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1 Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Fri, Oct, 7 NHL Game #4 Buffalo Sabres (4 pts) Vancouver Canucks (5 pts) Team Game: 8 Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: 7 Road Game: (Home) - - (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 3 Chad Johnson Robin Lehner # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Josh Gorges D Matt Tennyson 7-6 D Marco Scandella L Evander Kane C Jack Eichel C Jordan Nolan 5-9 D Jake McCabe 7 - R Kyle Okposo C Johan Larsson C Sam Reinhart C Seth Griffith L Matt Moulson D Taylor Fedun C Zemgus Girgensons R Jason Pominville D Rasmus Ristolainen L Benoit Pouliot 7-8 D Nathan Beaulieu C Ryan O'Reilly D Victor Antipin R Justin Bailey # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 5 Jacob Markstrom Anders Nilsson # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Michael Del Zotto D Derrick Pouliot R Brock Boeser D Christopher Tanev R Derek Dorsett R Jake Virtanen 5 C Brandon Sutter 6 L Daniel Sedin L Thomas Vanek D Ben Hutton 6 33 C Henrik Sedin C Alexander Burmistrov D Erik Gudbranson 6-45 C Michael Chaput L Sven Baertschi D Troy Stecher C Bo Horvat D Alex Biega C Markus Granlund 6 89 C Sam Gagner 6 - Owner/CEO President/Alternate Governor General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff Terry Pegula Russ Brandon Jason Botterill Phil Housley Davis Payne (Associate Coach), Chris Hajt (Assistant Coach), Tom Ward (Assistant Coach), Andrew Allen (Goaltending Coach), Mat Myers (Video Coach) President, Hockey Operations General Manager Assistant General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches/Goaltending Coach/Video Coach Trevor Linden Jim Benning John Weisbrod Travis Green Nolan Baumgartner, Newell Brown, Manny Malhotra, Doug Jarvis/Dan Cloutier/Darryl Seward Tonight's Officials Referees Jake Brenk (6), Frederick L'Ecuyer (7) Linesmen Kory Nagy (97), Steve Miller (89) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Doug Allen Officiating Manager Bill McCreary Today's Schedule ANA : 7: BUF : 7: NJD : 7: WPG : 7: DET : 7:3 FLA : 7:3

2 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (3 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' " 4 Aug 4, 984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 5 Matt Tennyson D 6' " 5 Apr 3, 99 Minneapolis, MN, USA 6 Marco Scandella D 6' 3" 8 Feb 3, 99 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' " Aug, 99 Vancouver, BC, CAN 5 Jack Eichel C 6' " 6 Oct 8, 996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 7 Jordan Nolan C 6' 3" 9 Jun 3, 989 Garden River, First Nations, ON, CAN 9 Jake McCabe D 6' " Oct, 993 Eau Claire, WI, USA Kyle Okposo R 6' " Apr 6, 988 St. Paul, MN, USA Johan Larsson C 5' " 98 Jul 5, 99 Lau, SWE 3 Sam Reinhart C 6' " 9 Nov 6, 995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 5 Seth Griffith C 5' 9" 9 Jan 4, 993 Wallaceburg, ON, CAN 6 Matt Moulson L 6' " 3 Nov, 983 North York, ON, CAN 7 Taylor Fedun D 6' " Jun 4, 988 Edmonton, AB, CAN 8 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' " 7 Jan 5, 994 Riga, LVA 9 Jason Pominville R 6' " 8 Nov 3, 98 Repentigny, QC, CAN 3 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 97 Jun, 986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 4 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 45 Jul 4, 99 Gothenburg, SWE 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 8 Oct 7, 994 Turku, FIN 67 Benoit Pouliot L 6' 3" Sep 9, 986 Alfred, ON, CAN 8 Nathan Beaulieu D 6' " Dec 5, 99 Strathroy, ON, CAN 9 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' " 6 Feb 7, 99 Clinton, ON, CAN 93 Victor Antipin D 5' " 75 Dec 6, 99 Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ 95 Justin Bailey R 6' 4" 4 Jul, 995 Buffalo, NY, USA 3 Players Total Avg: 6' " 5 Age: 7. Injured Reserve List (4 Players) Jacob Josefson C 6' " 96 Mar, 99 Stockholm, SWE 4 Justin Falk D 6' 5" 3 Oct, 988 Snowflake, MB, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" Jul 5, 99 Massena, NY, USA 7 Evan Rodrigues L 5' " 8 Jul 8, 993 Toronto, ON, CAN Goal Streaks SAM REINHART ( / Games) Assist Streaks NATHAN BEAULIEU ( / Games) Point Streaks RYAN O'REILLY (--3 / Games) SAM REINHART (-- / Games) NATHAN BEAULIEU (-- / Games) Vancouver Canucks: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Michael Del Zotto D 6' " 95 Jun 4, 99 Stouffville, ON, CAN 5 Derrick Pouliot D 6' " 8 Jan 6, 994 Estevan, SK, CAN 6 Brock Boeser R 6' " 9 Feb 5, 997 Burnsville, MN, USA 8 Christopher Tanev D 6' " 95 Dec, 989 Toronto, ON, CAN 5 Derek Dorsett R 6' " 9 Dec, 986 Kindersley, SK, CAN 8 Jake Virtanen R 6' " 9 Aug 7, 996 New Westminster, BC, CAN Brandon Sutter C 6' 3" 9 Feb 4, 989 Huntington, NY, USA Daniel Sedin L 6' " 9 Sep 6, 98 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 5 Jacob Markstrom G 6' 6" 96 Jan 3, 99 Gävle, SWE 6 Thomas Vanek L 6' " 4 Jan 9, 984 Vienna, AUT 7 Ben Hutton D 6' " 7 Apr, 993 Brockville, ON, CAN 3 Anders Nilsson G 6' 6" 9 Mar 9, 99 Lulea, SWE 33 Henrik Sedin C 6' " 83 Sep 6, 98 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 4 Alexander Burmistrov C 6' " 8 Oct, 99 Kazan, RUS 44 Erik Gudbranson D 6' 5" Jan 7, 99 Ottawa, ON, CAN 45 Michael Chaput C 6' " 4 Apr 9, 99 Ile Bizard, QC, CAN 47 Sven Baertschi L 5' " 9 Oct 5, 99 Bern, CHE 5 Troy Stecher D 5' " 9 Apr 7, 994 Richmond, BC, CAN 53 Bo Horvat C 6' " 3 Apr 5, 995 London, ON, CAN 55 Alex Biega D 5' " 93 Apr 4, 988 Montreal, QC, CAN 6 Markus Granlund C 6' " 83 Apr 6, 993 Oulu, FIN 89 Sam Gagner C 5' " Aug, 989 London, ON, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " Age: 7. Injured Reserve List (3 Players) Loui Eriksson L 6' " 96 Jul 7, 985 Gothenburg, SWE 3 Alexander Edler D 6' 3" 4 Apr, 986 Ostersund, SWE 5 Brendan Gaunce C 6' " 7 Mar 5, 994 Sudbury, ON, CAN Goal Streaks THOMAS VANEK ( / Games) Assist Streaks MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO (4 / 3 Games) SVEN BAERTSCHI (3 / 3 Games) BROCK BOESER ( / Games) Point Streaks BROCK BOESER (-3-5 / 4 Games) SVEN BAERTSCHI (-3-3 / 3 Games) MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO (-4-4 / 3 Games) THOMAS VANEK (-- / Games)

