This was a game the Buffalo Sabres should have won. The line of Jochen Hecht, Tyler Ennis and Marcus Foligno had numerous chances in the second and third period, but they couldn’t connect on a goal. It is encouraging to see another line start to get chances, but until they learn how to finish the Sabres will continue to be a one line team. Once again all the goals came when the Hodgson, Vanek and Pominville line were on the ice.
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 |
| Opp | 1 | 17:32 | Strachan | 19 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 50 | 88 | 82 | 17 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 1 | 17:14 | Vanek Goal | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 1 | 13:30 | Stafford | 9 | 25 | 21 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 50 | 88 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 1 | 13:11 | Ott | 9 | 25 | 21 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 50 | 88 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 13:01 | Fleischmann | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 1 | 11:24 | Matthias Goal | 55 | 63 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 1 | 6:19 | Hodgson Goal | 19 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 57 | 27 | 82 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 1 | 5:12 | Hecht | 55 | 63 | 82 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 1 | 5:02 | Ennis | 55 | 63 | 82 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 57 | 27 | 82 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 18:35 | Hecht | 55 | 63 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 57 | 27 | 82 | 17 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 16:11 | Sulzer Goal | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 15:28 | Ennis | 55 | 63 | 82 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 57 | 27 | 82 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 15:11 | Kopecky | 63 | 21 | 82 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 57 | 27 | 82 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 10:34 | Hecht | 25 | 42 | 55 | 6 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 50 | 88 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 10:05 | Foligno | 63 | 21 | 82 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 9:39 | Parros Goal | 63 | 21 | 82 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 7:42 | Hecht | 9 | 25 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 4:38 | Smithson | 25 | 42 | 32 | 6 | 57 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 2 | 1:59 | Pominville | 19 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 57 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 2 | 0:54 | Mueller Goal | 9 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 50 | 88 | 82 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 19:06 | Versteeg | 55 | 63 | 82 | 10 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 14:28 | Shore | 9 | 25 | 21 | 33 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 50 | 22 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Opp | 3 | 11:52 | Weiss | 19 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 51 | 60 | 4v5 | |
| Opp | 3 | 10:33 | Campbell Goal | 55 | 21 | 52 | 57 | 30 | 11 | 88 | 82 | 17 | 51 | 60 | 4v5 | |
| Buf | 3 | 8:11 | Ehrhoff | 55 | 63 | 82 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 3 | 5:14 | Foligno | 63 | 21 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 5v5 |
| Buf | 3 | 5:13 | Foligno | 63 | 21 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 60 | 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 | 19:51 | 5 | 2 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 | 1:33 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | M. WEBER | 20:01 | 6 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:02 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | C. MCCORMICK | 4:01 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | S. OTT | 11:28 | 3 | 2 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | C. EHRHOFF | 20:17 | 4 | 5 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:04 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | C. HODGSON | 15:54 | 4 | 2 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 | 1:02 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | D. STAFFORD | 16:50 | 5 | 4 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 | 1:57 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 25 | M. GRIGORENKO | 15:04 | 4 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | T. VANEK | 16:32 | 4 | 2 | 1:32 | 0 | 0 | 1:11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | J. POMINVILLE | 16:07 | 4 | 2 | 1:32 | 0 | 0 | 1:05 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30 | R. MILLER | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 32 | J. SCOTT | 4:01 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | TJ. BRENNAN | 15:20 | 6 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 42 | N. GERBE | 6:01 | 1 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | A. SULZER | 15:58 | 3 | 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:59 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 55 | J. HECHT | 19:35 | 7 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:33 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 57 | T. MYERS | 17:21 | 8 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 63 | T. ENNIS | 17:43 | 8 | 4 | 1:32 | 0 | 0 | 0:24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 82 | M. FOLIGNO | 20:14 | 8 | 4 | 1:32 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-Head 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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