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1 Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Wed, Oct 3, 03 NHL Game #38 Buffalo Sabres (3 pts) Boston Bruins (0 pts) Team Game: Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: 8 Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Jhonas Enroth Ryan Miller # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Mark Pysyk D Jamie McBain D Mike Weber C Steve Ott (C) D Christian Ehrhoff (A) C Kevin Porter C Cody Hodgson D Henrik Tallinder R Drew Stafford L Johan Larsson C Mikhail Grigorenko L Thomas Vanek (C) C Zemgus Girgensons 9-3 L John Scott R Patrick Kaleta D Rasmus Ristolainen D Tyler Myers D Nikita Zadorov C Tyler Ennis C Brian Flynn L Marcus Foligno # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Chad Johnson Tuukka Rask # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM C Gregory Campbell R Jarome Iginla L Milan Lucic R Reilly Smith L Daniel Paille 7 0 L Loui Eriksson L Shawn Thornton C Chris Kelly D Dougie Hamilton D Zdeno Chara (C) C Carl Soderberg C Patrice Bergeron (A) R Jordan Caron D Matt Bartkowski D Dennis Seidenberg C David Krejci D Torey Krug D Adam McQuaid D Johnny Boychuk L Brad Marchand 7-4 Owner President General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff Terry Pegula Ted Black Darcy Regier Ron Rolston Joe Sacco (Assistant), Teppo Numminen (Assistant), Jerry Forton (Assistant), Jim Corsi (Goaltender) President General Manager Assistant General Managers Head Coach Assistant Coaches Cam Neely Peter Chiarelli Jim Benning, Don Sweeney Claude Julien Doug Houda, Geoff Ward, Doug Jarvis Tonight's Officials Referees Dave Jackson (8), Frederick L'Ecuyer (7) Linesmen Tony Sericolo (84), Mike Cvik (88) Ntl. Anthem Doug Allen Video Judge Today's Schedule DET : 7:30 BUF : 8:00

2 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (3 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Jhonas Enroth G 5' 0" 66 Jun 5, 988 Stockholm, SWE 3 Mark Pysyk D 6' " 9 Jan, 99 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 4 Jamie McBain D 6' " 8 Feb 5, 988 Edina, MN, USA 6 Mike Weber D 6' " Dec 6, 987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 9 Steve Ott C 6' 0" 89 Aug 9, 98 Summerside, PE, CAN 0 Christian Ehrhoff D 6' " 96 Jul 6, 98 Moers, DEU Kevin Porter C 5' 9" 9 Mar, 986 Detroit, MI, USA 9 Cody Hodgson C 6' 0" 9 Feb 8, 990 Toronto, ON, CAN 0 Henrik Tallinder D 6' 4" 09 Jan 0, 979 Stockholm, SWE Drew Stafford R 6' " 4 Oct 30, 985 Milwaukee, WI, USA Johan Larsson L 5' " 06 Jul 5, 99 Lau, SWE 5 Mikhail Grigorenko C 6' 3" 09 May 6, 994 Khabarovsk, RUS 6 Thomas Vanek L 6' " 7 Jan 9, 984 Vienna, AUT 8 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' " 90 Jan 5, 994 Riga, LVA 30 Ryan Miller G 6' " 68 Jul 7, 980 East Lansing, MI, USA 3 John Scott L 6' 8" 59 Sep 6, 98 Edmonton, AB, CAN 36 Patrick Kaleta R 6' " 98 Jun 8, 986 Buffalo, NY, USA 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 9 Oct 7, 994 Turku, FIN 57 Tyler Myers D 6' 8" 9 Feb, 990 Houston, TX, USA 6 Nikita Zadorov D 6' 5" 0 Apr 6, 995 Moscow, RUS 63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 69 Oct 6, 989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 65 Brian Flynn C 6' " 80 Jul 6, 988 Lynnfield, MA, USA 8 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 3 Aug 0, 99 Buffalo, NY, USA 3 Players Total Avg: 6' " 00 Age: 5.6 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' " 4 Apr 8, 983 London, ON, CAN 3 Ville Leino L 6' " 8 Oct 6, 983 Savonlinna, FIN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks Boston Bruins: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Gregory Campbell C 6' 0" 97 Dec 7, 983 London, ON, CAN Jarome Iginla R 6' " 0 Jul, 977 Edmonton, AB, CAN 7 Milan Lucic L 6' 3" 35 Jun 7, 988 Vancouver, BC, CAN 8 Reilly Smith R 6' 0" 85 Apr, 99 Toronto, ON, CAN 0 Daniel Paille L 6' " 00 Apr 5, 984 Welland, ON, CAN Loui Eriksson L 6' " 96 Jul 7, 985 Goteborg, SWE