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| 69 | BUFFALO | +160 | Ov 5.5,+110 | +160 | Ov 5.5,+110 | | 70 | EDMONTON | -180 | Un 5.5,-130 | -180 | Un 5.5,-130 |
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| All Games | 14-34-0 | -8 | 14-34 | -8 | 24-17 | 1.9 | 23.0 | 3.6 | 35.0 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 4-19-0 | -9.6 | 4-19 | -9.6 | 12-7 | 1.7 | 22.0 | 4.2 | 35.8 | | Last 5 Games | 0-5-0 | -5 | 0-5 | -5 | 3-2 | 1.8 | 20.8 | 4.8 | 31.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 48 | 90 | 20 | 31 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 1102 | 8.2% | 133 | 14 | 10.5% | 152 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 23 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 507 | 7.9% | 60 | 6 | 10.0% | 64 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 8.7% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 17 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 171 | 41 | 60 | 67 | 3 | 6 | 1680 | 10.2% | 164 | 43 | 26.2% | 305 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 96 | 24 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 823 | 11.7% | 82 | 27 | 32.9% | 174 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 15.4% | 21 | 8 | 38.1% | 42 |
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| JHONAS ENROTH (All Games) | 32 | 30 | 1074 | 965 | 89.9% | 4 | 10-20 | -2.6 | 10-20-0 | -1 | 16-10 | | JHONAS ENROTH (Road Games) | 15 | 14 | 523 | 465 | 88.9% | 3 | 3-11 | -4.4 | 3-11-0 | -5 | 8-3 | | JHONAS ENROTH(vs. Non-Conference) | 10 | 9 | 339 | 305 | 90.0% | 2 | 2-7 | -3.8 | 2-7-0 | -4 | 5-4 | | JHONAS ENROTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 125 | 103 | 82.4% | 0 | 0-4 | -4 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 3-1 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games) | 18 | 18 | 602 | 546 | 90.7% | 1 | 4-14 | -5.4 | 4-14-0 | -5 | 8-7 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Road Games) | 9 | 9 | 297 | 263 | 88.6% | 1 | 1-8 | -5.2 | 1-8-0 | -5 | 4-4 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH(vs. Non-Conference) | 7 | 7 | 234 | 211 | 90.2% | 0 | 2-5 | -0.4 | 2-5-0 | 0 | 3-2 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 118 | 105 | 89.0% | 0 | 0-4 | -4 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 2-2 |
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| All Games | 12-36-0 | -19.8 | 12-36 | -19.8 | 23-22 | 2.3 | 27.7 | 3.3 | 29.6 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 8-17-0 | -7.4 | 8-17 | -7.4 | 13-11 | 2.4 | 26.5 | 3.2 | 29.1 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | +0.9 | 2-3 | +0.9 | 2-3 | 2.6 | 27.2 | 3.0 | 27.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 48 | 110 | 27 | 39 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1330 | 8.3% | 146 | 20 | 13.7% | 175 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 25 | 59 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 662 | 8.9% | 80 | 13 | 16.2% | 91 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 9.6% | 20 | 3 | 15.0% | 20 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 160 | 48 | 53 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 1420 | 11.3% | 138 | 28 | 20.3% | 277 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 80 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 727 | 11.0% | 72 | 17 | 23.6% | 135 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 10.9% | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 26 |
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| VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 19 | 17 | 476 | 424 | 89.1% | 1 | 4-13 | -6.8 | 4-13-0 | -6 | 6-9 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Home Games) | 7 | 5 | 168 | 148 | 88.1% | 0 | 0-5 | -5.3 | 0-5-0 | -5 | 3-2 | | VIKTOR FASTH(vs. Non-Conference) | 7 | 7 | 204 | 186 | 91.2% | 0 | 4-3 | +3.4 | 4-3-0 | +4 | 2-4 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 130 | 119 | 91.5% | 0 | 2-2 | +1.9 | 2-2-0 | +2 | 2-2 | | BEN SCRIVENS (All Games) | 35 | 31 | 944 | 845 | 89.5% | 1 | 8-23 | -13 | 8-23-0 | -12 | 17-13 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Home Games) | 21 | 20 | 561 | 506 | 90.2% | 1 | 8-12 | -2.1 | 8-12-0 | -1 | 10-9 | | BEN SCRIVENS(vs. Non-Conference) | 10 | 10 | 278 | 253 | 91.0% | 1 | 5-5 | +1.4 | 5-5-0 | +1 | 5-5 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 96 | 83 | 86.5% | 0 | 1-3 | -1.2 | 1-3-0 | -1 | 3-1 |
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| 1/2/2015 | FLORIDA | 0-2 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5 ov | U | | 1/3/2015 | at NY RANGERS | 1-6 | L | 0, +275 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 1/6/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | 1-4 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5 un | P | | 1/8/2015 | at CAROLINA | 2-5 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5 un | O | | 1/9/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 1-2 | L | 0, +315 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/13/2015 | DETROIT | 1-3 | L | 0, +175 | L | 5 ov | U | | 1/15/2015 | MINNESOTA | 0-7 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/17/2015 | PHILADELPHIA | 3-4 | L | 0, +155 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 1/18/2015 | at DETROIT | 4-6 | L | 0, +275 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/27/2015 | at CALGARY | 1-4 | L | 0, +240 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/29/2015 | at EDMONTON | | | 1/30/2015 | at VANCOUVER | | | 2/3/2015 | at MONTREAL | | | 2/5/2015 | ST LOUIS | | | 2/7/2015 | DALLAS | | | 2/8/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | |
