Nathan Gerbe Spin-o-Rama Goal

Here's to you, Daniel Carcillo.

Nathan Gerbe epitomizes the city of Buffalo in the eyes of the sportsworld. He's a hard-woking guy who really gets no respect.

Last night Flyers pest, Daniel Carcillo, condescendingly gave Gerbe a "good little boy" pat on the head with the Flyers ahead in the game and seemingly in control.

Midway through the third period, Gerbe repaid that bone-headed move with one of the best goals of the year in the entire NHL.

Not to make this too much about Carcillo, because yesterday as a whole was a landmark in Sabres lore, but Carcillo has a flare for stupidity.

Back on April 25, 2009, Carcillo's hubris got the best of him and his team against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

With the Flyers in complete control of the game and the Wachovia Center rocking, Carcillo dropped the gloves with Max Talbot. In a somewhat spirited bout, Carcillo got the better of Talbot and headed to the box arms-a-pumpin' much to the delight of the home crowd.

It was an unecessary fight and/or taunt and was a turning point in the game as the Penguins scored five unanswered goals to win the series 4-2.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030146

But. Enough of that.



Here's to Nate Gerbe and the Buffalo Sabres.

~~~ADDENDUM~~~

From John Vogl, the Sabres Edge, April 14, 2011:

PHILADELPHIA -- Nathan Gerbe is short. He always has been. It's likely the 5-foot-5 Buffalo forward hears cracks about his size on the ice all the time, but Philadelphia's Daniel Carcillo took it to another level during the teams' last meeting. The Flyers' agitator patted Gerbe on top of the head, a move that aggravated Sabres coach Lindy Ruff.

Gerbe insisted today it didn't bother him.


"No, not at all," Gerbe said after preparing for Game One of the teams' playoff series tonight. "I’ve heard it since Day One of my life, so it’s something I’ve lived with, I’ve rolled with, and other players I know in this league have, too. It’s something you have to go through.


"It doesn’t bug me. I’m a small player, you can’t be surprised."


Gerbe got the last word in Friday's game, scoring a dynamic spin-o-rama goal midway through the third period to tie a game the Sabres won in overtime, 4-3.


"I don’t how me patting somebody on their head sparks a team," Carcillo said today. "But, you know, the kid made a pretty nice move and got lucky with it going off [defenseman Danny] Syvret’s stick. It is what it is. I don’t really have much to say about that.


"That’s your guys’ job is to magnify everything, you know? Ours is to try and keep it as even-keel as we can."


Gerbe says he won't have much to say to Carcillo, but it's certainly a matchup worth watching.


"You have to take a lot of hits, maybe some whacks and stuff after the play, but you’re going to have to suck it up and keep going," Gerbe said. "You’ve got to remember that the team is bigger than any individual player. I don’t care about getting Carcillo back. I’d rather win a game for this team. That’s the biggest thing. We know what kind of player he is, so I’ll just have to stay away from him and let him be."



It's Crunch-time, and Who Does Lindy Ruff Go With?

The Sabres have been in "playoff-mode" since entering the new year 12th in the Eastern Conference. With every point crucial, and "shutdown" players either departed and/or injured, who did head coach Lindy Ruff go to?

We begin with the Sabres in the midst of their early-March road trip, but focus on the latter part of the month and into April as the Eastern Conference "bubble-teams"--NY Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, Buffaol Sabres--are playing exceptional hockey.

The set-up.

On March 6, the Sabres finally reached the #8-seed in the conference with a 3-2, OT win at Minnesota. A 3-0-1 stretch on the first four games of their season-high, seven-game road trip got them there.

The next five games featured a lose-one, win-one scenario--3-1 loss at Pittsburgh; 4-3 OT win at Boston; 4-3 loss at Toronto; 6-4 win vs. Ottawa; 1-0 loss vs. Carolina.

The inconsistency dropped the Sabres into 9th place in an increasingly muddled Eastern Conference two points behind 8th-place Carolina, five points behind the 7th-place NY Rangers.

Buffalo continued this pattern with an 8-2 thumping of the Atlanta Thrashers. On Sunday, March 20, the team looked to break the trend and took a two-goal lead deep into the third period vs. the Nashville Predators. The Preds scored two goals in the final 2:27 to tie it, then proceeded to win the game :27 into the overtime session.

