The Sabres were a little bit lucky in their victory against the Canadiens on Tuesday night. They did not need luck on Thursday night as they dominated the Florida Panthers in a 3-0 victory. This was as close as you can get to the perfect performance.
I was skeptical of the line changes that Lindy Ruff made before the game. He proved why he is one of the longest tenured coaches in professional sports and I am writing this post. The line combinations seemed to click and it might have woke up Ville Leino and Brad Boyes.
Below we will take a look at some of the stats from this contest.
Stats of Interest
Scoring Chances – After the jump
Background
What is a scoring chance? – Great Piece at In Lou We Trust and another from The Copper & Blue
How are scoring chances tracked? – An app built by Vic Ferrari
What is the bottom chart? It tracks head-to-head chances. It was built by Derek Zona and George Ays of The Copper & Blue.
| Team | Period | Time | Note | BUF | Opponent | |||||||||||
| BUF | 1 | 18:52 | Myers | 24 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 57 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 15:22 | Pominville | 17 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 44 | 72 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 1 | 15:07 | Campbell | 8 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 11:52 | Pominville | 17 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 44 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 7:24 | Pominville | 3 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 72 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 1 | 6:14 | Versteeg | 9 | 17 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 1 | 6:12 | Versteeg | 9 | 17 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 1 | 4:09 | Bradley | 8 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 57 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 1:55 | Kaleta | 10 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 1:13 | Vanek | 10 | 17 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 72 | 43 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 2 | 17:27 | Vanek Goal | 26 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 16:37 | McCormick | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 13:30 | Kaleta | 3 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 43 | 60 | 73 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 2 | 5:30 | Goc | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 19 | 43 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 4:03 | Gerbe | 17 | 23 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 4 | 24 | 44 | 60 | 73 | 82 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 3:04 | Pominville Goal | 3 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 1:53 | Stafford | 3 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 19 | 24 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 3 | 19:44 | Fleischmann | 24 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 60 | 4v5 | |
| BUF | 3 | 14:08 | McCormick | 8 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 3 | 13:04 | Kopecky | 24 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 57 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 12:22 | Myers | 10 | 29 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 11:19 | Roy | 3 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 19 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 82 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 3 | 7:10 | Roy | 9 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 7:04 | Roy | 9 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 63 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| FLA | 3 | 6:17 | Upshall | 17 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 44 | 72 | 7 | 19 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 5:22 | Gerbe | 3 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 44 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 4:41 | Roy | 9 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 57 | 60 | 82 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 2:29 | Vanek Goal | 10 | 17 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 3 | 1:26 | Gerbe | 24 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 1:05 | Boyes | 8 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 52 | 60 | 5v5 |
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 3 | J. LEOPOLD | 19:02 | 6 | 1 | 2:42 | 1 | 0 | 0:34 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | C. MCCORMICK | 10:52 | 3 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | D. ROY | 14:15 | 4 | 3 | 2:37 | 1 | 0 | 0:51 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | C. EHRHOFF | 21:37 | 7 | 2 | 2:45 | 2 | 0 | 0:34 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | M. GRAGNANI | 14:49 | 4 | 4 | 2:25 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | D. STAFFORD | 14:00 | 4 | 3 | 2:42 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | B. BOYES | 13:05 | 3 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | V. LEINO | 13:26 | 5 | 2 | 0:47 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | R. REGEHR | 17:41 | 6 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:26 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | T. VANEK | 13:29 | 6 | 1 | 2:26 | 2 | 0 | 0:09 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | P. GAUSTAD | 12:07 | 5 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:26 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | J. POMINVILLE | 13:32 | 7 | 2 | 2:21 | 2 | 0 | 0:34 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | R. MILLER | 52:45 | 19 | 7 | 5:03 | 3 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | P. KALETA | 12:38 | 5 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | N. GERBE | 14:28 | 5 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | A. SEKERA | 15:21 | 6 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | T. MYERS | 17:24 | 9 | 2 | 2:14 | 1 | 0 | 1:26 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | T. ENNIS | 13:58 | 5 | 3 | 1:55 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | L. ADAM | 13:13 | 5 | 1 | 2:21 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Head to Head Chances
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