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67 | COLORADO | -125 | 68 | BUFFALO | +105 |
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All Games | 10-21-0 | -11.8 | 10-21 | -11.8 | 15-14 | 2.5 | 29.2 | 3.2 | 34.5 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 4-11-0 | -6.2 | 4-11 | -6.2 | 7-6 | 2.1 | 27.9 | 3.4 | 34.1 | Last 5 Games | 1-4-0 | -3 | 1-4 | -3 | 2-3 | 1.6 | 25.6 | 3.2 | 39.2 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 31 | 78 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 906 | 8.6% | 102 | 13 | 12.7% | 133 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 15 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 419 | 7.4% | 48 | 6 | 12.5% | 49 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 6.2% | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 13 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 99 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1069 | 9.3% | 112 | 16 | 14.3% | 162 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 51 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 511 | 10.0% | 53 | 8 | 15.1% | 78 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 196 | 8.2% | 20 | 3 | 15.0% | 26 |
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RETO BERRA (All Games) | 10 | 8 | 187 | 165 | 88.2% | 0 | 4-4 | -0.4 | 4-4-0 | 0 | 6-2 | RETO BERRA (Road Games) | 6 | 4 | 80 | 71 | 88.7% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.4 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 3-1 | RETO BERRA(vs. Non-Conference) | 7 | 7 | 162 | 144 | 88.9% | 0 | 3-4 | -1.5 | 3-4-0 | -1 | 5-2 | RETO BERRA (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 48 | 38 | 79.2% | 0 | 2-1 | +1 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 2-1 | CALVIN PICKARD (All Games) | 11 | 8 | 361 | 337 | 93.4% | 1 | 2-6 | -4.1 | 2-6-0 | -4 | 3-5 | CALVIN PICKARD (Road Games) | 4 | 2 | 136 | 128 | 94.1% | 1 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 0-2 | CALVIN PICKARD(vs. Non-Conference) | 5 | 3 | 158 | 146 | 92.4% | 1 | 0-3 | -3.1 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 1-2 | CALVIN PICKARD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 157 | 149 | 94.9% | 1 | 1-3 | -2 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 1-3 | SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games) | 15 | 15 | 517 | 470 | 90.9% | 2 | 4-11 | -7.3 | 4-11-0 | -6 | 6-7 | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Road Games) | 9 | 9 | 294 | 262 | 89.1% | 1 | 2-7 | -4.7 | 2-7-0 | -4 | 4-3 | SEMYON VARLAMOV(vs. Non-Conference) | 5 | 5 | 184 | 170 | 92.4% | 2 | 3-2 | +1.4 | 3-2-0 | +2 | 2-2 | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 113 | 99 | 87.6% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.5 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 3-0 |
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All Games | 13-19-0 | +5.3 | 13-19 | +5.3 | 13-13 | 1.9 | 23.4 | 3.1 | 36.0 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 9-9-0 | +5.9 | 9-9 | +5.9 | 7-8 | 2.2 | 23.8 | 2.6 | 35.6 | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +4.8 | 4-1 | +4.8 | 4-1 | 3.0 | 25.6 | 3.0 | 35.2 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 32 | 62 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 750 | 8.3% | 91 | 8 | 8.8% | 105 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 18 | 40 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 428 | 9.3% | 55 | 6 | 10.9% | 70 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 11.7% | 15 | 3 | 20.0% | 27 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 100 | 20 | 38 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1151 | 8.7% | 112 | 23 | 20.5% | 176 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 46 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 641 | 7.2% | 60 | 8 | 13.3% | 80 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 8.5% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 25 |
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JHONAS ENROTH (All Games) | 21 | 20 | 737 | 675 | 91.6% | 4 | 9-11 | +4.8 | 9-11-0 | +6 | 8-9 | JHONAS ENROTH (Home Games) | 13 | 12 | 431 | 399 | 92.6% | 1 | 6-6 | +3.2 | 6-6-0 | +3 | 4-7 | JHONAS ENROTH(vs. Non-Conference) | 7 | 6 | 249 | 230 | 92.4% | 2 | 2-4 | -0.8 | 2-4-0 | -1 | 3-3 | JHONAS ENROTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 140 | 130 | 92.9% | 1 | 4-0 | +5.8 | 4-0-0 | +5 | 3-1 | MATT HACKETT (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | MATT HACKETT (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | MATT HACKETT(vs. Non-Conference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games) | 12 | 12 | 412 | 377 | 91.5% | 1 | 4-8 | +0.5 | 4-8-0 | +1 | 5-4 | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Home Games) | 6 | 6 | 210 | 197 | 93.8% | 0 | 3-3 | +2.8 | 3-3-0 | +3 | 3-1 | 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 | 117 | 107 | 91.5% | 0 | 2-2 | +1.7 | 2-2-0 | +2 | 2-0 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: COLORADO 3.28, BUFFALO 3.3 |
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11/25/2014 | at ARIZONA | 4-3 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5.5 un | O | 11/26/2014 | CHICAGO | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5.5 ev | U | 11/29/2014 | DALLAS | 5-2 | W | 0, -145 | W | 6 un | O | 12/1/2014 | MONTREAL | 3-4 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5.5 un | O | 12/4/2014 | at CALGARY | 3-4 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 ev | O | 12/5/2014 | at WINNIPEG | 2-6 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5 ov | O | 12/9/2014 | NASHVILLE | 0-3 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5.5 un | U | 12/11/2014 | WINNIPEG | 4-3 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 un | O | 12/13/2014 | ST LOUIS | 2-3 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | U | 12/18/2014 | at PITTSBURGH | 0-1 | L | 0, +175 | L | 5.5 un | U | 12/20/2014 | at BUFFALO | | 12/21/2014 | at DETROIT | | 12/23/2014 | ST LOUIS | | 12/27/2014 | CHICAGO | | 12/29/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | 12/31/2014 | PHILADELPHIA | |
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11/26/2014 | WINNIPEG | 1-2 | L | 0, +135 | L | 5 ov | U | 11/28/2014 | MONTREAL | 2-1 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5 ev | U | 11/29/2014 | at MONTREAL | 4-3 | W | 0, +250 | W | 5 ov | O | 12/2/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 2-1 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5.5 un | U | 12/4/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 0-5 | L | 0, +285 | L | 5 ov | P | 12/6/2014 | at FLORIDA | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5 un | P | 12/9/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 1-0 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5 un | U | 12/11/2014 | CALGARY | 4-3 | W | 0, +145 | W | 5 ov | O | 12/13/2014 | FLORIDA | 4-3 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5 un | O | 12/15/2014 | OTTAWA | 5-4 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ov | O | 12/16/2014 | at WINNIPEG | 1-5 | L | 0, +200 | L | 5 ov | O | 12/20/2014 | COLORADO | | 12/21/2014 | at BOSTON | | 12/23/2014 | at DETROIT | | 12/27/2014 | NY ISLANDERS | | 12/29/2014 | at OTTAWA | | 12/31/2014 | TAMPA BAY | |
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| | | COLORADO: LAST SEASON: 52-22-8, 112 points. Won the Central Division. Lost to Minnesota 4-3 in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Patrick Roy, 2nd season with Colorado, 52-22-8; 2nd overall in NHL.
