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NHL : ATS Matchup
Thursday 10/30/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
BOSTON
 
BUFFALO
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BOSTON (5-6-0-0, 10 pts.) at BUFFALO (2-8-0-0, 4 pts.)
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Thursday, 10/30/2014 7:05 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: BOSTON - NIKLAS SVEDBERG, BUFFALO - JHONAS ENROTH
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
1BOSTON-240Ov 5,-110-250Ov 5,-115
2BUFFALO+200Un 5,-110+210Un 5,-105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
BOSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games5-6-0-3.85-6-3.83-72.630.62.529.1
Team Stats (Road Games)3-2-0+0.83-2+0.81-33.230.82.227.0
Last 5 Games3-2-0-0.33-2-0.32-33.632.42.235.8
vs. Division3-2-0+0.83-2+0.81-33.230.82.227.0
BOSTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)112910108123378.6%32721.9%49
Team Stats (Road Games)5166631115410.4%17211.8%24
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)5186660116211.1%13430.8%32
Team Stats (vs. Division)5166631115410.4%17211.8%24
Stats Against (All Games) 2871110013208.7%38718.4%55
Stats Against (Road Games) 11254011358.1%22418.2%22
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 11344001796.1%1616.2%21
Stats Against (vs. Division) 11254011358.1%22418.2%22
BOSTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
TUUKKA RASK (All Games)8821719589.9%04-4-1.54-4-0-23-4
TUUKKA RASK (Road Games)441009090.0%02-2-0.22-2-001-2
TUUKKA RASK (vs. Division)441009090.0%02-2-0.22-2-001-2
TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games)4413211990.2%02-2-0.72-2-0-13-1
NIKLAS SVEDBERG (All Games)431029795.1%01-2-2.31-2-0-30-3
NIKLAS SVEDBERG (Road Games)213434100.0%01-0+11-0-0+10-1
NIKLAS SVEDBERG (vs. Division)213434100.0%01-0+11-0-0+10-1
NIKLAS SVEDBERG (Last 4 Games)431029795.1%01-2-2.31-2-0-30-3

BUFFALO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games2-8-0-3.62-8-3.63-71.121.83.336.7
Team Stats (Home Games)0-4-0-40-4-41-30.523.03.238.7
Last 5 Games1-4-0-1.21-4-1.20-50.621.83.035.2
vs. Division0-3-0-30-3-30-30.022.73.036.0
BUFFALO Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)1011325112185.0%3200.0%15
Team Stats (Home Games)4201100922.2%1600.0%3
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)53003001092.8%1700.0%5
Team Stats (vs. Division)3000000680.0%1400.0%0
Stats Against (All Games) 337917013679.0%39615.4%53
Stats Against (Home Games) 13355001558.4%18211.1%22
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 15456011768.5%17317.6%23
Stats Against (vs. Division) 9243001088.3%1417.1%15
BUFFALO - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
JHONAS ENROTH (All Games)6622220391.4%11-5-3.41-5-0-32-4
JHONAS ENROTH (Home Games)3311110392.8%00-3-30-3-0-30-3
JHONAS ENROTH (vs. Division)22716693.0%00-2-20-2-0-20-2
JHONAS ENROTH (Last 4 Games)4413512592.6%11-3-1.41-3-0-11-3
MATT HACKETT (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MATT HACKETT (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MATT HACKETT (vs. Division)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games)4414413191.0%11-3-0.21-3-001-3
MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Home Games)11443988.6%00-1-10-1-0-11-0
MICHAL NEUVIRTH (vs. Division)11373389.2%10-1-10-1-0-10-1
MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Last 4 Games)4414413191.0%11-3-0.21-3-001-3
Average power rating of opponents played: BOSTON 3.1,  BUFFALO 3.18
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
BOSTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/8/2014PHILADELPHIA2-1W0, -195W5.5 unU
10/9/2014at DETROIT1-2L0, -115L5 ovU
10/11/2014WASHINGTON0-4L0, -165L5 ovU
10/13/2014COLORADO1-2L0, -170L5 ovU
10/15/2014at DETROIT3-2W0, -120W5 unP
10/16/2014at MONTREAL4-6L0, -105L5 unO
10/18/2014at BUFFALO4-0W0, -220W5 evU
10/21/2014SAN JOSE5-3W0, -135W5 ovO
10/23/2014NY ISLANDERS2-3L0, -165L5.5 unU
10/25/2014at TORONTO4-1W0, -115W5.5 unU
10/28/2014MINNESOTA3-4L0, -165L5 ovO
10/30/2014at BUFFALO 
11/1/2014OTTAWA 
11/4/2014FLORIDA 
11/6/2014EDMONTON 
11/10/2014NEW JERSEY 

