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1 Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Thu, Dec, 6 NHL Game #6 Buffalo Sabres ( pts) New York Rangers ( pts) Team Game: Home Game: - - (Home) - - (Road) Team Game: Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Anders Nilsson Linus Ullmark Robin Lehner # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Josh Gorges - 6 D Cody Franson L Evander Kane - R Brian Gionta 8-6 C Jack Eichel R Kyle Okposo C Johan Larsson 7-6 C Sam Reinhart 7-6 L Matt Moulson C Derek Grant C Zemgus Girgensons - 9 D Jake McCabe - 8 D Taylor Fedun 6 D Justin Falk 9-7 D Zach Bogosian L William Carrier D Rasmus Ristolainen - 77 D Dmitry Kulikov - 8 L Marcus Foligno 6-9 C Ryan O'Reilly # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Henrik Lundqvist Antti Raanta 8..9 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Adam Clendening 6 D Dan Girardi D Kevin Klein 6 6 L J.T. Miller L Matt Puempel 6-7 C Kevin Hayes D Marc Staal 6 9 R Jesper Fast 8 7 L Chris Kreider C Derek Stepan D Nick Holden 9 6 C Oscar Lindberg - 6 L Jimmy Vesey D Ryan McDonagh 9 6 R Mats Zuccarello R Michael Grabner R Rick Nash R Brandon Pirri 76 D Brady Skjei 8 86 C Josh Jooris Owner/CEO President/Alternate Governor General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff Terry Pegula Russ Brandon Tim Murray Dan Bylsma Terry Murray, Bob Woods, Tom Ward, Andrew Allen (Goaltending Coach), Adam Nightingale (Video Coach) President General Manager Assistant General Managers Head Coach Assistant Coaches Glen Sather Jeff Gorton Jim Schoenfeld, Chris Drury Alain Vigneault Scott Arniel (Associate Coach), Jeff Beukeboom, Darryl Williams, Benoit Allaire (Goaltending Coach) Tonight's Officials Referees Chris Lee (8), Jake Brenk () Linesmen Brad Kovachik (7), Mark Shewchyk (9) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem BAVPA Vocal Symphony Officiating Manager Paul Devorski Today's Schedule ARI : 7: BOS : 7: BUF : 7: COL : 7: PIT : 7: STL : 7: VAN : 7: WPG : 7: WSH : 7: CHI : 7: DET : 7: OTT : 7:

2 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Josh Gorges D 6' " Aug, 98 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Cody Franson D 6' " Aug 8, 987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' " Aug, 99 Vancouver, BC, CAN Brian Gionta R ' 7" 78 Jan 8, 979 Rochester, NY, USA Jack Eichel C 6' " 96 Oct 8, 996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA Kyle Okposo R 6' " 8 Apr 6, 988 St. Paul, MN, USA Johan Larsson C ' " Jul, 99 Lau, SWE Sam Reinhart C 6' " 9 Nov 6, 99 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 6 Matt Moulson L 6' " Nov, 98 North York, ON, CAN 7 Derek Grant C 6' " Apr, 99 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 8 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' " Jan, 99 Riga, LVA 9 Jake McCabe D 6' " 9 Oct, 99 Eau Claire, WI, USA Anders Nilsson G 6' 6" 9 Mar 9, 99 Lulea, SWE Linus Ullmark G 6' " Jul, 99 Lugnvik, SWE 8 Taylor Fedun D 6' " 98 Jun, 988 Edmonton, AB, CAN Robin Lehner G 6' " 9 Jul, 99 Gothenburg, SWE Justin Falk D 6' " Oct, 988 Snowflake, MB, CAN 7 Zach Bogosian D 6' " 8 Jul, 99 Massena, NY, USA 8 William Carrier L 6' " Dec, 99 LaSalle, QC, CAN Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' " Oct 7, 99 Turku, FIN 77 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' " Oct 9, 99 Lipetsk, RUS 8 Marcus Foligno L 6' " 8 Aug, 99 Buffalo, NY, USA 9 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' " Feb 7, 99 Clinton, ON, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " Age: 6. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' " Apr 8, 98 London, ON, CAN Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' " 6 Feb, 99 LaSalle, QC, CAN 6 Tyler Ennis L ' 9" 7 Oct 6, 989 Edmonton, AB, CAN Goal Streaks SAM REINHART ( / Games) Assist Streaks CODY FRANSON ( / Games) KYLE OKPOSO ( / Games) Point Streaks SAM REINHART (-- / Games) CODY FRANSON (-- / Games) KYLE OKPOSO (-- / Games) New York Rangers: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Adam Clendening D 6' " 96 Oct 6, 99 Niagara Falls, NY, USA Dan Girardi D 6' " Apr 9, 98 Welland, ON, CAN 8 Kevin Klein D 6' " 6 Dec, 98 Kitchener, ON, CAN J.T. Miller L 6' " 6 Mar, 99 East Palestine, OH, USA Matt Puempel L 6' " Jan, 99 Windsor, ON, CAN Kevin Hayes C 6' " May 8, 99 Dorchester, MA, USA 8 Marc Staal D 6' " 9 Jan, 987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 9 Jesper Fast R 6' " 9 Dec, 99 Nassjo, SWE Chris Kreider L 6' " 8 Apr, 99 Boxford, MA, USA Derek Stepan C 6' " 96 Jun 8, 99 Hastings, MN, USA Nick Holden D 6' " May, 987 St. Albert, AB, CAN Oscar Lindberg C 6' " Oct 9, 99 Skellefteå, SWE 6 Jimmy Vesey L 6' " 7 May 6, 99 Boston, MA, USA 7 Ryan McDonagh D 6' " 6 Jun, 989 St. Paul, MN, USA Henrik Lundqvist G 6' " 88 Mar, 98 Are, SWE Antti Raanta G 6' " 9 May, 989 Rauma, FIN 6 Mats Zuccarello R ' 7" 79 Sep, 987 Oslo, NOR Michael Grabner R 6' " 8 Oct, 987 Villach, AUT 6 Rick Nash R 6' " Jun 6, 98 Brampton, ON, CAN 7 Brandon Pirri R 6' " 86 Apr, 99 Toronto, ON, CAN 76 Brady Skjei D 6' " Mar 6, 99 Lakeville, MN, USA 86 Josh Jooris C 6' " 97 Jul, 99 Burlington, ON, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " Age: 7. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 89 Pavel Buchnevich R 6' " 9 Apr 7, 99 Cherepovets, RUS 9 Mika Zibanejad C 6' " Apr 8, 99 Huddinge, SWE Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks

