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Buffalo Sabres v. Ottawa Senators - By the Numbers

Another solid victory for the Buffalo Sabres. Buffalo did what they needed to do to beat a pretty good Ottawa Senators team on the road on the back half of back-to-back games. It would have been nice to win in regulation, but the extra point could come in handy later in the season. Confidence might be the most important part of the victory.

Still this game left me asking more questions than receiving answers.

Who is going to play goalie on Tuesday against Winnipeg? Enroth received the surprise start and he looked good once again. Do the Sabres go back to MIller or do they continue to ride the hot hand?

What happened to the Sabres offense? They started out the season scoring goals at will but that has quickly subsided.

Is Ville Leino turning the corner? He looked better this weekend than he had in any of the previous games.

Those are questions that should be answered in the upcoming games, lets see if the stats from Saturday answer any questions for us.

The Stats

Shift Charts

Head-to-Head Ice Time

Corsi/Fenwick Numbers

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 16:19 Myers 1 26 29 44 57 72 4 9 14 19 41 55 5v5
BUF 1 16:13 Leino 1 9 10 17 21 23 9 14 17 19 41 65 5v5
OTT 1 9:04 1 10 17 26 29 72 15 17 23 25 41 65 5v5
OTT 1 7:45 Foligno 1 3 8 24 37 78 4 16 24 41 55 71 5v5
OTT 1 4:19 Michalek Goal 1 17 21 57 72 2 4 9 19 41 4v4
OTT 2 19:20 Greening 1 3 22 24 28 42 14 17 19 25 41 55 5v5
BUF 2 15:30 Roy 1 3 9 21 23 24 17 18 21 22 41 65 5v5
BUF 2 14:05 Adam 1 10 17 21 23 72 2 15 17 22 41 5v4
OTT 2 12:30 Winchester 1 9 22 26 29 57 4 5 18 23 41 5v4
OTT 2 10:42 DaCosta 1 3 17 29 42 72 4 16 24 41 55 71 5v5
BUF 2 9:41 Roy Goal 1 9 21 23 44 57 4 15 23 25 41 55 5v5
BUF 2 7:07 Gerbe 1 3 22 24 28 42 2 5 16 24 41 71 5v5
BUF 2 7:05 Leopold Goal 1 3 22 24 28 42 2 5 16 24 41 71 5v5
OTT 2 5:47 Condra Goal 1 9 21 23 44 57 15 17 22 25 41 65 5v5
OTT 2 5:19 Spezza 1 8 37 44 57 78 4 9 16 19 41 55 5v5
OTT 2 0:05 Phillips 1 10 17 26 29 72 4 15 22 25 41 55 5v5
OTT 3 16:35 Winchester 1 22 28 42 44 57 4 18 21 22 41 55 5v5
BUF 3 6:19 Roy 1 9 21 23 44 57 2 5 9 14 19 41 5v5
BUF 3 6:04 Leino 1 9 21 23 44 57 2 5 9 14 19 41 5v5
BUF 3 4:51 McCormick 1 8 10 24 37 78 4 15 22 41 55 71 5v5
BUF 3 4:03 Vanek 1 3 26 29 44 72 17 18 22 41 65 71 5v5
# Player EV PP SH
1 J. ENROTH 59:44 10 9 2:38 1 1 2:38 0 0
3 J. LEOPOLD 19:24 4 3 0:00 0 0 1:26 0 0
8 C. MCCORMICK 9:12 1 2 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
9 D. ROY 18:44 5 1 1:57 0 1 0:56 0 0
10 C. EHRHOFF 19:10 2 2 0:41 1 0 0:00 0 0
17 M. GRAGNANI 17:07 1 4 0:41 1 0 0:00 0 0
21 D. STAFFORD 17:22 5 2 0:41 1 0 1:16 0 0
22 B. BOYES 15:18 2 2 1:19 0 1 0:04 0 0
23 V. LEINO 19:08 5 1 0:41 1 0 0:00 0 0
24 R. REGEHR 20:06 4 2 0:00 0 0 1:43 0 0
26 T. VANEK 13:53 2 2 1:57 0 1 0:26 0 0
28 P. GAUSTAD 14:02 2 2 0:00 0 0 1:18 0 0
29 J. POMINVILLE 16:25 2 3 1:57 0 1 1:12 0 0
37 M. ELLIS 10:59 1 2 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
42 N. GERBE 15:54 2 3 0:00 0 0 0:04 0 0
44 A. SEKERA 22:16 5 3 0:00 0 0 0:55 0 0
57 T. MYERS 21:01 4 4 1:57 0 1 1:12 0 0
72 L. ADAM 12:24 2 4 1:19 1 0 0:00 0 0
78 C. TROPP 9:53 1 2 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 5 6 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 11 10 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Head-to-Head Scoring Chances

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