Shawn Thornton L 6' " 7 Jul 3, 977 Oshawa, ON, CAN 3 Chris Kelly C 6' 0" 98 Nov, 980 Toronto, ON, CAN 7 Dougie Hamilton D 6' 5" Jun 7, 993 Toronto, ON, CAN 30 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 05 Jun 0, 986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 33 Zdeno Chara D 6' 9" 55 Mar 8, 977 Trencin, SVK 34 Carl Soderberg C 6' 3" 6 Oct, 985 Malmo, SWE 37 Patrice Bergeron C 6' " 94 Jul 4, 985 Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN 38 Jordan Caron R 6' 3" 04 Nov, 990 Sayabec, QC, CAN 40 Tuukka Rask G 6' " 85 Mar 0, 987 Savonlinna, FIN 43 Matt Bartkowski D 6' " 96 Jun 4, 988 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 44 Dennis Seidenberg D 6' " 0 Jul 8, 98 Schwenningen, DEU 46 David Krejci C 6' 0" 88 Apr 8, 986 Sternberk, CZE 47 Torey Krug D 5' 9" 8 Apr, 99 Livonia, MI, USA 54 Adam McQuaid D 6' 5" 09 Oct, 986 Charlottetown, PE, CAN 55 Johnny Boychuk D 6' " 5 Jan 9, 984 Edmonton, AB, CAN 63 Brad Marchand L 5' 9" 83 May, 988 Halifax, NS, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " 04 Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 64 Bobby Robins C 6' " 0 Oct 7, 98 Rhinelander, WI, USA 9 Marc Savard C 5' 0" 9 Jul 7, 977 Ottawa, ON, CAN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks DAVID KREJCI (-3-4 / 4 Games) REILLY SMITH (-3-4 / 4 Games) DANIEL PAILLE (-- / Games) PATRICE BERGERON (-- / Games)

3 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Cody Hodgson : L 6 Thomas Vanek : R Drew Stafford : L 8 Marcus Foligno : C 8 Zemgus Girgensons : D 4 Jamie McBain : C 65 Brian Flynn : D 57 Tyler Myers : D 0 Christian Ehrhoff : C 63 Tyler Ennis : D 3 Mark Pysyk : D 0 Henrik Tallinder : C 9 Steve Ott : L 3 Ville Leino : C 8 Cody McCormick : L Johan Larsson : L 3 John Scott : D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen : C 5 Mikhail Grigorenko : C Kevin Porter : R 36 Patrick Kaleta : D 6 Mike Weber : D 6 Nikita Zadorov : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Ryan Miller Jhonas Enroth Boston Bruins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L 7 Milan Lucic : C 46 David Krejci : R 8 Reilly Smith : C 37 Patrice Bergeron : C 3 Chris Kelly : L Loui Eriksson :5 0.0 D 33 Zdeno Chara : D 47 Torey Krug : D 55 Johnny Boychuk : L 0 Daniel Paille : L 63 Brad Marchand : D 54 Adam McQuaid : R Jarome Iginla : D 44 Dennis Seidenberg : R 38 Jordan Caron : D 7 Dougie Hamilton : L Shawn Thornton : D 43 Matt Bartkowski : C 34 Carl Soderberg : C Gregory Campbell : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 40 Tuukka Rask

4 Boston Buffalo Sabres Team Records Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Last game: Saturday AT TAMPA BAY (5-0 W) Saturday VS COLORADO (4- L) Next game: Thursday VS SAN JOSE Friday AT FLORIDA Overall record/streak: / Win / Undef / Lost Home record/streak: / Lost / Lost 4 Road record/streak: / Win 3 / Undef / Win / Undef Last 5 Games: Last 0 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 Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 Boston Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period 3 OT T Avg Boston Bruins: (.9 avg.) Opponents: (.4 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (. avg.) Opponents: (.8 avg.) Shots by Period 3 OT T Avg Boston Bruins: (3.7 avg.) Opponents: (7.9 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (6.7 avg.) Opponents: (34.6 avg.) Power Play Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (5th NHL) (9th NHL) Home: (st NHL) (3rd NHL) Road: 9. (T-3rd NHL) (6th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL) Penalty Killing Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (nd NHL) (7th NHL) Home: 90.9 (7th NHL) (3th NHL) Road: (T-6th NHL) (T-th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-3rd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-6th NHL) Penalties Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank (st NHL) (th NHL) Goal Situations Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres For Against For Against 5 on 5: on 4: on 3: on 4: on 3: on 3: on 4: on 5: on 5: Empty Net: 0 Penalty Shots: 0 0 Total: 0 0 8