3 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R Kyle Okposo :. 8 6 C 9 Ryan O'Reilly : C Sam Reinhart :. 8 D Rasmus Ristolainen -. 6:8. L 6 Matt Moulson :. 8 R Brian Gionta : C Johan Larsson : D 6 Cody Franson :6. 7 L 8 Marcus Foligno :. 7 9 C 8 Zemgus Girgensons :. 8 9 D 8 Taylor Fedun 6 7. :. L 9 Evander Kane -. 8:. 7 D 9 Jake McCabe - 6. :9. C Jack Eichel. 7:8. L 6 Tyler Ennis :. C 7 Derek Grant - 7. :.8 6 L 8 William Carrier 8.6 8:. 7 D Josh Gorges :. D Justin Falk 9-6. :. L Nicolas Deslauriers :. 6 D 7 Zach Bogosian :9. 6 D 77 Dmitry Kulikov - 6. :. # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM Anders Nilsson Linus Ullmark Robin Lehner New York Rangers: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C Kevin Hayes : L J.T. Miller :.66 9 R Michael Grabner 6 9. :. 6 R 6 Rick Nash :6. 8 R 6 Mats Zuccarello :6 6. C 9 Mika Zibanejad :.66 6 L 6 Jimmy Vesey :8. C Derek Stepan 7.8 7: L Chris Kreider : D 7 Ryan McDonagh 9. :. 6 D Nick Holden :. D 76 Brady Skjei :. 6 R 7 Brandon Pirri. : R 9 Jesper Fast :7.7 R 89 Pavel Buchnevich 8 8. :. D Dan Girardi :. D 8 Kevin Klein :6. 7 D 8 Marc Staal 6.8 9:. C 86 Josh Jooris. 8:.98 6 D Adam Clendening 6. 6:. L Matt Puempel :9. 6 C Oscar Lindberg :. 9 8 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM Henrik Lundqvist Antti Raanta

4 New York Buffalo Sabres Team Records New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres Last game: Tuesday VS CAROLINA (- W) Tuesday AT OTTAWA (- W) Next game: Saturday VS CAROLINA Saturday VS BOSTON Overall record/streak: / Win / Undef / Win / Undef Home record/streak: / Win / Undef - - / OTL Road record/streak: / Win / Undef - - / Win / Undef Last Games: Last Games: Goal Games: Goal Games - - -Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record - This Season: - - OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: - - Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Atlantic: vs. Metropolitan: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month by Month Record New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: Totals:

5 New York Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg New York Rangers: 7 88 (.7 avg.) Opponents: (. avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (. avg.) Opponents: 7 (. avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg New York Rangers: (8.6 avg.) Opponents: 7 7 (9.6 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (9. avg.) Opponents: 7 7 (. avg.) Power Play New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: 7. (9th NHL) (th NHL) Home: 9.6 (th NHL) 8.9 (9th NHL) Road:. (rd NHL) 9. (6th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) Penalty Killing New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (6th NHL) (T-th NHL) Home: (T-th NHL) (6th NHL) Road: 87. (T-th NHL) 9 7. (8th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-nd NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-8th NHL) Penalties New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 6. (st NHL) (T-th NHL) Goal Situations New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres For Against For Against 6 on : 6 on : 6 on : on : 6 6 on : 6 on : on : on : on : on : on : on 6: on : 8 on 6: on 6: 6 Empty Net: 6 Penalty Shots: Total: 88 8

6 New York Buffalo Sabres Situations Individual Leaders New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres Points: K. HAYES (9),J. MILLER (9),R. NASH (6) K. OKPOSO (),R. O'REILLY (),S. REINHART () Goals: M. GRABNER (),R. NASH (),K. HAYES () M. MOULSON (7),K. OKPOSO (7),R. O'REILLY (6) Assists: R. MCDONAGH (),B. SKJEI (),J. MILLER () R. RISTOLAINEN (),K. OKPOSO (8),S. REINHART (7) PP Goals: R. NASH (),B. PIRRI (),J. VESEY () M. MOULSON (6),K. OKPOSO (),R. O'REILLY () SH Goals: D. STEPAN (),K. HAYES (),J. MILLER () GW Goals: D. GIRARDI (),B. PIRRI (),J. VESEY () R. O'REILLY (),J. LARSSON (),B. GIONTA () + Goals: M. GRABNER() PIM: C. KREIDER (),R. NASH (),J. FAST () J. GORGES (),D. GRANT (7),M. FOLIGNO () Shots: R. NASH (69),J. MILLER (),M. GRABNER () K. OKPOSO (6),R. O'REILLY (7),S. REINHART (6) +/-: M. GRABNER (+9),K. HAYES (+6),D. GIRARDI (+) W. CARRIER (+),K. OKPOSO (+),J. EICHEL (+) Shootout New York Rangers Shooter G/S % GDG Brandon Pirri /. Mats Zuccarello /. Goaltender Rec. G/S % Henrik Lundqvist - /. Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Sam Reinhart / 66.7 Brian Gionta /. Kyle Okposo /. Ryan O'Reilly /. Goaltender Rec. G/S % Anders Nilsson - /6.667 Robin Lehner - /. Power Play New York Rangers Player G A P Rick Nash Mika Zibanejad Chris Kreider Brandon Pirri Derek Stepan Jimmy Vesey Pavel Buchnevich Ryan McDonagh Brady Skjei Mats Zuccarello J.T. Miller Kevin Hayes Nick Holden Kevin Klein Oscar Lindberg Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Kyle Okposo 7 Rasmus Ristolainen 9 9 Matt Moulson 6 8 Ryan O'Reilly 7 Sam Reinhart 6 Taylor Fedun Jack Eichel Evander Kane Cody Franson Johan Larsson Short Handed New York Rangers Player G A P Kevin Hayes Dan Girardi Michael Grabner Kevin Klein J.T. Miller Marc Staal Derek Stepan Buffalo Sabres Player G A P No players to display

7 Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Tuesday, November 9 Buffalo at Ottawa Goals: O Reilly (), Okposo, Eichel, Reinhart Goalie: Lehner ( saves/6 shots); Nilsson (6 saves/9 shots) PP: /; PK: /; Shots: Ottawa Buffalo 8 CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: ) Player (injury, first game missed) total games missed Cody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. ; injured reserve) games Nicolas Deslauriers (knee, Oct. ; injured reserve) games Zach Bogosian (MCL sprain, Nov. ) games Tyler Ennis (groin, Nov. 9; injured reserve) games Dmitry Kulikov (lower back, Nov. ) 9 games Robin Lehner (hip, Dec. ) games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS /6: Assigned F William Carrier, F Cal O Reilly and F Cole Schneider to Rochester (AHL) /7: Recalled F William Carrier from Rochester (AHL) /9: Activated F Jack Eichel from IR /: Recalled G Linus Ullmark from Rochester (AHL) UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Dec : Boston at Buffalo, p.m. Monday, Dec. : Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6: Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9: Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. : Los Angeles at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT S GAME RANGERS at SABRES This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Rangers this season. Last meeting: Buffalo defeated New York - in New York on April Next meeting: Tuesday, Jan. in New York The Sabres are -9- in their last games vs. the Rangers; -7- at home This is the 7th game all-time between Buffalo and New York; Buffalo has a series record. The Sabres are 7-8- at home against the Rangers all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are -- all-time on December. December, 99: Dominik Hasek stops Tampa Bay shots to record his second of regular-season shutouts as a member of the Sabres in a - win against the Lightning. December, 6: The Sabres top the Rangers - in a shootout to cap an -game unbeaten streak (9--) against New York. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Cody Franson has an assist in each of his last two games. A point tonight would give him his longest point streak since October. Kyle Okposo has points (+9) in his last games against the Rangers, including two points in each of his last three.

