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Sabres v. Senators - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:08:41 -0000

If anyone thought the Sabres were going to tank the rest of the season after they traded away three players, they were wrong. The Sabres pulled off an impressive come from behind victory with three goals in the third period against the Ottawa Senators on their way to a 4-2 home win.

Not all of the stats were favorable to the Sabres, but the only stats that matter are four goals scored and two allowed. Buffalo played an inspired game that was led by the physical play of Steve Ott and Patrick Kaleta. Ott was rewarded for his inspired play when he tied the game on tip of a Mark Pysyk shot to tie the game in the third period. Matt Flynn and Jochen Hecht scored late in the third period to put the game away.

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Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Buf	1	6:21	Adam Goal	12	65	72	6	27	30	14	15	25	10	55	40	5v5
Opp	1	7:19	Alfredsson	9	19	42	10	57	30	7	11	73	10	55	40	5v5
Opp	1	8:30	Latendresse	9	19	42	27	53	30	7	11	73	3	4	40	5v5
Buf	1	9:20	Hodgson	9	19	42	6	44	30	89	93	33	46	62	40	5v5
Buf	1	10:53	Stafford	63	21	82	10	57	30	13	22	28	10	55	40	5v5
Opp	1	11:22	Latendresse	12	65	72	27	53	30	7	11	73	46	62	40	5v5
Opp	1	12:29	Methot Goal	12	65	72	27	53	30	89	93	33	3	46	40	5v5
Opp	1	16:55	Gonchar	9	19	42	27	53	30	14	93	22	10	55	40	5v5
Opp	1	17:28	Silfverberg	63	21	82	10	57	30	13	89	33	46	55	40	5v5
Opp	2	1:59	Condra	12	65	72	6	44	30	7	22	73	46	62	40	5v5
Opp	2	2:20	Turris	12	21	82	44	57	30	7	11	73	4	62	40	5v5
Buf	2	7:54	Myers	9	42	63	10	57	30	13	89	33	10	55	40	5v5
Opp	2	12:29	Alfredsson	9	36	6	57	30		7	11	73	46	55	40	4v5
Buf	2	13:50	Ehrhoff	12	65	10	44	30		89	93	33	4	10	40	4v5
Buf	2	15:00	Kaleta	55	36	32	10	57	30	14	15	25	3	4	40	5v5
Opp	2	15:51	Latendresse	63	21	82	6	10	30	7	93	73	10	55	40	5v5
Buf	2	17:25	Pysyk	9	19	42	27	53	30	13	15	25	46	62	40	5v5
Opp	2	19:54	Silfverberg	12	65	72	6	44	30	89	93	33	3	4	40	5v5
Opp	3	1:41	Gryba Goal	63	21	82	6	44	30	89	93	25	46	62	40	5v5
Buf	3	3:15	Ott Goal	9	19	42	27	53	30	13	22	28	3	62	40	5v5
Buf	3	3:25	Hecht	55	36	32	6	44	30	14	15	25	4	55	40	5v5
Opp	3	4:40	Silfverberg	12	65	72	10	57	30	89	93	33	46	62	40	5v5
Opp	3	6:59	Silfverberg	42	55	6	57	30		89	93	33	4	10	40	4v5
Opp	3	7:14	Zibanejad	9	19	21	6	57	30	89	93	33	4	10	40	5v5
Buf	3	14:06	Stafford	42	72	21	44	53	30	22	33	4	55	40		5v4
Buf	3	14:37	Flynn Goal	12	55	65	6	27	30	22	33	3	4	55	40	5v5
Buf	3	14:49	Hecht Goal	12	55	65	10	57	30	7	11	73	3	62	40	5v5
Opp	3	18:42	Zibanejad	19	42	36	6	44	30	89	93	11	73	46	62	5v5

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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Sabres v. Panthers - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:18:34 -0000

Well, at least this game was fun to watch. After an uninspired effort in Tampa Bay, the Sabres showed up to play against the Florida Panthers. Unfortunately, they continue to make big mistakes that end up in the back of the net.

The Sabres offense came alive in this game, but the defensive miscues continue to haunt this club. Florida jumped out to a two goal lead and it seemed the Sabres were well on their way to a blowout loss. Instead, the Sabres offense came to life and they held a one goal lead on two separate occasions. In typical fashion, they were unable to hold the lead and they eventually fell in a shootout.

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Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Opp	1	3:28	Matthias Goal	63	21	23	24	57	30	11	18	88	23	51	35	5v5
Opp	1	10:24	Goc	12	29	3	44	30		57	82	14	7	51	35	4v5
Buf	1	15:01	Sekera	63	21	23	3	44	30	11	13	18	23	51	35	5v5
Opp	1	16:49	Kopecky	9	19	29	24	57	30	57	82	14	7	17	35	5v5
Buf	1	17:39	Porter	12	42	82	3	44	30	11	18	88	3	44	35	5v5
Opp	1	18:08	Smithson	55	36	32	6	10	30	37	42	25	3	44	35	5v5
Opp	2	0:43	Fleischmann Goal	19	29	6	24	30		57	82	14	7	51	35	4v5
Opp	2	1:18	Matthias	42	63	21	3	44	30	11	18	88	17	23	35	5v5
Buf	2	1:36	Gerbe Goal	42	63	21	3	44	30	11	15	88	17	23	35	5v5
Opp	2	6:32	Matthias	55	21	6	24	30		11	18	88	3	17	35	4v5
Buf	2	7:08	Ehrhoff	9	19	63	29	10	30	15	25	17	23	35		5v4
Buf	2	10:15	Hodgson	9	19	29	6	10	30	57	82	14	7	17	35	5v5
Buf	2	10:17	Ott	9	19	29	6	10	30	57	82	14	7	17	35	5v5
Buf	2	14:35	Hodgson	9	19	29	10	44	30	13	15	19	23	44	35	5v5
Buf	2	14:56	Sekera Goal	9	19	29	10	44	30	57	82	14	7	17	35	5v5
Buf	2	18:25	Leopold	9	19	29	3	44	30	57	82	14	7	23	35	5v5
Buf	2	18:31	Ott	9	19	29	3	44	30	57	82	14	7	23	35	5v5
Buf	2	19:04	Stafford Goal	63	21	82	10	24	30	11	18	88	23	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	2:57	Stafford	42	63	21	3	44	30	11	18	88	17	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	2:58	Ennis	42	63	21	3	44	30	11	18	88	17	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	3:33	Pominville	9	19	63	29	10	30	57	82	17	44	35		5v5
Opp	3	5:21	Mueller	12	55	36	24	44	30	11	18	88	3	7	35	5v5
Opp	3	5:23	Matthias Goal	12	55	36	24	44	30	11	18	88	3	7	35	5v5
Buf	3	6:06	Hodgson	9	19	29	6	10	30	57	82	14	23	51	35	5v5
Buf	3	11:16	Stafford	42	21	82	3	57	30	18	57	44	51	35		5v4
Buf	3	11:33	Foligno Goal	42	21	82	3	57	30	18	57	44	51	35		5v4
Opp	3	12:01	Fleischmann	12	55	36	24	44	30	11	88	14	3	23	35	5v5
Opp	3	12:05	Mueller	12	55	36	24	44	30	11	88	14	3	23	35	5v5
Opp	3	12:18	Mueller	9	19	29	24	44	30	11	88	14	3	17	35	5v5
Opp	3	13:51	Huberdeau Goal	19	29	3	44	30		11	18	88	17	51	35	4v5
Buf	3	16:52	Stafford	42	21	82	3	57	30	57	82	17	44	35		5v4
Buf	3	17:31	Gerbe	42	21	82	3	57	30	57	14	17	44	35		5v4
Buf	4	0:22	Hodgson	19	29	3	44	30		57	14	17	44	35		4v4
Opp	4	3:24	Matthias	9	29	10	57	30		11	18	23	51	35		4v4

