Buffalo Sabres Game Notes

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Buffalo Sabres Game Notes

Sun, Feb 8, 2015 NHL Game #787

Buffalo Sabres

Team Game: 54 Home Game: 28

16 - 34 - 3 (35 pts)

11 - 14 - 2 (Home) 5 - 20 - 1 (Road)

New York Islanders

Team Game: 53 Road Game: 30

33 - 18 - 1 (67 pts)

17 - 6 - 0 (Home) 16 - 12 - 1 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%

1 Jhonas Enroth 36 13 20 2 3.30 .903

34 Michal Neuvirth 18 3 13 1 3.39 .907

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%

30 Chad Johnson 15 6 7 0 3.33 .873

41 Jaroslav Halak 38 27 11 0 2.42 .911

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM

4 D Josh Gorges 44 0 6 6 -29 16

6 D Mike Weber 42 1 5 6 -12 49

12 R Brian Gionta 40 5 9 14 -6 10

17 C Torrey Mitchell 41 3 5 8 -7 18

19 C Cody Hodgson 51 2 6 8 -20 6

21 R Drew Stafford 48 8 15 23 -20 39

24 D Tyson Strachan 29 0 5 5 -13 28

26 L Matt Moulson 50 8 14 22 -15 2

28 C Zemgus Girgensons 53 14 12 26 -15 21

36 R Patrick Kaleta 31 0 3 3 -6 27

37 L Matt Ellis 10 0 0 0 -3 2

41 D Andrej Meszaros 34 1 5 6 -11 28

44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 53 4 8 12 -13 57

51 D Nikita Zadorov 37 2 9 11 -12 37

55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 50 4 5 9 -26 18

57 D Tyler Myers 45 3 9 12 -16 55

61 D Andre Benoit 35 1 5 6 -9 14

63 C Tyler Ennis 53 13 18 31 -17 35

65 C Brian Flynn 44 4 9 13 -8 6

80 R Chris Stewart 51 9 12 21 -28 47

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM

2 D Nick Leddy 52 7 15 22 12 10

3 D Travis Hamonic 42 3 12 15 4 62

11 D Lubomir Visnovsky 31 4 8 12 0 2

12 L Josh Bailey 40 8 15 23 6 4

13 R Colin McDonald 2 0 0 0 0 0

14 D Thomas Hickey 51 2 14 16 -4 16

15 R Cal Clutterbuck 49 5 7 12 1 42

16 L Harry Zolnierczyk - - - - - -

17 L Matt Martin 52 7 2 9 -3 80

18 C Ryan Strome 52 9 25 34 14 35

27 C Anders Lee 46 15 5 20 5 19

29 C Brock Nelson 52 15 17 32 6 20

37 D Brian Strait 29 1 3 4 -6 18

40 R Michael Grabner 18 5 2 7 3 4

44 D Calvin de Haan 48 1 11 12 4 22

46 D Matt Donovan 9 0 3 3 3 0

51 C Frans Nielsen 52 9 19 28 3 8

53 C Casey Cizikas 48 4 7 11 0 16

55 D Johnny Boychuk 42 4 21 25 14 10

84 C Mikhail Grabovski 44 8 8 16 0 8

86 L Nikolay Kulemin 52 11 9 20 0 19

91 C John Tavares 52 24 26 50 -2 28

Owner/CEO Terry Pegula

President/Alternate Governor Ted Black

General Manager Tim Murray

Head Coach Ted Nolan

Coaching Staff Bryan Trottier, Danny Flynn, Tom Coolen, Arturs Irbe

Owner Charles B. Wang

General Manager & President Garth Snow

Head Coach Jack Capuano

Asst. GM & Asst. Coach Doug Weight

Asst. Coaches Greg Cronin, Bob Corkum,

Matt Bertani

Tonight's Officials

Referees Jean Hebert(15), Kelly Sutherland(11) Linesmen Brad Kovachik(71), Scott Cherrey(50)

Supervisor Video Judge

Ntl. Anthem Officiating Manager Don Koharski

Today's Schedule

CHI @ STL : 11:30 NSH @ FLA : 3:00 PHI @ WSH : 3:00 NYI @ BUF : 5:00 DAL @ NYR : 5:00 ANA @ TBL : 5:00 COL @ WPG : 5:00 MTL @ BOS : 7:30

