Buffalo Sabres v. New York Islanders - By the Numbers

by David Oleksy on Jan 15, 2012 10:48 AM EST in Crunching Numbers

The Sabres continue to be the only team without a winning streak since early November. It looked like they had a chance to break the streak on Saturday night despite some sloppy play, especially in their own zone. Jhonas Enroth was outstanding and Derek Roy finally found the back of the net. Unfortunately the mistakes eventually caught up with Buffalo and Micheal Grabner gave the Islanders a late lead.

Buffalo had one last chance to tie the score but Thomas Vanek hit the goal post on a penalty shot with just over one minute left in the game. Grabner added an empty net goal and the Sabres head to Detroit on a one game losing streak.

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	17:50	Leino	1	4	22	23	57	72	2	20	25	27	29	36	5v5
BUF	1	14:13	Boyes	1	17	22	23	24	72	4	20	24	25	29	36	5v5
NYI	1	14:00	Neiderreiter	1	17	22	23	24	72	4	20	21	26	27	91	5v5
NYI	1	10:27	Streit	1	22	23	24	57	72	2	20	21	25	27	91	5v5
BUF	1	9:00	Gerbe	1	3	9	24	36	42	4	20	24	25	29	36	5v5
NYI	1	8:31	Grabner	1	3	9	21	24	42	3	12	17	20	40	47	5v5
NYI	1	6:54	Hamonic	1	3	4	22	23	72	3	4	20	21	26	91	5v5
NYI	1	6:50	Moulson Goal	1	3	4	22	23	72	3	4	20	21	26	91	5v5
NYI	1	4:48	Bailey	1	6	17	26	29	55	3	12	17	20	40	47	5v5
BUF	1	3:47	Ellis	1	3	6	28	36	37	4	20	21	24	26	91	5v5
NYI	1	0:19		1	3	6	28	36	37	3	20	21	26	47	91	5v5
NYI	2	19:23	Tavares	1	6	28	29	57		2	15	20	26	51	91	4v5
NYI	2	15:09	Martin	1	17	26	29	55	57	3	12	17	20	40	47	5v5
NYI	2	13:47	Tavares	1	4	6	9	21	42	2	20	25	27	36	91	5v5
NYI	2	8:27		1	6	28	36	37	57	2	11	15	20	27	51	5v5
NYI	2	6:57	Neiderreiter	1	6	9	17	21	42	4	20	24	25	29	36	5v5
BUF	2	6:09	Myers	1	9	22	24	42	57	2	12	20	27	36	40	5v5
BUF	2	5:12	Kaleta Goal	1	3	6	23	36	37	3	4	11	20	25	51	5v5
BUF	2	3:58	Hecht	1	24	29	42	55	57	4	11	20	24	25	51	5v5
NYI	2	3:44	Okposo	1	9	24	29	42	57	3	20	21	24	26	91	5v5
BUF	2	3:02	Roy Goal	1	3	6	9	21	42	2	12	17	20	27	40	5v5
NYI	2	1:10	Moulson	1	3	24	28	36	42	3	20	21	26	47	91	5v5
NYI	2	0:49	Okposo	1	3	24	28	36	42	3	20	21	26	47	91	5v5
NYI	2	0:47	Okposo	1	3	24	28	36	42	3	20	21	26	47	91	5v5
BUF	3	14:07	Stafford	1	6	9	21	42	57	17	20	25	27	29	47	5v5
BUF	3	14:04	Stafford	1	6	9	21	42	57	17	20	25	27	29	47	5v5
NYI	3	12:09	Hamonic	1	6	17	21	22	23	3	12	20	36	47		5v4
NYI	3	6:43	Grabner	1	3	17	23	29	42	3	15	20	40	47	51	5v5
BUF	3	3:48	Vanek	1	6	26	29	55	57	20	21	26	27	47	91	5v5
NYI	3	3:29	Tavares	1	6	26	29	55	57	20	21	26	27	47	91	5v5
NYI	3	3:03	Grabner Goal	1	3	4	9	21	42	2	3	15	20	40	91	5v5
NYI	3	0:29	Grabner Goal	3	9	26	28	29	57	3	15	20	40	47	91	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
1	J. ENROTH	53:35	11	18	2:00	0	1	4:00	0	1
3	J. LEOPOLD	22:04	4	10	1:13	0	0	2:24	0	0
4	J. FINLEY	9:12	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:10	0	0
6	M. WEBER	24:25	6	6	0:35	0	1	1:58	0	1
9	D. ROY	13:29	5	6	1:25	0	0	0:10	0	0
17	M. GRAGNANI	9:52	1	5	0:47	0	1	0:00	0	0
21	D. STAFFORD	12:44	3	4	0:35	0	1	0:22	0	0
22	B. BOYES	9:52	3	4	0:35	0	1	0:00	0	0
23	V. LEINO	14:08	3	5	0:35	0	1	0:00	0	0
24	R. REGEHR	15:26	4	7	0:00	0	0	1:16	0	0
26	T. VANEK	11:44	1	4	1:25	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	P. GAUSTAD	15:13	1	6	0:00	0	0	2:12	0	1
29	J. POMINVILLE	14:52	2	6	1:25	0	0	1:24	0	1
36	P. KALETA	17:38	3	5	0:00	0	0	1:19	0	0
37	M. ELLIS	15:55	2	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
42	N. GERBE	15:40	6	9	0:00	0	0	0:55	0	0
55	J. HECHT	14:14	2	3	0:00	0	0	1:38	0	0
57	T. MYERS	27:28	6	6	1:25	0	0	2:12	0	1
72	L. ADAM	6:29	2	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	7	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	9	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	5	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11	21	11	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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Will be at the next game vs. Red Wings

Would love to see a turning point. A win against a high-caliber team could really spark some confidence. That underdog mentality is back, maybe they can shrug off the high expectations and grind out a win. Of course, they will need to be more composed defensively than they were last night, and hopefully the referees aren’t blind again. Any injury updates?

by lassathrax on Jan 15, 2012 12:02 PM EST reply actions

Question about last night's penalty shot

Could Vanek have put a regular helmet on for that shot? Is there a rule against it?

Last night was frustrating – despite some of the worst giveaways I’ve seen since whenever, we still could’ve won the game. Enroth was brilliant, he really deserved the W.

Here’s hoping they stand up tall to detroit and chicago.

by joeysimms on Jan 15, 2012 1:02 PM EST reply actions