It was a major breakdown, and a formidable set-back to their playoff chances as Ruff entrusted the lead with these players on the ice for the final minute-and-a-half of the game with the Sabres still clinging to a one-goal lead: 

• Ron Niedermayer, Mike Grier, Cody McCormick
• Tyler Myers and Andrej Sekera.

That group did not get the job done. In fact Myers and Sekera were on the ice for all three late Preds goals.

So, who would Ruff go with late in the game and the team clinging to a one-goal lead?

Let's take a look.

---March 22, at the Montreal Canadians. The first game after the Preds-debacle the Sabres are riding a Ryan Miller shutout deep into the third nursing a one-goal lead. On the ice with 1:13 remaining:

• Paul Gaustad, Mike Grier, Nate Gerbe
• Myers, Jordan Leopold

Sabres win 2-0, with Gerbe potting a memorable empty-netter.

--March 30 vs. the NY Rangers. Buffalo is battling NY for a playoff spot. The Sabres are coming of a less-than-stellar performance in a loss at Toronto--a game where Miller was injured. Back-up, Jhonas Enroth, gets the nod in one of the most important games of the season. Enroth takes a shutout into the third period. On the ice with 1:11 left in the game:

• Niedermayer, Drew Stafford, Brad Boyes...Gaustad, Stafford, Gerbe for the final :30
• Sekera, Mike Weber

Sabres hold on for the win. Gerbe gets a stick on Marion Gaborik's shot attempt and Sekera gets a roughing penalty and a game misconduct for leveling Ranger, Ryan Callahan who was in the crease at the end of the game.

--April 2 at Washington. The Sabres will be without Miller for a time, Enroth gets the nod. After Stafford puts the Sabres ahead by one with just over three minutes to go, the team finds themselves in the unenviable position of being short-handed as Gaustad heads to the box. With 1:15 to go, Ruff goes with:

• Tim Connolly, Jason Pomminville
• Sekera, Weber

The Caps Jason Arnott jumps on a rebound off a shot from Alexander Ovechkin to send the game to overtime.  Sabres lose on an Ovechkin pin-ball shot.

--April 3 vs. Carolina. The Cane's are in "must-win"-mode as they sit in 9th place behind the Rangers and Sabres. The Sabres, for their part, are in "get-two-points"-mode as they look to fend off Carolina as well as set their sites on 6th place Montreal. The game is tied after two periods, and Carolina looks to turn up the heat. The Sabres kill off a very-late penalty. On the ice starting with 2:00 to go and the Sabres still short-handed:

• Gaustad, Stafford, Steve Montador, Chris Butler
• Connolly, Stafford, Myers, Butler with 1:27 to go
• Niedermayer, Cody McCormick, Matt Ellis, Montador, Butler with :42 to go
• Gerbe, Boyes, Thomas Vanek, Myers, Butler 

Buffalo wins in overtime on defenseman, Marc-Andre Gragnani's first career NHL goal

--April 5 vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning. Buffalo does not have a playoff spot secured and is looking for two points again. They take a 3-1 lead into the 3rd period only to get scored upon by Vinny Lecavalier a mere :17 into the period. The battle rages on and with 1:10 to go, these Sabres are entrusted with securing the win:

• Gaustad, Gerbe, Mark Mancari, Butler, Myers
• Brad Boyes, Pomminville, Vanek, Montador, Sekera with :30 to go

Mancari does a phenomenal job pinning the puck in the Lightning zone. Pomminville directs Tampa's Martin St. Louis into a waiting Vanek who steals the puck and buries a 49' slapshot into an empty net. Sabres win, 4-2.

Since the Nashville game, Lindy Ruff has used a myriad of players at the end of the game to secure a one-goal lead. When put into those situations, the players have responded by going 4-0-1.

Who will be his go-to guys to secure a playoff-berth this weekend? If/when they make the playoffs, who will be his go-to guys then?

Maybe it doesn't matter too much. Every player on this team seems to have bought into what Ruff's been preaching--work as a five-man unit, trust your teammates.

Some have more of a knack for handling pressure situations, others maybe not as much, but when called upon, they're holding the fort. And the Sabres will need more of that as they close out the season and begin to look towards the playoffs.

Check Your Egos At the Door, Boys

"I think that there isn't any doubt that Ryan is the number one, at the same time we're going to play the guys that are going to help us win games and when Ryan comes back he has to be on top of his game. We're just in the business of winning games and Jhonas knows that stepping in too, but there's no doubt that Ryan is our number one."--Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff.


