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| 9 | BUFFALO | +270 | Ov 5,-130 | +270 | Ov 5,-130 | | 10 | VANCOUVER | -330 | Un 5,+110 | -330 | Un 5,+110 |
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| All Games | 14-35-0 | -9 | 14-35 | -9 | 24-18 | 1.9 | 22.9 | 3.6 | 35.0 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 4-20-0 | -10.6 | 4-20 | -10.6 | 12-8 | 1.7 | 22.0 | 4.1 | 35.7 | | Last 5 Games | 0-5-0 | -5 | 0-5 | -5 | 3-2 | 2.0 | 19.6 | 4.8 | 32.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 49 | 92 | 21 | 31 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 1122 | 8.2% | 134 | 14 | 10.4% | 156 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 24 | 42 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 527 | 8.0% | 61 | 6 | 9.8% | 68 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 10.2% | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 19 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 174 | 43 | 60 | 68 | 3 | 6 | 1714 | 10.2% | 167 | 43 | 25.7% | 311 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 99 | 26 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 857 | 11.6% | 85 | 27 | 31.8% | 180 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 15.0% | 20 | 7 | 35.0% | 43 |
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| JHONAS ENROTH (All Games) | 33 | 31 | 1108 | 996 | 89.9% | 4 | 10-21 | -3.6 | 10-21-0 | -2 | 16-11 | | JHONAS ENROTH (Road Games) | 16 | 15 | 557 | 496 | 89.0% | 3 | 3-12 | -5.4 | 3-12-0 | -6 | 8-4 | | JHONAS ENROTH(vs. Non-Conference) | 11 | 10 | 373 | 336 | 90.1% | 2 | 2-8 | -4.8 | 2-8-0 | -5 | 5-5 | | JHONAS ENROTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 128 | 108 | 84.4% | 0 | 0-4 | -4 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 2-2 | | 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 | 26-20-0 | +2.4 | 26-20 | +2.4 | 18-23 | 2.7 | 29.2 | 2.6 | 28.7 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 11-10-0 | -3.5 | 11-10 | -3.5 | 7-10 | 2.5 | 30.1 | 2.5 | 27.1 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +1 | 3-2 | +1 | 0-5 | 2.0 | 21.4 | 1.8 | 26.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 46 | 124 | 29 | 52 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 1341 | 9.2% | 142 | 26 | 18.3% | 207 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 21 | 53 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 632 | 8.4% | 67 | 15 | 22.4% | 88 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 9.3% | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 19 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 118 | 31 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 1319 | 8.9% | 157 | 19 | 12.1% | 201 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 53 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 570 | 9.3% | 58 | 8 | 13.8% | 90 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 6.8% | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 14 |
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| EDDIE LACK (All Games) | 14 | 11 | 372 | 339 | 91.1% | 0 | 3-8 | -6.8 | 3-8-0 | -7 | 5-6 | | EDDIE LACK (Home Games) | 6 | 6 | 157 | 143 | 91.1% | 0 | 1-5 | -6 | 1-5-0 | -6 | 2-4 | | EDDIE LACK(vs. Non-Conference) | 5 | 4 | 126 | 116 | 92.1% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.3 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 2-2 | | EDDIE LACK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 104 | 95 | 91.3% | 0 | 1-3 | -3.8 | 1-3-0 | -4 | 1-3 | | RYAN MILLER (All Games) | 35 | 35 | 941 | 863 | 91.7% | 1 | 23-12 | +9.3 | 23-12-0 | +9 | 13-17 | | RYAN MILLER (Home Games) | 15 | 15 | 411 | 375 | 91.2% | 1 | 10-5 | +2.6 | 10-5-0 | +3 | 5-6 | | RYAN MILLER(vs. Non-Conference) | 17 | 17 | 434 | 400 | 92.2% | 1 | 11-6 | +3.8 | 11-6-0 | +4 | 6-9 | | RYAN MILLER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 100 | 93 | 93.0% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.1 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 0-4 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: BUFFALO 3.21, VANCOUVER 3.18 |
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| 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 | 2-3 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/30/2015 | at VANCOUVER | | | 2/3/2015 | at MONTREAL | | | 2/5/2015 | ST LOUIS | | | 2/7/2015 | DALLAS | | | 2/8/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | | | 2/10/2015 | OTTAWA | |
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| 1/3/2015 | DETROIT | 4-1 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5 ov | P | | 1/6/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | 3-2 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 1/8/2015 | FLORIDA | 1-3 | L | 0, -150 | L | 5 ov | U | | 1/10/2015 | CALGARY | 0-1 | L | 0, -195 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/13/2015 | at NASHVILLE | 1-5 | L | 0, +135 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/15/2015 | at PHILADELPHIA | 4-0 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 1/16/2015 | at CAROLINA | 3-0 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | U | | 1/19/2015 | at FLORIDA | 2-1 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5 ov | U | | 1/20/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 1-4 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/27/2015 | ANAHEIM | 0-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 ov | U | | 1/30/2015 | BUFFALO | | | 2/1/2015 | MINNESOTA | | | 2/3/2015 | WINNIPEG | | | 2/5/2015 | SAN JOSE | | | 2/7/2015 | PITTSBURGH | | | 2/9/2015 | at MINNESOTA | |
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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. | | VANCOUVER: LAST SEASON: 36-35-11, finished 12th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Willie Desjardins, first season with the Canucks.