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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Sabres v. Lightning - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:05:29 -0000

The Buffalo Sabres season is hanging by a thread and they had one of their worst games of the season. The Sabres were only able to get 14 shots on goal and a total of four scoring chances. The Sabres didn't play like a team that was desperate to make the playoffs, they played like a team that has given up. Maybe the coaching change wasn't as positive as some of us thought it would be. Maybe I should be giving the Lightning more credit for stifling the Sabres offense.

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Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Buf	1	6:21	Hecht	42	55	36	3	53	30	11	89	67	2	25	32	5v5
Opp	1	7:03	Thompson	9	19	29	6	10	30	17	42	44	3	75	32	5v5
Buf	1	13:39	Porter	12	65	82	3	57	30	11	89	67	2	3	32	5v5
Opp	1	16:01	Stamkos Goal	19	42	36	3	57	30	89	91	26	6	77	32	5v5
Opp	2	6:01	Killorn	42	55	36	6	10	30	17	91	26	2	75	32	5v5
Opp	2	6:23	Brewer	12	42	65	24	57	30	17	91	26	2	75	32	5v5
Opp	2	7:39	Stamkos	19	29	3	6	30		17	91	16	26	6	32	4v5
Opp	2	8:15	St. Louis Goal	29	3	10	30			17	44	91	16	26	32	3v5
Opp	2	8:43	Panik	29	3	10	24	30		63	89	71	25	77	32	4v5
Opp	2	9:12	Killorn	12	63	3	24	30		17	91	16	26	6	32	4v5
Opp	2	15:22	Pominville	63	29	26	6	10	30	42	44	16	6	77	32	5v5
Opp	2	16:50	Panik	42	55	36	24	57	30	63	71	74	25	75	32	5v5
Opp	2	19:36	Thompson	63	65	82	3	53	30	42	44	16	2	25	32	5v5
Opp	3	6:12	Stamkos	9	36	3	57	30		17	91	16	26	6	32	4v5
Buf	3	7:24	Ennis	55	63	23	10	57	30	63	67	74	25	77	32	5v5
Opp	3	13:52	St. Louis	42	23	82	3	57	30	63	26	2	3	77	32	5v5
Buf	3	16:52	Leopold Goal	12	65	82	3	53	30	42	44	67	2	75	32	5v5

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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Sabres v. Canadiens - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:37:05 -0000

I think it would be fun to somehow avoid the outcome of a Sabres game before looking at the stats that will be posted below. Imagine what you would predict the score to be by looking at the Corsi/Fenwick. The other day my five year old son was amazed when the Blackhawks scored eight goals in an 8-1 win over the Dallas Stars. After looking at these stats I would have predicted the Sabres lost 9-1, maybe even 10-1. Instead the Sabres found a way to win. I have to admit, it feels good to be talking about a win.

There were plenty of negatives to take away from this hockey game. They were thoroughly outplayed for most of the game, they gave a two goal lead in the third period and they lost Thomas Vanek to injury. There were definitely some positives to this hockey game as well.

Despite the ridiculous disparity in shots attempted by the two teams, the Sabres limited the Canadiens scoring chances. They kept most of the shots outside and they blocked a lot of shots as well. Mike Weber did exactly what he needs to do in order to be successful in the NHL, he blocked shots. When the Canadiens did get scoring chances, Jhonas Enroth was up to the challenge. He played another great game in goal for the Sabres.

I think most of realize the Sabres were lucky to get two points in this game, but lets just enjoy it and let the coaches worry about the negatives.

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Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Buf	1	4:16	Leino	63	23	26	6	10	1	27	81	20	26	76	31	5v5
Opp	1	5:25	Dumont	55	21	36	24	57	1	37	53	32	42	55	31	5v5
Buf	1	7:47	Ott Goal	9	19	29	24	57	1	51	11	67	26	76	31	5v5
Opp	1	13:31	Ryder	9	19	29	24	57	1	14	21	73	74	79	31	5v5
Opp	1	13:53	Gionta	9	19	29	24	57	1	27	81	21	74	79	31	5v5
Buf	1	18:59	Ennis Goal	63	23	26	24	57	1	51	11	67	74	79	31	5v5
Opp	2	2:38	Ryder	12	29	3	10	1		14	21	73	76	79	31	4v5
Opp	2	10:58	Gionta	9	19	29	6	10	1	14	21	73	26	76	31	5v5
Opp	3	4:53	Galchenyuk	12	65	82	6	10	1	27	81	20	26	55	31	5v5
Opp	3	5:07	Galchenyuk	12	65	82	6	10	1	27	81	20	26	55	31	5v5
Opp	3	6:36	Gallagher	9	19	29	24	57	1	51	11	67	74	79	31	5v5
Opp	3	7:04	Pacioretty Goal	9	19	29	24	57	1	51	11	67	74	79	31	5v5
Buf	3	8:36	Ott	9	19	29	6	10	1	14	21	73	26	76	31	5v5
Opp	3	15:23	Gallagher	55	21	36	3	53	1	51	11	67	74	79	31	5v5
Opp	3	15:32	Gallagher	55	21	36	3	53	1	51	11	67	74	79	31	5v5
Opp	3	16:09	Armstrong Goal	9	63	23	6	10	1	27	81	20	55	76	31	5v5
Opp	3	19:43	Gionta	21	23	82	3	57	1	14	21	67	76	79	31	5v5
Buf	4	2:16	Ott Goal	9	23	3	57	1		14	26	79	31			4v3