6 Boston Buffalo Sabres Situations Individual Leaders Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Points: M. LUCIC (6),D. KREJCI (6),R. SMITH (5) C. HODGSON (7),T. VANEK (6),D. STAFFORD (3) Goals: C. KELLY (3),M. LUCIC (3),L. ERIKSSON () T. VANEK (3),C. HODGSON (),M. FOLIGNO () Assists: D. KREJCI (5),R. SMITH (4),J. BOYCHUK (3) C. HODGSON (5),T. VANEK (3),C. EHRHOFF () PP Goals: Z. CHARA (),D. HAMILTON (),T. KRUG () T. VANEK (),J. MCBAIN (),C. HODGSON () SH Goals: C. KELLY (),P. BERGERON () GW Goals: L. ERIKSSON (),D. KREJCI (),B. MARCHAND () 3+ Goals: PIM: S. THORNTON (7),J. IGINLA (6),M. LUCIC () M. WEBER (),C. MCCORMICK (5),T. MYERS (4) Shots: J. IGINLA (4),T. KRUG (9),Z. CHARA (8) T. VANEK (39),D. STAFFORD (30),C. HODGSON (4) +/-: D. SEIDENBERG (+5),J. BOYCHUK (+5),A. MCQUAID (+4) C. EHRHOFF (0),V. LEINO (0),N. ZADOROV (0) Shootout Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Thomas Vanek / Tyler Ennis / 00.0 Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Ryan Miller - 0 /3.667 Power Play Boston Bruins Player G A P Zdeno Chara Torey Krug David Krejci 0 Milan Lucic 0 Dougie Hamilton 0 Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Thomas Vanek 3 Cody Hodgson 3 Jamie McBain Christian Ehrhoff 0 Short Handed Boston Bruins Player G A P Chris Kelly 0 Patrice Bergeron 0 Buffalo Sabres Player G A P

7 Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Saturday, October 9 Colorado 4 at Buffalo Goals: Hodgson, Foligno Goalie: Miller ( saves/6 shots) PP: 0/3; PK: /3; Shots: Buffalo 30 Colorado 6 CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: 48) Player (injury, first game missed) total games missed Joel Armia (hand, Oct. ; injured non-roster) 0 games Corey Tropp (jaw, Oct. ; injured non-roster) 0 games Ville Leino (rib, Oct. 4; injured reserve) 9 games Cody McCormick (leg, Oct. 9) game TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 0/9: Activated D Nikita Zadorov to roster; Assigned D Rasmus Ristolainen to Rochester (AHL) 0/: Recalled D Rasmus Ristolainen from Rochester (AHL) 0/: Placed F Cody McCormick on IR UPCOMING GAMES Friday, Oct. 5: Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6: Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8: Dallas at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. : Anaheim at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT S GAME BRUINS at SABRES This is the first of five meetings between the Sabres and Bruins this season. Next meeting: Thursday, Dec. 9 in Buffalo Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Boston, 3- (SO), in Boston on April 7, 03. The Sabres are 5-3- in their last 0 games vs. the Bruins; 5-3- at home. This is the 69 th game all-time between Buffalo and Boston; Buffalo has a series record. The Sabres are at home against the Bruins all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 0-6- all-time on October 3. October 3, 970: Ron Anderson scores the first shorthanded goal in franchise history at 3:40 of the third period to give the Sabres a 4-3 victory vs. Detroit. October 3, 983: TheSabres top Winnipeg, 5-, on the strength of a Gilles Hamel hat trick, earning the 500 th win in franchise history. October 3, 99: Dominik Hasek relieves Daren Puppa to start the third period and stops all six San Jose shots in the period, earning his first win as a member of the Sabres. BESTING THE BRUINS Thomas Vanek s career numbers of 56 points (9+7) in 49 games against Boston represent his highest goal, assist and point totals against any NHL team. According to Elias Sports Bureau, his 56 points against the Bruins rank him third among all active skaters in the NHL: Player GP G A P PTS/GP G/GP Jaromir Jagr Daniel Alfredsson Thomas Vanek Saku Koivu Vincent Lecavalier