8 Brian Gionta has points (6+6) in his last games against the Rangers, including a point in each of the three matchups last season. Zemgus Girgensons had three goals in three games against the Rangers in -6. Jack Eichel has at least a point in each of his three career games against the Rangers, totaling four assists in those games. Johan Larsson has a point in each of his last two games against the Rangers (+). RETURN OF THE JACK Jack Eichel returned to the Sabres lineup on Tuesday at Ottawa after missing the team s first games with a high-ankle sprain. In his first game of the season, Eichel recorded two points (+) and now has points in a career-best six straight games played (+6). With Tuesday s win, the Sabres improved to -- (.68) in Eichel s career when he records a point and 9-- (.7) when he has at least two. Tonight s game will be Eichel s first game at KeyBank Center since last season s finale. He had points (+) in his last nine home games of the -6 season. LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Buffalo s goaltenders have the fourth-best combined save percentage* (.97) in the league. They also have the fifth-best save percentage during -on- play (.9). The Sabres last finished a season with a combined save percentage* above.9 in the 9- season (.9, Ryan Miller/Patrick Lalime/Jhonas Enroth) and have topped the team s current mark only twice in franchise history: (.9, Dominik Hasek/Dwayne Roloson/Martin Biron) and (.98, Hasek/Steve Shields) Top Five NHL Goaltending Tandems by Save Percentage* Team GA SA SV SV% Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Top Five NHL Goaltending Tandems by -on- Save Percentage* Team GA SA SV SV% Chicago Blackhawks Montreal Canadiens Minnesota Wild Washington Capitals 8.96 Buffalo Sabres *Combined save percentage excludes empty net goals SABRES IN THE TOP * Buffalo is ranked fifth in the NHL in both power play percentage (.7%) and team faceoff percentage (.%). Ryan O Reilly ranks second among all NHL forwards with an average ice time of :7 per game. O Reilly finished the -6 season ranked first among forwards with : of ice time per game and has averaged : per game since the beginning of the

9 - season, leading all NHL forwards during that time frame. O Reilly also ranks eighth in the NHL among players with at least faceoffs in faceoff percentage (7.%). Matt Moulson ranks second in the NHL with six power-play goals. Rasmus Ristolainen ranks fifth among all NHL skaters in average ice time per game (6:8). He is tied for second among all NHL defensemen and eighth among all NHL players with nine power-play points. *All stats as of / BUF-NYR CONNECTIONS Former Rangers: Justin Falk spent part of the - season with the Rangers, playing in games for New York, where he compiled two points (+). Local Players: Adam Clendening was born in Niagara Falls, New York. Jack Eichel: Represented the United States alongside Brady Skjei at the World Junior Championship. Justin Falk: Teammates with Michael Grabner for the Spokane Chiefs (WHL) from -7. Cody Franson: Teammates with Marc Staal at the 7 World Junior Championship for Team Canada. Played for the Nashville Predators with Kevin Klein from 9-. Josh Gorges: Represented Canada at the World Junior Championship with Kevin Klein. Derek Grant: Teammates with Mika Zibanejad for the Ottawa Senators from -. Was a member of the Calgary Flames with Josh Jooris during the -6 season. Evander Kane: Played with Marc Staal at the World Championship for Team Canada. Represented Canada at the World Championship along with Rick Nash. Robin Lehner: Played alongside Mika Zibanejad for the Ottawa Senators from -. Was a member of the Ottawa Senators during the - season along with Matt Puempel. Jake McCabe: Played with J.T. Miller and Jimmy Vesey at the World Junior Championship representing the United States. Miller was also a member of the 9- United States NTDP squad along with McCabe. Skated alongside Kevin Hayes at the World Championship representing the United States. The two were also members of the United States NTDP during the 9- season. Represented the United States with Brady Skjei at the 6 World Championship.

10 Matt Moulson: Was a member of the New York Islanders from - along with Michael Grabner. Anders Nilsson: Teammates with Michael Grabner for the New York Islanders during the - season and again during the - season. Was a member of the Edmonton Oilers during the -6 season along with Adam Clendening. Ryan O Reilly: Teammates with Nick Holden for the Colorado Avalanche from -. Kyle Okposo: Played with Michael Grabner for the New York Islanders from -. Represented the United States with Chris Kreider at the World Championship. Shares a hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota with Ryan McDonagh. World Junior Championship: The Swedish World Junior Championship team is well represented between the Sabres and Rangers, having two players for each team on their current rosters. Both Robin Lehner and Johan Larsson appeared on the team along with Jesper Fast and Oscar Lindberg. Lehner, Larsson and Lindberg also appeared together in the 9 World U8 Championship. Hobey Baker Memorial Award: Jack Eichel and Jimmy Vesey were both finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Eichel won the award, while Vesey was a runner-up. NHL Draft: Kyle Okposo (7th overall) and Michael Grabner (th overall) were selected in the first round of the 6 NHL Draft. Evander Kane (th overall) and Chris Kreider (9th overall) were both selected in the first round of the 9 NHL Draft. Ryan O Reilly (rd overall), Robin Lehner (6th overall) and Brandon Pirri (9th overall) were all taken in the second round of the 9 NHL Draft Johan Larsson (6th overall) was selected one pick before Oscar Lindberg (7th overall) in the second round of the NHL Draft. Zemgus Girgensons (th overall) was selected in the first round of the NHL Draft along with Brady Skjei 8th overall). SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Foligno (7), Ristolainen (), Gorges () Blocked Shots: Gorges (), Ristolainen (), McCabe () Shots: Okposo (6), O Reilly (7), Reinhart (6) SABRES RECORD IN GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] -: -- (), /, 8/, 6/ -: -- (9), /6, 6/, 8/6 -: -- (), 6/7, /9, /8 OVERTIME RESULTS (-; -7 all-time) Oct. 8 at EDM: L, - (GWG-Monahan) Nov. vs. NJD: L, - (GWG-Greene)