3 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L 9 Evander Kane : R 9 Jason Pominville : C 5 Jack Eichel : C 9 Ryan O'Reilly : C 8 Zemgus Girgensons : D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen :58. C 3 Sam Reinhart : C Johan Larsson : D 8 Nathan Beaulieu :3. 9 R 95 Justin Bailey :55. 3 C 5 Seth Griffith :. 3 L 67 Benoit Pouliot 7-6. : D 4 Josh Gorges : D 5 Matt Tennyson : D 6 Marco Scandella 7-6. :44. C Jacob Josefson : C 7 Jordan Nolan :55. 6 D 9 Jake McCabe : R Kyle Okposo :9. 4 L 6 Matt Moulson :36. 3 D 93 Victor Antipin :7. 4 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 3 Chad Johnson Robin Lehner Vancouver Canucks: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 6 Brock Boeser : L 6 Thomas Vanek : D 4 Michael Del Zotto :8. C 53 Bo Horvat : D 8 Christopher Tanev :7. 7 C 4 Alexander Burmistrov : L 47 Sven Baertschi : R 5 Derek Dorsett : L Daniel Sedin : C 33 Henrik Sedin : C 89 Sam Gagner : C Brandon Sutter 6. 6: D 5 Derrick Pouliot : L Loui Eriksson 4. :58 5. D 3 Alexander Edler : D 7 Ben Hutton 6 4. :3. 4 D 5 Troy Stecher :49. 8 R 8 Jake Virtanen :4. 9 D 44 Erik Gudbranson :8. 9 C 6 Markus Granlund : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 5 Jacob Markstrom Anders Nilsson

4 Vancouver Buffalo Sabres Team Records Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres Last game: Thursday AT BOSTON (6-3 L) Tuesday AT VEGAS (5-4 O) Next game: Sunday AT DETROIT Saturday AT BOSTON Overall record/streak: / Lost / OTL Home record/streak: - - / Lost - - / Lost Road record/streak: - - / Lost / OTL Last 5 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 Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: Totals:

5 Vancouver Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period 3 OT T Avg Vancouver Canucks: (.5 avg.) Opponents: ( 3. avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (.6 avg.) Opponents: ( 3.9 avg.) Shots by Period 3 OT T Avg Vancouver Canucks: (8. avg.) Opponents: (3.8 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (3.6 avg.) Opponents: (3. avg.) Power Play Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (5th NHL) (8th NHL) Home: (7th NHL) 9. (T-th NHL) Road: 8 5. (T-th NHL) (T-7th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-7th NHL) 5 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (3st NHL) Penalty Killing Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (T-th NHL) (T-6th NHL) Home: (T-th NHL) 8. (T-st NHL) Road: (3th NHL) (4th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-7th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-4th NHL) Penalties Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank (3st NHL) (9th NHL) Goal Situations Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres For Against For Against 6 on 5: 6 on 4: 6 on 3: 5 on 5: on 4: on 3: 4 on 4: 4 on 3: 3 on 3: 3 on 4: 3 on 5: 3 on 6: 4 on 5: on 6: 5 on 6: Empty Net: Penalty Shots: Total:

6 Vancouver Buffalo Sabres Situations Individual Leaders Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres Points: B. BOESER (5),T. VANEK (4),M. DEL ZOTTO (4) E. KANE (),J. POMINVILLE (9),J. EICHEL (9) Goals: T. VANEK (3),B. HORVAT (3),D. DORSETT () E. KANE (5),J. POMINVILLE (4),R. O'REILLY () Assists: M. DEL ZOTTO (4),S. BAERTSCHI (3),B. BOESER (3) J. EICHEL (7),J. POMINVILLE (5),E. KANE (5) PP Goals: D. SEDIN (),T. VANEK (),B. HORVAT () R. O'REILLY (),J. POMINVILLE (),E. KANE () SH Goals: E. KANE () GW Goals: B. HORVAT (),B. BOESER () S. REINHART () 3+ Goals: PIM: D. DORSETT (4),E. GUDBRANSON (),T. STECHER (7) E. KANE (),J. EICHEL (8),M. SCANDELLA (6) Shots: B. HORVAT (6),D. SEDIN (5),T. VANEK (4) E. KANE (39),R. O'REILLY (9),J. EICHEL (9) +/-: C. TANEV (+),B. HUTTON (+),L. ERIKSSON (+) J. POMINVILLE (+),Z. GIRGENSONS (+),J. GORGES (+) Shootout Vancouver Canucks Shooter G/S % GDG Markus Granlund /. Thomas Vanek /. Sam Gagner /. Brandon Sutter /. Bo Horvat /. Goaltender Rec. G/S % Jacob Markstrom - /5.6 Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Jason Pominville /. Jacob Josefson /. Sam Reinhart /. Goaltender Rec. G/S % Robin Lehner - /.5 Power Play Vancouver Canucks Player G A P Brock Boeser Michael Del Zotto Thomas Vanek Alexander Burmistrov Sam Gagner Bo Horvat Ben Hutton Daniel Sedin Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Evander Kane 3 Ryan O'Reilly Jason Pominville Rasmus Ristolainen Nathan Beaulieu Jack Eichel Seth Griffith Sam Reinhart Short Handed Vancouver Canucks Player G A P No players to display Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Evander Kane Jack Eichel Ryan O'Reilly