There you have it. Plain and simple, Ryan Miller, when healthy, is the #1 goalie on the Buffalo Sabres. Give your keyboards a rest, take your finger off the WGR Whinerline number and by all means do not tune into Schopp and the Bulldog. Mike Schoppsie is an entertainer who's consistently shot down by hockey people for this thoughts.

The Buffalo Sabres have two rock-solid goalies right now. Jhonas Enroth won the NHL's 3rd star of the week this past week while filling in for the injured Ryan Miller. Miller was the NHL's 1st star of the week prior.

There should be no controversy what so ever.
Simply put, Jhonas Enroth, play your ass off, 'cause the Buffalo Sabres are "in the business of winning." Right now you are the back-up goalie--a helluva goalie thus-far in your short career--but back-up at this point in time. Nothing more, nothing less.

Ryan Miller, when you return from your deep shoulder bruise, and can play to help the team win, you are the #1 goalie. The Buffalo Sabres are "in the business of winning" and complacency is not an option. When you get back in, you better play your ass off if you want to stay in.

Check your ego's in at the door, boys, the Buffalo Sabres are "in the business of winning" (please insert Charlie Sheen jokes)

That is all.

Two Plays From Last Nights Big Win

Jhonas Enroth came up big once again for the Sabres in last night's 2-1 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

At one point, Enroth was troubled by his mask to the point where he just threw it off so he could see. The right-pad save he made on the Hurricanes, Jussi Joikinen, was solid as he held his ground.  With Jokinen pounding at the pad in comes Sabres forward Cody McCormick to just level the 'Cane's forward. McCormick blasted him so hard he was driven right into Hurricanes defenseman, Joni Pitkanen, who also went down on the play. (Rick Jeannerete's call on the play is priceless)


 


That was one of many big saves by Enroth, and it came at a point with the Sabres up 1-0.  The player who scored the goal for the Sabres was much maligned defenseman, Chris Butler. 

The goal actually began with him taking a big hit into the boards from Jokinen. He bounces back into the play after that, even giving a pretty stiff cross-check to Hurricanes Captain, Eric Staal who was at the side of the crease, then joins the rush.

With the three Canes forwards caught deep, Butler fills the right wing and positions himself for a pass. Drew Stafford whips it cross-ice, a little behind Butler and he corrals it sending a wicked wrister that just blew by goalie, Cam Ward and blasted the water bottle:

and they're heading towards the wire

half of a furlong to go...the habs are leading the way by a neck, the sabres and rangers are right there with the cane's a length behind them...the hard-charging maple leafs are still 2 1/2 lengths behind the leader as le' thrash and devils are now all but out of the race...

it's been a stellar 2011 for the sabres as they entered the year 12th in the eastern conference...they went 9-3-1 for the month including a 2-0-1 west coast trip...at the time they were eight points behind the canadians (7th in the conference) and were sitting behind both atlanta and carolina , teams who lost ground during the month...

february saw the team climb again thanx to continued sub-par play from the teams they were chasing...they went 6-4-1 for the month--nothing too remarkable--as the team went through an ownership change with terry pegula taking the reigns...buffalo's road record had greatly out-paced their home record at that point and concern really grew when the sabres lost the first three games (the last three games of the golisano-era) of their six game homestand...

two things happened after their third straight loss:  pegula was officially named new owner of the buffalo sabres and nathan gerbe buried a puck at center-ice, with the full backing of his teammates, to rid them of the "home demons"...

they finished their homestand, and the month of february, by going 2-0-1...it was an exceptional month...not only did pegula and gerbe fit into the equation, but the sabres waived captain craig rivet and traded for forward brad boyes...not to be lost in all of this was the pegula-effect--a sense of family as witnessed by the return of the whole french connection line at his first game as owner...he also gave the organization an unequivocal sense of purpose:  "the reason for the sabers existence is to win the stanley cup"...

the pegula mantra would be tested early in the month of march as the sabres embarked on a seven-game eastern road trip...they would start by facing two teams they were battling with in the playoff bubble--the rangers and the hurricanes (a win and an ot-loss, respectively)...they followed that with some bouts vs. eastern conference heavyweights--the flyers, pens and bruins--and finished the road-trip going a very respectable 4-2-1...

