Buffalo Sabres v. Montreal Canadiens - By the Numbers

by David Oleksy on Feb 1, 2012 12:15 PM EST in Crunching Numbers

It feels good to do a post on scoring chances again. It feels even better, to do it after a Buffalo Sabres victory. Winning has not been easy for the Sabres this season but I believe they are on a two game winning streak at the present moment. Unfortunately the high powered New York Rangers come to town this evening.

I thought this was a good game for the Sabres. It is even more impressive when you realize they played most of the game without their best player. Thomas Vanek was hit with an impressive open ice check that sent him to the trainers room and he did not return.

I was especially impressed with a couple of the Sabres players that have been struggling this season (Ville Leino, Derek Roy and Drew Stafford). Maybe the all-star break allowed these players an opportunity to refill the tank and they will pick up their putrid offensive numbers in the second half of the season.

The Stats

Shift Charts

Head-to-Head Ice Time

Corsi/Fenwick Numbers

Scoring Chances - after the jump

Team	Period	Time	Note	BUF						Opponent
MTL	1	16:30	Desharnais	9	10	26	29	30	57	26	31	51	67	72	76	5v5
MTL	1	15:53	Paciorettey	9	10	29	30	37	57	26	31	51	67	72	76	5v5
MTL	1	15:51	Paciorettey Goal	9	10	29	30	37	57	26	31	51	67	72	76	5v5
BUF	1	13:27	Pominville Goal Post	3	9	24	26	29	30	26	31	51	67	72	76	5v5
BUF	1	12:58	Stafford	3	21	30	42	44	63	11	14	22	27	31	61	5v5
MTL	1	11:33	Eller	10	22	23	30	36	57	31	45	46	74	75	81	5v5
BUF	1	8:45	Vanek Goal Post	3	9	24	29	30		26	31	51	72	76		4v4
BUF	2	17:31	Gerbe	6	21	24	30	42	63	22	31	51	67	72	74	5v5
MTL	2	17:24	Paciorettey	6	21	24	30	42	63	22	31	51	67	72	74	5v5
BUF	2	15:59	Leino Goal	8	10	23	28	30	57	31	45	46	61	75	81	5v5
BUF	2	15:50	Boyes	3	22	23	24	29	30	11	14	27	31	61	75	5v5
BUF	2	13:08	Stafford	10	21	29	30	57	63	14	27	31	61	74		5v4
MTL	2	11:07	Cole Crossbar	10	21	30	42	57	63	31	51	67	72	74	76	5v5
MTL	2	5:59	Blunden	10	21	30	42	57	63	31	45	46	68	75	81	5v5
BUF	2	5:50	Gerbe	10	21	30	42	57	63	22	31	45	46	74	81	5v5
MTL	2	4:32	Cole	3	9	23	24	29	30	22	31	51	67	72	74	5v5
BUF	2	1:31	Ennis	6	21	30	42	44	63	22	31	51	67	68	72	5v5
BUF	3	13:43	Gaustad Goal	3	22	24	28	30	36	31	45	52	61	63	75	5v5
MTL	3	9:52	Plekanec	3	9	23	24	29	30	14	26	27	31	52	76	5v5
MTL	3	8:37	Paciorettey	6	21	22	30	42	44	22	31	51	67	68	72	5v5
BUF	3	5:24	Stafford	3	21	24	30	42	63	14	22	27	31	52	68	5v5
MTL	3	4:46	Cole	3	21	24	30	42	63	31	51	61	67	72	74	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	J. LEOPOLD	18:20	6	3	0:54	0	0	0:56	0	0
6	M. WEBER	16:35	2	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
8	C. MCCORMICK	5:40	1	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
9	D. ROY	18:39	2	5	1:21	0	0	1:04	0	0
10	C. EHRHOFF	18:42	2	6	4:05	1	0	0:26	0	0
21	D. STAFFORD	15:23	5	5	3:39	1	0	0:14	0	0
22	B. BOYES	14:51	2	2	1:01	0	0	0:00	0	0
23	V. LEINO	19:48	2	3	1:21	0	0	0:00	0	0
24	R. REGEHR	16:42	6	4	0:00	0	0	0:56	0	0
26	T. VANEK	4:45	1	1	0:34	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	P. GAUSTAD	11:44	2	0	0:00	0	0	0:42	0	0
29	J. POMINVILLE	16:36	3	5	3:53	1	0	1:04	0	0
30	R. MILLER	52:32	10	11	5:14	1	0	2:00	0	0
36	P. KALETA	12:36	1	1	0:00	0	0	0:42	0	0
37	M. ELLIS	6:13	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
42	N. GERBE	15:29	5	5	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
44	A. SEKERA	17:25	2	1	1:09	0	0	0:38	0	0
57	T. MYERS	17:57	2	6	4:20	1	0	1:04	0	0
63	T. ENNIS	14:39	5	4	3:53	1	0	0:14	0	0