The Buffalo Sabres opened the season in impressive fashion with a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. This post digs a little deeper in the Sabres win and looks at the scoring chances for each team.
Scoring Chances
| Team | Period | Time | Note | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | Opp1 | Opp2 | Opp3 | Opp4 | Opp5 | Opp6 | Strength |
| Opp | 1 | 18:52 | Giroux | 25 | 63 | 82 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 10 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 12:44 | Vanek | 19 | 26 | 44 | 57 | 30 | 28 | 93 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 4v4 | ||
| BUF | 1 | 9:06 | Ennis | 9 | 63 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 1 | 8:53 | Ott Goal | 9 | 63 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| Opp | 1 | 6:46 | Simmonds | 55 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 93 | 19 | 44 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 1 | 6:12 | B Schenn | 9 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 41 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 1 | 5:10 | Hartnell | 19 | 29 | 24 | 44 | 57 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 2:31 | Simmonds | 19 | 29 | 24 | 57 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 93 | 19 | 44 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| BUF | 1 | 0:20 | Sekera | 19 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 17:37 | Couturier Goal | 25 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 93 | 3 | 41 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 15:03 | Giroux Goal | 19 | 29 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 93 | 19 | 44 | 30 | 4v5 | |
| BUF | 2 | 14:13 | Hodgson | 19 | 55 | 29 | 24 | 57 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 41 | 44 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 13:58 | Ott | 9 | 25 | 36 | 24 | 57 | 30 | 10 | 28 | 19 | 41 | 44 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 9:28 | Hodgson | 19 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 4:06 | Vanek Goal | 63 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| Opp | 2 | 3:52 | Laughton | 9 | 55 | 36 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 3:25 | Simmonds | 19 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 44 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 18:39 | Simmonds | 9 | 55 | 36 | 44 | 57 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 18:21 | Vanek | 9 | 55 | 26 | 44 | 57 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 10:55 | Hodgson | 9 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 41 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 3 | 10:36 | Vanek | 9 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| Opp | 3 | 10:26 | Foster | 9 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 5:03 | Myers Goal | 19 | 63 | 26 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 44 | 30 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 3 | 3:49 | Vanek | 19 | 26 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 28 | 93 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 4v4 | ||
| BUF | 3 | 3:47 | Hodgson Goal | 19 | 26 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 28 | 93 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 4v4 | ||
| BUF | 3 | 0:48 | Vanek Goal | 19 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 93 | 19 | 44 | 5v6 |
Sabres Chances
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||||
| 3 | J. LEOPOLD | 13:39 | 3 | 2 | 4:43 | 0 | 0 | 1:59 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | S. OTT | 10:22 | 2 | 3 | 3:14 | 4 | 0 | 1:40 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | C. EHRHOFF | 15:20 | 0 | 1 | 4:34 | 6 | 0 | 1:40 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19 | C. HODGSON | 15:20 | 7 | 3 | 2:17 | 3 | 0 | 2:07 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 21 | D. STAFFORD | 11:20 | 0 | 0 | 4:47 | 1 | 0 | 1:50 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 24 | R. REGEHR | 15:31 | 5 | 3 | 0:19 | 0 | 0 | 2:35 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 25 | M. GRIGORENKO | 10:23 | 1 | 2 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | T. VANEK | 14:33 | 7 | 3 | 4:44 | 6 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | J. POMINVILLE | 13:05 | 4 | 4 | 4:03 | 5 | 0 | 2:07 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 30 | R. MILLER | 20:29 | 9 | 7 | 8:57 | 6 | 0 | 6:32 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 32 | J. SCOTT | 2:10 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | P. KALETA | 8:42 | 1 | 2 | 0:20 | 0 | 0 | 2:35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | M. ELLIS | 3:48 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | A. SEKERA | 15:53 | 6 | 6 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:37 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 52 | A. SULZER | 12:58 | 0 | 0 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | 1:40 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 55 | J. HECHT | 11:47 | 2 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:45 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 57 | T. MYERS | 15:43 | 4 | 2 | 3:55 | 1 | 0 | 3:33 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 63 | T. ENNIS | 13:11 | 0 | 1 | 5:36 | 4 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 82 | M. FOLIGNO | 11:12 | 0 | 1 | 4:31 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-Head Scoring Chances
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