8 VANEK IN ELITE COMPANY With his goal on 0/5 at NYI, Thomas Vanek passed Craig Ramsay for fifth-most goals in Sabres franchise history (53). He is now 4 goals shy of Danny Gare for fourth. Vanek is currently 5 th on the Sabres games played list and his.45 goals per game rank him seventh in franchise history, behind Pat LaFontaine (.590), Rick Martin (.56), Alexander Mogilny (.554), Danny Gare (.53), Dave Andreychuk (.440) and Gilbert Perreault (.430) and just ahead of Rene Robert (.43). LOGGING BIG MINUTES Through 0 games, Christian Ehrhoff ranks th in the NHL with an average TOI of 5:30 per game, topping his career-high average of 5: set last season and the highest per-game average by a Sabres skater since Alexei Zhitnik averaged 6:3 per game in the season. YOUTH MOVEMENT With Zemgus Girgensons, Mikhail Grigorenko and Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov all playing in the first 0 games of the season, the Sabres have already dressed four teenagers during the course of a season for the first time since , when they had five (Jay McKee, Martin Biron, Wayne Primeau, Vaclav Varada, Curtis Brown) suit up for the team. The Sabres are the first NHL team to ice four teenagers since those Sabres. Florida (4) and Winnipeg (6) also dressed at least four teenagers that season. FEARLESS LEADERS Thomas Vanek and Steve Ott have each been selected to wear the captain s C for the Sabres in 03-4, becoming the 7 th and 8 th full-season captains in franchise history (excludes rotating captaincies in and ). In total, 3 different players have previously served as captain of the Sabres for at least a one-month period; the duo will bring the total to 5. Vanek will serve as captain for the team s home games and Ott will serve as captain on the road. The Sabres last employed a twocaptain rotation in and , when Chris Drury and Daniel Briere served as co-captains. Christian Ehrhoff has been named the team s lone alternate captain; he will wear the A in every game, with one of Ott or Vanek wearing the other. BUF-BOS CONNECTIONS BOS LW Daniel Paille was a part of the Sabres organization from He was selected in the first round (0 th overall) by the Sabres in the 00 NHL Entry Draft. He played 95 games for the Sabres, recording 77 points (35+4). He played 53 games for the Rochester Americans, where he also recorded 77 points (35+4). BUF G Jhonas Enroth, D Mike Weber, BUF D Jamie McBain and BOS LW Milan Lucic were all selected in the second round of the 006 NHL Entry Draft. Enroth was taken 46 th overall, Lucic was taken 50 th overall, Weber was selected 57 th overall and McBain 63 rd overall. BOS LW Loui Eriksson has been a teammate of four current Sabres players: C Steve Ott (Dallas Stars, 006-0), D Henrik Tallinder (Team Sweden, 00 Olympics), Enroth (Team Sweden, 0 and 0 World Hockey Championship) and LW Johan Larsson (Team Sweden, 0 World Championship). Ott and BOS RW Reilly Smith were also teammates with the Dallas Stars during the 0- season. Ott also played alongside BOS G Chad Johnson for Canada at the 00 World Hockey Championship. BUF LW Marcus Foligno and Hamilton both represented Canada at the 0 World Junior Championship held in Buffalo. BUF C Cody Hodgson, Smith, BOS C Chris Kelly and BOS D Dougie Hamilton are all natives of Toronto, Ontario. BUF RW Joel Armia (6 th overall)and Hamilton (9 th overall) were both first round selections in the 0 NHL Entry Draft. BUF LW Thomas Vanek and BOS D Johnny Boychuk were both born on January 9, 984. BUF LW John Scott, BUF C Tyler Ennis, Boychuk andbos RW Jarome Iginla were all born in Edmonton, Alberta. Boychuk played under current BUF AC Joe Sacco for three consecutive seasons in the AHL with the Lowell Lock Monsters (005-06), Albany River Rats (006-07) and Lake Erie Monsters (007-08). Sacco played with BOS D Zdeno Chara for the New York Islanders for two seasons ( ). Sacco was also teammates with BOS D Dennis Seidenberg for the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) during the season.