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Buffalo Sabres: Roster

Active (22 Players)

# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place

1 Jhonas Enroth G 5' 10" 166 Jun 25, 1988 Stockholm, SWE

4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 201 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN

6 Mike Weber D 6' 2" 212 Dec 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA

12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 176 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA

17 Torrey Mitchell C 5' 11" 189 Jan 30, 1985 Greenfield Park, QC, CAN

19 Cody Hodgson C 6' 0" 192 Feb 18, 1990 Toronto, ON, CAN

21 Drew Stafford R 6' 2" 214 Oct 30, 1985 Milwaukee, WI, USA

24 Tyson Strachan D 6' 3" 215 Oct 30, 1984 Melfort, SK, CAN

26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 200 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN

28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 1" 190 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA

34 Michal Neuvirth G 6' 1" 209 Mar 23, 1988 Ústí nad Labem, CZE

36 Patrick Kaleta R 6' 1" 198 Jun 8, 1986 Buffalo, NY, USA

37 Matt Ellis L 6' 0" 208 Aug 31, 1981 Welland, ON, CAN

41 Andrej Meszaros D 6' 2" 223 Oct 13, 1985 Považská Bystrica, SVK

44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 209 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN

51 Nikita Zadorov D 6' 5" 220 Apr 16, 1995 Moscow, RUS

55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 219 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN

57 Tyler Myers D 6' 8" 219 Feb 1, 1990 Houston, TX, USA

61 Andre Benoit D 5' 11" 191 Jan 6, 1984 St. Albert, ON, CAN

63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 169 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN

65 Brian Flynn C 6' 1" 180 Jul 26, 1988 Lynnfield, MA, USA

80 Chris Stewart R 6' 2" 231 Oct 30, 1987 Toronto, ON, CAN

22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 201 Age: 27.5

Injured Reserve List (2 Players)

8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 224 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN

82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 223 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA

Goal Streaks

No active streaks

Assist Streaks

No active streaks

Point Streaks

No active streaks

New York Islanders: Roster

Active (24 Players)

# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place

2 Nick Leddy D 6' 0" 194 Mar 20, 1991 Eden Prairie, MN, USA

3 Travis Hamonic D 6' 2" 217 Aug 16, 1990 St. Malo, MB, CAN

11 Lubomir Visnovsky D 5' 10" 192 Aug 11, 1976 Topolcany, SVK

12 Josh Bailey L 6' 1" 194 Oct 2, 1989 Bowmanville, ON, CAN

13 Colin McDonald R 6' 2" 219 Sep 30, 1984 Wethersfield, CT, USA

14 Thomas Hickey D 6' 0" 190 Feb 8, 1989 Calgary, AB, CAN

15 Cal Clutterbuck R 5' 11" 215 Nov 18, 1987 Welland, ON, CAN

16 Harry Zolnierczyk L 6' 0" 185 Sep 1, 1987 Toronto, ON, CAN

17 Matt Martin L 6' 3" 215 May 8, 1989 Windsor, ON, CAN

18 Ryan Strome C 6' 1" 196 Jul 11, 1993 Mississauga, ON, CAN

27 Anders Lee C 6' 3" 227 Jul 3, 1990 Edina, MN, USA

29 Brock Nelson C 6' 3" 206 Oct 15, 1991 Warroad, MN, USA

30 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 193 Jun 10, 1986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN

37 Brian Strait D 6' 1" 209 Jan 4, 1988 Waltham, MA, USA

40 Michael Grabner R 6' 1" 202 Oct 5, 1987 Villach, AUT

41 Jaroslav Halak G 5' 11" 186 May 13, 1985 Bratislava, SVK

44 Calvin de Haan D 6' 1" 193 May 9, 1991 Carp, ON, CAN

46 Matt Donovan D 6' 1" 205 May 9, 1990 Edmond, OK, USA

51 Frans Nielsen C 6' 1" 190 Apr 24, 1984 Herning, DNK

53 Casey Cizikas C 5' 11" 201 Feb 27, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN

55 Johnny Boychuk D 6' 2" 225 Jan 19, 1984 Edmonton, AB, CAN

84 Mikhail Grabovski C 5' 11" 183 Jan 31, 1984 Potsdam, DEU

86 Nikolay Kulemin L 6' 1" 226 Jul 14, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS

91 John Tavares C 6' 1" 209 Sep 20, 1990 Mississauga, ON, CAN

24 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 203 Age: 27.1

Injured Reserve List (3 Players)

