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Buffalo Sabres

Tobias Rieder

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2020-21 regular season
44
GP
5
G
2
A
7
P
63
SOG
7.9% SH
12:15
TOI/GP

C · BUF · NHL id 8476356

Tobias Rieder has played 44 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2020-21, scoring 5 goals and 2 assists (7 points) on 63 shots while averaging 12:15 a night (10:30 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 1:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 41% of shot attempts with Rieder on the ice (10-20 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against BOS he was on L4 with Riley Sheahan and Tage Thompson and off the power play. He is shooting 7.9% this season against 5.9% across the 248 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 1 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 18 games, 11:44 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 6 line changes.

PPLine43▲2▲4▼1▲2▼4▼444444444440m3m7m10m13m17mMar 27Mar 31Apr 3Apr 8Apr 11Apr 15Apr 18Apr 22Apr 25Apr 29
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
18 games shown, 11:44 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

2020-21 · 87 attempts, 63 on goal, 5 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 87 attempts, 63 on goal, 5 goals, 5.39 expected goals; best chance Tobias Rieder at 0.30 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

2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0246-0.4goals below expected-0.2σJan 14May 1
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 43 of 44 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.048
Season net
+0.37xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.475
Season
−0.04G
12.5%8 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 0-1 · NZ 0-2 · DZ 1-4

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.17
Attempts
9
0.094

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.80G
Per 60
+0.089
Drawn / taken
6 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
39.9%
43.6%
39.5%
Transition CF/60
2.7
Turnovers won/60
14.3
Turnovers lost/60
11.5

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
63 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot30%23%2
R Point0%7%0
L Circle16%11%1
L Point3%8%0
R Net Side8%4%0
High Slot5%8%1
L Net Side5%3%0

Role changes

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

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Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Rieder

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

44 games in 2020-21, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 1@ BOSL 2-600000000—7:467:00—0:46
Apr 29@ BOSL 2-5000-12001—8:366:59—1:37
Apr 27@ NYRL 1-300006000—9:419:41——
Apr 25@ NYRL 3-600002200—8:537:24—1:25
Apr 23vs BOSW 6-401101001—11:319:55—1:04
Apr 22vs BOSL 1-5000-310000%10:508:37—2:12
Apr 20vs BOSL 0-200000000—10:147:25—2:49
Apr 18vs PITW 4-2000-11010—10:348:18—2:06
Apr 17vs PITL 2-300000002—11:5510:00—1:55
Apr 15@ WSHW 5-2000-210010%12:228:50—3:03
Apr 11@ PHIW 5-3000-10001—10:169:350:080:33
Apr 9vs WSHL 3-400002021—12:1611:25—0:51
Apr 8vs NJDL 3-6000030010%15:1413:28—1:46
Apr 6@ NJDW 5-3000+11020—16:4715:01—1:28
Apr 3vs NYRW 3-200002000—12:3511:190:131:03
Apr 1vs NYROTL 2-300000021—14:3912:40—1:59
Mar 31vs PHIW 6-1000+10002—15:3413:14—2:09
Mar 29vs PHIOTL 3-4011+11001—13:2211:150:042:03
Mar 18vs BOSL 1-400002002—15:1611:15—4:01
Mar 16@ NJDL 2-3101+14000—12:0110:070:281:26

Season splits by strength

2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations44538:5812:1534961236.3%36.2%205351132832%15.731.230%
Even strength44461:4510:3033847541.6%41.0%195269102033%14.622.338%
5v544460:4310:2833647441.5%40.9%194268102033%14.522.238%
Power play91:310:10010.0%0.0%0100—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill3972:061:5191286.6%8.5%8741614%0.48.12%
4v53972:061:5191286.6%8.5%8741614%0.48.12%
5v6, opponent net empty92:520:191420.0%25.0%131233%0.40.2—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2020-21BUF44527-92637.9%213412:15
2019-20CGY554610-126775.2%302611:05
2018-19EDM6701111-88920.0%694412:39
2017-18PlayoffsLAK4000-1070.0%7215:41
2017-18LAK, ARI78121325-12611410.5%964114:39

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.