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NHL : ATS Matchup
Saturday 2/6/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
BUFFALO
 
BOSTON
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BUFFALO (21-26-0-5, 47 pts.) at BOSTON (27-18-0-6, 60 pts.)
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Saturday, 2/6/2016 7:05 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: BUFFALO - ROBIN LEHNER, BOSTON - TUUKKA RASK
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
9BUFFALO+175Ov 5,-130+175Ov 5,-135
10BOSTON-210Un 5,+110-205Un 5,+115
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
BUFFALO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games21-31-0-0.821-31-0.817-242.329.32.730.7
Team Stats (Road Games)12-13-0+5.912-13+5.911-92.729.32.833.3
Last 5 Games2-3-0-0.32-3-0.32-32.425.43.236.4
vs. Division7-12-0-1.77-12-1.76-102.329.03.130.9
BUFFALO Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)521202739513815237.9%1603320.6%196
Team Stats (Road Games)2567191532167329.2%711723.9%111
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)512426011279.4%10220.0%16
Team Stats (vs. Division)194381420155517.8%621219.4%62
Stats Against (All Games) 14134435951315968.8%1302519.2%228
Stats Against (Road Games) 70192326258338.4%701724.3%116
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 16258131828.8%16212.5%25
Stats Against (vs. Division) 591320242758710.1%511019.6%97
BUFFALO - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
CHAD JOHNSON (All Games)302885478491.8%212-16+1.412-16-0+211-12
CHAD JOHNSON (Road Games)151547643591.4%16-9+0.86-9-0+27-6
CHAD JOHNSON (vs. Division)121130427590.5%04-7-0.94-7-003-7
CHAD JOHNSON (Last 4 Games)4412611792.9%02-2+1.12-2-0+11-2
ROBIN LEHNER (All Games)6519218093.7%02-3-0.32-3-0-11-4
ROBIN LEHNER (Road Games)3310610094.3%02-1+1.62-1-0+11-2
ROBIN LEHNER (vs. Division)5415714793.6%02-2+0.72-2-001-3
ROBIN LEHNER (Last 4 Games)4415014294.7%02-2+0.72-2-001-3
LINUS ULLMARK (All Games)191954149591.5%07-12-1.97-12-0-25-8
LINUS ULLMARK (Road Games)7724823092.7%04-3+3.54-3-0+43-1
LINUS ULLMARK (vs. Division)4412110889.3%01-3-1.51-3-0-22-0
LINUS ULLMARK (Last 4 Games)4413312392.5%02-2+1.32-2-0+22-1

BOSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games27-24-0-3.427-24-3.422-213.031.72.729.7
Team Stats (Home Games)11-16-0-12.211-16-12.215-102.932.43.129.2
Last 5 Games3-2-0+0.13-2+0.12-22.834.83.234.2
vs. Division13-8-0+3.313-8+3.38-102.931.42.530.8
BOSTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)5115342535351216169.5%1433524.5%255
Team Stats (Home Games)2777232527258758.8%782126.9%132
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)514435221748.0%2129.5%23
Team Stats (vs. Division)2161141925376599.3%601321.7%101
Stats Against (All Games) 13734475061015169.0%1732715.6%240
Stats Against (Home Games) 852029333678910.8%841619.0%154
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 16375111719.4%18316.7%29
Stats Against (vs. Division) 53122019256478.2%761013.2%95
BOSTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
JONAS GUSTAVSSON (All Games)151539035791.5%09-6+2.59-6-0+37-6
JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Home Games)7718917291.0%03-4-2.93-4-0-33-4
JONAS GUSTAVSSON (vs. Division)5514913892.6%03-2+0.73-2-0+12-2
JONAS GUSTAVSSON (Last 4 Games)441039794.2%03-1+1.93-1-0+21-2
TUUKKA RASK (All Games)38361117102391.6%318-18-5.918-18-0-515-15
TUUKKA RASK (Home Games)212059453289.6%38-12-9.38-12-0-1012-6
TUUKKA RASK (vs. Division)161649345692.5%110-6+2.610-6-0+36-8
TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games)4312111090.9%02-1+0.22-1-001-1
Average power rating of opponents played: BUFFALO 3.22,  BOSTON 2.98
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
BUFFALO - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
1/10/2016at WINNIPEG4-2W0, +150W5 ovO
1/12/2016at MINNESOTA3-2W0, +180W5 evP
1/15/2016BOSTON1-4L0, +105L5.5 unU
1/16/2016WASHINGTON4-1W0, +180W5 ovP
1/18/2016at ARIZONA2-1W0, +130W5 ovU
1/20/2016at COLORADO1-2L0, +125L5.5 unU
1/22/2016DETROIT0-3L0, +120L5 unU
1/25/2016at NY RANGERS3-6L0, +160L5 ovO
1/26/2016at OTTAWA3-2W0, +130W5.5 unU
2/3/2016at MONTREAL4-2W0, +135W5.5 unO
2/4/2016BOSTON2-3L0, +150L5.5 unU
2/6/2016at BOSTON 
2/9/2016FLORIDA 
2/11/2016at PHILADELPHIA 
2/12/2016MONTREAL 
2/14/2016COLORADO 
2/16/2016at OTTAWA 

BOSTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
1/11/2016at NY RANGERS1-2L0, +115L5 ovU
1/13/2016at PHILADELPHIA2-3L0, -115L5 ovP
1/15/2016at BUFFALO4-1W0, -125W5.5 unU
1/16/2016TORONTO3-2W0, -175W5 ovP
1/19/2016at MONTREAL4-1W0, -110W5 ovP
1/21/2016VANCOUVER2-4L0, -215L5 ovO
1/23/2016COLUMBUS3-2W0, -185W5.5 unU
1/25/2016at PHILADELPHIA3-2W0, -130W5 ovP
1/26/2016ANAHEIM2-6L0, -110L5.5 unO
2/2/2016TORONTO3-4L0, -175L5 ovO
2/4/2016at BUFFALO3-2W0, -170W5.5 unU
2/6/2016BUFFALO 
2/9/2016LOS ANGELES 
2/11/2016at WINNIPEG 
2/13/2016at MINNESOTA 
2/14/2016at DETROIT 
2/16/2016at COLUMBUS 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.
PREVIEW
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: 3/28/2024 5:52:48 AM EST.


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