Category: Crunching Numbers

Buffalo Sabres v. Chicago Blackhawks - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Jan 19th 2012 | 18 min read |

Tonight was the first time all season that it looked like the team quit. I don’t know if this means they no longer want to play for Lindy Ruff o...

Buffalo Sabres v. New York Islanders - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Jan 15th 2012 | 17 min read |

The Sabres remain in the hunt because of their 2-1 win over the New York Islanders. They played one of their best games of the season until the final ...

Do The Sabres Perform Better Without Derek Roy?

By Andy Boron | Jan 10th 2012 | 5 min read |

For years there has been an argument, led publicly and voraciously by The Bulldog of WGR 550, that the Sabres are a better team without Derek Roy. The...

Buffalo Sabres v. Edmonton Oilers - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Jan 5th 2012 | 17 min read |

In an effort to try to forget the Sabres are currently in 11th place, I decided to focus on being 1-0 in 2012. This wasn’t the best game the Sab...

Buffalo Sabres v. Toronto Maple Leafs - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Dec 24th 2011 | 18 min read |

This was one of those games that if it was played 10 times, each team would win five times. Unfortunately for the Sabres, they came out on the short e...

Simple Projections (Pt. 2 of 5)

By Calvin | Dec 22nd 2011 | 13 min read |

After last night’s game at Ottawa, the Buffalo Sabres are about 2/5th of the way through the 82 game season. Things have changed drastically sin...

Buffalo Sabres Weekend - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Dec 19th 2011 | 30 min read |

The tale of two games. The Sabres came out of a back-to-back situation with two points and possibly the more important two points. Most of us would ag...

Buffalo Sabres v. Carolina Hurricanes - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Nov 19th 2011 | 18 min read |

It has been quite some time since I posted the scoring chances on the site. I thought it would be fun to relive the Sabres 3-2 overtime victory over C...

Simple Projections (Pt. 1 of 5)

By Calvin | Nov 17th 2011 | 13 min read |

As tempting as it is to write about the whole embarrassing fallout since the Miller-Lucic episode in Boston, this piece will steer clear of it and att...

Buffalo Sabres v. New Jersey Devils - By the Numbers

By David Oleksy | Nov 17th 2011 | 18 min read |

On Tuesday night, I came to the realization that the Sabres just aren’t good enough to make the playoffs this season. I don’t know if it i...