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

Note - The chart below includes only 5-on-5 scoring chances

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Sabres v. Senators - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:10:35 -0000

It is becoming more and more difficult to watch the Buffalo Sabres. On Saturday, they score twice in the first period and look like they are on their way to another home victory. Unfortunately, a hockey game consists of three 20 minute periods. As bad as the Sabres have been this season, the second period on Saturday was the worst period they have played all season.

The Sabres allowed three second period goals, and allowed 10 second period scoring chances. They were actually lucky to come out of the period down by only one goal. They did manage to get a third period goal before losing on a power play goal in overtime.

It is hard to find positives in a heartbreaking loss, but not everything was bad in this game. Most of the team played well for most of the game. The Sabres top line struggled most of the game and were thoroughly outplayed at even strength, but the line of Hecht, Stafford and Gerbe played very well.

The return of Leino has given the Sabres four lines that can contribute on any given shift. It would be nice to have a top line that contributed every night, but having four lines contribute is a nice plan B.

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Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Buf	1	3:43	Pominville	19	29	3	6	30		7	11	73	4	55	30	4v5
Opp	1	5:01	Latendresse	12	65	82	24	44	30	15	11	73	4	62	30	5v5
Buf	1	6:22	Ennis	9	63	23	6	10	30	7	22	28	3	55	30	5v5
Opp	1	7:36	Smith	42	55	21	24	44	30	15	11	73	46	61	30	5v5
Buf	1	8:52	Weber Goal	9	63	23	3	6	30	13	22	28	3	55	30	5v5
Buf	1	15:16	Stafford Goal	42	55	21	3	6	30	15	11	73	3	55	30	5v5
Buf	1	16:02	Flynn	12	65	82	10	57	30	7	14	33	46	61	30	5v5
Buf	1	19:09	Pominville	19	29	10	57	30		7	33	4	55	30		4v4
Opp	1	19:47	Wiercioch	63	26	24	44	30		13	11	46	55	30		4v4
Opp	2	1:11	Alfredsson	19	29	24	44	30		7	11	46	55	30		4v4
Opp	2	1:42	Silfverberg	19	29	24	44	30		13	33	3	61	30		4v4
Opp	2	1:43	Silfverberg	19	29	24	44	30		13	33	3	61	30		4v4
Opp	2	1:44	Regin	19	29	24	44	30		13	33	3	61	30		4v4
Opp	2	1:45	Regin	19	29	24	44	30		13	33	3	61	30		4v4
Buf	2	2:30	Flynn	12	65	10	57	30		13	93	3	62	30		4v4
Opp	2	4:03	Wiercioch Goal	19	29	26	24	44	30	7	11	73	46	55	30	5v5
Opp	2	4:31	Zibanejad	42	55	21	3	6	30	93	22	33	3	61	30	5v5
Opp	2	7:45	Turris	19	29	26	10	57	30	7	11	73	4	62	30	5v5
Opp	2	10:14	Phillips Goal	42	55	21	3	6	30	13	18	28	4	62	30	5v5
Buf	2	10:42	Porter	12	65	82	10	57	30	7	11	73	46	55	30	5v5
Buf	2	13:28	Porter	12	65	82	24	44	30	7	11	73	4	62	30	5v5
Opp	2	18:57	Turris Goal	55	21	82	10	44	30	7	11	73	4	62	30	5v5
Buf	3	2:36	Hodgson	19	63	29	26	10	30	7	18	4	55	30		5v4
Buf	3	2:54	Stafford	9	21	23	3	57	30	13	18	3	61	30		5v4
Buf	3	5:45	Vanek	19	29	26	6	24	30	15	18	22	4	62	30	5v5
Buf	3	11:52	Gerbe	42	55	21	10	57	30	14	15	25	4	62	30	5v5
Buf	3	12:06	Stafford Goal	42	55	21	10	57	30	14	15	25	4	62	30	5v5
Opp	3	12:39	Alfredsson	9	63	23	24	44	30	7	11	73	46	55	30	5v5
Buf	3	17:32	Vanek	19	63	29	26	10	30	11	22	4	55	30		5v4
Buf	4	0:57	Ennis	21	3	6	30	63		15	22	4	62	30		4v4
Buf	4	0:58	Ennis	21	3	6	30	63		15	22	4	62	30		4v4
Opp	4	1:09	Smith	21	3	6	30	63		15	22	4	62	30		4v4
Opp	4	3:54	Turris Goal	24	57	30	9			7	11	73	55	30		3v4

Head-to-Head Chances

Note - The chart below is only for 5-on-5 scoring chances

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Sabres v. Rangers - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:49:18 -0000

This was the type of game the Buffalo Sabres needed. They weren't dominant, but they did enough to earn the victory. It was a different feeling to enjoy watching the Sabres play hockey. They played physical, they were good on the forecheck, they got good goalie play from Jhonas Enroth and Marcus Foligno played his best game of the season. This is a feeling I think I could get used to.

* Note - The stats below are going to be a little bit different from previous games. The great stats site timeonice.com has updated some of their scripts and I will include links to the Corsi/Fenwick numbers and shift charts in the post. I will also tracjk scoring chances but will not list the chances for each individual player. I am hoping to develop a spreadsheet that will help me track them easier so they can be included in this post.

