Take away the first six plus minutes and the Buffalo Sabres played a decent hockey game. Unfortunately they were already down 3-0 after 6:23.
Ryan Miller was not sharp this evening but he had to withstand constant pressure from the Flyers in the short time he was in the game. Miller was pulled after 6:23 but his team was outscored 3-0 and out chanced 5-0 in that short stretch.
The Sabres did eventually settle down but they had trouble generating chances on the Flyers to allow a comeback. The Flyers were content to sit back and protect their three goal lead in what turned out to be a boring low chance hockey game.
The Stats
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 | |||||||||||
| PHI | 1 | 19:07 | Giroux | 21 | 30 | 42 | 44 | 57 | 72 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 68 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 1 | 18:18 | Couterier Goal | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 93 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 1 | 18:05 | Van Riemsdyk Goal | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 41 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 1 | 14:21 | Jagr | 6 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 72 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 68 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 1 | 13:37 | Hartnell Goal | 6 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 37 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 68 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 9:26 | Roy | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 57 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 9:06 | Roy | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 57 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 1 | 1:02 | Voracek | 1 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 93 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 2 | 19:51 | Talbot | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 57 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 17:45 | Pominville | 1 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 57 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 44 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 2 | 17:23 | Myers | 1 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 57 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 44 | 5v4 | |
| PHI | 2 | 14:17 | Hartnell | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 68 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 12:11 | Sekera Goal | 1 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 44 | 72 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 45 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 11:06 | Pominville | 1 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 57 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 2 | 6:15 | Myers | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 57 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 45 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 11:31 | Adam Goal | 1 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 57 | 72 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 44 | 93 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 3 | 9:20 | Voracek | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 72 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 93 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 3 | 9:07 | Couterier | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 72 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 44 | 93 | 5v5 |
| PHI | 3 | 6:56 | Jagr | 1 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 72 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 44 | 68 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 0:17 | Vanek | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 57 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 44 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 0:12 | Vanek | 9 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 57 | 72 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 44 | 5v4 | |
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 1 | J. ENROTH | 38:51 | 6 | 6 | 7:54 | 3 | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | J. LEOPOLD | 13:35 | 1 | 5 | 2:55 | 0 | 0 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | M. WEBER | 11:40 | 0 | 3 | 0:03 | 0 | 0 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | C. MCCORMICK | 4:20 | 0 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | D. ROY | 17:04 | 4 | 4 | 5:12 | 4 | 0 | 2:37 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | C. EHRHOFF | 17:42 | 2 | 6 | 3:22 | 1 | 0 | 1:35 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | D. STAFFORD | 17:36 | 3 | 4 | 2:55 | 0 | 0 | 0:38 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | B. BOYES | 7:32 | 0 | 2 | 4:56 | 3 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | V. LEINO | 16:56 | 3 | 2 | 2:55 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | R. REGEHR | 14:11 | 0 | 4 | 0:03 | 0 | 0 | 2:25 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | T. VANEK | 11:01 | 3 | 3 | 3:50 | 4 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | P. GAUSTAD | 10:20 | 0 | 2 | 0:03 | 0 | 0 | 1:23 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | J. POMINVILLE | 11:39 | 3 | 3 | 5:12 | 4 | 0 | 3:20 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | R. MILLER | 6:23 | 0 | 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | P. KALETA | 9:35 | 0 | 2 | 0:03 | 0 | 0 | 2:02 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | M. ELLIS | 6:29 | 0 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | N. GERBE | 11:28 | 0 | 2 | 1:25 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | A. SEKERA | 17:00 | 4 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:47 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | T. MYERS | 17:58 | 5 | 2 | 5:01 | 4 | 0 | 3:37 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | L. ADAM | 13:40 | 2 | 5 | 3:11 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-Head Scoring Chances
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