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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes.
Leader for the Buffalo Sabres in 2017-18: Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), 1 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 5 | 1 | 14%▲12 |
| 2 | Zach RedmondDBUF | BUF | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Taylor FedunDBUF | BUF | -1 | 7 | -0.14 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Hudson FaschingFBUF | BUF | -1 | 5 | -0.20 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Danny O'ReganFSJS/BUF | SJS/BUF | -2 | 21 | -0.10 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Justin BaileyFBUF | BUF | -2 | 12 | -0.17 | 4 | 3 | — |
| 7 | Alex NylanderFBUF | BUF | -3 | 3 | -1.00 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 8 | Jacob JosefsonFBUF | BUF | -4 | 39 | -0.10 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Josh GorgesDBUF | BUF | -4 | 34 | -0.12 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Nick BaptisteFBUF | BUF | -4 | 33 | -0.12 | 6 | 4 | — |
| 11 | Kyle CriscuoloFBUF | BUF | -4 | 9 | -0.44 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Seth GriffithFBUF | BUF | -6 | 21 | -0.29 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 13 | Brendan GuhleDBUF | BUF | -6 | 18 | -0.33 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Benoit PouliotFBUF | BUF | -8 | 74 | -0.11 | 19 | 13 | — |
| 15 | Matt TennysonDBUF | BUF | -8 | 15 | -0.53 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Evander KaneFBUF/SJS | BUF/SJS | -9 | 78 | -0.12 | 54 | 29 | 5.7%▲0.8 |
| 17 | Victor AntipinDBUF | BUF | -9 | 47 | -0.19 | 10 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Zach BogosianDBUF | BUF | -9 | 18 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 19 | Matt MoulsonFBUF | BUF | -9 | 14 | -0.64 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Evan RodriguesFBUF | BUF | -10 | 48 | -0.21 | 25 | 7 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 21 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | -11 | 53 | -0.21 | 12 | 3 | 34%▼15 |
| 22 | Zemgus GirgensonsFBUF | BUF | -12 | 71 | -0.17 | 15 | 7 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 23 | Jordan NolanFBUF | BUF | -13 | 69 | -0.19 | 8 | 4 | — |
| 24 | Casey NelsonDBUF | BUF | -14 | 37 | -0.38 | 8 | 3 | — |
| 25 | Marco ScandellaDBUF | BUF | -15 | 82 | -0.18 | 22 | 5 | — |
| 26 | Justin FalkDBUF | BUF | -16 | 46 | -0.35 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 27 | Jason PominvilleFBUF | BUF | -17 | 82 | -0.21 | 34 | 16 | — |
| 28 | Nathan BeaulieuDBUF | BUF | -19 | 59 | -0.32 | 9 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Scott WilsonFBUF/DET/PIT | BUF/DET/PIT | -20 | 69 | -0.29 | 14 | 6 | — |
| 30 | Ryan O'ReillyFBUF | BUF | -23 | 81 | -0.28 | 61 | 24 | 84%▲5 |
| 31 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | -24 | 82 | -0.29 | 50 | 25 | 99% |
| 32 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | -25 | 73 | -0.34 | 41 | 6 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 33 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | -25 | 67 | -0.37 | 64 | 25 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 34 | Johan LarssonFBUF | BUF | -30 | 80 | -0.38 | 17 | 4 | — |
| 35 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | -34 | 76 | -0.45 | 44 | 15 | — |
How to read it
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
How reliable is it?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
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