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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 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 2020-21: Jake McCabe (BUF), 2 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 3 | 1 | 34%▼15 |
| 2 | Steven FogartyFBUF | BUF | 2 | 9 | 0.22 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 3 | Rasmus AsplundFBUF | BUF | 1 | 28 | 0.04 | 11 | 7 | — |
| 4 | Brett MurrayFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | C.J. SmithFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Jacob BrysonDBUF | BUF | -1 | 38 | -0.03 | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 7 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | -1 | 35 | -0.03 | 13 | 2 | — |
| 8 | Jean-Sebastien DeaFBUF | BUF | -1 | 1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Will BorgenDBUF | BUF | -4 | 10 | -0.40 | 0 | 0 | 4.1%▲3.8 |
| 10 | Brandon DavidsonDBUF | BUF | -4 | 6 | -0.67 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Brandon MontourDBUF/FLA | BUF/FLA | -5 | 50 | -0.10 | 18 | 7 | 83%▲10 |
| 12 | Taylor HallFBUF/BOS | BUF/BOS | -6 | 53 | -0.11 | 33 | 10 | 28%▲20 |
| 13 | Curtis LazarFBUF/BOS | BUF/BOS | -6 | 50 | -0.12 | 13 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | -6 | 38 | -0.16 | 14 | 8 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 15 | Drake CaggiulaFARI/BUF | ARI/BUF | -6 | 38 | -0.16 | 10 | 3 | — |
| 16 | Riley SheahanFBUF | BUF | -8 | 53 | -0.15 | 13 | 4 | — |
| 17 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | -8 | 12 | -0.67 | 2 | 0 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 18 | Cody EakinFBUF | BUF | -9 | 46 | -0.20 | 7 | 3 | — |
| 19 | Tobias RiederFBUF | BUF | -9 | 44 | -0.20 | 7 | 5 | — |
| 20 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | -9 | 21 | -0.43 | 18 | 2 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 21 | Arttu RuotsalainenFBUF | BUF | -9 | 17 | -0.53 | 6 | 5 | — |
| 22 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | -10 | 41 | -0.24 | 22 | 10 | 14%▲12 |
| 23 | Matt IrwinDBUF | BUF | -10 | 24 | -0.42 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Jeff SkinnerFBUF | BUF | -11 | 53 | -0.21 | 14 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Henri JokiharjuDBUF | BUF | -11 | 46 | -0.24 | 8 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Anders BjorkFBOS/BUF | BOS/BUF | -13 | 45 | -0.29 | 11 | 5 | — |
| 27 | Dylan CozensFBUF | BUF | -15 | 41 | -0.37 | 13 | 4 | 90%▲3.9 |
| 28 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | -18 | 49 | -0.37 | 18 | 4 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 29 | Colin MillerDBUF | BUF | -20 | 48 | -0.42 | 12 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Victor OlofssonFBUF | BUF | -23 | 56 | -0.41 | 32 | 13 | 14%▲14 |
| 31 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | -28 | 54 | -0.52 | 40 | 25 | 99% |
| 32 | Eric StaalFBUF/MTL | BUF/MTL | -30 | 53 | -0.57 | 13 | 5 | — |
| 33 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | -36 | 56 | -0.64 | 23 | 5 | 100%▲1 |
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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