team stats as of december, 2010

a 6-5-1 record for the month of december is a negligible improvement for the buffalo sabres, but not even close to being good enough to get them up in the standings...in fact, they actually dropped a spot overall and in the eastern conference...

here's a look at where they rank year to date and where they stood the previous month(s)...

wins:

• december--26th (15)...(#1, pit, 25)
• november--26th (9)
• october--27th (3)

points:

• december --26th (34)...(#1, pit, det, 53)
• november--25th (21)
• october--28th (8)

 eastern conference standing:

• december--12th...(#1, pit)
• november--11th
• october--14th

northeast division standing:

• december--4th...(#1, boston)
• november--4th
• october--5th

goals/game:

• december--21st (2.57)...(#1, det, 3.45)
• november--25th (2.40)...(col, 3.52)
• october--22nd (2.50)...(tampa, 3.50)

goals against/game:

• december--23rd (2.92)...(#1, bos, 2.03)
• november--23rd (2.92)...(mtl, 1.96)
• october--23rd (3.17)...(bos, 1.38)

shots/game:

• december--5th (33.2)...(#1, sjs, 33.5)
• november--4th (32.7)...(sjs, 35.6)
• october--5th (33.2)...(sjs, 35.6)

shots against/game:

• december--11th (29.4)...(#1, tbl, 27.3)
• november--11th (29.4)...(stl, 26.8)
• october--10th (28.5)...(stl, 25.8)

powerplay:

• december--23rd (16.2%)...(#1, van, 25.3%)
• november--26th (13.4)...(van, 29.3)
• october--20th (13.0%)...(sjs, 31.8)

penalty kill:

• december--15th (81.6%)...(#1, mtl, 87.8%)
• november--20th (81.6)...(pit, 90.5)
• october--27th (74.7)...(bos, 93.1)

faceoffs:

• december--26th (48.0%)...(#1, van, 56.8%)
• november--27th (47.9)...(van, 56.9)
• october--27th (47.7)...(sjs, 56.4)