11 SHOOTOUT RESULTS (-; 68-6 all-time) Oct. at PHI: L, - (GDG-Giroux) Nov. 9 vs. OTT: L, - (GDG-Ryan) Nov. 9 vs. PIT: W, - (GDG-C. O Reilly) Nov. vs. DET: L, - (GDG-Vanek) MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player Needs Milestone) Wins Dan Bylsma wins NHL wins Points Marcus Foligno point NHL points Cody Franson 7 points NHL points RECENT MILESTONES N/A

12 Buffalo Sabres: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. //6 Montréal Canadiens L p / 97+ Edmonton Oilers W -- 6-,9p,9,,,6p / 87 Calgary Flames O* ,9p, / 989+ Vancouver Canucks L / 789 Philadelphia Flyers O** ,6p,6p / 99 6 /7/6 Minnesota Wild L / 8 7 /9/6 Florida Panthers W -- -,p,p / 86 8 Winnipeg Jets W -- -,, / 9+ 9 Minnesota Wild W , / 886+ //6 Toronto Maple Leafs L / 88 Ottawa Senators W -- -, / 6 Boston Bruins L / 76+ /9/6 Ottawa Senators O** / 788 //6 New Jersey Devils O* p / 8 New Jersey Devils L , / 6+ 6 St. Louis Blues L p / /7/6 Tampa Bay Lightning L p / /9/6 Pittsburgh Penguins W** / //6 Calgary Flames W p,p,6p, / 76 //6 Detroit Red Wings O** / 86 Washington Capitals L / 86+ Ottawa Senators W p,p,9,,9p / 9 //6 New York Rangers //6 Boston Bruins Washington Capitals 6 /6/6 Edmonton Oilers 7 /9/6 Washington Capitals 8 //6 Los Angeles Kings 9 /6/6 New York Islanders Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers //6 Carolina Hurricanes New York Islanders Detroit Red Wings /9/6 Boston Bruins 6 Boston Bruins 7 New York Rangers 8 Chicago Blackhawks 9 /7/7 Winnipeg Jets //7 Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning Carolina Hurricanes /6/7 Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs //7 Detroit Red Wings 6 Montréal Canadiens 7 Nashville Predators 8 Dallas Stars 9 Montréal Canadiens //7 New York Rangers //7 Ottawa Senators New Jersey Devils /7/7 San Jose Sharks /9/7 Anaheim Ducks Toronto Maple Leafs 6 //7 Vancouver Canucks 7 Ottawa Senators 8 /6/7 Colorado Avalanche 9 /8/7 St. Louis Blues 6 /9/7 Chicago Blackhawks 6 Colorado Avalanche 6 Arizona Coyotes 6 /8/7 Nashville Predators 6 //7 Arizona Coyotes 6 //7 Tampa Bay Lightning 66 Pittsburgh Penguins 67 /7/7 Philadelphia Flyers 68 Columbus Blue Jackets 69 //7 Columbus Blue Jackets 7 San Jose Sharks 7 Los Angeles Kings 7 Anaheim Ducks 7 Detroit Red Wings 7 //7 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 //7 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 /7/7 Florida Panthers 77 Columbus Blue Jackets 78 //7 New York Islanders 79 //7 Toronto Maple Leafs 8 //7 Montréal Canadiens 8 Florida Panthers 8 Tampa Bay Lightning

