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NHL : ATS Matchup
Thursday 3/26/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
ARIZONA
 
BUFFALO
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ARIZONA (22-44-0-8, 52 pts.) at BUFFALO (20-46-0-7, 47 pts.)
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Thursday, 3/26/2015 7:05 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: ARIZONA - MIKE SMITH, BUFFALO - MATT HACKETT
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
55ARIZONA-115Ov 5,-125-120Ov 5,-125
56BUFFALO-105Un 5,+105+100Un 5,+105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
ARIZONA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games22-52-0-22.422-52-22.435-332.129.33.332.7
Team Stats (Road Games)12-24-0-4.312-24-4.319-142.328.83.433.0
Last 5 Games1-4-0-1.21-4-1.22-31.827.03.236.4
ARIZONA Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)741545249449821657.1%2094320.6%262
Team Stats (Road Games)36832331254410368.0%1002525.0%140
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)59422101356.7%12216.7%16
Stats Against (All Games) 246647896817242110.2%2485421.8%407
Stats Against (Road Games) 12236424136118710.3%1222419.7%204
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 16367031828.8%16318.7%25
ARIZONA - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
LOUIS DOMINQUE (All Games)5311310391.2%01-2+0.21-2-001-1
LOUIS DOMINQUE (Road Games)31454191.1%01-0+2.21-0-0+20-0
LOUIS DOMINQUE(vs. Non-Conference)31454191.1%01-0+2.21-0-0+20-0
LOUIS DOMINQUE (Last 4 Games)431029492.2%01-2+0.21-2-001-1
MIKE MCKENNA (All Games)11342985.3%00-1-10-1-0-11-0
MIKE MCKENNA (Road Games)11342985.3%00-1-10-1-0-11-0
MIKE SMITH (All Games)55531701153490.2%412-41-25.312-41-0-2523-27
MIKE SMITH (Road Games)262580672690.1%46-19-8.86-19-0-911-13
MIKE SMITH(vs. Non-Conference)262577570290.6%26-19-116-19-0-1010-13
MIKE SMITH (Last 4 Games)4415114294.0%11-3-0.21-3-001-3

BUFFALO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games20-53-0-12.120-53-12.132-321.923.43.435.6
Team Stats (Home Games)12-24-0-3.812-24-3.814-191.923.82.934.0
Last 5 Games1-4-0+0.21-4+0.22-31.827.63.038.4
BUFFALO Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)7313841444491017078.1%2002412.0%229
Team Stats (Home Games)3669122527568588.0%1041312.5%118
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)59314111386.5%16425.0%14
Stats Against (All Games) 24559859471425989.4%2386226.1%434
Stats Against (Home Games) 1042340374612248.5%1102220.0%177
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 15347111927.8%10440.0%24
BUFFALO - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MATT HACKETT (All Games)331039289.3%10-3-30-3-0-32-1
MATT HACKETT (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MATT HACKETT(vs. Non-Conference)22807391.2%10-2-20-2-0-21-1
MATT HACKETT (Last 4 Games)331039289.3%10-3-30-3-0-32-1
ANDERS LINDBACK (All Games)191556551090.3%11-14-11.91-14-0-126-8
ANDERS LINDBACK (Home Games)8621219190.1%00-6-70-6-0-72-3
ANDERS LINDBACK(vs. Non-Conference)6415613586.5%00-4-5.80-4-0-62-1
Average power rating of opponents played: ARIZONA 3.22,  BUFFALO 3.24
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
ARIZONA - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
2/28/2015at BOSTON1-4L0, +195L5 ovP
3/3/2015ANAHEIM1-4L0, +165L5.5 unU
3/5/2015VANCOUVER3-2W0, +145W5.5 unU
3/7/2015MONTREAL0-2L0, +185L5 ovU
3/9/2015NASHVILLE1-2L0, +195L5.5 unU
3/12/2015CHICAGO1-2L0, +195L5 ovU
3/14/2015NEW JERSEY1-4L0, +115L5 unP
3/16/2015at LOS ANGELES0-1L0, +285L5 ovU
3/19/2015COLORADO2-5L0, +125L5 ovO
3/21/2015PITTSBURGH1-3L0, +190L5 ovU
3/22/2015VANCOUVER1-3L0, +160L5.5 unU
3/24/2015at DETROIT5-4W0, +275W5.5 unO
3/26/2015at BUFFALO 
3/28/2015at PITTSBURGH 
3/30/2015BUFFALO 
4/3/2015at SAN JOSE 
4/4/2015SAN JOSE 