7 Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Tuesday, October 7 Buffalo 4 at Vegas 5 (OT) Goals: O Reilly (), Reinhart, Kane Goalie: Johnson (6 saves/3 shots) PP: 3/5; PK: 4/5; Shots: Buffalo 34 Vegas 3 CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: 4) Player (injury, first game missed) total games missed Justin Falk (undisclosed, Oct. 5; injured reserve) 7 games Evan Rodrigues (hand, Oct. 5; injured reserve) 7 games Zach Bogosian (lower body, Oct.5; injured reserve) 7 games Jacob Josefson (lower body, Oct. 7; injured reserve) game TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS /5: Recalled F Justin Bailey from Rochester (AHL); placed D Zach Bogosian on IR /: Recalled D Taylor Fedun from Rochester (AHL); placed F Jacob Josefson on IR UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Oct. : Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4: Detroit at Buffalo, 7:3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5: Buffalo at Columbus, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8: San Jose at Buffalo, p.m. Thursday, Nov. : Buffalo at Arizona, p.m. TONIGHT S GAME CANUCKS AT SABRES This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Canucks this season. Last meeting: Vancouver defeated Buffalo 4- in Buffalo on Feb. Next meeting: Thursday, Jan. 5 in Vancouver The Sabres are 4-6- in their last games vs. the Canucks; 7-3- at home. This is the 9th game all-time between Buffalo and Vancouver; Buffalo has a series record. The Sabres are 3--8 at home against the Canucks all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are -7- all-time on October. October, 976: Gilbert Perreault scores twice and Gerry Desjardins stops all 9 Vancouver shots as the Sabres shut out the Canucks by a score of 4-. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW If he dresses, tonight will by Kyle Okposo s 6th NHL game. Okposo has nine points (+8) in nine career games against the Canucks. Chad Johnson is -- in two career starts against the Canucks (both last season) with a.94 save percentage and a.96 goalsagainst average The home team has won of the last 5 games between these teams, including five of the last six. The Canucks have only won twice in their seven visits Buffalo since 3 and are looking for consecutive wins in Buffalo for the first time since March 3 and Dec. 4, 996.

8 The Sabres need a win tonight to avoid losing four straight matchups with the Canucks for the first time since the team lost six straight from March, 99 to March, 993. HISTORIC HELPERS With two assists on Tuesday at Vegas, Jason Pominville passed Dale Hawerchuk for eighth on the franchise s all-time assists leaderboard with 76 career assists as a member of the Sabres. Pominville trails Don Luce by 34 assists for seventh on the list. TERRIFIC TRIO Jack Eichel has recorded a point on six goals with each of his linemates Evander Kane and Jason Pominville through seven games this season. Entering play Thursday, Eichel/Kane and Eichel/Pominville both tied as the fifth-most prolific scoring combinations in the NHL. With at least nine points each, every member of the trio has recorded a point on at least half of the team s goals and all three entered play Thursday ranked in the top in the league in scoring. With four multi-point games each, Eichel and Pominville entered Thursday s games tied for second in the league. Kane (3) was tied for seventh-most. BACK-TO-BACK Tonight s game opens up Buffalo s second of 6 sets of back-to-back games this season, which continues tomorrow night at Boston. The Sabres are -- in the first game of back-to-back sets and -- in the second game so far this season. Buffalo s point breakdown in previous back-to-back sets is: four points (), three points (), two points (), one point () and zero points (). A NEW LOOK Buffalo had a franchise-record players in the opening night lineup who weren t on the team s roster in 6-7: Antipin, Beaulieu, Griffith, Johnson, Josefson, Nolan, Pominville, Pouliot, Scandella and Tennyson. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the most new players an NHL team has had in its opening night lineup since the - Florida Panthers (). SABRES AMONG LEAGUE-LEADERS (Sabres league rankings before /9 games) Eichel: 7 EVP (T-6th), 7 A (T-8th) Kane: SHG (st), 39 S (T-st), 5 G (T-6th), PTS (T-6th) O Reilly: 6 FO (nd), FOW (st), PPG (T-6th), 63.% FO% (7th) Pominville: 7 EVP (T-6th) Ristolainen: 6:58 TOI (st) BUF-VAN CONNECTIONS Former Sabres: Though he never played for Buffalo, Alex Biega was drafted by the Sabres in the fifth round (47th overall) of the 6 NHL Draft. He posted 66 points (3+53) and a plus-4 rating in 98 games for the Portland Pirates and Rochester Americans (AHL) while he was a part of the Sabres organization. Anders Nilsson spent the 6-7 season with the Sabres, posting a --4 record with a.67 goals-against average and a.93 save percentage that ranked th in the NHL. Thomas Vanek was a member of the Sabres for just over eight seasons from 5-3. Drafted by Buffalo in the first round (5th overall) of the 3 NHL Draft, Vanek finished his career with the Sabres ranked th in franchise history in points (497), fifth in goals (54), 3th in assists (43), fourth in power-play goals (6) and fourth in game-winning goals (4). Victor Antipin: Represented Russia alongside Alexander Burmistrov at the 6 World Championship.

9 Josh Gorges: Played with Thomas Vanek for the Montreal Canadiens during the 3-4 season. Seth Griffith: Teammates with Thomas Vanek for the Florida Panthers during part of the 6-7 season. Chad Johnson: He and Michael Del Zotto were teammates for the New York Rangers from 9-. Evander Kane: Played with Alexander Burmistrov for the Atlanta Thrashers (-) and the Winnipeg Jets (-3). Represented Canada alongside Michael Del Zotto at the World Championship. Kyle Okposo: Played with Anders Nilsson for the New York Islanders during the - and 3-4 seasons. Thomas Vanek was also on the team during part of the 3-4 season. Ryan O Reilly: Played for Team Canada alongside Erik Gudbranson at the 9 World U8 Championship. Represented Canada alongside Ben Hutton and Christopher Tanev at the 6 World Championship. Jason Pominville: Teammates with Thomas Vanek for the Minnesota Wild from 4-6. Benoit Pouliot: Played with Derek Dorsett and Michael Del Zotto for the New York Rangers during the 3-4 season. Sam Reinhart: Reinhart was born in West Vancouver. Represented Canada alongside Bo Horvat and Derrick Pouliot at the 4 World Junior Championship. Played for Team Canada alongside Jake Virtanen at the 5 World Junior Championship. Represented Canada alongside Ben Hutton and Christopher Tanev at the 6 World Championship. Rasmus Ristolainen: Represented Finland alongside Markus Granlund at the 3 World Junior Championship. Marco Scandella: Teammates with Thomas Vanek for the Minnesota Wild from 4-6. NHL Draft: Chad Johnson (5th overall) and Alex Biega (47th overall) were fifth-round picks in the 6 NHL Draft. Marco Scandella (55th overall) and Jacob Markstrom (3st overall) were both second-round picks in the 8 NHL Draft. Nathan Beaulieu (7th overall) and Sven Baertschi (3th overall) were both taken in the first round of the NHL Draft. Zemgus Girgensons (4th overall), Derrick Pouliot (8th overall) and Brendan Gaunce (6th overall) were both first-round selections in the NHL Draft.