7 Matt Carkner D 6' 5" 233 Nov 3, 1980 Winchester, ON, CAN

21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 217 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA

36 Eric Boulton L 6' 0" 225 Aug 17, 1976 Halifax, NS, CAN

Goal Streaks

No active streaks

Assist Streaks

No active streaks

Point Streaks

No active streaks

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Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics

Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

C 63 Tyler Ennis 53 13 18 31 -17 35 5 1 1 122 10.7 18:41 36.81 63 24

C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 53 14 12 26 -15 21 1 2 1 99 14.1 19:16 43.77 103 55

R 21 Drew Stafford 48 8 15 23 -20 39 2 0 1 87 9.2 15:57 50.00 56 11

L 26 Matt Moulson 50 8 14 22 -15 2 1 0 2 96 8.3 17:14 83.33 31 36

R 80 Chris Stewart 51 9 12 21 -28 47 4 0 0 94 9.6 15:25 27.27 65 12

R 12 Brian Gionta 40 5 9 14 -6 10 0 0 2 71 7.0 15:57 41.17 37 20

C 65 Brian Flynn 44 4 9 13 -8 6 0 0 0 62 6.5 15:29 47.98 26 32

L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 53 4 8 12 -13 57 0 0 1 48 8.3 11:47 0.00 173 25

D 57 Tyler Myers 45 3 9 12 -16 55 0 0 0 68 4.4 25:10 0.00 46 95

D 51 Nikita Zadorov 37 2 9 11 -12 37 1 0 1 31 6.5 19:14 100.00 83 44

L 82 Marcus Foligno 28 5 4 9 -6 43 0 0 0 30 16.7 13:51 43.59 92 13

D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 50 4 5 9 -26 18 2 0 0 73 5.5 19:29 0.00 75 79

C 17 Torrey Mitchell 41 3 5 8 -7 18 0 0 1 35 8.6 15:02 46.26 33 36

C 19 Cody Hodgson 51 2 6 8 -20 6 0 0 0 67 3.0 13:28 46.86 35 18

D 6 Mike Weber 42 1 5 6 -12 49 0 0 0 23 4.3 17:28 0.00 109 97

D 41 Andrej Meszaros 34 1 5 6 -11 28 0 0 0 29 3.4 17:49 0.00 40 53

D 61 Andre Benoit 35 1 5 6 -9 14 0 1 0 26 3.8 17:26 0.00 25 60

D 4 Josh Gorges 44 0 6 6 -29 16 0 0 0 26 0.0 22:27 0.00 73 143

D 24 Tyson Strachan 29 0 5 5 -13 28 0 0 0 24 0.0 19:09 0.00 41 63

C 8 Cody McCormick 33 1 3 4 -9 40 0 1 0 31 3.2 11:42 50.00 77 29

R 36 Patrick Kaleta 31 0 3 3 -6 27 0 0 0 19 0.0 08:44 37.50 61 15

L 37 Matt Ellis 10 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 07:46 48.52 3 4

