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9 | BUFFALO | +175 | Ov 5,-130 | +175 | Ov 5,-135 | 10 | BOSTON | -210 | Un 5,+110 | -205 | Un 5,+115 |
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All Games | 21-31-0 | -0.8 | 21-31 | -0.8 | 17-24 | 2.3 | 29.3 | 2.7 | 30.7 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 12-13-0 | +5.9 | 12-13 | +5.9 | 11-9 | 2.7 | 29.3 | 2.8 | 33.3 | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -0.3 | 2-3 | -0.3 | 2-3 | 2.4 | 25.4 | 3.2 | 36.4 | vs. Division | 7-12-0 | -1.7 | 7-12 | -1.7 | 6-10 | 2.3 | 29.0 | 3.1 | 30.9 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 52 | 120 | 27 | 39 | 51 | 3 | 8 | 1523 | 7.9% | 160 | 33 | 20.6% | 196 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 25 | 67 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 732 | 9.2% | 71 | 17 | 23.9% | 111 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 9.4% | 10 | 2 | 20.0% | 16 | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 19 | 43 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 551 | 7.8% | 62 | 12 | 19.4% | 62 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 141 | 34 | 43 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 1596 | 8.8% | 130 | 25 | 19.2% | 228 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 70 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 833 | 8.4% | 70 | 17 | 24.3% | 116 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 182 | 8.8% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 25 | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 59 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 587 | 10.1% | 51 | 10 | 19.6% | 97 |
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CHAD JOHNSON (All Games) | 30 | 28 | 854 | 784 | 91.8% | 2 | 12-16 | +1.4 | 12-16-0 | +2 | 11-12 | CHAD JOHNSON (Road Games) | 15 | 15 | 476 | 435 | 91.4% | 1 | 6-9 | +0.8 | 6-9-0 | +2 | 7-6 | CHAD JOHNSON (vs. Division) | 12 | 11 | 304 | 275 | 90.5% | 0 | 4-7 | -0.9 | 4-7-0 | 0 | 3-7 | CHAD JOHNSON (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 126 | 117 | 92.9% | 0 | 2-2 | +1.1 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 1-2 | ROBIN LEHNER (All Games) | 6 | 5 | 192 | 180 | 93.7% | 0 | 2-3 | -0.3 | 2-3-0 | -1 | 1-4 | ROBIN LEHNER (Road Games) | 3 | 3 | 106 | 100 | 94.3% | 0 | 2-1 | +1.6 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 1-2 | ROBIN LEHNER (vs. Division) | 5 | 4 | 157 | 147 | 93.6% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.7 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-3 | ROBIN LEHNER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 150 | 142 | 94.7% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.7 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-3 | LINUS ULLMARK (All Games) | 19 | 19 | 541 | 495 | 91.5% | 0 | 7-12 | -1.9 | 7-12-0 | -2 | 5-8 | LINUS ULLMARK (Road Games) | 7 | 7 | 248 | 230 | 92.7% | 0 | 4-3 | +3.5 | 4-3-0 | +4 | 3-1 | LINUS ULLMARK (vs. Division) | 4 | 4 | 121 | 108 | 89.3% | 0 | 1-3 | -1.5 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 2-0 | LINUS ULLMARK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 133 | 123 | 92.5% | 0 | 2-2 | +1.3 | 2-2-0 | +2 | 2-1 |
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All Games | 27-24-0 | -3.4 | 27-24 | -3.4 | 22-21 | 3.0 | 31.7 | 2.7 | 29.7 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 11-16-0 | -12.2 | 11-16 | -12.2 | 15-10 | 2.9 | 32.4 | 3.1 | 29.2 | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.1 | 3-2 | +0.1 | 2-2 | 2.8 | 34.8 | 3.2 | 34.2 | vs. Division | 13-8-0 | +3.3 | 13-8 | +3.3 | 8-10 | 2.9 | 31.4 | 2.5 | 30.8 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 51 | 153 | 42 | 53 | 53 | 5 | 12 | 1616 | 9.5% | 143 | 35 | 24.5% | 255 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 27 | 77 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 875 | 8.8% | 78 | 21 | 26.9% | 132 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 174 | 8.0% | 21 | 2 | 9.5% | 23 | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 21 | 61 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 659 | 9.3% | 60 | 13 | 21.7% | 101 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 137 | 34 | 47 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 1516 | 9.0% | 173 | 27 | 15.6% | 240 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 85 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 789 | 10.8% | 84 | 16 | 19.0% | 154 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 9.4% | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | 29 | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 53 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 647 | 8.2% | 76 | 10 | 13.2% | 95 |
