2011/12 Individual stats--March

Ryan Miller...Tyler Ennis/Drew Stafford/Marcus Foligno

That's all you really need to know when it comes to the month of March individually.

The team brought the goals against down and the goals for up thanks primarily to the four aforementioned players.

Miller had a stellar month going 10-3-2. He brought his gaa down to 2.51 and brought his save percentage up to .917. This despite signs of wear as he allowed four goals to both Pittsburgh and Toronto in their back-to-back losses to finish the month. Miller also had 2 shutouts setting a career high of six.

On offense, Lindy Ruff finally put Tyler Ennis in the pivot and surrounded him with two big bodies--Drew Stafford and Marcus Foligno.

The results from that line: 11games played, 20 goals, 24 assists and a combined plus-34. As seen in the plus/minus, this line did their damage 5-on-5.

Other than that, Jason Pominville continued his steady play, although his plus/minus took a beating for the month. Thomas Vanek slowly inched his way on tho the scoresheet more often and Cody Hodgson, who went pointless in the first nine games of the month came on strong with eight points in seven games with 2g and 2a on the powerplay.

On defense, the surprise of the month was Alexander Sulzer, the former Vancouver Canuck who came over with Hodgson on trade deadline day.

Sulzer has been a big surprise. In his 14 games with the Sabres he has 1g, 4a and is a plus-2. He had been paired with Christian Ehrhoff until the latter's injury and the German duo found instant chemistry.

Chemistry. That's the word for the month of March. With a healthy defense corps in front of him, Miller has found his Vezina form (quick note: both Ehrhoff did not play the last two games while Tyler Myers missed the last one.)

Sulzer and Ehrhoff allowed for some concrete pairings on the back-end:  Myers/Andrej Sekera, Robyn Regehr/Jordan Leopold.

Up-front the Ennis/Stafford/Foligno line clicked allowing the top-nine to be shuffled a bit with Hodgson centering Vanek and rookie Corey Tropp and Derek Roy between Pominville and Ville Leino.

The Sabres are still in the playoff picture, although they'll probably need to win out and will need some help along the way.

Make it or not, the Sabres have found some chemistry in crucial areas and will have a big jump on next season because of it.


Points:

• October--Thomas Vanek--15...Jason Pominville--14...Luke Adam--9
• November--Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy--12
• December--Pominville--13...Vanek--12...Stafford, Roy--7
• January--Pominville--8...Gerbe, Gaustad--5
• February--Pominville--12...Roy, Ehrhoff--11
• March:   Ennis-19...Stafford-18...Marcus Foligno, Pominville-11

Goals:

• October--Vanek--8...Pominville--5...Drew Stafford, Adam--3
• November--Adam, Roy--5...Vanek, Pominville, Jordan Leopold--4
• December--Vanek--6...Pominville--3...six with 2
• January--Pominville--5...five with 2
• February--Pominville-6...Roy-5, Stafford-4
• March:   Ennis, Stafford-8...Foligno, Pominville-6

PP Goals:

• October--Vanek--3...Pominville--2...Brad Boyes, Stafford--1
• November--Vanek--3...Roy--2...Pominville, Tyler Myers, Christian Ehrhoff, Marc-Andre Gragnani--1
• December--Vanek, Pominville--2...seven with 1
• January--Myers--2, Pominville--1
• February--Vanek, Stafford, Roy-1
• March:   Pominville, Foligno, Cody Hodgson-2

Assists:

• October--Pominville--9...Vanek--7...Ehrhoff, Adam--6
• November--Vanek, Pominville--8...Roy--7
• December--Pomiville--10, Vanek--6...Stafford, Roy, Leopold--5
• January--Gerbe--4...Pominville, Gaustad, Hecht, McNabb--3
• February--Ehrhoff-10...Pominville, Leino, Roy, Myers-6
• March:   Ennis-11...Stafford-10...Vanek-6

PP Assists:

• October--Pominville--4...Vanek, Boyes--2
• November--Pominville--4...Vanek, Roy, Boyes, Ehrhoff, Gragnani--2
• December--Vanek, Stafford, Leopold--4
• January--Pominville, Boyes, Myers, Gragnani--1
• February--Ehrhoff-2...Pominville, Vanek, Roy, Myers-1
• March:   Vanek-4...Pominville-3...6 with one

Primary Assists:

• October--Vanek--6...Pominville--5...Gerbe--4
• November--Pominville, Stafford--6...Vanek--5
• December--Pominville--7...Stafford--4...Vanek, Leopold--3
• January--Gerbe--3...Pominville, Stafford, Boyes, Hecht--2
• February:  Lieno, Myers--5...Ennis--4
• March:  Stafford-8...Ennis-6...Ehrhoff-5

Plus/Minus:

• October--Andrej Sekera, +6...Nathan Gerbe, +5...Vanek,+4
• November--Leopold, Gragnani, +5...Hecht, +4
• December--Gragnani, +3...Stafford, even...five at -1
• January--McNabb, +1...three, even...five, -1
• February--Myers +8...Pominville +6...Leino, Roy, Ehrhoff +5
• March:   Stafford +11...Ennis, Foligno +10

Plus/Minus (bottom):

• October--Ehrhoff, -6...Ville Leino, -4...Cody McCormick...-2
• November--Myers, Robyn Regehr, Mike Weber, -5
• December--Ehrhoff, -7...Sekera, Regehr, Pominville, -6
• January--Weber, Vanek, -6...Adam, Roy, -5
• February--Kaleta, Regehr -3...Weber -1
• March:   Hodgson -7...Pominville -6...Weber -4

3-Stars (1st=5 points, 2nd=3 points, 3rd=1 point):

• October--Vanek--16...Pominville, Adam--10
• November--Roy--13...Adam--9...Pominville--8
• December--Pominville, Stafford--6...five with 5
• January--Gaustad--6...Stafford, Miller--5
• February--Miller-19...Pominville-10...Myers-8
• March:   Stafford-20...Miller-19...Foligno, Pominville-11

Time On Ice/Game-Forwards (year-to-date)

Total:

• October--Pominville, 18:00...Vanek, 17:42...Roy, 16:54
• November--Pominville, 19:06...Roy...18:48...Vanek...17:42
• December--Pominville, 19:30...Roy, 19:13...Stafford...17:53...(Vanek 17:52)
• January--Pominville, 19:23...Roy, 18:47...Stafford, 17:50
• February--Pominville, 19:33...Roy, 19:04...Stafford, 17:31
• March:   Pominville, 19:47...Roy, 19:14...Stafford, 17:36

Even Strength:

• October--Vanek, 13:47...Gerbe, 13:33...Roy, 13:30
• November--Hecht, 14:32...Roy, 14:14...Leino, 14:13
• December--Hecht, 14:50...Roy, 14:23...Leino, 14:00
• January--Leino, 14:33...Roy, 14:27...Hecht, 14:25
• February--Roy, 14:45...Leino, 14:39...Hecht, 14:25
• March:   Roy, 14:56...Leino, 14:37...Stafford, 14:20

Powerplay:

• October--Vanek, 3:12...Pominville, 2:57...Adam, 2:16
• November--Pominville, 3:26...Vanek, 2:23...Roy, 2:41
• December--Pominville, 3:36...Vanek, 3:33...Roy, 2:55
• January--Pominville, 3:20...Vanek, 3:14...Roy, 2:37
• February--Pominville, 3:16...Vanek, 3:10...Roy, 2:38
• March:   Pominville, 3:08...Vanek, 3:03...Roy, 2:36

Penalty Kill:

• October--Paul Gaustad, 2:56...Patrick Kaleta, 2:40...Pominville, 2:13
• November--Gaustad, 2:49...Kaleta, 2:41...Pominville, 2:26
• December--Gaustad, 2:54...Kaleta, 2:56...Pominville, 2:33
• January--Gaustad, 2:49...Pominville, 2:25...Kaleta, 2:16
• February--Pominville, 2:17...Kaleta, 2:15...Hecht, 1:49
• March:   Pominville, 2:13...Kaleta, 1:59...Roy, 1:41