BUFFALO - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/9/2014COLUMBUS1-3L0, +100L5 ovU
10/11/2014at CHICAGO2-6L0, +250L5.5 unO
10/13/2014ANAHEIM1-5L0, +160L5.5 unO
10/14/2014at CAROLINA4-3W0, +160W5.5 unO
10/17/2014FLORIDA0-1L0, +105L5 ovU
10/18/2014BOSTON0-4L0, +180L5 evU
10/22/2014at ANAHEIM1-4L0, +275L5.5 unU
10/23/2014at LOS ANGELES0-2L0, +275L5 unU
10/25/2014at SAN JOSE2-1W0, +275W5 ovU
10/28/2014at TORONTO0-4L0, +185L5.5 unU
10/30/2014BOSTON 
11/1/2014at PITTSBURGH 
11/2/2014DETROIT 
11/5/2014MONTREAL 
11/7/2014EDMONTON 
11/8/2014PITTSBURGH 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 54-19-9, 117 points, most in the NHL. Lost to Montreal Canadiens in second round of playoffs.
COACH: Claude Julien, eighth season in Boston (310-165-65); 12th overall in NHL.
ADDED: F Simon Gagne, G Niklas Svedberg.
LOST: F Jarome Iginla, F Shawn Thornton, G Chad Johnson.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Defenseman Zdeno Chara is 37, and it's not clear how long his 6-foot-9 body can hold up. He played in 77 games, but had the least time on the ice (in a non-lockout season) since his arrival in Boston in 2006, and his fewest points and penalty minutes as a Bruin, too. He finished the season with a broken finger. Still, he was a finalist for the Norris Trophy, which he won in 2009.
OUTLOOK: After winning the Stanley Cup in 2011 and returning to the finals two seasons later, the Bruins posted the NHL's best record last season but were knocked out of the playoffs by the rival Canadiens in seven games in the second round. The Bruins return essentially the same team, including Selke Trophy winner Patrice Bergeron and Vezina winner Tuukka Rask, who led the league with seven shutouts, finished second with a .930 save percentage and was fourth with a 2.03 goals-against average.
BUFFALO: LAST SEASON: 21-51-10, 52 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 16th in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Ted Nolan, 4th season with Sabres (including 1995-97), 90-98-28; 6th overall in NHL.
ADDED: RW Brian Gionta, LW Matt Moulson, C Sam Reinhart, D Josh Gorges, D Andrej Meszaros, C Cody McCormick, D Andre Benoit.
LOST: LW Ville Leino, D Christian Ehrhoff, D Henrik Tallinder, RW Matt D'Agostini, LW John Scott, C Zenon Konopka.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Reinhart. Selected with the No. 2 pick in the draft in June, the son of former NHLer Paul Reinhart is being given every opportunity to crack the season-opening lineup before his 19th birthday on Nov. 6. He was a play-making forward during three-plus seasons in the Western Hockey League, and is being counted upon to add immediate offense to a team that scored a post-NHL-expansion-era low 150 goals.
OUTLOOK: The Sabres can't be much worse after setting a franchise record for losses during a tumultuous season in which they changed their coach and general manager, and purged much of their veteran core, including trading goalie Ryan Miller. They've added veteran leadership (Gionta and Gorges) to complement their youth movement. And yet, the Sabres have too many questions marks - particularly in net, where Jhonas Enroth and Michal Neuvirth are competing for the starting job - to consider them playoff contenders.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (BOSTON-BUFFALO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Bruins-Sabres Preview* =======================

By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer

Boston (5-6-0) at Buffalo (2-8-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT

Following a slow start after winning the Presidents' Trophy last season, the Boston Bruins stood on the verge of their fourth win in five games before blowing a late two-goal lead at home earlier this week.

The Bruins hope to get back on track Thursday night in Buffalo by replicating their last performance against the Sabres, who look to finally secure their first home victory.

Boston was outscored 17-9 while dropping four of its first six games before showing signs of the form that led the club to the most points in the league for the first time since 1989-90.

The Bruins then outscored opponents 15-7 during a 3-1-0 stretch and appeared to be on the way to another win Saturday before allowing Minnesota to score three times over a 10-minute span in the third period of a 4-3 defeat.

"It's just not good enough," Tuukka Rask, who stopped 38 of 42 shots, told the NHL's official website. "You know, 40 shots, I'm not too worried about that, but just the style we give them up, it's pretty bad sometimes."

The loss overshadowed a career night for rookie center Seth Griffith, who finished with two goals and assisted on Milan Lucic's second-period score. David Krejci added an assist to extend his point streak to seven.

"We're going to come and practice hard, and hopefully we'll be ready for Buffalo," Griffith said. "We want to be an above .500 hockey team, and we took a step back."

The Bruins (5-6-0) might not have much trouble working out their issues against the Atlantic Division-worst Sabres (2-8-0), whose four points trail only winless Carolina's two.

Buffalo started 0-8-1 at home in 2013 and has been outscored 13-2 while losing all four games on its own ice this season.

Boston dealt the Sabres one of those defeats Oct. 18, when Dougie Hamilton, Zdeno Chara, Torey Krug and Carl Soderberg scored while Niklas Svedberg had 32 saves in a 4-0 victory.

Soderberg has scored in three straight road games, and Krug has one goal with four assists in his last three meetings with the Sabres.

After picking up their second win Saturday at San Jose, the Sabres were routed 4-0 in Toronto on Tuesday to conclude a four-game trip. They finished with a franchise-worst 10 shots while getting shut out for the fourth time in six games.

Buffalo's 10 goals are tied for the fourth-fewest through the first 10 games in NHL history, and fewest since Chicago scored that many in 1936-37.

"If you're not going to shoot, you're not going to score," coach Ted Nolan said. "It's pure and simple as that. ... You can draw up all the fancy game plays that you want, but the want has to be there."

Tyler Ennis leads Buffalo with three goals, while Zemgus Girgensons and Marcus Foligno have two each. Matt Moulson, Drew Stafford and Cody Hodgson, who combined for 59 goals last season, have a goal and seven assists between them.

"If it was an easy fix, it would be fixed by now," said Moulson, a three-time 30-goal-scorer.

Nolan is moving Hodgson to the fourth line against the Bruins, while Jhonas Enroth will get the start between the pipes. Enroth is 1-5-0 with a 3.13 goals-against average and 1-5-2 with a 3.89 GAA in nine games against Boston.


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