team rankings on face off win percent sabres

The Buffalo Sabres had their highest faceoff win percentage in a season in 2017-18, at 51.5 percent won.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Faceoff Win Percentage: team season data complete from 1999-00

	TEAM	FOW%	FO	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Sabres	51.5	4,927	2017-18	82	25	45		12	62	.378	1	2	198	278	-80	19.1	77.9	31.18	7.7	32.70	.896
2	Sabres	51.4	5,062	2006-07	82	53	22		7	113	.689	10	4	298	238	60	17.4	81.3	29.48	12.3	31.00	.906
3	Sabres	50.2	5,618	2003-04	82	37	34	7	4	85	.518			220	221	-1	15.8	84.8	28.06	9.6	28.54	.906
4	Sabres	50.1	5,336	2002-03	82	27	37	10	8	72	.439			190	219	-29	14.4	85.4	28.60	8.1	28.01	.905
5	Sabres	50.0	5,306	2000-01	82	46	30	5	1	98	.598			218	184	34	16.1	88.0	26.88	9.9	26.77	.916
6	Sabres	49.7	5,058	2005-06	82	52	24		6	110	.671	5	5	276	234	42	21.2	86.6	30.61	11.0	30.51	.906
7	Sabres	49.6	4,929	2016-17	82	33	37		12	78	.476	2	6	199	231	-32	24.5	77.6	30.38	8.0	34.30	.918
8	Sabres	49.6	3,053	2020-21	56	15	34		7	37	.330	4	3	134	196	-62	21.0	77.7	28.43	8.4	33.73	.896
9	Sabres	49.5	4,735	2011-12	82	39	32		11	89	.543	7	7	211	223	-12	17.1	81.7	29.23	8.8	31.35	.913
10	Sabres	49.4	4,915	2015-16	82	35	36		11	81	.494	2	7	199	215	-16	18.9	82.6	29.49	8.2	30.62	.914
11	Sabres	48.6	4,683	2007-08	82	39	31		12	90	.549	4	9	251	233	18	18.0	83.2	30.22	10.1	28.37	.900
12	Sabres	48.6	4,665	2009-10	82	45	27		10	100	.610	4	6	231	201	30	17.6	86.6	31.56	8.9	31.38	.922
13	Sabres	47.9	4,872	2018-19	82	33	39		10	76	.463	5	3	221	268	-47	19.5	80.9	32.89	8.2	32.98	.901
14	Sabres	47.9	5,609	1999-00	82	35	32	11	4	85	.518			213	204	9	10.5	85.0	27.17	9.6	26.93	.908
15	Sabres	47.8	4,815	2024-25	82	36	39		7	79	.482	4	2	265	287	-22	18.8	76.3	27.78	11.6	28.88	.879
16	Sabres	47.7	4,724	2010-11	82	43	29		10	96	.585	5	1	240	228	12	19.4	83.0	32.80	8.9	30.66	.909
17	Sabres	47.4	4,723	2008-09	82	41	32		9	91	.555	8	5	242	229	13	20.9	81.8	30.55	9.7	31.40	.911
18	Sabres	47.4	5,468	2001-02	82	35	35	11	1	82	.500			213	200	13	13.3	86.5	27.99	9.3	25.85	.906
19	Sabres	46.8	4,926	2013-14	82	21	51		10	52	.317	7	5	150	243	-93	14.1	81.4	26.29	7.0	34.34	.914
20	Sabres	46.2	2,898	2012-13	48	21	21		6	48	.500	7	4	118	139	-21	14.1	79.2	27.90	8.8	33.46	.913
21	Sabres	46.0	4,418	2021-22	82	32	39		11	75	.457	3	3	229	287	-58	21.2	76.4	29.89	9.3	32.95	.894
22	Sabres	45.9	4,682	2025-26	82	50	23		9	109	.665	5	1	283	240	43	19.5	81.9	28.12	12.3	29.06	.899
23	Sabres	45.9	3,788	2019-20	69	30	31		8	68	.493	2	2	193	215	-22	18.9	74.6	29.29	9.5	31.13	.900
24	Sabres	45.5	1,100	2026-27	19	8	7		4	20	.526	0	1	55	67	-12	15.9	69.7	28.21	10.3	26.74	.868
25	Sabres	45.1	4,763	2022-23	82	42	33		7	91	.555	3	3	293	297	-4	23.4	73.0	32.50	11.0	33.05	.890

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More Sabres Stats

Team Leaders

12

Thompson

13

Benson

+/-

+9

Benson

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.89

22nd

GA/GP

3.53

27th

PP%

15.9

29th

PK%

69.7

28th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Canadiens	12	3	4	28	10
Lightning	13	4	2	28	17
Bruins	13	5	1	27	24
Senators	12	6	2	26	4
Panthers	11	7	2	24	5
Sabres	8	7	4	20	-13
Maple Leafs	8	11	2	18	-6
Red Wings	7	10	3	17	-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	BUF	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Tue 11/17	BUF	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 11/19	BUF	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 11/21	BUF	@	FLA	6:00 PM
Sun 11/22	BUF	@	TBL	5:00 PM

Last Game

Sabres

8 - 7 - 4

Final

Blackhawks

5 - 13 - 1

Thu 12 Nov 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

18

Draisaitl

17

Kaprizov

16

Connor

Assists Leaders

38

McDavid

24

Tkachuk

22

Hughes

Points Leaders

49

McDavid

37

Draisaitl

35

Kaprizov

Hits Leaders

108

Sherwood

94

Brandsegg-Nygård

91

Trenin

Blocks Leaders

55

Seider

55

Weegar

50

Seeler

Wins Leaders

13

Wallstedt

11

Kochetkov

10

Blackwood

Goals Against Leaders

1.52

Ullmark

1.67

Kochetkov

1.94

Wallstedt

Save Percentage Leaders

.938

Ullmark

.926

Fowler

.926

Hofer

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.10

4.05

4.00

Goals Against Rankings

2.19

2.25

2.42

Power Play Rankings

36.8

34.3

33.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

89.5

88.5

88.3

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

14-5

14-7

13-7

12-8

Worst Record ATS

5-12

6-14

6-11

7-12

7-11

8-12

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	13	4	2	28	17
Canadiens	12	3	4	28	10
Bruins	13	5	1	27	24
Senators	12	6	2	26	4
Panthers	11	7	2	24	5
Sabres	8	7	4	20	-13
Maple Leafs	8	11	2	18	-6
Red Wings	7	10	3	17	-9
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	15	3	2	32	36
Devils	14	6	0	28	16
Rangers	11	8	1	23	3
Capitals	10	7	0	20	0
Islanders	8	6	4	20	0
Penguins	7	10	2	16	-6
Flyers	5	10	6	16	-22
Blue Jackets	7	10	0	14	-12

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	14	3	4	32	24
Predators	10	4	5	25	6
Avalanche	11	6	3	25	18
Stars	10	6	2	22	3
Mammoth	10	8	2	22	-3
Jets	9	8	3	21	-7
Blues	9	8	2	20	-1
Blackhawks	5	13	1	11	-36
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	14	3	3	31	23
Golden Knights	13	5	2	28	15
Ducks	10	8	1	21	1
Kraken	9	7	1	19	-3
Sharks	8	11	2	18	-21
Flames	8	10	1	17	-19
Kings	5	10	2	12	-13
Canucks	3	16	1	7	-34