10 The fifth round of the NHL Draft saw Seth Griffith (3st overall) and Ben Hutton (47th overall) go off the board. Rasmus Ristolainen (8th overall) and Bo Horvat (9th overall) were both first-round picks in the 3 NHL Draft. Sam Reinhart (nd overall) and Jake Virtanen (6th overall) were both taken in the first round of the 4 NHL Draft. The first round of the 5 NHL Draft saw both Jack Eichel (nd overall) and Brock Boeser (3rd overall) go off the board. SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Ristolainen (), Kane (6), Beaulieu/Girgensons/Larsson/Pouliot () Blocked Shots: McCabe (3), Scandella (), Ristolainen () Shots: Kane (39), Eichel (9), O Reilly (9) SABRES RECORD IN GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] -: -4- (4), 8/8, 5/7, /6 OVERTIME RESULTS (-; 8- all-time) Oct. 7 at VGK: L, 5-4 (GWG-Perron) SHOOTOUT RESULTS (-; all-time) Oct. 5 vs. MTL: L, 3- (GDG-Drouin) MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player Needs Milestone) Games Played Kyle Okposo game 6 career games played Jordan Nolan 3 games 3 career games played Assists Matt Moulson 7 assists career assists Points Sam Reinhart 8 points career points RECENT MILESTONES Jason Pominville 76th assist with Buffalo (8th in franchise history) Oct 7 at VGK

11 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. /5/7 Montréal Canadiens O** p, / New York Islanders L s,9s, / /9/7 New Jersey Devils L p, / San Jose Sharks L , / Los Angeles Kings L , / Anaheim Ducks W ,3, / Vegas Golden Knights O* p,9p,3p, / //7 Vancouver Canucks 9 Boston Bruins /4/7 Detroit Red Wings Columbus Blue Jackets /8/7 San Jose Sharks 3 Arizona Coyotes 4 Dallas Stars 5 /7/7 Washington Capitals 6 //7 Florida Panthers 7 Montréal Canadiens 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 9 Detroit Red Wings /8/7 Carolina Hurricanes //7 Columbus Blue Jackets //7 Minnesota Wild 3 /4/7 Edmonton Oilers 4 Montréal Canadiens 5 /8/7 Tampa Bay Lightning 6 //7 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 8 Colorado Avalanche 9 Chicago Blackhawks 3 St. Louis Blues 3 //7 Ottawa Senators 3 Philadelphia Flyers 33 /5/7 Carolina Hurricanes 34 /9/7 Boston Bruins 35 //7 Philadelphia Flyers 36 Carolina Hurricanes 37 New York Islanders 38 New Jersey Devils 39 //8 New York Rangers 4 Minnesota Wild 4 Winnipeg Jets 4 Philadelphia Flyers 43 /9/8 Winnipeg Jets 44 //8 Columbus Blue Jackets 45 New York Rangers 46 //8 Dallas Stars 47 Calgary Flames 48 Edmonton Oilers 49 Vancouver Canucks 5 /3/8 New Jersey Devils 5 //8 Florida Panthers 5 /3/8 St. Louis Blues 53 /6/8 Anaheim Ducks 54 /8/8 New York Islanders 55 Boston Bruins 56 //8 Colorado Avalanche 57 /3/8 Tampa Bay Lightning 58 Ottawa Senators 59 /7/8 Los Angeles Kings 6 /9/8 Washington Capitals 6 Detroit Red Wings 6 Washington Capitals 63 /5/8 Boston Bruins 64 Tampa Bay Lightning 65 Florida Panthers 66 3/5/8 Toronto Maple Leafs 67 3/7/8 Calgary Flames 68 Ottawa Senators 69 3//8 Vegas Golden Knights 7 3/5/8 Toronto Maple Leafs 7 3/7/8 Chicago Blackhawks 7 3/9/8 Nashville Predators 73 3//8 Arizona Coyotes 74 3/3/8 Montréal Canadiens 75 New York Rangers 76 Toronto Maple Leafs 77 3/9/8 Detroit Red Wings 78 Nashville Predators 79 Toronto Maple Leafs 8 4/4/8 Ottawa Senators 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 8 Florida Panthers

12 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 # 4 TENNYSON # 5 SCANDELLA # 6 KANE # 9 JOSEFSON # Oct 5 Vs MTL -,/- 7:8 -,/- : -,/ 8:4 -,/ :34 -,3/ 9: -,/ : Oct NYI -,/- 6:47 -,/ 8:5 -,8/ :5 -,/- :49 -,3/- : DNP Oct 9 Vs NJD -,/ 8:4 -,3/- 8:9 -,7/-3 7:5 -,/- : -,/- 9:58 DNP SJS -,/ 5:6 -,/ 6:3 -,/- :7 -,/ 9:3 -,/ :9 -,/ 9:37 -,/ 9:54 Oct LAK -,/ 3:4 -,/ 8: -,/ : -,3/ 9:45 -,/ :38 -,4/ :45 -,/ : Oct ANA -,/ 4:9 -,/ 8:9 -,/ :49 -,4/- :5 -,/ 7:8 -,3/ :38 -,/ 6:4 Oct VGK -,/- 4:4 -,5/- 8:54 -,/ :4 -,5/ 4:55 DNP -,4/- 3:43 -,/- 6:9 EICHEL # 5 NOLAN # 7 Date Opp. MCCABE # 9 OKPOSO # LARSSON # REINHART # 3 GRIFFITH # 5 MOULSON # 6 GIRGENSONS # 8 Oct 5 Vs MTL -,/ 6:39 -,/- 9:58 -,/ :9 -,/- 5:46 -,/ 3:5 -,6/ :4 Oct NYI -,/ 7:9 -,3/-3 8: -,/- 4:9 -,/-5 5:9 -,/-3 :57 -,/ :4 -,/- 9:44 Oct 9 Vs NJD -,/- 7:58 -,/- 5:55 -,3/- 3:3 -,/ 5:7 -,/ 3:45 -,/-3 :6 -,/ 3:47 SJS -,/- 6:4 -,5/ :35 -,/- 3:3 -,/- 3:8 -,/ :7 DNP -,/ 4:9 Oct LAK -,/ 6:6 DNP -,/ : -,4/- 4:8 -,/ :3 -,/ 9:45 -,/ 6:7 Oct ANA -,/ 9:34 DNP -,5/ 5:53 -(W),3/ 7:3 DNP -,/ 7:3 -,/ 8:5 Oct VGK -,/- 7: -,3/- 6:56 -,/- 6:55 -,/ 9:9 DNP -,/ 9:47 -,/ :3 Date Opp. POMINVILLE # 9 RISTOLAINEN # 55 POULIOT # 67 BEAULIEU # 8 O'REILLY # 9 Oct 5 Vs MTL -,3/ 6: -,4/ 6:58 -,/- 4:3 -,4/ 3:9 -,3/- :7 -,/ 4:9 Oct NYI -,/ 5:6 -,/ 4:7 -,/ 4:3 -,/- :36 -,/- 9:9 -,/- 5:4 Oct 9 Vs NJD -,/- 4:6 -,/-3 6:37 -,/ : -,3/- 8:9 -,/ 8:5 -,/- 5:3 SJS -,3/ 7:7 -,6/- 6:56 -,/- :5 -,/ 9:3 -,/ 9:4 DNP Oct LAK -,/ 8: -,/ 8: -,/ :43 -,/ 9:8 -,4/- 8:8 DNP Oct ANA -,/ 6:37 -,/ 6:5 -,/ :59 -,/ 5:6 -,/ :3 DNP -,3/ 9:39 Oct VGK -,/ 7: -,/- 8:48 -,/ :4 -,/- :8 -,5/- 6:58 DNP -,3/ : ANTIPIN # 93 BAILEY # 95 Date Opp. JOHNSON # 3 LEHNER # 4 Oct 5 Vs MTL DND /4 O 64:49 Oct NYI /6 3: 4/6 L 7: Oct 9 Vs NJD 6/ L 4: /9 : SJS DND 3/6 L 58:6 Oct LAK DND 3/9 L 59: Oct ANA /6 W 59:53 DND Oct VGK 5/3 O 6:7 DND

