Vulgar Opinions: Bruins @ Sabres (2-15-13) Stars and Black Holes (NSFW)

I give up at trying to understand hockey.

Stars:

1. Tyler Myers – There are some other names I could put here for sure.  I went with Myers because I felt his goal really started things off in the third.
2. Drew Stafford - Another guy that simply has not produced this year, and not for lack of trying.  He had 5 shots on goal in addition to the two points tonight.
3. Christian Ehrhoff - A two point night, a whopping 26:58 of icetime with no one else going over 20 minutes.  What more can you ask for.

Unsung Hero:

• Ryan Miller - It’ll fade a bit with the way the game ended, but Miller came up big early.

Black Holes:

1. Patrick Kaleta - I believe it was his giveaway that led to the first goal, and his missed assignment that led to the second.  Not a good night.
2. Mikhail Grigorenk0 – Just the ups and downs of a young player.
3. None - A 4-2 win at home against a really good team is pretty textbook.  Hard to name too many black holes when eight players get points and another 4 are positive on the night.

Unseen Goat:

• None.

Leaderboard:

Awarding +3, +2, +1, +1, and minus the same for the stars and black holes:

1. Thomas Vanek (+23)
2. Jason Pominville (+11)
3. Ryan Miller (+11)
4. Christian Ehrhoff (+7)
5. Steve Ott (+3)
6. Mike Weber (+2)
7. Tyler Ennis (+1)
8. Robyn Regehr (+1)
9. Ville Leino (0)
10. Cody McCormick (-1)
11. T.J. Brennan (-1)
12. Alexander Sulzer (-1)
13. Andrej Sekera (-2)
14. Mikhail Grigorenko (-3)
15. Jochen Hecht (-3)
16. John Scott (-3)
17. Jhonas Enroth (-3)
18. Patrick Kaleta (-4)
19. Jordan Leopold (-7)
20. Drew Stafford (-7)
21. Marcus Foligno (-8)
22. Nathan Gerbe (-8)
23. Cody Hodgson (-8)
24. Tyler Myers (-13)