Buffalo Sabres v. Phoenix Coyotes - By the Numbers

by David Oleksy on Nov 20, 2011 12:01 PM EST in Game Recaps

Frustration. This game was extremely frustrating to watch. A combination of failed chances and good goaltending by Mike Smith led to the Sabres loss.

Lindy Ruff publicly scolded Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy and others for missing their chances. He made a strong point that they were responsible for the loss. Completely absolving Jhonas Enroth for a couple of bad goals, Christian Ehrhoff for a couple of blown assignments and the rest of the players that made mistakes.

I don't completely agree with Ruff on his assessment of blame but there was no question they missed their chances. The Sabres were the better team most of the way but Mike Smith was better than Jhonas Enroth and the Coyotes did a better job of capitalizing on their chances.

The Stats

Shift Charts

Head-to-Head Ice Time

Corsi/Fenwick Numbers

Scoring Chances - after the jump

Team	Period	Time	Note	BUF						Opponent
BUF	1	16:36	Boyes	1	17	21	22	23	44	6	13	15	16	19	41	5v5
BUF	1	15:29	Vanek	1	3	9	10	26	29	3	11	14	17	41	53	5v5
BUF	1	15:11	Roy	1	3	9	10	26	29	3	11	14	17	41	53	5v5
BUF	1	13:31		1	24	42	57	72	78	6	23	26	28	41	89	5v5
PHX	1	12:51	Doan Goal	1	3	10	21	22	23	3	13	15	19	41	53	5v5
PHX	1	11:54	Torres	1	24	28	36	37	57	3	12	24	37	41	53	5v5
BUF	1	9:35	Leino	1	21	22	23	44	57	13	15	19	23	33	41	5v5
BUF	1	9:27	Stafford	1	21	22	23	44	57	13	15	19	23	33	41	5v5
BUF	1	8:03	Adam Goal	1	3	10	42	72	78	15	23	28	33	41	89	5v5
BUF	1	6:23	Vanek	1	9	24	26	29	57	19	23	24	33	37	41	5v5
BUF	1	6:15	Vanek	1	9	24	26	29	57	19	23	24	33	37	41	5v5
BUF	2	19:09	Kaleta Goal	1	3	10	28	36	37	6	13	15	16	19	41	5v5
BUF	2	17:27	Stafford	1	3	10	21	22	26	3	26	28	41	53	89	5v5
BUF	2	14:10	Pominville	1	3	9	10	26	29	6	14	16	17	26	41	5v5
BUF	2	13:45	Vanek	1	3	9	10	26	29	6	16	26	37	41	89	5v5
PHX	2	13:36	Hanzal	1	3	9	10	26	29	6	16	26	37	41	89	5v5
PHX	2	12:16		1	24	28	36	37	57	11	13	19	23	33	41	5v5
PHX	2	11:25	Vrbata Goal	1	3	9	10	26	29	6	11	14	16	17	41	5v5
BUF	2	11:07	Stafford	1	17	21	22	23	44	6	11	14	16	17	41	5v5
PHX	2	10:19	Bissonnette Goal	1	21	23	28	44	57	12	23	24	33	37	41	5v5
PHX	2	8:26		1	3	10	42	72	78	23	26	28	33	41	89	5v5
PHX	2	4:30		1	9	24	26	29	57	11	14	17	23	33	41	5v5
PHX	2	3:38	Klesla	1	17	21	22	23	44	6	13	15	16	19	41	5v5
BUF	3	18:56	Pominville	1	9	17	26	29	44	11	14	17	23	33	41	5v5
PHX	3	16:51	Hanzal	1	3	17	21	22	29	6	11	17	33	41		5v4
PHX	3	12:35	O\'Reilly	1	3	17	22	36	37	3	26	28	41	53	89	5v5
PHX	3	11:40	Hanzal	1	9	10	24	29		11	13	17	23	41	89	4v5
BUF	3	5:34	Leino	1	3	17	21	22	23	3	19	24	37	41	53	5v5
BUF	3	5:26	Boyes	1	3	17	21	22	23	3	19	24	37	41	53	5v5
BUF	3	0:28	Boyes	3	10	22	42	72	78	13	15	16	19	33	41	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
1	J. ENROTH	53:04	17	10	2:00	0	1	4:00	0	1
3	J. LEOPOLD	23:12	10	5	1:04	0	1	2:08	0	0
9	D. ROY	13:20	7	3	0:56	0	0	2:00	0	1
10	C. EHRHOFF	23:23	8	4	0:56	0	0	2:25	0	1
17	M. GRAGNANI	18:27	5	2	1:04	0	1	0:00	0	0
21	D. STAFFORD	15:38	7	3	2:00	0	1	0:56	0	0
22	B. BOYES	17:00	8	3	1:04	0	1	0:00	0	0
23	V. LEINO	16:23	6	3	0:56	0	0	0:00	0	0
24	R. REGEHR	14:08	3	3	0:00	0	0	2:29	0	1
26	T. VANEK	13:18	8	3	0:00	0	0	0:46	0	0
28	P. GAUSTAD	12:33	1	3	0:00	0	0	1:26	0	0
29	J. POMINVILLE	12:01	7	3	1:04	0	1	1:33	0	1
36	P. KALETA	13:27	1	3	0:00	0	0	0:37	0	0
37	M. ELLIS	11:44	1	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
42	N. GERBE	13:13	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:42	0	0
44	A. SEKERA	17:26	5	2	0:56	0	0	0:00	0	0
57	T. MYERS	11:43	5	4	0:00	0	0	0:58	0	0
72	L. ADAM	12:00	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
78	C. TROPP	12:00	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0