The Sabres opened their 2021-22 schedule on October 14 against the Montreal Canadiens which means it’s now been a month since the Sabres season began. With that in mind, it’s time to take a look back at the numbers through the first 30 days to see how the team is performing. What follows are some counting stats and some advanced stats.
Without further ado, let’s get into it.
Points leaders: 1.) Rasmus Asplund: 10 2a.) Jeff Skinner: 9 2b.) Tage Thompson: 9 2c.) Victor Olofsson: 9 3a.) Kyle Okposo: 8 3b.) Colin Miller: 8
Goal leaders: 1a.) Jeff Skinner: 5 1b.) Tage Thompson: 5 1c.) Victor Olofsson: 5 2.) Rasmus Asplund: 4 3a.) Kyle Okposo: 3 3b.) Zemgus Girgensons: 3 3c.) Anders Bjork: 3 3d.) Dylan Cozens: 3
Assists: 1.) Colin Miller: 7 2a.) Rasmus Asplund: 6 2b.) Vinnie Hinostroza: 6 3a.) Kyle Okposo: 5 3b.) Rasmus Dahlin: 5 3c.) Jacob Bryson: 5
Average Time On-Ice Leaders (ATOI) – Defensemen 1.) Rasmus Dahlin – 22:58 2.) Colin Miller – 21:08 3.) Jacob Bryson – 20:22
ATOI Leaders – Forwards 1.) Tage Thompson: 17:57 2.) Rasmus Asplund: 17:36 3.) Victor Olofsson: 17:04
+/- (Best) 1a.) Rasmus Asplund: +4 1b.) Mark Pysyk: +4 2a.) Tage Thompson: +3 2b.) Victor Olofsson: +3 3.) Colin Miller: +2
+/- (Worst) 1.) Dylan Cozens: -7 2.) Will Butcher: -5 3.) Cody Eakin: -3
Faceoff Percentage (Mittelstadt Omitted Due to Sample Size) 1.) Cody Eakin: 54.46 2.) Kyle Okposo: 51.92 3.) Dylan Cozens: 44.7
Corsi-For Leaders: 1.) Rasmus Asplund: 55% 2.) Tage Thompson: 54.6% 3a.) Victor Olofsson: 54.1% 3b.) Jeff Skinner: 54.1%
Worst Corsi-For (Omitting 1 game each for Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju, Christian Wolanin and Brett Murray): 1.) Drake Caggiula: 45.8% 2.) John Hayden: 46.4% 3.) Anders Bjork: 47.4%
Blocked Shots: 1.) Robert Hagg: 34 2.) Mark Pysyk: 18 3.) Colin Miller: 17
Goals-For Per 60 Minutes: 1.) Rasmus Asplund: 4.1 2.) Colin Miller: 3.5 3.) Tage Thompson: 3.4
Goals-Against Per 60 Minutes: 1.) Victor Olofsson: 1.6 2.) Mark Pysyk: 2.1 3.) Arttu Ruotsalainen: 2.2
Goalies: Craig Anderson: 4-2-0, .921 sv%, 2.50 GAA Even-Strength Goals Against: 14 Expected Even-Strength Goals-Against: 12 High-Danger Scoring Save Percentage: .767
Dustin Tokarski: 2-3-2, .908 sv%, 2.95 GAA Even-Strength Goals Against: 16 Expected Even-Strength Goals Against: 14.5 High-Danger Scoring Save Percentage: .838
Bonus Chart Via evolvinghockey.com
This chart essentially shows the offensive and defensive impacts of individual players. In general: the right side shows positive impact and the left side shows negative impact.
Stats via NHL.com and hockey-reference.com. Charts via evolving-hockey.com