9 BUF D Christian Ehrhoff played with Seidenberg for Team Germany in the 00, 006 and 00 Olympic Games. BUF RW Corey Tropp and BOS D Torey Krug played together at Michigan State during the season. BUF C Cody McCormick and BOS C Gregory Campbell were both born in London, Ontario. Weber and BOS D Matt Bartkowski were both born in Pittsburgh, PA. BUF G Ryan Miller and Eriksson share the same birthday. Miller was born on July 7, 980 and Eriksson was born five years later on July 7, 985. SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Ott (34), Weber (5), Foligno/Girgensons () Blocked Shots: Ehrhoff (), Weber (7), Pysyk (4) Shots: Vanek (39), Stafford (30), Hodgson (4) SABRES RECORD IN 0 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] -0: -8- (3), 3/8, 3/35, 7/3 OVERTIME RESULTS (0-; all-time) October 0 vs. Tampa Bay: L, 3- (GWG-Killorn, :50) SHOOTOUT RESULTS (-0; 5-4 all-time) October 7 at NY Islanders: W, 4-3 (GDG-Ennis) MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player Needs Milestone) Games Played Tyler Ennis 3 games 00 career games played Thomas Vanek 5 games 600 career games played Mike Weber 7 games 00 career games played Goals Steve Ott 6 goals 00 career goals Points Thomas Vanek 6 points 500 career points (ties Danny Gare for 9 th in franchise history)

10 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. Detroit Red Wings L / /04/03 Ottawa Senators L / Pittsburgh Penguins L / /08/03 Tampa Bay Lightning O* p,4p / /0/03 Columbus Blue Jackets L / Chicago Blackhawks L / /4/03 Minnesota Wild L / 8 8 New York Islanders W** ,6p, / /7/03 Vancouver Canucks L / /9/03 Colorado Avalanche L , / /3/03 Boston Bruins Florida Panthers 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 0/8/03 Dallas Stars 5 New York Rangers 6 /0/03 Anaheim Ducks 7 San Jose Sharks 8 Los Angeles Kings 9 Anaheim Ducks 0 //03 Los Angeles Kings /5/03 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs 3 /9/03 St. Louis Blues 4 Philadelphia Flyers 5 /4/03 Detroit Red Wings 6 /7/03 Montréal Canadiens 7 /9/03 Toronto Maple Leafs 8 New Jersey Devils 9 /05/03 New York Rangers 30 Montréal Canadiens 3 /0/03 Ottawa Senators 3 Ottawa Senators 33 /4/03 Calgary Flames 34 /7/03 Winnipeg Jets 35 /9/03 Boston Bruins 36 Boston Bruins 37 /3/03 Phoenix Coyotes 38 Toronto Maple Leafs 39 /9/03 Washington Capitals 40 Winnipeg Jets 4 Minnesota Wild 4 0/04/04 New Jersey Devils 43 0/07/04 Carolina Hurricanes 44 0/09/04 Florida Panthers 45 Washington Capitals 46 0/4/04 Philadelphia Flyers 47 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 0/8/04 Columbus Blue Jackets 49 0//04 Florida Panthers 50 0/3/04 Carolina Hurricanes 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 53 0/8/04 Washington Capitals 54 Phoenix Coyotes 55 Colorado Avalanche 56 0/03/04 Edmonton Oilers 57 0/05/04 Pittsburgh Penguins 58 Ottawa Senators 59 0/6/04 Boston Bruins 60 0/8/04 San Jose Sharks 6 Dallas Stars 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 63 Florida Panthers 64 03/09/04 Chicago Blackhawks 65 03//04 Nashville Predators 66 Carolina Hurricanes 67 New York Islanders 68 03/6/04 Montréal Canadiens 69 Calgary Flames 70 Edmonton Oilers 7 Vancouver Canucks 7 Montréal Canadiens 73 Nashville Predators 74 03/9/04 Tampa Bay Lightning 75 04/0/04 New Jersey Devils 76 St. Louis Blues 77 Detroit Red Wings 78 Philadelphia Flyers 79 04/08/04 Detroit Red Wings 80 New York Rangers 8 Boston Bruins 8 04/3/04 New York Islanders

