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Roster · 2019-20

Every Sabre, by the numbers

TeamBuffalo Sabres
Season2019-20

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.

C95Jack Eichel68 GP · 1502 min+1.90WARL78Jeff Skinner59 GP · 973 min+1.22WARC76Sam Reinhart69 GP · 1423 min+1.19WARL63Conor Sheary63 GP · 826 min+0.97WARC57Dominik Kahun56 GP · 744 min+0.85WARL56Marcus Johansson60 GP · 1029 min+0.84WARC56Zemgus Girgensons69 GP · 952 min+0.83WARL53Victor Olofsson54 GP · 993 min+0.76WARL51Johan Larsson62 GP · 924 min+0.72WARR42Kyle Okposo52 GP · 668 min+0.59WARL41Jimmy Vesey64 GP · 883 min+0.56WARC29Evan Rodrigues45 GP · 508 min+0.36WARC20Casey Mittelstadt31 GP · 396 min+0.27WARR19Michael Frolik57 GP · 709 min+0.26WARR18Wayne Simmonds68 GP · 1015 min+0.24WARC14Curtis Lazar38 GP · 450 min+0.19WARC3Rasmus Asplund29 GP · 314 min+0.06WARC—Vladimir Sobotka16 GP · 228 min+0.03WARC—Scott Wilson6 GP · 70 min+0.00WARC—Jean-Sebastien Dea3 GP · 23 min+0.00WARC—Tage Thompson1 GP · 7 min0.00WARL—Dalton Smith1 GP · 1 min0.00WAR
Defense · 10

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D69Jake McCabe66 GP · 1223 min+0.87WARD68Marco Scandella62 GP · 1090 min+0.83WARD64Rasmus Dahlin59 GP · 1138 min+0.76WARD59Henri Jokiharju69 GP · 1188 min+0.71WARD46Brandon Montour54 GP · 1053 min+0.52WARD46Colin Miller51 GP · 874 min+0.51WARD37Rasmus Ristolainen69 GP · 1573 min+0.43WARD6Zach Bogosian27 GP · 449 min+0.04WARD—Lawrence Pilut13 GP · 211 min+0.04WARD—John Gilmour4 GP · 68 min-0.00WAR
Goaltenders · 3

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

G76Linus Ullmark34 GP · 2027 min+2.28WARG35Carter Hutton31 GP · 1775 min+0.59WARG5Jonas Johansson6 GP · 327 min-0.58WAR

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