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 since the 1/5th mark on 11/17/11, but of course, you already know that. Here again are the projections for the team – notice that the squad size has jumped from 21 players to 30 (not including goalies).
As with any arithmetic progressions, this doesn’t account for players who are currently injured and assumes from this point on everyone will play the rest of the games.
If you click back to the previous article, there has been a drop off in points performance across the board.
|
Player |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
+/- |
PIM |
Shots |
|
43 |
45 |
88 |
8 |
80 |
260 |
|
|
25 |
63 |
88 |
-8 |
15 |
230 |
|
|
18 |
35 |
53 |
-15 |
70 |
190 |
|
|
25 |
25 |
50 |
-3 |
30 |
148 |
|
|
15 |
28 |
43 |
-8 |
75 |
205 |
|
|
5 |
35 |
40 |
-23 |
53 |
195 |
|
|
8 |
23 |
31 |
10 |
35 |
130 |
|
|
15 |
13 |
28 |
-3 |
15 |
85 |
|
|
8 |
18 |
26 |
-18 |
10 |
70 |
|
|
3 |
20 |
23 |
28 |
25 |
58 |
|
|
5 |
15 |
20 |
5 |
30 |
93 |
|
|
5 |
15 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
98 |
|
|
5 |
13 |
18 |
8 |
123 |
88 |
|
|
8 |
8 |
16 |
-3 |
28 |
33 |
|
|
5 |
10 |
15 |
-10 |
25 |
70 |
|
|
8 |
5 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
75 |
|
|
3 |
8 |
11 |
0 |
10 |
25 |
|
|
8 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
5 |
35 |
|
|
3 |
5 |
8 |
-10 |
58 |
83 |
|
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
-8 |
85 |
53 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
6 |
-10 |
28 |
20 |
|
|
0 |
5 |
5 |
-15 |
73 |
55 |
|
|
0 |
5 |
5 |
-10 |
65 |
50 |
|
|
T.J. Brennan |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
-20 |
23 |
10 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
-8 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
-8 |
5 |
30 |
Among the exceptions, Ville Leino has been getting better, and this is shown here. Tyler Ennis had no points previous to his injury and he has improved as well. Among the d-men, Jordan Leopold has improved and Andrej Sekera has stayed the same.
It doesn’t get better when you look at team stats either.
|
Season |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|
2009-10 |
231 |
201 |
100 |
|
2010-11 |
240 |
228 |
96 |
|
2011-12 |
225 |
245 |
88 |
The cutoffs for the playoffs was 88pts two years ago, and 93pts last year. Currently the Sabres stand tenth in the conference, and at this rate, will struggle to make it to the playoffs.