The Buffalo Sabres’ power play has been, with all due respect to mid-90s SportsCenter, en fuego. Despite striking out at home against the Florida Panthers on Friday evening, the team is currently among the top in the league in power play conversion, scoring on 42-percent of their opportunities through the first five games. In fact, none of the teams performing better than Buffalo on the power play have played as many games; the Sabres’ early schedule is about as stacked as their efficiency with the man advantage.
Twitter is a-twitter with loads of charts demonstrating Buffalo’s effectiveness at even strength, and one cannot overstate the importance of these statistics.