a blow to the sabres family came when french connection sniper, rick "rico" martin died hours before their first home game back from the trip...martin was the consummate player on and off the ice and was a fixture in buffalo for years...it was ironic that the man who was essentially the glue between the past glory and the present for many years would pass after the sabres finally became whole again  french connection line-mate, and prodigal son, rene' robert, skating with martin and fellow line-mate, gilbert perreault at pegula's first game as owner...

after splitting the next two games at home winning the evening of rick martin's passing, the sabres found themselves in 8th place with seven games remaining in the month...with the playoff bubble muddled, the sabres ended the month strong by going 5-1-1including three shutouts (two by ryan miller and one by jhonas enroth) in their last five games...two of the shutouts came against two teams they were chasing--montreal and the rangers...

since terry pegula took over and nathan gerbe buried the puck at center ice, the sabres have gone 7-1-2 and improved their home record to 19-16-4, which shows just how awful they were at hsbc..

now as we head into the final week-and-a-half of the season the buffalo sabres, who at one point early in the year were dead last in the league, sit in seventh place, right behind the canadians with five games to go...

here's a look at where the sabres stood at the beginning of march when we looked at the 7th through 11th place teams in the eastern conference:

• ny rangers--70 pts
• carolina hurricane--67
• buffalo sabres--65
• toronto maple leafs--63
• atlanta thrashers--63

here's a look at the 6th through 9th place teams in the eastern conference:

• montreal canadians--89 pts
• buffalo sabres--87
• ny rangers--87
• carolina hurricanes--84

note:  although the toronto maple leafs sit in 10th place with 82 points and have yet to be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, it would take at least two epic collapses while they ran the table for them to get in...

here are the remaining schedules broke down into division leader, playoff teams and non-playoff team:

montreal (4):

• division leader--none
• playoff team (1)--chicago
• non-playoff (3)--nj devils, ottawa, toronto

buffalo (5):

• division leader (2)--washington, philly
• playoff team(1)--tampa
• non-playoff (2)--carolina, columbus

ny rangers (4):

• division leader (2)--philly, boston
• playoff--none
• non-playoff (2)--atlanta, nj devils

carolina (5):

• division leader (1)--detroit
• playoff team (2)--buffalo, tampa bay
• non-playoff (2)--ny islanders, atlanta

this weekend will be crucial for all teams involved...montreal faces a strong nj devils team who saved martin brodeur for tonight's game vs. the habs...one would think that former player, jacques lemaire, would like to be a major speed-bump to montreal's playoff positioning...

the sabres have a tough back-to-back...on the road...they face the capitals tonight in washington then travel to carolina to face the hurricanes...

carolina should not be looking past a very strong ny islanders team who have been one of the best teams since the all-star break (they just toppled the ny rangers two days ago)...the canes need to win tonight and need to win tomorrow vs. the sabres...one-point games, at this point will do very little, unless...

the ny rangers falter...and that's what they may be doing...they were shut out by the sabres 1-0 in a hard-fought, playoff-like game on march 30 then were toasted by the aforementioned ny islanders the following night, 6-2...

to complicate matters, henrik "king henrik" lundqvist took a shot just above the pad above his knee and has been hobbled...if that weren't enough, they have a back-to-back beginning tomorrow vs. the eastern conference leading flyers followed by division-leading boston, a team who they beat 1-0 three games ago...ouch...

it's conceivable that on tuesday morning there could be four teams within two points of each other for the 6th through 8th slots in the eastern conference...

w00t!!!

team stats at the end of march

the buffalo sabers go into the final five games entrenched in the playoffs in the 7th spot tied with the ny rangers at 87 points...march was a rock-solid month for the team as they went 10-4-2...

it looked treacherous early in the month as the team started with a tough, seven-game road trip...although they stayed on the east coast, they played some eastern conference heavyweights in the process as well as games vs. playoff bubble teams they were battling...

they came through strong during the month by kicking in the offense (going from 12th to 9th in the league) and dropping their goals against from 2.88 to 2.77...the latter stat was bolstered by snaring three shutouts in the last five games of the month...

both the pp and the pk got better with a significant jump in the penalty kill which went from 20th in the league to 13th (80.4% to 83.2)

all-in-all, the sabres, save for a couple of breakdowns have gotten stronger on defense, have kicked in the offense and are comfortable and composed no matter where they are within  the game...they can come back from two-goal deficits and win (philly and boston) or lock down a one-goal lead (montreal, njd, ny rangers)...

