> Buffalo’s Tage Thompson line has been a disappointment. The Sabres’ top line had the third-highest offensive scoring rate when we did this exercise last year. They played a high-event style that conceded a decent chunk of those gains defensively, but they were still one of the better top lines in the NHL. This season, their scoring rate has crumbled to 2.83 goals per hour. That’s the story of Buffalo’s season in a nutshell: the fun, dynamic offense has gone missing, which has made it impossible to outscore its defensive woes.
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Well its kind of hard when the first line has played like 5 games together
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> NHL First Lines’ 5v5 Goal Differential
> Sabres: 2.83 GF/60, 3.02GA/60, -0.19 GD/60, rank 23rd
> 5v5 xG Differential For First Lines
> Sabres: 2.68 xGF/60, 2.63 xGA/60, 0.05 xGD/60, rank 21st
> Buffalo’s Tage Thompson line has been a disappointment. The Sabres’ top line had the third-highest offensive scoring rate when we did this exercise last year. They played a high-event style that conceded a decent chunk of those gains defensively, but they were still one of the better top lines in the NHL. This season, their scoring rate has crumbled to 2.83 goals per hour. That’s the story of Buffalo’s season in a nutshell: the fun, dynamic offense has gone missing, which has made it impossible to outscore its defensive woes.
Well its kind of hard when the first line has played like 5 games together