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM

1 Jhonas Enroth 36 2145 3.30 13 20 2 1 118 1093 .903 0 0 0

34 Michal Neuvirth 18 992 3.39 3 13 1 0 56 546 .907 0 0 0

New York Islanders: Season Statistics

Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

C 91 John Tavares 52 24 26 50 -2 28 11 0 5 165 14.5 20:25 52.45 28 20

R 21 Kyle Okposo 46 14 30 44 -2 10 4 0 1 154 9.1 19:48 50.35 43 19

C 18 Ryan Strome 52 9 25 34 14 35 0 1 1 116 7.8 14:54 45.80 60 10

C 29 Brock Nelson 52 15 17 32 6 20 9 0 1 129 11.6 16:15 42.14 66 33

C 51 Frans Nielsen 52 9 19 28 3 8 2 1 3 106 8.5 16:36 47.33 36 56

D 55 Johnny Boychuk 42 4 21 25 14 10 4 0 1 114 3.5 21:45 0.00 97 82

L 12 Josh Bailey 40 8 15 23 6 4 1 0 1 70 11.4 15:54 43.75 48 19

D 2 Nick Leddy 52 7 15 22 12 10 0 0 1 81 8.6 20:11 0.00 49 49

C 27 Anders Lee 46 15 5 20 5 19 2 0 5 107 14.0 12:53 0.00 94 21

L 86 Nikolay Kulemin 52 11 9 20 0 19 0 3 0 76 14.5 14:47 0.00 79 36

C 84 Mikhail Grabovski 44 8 8 16 0 8 0 0 1 71 11.3 14:43 42.64 11 18

D 14 Thomas Hickey 51 2 14 16 -4 16 0 0 1 51 3.9 18:45 50.00 57 84

D 3 Travis Hamonic 42 3 12 15 4 62 1 0 0 70 4.3 21:30 0.00 135 89

R 15 Cal Clutterbuck 49 5 7 12 1 42 0 1 2 78 6.4 12:26 80.00 220 19

D 11 Lubomir Visnovsky 31 4 8 12 0 2 2 0 1 49 8.2 19:54 0.00 15 33

D 44 Calvin de Haan 48 1 11 12 4 22 0 1 0 69 1.4 19:29 0.00 96 95

C 53 Casey Cizikas 48 4 7 11 0 16 0 1 1 58 6.9 12:49 52.05 100 35

L 17 Matt Martin 52 7 2 9 -3 80 0 0 1 55 12.7 11:21 57.14 261 30

R 40 Michael Grabner 18 5 2 7 3 4 0 0 0 36 13.9 12:25 0.00 35 6

D 37 Brian Strait 29 1 3 4 -6 18 0 0 0 35 2.9 17:54 0.00 67 36

D 46 Matt Donovan 9 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 18:28 0.00 17 12

R 13 Colin McDonald 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 10:37 100.00 4 0

L 36 Eric Boulton 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 06:19 0.00 3 3

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM

30 Chad Johnson 15 811 3.33 6 7 0 0 45 309 .873 0 0 0

41 Jaroslav Halak 38 2285 2.42 27 11 0 4 92 942 .911 0 1 2

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New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres

Team Records

New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres

Last game: Saturday AT BOSTON (2-1 L) Saturday VS DALLAS (3-2 W)

Next game: Tuesday VS EDMONTON Tuesday VS OTTAWA

Overall record/streak: 33 - 18 - 1 / Lost 1 16 - 34 - 3 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Home record/streak: 17 - 6 - 0 / Lost 2 11 - 14 - 2 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Road record/streak: 16 - 12 - 1 / Lost 1 5 - 20 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1

