Buffalo Sabres v. New York Rangers - By the Numbers

by David Oleksy on Dec 11, 2011 9:29 AM EST in Game Recaps

This is the type of game that can be extremely frustrating as a fan. You want to be pissed off at the Sabres for another home loss, but deep down inside you know they played a pretty good game. In fact, they were the better team for most of the contest.

Take away a couple of power play breakdowns, some suspect goalie play for the good guys and another remarkable performance from ex-Sabre Martin Biron and this is an entirely different outcome.

Unfortunately this isn't the first time I am writing this same post. The Sabres have consistently failed to bury their chances and make a couple of mistakes every game that seem to end up in the back of the net. Eventually this becomes a problem instead of just bad luck. I just don't know which it is right now.

If you are wondering just how much better the Sabres were last night, take a look at the stats below. The Corsi numbers are unreal and the scoring chances paint a similar picture.

The Stats

Shift Charts

Head-to-Head Ice Time

Corsi/Fenwick Numbers

Scoring Chances - after the jump

Team	Period	Time	Note	BUF						Opponent
NYR	1	17:48	Fedetenko	1	9	10	24	29	81	5	8	26	27	34	43	5v5
BUF	1	15:53	Adam	1	3	23	44	54	72	6	10	21	32	42	43	5v5
BUF	1	9:32	Stafford	1	3	9	21	63	81	4	19	24	26	43	44	5v5
BUF	1	8:29	Szczechura	1	10	24	26	29	58	5	10	21	27	42	43	5v5
BUF	1	8:13	Vanek	1	10	24	26	29	58	5	10	21	27	42	43	5v5
BUF	1	6:21	Roy	1	9	10	17	54	63	4	8	16	17	43	44	5v5
NYR	1	5:02	Richards	1	3	26	29	58	81	5	19	24	26	27	43	5v5
BUF	1	2:10	Ennis	1	9	10	17	63		5	10	21	27	43		4v4
BUF	1	0:57	Vanek	1	3	26	29	37	81	4	5	19	24	42	43	5v5
NYR	1	0:16		1	23	24	44	54	72	5	17	21	22	43	44	5v5
BUF	2	8:32	Vanek	1	3	23	44	54	63	4	17	43	44	62		5v4
NYR	2	8:26	Hagelin Goal	1	3	23	44	54	63	4	17	43	44	62		5v4
BUF	2	7:52		1	8	15	24	37	44	4	10	19	24	43	44	5v5
BUF	2	7:22	Vanek Goal	1	3	26	29	58	81	4	10	19	24	43	44	5v5
BUF	2	6:42	Stafford	1	9	10	17	21	63	5	22	27	34	43	62	5v5
NYR	2	5:01	Boyle	1	3	23	54	72	81	4	22	34	43	44	62	5v5
NYR	2	1:09	Callahan Goal	1	9	10	21	26	29	4	24	43	44	62		5v4
NYR	2	0:37	Fedetenko	1	3	23	44	54	72	5	17	26	27	42	43	5v5
NYR	3	16:58	Hagelin Goal	1	3	8	15	37	81	4	22	34	43	44	62	5v5
NYR	3	14:23	Gaborik	1	23	24	44	54	72	4	10	21	42	43	44	5v5
BUF	3	12:23	Stafford	1	9	10	17	21	63	4	10	17	19	43	44	5v5
BUF	3	10:44	Kassian	1	10	17	23	26	54	5	17	19	24	27	43	5v5
BUF	3	10:36	Vanek	1	10	17	23	26	54	5	17	19	24	27	43	5v5
NYR	3	10:00	Gaborik	1	9	24	29	44		4	5	10	22	34	43	4v5
BUF	3	6:46	Ennis	1	3	9	21	63	81	4	19	24	26	43	44	5v5
BUF	3	6:44	Roy	1	3	9	21	63	81	4	19	24	26	43	44	5v5
NYR	3	2:59		1	3	21	26	81		10	17	27	34	43	44	4v5
NYR	3	2:34	Gaborik Goal	1	3	23	29	44		10	17	27	34	43	44	4v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
1	J. ENROTH	49:03	15	7	4:33	1	2	6:24	0	3
3	J. LEOPOLD	17:21	6	4	0:23	1	1	3:27	0	2
8	C. MCCORMICK	9:23	1	1	0:02	0	0	0:00	0	0
9	D. ROY	14:57	7	1	0:55	0	1	2:45	0	1
10	C. EHRHOFF	18:07	8	1	3:49	0	1	1:10	0	0
15	C. STUART	9:09	1	1	0:02	0	0	0:00	0	0
17	M. GRAGNANI	16:44	6	0	3:13	0	0	0:00	0	0
21	D. STAFFORD	11:06	5	0	3:48	0	1	2:34	0	1
23	V. LEINO	12:08	3	4	0:42	1	1	0:03	0	1
24	R. REGEHR	14:35	3	3	0:02	0	0	1:57	0	1
26	T. VANEK	13:24	6	1	3:49	0	1	1:51	0	1
29	J. POMINVILLE	13:46	4	2	3:49	0	1	3:50	0	2
37	M. ELLIS	10:08	2	1	0:02	0	0	1:45	0	0
44	A. SEKERA	15:22	2	3	0:44	1	1	3:05	0	2
54	Z. KASSIAN	13:31	4	4	0:42	1	1	0:00	0	0
58	P. SZCZECHURA	12:26	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
63	T. ENNIS	13:25	7	0	0:19	1	1	0:00	0	0
72	L. ADAM	11:45	1	4	0:24	0	0	0:00	0	0
81	B. MCNABB	16:31	5	4	0:00	0	0	3:09	0	1

