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NHL Power-Play Goals Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by power-play goals, regular season only, listing players with at least one. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Power-play goals are scored while the team has more skaters on the ice than the opponent. The leaders are the trigger men of first power-play units: the one-timer from the left circle, the net-front tip. PPG feeds both goals and power-play points. A shooter who loses PP1 time usually falls off this board within a few weeks.
Leader for the Buffalo Sabres in 2017-18: Ryan O'Reilly (BUF), 15 PPG.
- Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals.
Power-Play Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | PPG | GP | Per game | PPA | PPP | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan O'ReillyFBUF | BUF | 15 | 81 | 0.19 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 84%▲5 |
| 2 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | 12 | 82 | 0.15 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 99% |
| 3 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 6 | 76 | 0.08 | 15 | 21 | 15 | — |
| 4 | Jason PominvilleFBUF | BUF | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 2 | 7 | 16 | — |
| 5 | Evander KaneFBUF/SJS | BUF/SJS | 3 | 78 | 0.04 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 5.7%▲0.8 |
| 6 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | 3 | 67 | 0.04 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 7 | Benoit PouliotFBUF | BUF | 1 | 74 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 13 | — |
| 8 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 9 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 1 | 53 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34%▼15 |
| 10 | Evan RodriguesFBUF | BUF | 1 | 48 | 0.02 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 11 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14%▲12 |
How to read it
Goals scored with the man advantage (5-on-4, 5-on-3, 4-on-3).
How reliable is it?
Power-play scoring follows power-play time: the share of a team's PP minutes is far more repeatable than the goal total itself.
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- Power-Play Goals per 60Power-Play Goals per 60 minutes of ice time, all situations.
- Power-Play AssistsAssists on goals scored with the man advantage.