Last 5 Games: 1 - 4 - 0 2 - 3 - 0

Last 10 Games: 5 - 5 - 0 2 - 8 - 0

1-Goal Games: 19 - 4 - 1 14 - 7 - 3

2-Goal Games 4 - 6 0 - 5

3-Goal Games 10 - 8 2 - 22

Scoring first 18 - 11 - 1 13 - 9 - 1

Opponent scoring first 15 - 7 - 0 3 - 25 - 2

Leading after 1 period 11 - 6 - 1 7 - 4 - 0

Trailing after 1 period 7 - 7 - 0 2 - 20 - 1

Tied after 1 period 15 - 5 - 0 7 - 10 - 2

Leading after 2 periods 16 - 2 - 1 8 - 1 - 1

Trailing after 2 periods 4 - 11 - 0 1 - 25 - 0

Tied after 2 periods 13 - 5 - 0 7 - 8 - 2

OT Record - This Season: 12 - 1 7 - 3

OT Record - Franchise: 166 - 150 - 194 161 - 147 - 215

Shootout Record - This Season: 7 - 1 6 - 1

Shootout Record - Franchise: 64 - 42 63 - 47

Outshooting opponent: 27 - 10 - 1 3 - 1 - 0

Outshot by opponent: 6 - 8 - 0 12 - 32 - 2

Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 1

vs. Atlantic: 7 - 8 - 1 8 - 12 - 3

vs. Metropolitan: 17 - 2 - 0 3 - 7 - 0

vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 24 - 10 - 1 11 - 19 - 3

vs. Central: 4 - 5 - 0 1 - 8 - 0

vs. Pacific: 5 - 3 - 0 4 - 7 - 0

vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 9 - 8 - 0 5 - 15 - 0

Month by Month Record

W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points

October: 6-4-0 12 2-8-1 5

November: 11-3-0 22 6-6-1 13

December: 8-4-1 17 6-7-1 13

January: 7-5-0 14 0-12-0 0

February: 1-2-0 2 2-1-0 4

Totals: 33-18-1 67 16-34-3 35

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Situations

Goals by Period

1 2 3 OT T Avg

New York Islanders: 48 54 50 5 157 ( 3.0 avg.)

Opponents: 39 46 61 0 146 ( 2.8 avg.)

Buffalo Sabres: 26 34 33 1 94 ( 1.8 avg.)

Opponents: 45 64 74 2 185 ( 3.5 avg.)

Shots by Period

1 2 3 OT T Avg

New York Islanders: 546 585 562 39 1732 (33.3 avg.)

Opponents: 418 513 457 32 1420 (27.3 avg.)

Buffalo Sabres: 395 413 379 22 1209 (22.8 avg.)

Opponents: 566 625 639 26 1856 (35.0 avg.)

Power Play

G Att % G Att %

Overall: 36 184 19.6 (T-10th NHL) 17 145 11.7 (30th NHL)

Home: 20 84 23.8 (T-6th NHL) 9 77 11.7 (30th NHL)

Road: 16 100 16.0 (16th NHL) 8 68 11.8 (27th NHL)

1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-2nd NHL) 8 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-29th NHL)

Penalty Killing

G Att % G Att %

Overall: 39 143 72.7 (30th NHL) 46 176 73.9 (29th NHL)

Home: 18 62 71.0 (30th NHL) 17 85 80.0 (24th NHL)

Road: 21 81 74.1 (27th NHL) 29 91 68.1 (30th NHL)

8 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (1st NHL) 5 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-8th NHL)

Penalties

GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank

52 467 9.0 (T-8th NHL) 53 618 11.7 (27th NHL)

Goal Situations

For Against For Against

5 on 5: 107 98 70 119

5 on 4: 28 1 17 8

5 on 3: 4 0 0 0

4 on 4: 2 2 1 4

4 on 3: 3 0 0 0

3 on 3: 0 0 0 0

3 on 4: 0 0 0 0

3 on 5: 0 2 0 3

4 on 5: 7 37 5 43

Empty Net: 6 6 1 7

Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 1

Total: 157 146 94 185

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Situations

Individual Leaders

Points: J. TAVARES (50),K. OKPOSO (44),R. STROME (34) T. ENNIS (31),Z. GIRGENSONS (26),D. STAFFORD (23) Goals: J. TAVARES (24),A. LEE (15),B. NELSON (15) Z. GIRGENSONS (14),T. ENNIS (13),C. STEWART (9) Assists: K. OKPOSO (30),J. TAVARES (26),R. STROME (25) T. ENNIS (18),D. STAFFORD (15),M. MOULSON (14) PP Goals: J. TAVARES (11),B. NELSON (9),J. BOYCHUK (4) T. ENNIS (5),C. STEWART (4),D. STAFFORD (2) SH Goals: N. KULEMIN (3),F. NIELSEN (1),C. CLUTTERBUCK (1) Z. GIRGENSONS (2),C. MCCORMICK (1),A. BENOIT (1) GW Goals: J. TAVARES (5),A. LEE (5),F. NIELSEN (3) B. GIONTA (2),M. MOULSON (2),D. STAFFORD (1)

3+ Goals: K. OKPOSO(1),F. NIELSEN(1)

PIM: M. MARTIN (80),T. HAMONIC (62),C. CLUTTERBUCK (42) N. DESLAURIERS (57),T. MYERS (55),M. WEBER (49) Shots: J. TAVARES (165),K. OKPOSO (154),B. NELSON (129) T. ENNIS (122),Z. GIRGENSONS (99),M. MOULSON (96)

+/-: J. BOYCHUK (+14),R. STROME (+14),N. LEDDY (+12) M. ELLIS (-3),B. GIONTA (-6),P. KALETA (-6)

