Sabres Scheduled Release

What a short crazy hockey trip this is going to be over the next few months!  It is like there is going to be two playoff seasons…one to get to the playoffs and the actual playoffs.  That is if the Sabres play there way in to Lord Stanley’s dance.

One week from today the Buffalo Sabres make their scheduled release from the hell that was the lockout when they take the ice against the evil Philadelphia Flyers.  Let the games begin.

This is a breakdown of the schedule from Sabre.com:

Nine afternoon games and nine back-to-back sets highlight Buffalo’s 2013 schedule that was released on Saturday night. Here’s a look inside the numbers on Buffalo’s abbreviated season that will see them play 48 games in a 97-day sprint from Sunday, January 20 to Friday, April 26.

Games by month
January: 7 games/12 days (3 home/4 away)
February: 14 games/28 days (7 home/7 away)
March: 15 games/31 days (6 home/9 away)
April: 12 games/26 days (8 home/4 away)

Back-to-back games: 9
-Home/Away: 4
-Away/Home: 3
-Home/Home: 2 (Mar. 30-31; Apr. 13-14)

Number of times Sabres will play…
-2 games in 3 days: 27
-3 games in 4 days: 10
-4 games in 7 days from Sun-Sat: 7

Afternoon games: 9
Home: 7 (Jan. 20; Feb. 3; Feb. 17, Mar. 2; Mar. 16; Apr. 13; Apr. 14)
Road: 2 (Jan. 27; Feb. 2)

Games by days of the week
Saturday: 9
Sunday: 11
Monday: 2
Tuesday: 11 (on 11 straight Tuesdays from Jan. 29-Apr. 9)
Wednesday: 1 (only Wed. game is Apr. 17)
Thursday: 9
Friday: 5

Longest break: 3 days (2x: March 13-15; April 23-25)
Most consecutive home games: 3 (2x: Feb. 15-19; Apr. 11-14)
Most consecutive road games: 4 (Mar. 3-10)

Going even deeper into the numbers…
18.8: percentage of Sabres schedule that will be played in the afternoon
22.9: percentage of games played on Tuesdays
41.7: percentage of games played on Sat & Sun
52.1: percentage of games played between Fri-Sun
70.8: percentage of games played between Thurs-Sun

See the full Sabres schedule after the jump…