13 Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. GORGES # FRANSON # 6 KANE # 9 SCHNEIDER # GIONTA # EICHEL # O'REILLY # 9 Oct Vs MTL -,/- 8:6 -,/- 8:6 -,/ : -,/- : Oct EDM -,/ : -,/- : DNP -,/ 7: Oct CGY -,/- 7: -,/ : DNP -,/ 7: VAN -,/ 7:9 -,/ : DNP -,/ 7:8 PHI -,/ : -,/ : INJ -,/ 9: Oct 7 Vs MIN -,/ : -,/- :8 DNP -,/ 6: Oct 9 Vs FLA -,/ :6 -,/ : DNP -,/ 7:9 WPG -,/ : -,/ :9 DNP -(W),/ : MIN -,/ : -,/ : INJ -,/ : Nov Vs TOR -,/- : -,/ :8 INJ -,/- 8:8 OTT -,/ 9: -,/ 9: INJ -,/ 7:9 Nov BOS -,/ 6: -,6/- :8 INJ -,/- : Nov 9 Vs OTT -,/ 9: -,/ 7:8 -,/ :9 -,/ 7:9 -,/- 9:9 Nov Vs NJD -,/ : -,/ :7 -,/ 6:7 DNP -,/- 9: NJD -,/- :8 -,/ : -,/- : -,/ 7:8 -,/ 7: STL -,/ 7: -,/- :9 -,/- 8:6 MIN -,/ 6: Nov 7 Vs TBL -,/ 9: -,/- : -,/- 8:9 MIN -,/ 6: Nov 9 Vs PIT -,/ : -,/ : -,/ : -,/ :7 -,/ : -,/ :8 Nov Vs CGY -,/ 6:6 -,/- :6 -,/- : -,/ 8: -,/ 7:8 -,/ : Nov Vs DET -,/ :8 -,/ 9:6 -,/ :6 DNP -,/ : -,/ 8: WSH -,/- 9:9 -,/ :6 -,/ 9:6 DNP -,/ 8:9 -,/- 9:8 Nov OTT -,/ 8: -,/ 7: -,/ :7 MIN -,/- :6 -,/ 7:8 MIN Date Opp. OKPOSO # LARSSON # REINHART # MOULSON # 6 GRANT # 7 GIRGENSONS # 8 MCCABE # 9 Oct Vs MTL -,/- 7:6 -,/- : -,/- :9 -,/- : -,/- :9 -,/- : Oct EDM -,/ 9: -,/ :9 -,/ 8: -,/ :9 -,/- 9: -,/- : -,/ 9: Oct CGY -,/ 7:8 -,/- 8:6 -,/- :9 -,/ :9 -,/ : -,/ : -,/- : VAN -,6/ : -,/ : -,/ : -,/ : -,/ :6 -,/ : -,/- 8:6 PHI -,/ 9: -,/ :9 -,/ :8 -,/ :6 -,/ : -,/ : -,/ :6 Oct 7 Vs MIN -,/- 9:6 -,/- 8: -,/- : -,/- 8: -,/- :6 -,/- :6 -,/- : Oct 9 Vs FLA -,/ 7: -(W),/ 7: -,/ : -,/ :9 -,/ : -,/ :7 -,/ :6 WPG -,/ 7: -,/ :8 -,/ :9 -,/ :6 -,/ : -,/ :9 -,/ :6 MIN -,/ : -(W),/ :6 -,/ : -,/ : -,/ 9:6 -,/ : -,/ : Nov Vs TOR -,/ :7 -,/ 7: -,/ 6: -,/ 6: -,/ 7: -,/- : -,/ 9: OTT -,/ 7:8 -,/ 7: -(W),/ : -,/ 6: -,/ : -,/ :7 -,/ : Nov BOS -,/ 8: -,/- 6: -,/ 7: -,/ 6:7 -,/ :7 -,/ :9 -,/ 8: Nov 9 Vs OTT -,/ : -,/- 8:6 -,/ : -,/ :7 -,/ :9 -,/- : -,/ : Nov Vs NJD -,/ 6: -,/- 6:7 -,/ : -,/ : -,/ : -,/ :6 -,/ : NJD -,/ :8 -,/- : -,/ 8: -,/- : -,/ : -,/- : -,/ :7 STL -,/- 9:8 -,/ 7:8 -,/- : -,/- :8 -,/- 8: -,/ : -,/- : Nov 7 Vs TBL -,7/- 7:6 -,/ 7: -,/- 8:9 -,/ : -,/- : -,/ : -,/- :8 Nov 9 Vs PIT -,/ : -,/ :6 -,/ 9:9 -,/ :6 -,/ : -,/ : -,/ : Nov Vs CGY -,/- :6 -,6/- 9:9 -,/ 6:8 -(W),/ :8 -,/- :8 -,/ : -,/- : Nov Vs DET -,/ : -,/ 9: -,/ 7:8 -,/- 6:8 -,/ 7: -,/ : -,/ : WSH -,/ : -,/ : -,/ 6: -,/ : -,/ :9 -,/ 9:7 -,/ 9: Nov OTT -,/ 8:8 -,/- :9 -,/ 7:8 -,/ : -,/ : -,/ 7: -,/- : Date Opp. NELSON # FEDUN # 8 FALK # DESLAURIERS # BOGOSIAN # 7 CARRIER # 8 RISTOLAINEN # Oct Vs MTL -,/- :7 -,/- : -,/- : -,/- :7 Oct EDM DNP -,/ :9 -,/ 9: -,/ 6: Oct CGY DNP -,/- 9:6 -,/- 9: -,/- 6: VAN DNP -,/ : -,/- 8: -,/ :8 PHI DNP -,/ 8: -,/ : -,/ :6 Oct 7 Vs MIN DNP -,/- 7: -,6/- : -,/- 6: Oct 9 Vs FLA DNP -,/ 6:7 -,/ 9: -,/ : WPG DNP DNP -,/- : -,/ 6: MIN DNP DNP -,/ : -,/ :8 Nov Vs TOR -,/- : DNP DNP -,/ :9 OTT -,/ :6 DNP DNP -,/ 6:6 -,/ : Nov BOS -,/ :7 DNP DNP -,/ 7: -,/ :6 Nov 9 Vs OTT -,/ :7 INJ DNP -,/ 9: -,/- 9:7 Nov Vs NJD -,/- :7 -,/- : INJ DNP -,/ 7:9 -,/ :8 NJD -,/ : -,/ : INJ DNP -,/ :7 -,/- 7: STL -,/- : -,/- : INJ DNP -,/ :8 -,/ 7:7 Nov 7 Vs TBL MIN -,/- : -,/- : INJ DNP -,/- 9:6 -,/ 9: Nov 9 Vs PIT MIN -,/ : -,/ 9:6 INJ DNP -,/ : -,/ 9:6 Nov Vs CGY MIN -,/ 7: -,/ :7 INJ DNP -,/ 6: -,/ :7 Nov Vs DET MIN -,/- 6: -,/ : INJ DNP -,/ 8:9 -,/ 9: WSH MIN -,/ :6 -,/ : INJ DNP -,/- 8: -,/- 7:6 Nov OTT MIN -,/ 6: -,/ :9 INJ DNP -,/ : -,/- 7:

14 Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. ENNIS # 6 KULIKOV # 77 FOLIGNO # 8 O'REILLY # 9 NILSSON # LEHNER # Oct Vs MTL -,/- 7:7 -,/- :7 -,/- : DND / L 7:6 Oct EDM -,/- :6 -,/- 9: -,/ 7:8 -(W),/ : DND / W 6: Oct CGY -,/- :9 -,/ 9: -,/ :6 -,/- :6 DND / O 6:8 VAN -,/ : -,/ : -,/ : -,/ : DND / L 8:6 PHI -,/ 6: -,/ :8 -,/ 7: -,/ : / O 6: DNP Oct 7 Vs MIN -,9/- :8 -,/- : -,/ : -,/- 9: / L 9: DNP Oct 9 Vs FLA -,/ :9 -,/ :6 -,/ 7: -,/ : / W 9:8 DND WPG -,/ 6: -,/ : -,/ 6: -,/ :9 DND /8 W 6: MIN -,/ : -,/ 7: -,/ : -,/ :7 DND /8 W 6: Nov Vs TOR -,/- :7 -,/- : -,/ 7:8 -,7/ : DND /9 L 8: OTT -,/ : -,/ : -,/ :6 -,/ : DND / W 6: Nov BOS -,/- 7: -,/- : -,/ 6: -,/ :8 DND / L 6: Nov 9 Vs OTT DNP -,/- : -,/ 7:6 DNP DND /9 O 6: Nov Vs NJD INJ DNP -,/- :7 -,/ : / O 6:9 DND NJD INJ DNP -,/ 6: DNP DND /7 L 6: STL INJ DNP -,/- 7:6 DNP DND / L 9:7 Nov 7 Vs TBL INJ DNP -,/ 6: DNP DND /8 L 9:9 Nov 9 Vs PIT INJ DNP -,/ :9 DNP /7 W 6: DND Nov Vs CGY INJ DNP -,/ :6 DNP DND / W 9: Nov Vs DET INJ DNP -,/ :7 -,/- :8 DND / O 6: WSH INJ DNP -,/- : -,/ : / L 8:7 DND Nov OTT INJ DNP -,/- :9 -(W),/ : /9 W :9 /6 7:8