BUFFALO - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
2/28/2015at FLORIDA3-5L0, +230L5 unO
3/3/2015at TAMPA BAY0-3L0, +430L5.5 unU
3/6/2015at OTTAWA2-3L0, +270L5.5 unU
3/7/2015at WASHINGTON1-6L0, +380L5.5 unO
3/11/2015at TORONTO3-4L0, +210L5.5 unO
3/14/2015NY RANGERS0-2L0, +265L5.5 unU
3/16/2015WASHINGTON3-4L0, +260L5.5 unO
3/17/2015at BOSTON2-1W0, +425W5.5 unU
3/20/2015NEW JERSEY1-3L0, +155L5 unU
3/21/2015at NASHVILLE0-3L0, +360L5 evU
3/23/2015at DALLAS3-4L0, +330L5.5 unO
3/26/2015ARIZONA 
3/28/2015at COLORADO 
3/30/2015at ARIZONA 
4/1/2015TORONTO 
4/3/2015CHICAGO 
4/4/2015at NY ISLANDERS 
4/6/2015CAROLINA 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
ARIZONA: LAST SEASON: 37-30-15, 89 points. Ninth overall in Western Conference.
COACH: Dave Tippett, fifth season with Arizona, 156-96-42; In 10th NHL season as coach, 427-252-107.
ADDED: C Sam Gagner, C Joe Vitale, RW B.J. Crombeen, G Devan Dubnyk.
LOST: RW Radim Vrbata, C Mike Ribeiro, D Derek Morris, LW Paul Bissonnette, G Thomas Greiss.
PLAYER TO WATCH: C Antoine Vermette. As Ribeiro struggled late last season, Vermette surged to the forefront as Arizona's top center. He led the Coyotes with 24 goals last season and is a superb two-way player - a perfect fit for Tippett's defense-first system. A bigger season could be on the horizon as the Coyotes lean on him more.
OUTLOOK: The Coyotes should contend for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Arizona lost captain Shane Doan for 12 games due to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and goalie Mike Smith was out the final 10 games with a knee injury. Even with the injuries, the Coyotes finished two points out of the West's final playoff spot. Stay relatively healthy and get back to their defensive ways, they might be in the mix again this season.
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 (ARIZONA-BUFFALO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Coyotes-Sabres Preview* ========================

Arizona (22-44-8) at Buffalo (20-46-7), 7:00 p.m. EDT

The teams with the worst records in the NHL teams meet twice in the next five days, and it's hard to ignore the likelihood that these matchups will determine the fates of Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel.

Those prospects are expected to be taken at the top of the draft and could end up playing for the Buffalo Sabres and Arizona Coyotes, who meet at the First Niagara Center on Thursday night.

Buffalo (20-46-7) has a league-low 47 points and Arizona (22-44-8) has 52, with the only thing on the line this season being draft position. That's pretty important with McDavid and Eichel - players seen by many as potential franchise cornerstones - being the consensus top picks.

"You don't need to be on Twitter to know that there's lots of excitement for McDavid or Eichel or that type of thing," Sabres center Cody Hodgson said. "But from the players' perspective, we just go out and play like we've been doing."

These teams also meet Monday in Arizona, and there has been discussion in Buffalo about whether Sabres fans will even be rooting for their team Thursday. Coach Ted Nolan has addressed the situation with his club.

"These guys are all professional guys and nobody would want to go in and approach this game as like no other game," Nolan said. "You want to go in and do your best but the outside distractions are always going to be there."

Buffalo fans were no doubt happy that Arizona ended a seven-game road slide and 0-7-1 overall losing streak with Tuesday's 5-4 overtime win over Detroit. Coach Dave Tippett insists his team has good reason to play hard.

"You got a lot of guys that are competing, they want jobs next year, they want to get noticed," Tippett said. "There's a lot of try in our group."

Arizona will start the beleaguered Mike Smith or rookie Louis Domingue, who has never faced the Sabres. Smith's 37 regulation defeats are the most in the NHL since Marc Denis had 41 for Columbus in 2002-03.

Smith made 33 saves Tuesday for his second victory in 17 starts. Mark Arcobello scored the winner.

"Smith had a real strong game in goal," Tippett said. "For the most part, we competed hard and we hung around."

Nolan plans to start winless Matt Hackett, who has posted a 4.33 goals-against average in three starts this season and is 2-16-1 with a 3.38 GAA in 19 career starts. Hackett has never started against the Coyotes.

Buffalo may see two injured players return in winger Patrick Kaleta, who has sat out the last 18 games following knee surgery, and defenseman Zach Bogosian, who has missed the past six with a lower-body injury.

The Sabres are 1-8-2 in their last 11 after dropping their third straight Monday, 4-3 at Dallas despite two goals from Brian Gionta.

Buffalo has taken seven of its last eight against Arizona.

Coyotes assistant general manager Darcy Regier, the Sabres' GM from 1997-2013, is expected to return to Buffalo for the first time since his dismissal.


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