Time On Ice/Game--Defensman (year-to-date)

Total:

• October--Ehrhoff, 24:32...Myers, 21:28...Jordan Leopold, 21:06
• November--Ehrhoff, 24:04...Myers, 21:39...Leopold, 20:48
• December--Ehrhoff, 23:35...Myers, 21:39...Leopold, 21:29
• January--Ehrhoff, 23:36...Myers, 22:58...Leopold, 22:13
• February--Ehrhoff, 23:15...Myers, 22:52...Leopold, 22:05
• March:  Ehrhoff, 23:03...Myers, 22:29...Leopold, 22:13

Even Strength:

• October--Ehrhoff, 19:21...Leopold, 17:12...Myers, 16:21
• November--Ehrhoff, 19:06...Leopold, 16:57...Sekera, 16:39
• December--Ehrhoff, 18:38...Leopold, 17:11...Myers, 16:14
• January--Ehrhoff, 18:33...Leopold, Myers, 17:46
• February--Ehrhoff, 18:46...Myers, 17:57...Leopold, 17:45
• March:   Ehrhoff, 18:46...Myers, 17:57...Leopold, 17:54

Powerplay:

• October--Marc-Andre Gragnani, 3:03...Ehrhoff, 2:59...Myers, 1:57
• November--Ehrhoff, 2:56...Gragnani, 2:52...Myers, 2:43
• December--Ehrhoff, 3:14...Gragnani, 3:14...Myers, 2:43
• January--Ehrhoff, 3:12...Gragnani, 2:42...Myers, 2:39
• February--Ehrhoff, 3:04...Myers, 2:35...Leopold, 1:57
• March:  Ehrhoff, 2:58...Myers, 2:25...Leopold, 1:59

Penalty Kill:

• October--Robyn Regehr, 3:12...Myers, 3:09...Ehrhoff, 2:12
• November--Regehr, 3:11...Weber, 2:50...Myers, 2:42
• December--Regehr, 3:11...Myers, Weber, 2:42
• January--Regehr. 3:03...Myers, 2:33...Leopold, 2:23
• February--Regehr, 2:56...Leopold, 2:22...Myers, 2:20
• March:  Regehr, 2:42...Leopold, 2:20...Myers, 2:06

Goaltending (year to date):

Ryan Miller--

• October--4 wins, 4 losses, .930 sv.% (ranked 9th,) 2.14 gaa (ranked 21st,) 1 shutout
• November--5-6-0, .909 (37th,) 2.86 (41st,) 1 shutout
• December--9-10-2, .901 (51st,) 3.05 (55th,) 1 shutout
• January--13-15-2, .901 (57th,) 2.99 (60th,) 1 shutout
• February--20-17-5, .912 (42nd,) 2.64 (44th,) 4 shoutouts
• March:  30-20-7, .917 (29th,) 2.51 (40th,) 6 shutouts

Jhonas Enroth--

• October--2-0, .946 sv % (8th,) 2.00 gaa (13th,) 0 shutouts
• November--8-4-2, .926 (21st,) 2.27 (26th,) 1 shutout
• December--8-7-2, .921 (23rd,) 2.49 (32nd), 1 shutout
• January--8-9-3, .919 (28th,) 2.59 (39th,) 1 shutout
• February--8-10-3, .917 (32nd,) 2.68 (46th,) 1 shutout
• March:   8-11-3, .916 (33rd,) 2.70 (52nd,) 1 shutout

Drew MacIntyre--

• October--
• November--0-0-0, .944, 1.40, 0 shutouts
• December--0-0-0, .944, 1.40, 0 shutouts
• January--0-0-0, .944, 1.40, 0 shutouts
• Februrary--0-0-0, .944, 1.40, 0 shutouts
• March:   0-0-0, .944, 1.40, 0 shutouts