ADDED: C Nick Bonino, LW Derek Dorsett, G Ryan Miller, D Luca Sbisa, RW Radim Vrbata.
LOST: RW Zac Dalpe, D Jason Garrison, C Ryan Kesler, C Mike Santorelli, C Jordan Schroeder.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ryan Miller. On June 29, 2013, the Canucks had a goaltending tandem of Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider. When Vancouver's season ended 288 days later, the duo in net was Eddie Lack and Jacob Markstrom after Schneider and Luongo were traded. In a combined 45 games with Vancouver, Lack and Markstrom were 17-19-5 with a 2.39 goals against average and .908 save percentage. Miller, who was signed to a three-year, $18 million free agent deal, has a 2.55 GAA and .916 save percentage the last four seasons.
OUTLOOK: The dismissals of coach John Tortorella and Kesler, traded to Anaheim, can be seen as addition by subtraction. Kesler's in-season trade request became a distraction for a team whose 2013-14 campaign was an unmitigated failure. So the Canucks can do nothing but improve in 2014-15. Will there be enough improvement to qualify for a playoff berth? That may be too much to ask for a team in the tough Western Conference. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (BUFFALO-VANCOUVER) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Sabres-Canucks Preview* ========================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Buffalo (14-32-3) at Vancouver (26-17-3), 10:00 p.m. EDT
Ryan Miller left the Buffalo Sabres as their all-time leader in wins, and they certainly haven't looked capable of getting one themselves lately.
Now with the Vancouver Canucks, Miller is expected to face his former team for the first time since being traded as the Sabres look to avoid the NHL's longest regulation losing streak in 22 years Friday night.
Miller was a cornerstone for the Sabres for nearly a decade, setting franchise records for wins in a season (41) and overall (284) while claiming the 2010 Vezina Trophy. He also spurred runs to the 2006 and '07 Eastern Conference finals.
He gained mainstream notoriety for backstopping the United States to the silver medal in the 2010 Olympics, earning MVP honors.
An expiring contract, however, led the Sabres to send him to St. Louis in a blockbuster trade on March 1.
"It's going to be a little bit strange. I'm going to pay special attention not to pass the puck to the Buffalo symbol," Miller said. "It's going to be nice to see some of the faces over there, but part of hockey is having fun competing against your friends, former teammates, colleagues. I look forward to these opportunities.
"This is a chance to  a team and organization that does mean a lot to me."
Miller has adjusted just fine after signing with the Canucks (26-17-3) last summer. He's 23-11-1 with a 2.33 goals-against average and five shutouts. However, he's allowed six goals on 48 shots while losing his last two games after going 7-2-1 with a 1.40 GAA and two shutouts over his previous 10.
He made 20 saves Tuesday, when Vancouver lost 4-0 to NHL-leading Anaheim.
"I think we're a better team than that," coach Willie Desjardins said after his team was held to 17 shots. "We've just got to find ways."
The Sabres (14-32-3) probably say that nearly every game, as they own the worst record in the NHL after finishing last in 2013-14.
They're also enduring a franchise-record 13-game losing streak, and a loss to Miller would give them the longest regulation losing streak since San Jose dropped 17 straight from Jan. 4-Feb. 12, 1993.
Desjardins, though, isn't taking Buffalo lightly.
"I think if you look past them, it's a mistake. I don't know why we would. We certainly shouldn't be," Desjardins said.
The Sabres, 1-16-1 in their last 18 games, did little to strike fear in anyone Thursday, losing 3-2 at Edmonton in a battle of the two worst teams in the league.
"I think we need to stay positive and just keep approaching every game like we're going to win the game," said Jhonas Enroth, who had 31 saves. "We can't go into every game thinking we're going to lose the game. We have to stay positive and still believe that we can win games."
Improved goaltending would also help. Enroth has lost eight straight starts with a 4.66 GAA, but it's unclear if he'll get the call on back-to-back days.
Backup Michal Neuvirth, though, has a 4.10 GAA while losing his last eight starts since returning from a lower-body injury. He's lost both of his career visits to Vancouver while surrendering seven goals on 67 shots.
Miller sympathizes with his former team.
"When you're not getting the results and people are talking about it, there's that place you can go and kind of get numb and don't get emotionally charged," he said. "Last year, I was getting a little bit numb for a stretch, but I reminded myself why I like to play and re-energized myself.
"I hope they find that energy."
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| | Last Updated: 4/18/2024 11:22:04 PM EST. |
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