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Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Opp	1	3:27	Pyatt	25	42	32	24	44	1	22	47	14	4	44	30	5v5
Opp	1	4:52	Stepan	19	29	26	10	57	1	21	10	24	5	27	30	5v5
Opp	1	4:58	Gaborik	19	29	26	10	57	1	21	10	24	5	27	30	5v5
Opp	1	11:29	Gaborik	9	55	21	10	57	1	21	10	24	4	6	30	5v5
Buf	1	11:55	Vanek	19	29	26	24	44	1	19	61	62	5	27	30	5v5
Buf	1	12:01	Vanek	19	29	26	24	44	1	19	61	62	5	27	30	5v5
Opp	1	15:55	Richards	19	29	26	24	44	1	19	61	62	5	27	30	5v5
Opp	1	16:38	Powe	12	65	82	3	6	1	8	15	32	4	6	30	5v5
Buf	2	1:43	Foligno	55	65	82	3	6	1	22	47	14	44	97	30	5v5
Opp	2	4:17	Stepan	12	65	21	3	57	1	21	24	4	6	30		5v4
Buf	2	5:29	Foligno	42	55	82	10	44	1	19	10	61	5	27	30	5v5
Buf	2	5:35	Foligno Goal	42	55	82	10	44	1	19	10	61	5	27	30	5v5
Opp	2	11:44	Callahan	12	65	26	3	57	1	21	24	4	5	30		5v1
Buf	2	12:40	Vanek Goal	19	29	26	24	44	1	19	61	62	5	27	30	5v5
Buf	2	13:42	Grigorenko	25	21	32	6	10	1	8	15	32	44	97	30	5v5
Buf	2	14:22	Hodgson	9	19	29	26	10	1	15	24	5	27	30		5v4
Buf	2	16:36	Flynn	12	65	82	24	44	1	22	62	4	5	97	30	5v5
Buf	2	18:42	Foligno	12	65	82	3	57	1	22	62	4	44	30		5v4
Opp	3	5:42	Haley	9	55	21	24	44	1	21	32	24	6	27	30	5v5
Opp	3	9:48	Del Zotto	19	29	3	44	1		21	10	24	61	4	30	4v5
Opp	3	10:41	Nash	19	29	24	44	1		21	10	24	61	4	30	4v5
Buf	3	11:48	Foligno Goal	55	65	82	3	44	1	22	47	10	5	27	30	5v5
Buf	3	12:40	Stafford	9	12	21	10	57	1	22	47	10	4	6	30	5v5
Opp	3	13:46	McDonagh	19	29	26	10	57	1	15	24	14	6	27	30	5v5
Opp	3	13:51	Stralman	19	29	26	10	57	1	15	24	14	6	27	30	5v5
Opp	3	14:31	Haley	12	42	82	10	57	1	21	32	24	4	6	30	5v5
Opp	3	18:33	Gaborik	55	29	26	10	44	1	19	10	61	62	6	27	5v5

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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Sabres v. Canes - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:04:34 -0000

They say you can't judge a book by its cover. This was definitely the case on Tuesday night when the Buffalo Sabres lost 4-3 to the Carolina Hurricanes. The stats indicate the Sabres should have won this hockey game, but once gain they found themselves getting another notch in the loss column. Even when the Sabres play a good hockey game, they make a couple of mistakes that end up in the back of the net. While there were positives to take from this game the Sabres need to start winning hockey games or start looking towards next season.

Corsi Ratings

Away #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
6	D	MIKE WEBER	11	11	0
9	C	STEVE OTT	7	25	-18
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	28	16	12
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	17	11	6
19	C	CODY HODGSON	19	6	13
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	13	9	4
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	15	22	-7
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	14	10	4
26	L	THOMAS VANEK (A)	20	10	10
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	18	6	12
33	D	TJ BRENNAN	13	18	-5
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	8	29	-21
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	19	21	-2
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	14	10	4
57	D	TYLER MYERS	28	20	8
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	7	27	-20
65	C	BRIAN FLYNN	19	10	9
82	L	MARCUS FOLIGNO	17	9	8

The line of Tyler Ennis, Nathan Gerbe and Steve Ott struggled in this hockey game, but the rest of the team was able to generate shots and scoring chances. The play of goalie Justin Peters should not be discounted, but the Sabres need to start burying some of their chances.

Home #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
4	D	JAMIE MCBAIN	27	6	21
6	D	TIM GLEASON (A)	22	20	2
8	R	KEVIN WESTGARTH	6	10	-4
11	C	JORDAN STAAL (A)	10	21	-11
12	C	ERIC STAAL (C)	23	16	7
19	C	JIRI TLUSTY	15	16	-1
20	C	RILEY NASH	15	10	5
21	L	DRAYSON BOWMAN	9	9	0
24	D	BOBBY SANGUINETTI	23	5	18
27	D	JUSTIN FAULK	6	29	-23
28	R	ALEXANDER SEMIN	22	16	6
29	R	TIM WALLACE	10	16	-6
36	L	JUSSI JOKINEN	17	9	8
39	R	PATRICK DWYER	15	16	-1
42	L	BRETT SUTTER	6	12	-6
44	D	JAY HARRISON	9	32	-23
53	C	JEFF SKINNER	14	20	-6
77	D	JOE CORVO	21	22	-1

Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Opp	1	18:29	Tlusty Goal	9	42	63	10	57	30	12	19	28	4	24	35	5v5
Buf	1	14:56	Flynn	12	65	82	6	33	30	8	21	42	27	44	35	5v5
Opp	1	12:59	Skinner	19	29	26	24	44	30	11	53	29	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	1	10:42	Grigorenko	25	55	21	10	57	30	20	39	36	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	1	6:55	Foligno	12	65	82	24	44	30	20	39	36	6	77	35	5v5
Opp	1	4:27	Semin	9	42	63	10	57	30	12	19	28	6	77	35	5v5
Buf	1	4:09	Flynn	12	65	82	6	33	30	8	21	42	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	1	4:05	Foligno	12	65	82	6	33	30	8	21	42	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	1	3:16	Stafford	25	55	21	24	44	30	20	39	36	27	44	35	5v5
Opp	1	2:24	Tlusty	9	55	44	57	30		12	19	53	28	77	35	4v5
Buf	2	15:39	Ennis	42	63	26	24	44	30	11	19	29	27	44	35	5v5
Opp	2	15:09	E. Staal	9	42	63	24	44	30	12	19	28	6	77	35	5v5
Opp	2	14:19	Nash	12	65	82	6	33	30	20	39	36	4	24	35	5v5
Buf	2	12:06	Pominville	19	29	26	24	44	30	12	19	28	6	77	35	5v5
Opp	2	7:43	Corvo Goal	21	29	10	57	30		11	53	36	24	77	35	4v5
Opp	2	4:22	Semin	9	63	29	26	33	30	12	28	6	24	35		5v4
Buf	2	2:54	Foligno	12	65	82	24	44	30	12	19	28	6	77	35	5v5
Buf	2	2:53	Flynn	12	65	82	24	44	30	12	19	28	6	77	35	5v5
Buf	2	1:27	Hodgson	19	29	26	10	57	30	11	53	29	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	2	1:17	Vanek	19	29	26	10	57	30	11	53	29	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	19:35	Hodgson Goal	19	29	26	10	57	30	11	53	29	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	19:02	Ennis	9	42	63	24	44	30	12	19	28	6	77	35	5v5
Opp	3	18:45	Jokinen Goal	63	65	82	24	44	30	12	28	36	4	24	35	5v5
Buf	3	17:18	Grigorenko	25	55	21	10	57	30	11	53	29	6	77	35	5v5
Buf	3	12:48	Hecht	25	55	21	6	33	30	8	21	42	6	77	35	5v5
Buf	3	10:44	Flynn	12	65	82	6	33	30	12	19	28	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	5:33	Vanek	19	63	29	26	33	30	12	6	27	35			5v3
Buf	3	5:28	Brennan Goal	19	63	29	26	33	30	12	6	27	44	35		5v4
Opp	3	3:47	Semin Goal	9	42	63	33	57	30	12	53	28	6	77	35	5v5
Opp	3	2:15	Skinner	25	55	21	10	33	30	20	53	39	27	44	35	5v5
Buf	3	1:18	Hodgson	9	19	29	26	44	57	12	28	42	6	77	35	5v5
Opp	3	1:07	Harrison	9	29	6	57	30		12	19	28	27	44	35	4v5
Buf	3	0:34	Hoidgson Goal	9	19	10	57	30		12	19	28	27	44	35	4v5

Sabres Stats

Home #	Position	Name	EV			PP			SH
6	D	MIKE WEBER	12:40	5	1	0:00	0	0	2:49	0	1
9	C	STEVE OTT	13:45	2	4	1:58	0	1	2:59	1	2
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	19:00	5	3	0:51	0	0	2:52	1	1
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	14:19	7	1	0:00	0	0	1:33	0	0
19	C	CODY HODGSON	11:45	5	1	2:05	2	0	2:10	1	0
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	10:58	4	1	0:51	0	0	0:42	0	1
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	16:54	7	3	0:00	0	0	1:05	0	0
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	11:05	4	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
26	L	THOMAS VANEK (A)	14:13	6	1	3:12	2	1	0:00	0	0
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	11:33	5	1	3:12	2	1	1:47	0	2
33	D	TJ BRENNAN	15:39	5	3	3:12	2	1	0:00	0	0
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	14:58	2	4	0:51	0	0	0:00	0	0
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	19:37	8	3	0:00	0	0	0:40	0	1
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	10:29	4	1	0:00	0	0	0:51	0	1
57	D	TYLER MYERS	18:10	6	3	0:51	0	0	2:36	1	3
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	13:47	2	5	3:12	2	1	0:00	0	0
65	C	BRIAN FLYNN	13:26	7	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
82	L	MARCUS FOLIGNO	12:53	7	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
1	G	JHONAS ENROTH
30	G	RYAN MILLER		17	8		2	1		1	3

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	6	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	6	4	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	9	4	6	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	21	12	18	8	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	0

Head-to-Head Chances

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Sabres v. Devils - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:13:46 -0000

Jason Pominville scored twice and Ryan Miller made 28 saves to help the Sabres to their third consecutive victory on Saturday afternoon. This might have been the Sabres best game since they opened the season with a convincing win over the Philadelphia Flyers. I thought the Sabres played a decent game although they still take too many penalties and are inconsistent in their own zone. The team appears to be headed in the right direction, but still have plenty of work to do.

Corsi Ratings

Home #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
6	D	MIKE WEBER	6	10	-4
9	C	STEVE OTT	7	9	-2
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	15	20	-5
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	6	9	-3
19	C	CODY HODGSON	13	20	-7
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	5	4	1
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	13	19	-6
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	5	2	3
27	D	ADAM PARDY	9	8	1
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	19	16	3
36	R	PATRICK KALETA	8	10	-2
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	7	22	-15
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	16	22	-6
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	8	3	5
57	D	TYLER MYERS	9	18	-9
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	9	15	-6
65	C	BRIAN FLYNN	6	6	0
82	L	MARCUS FOLIGNO	9	16	-7

Away #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
2	D	MAREK ZIDLICKY	19	5	14
5	D	ADAM LARSSON	15	11	4
6	D	ANDY GREENE	15	14	1
7	D	HENRIK TALLINDER	20	8	12
9	R	BOBBY BUTLER	2	6	-4
11	R	STEPHEN GIONTA	5	6	-1
12	L	ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY	10	8	2
14	C	ADAM HENRIQUE	13	11	2
15	C	STEFAN MATTEAU	14	7	7
17	L	ILYA KOVALCHUK (A)	24	13	11
18	R	STEVE BERNIER	7	6	1
19	C	TRAVIS ZAJAC	13	14	-1
20	C	RYAN CARTER	7	6	1
21	C	ANDREI LOKTIONOV	17	9	8
23	R	DAVID CLARKSON	13	9	4
24	D	BRYCE SALVADOR (C)	14	21	-7
26	L	PATRIK ELIAS (A)	12	9	3
29	D	MARK FAYNE	13	16	-3

Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Buf	1	8:43	Grigorenko	25	55	21	24	44	30	20	11	18	24	29	1	5v5
Opp	1	7:45	Clarkson	42	63	10	57	30		14	23	2	7	1		4v4
Opp	2	17:52	Henrique	9	21	6	24	30		14	23	17	26	2	1	4v5
Opp	2	17:51	Clarkson	9	21	6	24	30		14	23	17	26	2	1	4v5
Buf	2	15:52	Ennis	9	42	63	6	27	30	21	23	12	24	29	1	5v5
Opp	2	13:53	Zajac	9	42	63	10	57	30	19	23	26	5	6	1	5v5
Opp	2	12:54	Bernier	19	29	6	24	30		14	9	18	17	2	1	4v5
Buf	2	12:43	Pominville Goal	19	29	6	24	30		14	9	18	17	2	1	4v5
Opp	2	11:27	Kovalchuk	9	21	10	44	30		14	21	18	17	6	1	4v5
Opp	2	11:04	Zajac	19	29	6	24	30		19	23	17	2	6	1	4v5
Opp	2	11:03	Zajac	19	29	6	24	30		19	23	17	2	6	1	4v5
Opp	2	10:36	Bernier Goal	19	29	6	24	57	30	20	11	18	24	29	1	5v5
Buf	2	8:12	Ott	9	19	29	24	44	30	19	23	26	5	6	1	5v5
Opp	2	5:59	Henrique	12	36	10	57	30		14	21	23	17	6	1	4v5
Buf	2	4:36	Ennis	42	55	63	27	44	30	19	23	26	5	7	1	5v5
Buf	2	4:07	Stafford	25	55	21	24	44	30	14	12	17	5	7	1	5v5
Buf	2	0:47	Pominville	9	19	29	6	27	30	19	23	26	5	6	1	5v5
Opp	3	18:39	Henrique Goal	9	63	29	82	10	30	14	17	5	6	1		5v4
Buf	3	16:50	Pominville Goal	9	19	29	24	44	30	15	21	17	5	6	1	5v5
Buf	3	14:47	Ennis	63	65	82	6	27	30	19	23	12	5	6	1	5v5
Buf	3	14:10	Porter	12	65	36	10	57	30	19	23	26	24	29	1	5v5
Buf	3	10:17	Hecht	25	55	21	27	44	30	20	11	18	24	29	1	5v5
Buf	3	10:13	Hecht Goal	25	55	21	27	44	30	20	11	18	24	29	1	5v5
Opp	3	8:38	Loktionov Goal	63	29	82	24	44	30	15	21	17	5	6	1	5v5
Opp	3	8:31	Gionta	42	63	82	10	57	30	20	11	18	24	29	1	5v5
Opp	3	7:43	Carter	42	63	82	10	57	30	14	20	18	2	24	1	5v5
Buf	4	0:13	Pominville	9	63	29	10	30		14	6	29	1			4v3

Sabres Stats

Home #	Position	Name	EV			PP			SH
6	D	MIKE WEBER	17:10	3	1	0:00	0	0	3:15	1	5
9	C	STEVE OTT	13:14	4	1	5:34	1	1	2:33	0	3
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	17:53	1	3	6:16	1	1	2:47	0	2
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	11:50	1	0	0:04	0	0	2:20	0	1
19	C	CODY HODGSON	17:42	3	1	1:50	0	0	1:38	1	3
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	6:27	4	0	1:12	0	0	1:47	0	3
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	15:56	4	3	0:00	0	0	4:14	1	5
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	6:36	4	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
27	D	ADAM PARDY	16:16	6	0	0:00	0	0	0:02	0	0
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	16:05	3	2	6:12	1	1	1:36	1	3
36	R	PATRICK KALETA	12:00	1	0	0:04	0	0	3:20	0	1
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	16:42	2	4	1:50	0	0	0:01	0	0
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	17:55	7	2	1:12	0	0	1:35	0	1
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	7:47	5	0	0:00	0	0	0:50	0	0
57	D	TYLER MYERS	16:35	1	4	1:16	0	0	2:13	0	1
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	14:35	3	5	5:34	1	1	0:01	0	0
65	C	BRIAN FLYNN	8:46	2	0	0:04	0	0	0:00	0	0
82	L	MARCUS FOLIGNO	11:26	1	3	3:47	0	1	0:00	0	0
1	G	JHONAS ENROTH
30	G	RYAN MILLER		11	6		1	1		1	7

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0
3	5	4	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	14	14	11	6	1	1	0	0	2	7	0	0

Head-to-Head Chances

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Sabres v. Panthers - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:16:01 -0000

The game almost slipped away from the Buffalo Sabres until Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville scored in the shootout to give Buffalo a 4-3 victory in Florida on Thursday night. Once again the Sabres had less shots and less chances than the opponent, and once again the Sabres came out victorious. This must be what we were talking about when we said the Sabres needed Ryan Miller to be good if they wanted to win hockey games. Miller was far from perfect but in the end he was the difference. It was also great to see Nathan Gerbe get on the board, not one but twice in the win.

Corsi Ratings

Away #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
6	D	MIKE WEBER	6	15	-9
9	C	STEVE OTT	9	15	-6
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	12	28	-16
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	7	15	-8
19	C	CODY HODGSON	16	22	-6
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	7	18	-11
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	16	21	-5
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	2	3	-1
26	L	THOMAS VANEK (A)	18	27	-9
27	D	ADAM PARDY	8	14	-6
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	17	22	-5
32	L	JOHN SCOTT	0	5	-5
36	R	PATRICK KALETA	2	10	-8
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	10	16	-6
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	18	24	-6
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	7	14	-7
57	D	TYLER MYERS	12	26	-14
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	10	17	-7

Home #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
7	D	DMITRY KULIKOV	21	15	6
9	C	STEPHEN WEISS (A)	9	16	-7
11	C	JONATHAN HUBERDEAU	16	10	6
12	R	JACK SKILLE	24	5	19
13	C	MIKE SANTORELLI	9	3	6
14	L	TOMAS FLEISCHMANN	27	10	17
15	C	DREW SHORE	18	13	5
17	D	FILIP KUBA	25	11	14
18	C	SHAWN MATTHIAS	9	10	-1
22	R	GEORGE PARROS	5	0	5
23	D	TYSON STRACHAN	22	10	12
25	R	JERRED SMITHSON	8	3	5
43	D	MIKE WEAVER	3	1	2
44	D	ERIK GUDBRANSON	18	19	-1
51	D	BRIAN CAMPBELL (A)	37	16	21
57	C	MARCEL GOC	25	6	19
82	R	TOMAS KOPECKY (A)	8	14	-6
88	C	PETER MUELLER	18	11	7

Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Buf	1	13:30	Gerbe Goal	9	42	63	10	57	30	11	15	88	7	44	30	5v5
Buf	1	11:17	Porter	12	55	21	24	44	30	9	18	82	17	23	30	5v5
Buf	1	9:00	Ennis Goal	9	63	29	26	10	30	57	82	17	23	30		5v4
Opp	1	5:36	Shore Goal	9	21	6	24	30		11	15	88	7	51	30	4v5
Opp	1	4:40	Goc Goal	12	55	21	24	44	30	57	12	14	7	44	30	5v5
Buf	1	3:14	Gerbe Goal	9	42	63	6	27	30	11	15	88	17	44	30	5v5
Opp	1	1:22	Mueller	12	55	21	24	44	30	11	15	88	7	17	60	5v5
Opp	1	1:12	Mueller	12	55	21	24	44	30	11	15	88	7	17	60	5v5
Opp	2	16:16	Huberdeau	19	29	26	24	44	30	11	15	88	7	17	60	5v5
Opp	2	10:38	Goc	9	21	27	44	30		57	82	14	17	44	60	4v5
Buf	2	7:54	Porter	12	55	21	10	57	30	11	15	88	17	23	60	5v5
Buf	2	7:12	Pominville	19	29	26	24	44	30	9	18	82	7	44	60	5v5
Opp	2	6:40	Skille	19	29	26	24	44	30	57	12	14	23	51	60	5v5
Opp	2	6:14	Skille	19	29	26	24	44	30	15	12	14	23	51	60	5v5
Opp	2	3:09	Skille	19	29	26	24	44	30	57	12	14	17	51	60	5v5
Opp	3	18:05	Skille	19	29	26	10	57	30	57	12	14	17	51	60	5v5
Buf	3	14:51	Sekera	19	29	26	27	44	30	57	12	14	17	51	60	5v5
Opp	3	14:24	Huberdeau	9	21	10	57	30		11	15	88	7	51	60	4v5
Opp	3	13:50	Huberdeau	12	36	6	24	30		11	15	88	7	51	60	4v5
Opp	3	8:33	Huberdeau	9	42	63	6	27	30	11	15	88	44	51	60	5v5
Opp	3	8:32	Huberdeau	9	42	63	6	27	30	11	15	88	44	51	60	5v5
Opp	3	7:06	Shore	12	21	10	57	30		11	15	88	17	51	60	4v5
Opp	3	5:57	Matthias	42	63	26	10	57	30	18	57	12	7	23	60	5v5
Buf	3	5:05	Gerbe Goal	42	63	26	24	44	30	9	13	25	7	51	60	5v5
Buf	3	2:43	Hodgson	19	29	26	10	57	30	11	15	88	7	51	60	5v5
Buf	3	2:09	Ennis	9	42	63	10	57	30	9	82	14	44	51	60	5v5
Buf	3	2:06	Ennis	9	42	63	10	57	30	9	82	14	44	51	60	5v5
Opp	3	1:26	Campbell Goal	19	29	36	24	44	30	57	88	14	7	51	60	5v5

Sabres Stats

Home #	Position	Name	EV			PP			SH
6	D	MIKE WEBER	14:29	1	2	0:00	0	0	2:59	0	2
9	C	STEVE OTT	17:03	4	2	0:09	1	0	2:42	0	3
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	25:23	5	2	0:09	1	0	2:07	0	2
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	14:57	2	3	0:00	0	0	2:09	0	2
19	C	CODY HODGSON	14:56	3	6	0:00	0	0	1:50	0	0
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	15:09	2	3	0:00	0	0	2:53	0	4
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	20:15	3	8	0:00	0	0	3:25	0	2
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	5:02	0	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
26	L	THOMAS VANEK (A)	19:46	4	5	0:09	1	0	0:00	0	0
27	D	ADAM PARDY	12:51	2	2	0:00	0	0	1:09	0	1
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	16:52	3	6	0:09	1	0	1:51	0	0
32	L	JOHN SCOTT	4:44	0	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
36	R	PATRICK KALETA	9:42	0	1	0:00	0	0	1:57	0	1
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	17:27	5	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	22:14	4	8	0:00	0	0	2:02	0	1
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	12:45	2	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
57	D	TYLER MYERS	21:32	5	2	0:00	0	0	1:42	0	2
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	19:10	5	3	0:09	1	0	0:00	0	0
1	G	JHONAS ENROTH
30	G	RYAN MILLER		10	12		1	0		0	5

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	5	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11	17	10	12	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0

Head-to-Head Chances

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Sabres v. Lightning - By the Numbers

David Oleksy — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:22:00 -0000

This is a game where stats do not tell the entire story. Most of the stats do not paint a very flattering picture of how the Sabres played, but they passed the eye test. The Sabres played, what most would consider, the perfect road game.

Once again they gave up an early goal, but this time they were able to dig themselves out of an early hole. Cody Hodgson tied the score and Tyler Myers gave them a lead in the third period. At that point they relied on the services of Ryan Miller and he was up to the task.

Corsi Ratings

Away #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
6	D	MIKE WEBER	8	11	-3
9	C	STEVE OTT	10	13	-3
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	15	9	6
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	3	11	-8
19	C	CODY HODGSON	15	8	7
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	1	10	-9
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	12	19	-7
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	5	5	0
26	L	THOMAS VANEK (A)	14	7	7
27	D	ADAM PARDY	6	11	-5
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	15	9	6
36	R	PATRICK KALETA	6	6	0
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	12	13	-1
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	13	15	-2
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	6	6	0
57	D	TYLER MYERS	14	13	1
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	12	14	-2
82	L	MARCUS FOLIGNO	3	10	-7

It was great to see the Hodgson-Vanek-Pominville generate some shots on goal and some scoring chances. This line was clicking early in the season, but they have struggled to find a rhythm of late. Tonight they were the Sabres best line and were on the ice for both Sabres goals.

