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| 7 | BUFFALO | +285 | Ov 5.5,+100 | +360 | Ov 5.5,+100 | | 8 | TAMPA BAY | -375 | Un 5.5,-120 | -460 | Un 5.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 19-44-0 | -7.4 | 19-44 | -7.4 | 28-26 | 2.0 | 22.9 | 3.4 | 35.3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 7-23-0 | -6.6 | 7-23 | -6.6 | 15-9 | 1.9 | 22.3 | 3.9 | 36.5 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | +0.7 | 2-3 | +0.7 | 3-2 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 41.2 | | vs. Division | 8-17-0 | -1.6 | 8-17 | -1.6 | 11-10 | 2.1 | 23.4 | 3.2 | 34.5 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 63 | 123 | 33 | 42 | 40 | 8 | 9 | 1445 | 8.5% | 174 | 20 | 11.5% | 203 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 30 | 58 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 669 | 8.7% | 80 | 9 | 11.2% | 92 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 13.5% | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | 21 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 25 | 53 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 586 | 9.0% | 69 | 9 | 13.0% | 90 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 212 | 52 | 75 | 80 | 5 | 11 | 2222 | 9.5% | 212 | 53 | 25.0% | 379 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 117 | 30 | 38 | 47 | 2 | 7 | 1096 | 10.7% | 109 | 33 | 30.3% | 213 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 15 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 7.3% | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | 26 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 80 | 15 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 863 | 9.3% | 81 | 16 | 19.8% | 145 |
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| MATT HACKETT (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 89.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | MATT HACKETT (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 89.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | MATT HACKETT (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MATT HACKETT (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 89.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games) | 27 | 27 | 941 | 864 | 91.8% | 1 | 7-20 | -5.6 | 7-20-0 | -5 | 11-12 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Road Games) | 13 | 13 | 463 | 420 | 90.7% | 1 | 3-10 | -3.3 | 3-10-0 | -3 | 6-5 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (vs. Division) | 10 | 10 | 373 | 344 | 92.2% | 1 | 2-8 | -4.1 | 2-8-0 | -4 | 4-5 |
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| All Games | 38-26-0 | +3.5 | 38-26 | +3.5 | 36-27 | 3.3 | 29.5 | 2.7 | 27.5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 23-7-0 | +11.4 | 23-7 | +11.4 | 13-16 | 3.4 | 31.8 | 2.1 | 28.4 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.1 | 3-2 | +0.1 | 3-2 | 3.8 | 28.6 | 2.4 | 24.2 | | vs. Division | 11-5-0 | +3.2 | 11-5 | +3.2 | 9-6 | 3.6 | 32.4 | 2.1 | 22.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 64 | 210 | 55 | 70 | 81 | 4 | 10 | 1890 | 11.1% | 224 | 39 | 17.4% | 359 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 30 | 103 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 954 | 10.8% | 107 | 22 | 20.6% | 174 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 13.3% | 20 | 4 | 20.0% | 35 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 16 | 57 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 518 | 11.0% | 70 | 15 | 21.4% | 95 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 171 | 49 | 63 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 1762 | 9.7% | 200 | 33 | 16.5% | 283 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 64 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 852 | 7.5% | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 105 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 9.9% | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 15 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 34 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 362 | 9.4% | 46 | 6 | 13.0% | 56 |
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| BEN BISHOP (All Games) | 49 | 46 | 1260 | 1150 | 91.3% | 2 | 31-15 | +9.5 | 31-15-0 | +8 | 27-18 | | BEN BISHOP (Home Games) | 27 | 27 | 737 | 683 | 92.7% | 2 | 21-6 | +10.6 | 21-6-0 | +9 | 12-14 | | BEN BISHOP (vs. Division) | 14 | 14 | 328 | 299 | 91.2% | 1 | 10-4 | +4.2 | 10-4-0 | +4 | 8-5 | | BEN BISHOP (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 103 | 96 | 93.2% | 1 | 3-1 | +1.2 | 3-1-0 | +1 | 2-2 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (All Games) | 11 | 10 | 245 | 216 | 88.2% | 0 | 3-7 | -6 | 3-7-0 | -5 | 5-5 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (Home Games) | 2 | 2 | 55 | 52 | 94.5% | 0 | 1-1 | -0.2 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 0-2 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 95.5% | 0 | 0-1 | -2 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 0-1 | | EVGENI NABOKOV (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 70 | 59 | 84.3% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.9 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (All Games) | 10 | 8 | 251 | 229 | 91.2% | 0 | 4-4 | -0.1 | 4-4-0 | 0 | 4-4 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (Home Games) | 3 | 1 | 58 | 54 | 93.1% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | ANDREI VASILEVSKIY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 84 | 73 | 86.9% | 0 | 0-3 | -3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 1-2 |
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| 2/5/2015 | ST LOUIS | 0-3 | L | 0, +240 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/7/2015 | DALLAS | 3-2 | W | 0, +175 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 2/8/2015 | NY ISLANDERS | 2-3 | L | 0, +210 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/10/2015 | OTTAWA | 1-2 | L | 0, +145 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/15/2015 | PHILADELPHIA | 1-2 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/17/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | 1-2 | L | 0, +205 | L | 5 un | U | | 2/19/2015 | at PHILADELPHIA | 3-2 | W | 0, +215 | W | 5 ov | P | | 2/20/2015 | NY RANGERS | 1-3 | L | 0, +210 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/22/2015 | NASHVILLE | 1-2 | L | 0, +200 | L | 5 ov | U | | 2/24/2015 | at COLUMBUS | 4-2 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/26/2015 | VANCOUVER | 6-3 | W | 0, +185 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/28/2015 | at FLORIDA | 3-5 | L | 0, +230 | L | 5 un | O | | 3/3/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | | | 3/6/2015 | at OTTAWA | | | 3/7/2015 | at WASHINGTON | | | 3/11/2015 | at TORONTO | | | 3/14/2015 | NY RANGERS | |
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| 2/5/2015 | at DALLAS | 5-3 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 2/7/2015 | LOS ANGELES | 2-4 | L | 0, -150 | L | 5 ov | O | | 2/8/2015 | ANAHEIM | 5-3 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/10/2015 | at NASHVILLE | 2-3 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/12/2015 | ST LOUIS | 3-6 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 2/15/2015 | at SAN JOSE | 5-2 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/16/2015 | at LOS ANGELES | 2-3 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/18/2015 | at ANAHEIM | 4-1 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 2/21/2015 | at ARIZONA | 4-2 | W | 0, -210 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/22/2015 | at COLORADO | 4-5 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5.5 ev | O | | 2/27/2015 | CHICAGO | 4-0 | W | 0, -170 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/1/2015 | at FLORIDA | 3-4 | L | 0, -180 | L | 5.5 ev | O | | 3/3/2015 | BUFFALO | | | 3/5/2015 | TORONTO | | | 3/7/2015 | DALLAS | | | 3/10/2015 | at MONTREAL | | | 3/12/2015 | at BOSTON | | | 3/14/2015 | WINNIPEG | |
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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. | | TAMPA BAY: LAST SEASON: 46-27-9, 101 points. Swept in first round of playoffs by Montreal.