11 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. PYSYK #3 MCBAIN #4 WEBER #6 MCCORMICK #8 OTT #9 EHRHOFF #0 DET 0-0 3/ : DND 0-0 0/- 6: /0 6:0 0-0 /0 7: / 5: /0 9:3 Oct 4 Vs OTT 0-0 0/0 9:44 DND 0-0 0/- 0:4 DND 0-0 /0 0: 0-0 3/0 7:0 0-0 /0 4:36 Oct PIT 0-0 /0 : /- 9: /- 7: /0 7:3 0-0 /0 5: /0 3: /- 8:37 Oct 8 Vs T.B 0-0 3/- 7:4 - /0 :0 0-0 /- 8:34 DND 0-0 /0 4: /- 6: /0 :59 Oct 0 Vs CBJ 0-0 /0 8: /0 0: /-4 6: /0 7:00 0- /0 :9 0-0 / 6: /- :6 CHI 0-3/ : /- 6:5 DND 0-0 0/0 5: /0 7: / 5:47 DND Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-0 3/0 9: /- 0: /0 4: /0 5: /- 9:5 0-0 /0 6: 0-0 0/0 9:59 Oct NYI 0-0 /0 4:4 DND 0-0 /0 : /- 4: /0 4:5 0- /- 6: 0-0 0/- 3:5 Oct 7 Vs VAN 0-0 0/- 8:57 DND 0-0 0/- 0:3 0-0 /- 7: /- 0: /0 5: /- :4 Oct 9 Vs COL 0-0 0/- 8: 0-0 0/- : 0-0 /- :36 DND 0-0 3/- 0: 0-0 3/- 3:37 DND PORTER # Date Opp. HODGSON #9 TALLINDER #0 STAFFORD # LARSSON # LEINO #3 GRIGORENKO #5 DET 0-0 3/- 3:3 0-0 /- 6: /- 9: DND 0-0 0/0 : / 3: /- : Oct 4 Vs OTT 0-0 /- :6 0-0 /0 3: /0 9: /0 6:55 INJ 0-0 /0 : /- 0:39 Oct PIT 0- /0 8:46 DND 0-0 /0 7:8 0-0 /0 9:09 INJ 0-0 /- :30-0 4/0 7:59 Oct 8 Vs T.B - 6/- 8: INJ 0-0 3/0 0:9 DND INJ 0-0 0/- 8:07 0- /- 8:5 Oct 0 Vs CBJ 0- /0 3: INJ 0-0 6/- 6: /- 9:33 INJ DND -0 6/0 0:40 CHI 0-5/ 0:0 INJ -0 3/ 7: /0 7:47 INJ 0-0 /0 4: /0 9:33 Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-0 3/- :0 0-0 /0 7:4 0-0 /0 9: /0 9:03 INJ 0-0 0/ 8: /- :08 Oct NYI 0-0/0 9:5 0-0 / 3:34 0-5/ :5 0-0 /0 6:09 INJ DND -0 4/0 9:0 Oct 7 Vs VAN 0-0 /0 0: /- 7:5 0-0 /- 9: 0-0 /- 3: INJ 0-0 0/- 6: /0 7:33 Oct 9 Vs COL -0 /0 6:57 0- / 4:6 0-5/0 9:4 0-0 /0 4:55 INJ 0-0 0/0 8:3 0- /0 9:6 VANEK #6 Date Opp. GIRGENSONS #8 SCOTT #3 KALETA #36 SULZER #5 RISTOLAINEN #55 MYERS #57 ZADOROV #6 DET -0 / :3 DND 0-0 0/0 8:04 MIN 0-0 3/- 6: /- 3: MIN Oct 4 Vs OTT 0-0 /0 : /0 4: /0 9:0 MIN 0-0 /0 8: /- 0:37 MIN Oct PIT 0-0 0/- 5:58 DND 0-0 0/0 8:45 DND 0-0 /- 8: /- 0:37 MIN Oct 8 Vs T.B 0-0 /0 3: /- 4: 0-0 0/- 8:4 DND 0-0 0/0 6: /- :57 MIN Oct 0 Vs CBJ 0-0 /- : DND 0-0 0/0 7:0 DND 0-0 /0 9:0 0-0 /-3 8:8 MIN CHI 0-0 /0 5: /0 3:58 SUS 0-0 0/0 9: /- :8 0-0 /0 4:37 MIN Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-3/ :30 DND SUS MIN DND 0-0 0/ :50 MIN Oct NYI 0-0 3/0 4: /- 4:39 SUS MIN 0-0 /0 4:59 0- /0 7:55 MIN Oct 7 Vs VAN DND 0-0 /0 5:9 SUS MIN 0-0 /- 9:7 0-0 /- 9:6 MIN Oct 9 Vs COL 0-0 0/0 4: /0 6:03 SUS MIN MIN 0- / 9: /0 :0 Date Opp. ENNIS #63 FLYNN #65 FOLIGNO #8 ENROTH # MILLER #30 DET 0-0 0/0 9:30 0-0/ :0 INJ DNP /34L 59 MIN Oct 4 Vs OTT 0-0 4/- 8: /0 3:59 INJ DNP /46L 59 MIN Oct PIT 0-0 /0 4:5 0-0 /- 9:36 INJ 3/34L 60 DND DNP Oct 8 Vs T.B 0-0 /0 4:7 0-0 /0 5:5 0-0 /0 0: 3/34O 6 DNP MIN Oct 0 Vs CBJ 0-0 /- 3: /- 3: 0-0 /- 4:56 DNP 4/33L 60 MIN CHI 0-0 /- 6: 0-0 0/- 5: 0-0 0/0 5:54 DNP /40L 59 MIN Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-0 /0 8: -0 3/ 4: /0 5:44 /0L 59 DNP MIN Oct NYI -0 / 0:9 0-0 /0 5:09-0 3/ 7:45 DNP 3/44W 65 MIN Oct 7 Vs VAN 0-0 3/0 9: /- 3: /- 7:05 DNP 3/34L 60 MIN Oct 9 Vs COL 0-0 5/- :8 0-0 /0 8:38-0 3/- 7:3 DNP 4/6L 57 MIN HACKETT #3

12 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Ron Rolston Please refer to page 5 of the 03-4 Buffalo Sabres media guide for a complete Ron Rolston bio. #: Jhonas Enroth (G) 5' 0", 66 lbs. / Jun 5, 988 (5 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in nd round (46th overall) of 006 Entry Draft. 5th NHL / 5th BUF Season Last Win: APR 4, 03 vs TAMPA BAY (5) Last SO: APR 3, 03 vs PHILADELPHIA (6) Career Shootouts: 8/43 (.65), 5-4 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 34 3 x x Turned aside 8 of 0 shots faced vs. MIN (0/4) Started two consecutive games (0/5 at PIT, 0/8 vs. TBL), finishing with 3 saves in each outing Over his final six starts of the season, compiled a record of 4-- with a.47 goals against average and.956 save percentage Made a season-high 37 saves vs. WPG (4/), which included the denial of an Evander Kane penalty shot opportunity Made 9 saves vs. PHI (4/3) for his third career shutout and first since Nov. 8, 0 (34 saves) at CAR. The other was on March 30, 0 vs. NYR (3 saves). All three of his shutouts have been -0 Sabres victories. Made 3 saves vs. NYR (3/) for his first win since Nov. 6, 0 vs. WSH Made season debut at CAR (/4), finishing with 3 saves #30: Ryan Miller (G) 6' ", 68 lbs. / Jul 7, 980 (33 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 5th round (38th overall) of 999 Entry Draft. 