Buffalo Sabres v. Carolina Hurricanes - By the Numbers

by David Oleksy on Jan 7, 2012 9:00 AM EST in Crunching Numbers

I am quickly running out of things to say about this team. This game was especially frustrating to me because I thought the Sabres played a decent hockey game. I can't help but wonder if things would have been different if Vanek would have taken the shot on one of his 2-on-1 breaks. Chad Larose proved how effective a shot can be on a 2-on-1. It turned out to be the difference in the game.

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	19:18	Gerbe	3	9	21	24	30	42	4	6	12	15	30	36	5v5
BUF	1	17:07	Vanek	26	29	30	55	57	81	19	23	28	30	37	44	5v5
CAR	1	15:17	Sutter	6	17	26	29	30	72	5	8	16	21	30	59	5v5
BUF	1	12:39	Vanek	6	17	26	29	30	72	16	21	28	30	44	59	5v5
BUF	1	10:23	Stafford	6	17	21	22	30	42	4	6	21	30	37	59	5v5
CAR	1	10:15	Larose	6	17	21	22	30	42	4	6	21	30	37	59	5v5
BUF	1	9:16	Pominville	3	26	29	30	55	81	12	15	28	30	36	44	5v5
BUF	1	9:05	Myers Goal Post	30	37	54	57	72	81	5	8	19	23	30	37	5v5
CAR	1	7:59	Ruutu	3	17	28	30	36	42	15	16	28	30	36	44	5v5
CAR	1	6:37	Larose	26	29	30	55	57	81	4	6	16	21	30	59	5v5
BUF	1	1:52	Pominville	29	30	37	55	57	81	5	8	12	15	21	30	5v5
CAR	1	0:31		6	17	30	42	54	72	4	6	19	23	30	37	5v5
CAR	2	17:21	Faulk Goal	28	30	36	57	81		8	12	15	28	30	36	4v5
BUF	2	17:00	Vanek Goal	26	29	30	55	57	81	16	21	28	30	44	59	5v5
BUF	2	14:47	Boyes	6	17	22	26	29	30	16	21	28	30	44	59	5v5
BUF	2	13:41	Myers	21	22	30	42	57	81	4	6	14	15	30	42	5v5
CAR	2	12:04	Larose	3	21	26	29	30	57	28	30	36	44	59		5v4
BUF	2	11:19	Gragnani	3	17	26	30	55	72	4	6	30	36	59		5v4
CAR	2	9:25	Bowman	3	24	29	30	42	55	5	8	13	21	30	42	5v5
CAR	2	6:02	Faulk	21	22	30	42	57	81	13	21	28	30	42	44	5v5
BUF	2	2:12	Boyes	6	17	22	26	30	42	5	6	16	19	23	30	5v5
CAR	3	18:49	Staal Goal	3	21	22	24	30	42	4	6	12	15	30	36	5v5
BUF	3	17:50	Adam	26	30	54	57	72	81	5	8	14	16	30	59	5v5
CAR	3	16:15	Bowman	6	21	24	26	30	55	4	6	13	21	30	42	5v5
BUF	3	15:25	Ellis	3	17	28	30	36	37	5	8	14	16	30	59	5v5
BUF	3	13:48	Pominville Goal	3	24	26	29	30	55	4	6	12	15	30	36	5v5
BUF	3	12:02	Hecht	3	24	26	30	55		4	6	16	30	59		4v4
CAR	3	11:50	Larose Goal	3	24	26	30	55		4	6	16	30	59		4v4
CAR	3	5:09	Larose	26	29	30	55	57	81	5	6	12	14	30	59	5v5
BUF	3	3:51	Stafford	3	17	21	30	37	72	19	28	30	36	37	44	5v5
BUF	3	2:45	Stafford	3	21	26	29	30	57	5	6	16	30	59		5v4

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	J. LEOPOLD	17:14	6	4	3:17	2	1	2:59	0	0
6	M. WEBER	15:55	4	4	0:06	0	0	0:31	0	0
9	D. ROY	1:43	1	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
17	M. GRAGNANI	17:07	6	4	0:45	1	0	0:00	0	0
21	D. STAFFORD	16:32	4	4	2:29	1	1	0:00	0	0
22	B. BOYES	18:00	4	3	0:33	0	0	0:10	0	0
24	R. REGEHR	15:37	3	4	0:06	0	0	2:49	0	0
26	T. VANEK	18:42	9	5	3:09	2	1	1:04	0	0
28	P. GAUSTAD	11:34	1	1	0:00	0	0	1:31	0	1
29	J. POMINVILLE	16:41	7	4	2:39	1	1	1:52	0	0
30	R. MILLER	51:00	16	11	3:42	2	1	4:07	0	1
36	P. KALETA	10:37	1	1	0:00	0	0	1:31	0	1
37	M. ELLIS	8:25	4	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
42	N. GERBE	19:10	4	6	0:00	0	0	0:54	0	0
54	Z. KASSIAN	6:53	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
55	J. HECHT	16:55	6	5	1:13	1	0	1:42	0	0
57	T. MYERS	19:36	6	3	2:35	1	1	0:57	0	1
72	L. ADAM	9:20	4	2	1:03	1	0	0:00	0	0
81	B. MCNABB	18:41	7	3	0:35	0	0	1:18	0	1

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	7	5	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	6	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	18	13	16	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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Vanek isn't gun-shy.

I think we all (including Thomas Vanek, himself) agree that Vanek is the best scorer on the team. If he didn’t take the shot, the shot must not have been there.

by chin8tao on Jan 9, 2012 7:54 AM EST reply actions