ADDED: RW Jarome Iginla, D Brad Stuart, C Daniel Briere, C Jesse Winchester.
LOST: RW P.A. Parenteau, F Paul Stastny, G Jean-Sebastien Giguere, D Andre Benoit, D Cory Sarich.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Nathan MacKinnon. As hard as this may be to believe, the speedy 19-year-old may have even gotten faster in the offseason working out with the likes of Matt Duchene and Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby. MacKinnon was the league's rookie of the year in 2013-14 after scoring 24 goals and dishing out 39 assists. Roy isn't concerned with a sophomore jinx with MacKinnon, saying, ''I think Nate's going to do a very good job this year despite the way people think about a second-year player.''
OUTLOOK: The Avalanche surprised the hockey world by winning the Central Division in Roy's first season. Now, Roy's eager to see his squad take the next step, which is to go even deeper into the postseason. The team added more veteran leadership by signing Iginla, along with trading for Briere and Stuart. They also have Alex Tanguay back after he missed most of the season with knee and hip injuries. Colorado boasts two formidable lines that will include some combination of Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly, captain Gabe Landeskog, Iginla, Tanguay and MacKinnon. Roy is still tinkering to find the best pairings. | | 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. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (COLORADO-BUFFALO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Avalanche-Sabres Preview* ==========================
By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer
Colorado (10-13-8) at Buffalo (13-17-2), 7:00 p.m. EDT
Though the Buffalo Sabres' longest winning streak of the season has ended, their confidence remains high.
Eagerly looking to get back on track, the Sabres try to end their struggles against the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.
Buffalo (13-17-2) totaled 14 goals during a four-game winning streak but showed little offensive punch in Tuesday's 5-1 loss at Winnipeg.
"You never like to lose but it's almost a reminder that you have to be at your best, have to be sharp," said defenseman Josh Gorges, who hopes to return Saturday after missing the last two games with an apparent finger injury.
"We'll be ready for the next one."
The defeat was only the fourth in 14 games for the Sabres, who believe it's just a blip on the screen.
"Confidence is a major thing in sports, and in general," forward Patrick Kaleta said. "Confidence is big for us. The older guys have to put it in the minds of the younger guys that it's just a speed bump and everything is all right.
"You come together as a team and you don't dwell on it. Learn from the game, move on and get better."
The Sabres need to shore up defensively after allowing 15 goals in four games and at least three for the sixth time in the last seven.
Nikita Zadorov's power-play goal late in the first period opened the scoring, but was all Buffalo could muster on 28 shots.
"We looked a little sluggish out there, we didn't do a lot of the little things we had been doing to have our success," Gorges said. "Win or lose, the next day is a new day."
Buffalo hasn't had much success during an 0-3-4 stretch against Colorado that dates to a 6-4 victory Dec. 4, 2005.
The Avalanche (10-13-8) are 1-3-3 this month but have earned at least a point in three straight contests while dropping the last two in overtime.
Calvin Pickard made 47 saves before Blake Comeau's goal 2:24 into the extra session sent Colorado to a 1-0 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday.
While coach Patrick Roy was pleased with Pickard's effort, concern remains after the Avalanche were shut out for the second time in four games and their forwards failed to score in back-to-back contests.
"The players know," Roy told the Avalanche's official website. "They know they have to generate more offense, and we have to be better around their net.
"Just need to learn to play those games, and be better in our decision making, especially at both blue lines. Breaking out is very important. And same thing in our entry, we're forcing plays that aren't there."
Near the bottom of the league converting 12.7 percent of its power-play chances, Colorado is 5 for 58 in the last 19 games.
The Avalanche went 3 for 9 with the man advantage while outscoring the Sabres 11-3 in two games last season. Defenseman Erik Johnson, who has scored Colorado's last two goals, had four assists in those games.
Teammate Gabriel Landeskog has four goals and two assists in three contests versus Buffalo, but is in the midst of a seven-game stretch without a score.
Buffalo's Tyler Ennis saw his four-game point streak end Tuesday, but he has four assists in four contests against the Avalanche.
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| Last Updated: 5/9/2024 9:13:41 PM EST. |
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