9th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Win: OCT 5, NY ISLANDERS () Last SO: MAR, 0 vs MONTREAL (54) Career Shootouts: 7/43 (.704), 44-7 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves /4 vs. OTT 0/4 vs. OTT Ranks fourth among NHL netminders in saves (38) heading into 0/3 games Owns a.94 save percentage while shorthanded Earned his first victory of the season and made 4 saves at NYI (0/5) Did not dress at PIT (0/5) due to a lower-body injury Made 45 saves vs. OTT (0/4), tying for second-most in his career and the most since he stopped 48 of 50 shots on Jan. 8, 00 vs. TOR Improved to 4-for-6 on penalty shots in his career with an unsuccessful attempt by Cory Emmerton at DET (0/) Became the 6nd goaltender in NHL history to play in at least 500 career games as well as the 0th to do so with one team and th to play his first 500 with the same team Broke Dominik Hasek's franchise record for most saves a member of the Buffalo Sabres (3,308) vs. OTT (4/5) Surpassed Dominik Hasek's frachise record 49 games played for the Sabres with his 49nd appearance at PIT (4/)

13 #3: Mark Pysyk (D) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jan, 99 ( years and 9 months) MAHRK PEH-sick Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (3rd overall) of 00 Entry Draft. nd NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: APR 9, 03 vs NY RANGERS (3) Last Assist: OCT, CHICAGO (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. CHI 0/ vs. CHI 0/5 vs. NYI 4x 0/ vs. DET x Currently ranks fourth among NHL rookies in average TOI (0:7) heading into 0/3 games. Recorded four blocked shots vs. COL (0/9) Logged a career-high 4:4 TOI at NYI (0/5) Tallied his first point of the season with an assist at CHI (0/4) Recorded two assists at PIT (4/3) for his first career multi-point game Scored his first NHL goal vs. NYR (4/9) Logged 0:46 TOI at BOS (4/7) Tallied an assist in back-to-back games for his first and second career NHL points (at PIT, 4/ and vs. OTT, 4/5) Made his NHL debut at WSH (3/7), logging 4:55 TOI while registering one shot on goal and two blocked shots Registered his first NHL point with an assist at PIT (4/) Recalled 3/7 from Rochester (AHL) Led all Rochester Americans (AHL) skaters with a plus/minus rating of plus-8 at time of recall #4: Jamie McBain (D) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Feb 5, 988 (5 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by Carolina in nd round (63rd overall) of 006 Entry Draft. Acquired: From CAR with a second-round selection in the 03 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, 03 in exchange for Andrej Sekera 5th NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 03 vs TAMPA BAY (4) Last Assist: OCT 8, 03 vs TAMPA BAY (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp : - 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/9 vs. COL 0/4 vs. MIN x Logged a season-high : TOI vs. COL (0/9) Notched his first point as a Sabre and finished with a goal and an assist vs. TBL (0/8), his first multi-point game since Feb. 3, 0 at MTL. Made his Sabres debut at PIT (0/5), logging 9:36 TOI and registering a team-high five blocked shots Played in his 00th NHL game for Carolina at OTT (4/6) Scored first goal of season in first period vs. BOS (/8) Earned his first point of the season with an assist on Eric Staal's second period goal vs BUF (/4) Was a healthy extra for four games (/9-/, /9-4/) Played seven games for Pelicans of Finland's SM-Liiga during the work stoppage, earning one assist