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| 1/2/2015 | at COLORADO | 1-2 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 1/4/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | 5-2 | W | 0, +160 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 1/6/2015 | DETROIT | 2-4 | L | 0, +155 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 1/9/2015 | CHICAGO | 5-2 | W | 0, +175 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 1/11/2015 | FLORIDA | 2-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/13/2015 | at ST LOUIS | 2-4 | L | 0, +245 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 1/15/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 2-3 | L | 0, +220 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 1/17/2015 | at FLORIDA | 3-2 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 1/20/2015 | at WASHINGTON | 5-4 | W | 0, +220 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 1/27/2015 | MINNESOTA | 1-2 | L | 0, +135 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/29/2015 | BUFFALO | | | 1/31/2015 | at CALGARY | | | 2/2/2015 | at SAN JOSE | | | 2/4/2015 | PITTSBURGH | | | 2/7/2015 | at TORONTO | | | 2/9/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | |
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| |  | 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. | | EDMONTON: LAST SEASON: 29-44-7, 67 points, finished 14th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Dallas Eakins, second season with the Oilers, 29-44-7.
ADDED: D Mark Fayne, D Nikita Nikitin, F Benoit Pouliot, F Teddy Purcell.
LOST: D Anton Belov, C Sam Gagner, LW Ryan Smyth.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Justin Schultz: The Oilers signed the defenseman to a one-year, $3,675,000 deal on Aug. 29. Why one year? ''Justin is going to be a great player and a great Oiler. What we wanted to do as an organization is buy ourselves a little bit of time to negotiate a long-term deal,'' general manager Craig MacTavish said. ''We as an organization wanted a little more information, fully aware information can be expensive.''
OUTLOOK: Six straight years of drafting in the top 10 and stockpiling high-end young talent without showing tangible on-ice improvement tends to create skepticism. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (BUFFALO-EDMONTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Sabres-Oilers Preview* =======================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Buffalo (14-31-3) at Edmonton (12-27-9), 9:30 p.m. EDT
The Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers are the two worst teams in the NHL, and the Sabres are certainly deserving of that distinction as they're mired in the longest losing streak in franchise history.
They'll try to prevent it from reaching 13 on Thursday night when they go for a fifth straight win in Edmonton.
Buffalo (14-31-3) finished last in the league in 2013-14, and it's in the same position this season while sitting two points back of the Oilers (12-27-9), who are in the Western Conference cellar.
The Sabres' spiral to the bottom of the NHL has turned historic. They've set a team record with 12 straight losses, and they've all come in regulation for the longest such skid since Pittsburgh went 13 games in 2003-04.
Buffalo is also 0-11-1 in its last 12 on the road, surrendering an average of 4.58 goals while scoring 1.75 per game.
That continued in Tuesday's 4-1 loss at Calgary, as Buffalo gave up three goals in the third period while being outshot 15-2 and 31-18 overall.
"It's frustrating. We played 40 minutes of good hockey and came out in the third and kind of just crumbled," right wing Chris Stewart said. "We did have our chances and we just have to bear down. When they got their chances they put them in. That was the difference."
Stewart has been a rare bright spot for the Sabres, collecting four points in the last three games while scoring in each of the past two. He had eight goals and two assists in his last six visits to Edmonton while playing with St. Louis.
Drew Stafford has eight goals and two assists in seven career games against the Oilers, scoring in a 3-2 home loss Nov. 7 and a 3-1 victory at Rexall Place on March 20 as the Sabres won for the fourth straight time there.
The Oilers have lost four of six, with the victories coming against teams from the East. Edmonton, 9-7-1 against the opposing conference, returned from the All-Star break with a 2-1 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday.
"It was one of those games that we could have seen ourselves winning, but we had too many turnovers," said center Boyd Gordon, who tied it in the second period. "It was one of those games that we kind of let slip away."
Edmonton may be without Taylor Hall for a second straight game after suffering a bone bruise in his leg during practice earlier this week. The left wing has two goals in his last three against Buffalo, and his 29 points tie him with Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for the team lead.
Nugent-Hopkins doesn't have a point in three career meetings with the Sabres, while Eberle has one in four.
The Sabres will again turn to Jhonas Enroth after he allowed at least four goals for the fourth straight start Tuesday. Enroth has been the starter for seven of the losses during the skid while posting a 4.90 goals-against average.
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| | Last Updated: 4/20/2024 9:01:29 AM EST. |
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