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	7	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	4	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	16	12	15	7	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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We had a lot of chances, just no one finished.

Roy had 2 good chances in front.
Ennis had on that jumped his stick.
Vanek had 2 slappers wide.
Stafford missed the net in front.
Kassian and Leino had a good chance in front that was blocked.

My major problem with our play, shots blocked against us. It seems 3 of 4 shots from outside 20ft gets blocked away. Id love to see a blocked shots against stat. We have to less the league.

Fitz = M(C)²
"Lets Go Buff! a! lo!"
I got a TROPPer in the car, uhh!!

by bflo on Dec 11, 2011 11:36 AM EST via mobile reply actions

*lead the league.

Fitz = M(C)²
"Lets Go Buff! a! lo!"
I got a TROPPer in the car, uhh!!

by bflo on Dec 11, 2011 11:36 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Wow David

talk about # crunching, nice job.

The difference was the goal tending from the previous night & in the game itself. The similarity would be inability to put the puck in the net. I just dont see the effort/movement output at an acceptable level. Need more time to get the chemistry right, which was going to take some time, but signs need to be seen that things are moving in the right direction.

The bright spots are certainly the young players- 54, 72 & 81 stand out. Coach really needs to get #’s 10 & 23 to play at least at a notable output level (50-60%?) that they did w/their previous teams.

"Alright Men, lets go out there, bust um in the chops & get somebody bloody. Keep working hard till you get it right. Take the W in battle & make the Bills Nation Proud." coach Karma420

by Blood, sweat & Win on Dec 11, 2011 12:08 PM EST reply actions

Seriously, someone needs to do a tutorial on this

i always look past this article because i have no idea what im looking at. I would greatly appreciate it if in the future you guys did an explanation of how to look at these charts.

by manic hispanic on Dec 11, 2011 5:57 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

I will add the tutorial back into the post. I had it in there for the first 10 games of the season and then I took it out.

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by David Oleksy on Dec 13, 2011 8:26 AM EST up reply actions

Goaltending

Plain and simple their goalie was better than ours and yes, I thought the Sabres deserved better. You cannot win in this league with goaltending like that, plain and simple. Can’t figure out what happened to Enroth all of a sudden.

by Coach Bob on Dec 11, 2011 11:01 PM EST reply actions

He had a rough game

He is a rookie, and a backup goalie. It’s going to happen now and then.

by lassathrax on Dec 12, 2011 12:14 AM EST up reply actions

oh noes!

