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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 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 2026-27: Tage Thompson (BUF), 2 +/-.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 2 | Louis CrevierDBUF | BUF | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 15%▲15 |
| 3 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 39%▲32 |
| 4 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 61%▲44 |
| 5 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | 0 | 25%▲24 |
| 6 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 100%▲1 |
| 8 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 45%▲29 |
| 9 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 53%▲30 |
| 10 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 26%▲25 |
| 11 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 56%▲44 |
| 12 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 40%▲37 |
| 13 | Olen ZellwegerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 31%▲28 |
| 14 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 19%▲17 |
| 15 | Matt GrzelcykDBUF | BUF | -1 | 1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Sam CarrickFBUF | BUF | -2 | 2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | -2 | 2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 18 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | -2 | 2 | -1.00 | 2 | 1 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 19 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | -3 | 2 | -1.50 | 1 | 0 | 26%▲20 |
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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- 5v5 xGF%50% is break-even. 55% means the skater's team took 55% of the expected goals while he was on the ice.