13 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Phil Housley Phil Housley is in his first season behind the bench for the Sabres after being named the 8th head coach in Buffalo s franchise history. The Hockey Hall of Famer and former Sabres defenseman is the seventh alumnus to serve as the team s head coach. Housley joined the Sabres after helping to guide the Nashville Predators to their first ever Stanley Cup Final appearance in 6. Named an assistant coach on May, 3, Housley was a driving force behind one of the NHL s best defensive groups throughout his tenure. A native of South St. Paul, Minnesota, Housley began his coaching career in 4 as head coach of Stillwater Area High School in Minnesota. During his nine seasons at the helm, Housley turned around the school s program while also accepting numerous opportunities to coach for Team USA at the international level. Visit for a full bio. #3: Chad Johnson (G) 6' 3", 97 lbs. / Jun, 986 (3 years and 4 months) Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in the fifth Round (5th overall) of the 6 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 7 Last Win: OCT 5, ANAHEIM () Last SO: NOV 3, 6 vs TORONTO (7) Career Shootouts: 3/43 (.698), 6-8 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves /7 vs VGK 7-8: Had 5 saves during 3: time on ice during relief in his first appearance of the season at NYI (/7) Made 5 saves in his first win of the 7-8 season at ANA (/5) 6-7: Set a career high with three shutouts in 36 games played Made his Flames debut and was second star after he stopped 3 shots at VAN (/5) Posted his first win as a Flame vs. BUF (/8) Earned his first shutout as a Flame with a 7-save night at MIN (/5) Played 7:56 without allowing a goal (//6 at DET to /5/6 at BOS), topping his previous best shutout streak by 7:9 Became the first Flames goaltender since December 999 to post three shutouts in a calendar month with his 39-save performance vs. TOR (/3) Tied a career best with his sixth straight win vs. WPG (/), improving to 9-- in a -game stretch 7 Playoffs: Appeared in his first career postseason contest vs. ANA (4/9), stopping of shots in a losing effort #4: Robin Lehner (G) 6' 4", 45 lbs. / Jul 4, 99 (6 years and months) LEH-nuhr Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in the second round (46th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: From Ottawa on with David Legwand on June 6, 5 in exchange for a first-round pick in the 5 NHL Draft Last Win: APR 5, 7 vs MONTREAL (6) Last SO: FEB 6, 7 vs COLORADO (4) Career Shootouts: 37/7 (.59), 7-6 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves /5 vs MTL 7-8: Stopped 38 shots in his season debut vs. MTL (/5) 6-7: Games missed due to injury: seven; two illness (/5-/7), one hip (/), three illness (/-/3), one neck (/6) Was credited with his third career assist on the game-winning goal at NSH (/4) Stopped all 37 shots faced in a shutout vs. OTT (/4) Made a season-high 43 saves on 44 shots at TOR (/) Won three straight games (/4-/8) for the first time since winning four straight to close out the 3-4 season Stopped all 3 shots faced in - win vs. COL (/6) Went 5-6- in games in February, the most appearances in a single month in his career Posted a.93 SV% in February, the third-best monthly total of his career (minimum five games played) Stopped all 4 shots faced in 4 minutes of relief vs. CBJ (3/)

14 #4: Josh Gorges (D) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Aug 4, 984 (33 years and months) JOHR-juhz Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: From Montreal on July, 4 in exchange for a nd-round pick in the 6 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR, COLUMBUS (8) Last Assist: APR 5, 7 vs MONTREAL (6) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 4 times 4 times times / vs SJS /5 vs ANA /4 vs LAK times 7-8 Skated 5:6 in his season debut at SJS (/) 6-7: Games missed due to injury: 6; three foot (/3-/6), one hip (/3), hip (/7-/4) Tied his career high with 43 hits for the second consecutive season Played in his 7th NHL game vs. TBL (/7) #5: Matt Tennyson (D) 6' ", 5 lbs. / Apr 3, 99 (7 years and 5 months) TEHN-ihs-suhn Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 7 Last Goal: DEC 5, 5 vs TAMPA BAY (59) Last Assist: MAR 8, 7 vs DETROIT (4) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 7 times 7 times 7 times /7 vs VGK /7 vs VGK /7 vs NYI / vs SJS 7-8: Skated 7:8 and had two shots and a hit in his Sabres debut vs. MTL (/5) Registered a career high five shots on net at VGK (/7) and skated 8:54, his highest total since Feb. 9, 5 6-7: Had a two-game assist streak (/7-/9) Recalled from Charlotte (AHL) on /; led Checkers defensemen in scoring with seven points (3+4) in nine games at the time of his recall Ranked second among Checkers in plus/minus (plus-7) Earned his first professional hat trick with three goals at Iowa (/) #6: Marco Scandella (D) 6' 3", 8 lbs. / Feb 3, 99 (7 years and 7 months) skan-dehl-uh Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in the second round (55th overall) of 8 NHL Draft Acquired: From Minnesota with Jason Pominville and a fourth-round pick in the 8 NHL Draft in exchange for Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno and a third-round pick in the 8 NHL Draft, June 3, 7 Last Goal: MAR 9, TAMPA BAY (4) Last Assist: MAR, CHICAGO () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 7 times 7 times / vs SJS /5 vs ANA /9 vs NJD /5 vs MTL times 7-8: Skated : and had two shots and four hits in his Sabres debut vs. MTL (/5) 6-7: Ranked fourth on team in blocked shots (83) Registered a season-high five shots at EDM (/4) Tallied a season-high two points (+) at WPG (/8) Had a season-best three-game point streak (+) from 3/9-3/ 7 Playoffs: Tied for first in goals and playoff games among Wild defenseman Skated a playoff career-high 6:4 in Game vs. STL (4/)