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JONAS GUSTAVSSON (All Games) | 15 | 15 | 390 | 357 | 91.5% | 0 | 9-6 | +2.5 | 9-6-0 | +3 | 7-6 | JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Home Games) | 7 | 7 | 189 | 172 | 91.0% | 0 | 3-4 | -2.9 | 3-4-0 | -3 | 3-4 | JONAS GUSTAVSSON (vs. Division) | 5 | 5 | 149 | 138 | 92.6% | 0 | 3-2 | +0.7 | 3-2-0 | +1 | 2-2 | JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 103 | 97 | 94.2% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.9 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 1-2 | TUUKKA RASK (All Games) | 38 | 36 | 1117 | 1023 | 91.6% | 3 | 18-18 | -5.9 | 18-18-0 | -5 | 15-15 | TUUKKA RASK (Home Games) | 21 | 20 | 594 | 532 | 89.6% | 3 | 8-12 | -9.3 | 8-12-0 | -10 | 12-6 | TUUKKA RASK (vs. Division) | 16 | 16 | 493 | 456 | 92.5% | 1 | 10-6 | +2.6 | 10-6-0 | +3 | 6-8 | TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 121 | 110 | 90.9% | 0 | 2-1 | +0.2 | 2-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 |
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1/10/2016 | at WINNIPEG | 4-2 | W | 0, +150 | W | 5 ov | O | 1/12/2016 | at MINNESOTA | 3-2 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5 ev | P | 1/15/2016 | BOSTON | 1-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5.5 un | U | 1/16/2016 | WASHINGTON | 4-1 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5 ov | P | 1/18/2016 | at ARIZONA | 2-1 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ov | U | 1/20/2016 | at COLORADO | 1-2 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5.5 un | U | 1/22/2016 | DETROIT | 0-3 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5 un | U | 1/25/2016 | at NY RANGERS | 3-6 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5 ov | O | 1/26/2016 | at OTTAWA | 3-2 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5.5 un | U | 2/3/2016 | at MONTREAL | 4-2 | W | 0, +135 | W | 5.5 un | O | 2/4/2016 | BOSTON | 2-3 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | U | 2/6/2016 | at BOSTON | | 2/9/2016 | FLORIDA | | 2/11/2016 | at PHILADELPHIA | | 2/12/2016 | MONTREAL | | 2/14/2016 | COLORADO | | 2/16/2016 | at OTTAWA | |
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| | | BUFFALO: LAST SEASON: 23-51-8, 54 points. Last-place in NHL for second consecutive year.
COACH: Dan Bylsma (first season, seventh NHL season).
ADDED: C Ryan O'Reilly, C Jack Eichel, C David Legwand, G Robin Lehner, D Cody Franson, LW Jamie McGinn.
LOST: D Nikita Zadorov, D Andrej Meszaros, C Cody Hodgson, C Mikhail Grigorenko, G Anders Lindback.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Eichel. Selected with the No. 2 pick in the NHL draft in June, the Boston University product and college hockey's MVP last season has already showed flashes of his "once-in-a-generation" billing with an effortless skating style and play-making potential. He impressed coach Bylsma, who noted Eichel's play away from the puck is better than anticipated. With O'Reilly centering top line, the 18-year-old will immediately step in to center second line.
OUTLOOK: Finally looking up in Buffalo after two seasons of upheaval during which general manager Tim Murray purged team of veteran high-priced talent, and re-stocked it with a young,
promising core. The newcomers include forward Evander Kane, who is set to make Sabres debut. Kane was sidelined by a season-ending shoulder injury when Buffalo acquired him in a trade from Winnipeg in February. Goaltending remains a question mark, and it's unclear how long it will take for the many new pieces to start gelling. Premature to expect Buffalo to challenge for a playoff spot after two seasons in which team combined for NHL-lows with 44 wins and 303 goals. | | BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 41-27-14, 96 points. Fifth in Atlantic Division.
