Putting Up Numbers· NHL

Sabres @ Ducks

Thu, Oct 29, 2026

Sabres 7, Ducks 6

Sabres at Ducks: against expected, a game, this season, This game
a gameSabres1 gameDucks1 game
Goals+3.76+2.78
Goals against+2.71+3.98
Shots+4.5+7.5
Shots against+9.4+4.1
Power-play goals+1.24+2.21
Power-play goals allowed+2.14+1.39
Penalty minutes−1.8−3.4

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

Ducks

Sabres

Analysis

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

The series

If you squint

  • The Ducks had lost 7 of their last 10.countits form →Now 8 of 11.
  • At home, the Ducks' power-play goals were 0.52 over expected in 5 games. 5 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 2.06 over expected.
  • On the road, the Sabres' power-play goals were 0.65 under expected in 6 games. 6 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 1.33 over expected.

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Oct 29, 2026at DucksSabres 7, Ducks 6
Mar 22, 2026at DucksDucks 6, Sabres 5
Jan 10, 2026at SabresSabres 5, Ducks 3
Feb 25, 2025at SabresSabres 3, Ducks 2
Nov 22, 2024at DucksSabres 3, Ducks 2
Feb 19, 2024at SabresDucks 4, Sabres 3
Jan 23, 2024at DucksDucks 4, Sabres 2
Feb 15, 2023at DucksSabres 7, Ducks 3
Jan 21, 2023at SabresSabres 6, Ducks 3
Dec 7, 2021at SabresDucks 2, Sabres 0

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • “This season” and the analysis are the games through Oct 28, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
  • Goals are the final score’s: a shootout gives its winner one goal, as the standings count it. Shots are shots on goal, and power-play goals allowed are the opponent’s.
  • A game with no box score sits out.