COACH: Jon Cooper, second full season with Lighting, 51-35-12.
ADDED: F Brian Boyle, F Brenden Morrow, D Anton Stralman, D Jason Garrison, G Evgeni Nabokov, F Jonathan Drouin.
LOST: G Anders Lindback, F Ryan Malone, F Teddy Purcell, F Nate Thompson, D Sami Salo.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ondrej Palat. One of the NHL's top rookies last season. With Steven Stamkos missing a significant portion of the year and Martin St. Louis departing in a late-season trade, Palat finished with team-leading 50 points, including 23 goals. Third among league rookies in goals and second in points, he led all rookies with 44 points after Jan. 1.
OUTLOOK: With Bishop healthy again after missing the playoffs with a dislocated elbow, many expect the Lightning to prosper in the relatively weak Eastern Conference and make a deep run in the playoffs. Stamkos has scored more goals (210) than any player in the league since the start of the 2009-10 season and Bishop is coming off a season in which he set franchise season records for wins (37), save percentage (.924) and goals-against average (2.23). |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (BUFFALO-TAMPA BAY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Sabres-Lightning Preview* ==========================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Buffalo (19-39-5) at Tampa Bay (38-20-6), 7:30 p.m. EDT
While the Tampa Bay Lightning made minor moves as they compete for the Atlantic Division crown, the NHL-worst Buffalo Sabres continued their rebuild at the trade deadline.
It's uncertain who the visiting Sabres will start in net after Monday's deals, but new addition Braydon Coburn is expected to be available for a Tampa Bay team seeking its fourth straight win in the season series Tuesday night.
Having fallen further back of red-hot Montreal in the division race, the Lightning (38-20-6) sought to add some depth to the back end as they acquired Coburn from Philadelphia for fellow defenseman Radko Gudas and two draft picks.
Coburn has one goal and eight assists in 39 games this season, and the veteran blue liner will be reunited with former Flyers teammate Matt Carle.
"What I know of the team is they're really tough to  ," Coburn told the Lightning's official website. "They've got some really dynamic players, and they've got all the pieces for sure: Great goaltending, great defense and all the firepower."
Coburn joins a Tampa Bay defense that has shown some holes, allowing four goals or more for the second time in three games in Sunday's 4-3 loss at Florida. The Lightning had given up that many only twice over their previous 12.
Ben Bishop allowed five goals over a personal four-game win streak before the run was snapped Sunday. He's expected to get the nod versus Buffalo and has posted a 1.64 goals-against average in winning his last six meetings.
The Sabres' goalie situation isn't quite as clear after dealing Michal Neuvirth to the New York Islanders for netminder Chad Johnson and a 2016 third-round pick Monday. The Sabres (19-39-5) also shipped Jhonas Enroth to Dallas last month.
"I was enjoying my sushi and one of my teammates told me to look on the TV, so I looked and I saw (news of the trade)," Neuvirth said. "I was a little in shock."
Johnson is 8-8-1 with a 3.15 GAA in 17 starts this season. Anders Lindback, acquired in the Enroth trade, could make his Buffalo debut after going 0-7-0 with a 3.95 GAA in seven starts with the Stars.
The Sabres look to continue playing well offensively, scoring 13 times in the last three games after totaling seven over their previous six. They won two in a row for the first time since mid-December before Saturday's 5-3 loss at Florida.
Torrey Mitchell has three goals in his last two games, but he was dealt to Montreal for forward Jack Nevins and a draft pick. Buffalo also moved Brian Flynn to the Canadiens and fellow forward Chris Stewart to Minnesota for picks.
Andrej Meszaros has scored in each of his last two games and Cody Hodgson has two goals in his past three after registering two in his first 56. Tyler Ennis, who has a team-high 33 points, could return from a lower-body injury, but All-Star Zemgus Girgensons - second with 30 points - is out with a foot injury.
Tyler Johnson and Steven Stamkos have teamed for 12 goals in the past eight games for Tampa Bay, which averages a league-high 3.25. The tandem also has four goals and eight assists over the past five against the Sabres.
Following a 2-1 shootout loss in Buffalo on Dec. 2, the Lightning have won the last three meetings by a 12-2 margin.
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| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 8:30:16 AM EST. |
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