Home #	Position	Name	Corsi For	Corsi Against	Diff
2	D	ERIC BREWER	13	10	3
3	D	KEITH AULIE	14	7	7
4	C	VINCENT LECAVALIER (C)	11	12	-1
6	D	SAMI SALO	2	6	-4
11	C	TOM PYATT	10	12	-2
15	D	BRIAN LEE	8	12	-4
16	R	TEDDY PURCELL	14	6	8
17	C	ALEXANDER KILLORN	11	12	-1
19	R	B.J. CROMBEEN	3	6	-3
25	D	MATTHEW CARLE	14	9	5
26	R	MARTIN ST LOUIS (A)	11	12	-1
44	C	NATE THOMPSON	7	11	-4
47	D	MARC-ANDRE BERGERON	16	9	7
67	L	BENOIT POULIOT	15	8	7
71	R	RICHARD PANIK	1	8	-7
77	D	VICTOR HEDMAN	9	16	-7
89	C	CORY CONACHER	15	7	8
91	C	STEVEN STAMKOS (A)	16	7	9

The Stamkos line was as advertised in this game. They generated plenty of opportunities for the Lightning, but they were only able to beat Miller one time in the early part of the game.

Scoring Chances

Team	Period	Time	Note	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Opp1	Opp2	Opp3	Opp4	Opp5	Opp6	Strength
Opp	1	18:36	Stamkos Goal	9	42	63	10	57	30	89	91	16	2	25	32	5v5
Opp	1	11:38	Pouliot	12	21	82	10	57	30	4	26	67	2	25	32	5v5
Buf	1	9:58	Hodgson Goal	19	29	26	10	44	30	17	91	16	6	77	32	5v5
Opp	1	9:13	St. Louis	9	21	6	24	30		4	26	67	25	77	32	4v5
Buf	2	15:54	Grigorenko	25	55	36	24	44	30	4	26	67	3	47	32	5v5
Buf	2	15:08	Ennis	9	42	63	10	44	30	16	19	71	2	25	32	5v5
Opp	2	14:25	Stamkos	12	36	6	24	30		89	91	16	6	47	32	4v5
Opp	2	12:00	Conacher	19	29	6	24	30		89	91	16	2	47	32	4v5
Opp	2	9:02	Killorn	19	29	6	24	57	30	17	91	16	25	47	32	5v5
Buf	2	2:04	Kaleta	25	55	36	24	44	30	4	26	71	2	77	32	5v5
Buf	2	1:20	Ott	9	42	63	6	27	30	44	26	67	15	25	32	5v5
Opp	2	1:03	Killorn	9	42	63	6	27	30	11	17	44	15	25	32	5v5
Opp	3	19:33	Stamkos	9	42	63	24	44	30	89	91	16	2	25	32	5v5
Buf	3	19:08	Myers Goal	19	29	26	10	57	30	11	17	44	15	77	32	5v5
Opp	3	17:38	Conacher	12	36	82	24	44	30	89	91	16	15	47	32	5v5
Buf	3	15:29	Hodgson	19	29	26	24	44	30	4	26	67	3	47	32	5v5
Opp	3	12:28	St. Louis	19	29	26	24	44	30	4	26	67	3	15	32	5v5
Opp	3	5:01	Stamkos	19	29	26	24	44	30	89	91	16	25	77	32	5v5
Opp	3	4:52	Stamkos	19	29	26	24	44	30	89	91	16	25	77	32	5v5
Opp	3	4:41	Hedman	19	29	26	24	44	30	89	91	16	25	77	32	5v5
Buf	3	4:21	Hodgson	19	29	26	24	44	30	89	91	16	25	77	32	5v5
Opp	3	3:46	St. Louis	9	42	63	6	27	30	4	26	67	2	47	32	5v5
Buf	3	3:28	Gerbe	42	55	63	10	57	30	4	26	67	2	47	32	5v5
Opp	3	3:19	Pouliot	42	55	63	10	57	30	4	11	67	15	77	32	5v5

Sabres Stats

Home #	Position	Name	EV			PP			SH
6	D	MIKE WEBER	12:36	1	3	0:00	0	0	6:46	0	3
9	C	STEVE OTT	14:34	2	4	0:59	0	0	3:58	0	1
10	D	CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF	17:09	4	3	0:59	0	0	2:21	0	0
12	C	KEVIN PORTER	10:36	0	2	0:00	0	0	4:51	0	1
19	C	CODY HODGSON	17:14	4	5	1:01	0	0	1:36	0	1
21	R	DREW STAFFORD (A)	9:28	0	1	0:18	0	0	3:55	0	1
24	D	ROBYN REGEHR	18:19	4	7	0:00	0	0	5:48	0	3
25	C	MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO	5:25	2	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
26	L	THOMAS VANEK (A)	17:19	4	4	0:59	0	0	0:00	0	0
27	D	ADAM PARDY	11:56	1	2	0:00	0	0	2:21	0	0
29	R	JASON POMINVILLE (C)	15:24	4	5	2:00	0	0	2:40	0	1
36	R	PATRICK KALETA	5:48	2	1	0:00	0	0	4:39	0	1
42	C	NATHAN GERBE	13:06	3	5	1:01	0	0	0:00	0	0
44	D	ANDREJ SEKERA	18:22	6	6	1:01	0	0	3:14	0	0
55	C	JOCHEN HECHT	5:52	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
57	D	TYLER MYERS	16:07	2	4	0:43	0	0	2:00	0	0
63	C	TYLER ENNIS	14:19	3	5	0:59	0	0	0:00	0	0
82	L	MARCUS FOLIGNO	10:11	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:06	0	0
1	G	JHONAS ENROTH
30	G	RYAN MILLER		9	12		0	0		0	3

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	4	8	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9	15	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

A few noticeable differences between the Lindy Ruff era and the Ron Rolston era. Jochen Hecht earned less than six minutes of time and he did not play on the penalty kill. It appears that Kevin Porter replaced him as a penalty killer in this game. The Lightning were 0-for-6 on the power play. Coincidence?

Another difference was no sign of Marcus Foligno on the power play. This could change if the Sabres are afforded more power play time. The Lightning were only given one penalty in the entire game.

Head-to-Head Chances

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