Buffalo Sabres
Every Sabres game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Sabres are 335-446 (42.9%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (1519) exceed 781 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
How Buffalo Sabres compares in one-goal and overtime games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.
167 of 781 games match this window
Avg combined goals
Avg minors
Over rate
Over benchmark: 6.2 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 781 total games in sample
310 of 781 games match this window
Avg combined goals
Avg minors
Over rate
Over benchmark: 6.2 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 781 total games in sample
Scores, PIM, and crews from NHL API. ATS/O-U from synthetic closing lines derived from final scores (12282/12282 games). Descriptive only, not market odds. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.
