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Roster · 2017-18

Every Sabre, by the numbers

TeamBuffalo Sabres
Season2017-18

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 22

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

C94Ryan O'Reilly81 GP · 1686 min+1.89WARC86Sam Reinhart82 GP · 1402 min+1.49WARC81Jack Eichel67 GP · 1350 min+1.35WARL66Evander Kane78 GP · 1527 min+0.98WARR62Jason Pominville82 GP · 1222 min+0.90WARC49Zemgus Girgensons71 GP · 973 min+0.64WARL45Benoit Pouliot74 GP · 1013 min+0.58WARR35Kyle Okposo76 GP · 1294 min+0.37WARC33Evan Rodrigues48 GP · 669 min+0.35WARC25Scott Wilson69 GP · 842 min+0.22WARC14Jordan Nolan69 GP · 676 min+0.11WARR11Nick Baptiste33 GP · 329 min+0.07WARC2Jacob Josefson39 GP · 444 min-0.03WARL2Johan Larsson80 GP · 1129 min-0.03WARR—Justin Bailey12 GP · 135 min+0.04WARC—Seth Griffith21 GP · 222 min+0.03WARC—Danny O'Regan21 GP · 209 min+0.02WARL—Matt Moulson14 GP · 144 min+0.02WARC—Casey Mittelstadt6 GP · 84 min+0.01WARR—Hudson Fasching5 GP · 49 min+0.00WARL—Alex Nylander3 GP · 39 min+0.00WARC—Kyle Criscuolo9 GP · 72 min-0.00WAR
Defense · 13

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D83Marco Scandella82 GP · 1912 min+1.12WARD81Rasmus Ristolainen73 GP · 1935 min+1.05WARD39Victor Antipin47 GP · 718 min+0.35WARD32Casey Nelson37 GP · 695 min+0.23WARD31Jake McCabe53 GP · 1034 min+0.23WARD30Nathan Beaulieu59 GP · 941 min+0.22WARD15Brendan Guhle18 GP · 326 min+0.06WARD12Matt Tennyson15 GP · 270 min+0.04WARD11Josh Gorges34 GP · 508 min+0.03WARD9Zach Bogosian18 GP · 345 min+0.01WARD7Justin Falk46 GP · 740 min-0.03WARD—Zach Redmond3 GP · 43 min-0.00WARD—Taylor Fedun7 GP · 103 min-0.01WAR
Goaltenders · 4

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G68Robin Lehner53 GP · 2852 min+2.34WARG48Linus Ullmark5 GP · 240 min+0.95WARG3Chad Johnson36 GP · 1774 min-1.08WARG—Adam Wilcox1 GP · 39 min+0.17WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated