Sunday was the third consecutive game the Sabres were out-chanced by their opponent and it was their third consecutive loss. The Sabres were without the services of their top scorer, Thomas Vanek, and it was painfully obvious throughout the contest.
If there was one positive in this game, it was the play of Tyler Ennis and Marcus Foligno. They had been mostly invisible in the first four games, but they provided the Sabres with their only offense on Sunday in Washington. This could prove to be important for the Sabres once Thomas Vanek returns from his injury.
Scoring Chances
This section is a listing of all the scoring chances in the game. I will do my best to explain each column in the chart so you have a better understanding of what you are looking at.
- Column 1 – The team that had the scoring chance.
- Column 2 – Which period the chance took place.
- Column 3 – The time remaining when the chance took place
- Next six columns – Sabres players on the ice for the scoring chance
- Next six columns – Opponents players on the ice for the scoring chance
- Last Column – The strength when the scoring chance happened
| Team | Period | Time | Note | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | Opp1 | Opp2 | Opp3 | Opp4 | Opp5 | Opp6 | Strength |
| BUF | 1 | 13:12 | Hecht | 25 | 55 | 32 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 36 | 55 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 10:26 | Ennis Goal | 9 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 83 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 6:15 | Backstrom | 9 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 3:58 | Ward Goal | 19 | 42 | 29 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 2:01 | Wolski | 19 | 42 | 29 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 1:14 | Ovechkin | 9 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 83 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 16:12 | Erskine Goal | 19 | 42 | 21 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 13:16 | Wolski | 55 | 36 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 2 | 13:05 | Ovechkin | 55 | 36 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 2 | 11:37 | Kundratek | 19 | 29 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 19 | 85 | 20 | 36 | 74 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 2 | 8:43 | Ribiero | 25 | 55 | 82 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 5:02 | Pominville | 19 | 42 | 29 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 4:05 | Regehr | 25 | 55 | 82 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 1:23 | Ennis | 9 | 63 | 36 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 83 | 15 | 17 | 36 | 55 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 18:13 | Grigorenko | 25 | 55 | 82 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 36 | 55 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 16:58 | Fehr | 19 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 26 | 85 | 16 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 14:49 | Ovechkin Goal | 55 | 29 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 52 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 3 | 13:14 | Beagle | 19 | 42 | 29 | 24 | 52 | 30 | 83 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 11:47 | Stafford | 9 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| Opp | 3 | 10:09 | Ribiero | 25 | 55 | 37 | 24 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 9:47 | Foligno Goal | 63 | 36 | 82 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 85 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 8:15 | Chimera | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 6:07 | Hodgson | 19 | 29 | 82 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 83 | 42 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 5:18 | Ennis | 9 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 0:12 | Foligno | 9 | 19 | 63 | 29 | 82 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 52 | 74 | 30 | 5v5 |
Sabres Stats
This section breaks down the scoring chances by player and by period.
Player Section – The time on ice for each player as well as the chances that occurred when each player was on the ice. The first column in each section is time on ice, the second is chances for and the third is chances against.
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||||
| 3 | J. LEOPOLD | 15:59 | 5 | 2 | 1:24 | 0 | 0 | 1:49 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | S. OTT | 18:10 | 5 | 3 | 2:36 | 1 | 0 | 0:23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | C. EHRHOFF | 18:46 | 2 | 4 | 2:36 | 1 | 0 | 2:25 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 19 | C. HODGSON | 14:57 | 3 | 6 | 2:36 | 1 | 0 | 1:11 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | D. STAFFORD | 15:33 | 2 | 3 | 2:36 | 1 | 0 | 1:06 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | R. REGEHR | 15:28 | 3 | 4 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:57 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 25 | M. GRIGORENKO | 15:46 | 3 | 2 | 1:24 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | J. POMINVILLE | 15:04 | 3 | 5 | 2:36 | 1 | 0 | 1:23 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 30 | R. MILLER | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 32 | J. SCOTT | 5:12 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | P. KALETA | 7:36 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:14 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 37 | M. ELLIS | 5:23 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 42 | N. GERBE | 11:08 | 1 | 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | A. SEKERA | 19:19 | 5 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | A. SULZER | 15:44 | 0 | 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:57 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | J. HECHT | 14:46 | 3 | 2 | 0:13 | 0 | 0 | 2:48 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 57 | T. MYERS | 15:43 | 4 | 3 | 1:24 | 0 | 0 | 1:49 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 63 | T. ENNIS | 17:29 | 5 | 2 | 1:11 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 82 | M. FOLIGNO | 15:33 | 5 | 1 | 1:24 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-Head Scoring Chances
This is my favorite chart of the group. This is a list of how many chances each player had against their opponent. A positive number means the Sabres had more scoring chances when on the ice against the player from the opposing team. A negative number means there were more scoring chances when the opponent was on the ice against each Sabres player.
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