15 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Dan Bylsma Dan Bylsma is in his second season as head coach of the Sabres after being hired as the 7th head coach in franchise history on May 8,. In his first season with the team in -6, Bylsma guided the Sabres to a 7-point improvement. Buffalo finished -6- overall and enjoyed the second-largest points percentage improvement in franchise history. Bylsma joined the Sabres after spending six seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he led the team to a -7- overall regular-season record and became the winningest head coach in Penguins history. The Grand Haven, Mich. native began his coaching career in - as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL). He also served as an assistant for the New York Islanders in -6, and for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins from 6-7 to 7-8 before being named head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the 8-9 season. Visit for a full bio. #: Anders Nilsson (G) 6' 6", 9 lbs. / Mar 9, 99 (6 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by New York Islanders in rd round (6nd overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: Acquired by Buffalo on July, 6 from St. Louis in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 7 NHL Draft Last Win: NOV 9, OTTAWA Last SO: OCT 9, 6 vs FLORIDA () Career Shootouts: 7/ (.77), 7- GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves /9 vs PIT 6-7: Made his Sabres debut at PHI (/), making 8 saves on shots in a shootout loss Recorded a shutout vs. FLA (/9), stopping shots Turned away of shots vs. NJD (/) Made 6 saves, the second-highest total of his career, in a shootout win vs. PIT (/9) -6: Appeared in a career-high 9 NHL games with Edmonton and St. Louis Started in of his 6 appearances for Edmonton, posting a career-high wins Set career highs in both shots faced () and saves (8) at DAL (/) Started and won all five games in a five-game homestand from /-/, posting a.97 SV% Made three relief appearances for St. Louis Played two games with Bakersfield (AHL), winning both games and posting a.9 SV%

16 #: Linus Ullmark (G) 6' ", lbs. / Jul, 99 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 6th round (6rd overall) in the NHL Draft Last Win: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Last SO: - Career Shootouts: /6 (.667), - Season Highs: Shots Saves - - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp : Currently boasts a.9 save percentage and a.8 goals-against average in games with Rochester (AHL) Recorded back-to-back wins by stopping 8 of 9 shots vs. Binghamton (/) and of 6 vs. Toronto (/) Made 9 saves in a - win at Binghamton (/) Stopped of shots in a winning effort at Utica (/) Recalled by Buffalo for the second time this season on Dec. -6: Recalled by Buffalo on Oct. and April 9 Made his NHL debut vs. NJD (/) and made saves on 8 shots Recorded his first NHL win vs. PHI (/) after he stopped 7 of 8 shots. With the win, he became the youngest goaltender ( years, 9 days) to record a win for the Sabres since Mikka Noronen ( years, days) did so on Oct., Made 9 saves in a win at NYI (/) Stopped of 7 shots vs. VAN (/7) Made 6 stops on 8 shots at FLA (/) Set a career high with saves at DET (/) #: Robin Lehner (G) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jul, 99 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in nd round (6th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: From Ottawa on with David Legwand June 6, in exchange for a first-round pick in the NHL Draft Last Win: NOV, 6 vs CALGARY () Last SO: FEB 9, COLUMBUS () Career Shootouts: 6/6 (.6), 7- GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 8 /7 vs BOS 6-7: Turned aside shots in a 6- win at EDM (/6) Saved 7 of 8 shots at MIN (/) Allowed one goal on shots at OTT (/) Made a season-high 8 saves on shots at BOS (/7) Made of saves vs. DET (/) -6: Games missed due to injury: ; 9 high ankle sprain (/-/), high ankle (/8-/9) Ranked fourth among NHL goalies with at least games played in save percentage (.9) Recorded saves and an assist to earn his first win as a member of the Sabres at OTT (/6) Made 8 saves to earn his third career shutout at CBJ (/9), breaking his personal record for most saves in a shutout Set a new career-best shutout streak (6:9) from /6 at OTT to / vs. PIT Played in his th career NHL game at ANA (/) Appeared in three games for Rochester (AHL) during a conditioning stint in January.

17 #: Josh Gorges (D) 6' ", lbs. / Aug, 98 ( years and months) Acquired: From Montreal on July, in exchange for a nd-round pick in the 6 NHL Draft Last Goal: FEB, 6 vs MONTREAL (8) Last Assist: NOV 9, OTTAWA Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp -- 8 : + times /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT / vs STL / vs MIN / vs DET times 6 times 6-7 Finished with a plus- rating in : of ice time at WPG (/) Tallied an assist at OTT (/9) -6: Games missed due to injury: five; three upper body (/-/6), two upper body (/6-/8) Set a new career high with 7 penalty minutes (previous high: 9) Recorded his first point of the season with an assist vs. TBL (/) Scored his first goal as a member of the Sabres and was a plus- vs. CAR (/7); the goal was his first since Oct., at VAN and the plus- was his best rating since he posted a plus- on Oct. 6, vs. PHI Registered an assist and a plus- rating vs. COL (/) Recorded his th NHL assist at NYI (/9) #6: Cody Franson (D) 6' ", lbs. / Aug 8, 987 (9 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Nashville in rd Round (79th Overall) of the NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on Sept., Last Goal: NOV 7, 6 vs TAMPA BAY () Last Assist: NOV 9, OTTAWA Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 6 + /7 vs TBL 6 times 7 times times /9 vs PIT /7 vs BOS times times 6-7: Recorded an assist at EDM (/6) Recorded an assist at PHI (/) Finished with a plus- rating in : of ice time vs. FLA (/9) Scored his first goal of the season vs. TBL (/7) Had an assist at WSH (/) Contributed his sixth assist of the season at OTT (/9) -6: Games missed due to injury: upper body (/-/9) Tallied his first points as a Sabre with two assists vs. MTL (/) Had a three-game point streak (+) from / vs. MTL to /7 at PHI Scored in back-to-back games at TBL (/) and at FLA (/) for the first time since Feb. #8: Cody McCormick (C) (*Injured) 6' ", lbs. / Apr 8, 98 ( years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in th round (th overall) of NHL Draft. Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, Last Goal: - Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : Missed entire season due to injury (blood clots).

18 #9: Evander Kane (L) 6' ", lbs. / Aug, 99 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Thrashers in st round (th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: From Winnipeg with Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf on Feb., in exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a firstround pick in the NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR, CAROLINA () Last Assist: NOV 9, OTTAWA Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp : + times times times times / vs CGY times times times 6-7: Missed games due to cracked ribs Led all forwards with :9 of ice time in his first game back from injury vs. OTT (/9) Tallied an assist vs. TBL (/7) Notched an assist vs. CGY (/) Contributed an assist at OTT (/9) -6: Games missed due to injury: 6; knee (/7-/7), six upper body (/9-/9) Ranked second among all NHL forwards in average ice time per game (:), trailing only teammate Ryan O'Reilly (:) Led all Sabres in shots (7), penalty minutes (9) and even-strength goals (7) despite missing 6 games to injury Ranked third in the NHL with. shots per game, ranking fourth in franchise history behind only Alexander Mogilny (.68 in 99-9), Rick Martin (. in 97-7) and Dave Andreychuk (. in 99-9) The Sabres went -- in games in which he scored a goal and 9-- when he recorded a point Logged eight multi-point games; the Sabres had a 7-- record in these games #: Brian Gionta (R) ' 7", 78 lbs. / Jan 8, 979 (7 years and months) Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in rd round (8nd overall) of the 998 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, Last Goal: NOV, 6 vs DETROIT () Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY (7) Career Shootouts: /6 (%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + /6 vs EDM times /6 vs EDM times /9 vs PIT times / vs TOR /6 vs EDM 6-7: Scored two goals at EDM (/6) Recorded an assist at CGY (/8) Tallied a goal at WPG (/) Added an assist at MIN (/) Contributed a goal vs. DET (/) -6: Games missed due to injury: three lower body (/8-/) Became the st American-born player to appear in 9 career NHL regular-season games at OTT (/6) Tallied his 9th career game-winner at NYI (/9), tying Phil Housley for th-most career game-winning goals by an American player.