sure, they had a couple of clunkers in the month, but they did not have a losing streak and they had one three-game winning streak...that's how they moved up the standings, have a firm grip on a playoff spot and are looking to move up further instead of worrying about who's on their heels...

here's a look at how where the sabres are league-wide at the end of march...

wins:

• march--16th (39)...(1st, van--52)
• february--21st (29)...(philly--40)
• january--23rd (23)...(philly--33)
• december--26th (15)...(pitt--25)
• november--26th (9)
• october--27th (3)

points:

• march--17th (87)...(1st, van--113) 
• february--22nd (65)...(van--87)
• january--23rd (51)...(philly--71)
• december --26th (34)...(pitt, det--53)
• november--25th (21)
• october--28th (8)

eastern conference standing:

• march--7th...(#1, philly)
• february--9th...(philly)
• january--10th...(philly)
• december--12th...(pitt)
• november--11th
• october--14th

northeast division standing:

• march--3rd...(boston)
• february--3rd...(boston)
• january--3rd...(boston)
• december--4th...(boston)
• november--4th
• october--5th

goals/game:

• march--9th (2.87)...(#1, van--3.19)
• february--12th (2.80)...(det--3.32)
• january--16th (2.71)...(philly--3.46)
• december--21st (2.57)...(det--3.45)
• november--25th (2.40)...(col--3.52)
• october--22nd (2.50)...(tampa--3.50)

shots/game:

• march--4th (33)...(#1, sjs--34.6)
• february--4th (32.9)...(sjs--34)
• january--3rd (33.3)...(sjs--34.1)
• december--5th (33.2)...(sjs--33.5)
• november--4th (32.7)...(sjs--35.6)
• october--5th (33.2)...(sjs--35.6)

goals against/game:

• march--16th (2.77)...(#1, van--2.20)
• february--20th (2.88)...(van--2.30)
• january--20th (2.94)...(bos--2.14)
• december--23rd (2.92)...(bos--2.03)
• november--23rd (2.92)...(mtl--1.96)
• october--23rd (3.17)...(bos--1.38)

shots against/game:

• march--16th (30.6)...(#1, njd--26.1)
• february--19th (30.8)...(njd--27.0)
• january--18th (30.4)...(lak--27.4)
• december--11th (29.4)...(tbl--27.3)
• november--11th (29.4)...(stl--26.8)
• october--10th (28.5)...(stl--25.8)

powerplay:

• march--11th (18.8%)...(#1, van--24.7%)
• february--12th (18.2)...(van--24.8)
• january--12th (18.7)...(chi--25.6)
• december--23rd (16.2)...(van--25.3)
• november--26th (13.4)...(van--29.3)
• october--20th (13.0%)...(sjs--31.8)

penalty kill:

• march--13th (83.2%)...(#1, van--86.6%)
• february--20th (80.4)...(#1, pitt--86.7%)
• january--17th (81.6)...(pitt--88.5)
• december--15th (81.6)...(mtl--87.8)
• november--20th (81.6)...(pit--90.5)
• october--27th (74.7)...(bos--93.1)

faceoffs:

• march--26th (47.7%)...(#1, van--55.1%)
• february--26th (47.9)...(#1, van--55.4)
• january--27th (47.2)...(van--55.8)
• december--26th (48.0)...(van--56.8)
• november--27th (47.9)...(van--56.9)
• october--27th (47.7)...(sjs--56.4)

individual stats for the month of march

thomas vanek was in the top-two in scoring last month for the third straight month and is on pace to garner the most assists in his career while shooting for his fourth 30-goal season in the last five years (he had 28 goals last season)...

i bring this up because the injury to derek roy left an assistant captain spot open and vanek was given the reigns...he has been lauded for his all-around play for the sabres and rightfully so...the team entered january 12th in the conference and are now 7th...interesting to note that he pushed the glamour aside for the leadership role during that span...he was named 1st star once (in january,) 2nd star twice (both in february) and 3rd star three times (all in march)...during that span the team won 24 games...

the big-gun of the month, offense-wise, was nathan gerbe with seven goals, including a blistering rick martin-like slapshot as the team won just hours after the french connection legend passed away... andrej sekera also had a banner month leading the team with 15 points...

