Sabres v. Leafs - Scoring Chances
A look at the scoring chances from the Sabres 4-3 overtime loss to the Leafs on Tuesday night.
Tracking scoring chances is a bit of a hobby for me. It helps me understand each game better when tracking how many scoring chances each team has. Last night was a perfect example of a game when scoring chances don't tell the entire story. The Sabres had more chances than the Leafs and yet they fell 4-3 in overtime in a game they probably should have won.
The Sabres seem to be a team that can't play both offense and defense in the same game. When they play a tight defensive style, they lack scoring chances. When they open things up, they allow plenty of chances. They allowed plenty of chances on Tuesday night and yet I believe they should have won the game. A couple of bounces didn't go their way, they lacked finish at times (Ott clear cut breakaway), and they didn't get a very good game from Ryan Miller. Those three important keys were the recipe for the Sabres fourth consecutive loss.
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 | 16:59 | Ellis | 36 | 32 | 37 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 45 | 53 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 10:35 | McClement Goal | 25 | 55 | 82 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 7:53 | Foligno | 25 | 55 | 82 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 6:57 | Grabovski | 29 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 81 | 84 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 5:36 | Vanek | 63 | 29 | 26 | 82 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 21 | 36 | 45 | 34 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 1 | 5:32 | Pominville Goal | 63 | 29 | 26 | 82 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 21 | 36 | 45 | 34 | 5v4 | |
| BUF | 2 | 17:32 | Sekera Goal | 9 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 42 | 81 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 16:20 | Frattin Goal | 25 | 55 | 82 | 33 | 44 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 13:39 | Franson Goal | 25 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 42 | 81 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 11:59 | Kessel | 55 | 32 | 37 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 42 | 81 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 10:19 | Ennis | 9 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 42 | 81 | 21 | 3 | 53 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 8:53 | Foligno | 55 | 37 | 82 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 47 | 28 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 6:39 | Vanek | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 42 | 81 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 3:46 | Franson | 19 | 55 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 3:20 | Ott | 9 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 39 | 3 | 53 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 2:23 | Kadri | 55 | 37 | 82 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 1:32 | Phanuef | 19 | 29 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 42 | 43 | 81 | 3 | 53 | 34 | 4v5 | |
| BUF | 3 | 16:47 | Ennis | 63 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 84 | 21 | 41 | 3 | 24 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 12:50 | Grigorenko Goal | 25 | 55 | 82 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 39 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 12:06 | Grabovski | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 41 | 3 | 53 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 11:38 | Bozak | 9 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 42 | 81 | 21 | 36 | 45 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 10:06 | Ott | 9 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 41 | 3 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 9:51 | Ennis | 9 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 41 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 7:57 | Hodgson | 19 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 81 | 21 | 3 | 53 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 3:36 | McClement | 9 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 41 | 3 | 53 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 3:31 | McClement | 9 | 63 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 41 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 0:45 | Ellis | 55 | 37 | 82 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 84 | 41 | 3 | 36 | 34 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 4 | 0:01 | Frattin Goal | 55 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 24 | 34 | 4v4 |
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 | 22:27 | 5 | 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | M. WEBER | 10:55 | 2 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | S. OTT | 19:10 | 5 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | C. EHRHOFF | 26:21 | 6 | 5 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 | 0:43 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19 | C. HODGSON | 20:06 | 3 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | D. STAFFORD | 20:02 | 4 | 4 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | M. GRIGORENKO | 10:05 | 2 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | T. VANEK | 20:47 | 3 | 4 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | J. POMINVILLE | 20:51 | 4 | 3 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 | 1:40 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30 | R. MILLER | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 32 | J. SCOTT | 3:04 | 1 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | T. BRENNAN | 14:27 | 3 | 4 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | P. KALETA | 1:58 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | M. ELLIS | 6:31 | 3 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | A. SEKERA | 23:29 | 6 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | J. HECHT | 16:17 | 4 | 6 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 57 | T. MYERS | 21:29 | 4 | 6 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:40 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 63 | T. ENNIS | 20:14 | 5 | 3 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 | 0:01 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 82 | M. FOLIGNO | 14:39 | 4 | 3 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 in even strength situations. 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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