15 #9: Evander Kane (L) 6' ", lbs. / Aug, 99 (6 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Atlanta in the first round (4th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: From Winnipeg with Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf on Feb., 5 in exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a firstround pick in the 5 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 7, VEGAS Last Assist: OCT 7, VEGAS Career Shootouts: 3/ (4%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times /7 vs VGK times /5 vs ANA /7 vs VGK /5 vs MTL /9 vs NJD /7 vs NYI 7-8: Had shots on goal vs MTL (/5), tying his career high (3x) and logging the most shots by a Sabre since his last -shot game on at PIT (3/5) Scored two shorthanded goals at NYI (/7) to make him the first Sabre to score two in a game since Alexi Zhitnik on March 9, 998 First NHL player with two shorthanded goals in a game (/7 at NYI) since Michael Frolik on March 4, 6 Logged his first multi-point game of the season at NYI (/7) with three points (+) Recorded back-to-back two goal games at NYI (/7) & vs. NJD (/9) Appeared in his 5th NHL game at SJS (/) Tallied his second three point (+) game of the season at VGK (/7) 6-7: Ranked ninth in the league with.36 even-strength goals per game, the best rate by a Sabre since Jason Pominville (.37) in 6-7 Became the first player to lead the Sabres in both goals and penalty minutes since (Mike Foligno) Logged nine multi-point games; the Sabres recorded a 7-- record in these games #: Jacob Josefson (C) (*Injured) 6' ", 96 lbs. / Mar, 99 (6 years and 7 months) JAY-kuhb JOH-sehf-suhn Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in the st round (th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 7 Last Goal: FEB 4, COLUMBUS (8) Last Assist: APR 9, DETROIT (6) Career Shootouts: / (5%), 4 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 6 times 6 times 6 times /7 vs NYI /7 vs NYI /7 vs NYI 4 times 7-8: Tallied one hit in his :34 of ice time in his Sabres debut vs. MTL (/5) 6-7: Scored his fourth career game-deciding shootout goal vs. TOR (/3) Missed five games with concussion (/8-/7) Missed six games with an illness (/-/) Had assists in consecutive games /6-/3 and /-/4 Scored the game-winning goal at CBJ (/4) Missed 7 games (3/-4/4) with an upper-body injury

16 #5: Jack Eichel (C) 6' ", 6 lbs. / Oct 8, 996 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (nd overall) of the 5 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 4, LOS ANGELES () Last Assist: OCT 7, VEGAS Career Shootouts: /9 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times times 4 times 4 times /7 vs VGK times /9 vs NJD times 7-8: Recorded his first assist of the season vs. MTL (/5) in 9: time on ice Had a multi-point night at NYI (/7) that included his first goal of the season and an assist on Evander Kane's second goal Assisted on both the Sabres goals at SJS (/) Fourth multi-point (+) of the season at VGK (/7) 6-7: At years of age, became just the fourth different player in franchise history to lead the team (or tie for the team lead) in points before his st birthday His.93 points per game ranked th among NHL skaters with at least games played and were the most by a Sabre under the age of since Pierre Turgeon (.33) in Played in his th NHL game vs. PHI (/) Tied his career high with shots at PIT (3/5) and scored a goal, becoming the second player in NHL history to record a point against 9 different opponents in his first two seasons in the league Earned his th career point with a goal vs. PHI (3/7) #7: Jordan Nolan (C) 6' 3", 9 lbs. / Jun 3, 989 (8 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in the seventh round (86th overall) of the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: Claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Sept. 7, 7 Last Goal: JAN 3, ARIZONA () Last Assist: JAN 3, NY RANGERS (4) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 5 times 5 times 5 times /5 vs MTL /5 vs ANA / vs SJS 4 times 7-8 Skated : in his Sabres debut vs. MTL (/5) 6-7: Missed games due to injury, Feb 7-Mar. 9 Posted his first career two-goal game at ARI (/) Recorded two points (+) at NYR (/3) Scored a goal at ARI (/3) #9: Jake McCabe (D) 6' ", lbs. / Oct, 993 (4 years) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the second round (44th overall) of the NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR, 7 vs COLUMBUS (9) Last Assist: MAR 8, COLUMBUS () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 7 times 7 times /7 vs NYI /5 vs ANA 3 times 3 times times 7-8: Had one hit and blocked three shots during his 6:39 time on ice in the season debut vs. MTL (/5) 6-7: Games missed due to injury: five shoulder (/-/4) Set career highs in assists (7) and points (); the team was 3-4- when he recorded a point Played in his th career game vs. NJD (/) Set a career high with 8:5 of ice time and tied career high with four shots on goal at WSH (/5) Logged his first career power-play goal and his first career game-winning goal with a goal vs. DAL (/6) Recorded first career two-point night (+) vs. NSH (/8), matching his previous career high in points (4) in 9 fewer games Tied his career best with points in three straight games (+3) from /6-3/