we can't dismiss rob niedermayer either  who finally scored a goal vs. minnesota on march 6th (a span of 53 games) and ended up with five goals on the month...

and finally, there's jhonas enroth who held the fort by going 3-0 for the month and won in a variety of ways:  overtime at minnesota, 6-4 vs. ottawa, and 1-0 vs. the ny rangers--a game which ended a very strong 10-4-2 month for the team...

a look at how the sabres did individually for the month of march...
points:

• march--sekera, 15...vanek, 14...ennis, 12
• february--stafford, 13...vanek, 11...ennis, pomminville, 7
• january--vanek, 16...pomminville, 13...ennis, 10
• december--roy, 11...pomminville, 10...vanek, ennis, stafford, hecht, myers, 7
• november--roy, 13...leopold, connolly, vanek, stafford, 7
• october--roy, vanek, 11...jordan leopold, 9

goals:

• march--gerbe, 7...ennis, 6...pomminville, niedermayer, 5
• february--stafford, 9...vanek, 5...pomminville, goose, 4
• january--vanek, pomminville, stafford, gerbe, 5
• december--staff, 6...pomminville, 5...vanek, ennis, 4
• november--roy, 6....vanek, connolly, 4
• october--vanek, 5...leopold, 4...ennis, roy, 3

power play goals:

• march--connolly, boyes, leopold, 2
• february--stafford, 3...ennis, pomminville, connolly, 1
• january--vanek, 3...pomminville, ennis, gerbe, 2
• december--staff, 4...pomminville, ennis, 2
• november--vanek, myers, 2...roy, leopold, 1

assists:

• march--sekera, 14...vanek, 10...connolly, myers, 7
• february--vanek, ennis, 6...leopold, 5
• january--vanek, 11...pomminville, 8...ennis, 7
• december--roy, 10...myers, 7...sekera, 6
• november--roy, 7...ennis, montador, 5
• october--roy, 8...vanek, 6...connolly, leopold, 5

power play assists:

• march--ennis, stafford, 3...vanek, pomminville, myers, sekera, 2
• february--vanek, 4...connolly, leopold, 2
• january--ennis, 5...vanek, connolly, 3
• december--roy, 6...vanek, 3...ennis, sekera, 2
• november--roy, 4...eight with one

primary assists:

• march--goose, 6...connolly, vanek, 5
• february--vanek, 5...ennis, leopold, 4
• january--pomminville, 5...vanek ennis, 4
• december--roy, 7...hecht, 4...myers, 3
• november--ennis, roy, montador, 4
• october--roy, 6...niedermayer, 3...five with 2

plus/minus:

• march--sekera, +12...myers, +8...vanek, stafford, +7
• february--hecht, +7...ennis, morrison, +6
• january--gerbs, morrisonn, +5...pomminville, +4
• december--weber, +7...sekera, +5...grier, gaustad, +4
• november--montador, +7...leopold, +3...kaleta, +2
• october--montador +9...ennis, +4...stafford, gaustad, +3

plus/minus (bottom):

• march--leopold, -8...grier, niedermayer, -4
• february--gerbe, -3...kaleta, -2...connolly, pomminville, niedermayer, goose, +1
• january--ennis, -6...sekera, niedermayer, -4
• december--leopold, -10...vanek, montador, -5...ennis, -4
• november--connolly, morrisonn, -8...rivet, -7
• october--myers, -10...vanek, -5...morrisonn, -4

forwards avg. toi (minus roy)
total:

• march ytd--pomminville, 18:08, vanek, 17:23, hecht, 17:04
• february ytd--pomminville, 18:00...hecht, 17:22...vanek, 17:21
• january ytd--pomminville, 18:01...vanek, 17:25...hecht, 17:14
• december ytd--roy, 19:32...pomminville, 17:39...vanek, 17:18
• november ytd--roy, 19:37...stafford, 16:48...vanek, 16:38
• october ytd--roy, 19:50...pomminville, 17:23...vanek, 17:11

even strength:

• march ytd--boyes, 14:15, vanek, 13:59...hecht, 13:40
• february ytd--vanek, 13:51...hecht, 13:43...ennis, 13:22
• january ytd--vanek, 13:42...hecht, 13:33...ennis, 13:15