Shootout

Shooter G/S % GDG

Cal Clutterbuck 1 / 1 100.0 1

Kyle Okposo 5 / 7 71.4 3

Frans Nielsen 5 / 8 62.5 1

Josh Bailey 1 / 2 50.0 1

John Tavares 2 / 7 28.6 1

Mikhail Grabovski 0 / 1 0.0 0

Brock Nelson 0 / 2 0.0 0

Ryan Strome 0 / 3 0.0 0

Shooter G/S % GDG

Brian Flynn 1 / 1 100.0 1

Tyler Ennis 3 / 6 50.0 1

Cody Hodgson 1 / 2 50.0 1

Matt Moulson 2 / 6 33.3 1

Zemgus Girgensons 2 / 6 33.3 2

Brian Gionta 1 / 3 33.3 0

Drew Stafford 0 / 1 0.0 0

Chris Stewart 0 / 1 0.0 0

Marcus Foligno 0 / 1 0.0 0

Goaltender Rec. G/S %

Jaroslav Halak 5 - 0 4/22 .818

Chad Johnson 2 - 0 1/5 .800

Goaltender Rec. G/S %

Jhonas Enroth 5 - 0 1/21 .952

Michal Neuvirth 1 - 1 3/6 .500

Power Play

Player G A P

John Tavares 11 10 21

Kyle Okposo 4 12 16

Brock Nelson 9 5 14

Johnny Boychuk 4 9 13

Frans Nielsen 2 11 13

Nick Leddy 0 6 6

Travis Hamonic 1 4 5

Ryan Strome 0 5 5

Lubomir Visnovsky 2 2 4

Anders Lee 2 0 2

Josh Bailey 1 0 1

Cal Clutterbuck 0 1 1

Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 1

Casey Cizikas 0 1 1

Calvin de Haan 0 1 1

Player G A P

Tyler Ennis 5 7 12

Chris Stewart 4 4 8

Matt Moulson 1 6 7

Drew Stafford 2 3 5

Rasmus Ristolainen 2 2 4

Nikita Zadorov 1 3 4

Zemgus Girgensons 1 2 3

Tyler Myers 0 3 3

Brian Gionta 0 1 1

Cody Hodgson 0 1 1

Brian Flynn 0 1 1

Short Handed

Player G A P

Nikolay Kulemin 3 1 4

Frans Nielsen 1 2 3

Thomas Hickey 0 2 2

Casey Cizikas 1 0 1

Ryan Strome 1 0 1

Cal Clutterbuck 1 0 1

Calvin de Haan 1 0 1

Brian Strait 0 1 1

Johnny Boychuk 0 1 1

John Tavares 0 1 1

Player G A P

Zemgus Girgensons 2 0 2

Brian Flynn 0 2 2

Cody McCormick 1 0 1

Tyler Ennis 1 0 1

Andre Benoit 1 0 1

Patrick Kaleta 0 1 1

Tyson Strachan 0 1 1

Josh Gorges 0 1 1

Drew Stafford 0 1 1

Nicolas Deslauriers 0 1 1

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New York Islanders (0-0-1) @ Buffalo Sabres (1-0)

Season Series

Buffalo Sabres Islanders Attend Goaltenders W. Goal

Dec 27, 2014 4 3 19,070 Jhonas Enroth / Kevin Poulin Tyler Ennis

Islanders Head To Head Stats

Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %

John Tavares 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 33.3

Josh Bailey 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Kyle Okposo 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Nick Leddy 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0

Travis Hamonic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Lubomir Visnovsky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Thomas Hickey 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

Cal Clutterbuck 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Matt Martin 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Ryan Strome 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Anders Lee 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Brock Nelson 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

Calvin de Haan 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Frans Nielsen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Casey Cizikas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Johnny Boychuk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Nikolay Kulemin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV%

Kevin Poulin 1 65 3 2.77 0 0 0 1 26 .885

Sabres Head To Head Stats

Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %

Nicolas Deslauriers 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 20.0

Josh Gorges 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Drew Stafford 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Zemgus Girgensons 1 1 0 1 -1 2 0 1 0 0 4 25.0

