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Buffalo Sabres v. Dallas Stars - By the Numbers

The Buffalo Sabres played a great game and they were rewarded with a 3-2 shootout win against the Dallas Stars. It was one of those games when you felt like they were going to come out on the short end despite playing a really good hockey game.

Buffalo trailed 2-0 in the third period against a team that doesn't give up the lead very often. Thomas Vanek deflected a beautiful pass from Jason Pominville to get Buffalo on the board on a rare power play opportunity. Dallas looked like they were going to run out the clock, but Derek Roy punched in a rebound after a nice faceoff win by Paul Gaustad with under a minute left in regulation.

Buffalo looked like they were going to win in overtime but Kari Lehtonen made a miraculous save with one second left. After the near miss in overtime there was a feeling it wasn't meant to be for the Sabres but they eventually came through in the shootout to finish off a big win.

The Stats

Shift Charts

Head-to-Head Ice Time

Corsi/Fenwick Numbers

Scoring Chances - after the jump

Team Period Time Note BUF Opponent
DAL 1 17:02 Vincour 3 9 23 24 29 30 3 11 14 32 33 81 5v5
BUF 1 15:17 Vanek 3 8 24 26 30 37 11 16 23 28 32 36 5v5
DAL 1 11:35 Dvorak 3 8 10 22 26 30 2 6 20 24 32 38 5v5
DAL 1 10:06 Benn 9 10 23 29 30 57 3 14 29 32 33 81 5v5
BUF 1 7:09 Ennis 3 10 21 30 42 63 3 14 29 32 33 81 5v5
BUF 1 5:02 Myers 9 10 23 29 30 57 3 21 32 33 63 73 5v5
DAL 1 2:07 Ryder Goal 3 24 28 29 30 3 21 32 33 63 73 4v5
BUF 1 0:39 Pominvillle 6 9 23 29 30 44 14 28 29 32 36 81 5v5
BUF 2 17:35 Stafford 3 9 21 22 23 30 2 6 21 29 32 5v4
BUF 2 17:30 Stafford 3 9 21 22 23 30 2 6 21 29 32 5v4
BUF 2 14:42 Stafford 6 10 21 30 42 63 3 11 16 23 32 33 5v5
DAL 2 13:06 Vincour 3 22 24 26 30 36 3 6 14 29 32 81 5v5
DAL 2 12:29 Daley 6 21 30 42 44 63 2 6 20 24 32 38 5v5
BUF 2 11:08 Leopold 3 9 23 24 29 30 11 16 23 28 32 36 5v5
DAL 2 9:10 6 24 28 30 36 6 14 23 29 32 36 4v5
BUF 2 4:48 Ehrhoff 3 9 10 23 29 30 14 28 29 32 36 81 5v5
DAL 2 3:28 Robidas 10 22 28 30 36 57 3 21 32 33 63 73 5v5
BUF 3 16:26 Gaustad 10 28 30 36 42 57 2 6 21 32 63 73 5v5
DAL 3 15:43 Vincour Goal 6 10 21 26 30 63 14 28 29 32 36 81 5v5
BUF 3 15:09 Vanek 10 26 29 30 57 63 3 16 24 28 32 5v4
BUF 3 14:53 Vanek Goal 10 26 29 30 57 63 3 16 24 28 32 5v4
BUF 3 0:39 Roy Goal 9 21 26 28 29 57 3 14 21 29 32 33 5v5
BUF 4 0:01 Vanek 9 10 26 30 57 3 14 29 32 33 4v4
# Player EV PP SH
3 J. LEOPOLD 18:24 4 3 0:44 2 0 3:22 0 1
6 M. WEBER 17:08 2 2 0:10 0 0 1:08 0 1
8 C. MCCORMICK 4:15 1 1 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
9 D. ROY 18:52 6 2 0:59 2 0 2:02 0 0
10 C. EHRHOFF 22:25 6 4 1:29 2 0 2:08 0 0
21 D. STAFFORD 14:59 3 2 1:09 2 0 0:02 0 0
22 B. BOYES 8:33 0 3 1:09 2 0 0:00 0 0
23 V. LEINO 16:56 4 2 1:09 2 0 0:00 0 0
24 R. REGEHR 15:15 2 2 0:00 0 0 3:57 0 2
26 T. VANEK 14:21 3 3 1:14 2 0 0:26 0 0
28 P. GAUSTAD 14:03 2 1 0:00 0 0 4:07 0 2
29 J. POMINVILLE 17:55 5 2 1:14 2 0 1:56 0 1
30 R. MILLER 55:28 9 7 2:23 4 0 6:38 0 2
36 P. KALETA 13:28 1 2 0:00 0 0 4:08 0 1
37 M. ELLIS 7:45 1 0 0:00 0 0 0:33 0 0
42 N. GERBE 15:44 3 1 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
44 A. SEKERA 18:14 1 1 0:10 0 0 0:33 0 0
57 T. MYERS 20:50 4 2 1:14 2 0 2:08 0 0
63 T. ENNIS 16:19 2 2 1:14 2 0 0:02 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 5 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 9 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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