• december ytd--roy, 14:20...vanek, 13:22...hecht, 12:53
• november ytd--roy, 15:04...stafford, 13:18...vanek, 13:06
• october ytd--roy, 14:37, vanek, 13:18...hecht, 13:00

power play:

• march ytd--vanek, 3:20...stafford, 3:01...pomminville, 2:58
• february ytd--vanek, 3:26...connolly, 3:10...pomminville, 3:08
• january ytd--vanek, 3:39...connolly, 3:26...pomminville, 3:24
• december ytd--vanek, 3:52...pomminville, 3:47...roy, 3:43
• november ytd--roy, 3:32...vanek, 3:25...stafford, 3:14
• october ytd--vanek, 3:59...roy, pomminville, 3:48

penalty kill:

• march ytd--grier, 2:43...goose, 2:00...pomminville, 1:56
• february ytd--grier, 2:51...hecht, 2:02...goose, 2:01
• january ytd--grier, 2:47...hecht, 2:05...pomminville, 1:56
• december ytd--grier 2:52...hecht, 2:07...pomminville, 1:59
• november ytd--grier, 3:17...hecht, 2:17...connolly, 2:05
• october ytd--grier, 2:57...hecht, 2:08...pomminville, 1:50

defensemen avg. toi

total:

• march ytd--leopold, 23:19...myers, 22:23...sekera, 20:57
• february ytd--leopold, 23:23...myers, 22:26...sekera, 20:41
• january ytd--leopold, 23:37...myers, 22:32...sekera, 20:40
• december ytd--leopold, 23:48...myers, 23:36...sekera, 20:50
• november ytd--leopold, 23:56...myers, 23:26...montador, sekera, 19:08
• october ytd--leopold, 23:51...myers, 23:41...montador, 20:24

even strength:

• march ytd--leopold, 18:00...sekera, 16:57...myers, 16:49
• february ytd--leopold, 18:02...montador, 17:25...myers, 16:31
• january ytd--leopold, 18:11...montador, 17:30...myers, sekera, 16:12
• december ytd--leopold, 18:13...montador, 17:27...myers 16:42
• november ytd--leopold, 17:36...myers, 16:44...montador, 16:39
• october ytd--leopold, 18:11...montador, 17:47...myers, 16:48

power play:

• march ytd--myers, 2:52...leopold, 2:44...sekera, 2:09
• february ytd--myers, 3:02...leopold, 2:44...sekera, 2:13
• january ytd--myers, 3:15...leopold, 2:48...m.a. gragnani, 2:26...sekera, 2:25
• december ytd--myers, 3:32...leopold, 2:47...sekera, 2:32
• november ytd--myers, 3:15...leopold, 3:11...sekera, 2:48
• october--myers, 3:27...leopold, 2:54...sekera, 2:34

penalty kill:

• march ytd--myers, 2:41...leopold, 2:34...montador, 2:08
• february ytd--myers, 2:52...leopold, 2:36...montador, 2:16
• january ytd--myers, 3:04...leopold, 2:36...montador, 2:17
• december ytd--myers, 3:21...leopold, 2:47...montador, 2:20
• november ytd--myers, 3:26...morrisonn, 3:23...leopold, 3:09
• october ytd--myers, 3:27...leopold, 2:45...morrison, 2:27

goaltending yr. to date (record...shots against...goals against...gaa...sv.%...shutouts)

ryan miller:

• march ytd--33-22-8...1935...164...2.60..., .915...5
• february ytd--28-18-6...1545...133...2.66..., .914...3
• january ytd--21-14-4...1194...104...2.68..., .913...3
• december ytd--13-12-3...809...72...2.62..., .911...2
• november ytd--7-7-2...474...44...2.55..., .914...0
• october ytd--3-5-2...277...27...2.71..., .903...0

patrick lalime:

• march ytd--0-5-0...163...18...2.96..., .890...0
• february ytd--0-5-0...163...18...2.96..., .890...0
• january ytd--0-5-0...163...18...2.96..., 890...0
• december ytd--0-4-0...145...16...3.03..., .890...0
• november ytd--0-4-0...145...16...3.03..., .890...0

jhonas enroth

• march ytd--6-2-1...247...21...2.45..., .915...1
• february ytd--3-2-1...160...15...2.69..., .906...0
• january ytd--2-2-1...126...13...2.90..., .897...0
• december ytd--2-2-1...126...13...2.90..., .897...0
• november ytd--2-2-1...126...13...2.90..., .897...0