19 #: Jack Eichel (C) 6' ", 96 lbs. / Oct 8, 996 ( years and month) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (nd overall) of the NHL Draft Last Goal: NOV 9, OTTAWA Last Assist: NOV 9, OTTAWA Career Shootouts: /6 (7%), GDG Season -- Career Career vs. Opp -- 7:8 + /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT /9 vs OTT 6-7: Missed the first games due to a high ankle sprain Had a goal and an assist in his season debut at OTT (/9) -6: Scored goals, seventh-most by a rookie in franchise history, and became the first Sabres rookie to lead the team in goals since Ray Sheppard (987-88) Tied Derek Plante for seventh-most points by a Sabres rookie (6) Tied for team lead with multi-point games Became the third-youngest player in Sabres history to score in his debut vs. OTT (/8) Set a career high with four points (+) at BOS (/6), becoming the second-youngest player to record four points in one game for the Sabres (Phil Housley vs. EDM, /7/8) Became the youngest Sabre ever to hit the -goal mark (9 yrs, days) with his goal at TOR (/7) #: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Apr 6, 988 (8 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by New York Islanders in st Round (7th Overall) of the 6 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, 6 Last Goal: NOV 9, OTTAWA Last Assist: NOV 9, OTTAWA Career Shootouts: / (%), 9 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 7 + / vs WPG 8 times times / vs WPG / vs MIN /7 vs TBL times times 6-7: Scored a goal on his first shot and added an assist to tally two points in his Sabres' debut at EDM (/6) Had an assist at CGY (/8) Recorded an assist at PHI (/) Contributed a goal vs. FLA (/9) Had his first multi-goal game as a member of the Sabres when he scored two goals at WIN (/) Scored a goal at OTT (/) Logged an assist vs. NJD (/) Contributed a goal and an assist vs. CGY (/) Had a goal and an assist at OTT (/9) -6: Led the Islanders with a career-high assists and finished second in points (6) Led the team with power-play points (7+6) Finished second on the team in penalty minutes () and tied for third with four game-winning goals Recorded multi-point games Recorded his th career assist vs. ARI (/6) Recorded his second career hat trick vs. EDM (/7) Recorded a six-game point streak (+7) from /-/

20 #: Johan Larsson (C) ' ", lbs. / Jul, 99 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in nd round (6th overall) of the NHL Draft Acquired: From Minnesota on April, with Matt Hackett, a first-round selection in the NHL Draft and a second-round selection in the NHL Draft in exchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the NHL Draft Last Goal: NOV, 6 vs CALGARY () Last Assist: NOV, OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp 7 -- :6 6 + times times 7 times 7 times /9 vs PIT / vs CGY times times 6-7: Had an assist at EDM (/6) Tallied an assist at CGY (/8) Scored his first goal of the season with the game-winner vs. FLA (/9) Had the game-winning goal at MIN (/) Recorded an assist vs. TOR (/) Brought his point streak to three games by adding an assist at OTT (/) -6: Games missed due to injury: five; four lower body (/9-/), one lower body (/9) Set career highs in games played (7), goals () and points (7) The team logged a 7-- record in games in which he scored and an -- record when he recorded a point Five of his goals were game-winners, tying Jack Eichel for the Sabres team lead Tallied his first points of the season in his third career multi-point game (+) at PHI (/7) Scored his first career game-winning goal at DET (/) Played in his th NHL game at BOS (/6) Recorded the first multi-goal game of his career with two goals vs. TOR (/) Logged a career-best four-game point streak (+) from /9 to / #: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Nov 6, 99 ( years) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st Round (nd overall) of the NHL Draft Last Goal: NOV 9, OTTAWA Last Assist: NOV 9, OTTAWA Career Shootouts: / (6%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- - : + times / vs CGY times times / vs VAN times /9 vs OTT /6 vs EDM 6-7: Recorded an assist at EDM (/6) Had his first multi-point game of the season (+) vs. FLA (/9) Contributed an assist vs. TOR (/) Scored the game-winning goal at OTT (/) Played in his th game at BOS (/7) Scored a power-play goal at STL (/) Tallied two assists vs. CGY (/) Scored a goal at WSH (/) Recorded his third multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist at OTT (/9) -6: Games missed due to injury: upper body (/-/6) His goals were the eighth-most by a rookie in Sabres franchise history and tied for third-most among all NHL rookies in -6 Ranked second among all Sabres skaters in goals () and third in points () Scored his first NHL goal at TBL (/7) Had the first multi-goal game of his career (+) at NSH (/8) Scored his first career hat trick with three goals at WPG (/), becoming the first Sabres rookie to record a hat trick since Jason Pominville vs. LAK (//6)

21 #6: Matt Moulson (L) 6' ", lbs. / Nov, 98 ( years and month) Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 9th round (6rd overall) of the NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, Last Goal: NOV, 6 vs CALGARY () Last Assist: NOV, ST. LOUIS (6) Career Shootouts: 6/ (%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- - : + / vs PHI times / vs PHI / vs WPG / vs MIN times / vs VAN times 6-7: Scored in Buffalo's season-opener vs. MTL (/), giving him a point in three straight games (+) dating back to last season and four goals in his last seven regular-season contests Scored a goal at EDM (/6) to push his consecutive point streak to four games (+) Notched two power-play goals at PHI (/), giving him four goals (all PPG) in the team's first five games of the season Tallied an assist vs. FLA (/9) Logged : of ice time at MIN (/), topping minutes for the first time since April, vs. TOR (:) Scored his fifth PPG of the season vs. NJD (/) Recorded a goal at NJD (/) Brought his point streak to three games by adding an assist at STL (/) Scored a PPG vs. CGY (/) -6: Recorded three points (+) vs. CBJ (/) Played in his th NHL game vs. ARI (/) Ended a -game goal drought by scoring his fifth goal of the season at OTT (/6) #7: Derek Grant (C) 6' ", lbs. / Apr, 99 (6 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in th round (9th overall) of the 8 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, 6 Last Goal: - Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY (7) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + times times times /7 vs BOS /8 vs CGY times / vs VAN times 6-7 Had a season-high two shots at EDM (/6) Went 9-for- on faceoffs at MIN (/), winning 7 percent of his draws for the first time this season Recorded his first point in a Buffalo uniform with an assist vs. OTT (/9) Tallied an assist at NJD (/) -6: Recorded AHL career-high totals in goals (7), assists (8) and points () despite appearing in just 6 games with Stockton Named the Heat's Team MVP and best offensive player Tied for the team lead in goals Led all Heat players with. points per game Tied for sixth in the AHL in goals Led the Heat with a plus-7 rating and five game winning goals Named to the AHL All-Star Classic in Syracuse, marking his first career AHL All-Star Game appearance