Someone had a bad game, let’s catapult them into the sun!

"If we needed any more motivation to win a Cup sooner than later, we've got one now," Black said. "I really want to listen to the game that RJ calls when he finally gets to shout out, 'Buffalo wins the Stanley Cup.'"
"Do it or Die Trying."

by FloridaBuffalo on Dec 12, 2011 4:43 AM EST up reply actions

Off with their heads!

by Binthet on Dec 12, 2011 10:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Anybody listen to WGR550 Thursday??

Whats up with Roy. Sounds to me that the rest of the team isn’t to fond of him and would be happy if the brass were to trade him.

by Winnie33 on Dec 12, 2011 10:45 AM EST reply actions

No, I didn’t. What was said?

by Binthet on Dec 12, 2011 11:07 AM EST up reply actions

Schopp and the Bulldog

Bulldog was speculating (Schoop was out sick) that our “togetherness” as a team is hampered when Roy is in the lineup. To prove this, he looked at the time last year when Roy was hurt and the team rallied to have a great latter half of the season to make the playoffs. To him, this was a large enough sample size, and proved that Roy is not really an asset on this team and should be traded.

Of course, he did not look at Roy’s stats when he plays, or God forbid would he examine GVT or any advanced stat that would show how much of a bargain Roy is (he even stated that the listening audience would be “bored” if he started throwing stats around, since he is not a “stat-guy”). Also, he was not suggesting who we should get for Roy…I would not be surprised if he wanted Bobby Ryan in a Roy trade, since it makes more sense to get more wingers and just ignore the center position as a whole. Why don’t we run lines where no one plays center, yet we have two guys on the wing? The linesman could just drop the puck, and the opposing team centerman can just scoot down ice unopposed.

In a whole, it was just conjecture that was derived on former rumors and Bulldog’s penchant for ridding the Sabres of his scapegoat. It was exhausting to listen to because it only brings the conversation in a direction where people call in wanting to fire Ruff/Regier, or to make some huge trade for some great player that the other team would never make unless we traded a top asset from our team (Vanek). WGR is really only listenable when our teams win, and when that doesn’t happen, the show hosts in the afternoon (morning guys are not so bad) are just as bad as any idiot who loves the team when its good, and wants to blow it up when it is bad.

"We’re gonna win the Stanley Cup. Then, you know what, we’re gonna win it again,"
-Terry Pegula

by bgred105 on Dec 13, 2011 9:04 AM EST up reply actions

Wow, he completely disregarded Roy’s point per game streak he was on before being injured?

by Binthet on Dec 13, 2011 12:09 PM EST up reply actions

Oh, he mentioned that….just did not think it was important because the team sucked when he did that.

"We’re gonna win the Stanley Cup. Then, you know what, we’re gonna win it again,"
-Terry Pegula

by bgred105 on Dec 13, 2011 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

Don't you know you're supposed to ignore facts when they don't fit your narrative?

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by Ogre39666 on Dec 14, 2011 1:02 AM EST up reply actions

Baseless speculation is fun, isn’t it? WGR and TBN report shit like that on an almost daily basis. Don’t believe them so easily.

by lassathrax on Dec 12, 2011 12:20 PM EST up reply actions

Before I started reading this blog, I didn’t realize how whacked out Buffalo’s sports media coverage was.

by Binthet on Dec 12, 2011 12:42 PM EST up reply actions

Somehow they manage to retain a general veil of credibility with the average fan. It has baffled me for years.

by lassathrax on Dec 12, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions

I’ve always lived just far enough away from Buffalo (2-3 hrs) that I get the televised coverage but not the other media…

After reading just one Bucky article, the veil has been lifted.

by Binthet on Dec 13, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, it’s much easier to avoid it when living out of town. I have never lived in Buffalo (grew up in Albany, college in Rochester, currently in Michigan) so I have never been able to understand why their terrible sports media outlets are so well received…

by lassathrax on Dec 13, 2011 1:03 PM EST up reply actions