17 #: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' ", lbs. / Apr 6, 988 (9 years and 6 months) oh-poh-soh Drafted: Selected by NY Islanders in the first Round (7th overall) of the 6 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, 6 Last Goal: FEB 8, 7 vs NASHVILLE (8) Last Assist: MAR 5, 7 vs TORONTO (6) Career Shootouts: 4/4 (33%), 9 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 5 times 5 times times / vs SJS / vs SJS /9 vs NJD / vs SJS 7-8: Played 9:58 in his season debut vs. MTL (/5), taking two shots and blocking one. 6-7: Games missed due to injury: 7; one bruised knee (/3), ribs (3/4-3/), six illness (3/8-4/9) Represented the Sabres at the 7 NHL All-Star Game in Nashville, tallying one assist for the Atlantic Division team The Sabres were 7-- when he recorded at least two points Scored a goal on his first shot and added an assist to tally two points in his Sabres debut at EDM (/6) Notched three assists vs. LAK (/3) Recorded his 4th career point with a goal at NSH (/4) Logged a seven-game point streak (3+4) from /4-/4, falling one game shy of his longest streak Put up multiple points in consecutive games vs. NSH (/8) and vs. ARI (3/) #: Johan Larsson (C) 5' ", 98 lbs. / Jul 5, 99 (5 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in the second round (56th overall) of the NHL Draft Acquired: From Minnesota on April 3, 3 with Matt Hackett, a first-round selection in the 3 NHL Draft and a second-round selection in the 4 NHL Draft in exchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 4 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 5, ANAHEIM () Last Assist: OCT 5, ANAHEIM () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs ANA /5 vs ANA /5 vs ANA 7 times /7 vs VGK /5 vs ANA /7 vs NYI /5 vs ANA 7-8: Had :9 of ice time in his season debut vs. MTL (/5) Had a multi-point game (+) at ANA (/5) for his first points of the 7-8 season 6-7: Games missed due to injury: 46 wrist (/3-4/9) The team logged a 5-- record in games in which he scored and an 8-- record when he recorded a point Of his six goals, two were game-winners and three were lasting-lead goals Logged a season-best, three-game point streak (+) from /-/5 Scored a goal on a career-high six shots vs. CGY (/) #3: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Nov 6, 995 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first Round (nd overall) of the 4 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 7, VEGAS Last Assist: APR 3, 7 vs TORONTO () Career Shootouts: 3/9 (33%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :9 4 + times 7 times times 7 times /7 vs VGK /4 vs LAK 3 times 3 times 7-8: Made his season debut at center, totaling 5:46 time on ice vs. MTL (/5) Scored his first goal of the season at ANA (/5) Tallied a goal in back-to-back games at ANA (/5) and at VGK (/7) 6-7: Games missed due to injury: two illness (/8-/9) The Sabres were -4- in games in which he scored a goal and 7-- in his multi-point games Logged : of ice time at VAN (/), the second-highest total of his career Played in his th game at BOS (/7) Had points (+3) in a career-best four straight games from /5 at WSH to /3 vs. BOS; topped that streak with a five-game run (+4) from / at FLA to /9 vs. BOS Tied a career high with three points (+) vs. PHI (/) Registered two separate three-game point streaks in February (/7-/ and /4-/5), totaling seven points (3+4) in a seven-game span

18 #5: Seth Griffith (C) 5' 9", 9 lbs. / Jan 4, 993 (4 years and 9 months) Drafted: Selected by Boston in the fifth round (3st overall) of the NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 7 Last Goal: DEC 9, 4 vs DETROIT (37) Last Assist: OCT 5, 7 vs MONTREAL (4) Career Shootouts: /4 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- 3:5 + 5 times /5 vs MTL /5 vs MTL /5 vs MTL /5 vs MTL /5 vs MTL / vs SJS 4 times 7-8: Tallied an assist vs. MTL (/5) in his first game as a Sabre 6-7: Appeared in 4 NHL games with the Maple Leafs and Panthers, tallying a career-best five assists Ranked second among Marlies skaters in assists (34) and fifth in points (44) despite appearing in just 38 AHL games His.6 points per game ranked sixth among all AHL skaters with at least 5 games played Recorded assists in consecutive games (/5-/6) Returned to lineup vs. NYI (/3) after missing four games due to injury #6: Matt Moulson (L) 6' ", 3 lbs. / Nov, 983 (33 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in the ninth round (63rd overall) of the 3 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July, 4 Last Goal: MAR, DETROIT (3) Last Assist: APR, 7 vs NY ISLANDERS (8) Career Shootouts: 6/4 (39%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 5 times 5 times 5 times /4 vs LAK times /4 vs LAK 4 times 7-8: Blocked one shot and skated :4 in season debut at NYI (/7) 6-7: Tied for th in the league with power-play goals, the most by a Sabre since Thomas Vanek and Drew Stafford () in - Logged :5 of ice time at MIN (/), topping minutes for the first time since 4//5 vs. TOR (:) Posted three-game point streaks from /-/5 and 3/-3/4 Played in his 6th NHL game vs. DET (/) #7: Taylor Fedun (D) 6' ", lbs. / Jun 4, 988 (9 years and 4 months) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 5 Last Goal: NOV 7, TAMPA BAY (37) Last Assist: JAN 4, NASHVILLE (8) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : Games missed due to injury: 5; five shoulder (/5-/6), foot (3/-4/9) Registered career-high totals in NHL games played (7), assists (7) and points (7) Tallied an assist in his first career game as a Sabre vs. TBL (/7) Tied a career high with two points (+) vs. CGY (/) Logged a career-best, three game point streak (+4) in his first three games with Buffalo (/7-/) Totaled 3 points (5+8) in 9 AHL games in his first season with Rochester.