22 #8: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' ", lbs. / Jan, 99 ( years and months) ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhns Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (th overall) of the NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 8, CALGARY (9) Last Assist: NOV, OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp 8 -- : + /8 vs CGY times times /7 vs BOS /7 vs TBL times /7 vs BOS times 6-7: Scored a goal at CGY (/8) Recorded an assist at PHI (/) Registered an assist at WPG (/) Added an assist at OTT (/) -6: Games missed due to injury: ; four upper body (/7-/), four upper body (/6-/), three lower body (/9-/) Scored all seven of his goals on the road Notched his first point of the season with his first career overtime goal at PHI (/7) Recorded points in consecutive games, including his first multi-point game of the season, with two points (+) at DET (/) and an assist vs. ARI (/) Tied his career high with two goals at NYR (/) Appeared in his th NHL game at NJD (/) Represented Latvia at the 6 IIHF World Championship in Russia. #9: Jake McCabe (D) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Oct, 99 ( years and month) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in nd round (th overall) of the NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 9, PITTSBURGH (7) Last Assist: NOV, OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp -- : + times times times /7 vs BOS / vs STL /9 vs OTT / vs DET /6 vs EDM 6-7: Had an assist and finished with a plus- rating at EDM (/6) Registered an assist at WPG (/) Added an assist at OTT (/) Played in th career game vs. NJD (/) Led the Sabres with a season-high : of ice tine vs. NJD (/) Set a career high with : of ice time at STL (/) -6: Averaged 9:7 of ice time per game, the seventh-highest average ice time by a Sabres rookie since the league began tracking time on ice in the season Scored his first NHL goal at FLA (/) Had a career-best three-game point streak, tallying three points (+) in that span (/7-/6) Skated a career-high : vs. MIN (/) Tallied two points (+) in eight games for the United States at the 6 IIHF World Championship

23 #8: Taylor Fedun (D) 6' ", 98 lbs. / Jun, 988 (8 years and months) Drafted: n/a Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent, July, Last Goal: NOV TAMPA BAY (6) Last Assist: NOV, 6 vs CALGARY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season 6 -- Career Career vs. Opp -- 7: + 6 times / vs CGY / vs CGY / vs WSH / vs CGY / vs WSH /9 vs PIT times 6-7: Recalled to Buffalo for the first time on Nov. 7 Had points (+) in games played at the time of his recall Tallied an assist in his first career game as a Sabre vs. TBL (/7) Had points in each of his first two games after recording an assist vs. PIT (/9) Had his first multi-point game as a Sabre with two assists vs. CGY (/) Had a three game point streak (+) from /7 vs. TB - / vs. CGY -6: Played 6 games for the Utica Comets, racking up points (8+) and earning a plus- rating in that span Appeared in four postseason games for Utica Had an assist in his lone game with VAN in a - win at CAR (/) #: Justin Falk (D) 6' ", lbs. / Oct, 988 (8 years and month) Drafted: Minnesota s second pick, th overall, in the 7 Draft. Acquired: Acquired by Columbus along with a fifth round pick from Minnesota for Jordan Leopold on March,. Last Goal: MAR NEW JERSEY (6) Last Assist: JAN, 6 vs MONTREAL () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- - : + 9 times 9 times 9 times / vs DET / vs STL / vs WSH times times 6-7: Recalled for the first time of the season on Nov. In nine games with the Rochester Americans, had seven games with an even or positive plus-minus rating (+ overall) Recalled by Buffalo for the second time of the season on Nov. -6: Had nine points (+7) in regular-season games with the Lake Erie Monsters Contributed four assists in 7 postseason games to help Lake Erie win the Calder Cup Appeared in games for Columbus, totaling four assists in his time with the Blue Jackets #: Nicolas Deslauriers (L) (*Injured) 6' ", 6 lbs. / Feb, 99 ( years and 9 months) Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in rd round (8th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: From Los Angeles with Hudson Fasching on March, in exchange for Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, a second-round pick in the NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 8, 6 vs OTTAWA (7) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS (7) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- - : times 7 times 7 times /8 vs CGY /6 vs EDM / vs MTL / vs MTL times 6-7: Recorded a team-high three hits at CGY (/8) -6: Games missed due to injury: lower body (/-/6) Played in his th NHL game vs. OTT (/8) Scored his second career game-winning goal vs. OTT (/8), logging his sixth goal of the season and topping his previous career-high

24 #7: Zach Bogosian (D) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Jul, 99 (6 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Winnipeg in st round (rd overall) of the 8 NHL Draft Acquired: From Winnipeg with Evander Kane and Jason Kasdorf on Feb., in exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a firstround pick in the NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 9, PITTSBURGH () Last Assist: APR, NY RANGERS () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 9 times 9 times times / vs PHI /7 vs MIN 6 times /6 vs EDM 6-7 Recorded a season-high six shots vs MIN (/7) -6: Games missed due to injury: 8; 7 upper body (/8-/), one lower body (/9) Netted his first goal as a member of the Sabres at DET (/) Contributed two assists vs. WSH (/6), including the th assist of his career Tied career highs with his fourth career three-point game (+) and third career two-goal game vs. PIT (/), including his first power play goal since Dec., Tied a career high with three power-play goals Finished the season with an average ice time of : per game in his 8 games played with the Sabres, the third-highest average career ice time ever recorded by a Sabres player, trailing only Alexei Zhitnik ( GP, :) and Christian Ehrhoff (9 GP, :). #8: William Carrier (L) 6' ", lbs. / Dec, 99 ( years and months) Acquired: Acquired by Buffalo from St. Louis with Chris Stewart, Jaroslav Halak, a first-round pick in the NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 6 NHL Draft in excahnge for Ryan Miller and Steve Ott on February 8,. Last Goal: NOV 9, 6 vs PITTSBURGH () Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- Career -- Career vs. Opp :7 8 + /9 vs PIT times /9 vs PIT times / vs NJD times /9 vs OTT times 6-7: Scored a goal vs. Syracuse (/6) Had a two goal outing in a win at St. John's (/9) Received his first career recall to the Sabres on Nov., 6 Made his NHL debut at OTT (/), finishing with a plus- rating in 6:6 of ice time Eight hits vs. OTT (/9) set a new team benchmark for the season Scored the first goal of his NHL career vs. PIT (/9)