Chris Stewart 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 50.0

Patrick Kaleta 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Mike Weber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Cody McCormick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Cody Hodgson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Johan Larsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Mikhail Grigorenko 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Matt Moulson 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Andrej Meszaros 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Nikita Zadorov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Rasmus Ristolainen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Andre Benoit 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Tyler Ennis 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Brian Flynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV%

Jhonas Enroth 1 65 3 2.77 0 1 0 0 36 .917

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LAST GAME Saturday, February 7 Dallas 2 at Buffalo 3

Goals: Myers, Ennis, Girgensons Goalie: Enroth (38 saves/40 shots)

PP: 1/2; PK: 1/2; Shots: Dallas 40 – Buffalo 24

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 185)

Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Marcus Foligno (undisclosed, Dec. 23; injured reserve) – 19 games Cody McCormick (lower body, Jan. 13; injured reserve) – 10 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS

2/4: Assigned G Matt Hackett to Rochester (AHL)

UPCOMING GAMES

Tuesday, Feb. 10: Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15: Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 17: Buffalo at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19: Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 20: Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME ISLANDERS at SABRES

This is the second of three meetings between the Sabres and Islanders this season.

Last meeting: Buffalo defeated New York, 4-3 (SO), in Buffalo on Dec. 27, 2014 Next meeting: Saturday, April 4 in New York

The Sabres are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Islanders; 5-3-2 at home.

This is the 158th game all-time between Buffalo and New York; Buffalo has a 77-57-23 series record.

The Sabres are 43-24-12 at home against the Islanders all-time.

THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY

The Sabres are 12-3-4 all-time on February 8.

February 8, 1974: The Buffalo Sabres earn the 100th win in franchise history, beating the California Golden Seals, 7-2, in California.

February 8, 1984: Gilbert Perreault scores his 450th career goal with 3:16 left in the third period to seal a 6-5 road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

February 8, 2012: Ryan Miller stops 36 shots to earn his 25th career shutout in a 6-0 home win over the Boston Bruins.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Tonight’s game is the third in a stretch of four home games in six days for the Sabres.

The Sabres are 6-for-20 on the power play in their last eight games.

Andrej Meszaros leads all Sabres with 28 points (11+17) in 32 career games against the Islanders.

Four of the last five games between the Sabres and Islanders have been decided in shootouts.

Matt Moulson has four points (3+1) in three career games against his former team.

Jhonas Enroth has stopped 131 of the 142 shots he’s faced (.923 save percentage) in four career games against the Islanders.

He’s also 2-1-0 in his three starts this week with a .942 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average.

Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes

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COMEBACK KIDS

In the last game between Buffalo and New York (Dec. 27), Buffalo scored three goals in the third period and eventually won in a shootout. In that game, the Sabres overcame a 3-0 third-period deficit for just the second time in franchise history (4/2/03 vs. ATL). The game against Atlanta was the only other win in franchise history in which the Sabres trailed by three or more goals in the third period and their first goal of the game came at any point in the third period (via Elias Sports Bureau).

BACK-TO-BACK

Tonight’s game concludes up Buffalo’s 13th of 19 sets of back-to-back games this season, which opened with a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars last night. The Sabres are 3-10-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 3-8-1 in the second game. Buffalo’s point breakdown in previous back-to-back sets is: four points (1), three points (0), two points (3), one point (1) and zero points (7).

Mr. 500

Brian Gionta needs one point to become the 60th active NHL player to record 500 career points. The last player to reach this milestone as a member of the Sabres was Miroslav Satan, who recorded his 500th NHL point on Feb. 16, 2004.

STEWART HEATING UP

Chris Stewart has at least a point in 12 of his last 20 games, totaling 16 points (6+10) during that stretch with an average ice time of 16:59 per game. Before his current run, his last 20-game stretch with points in at least 12 games (and his last 20-game stretch with more than 16 minutes of ice time per game) came in February/March 2013, propelling him to the St. Louis Blues’ team lead in goals (18) and points (36) in 48 games during the 2012-13 season.

FINISHING STRONG AFTER THE BREAK

Buffalo is 547-407-186 (.561) all-time in games after the All-Star break. This includes a record of 96-54-24 (.621) in those games since 2005-06. The Sabres are 2-4-0 since the 2015 NHL All-Star Game. These totals do not include games after breaks for the Olympic Games.