Missed playoffs for first time since 2007.
COACH: Claude Julien (ninth season, 13th NHL season).
ADDED: F Jimmy Hayes, D Matt Irwin, F Matt Beleskey
LOST: D Dougie Hamilton, F Milan Lucic, F Daniel Paille, F Carl
Soderberg, GM Peter Chiarelli.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Zdeno Chara. The 38-year-old defenseman is
coming off his worst season since 2002-03 with eight goals and
12 assists - an average of less than one point every three
games. The 2009 Norris Trophy winner sustained a knee injury
early last season and wasn't his dominating self after that. He
picked up an undisclosed upper body injury this preseason and is
day-to-day heading into the opener. The Bruins will need him to
recover, with No. 2 defenseman Dennis Seidenberg also out for
the start of the season.
OUTLOOK: Chiarelli was fired after deals that put the team in
salary cap purgatory and forced him to deal talent to make more
space. His former assistant and Harvard teammate Don Sweeney
took over and kept Julien on board. Sweeney dealt Lucic and
Hamilton to clear space. But with Chara, G Tuukka Rask and F
Patrice Bergeron remaining as the spine of the team that went to
the Stanley Cup Finals in 2013 and won the Presidents' Trophy
the following season, the Bruins shouldn't miss the playoffs
again. |
| | Sabres-Bruins Preview By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Jack Eichel's most productive game as a pro came in his triumphant return to Boston just after Christmas, but the Buffalo Sabres' star rookie couldn't lead his team past the Bruins earlier this week. The Sabres and Eichel seek a better result in their next visit to the TD Garden on Saturday night, when they'll again have to contend with a red-hot Brad Marchand. Eichel had two goals and two assists in a 6-3 victory against the Bruins on Dec. 26. The former Boston University star and No. 2 overall draft pick hasn't registered more than two points in any of his other 51 games. Eichel, the Sabres' second-leading scorer with 35 points, was kept off the scoresheet for the second time in seven contests in Thursday's 3-2 shootout defeat to Boston. Marchand tallied his eighth goal in eight games to complete the Bruins' rally from a 2-0 deficit. "(Marchand has) been really good," said coach Claude Julien, whose team is 5-2-1 during his binge. "Tonight he wasn't just good scoring, he was good everywhere; he was all over the ice. When he plays like that he becomes one of the good players around the league, no doubt." While it's won four straight on the road, Boston (27-18-6) is 3-6-1 in its last 10 home games, including the loss to the Sabres. The Bruins blew a two-goal lead in their return from the All-Star break Tuesday, a 4-3 overtime defeat to Toronto, and are hoping to get a boost from Thursday's comeback. "Those are the type of games we need to know how to win, and I thought we showed some good character," Marchand told the team's official website. Buffalo, though, has won five of seven on the road and out to match a season high with a third consecutive win there. "The best thing about this league is you get another opportunity. Even better, it's against those guys in Boston in a couple days so we're going to prepare and focus on playing these guys again," forward Sam Reinhart told his team's official website. The Sabres (21-26-5) have won in each of their past two visits to Boston. Ryan O'Reilly provided two goals and an assist in the latest trip to the Garden. The Sabres' leading scorer has seven assists in his last 11 games but hasn't added to his team-best 17 goals. Eichel, who has 16 goals, scored twice in a 3-2 win in Ottawa on Jan. 26. Boston has won two of the three meetings with Buffalo this season, with Ryan Spooner totaling two goals and two assists in those victories. He also provided the shootout winner Thursday. Marchand's 14 goals against the Sabres are his most versus any opponent, but Thursday's tally was his first in the past five matchups. Buffalo's Evander Kane has six goals and one assist in his past nine games against Boston. He has scored four of his 12 goals in the past eight contests. |
| Last Updated: 3/29/2024 3:00:04 AM EST. |
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