19 #8: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' ", 7 lbs. / Jan 5, 994 (3 years and 9 months) ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhns Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (4th overall) of the NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 4, LOS ANGELES () Last Assist: OCT, SAN JOSE (3) Career Shootouts: 4/4 (9%), 4 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /4 vs LAK / vs SJS / vs SJS /9 vs NJD /5 vs ANA /5 vs MTL / vs SJS 3 times 7-8: Had six shots during his :4 time on ice in the season debut vs. MTL (/5) Tallied two assists in 4:9 of ice time at SJS (/) Scored his first goal of the season at LAK (/4) 6-7: Games missed due to injury: seven middle body (/9-/9) Appeared in a career-high 75 games in his fourth NHL season Had his first multi-point game of the season (+) vs. WPG (/7) Recorded two points (+) at NSH (/4) #9: Jason Pominville (R) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Nov 3, 98 (34 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the second round (55th overall) of NHL Draft Acquired: From Minnesota with Marco Scandella and a fourth-round pick in the 8 NHL Draft in exchange for Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno and a third-round pick in the 8 NHL Draft, June 3, 7 nd NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT, SAN JOSE (3) Last Assist: OCT 7, VEGAS Career Shootouts: 8/69 (4%), 8 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 3 + times times 4 times /9 vs NJD /4 vs LAK times / vs SJS 4 times 7-8 His two goals vs. MTL (/5) gave him 457 career points as a member of the Sabres, breaking a tie with Miroslav Satan for th-most points in franchise history. With his two goals vs. MTL (/5), the Sabres have now had a newly-acquired player score in five of their last seven season-opening games Scored twice at SJS (/) for his second two-goal game of the season Tallied two assists at LAK (/4) for his third multi-point game of the season Had a three game point streak (+3) from /9 vs. NJD to /4 at LAK Fourth multi-point (+) game of the season at VGK (/7) 6-7: Ranked fifth among all Wild skaters in assists and shots on goal and tied for sixth in points Recorded a six-game point streak (+6) from /9-/3 to kick off a stretch in which he recorded points (4+7) in 7 games, including a point in all but two Tied his career high with four points (+) at WPG (/7) Tallied his 4th career assist vs. COL (4/) #4: Justin Falk (D) (*Injured) 6' 5", 3 lbs. / Oct, 988 (9 years) Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in the fourth round (th overall) of the 7 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 6 Last Goal: MAR 6, NEW JERSEY (79) Last Assist: MAR 5, 7 vs TORONTO (5) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : Games missed due to injury: four calf (3/6-3/) Played a career-high 5 NHL games The Sabres were 6-- when he recorded a point Tallied an assist vs. LAK (/3) to record his first point in a Buffalo uniform Recorded an assist in th NHL game vs. DET (/) Notched four assists in six-game span (/4-/4)

20 #47: Zach Bogosian (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", lbs. / Jul 5, 99 (7 years and 3 months) buh-goh-zhuhn Drafted: Selected by Atlanta in the first round (3rd overall) of the 8 NHL Draft Acquired: From Winnipeg with Evander Kane and Jason Kasdorf on Feb., 5 in exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a firstround pick in the 5 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 7, 7 vs FLORIDA (6) Last Assist: APR 9, TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : Games missed due to injury: 6; MCL sprain (/3-/6), six rib (/4-/) The Sabres went 8-- in games in which he recorded a point Played in his 5th NHL game at CAR (/3) Scored his fourth career game-winning goal in overtime at MTL (/) Set new career high with 33:9 of ice time vs. PIT (3/) #55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 8 lbs. / Oct 7, 994 ( years and months) RAS-muhs rihs-toh-ligh-nehn Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (8th overall) of the 3 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 5, 7 vs MONTREAL (9) Last Assist: OCT 7, VEGAS Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times 3 times 3 times times /7 vs VGK / vs SJS /4 vs LAK 4 times 7-8: Played a team-high 6:58 in the season opener vs. MTL (/5) Had his first assist of the season at NYI (/7) and blocked three shots Tailled back-to-back assists at NYI (/7) and NJD (/9) 6-7: Averaged 6:3 of ice time per game, the most by a Sabres skater in a full season with the team since Alexei Zhitnik (6:33) in -3 Recorded an assist on. percent of his teammates goals, joining Phil Housley (.6% in 989-9) as just the second Sabres defenseman ever to record an assist on more than percent of his teammates goals in a season His 39 assists tied him for seventh among all NHL defensemen and were the 9th-most by a defenseman in franchise history; only one other Sabres defenseman in the last years has matched this mark (Brian Campbell, 4 in 6-7) Had two assists and scored an overtime goal vs. EDM (/6), again tying his career high in points Earned his th career point with an assist vs. STL (/8) #67: Benoit Pouliot (L) 6' 3", lbs. / Sep 9, 986 (3 years) BEHN-wah POO-lee-aht Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in the first round (4th overall) of the 5 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent, July, 7 Last Goal: MAR 5, 7 vs COLORADO (4) Last Assist: OCT 5, ANAHEIM () Career Shootouts: 3/3 (3%), 3 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times /5 vs ANA /5 vs ANA /7 vs VGK times times /7 vs NYI /5 vs ANA 7-8: Skated 4:3 in his Sabres debut vs. MTL (/5) and tallied two shots and two hits Tallied an assist at ANA (/5) for his first point as a Sabre 6-7: Finished fourth on the team with 39 takeaways Tied for first among Oilers forwards with 39 blocked shots Scored the game-winning goal vs. WSH (/6) Played in his 5th career NHL game vs. NYR (/3)

21 #7: Evan Rodrigues (L) (*Injured) 5' ", 8 lbs. / Jul 8, 993 (4 years and months) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as a free agent, April, 5 Last Goal: MAR 8, COLUMBUS (5) Last Assist: FEB 6, 7 vs COLORADO (4) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : Appeared in 3 NHL games during three recalls to Buffalo in his second professional season, totaling six points (4+) Registered 3 points (9+) in 48 games with Rochester (AHL), matching his 5-6 AHL totals in goals, assists and points in 4 fewer games Turned in his first professional multi-goal game (+) at St. John s (/8) Matched his AHL career high with three points at Utica (/3) and vs. Albany (4/4) Logged a five-game AHL point streak (3+4) from /6-/6 Recorded his first NHL point of the season with an assist vs. VAN (/); scored his first NHL goal of the season at COL (/5) Scored a goal at ARI (/6), giving him goals in back-to-back games for the first time in his NHL career #8: Nathan Beaulieu (D) 6' ", lbs. / Dec 5, 99 (4 years and months) BOH-l yew Drafted: Selected by Montreal in the first round (7th overall) of the NHL Draft Acquired: Acquired by Buffalo from Montreal in exchange for a third-round pick (68th overall) in the 7 NHL Draft, June 7, 7 Last Goal: APR 8, DETROIT (7) Last Assist: OCT 7, VEGAS Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : times times times /9 vs NJD /5 vs MTL /5 vs MTL /5 vs ANA / vs SJS 7-8: Skated 3:9 with four shots in his Sabres debut vs. MTL (/5) Had first assist of the season at ANA (/5) Had assists in back-to-back games at ANA (/5) and at VGK (/7) 6-7: Set career-high totals in every major category, including games played (74), goals (4), assists (4) and points (8) Returned to action vs. NJD (/8), after missing six games with an upper-body injury sustained vs. OTT (/) Set a personal-high with a plus-4 rating vs. COL (/) Played a career-high 8: vs. CBJ (/3) Tied for seventh among NHL defensemen with a plus-9 rating in December Set a new career high with three points (+) at DAL (/4) Tied to lead Canadiens in January in assists (9 - ranked third among NHL defensemen), points by a defenseman () and power-play points (7 - tied for fourth-most in the NHL) Played his th career game at COL (/7)