LOGGING BIG MINUTES

Tyler Myers leads all Sabres and ranks ninth in the league after last night’s game with an average time on ice of 25:10 per game.

He has averaged 25:06 in his last 10 games despite each of those games ending in regulation.

Myers last led the Sabres in ice time in a season in his rookie campaign of 2009-10, when he averaged 23:44 per game.

IN THE LINE OF FIRE

Josh Gorges ranked second in the NHL with 143 blocked shots after last night’s game despite missing nine games to injury this season. He has ranked in the top 10 in the NHL in blocked shots in each of the last three seasons: 2011-12, 250 (1st); 2012-13, 116 (7th); 2013-14, 117 (T-5th)

Gorges has blocked 12.2 percent of all opponent shot attempts taken with him on the ice this season, ranking third among NHL defensemen who have played at least 20 games. (Shot attempt data via war-on-ice.com)

His best full-season on-ice shot blocking percentage was 13.0 percent in 2011-12 with Montreal.

BUF-NYI CONNECTIONS Former Sabres:

Eric Boulton played for the Sabres for four seasons (2000-2004). Boulton appeared in 172 games, scoring 17 points (5+12).

Jaroslav Halak was a member of the Sabres for four days during the 2013-14 season. He was acquired from the St. Louis Blues on Feb. 28 before being dealt to the Washington Capitals on Mar. 5, and did not appear in a game during his brief stint in Buffalo.

Former Islanders:

Bryan Trottier played 15 seasons for the New York Islanders and won four straight Stanley Cups with the club from 1980-1983. He still ranks among the franchise leaders in virtually every offensive category, including points (1st, 1,353), goals (2nd, 500), assists (1st, 853), games played (1st, 1,123) and plus/minus (1st, plus-470).

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Ted Nolan coached the Islanders for two seasons from 2006-2008. He compiled an overall record of 75-68-21, also leading the club to a postseason berth in 2006-07.

Matt Moulson played for the Islanders from 2009-2013, registering 223 points (118+105) in 223 games.

Josh Gorges:

Played with Jaroslav Halak for the Montreal Canadiens from 2006-2010. Mikhail Grabovski was also part of the team during the 2007-08 season.

Brian Gionta:

Played with Jaroslav Halak for the Montreal Canadiens from during the 2009-10 season.

Cody Hodgson:

He and Casey Cizikas were both born in Toronto, Ontario.

Andrej Meszaros:

Meszaros, Johnny Boychuk and Chad Johnson all played for the Boston Bruins during the 2013-14 season.

Torrey Mitchell:

Played with Cal Clutterbuck for the Minnesota Wild during the 2012-13 season.

Matt Moulson:

Played with Lubomir Visnovsky for the Los Angeles Kings during the 2007-08 season. The two were then reunited with the Islanders from 2012-13.

Michal Neuvirth:

Played with Josh Bailey for the Windsor Spitfires (OHL) during the 2007-08 season.

Teammates with John Tavares for the Oshawa Generals (OHL) during the 2007-08 season.

Chris Stewart:

Stewart and Casey Cizikas were both born in Toronto, Ontario.

Played with Jaroslav Halak for the St. Louis Blues from 2010-2014 when they were both traded to Buffalo as part of the same deal.

Mike Weber:

Played with Josh Bailey for the Windsor Spitfires (OHL) in 2006-07.

2009 World Juniors:

Tyler Myers, Tyler Ennis, Cody Hodgson, John Tavares and Thomas Hickey all played for Canada at the 2009 World Junior Championship.

NHL Draft:

Matt Moulson (263rd overall) and Jaroslav Halak (271st overall) were both chosen in the ninth round of the 2003 NHL Draft.

Michael Neuvirth (34th overall), Jhonas Enroth (46th overall), Mike Weber (57th overall) and Nikolay Kulemin (44th overall) were all selected in the second round of the 2006 NHL Draft.

Tyler Myers, Cody Hodgson, Tyler Ennis and Josh Bailey were all first-round selections in the 2008 NHL Draft. Bailey was the ninth pick, Hodgson, selected by Vancouver, was the 10th pick, Myers was picked 12th and Ennis was the 26th selection.

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