Sabres are NHL's Road Warriors
The Buffalo Sabres are still perfect on the road, winning all 10 times they have played away from HSBC Arena. Right wing Jason Pominville has scored eight goals in those 10 road wins to lead the offense, and only Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk, the Rangers’ Brendan Shanahan and Washington's Dainius Zubrus can match that total away from home. With Buffalo center Chris Drury contributing six goals, the Sabres' are averagiing 4.10 goals a game in their road whites. Only Toronto (4.22) and Tampa Bay (4.13) are averaging more. Meanwhile, Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller has a 1.72 goals-against average and .946 save percentage in five road contests. That’s the best save percentage away from home among NHL goalies with at least three road appearances this season. Teams may prefer to travel to Buffalo to face the 15-1-1 Sabres, whose only two losses have come at HSBC Arena, but the Sabres are posting a league-leading 5.00 goals a game on their home ice. No other team is averaging as many as four goals a game at home.
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i live in buffalo and i love my sabres they are doing so well but they need to do alot better when they are home as well as away usualy the sabres are scored against first but end up coming back in the third period they need to not do this they need to win and stay winning and stay strong and start pickin up from when they first start off
Posted by: cschmidle | November 15, 2006 05:47 PM
You're right about the Sabres coming back despite being scored on first. That has happened eight times so far this season, and the Sabres have won seven of those games. The eighth was lost in OT.
Posted by: TH | November 16, 2006 04:49 AM