson and Jeff Skinner and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 4.3% this season against 7.4% across the 166 games in our data.
Right now
From the Nov 8 game vs TBL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 16 games, 14:00 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 11 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2019-20 · 32 attempts, 23 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 32 attempts, 23 on goal, 1 goal, 1.41 expected goals; best chance Vladimir Sobotka at 0.14 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 16 of 16 games through the sequence engine
- −0.011
- Season net
- −0.04xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.60
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.014
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved down to L4 from L2Nov 8, 2019 alerts →
- Played 10:02 less than his 5-game averageNov 8, 2019 alerts →
Linemates
2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Sobotka
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
16 games in 2019-20, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | vs TBL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 4:12 | 4:12 | — | — |
| Nov 2 | vs NYI | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 11:17 | 10:11 | — | 1:06 |
| Nov 1 | @ WSH | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27% | 14:44 | 13:24 | — | 1:20 |
| Oct 28 | vs ARI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | 14:43 | 13:06 | — | 1:37 |
| Oct 25 | @ DET | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:47 | 11:54 | — | 1:27 |
| Oct 24 | @ NYR | L 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 15:39 | 13:02 | — | 2:10 |
| Oct 22 | vs SJS | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | 14:51 | 13:09 | — | 1:30 |
| Oct 19 | @ SJS | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57% | 17:49 | 13:18 | — | 3:32 |
| Oct 17 | @ LAK | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13% | 15:42 | 13:22 | — | 2:20 |
| Oct 16 | @ ANA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 14:30 | 12:35 | 0:00 | 1:55 |
| Oct 14 | vs DAL | W 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 57% | 14:52 | 13:05 | 0:05 | 1:42 |
| Oct 11 | vs FLA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75% | 15:19 | 14:25 | — | 0:36 |
| Oct 9 | vs MTL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75% | 15:25 | 14:00 | — | 1:20 |
| Oct 7 | @ CBJ | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 50% | 14:00 | 13:42 | — | 0:18 |
| Oct 5 | vs NJD | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 14:11 | 12:29 | — | 1:42 |
| Oct 3 | @ PIT | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 60% | 16:14 | 13:48 | — | 1:45 |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 16 | 228:15 | 14:16 | 152 | 244 | 38.4% | 38.0% | 90 | 139 | 9 | 10 | 47% | 5.8 | 14.6 | 40% |
| Even strength | 16 | 199:42 | 12:29 | 143 | 185 | 43.6% | 43.4% | 85 | 103 | 9 | 7 | 56% | 5.1 | 10.1 | 48% |
| 5v5 | 16 | 199:42 | 12:29 | 142 | 184 | 43.6% | 43.1% | 84 | 103 | 9 | 7 | 56% | 5.0 | 10.1 | 48% |
| Power play | 2 | 0:05 | 0:03 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | — |
| Penalty kill | 15 | 24:20 | 1:37 | 7 | 43 | 14.0% | 12.8% | 5 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.3 | 3.6 | 8% |
| 4v5 | 15 | 22:46 | 1:31 | 7 | 39 | 15.2% | 13.9% | 5 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.3 | 3.3 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | BUF | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 23 | 4.3% | 26 | 7 | 14:16 |
| 2018-19 | BUF | 69 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -20 | 26 | 71 | 7.0% | 87 | 30 | 14:11 |
| 2017-18 | STL | 81 | 11 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 50 | 136 | 8.1% | 127 | 45 | 17:07 |
Vladimir Sobotka news
- Revisiting the Blues’ Trade for Ryan O’ReillyThe Hockey Writers
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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.