14 #6: Mike Weber (D) 6' ", lbs. / Dec 6, 987 (5 years and 0 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in nd round (57th overall) of 006 Entry Draft. 6th NHL / 6th BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 6, 03 vs OTTAWA (9) Last Assist: APR 5, 03 vs OTTAWA (9) Season Career Career vs. Opp :4 6 - x 0/4 vs. OTT 0/5 vs. NYI x Tied for the lead among Sabres skaters with three fighting majors Credited with a team-high six hits at PIT (0/5) and at NYI (0/5) Finished first among Sabres skaters in average short handed TOI (:47) and blocked shots (9), as well as nd in hits () and penalty minutes (70) Scored his first goal of the season vs. OTT (3/6), his first since Jan., 0 at STL Tallied an assist in consecutive games twice (/9 vs. TOR and /3 at BOS; /8 at FLA and 3/ vs. NJD) Logged a season-high 3:58 TOI at MTL (/) Credited with eight blocked shots at MTL (3/3) Recorded a pair of assists vs. OTT (4/5), his first multi-point game since March 9, 0 vs. ATL Finished with eight hits and seven blocked shots vs. NJD (4/7) #8: Cody McCormick (C) (*Injured) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Apr 8, 983 (30 years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 5th round (44th overall) of 00 Entry Draft. Acquired: Signed as free agent on August, th NHL / 5th BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 7, WASHINGTON (0) Last Assist: MAR 9, TAMPA BAY (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp :49-3x 0/7 vs. VAN x 4x Currently sidelined with a leg injury Tied for the lead among Sabres skaters with three fighting majors Split time between Buffalo and Rochester (AHL) Held pointless over eight games in Buffalo, while recording points (6+5) in 5 games with Rochester Activated from IR to make season debut at MTL (/)

15 #9: Steve Ott (C) 6' 0", 89 lbs. / Aug 9, 98 (3 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Dallas in st round (5th overall) of 000 Entry Draft. Acquired: From DAL with Adam Pardy on July, 0 in exchange for Derek Roy. th NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: APR 3, PITTSBURGH () Last Assist: OCT 0, 03 vs COLUMBUS (5) Career Shootouts: /7 (9%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. CBJ 0/0 vs. CBJ 0/8 vs. TBL 0/5 vs. NYI 0/ vs. CHI 0/4 vs. OTT Currently sits in a tie for seventh among NHL skaters in hits (34), heading into 0/3 games Logged 4:5 TOI, the second-highest total of his career, and won of faceoffs at NYI (0/5) Recorded his first point of the season with an assist and contributed four hits vs. CBJ (0/0) Registered a team-high five hits at DET (0/) and six hits vs. OTT (0/4) Finished 3rd amongst NHL skaters in hits (87) and 0th in faceoff percentage (55.9%) Led all Sabres skaters with 93 PIM and three game-winning goals; also finished atop Sabres forwards in average TOI (8:33) Registered hits vs. BOS (/5), becoming the first Sabres player to record 0 or more hits since Paul Gaustad had 0 in the 008 Winter Classic (//08 vs. PIT) Skated in his 600th career NHL game at FLA (3/8) Contributed a goal for the third consecutive game vs. NJD (4/7) and was also credited with 0 hits #0: Christian Ehrhoff (D) 6' ", 96 lbs. / Jul 6, 98 (3 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by San Jose in 4th round (06th overall) of 00 Entry Draft. Acquired: Rights acquired from NYI on June 9, 0 in exchange for a 4th-rd pick in 0 Entry Draft. 0th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: APR 3, 03 vs PHILADELPHIA (6) Last Assist: OCT 5, NY ISLANDERS () Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs. NYI 0/5 vs. NYI 0/4 vs. OTT 5x 0/5 vs. NYI 3x Through 0 games, has averaged 5:30 TOI per game, matching his career-high average set last season and the highest per-game average by a Sabres skater since Alexei Zhitnik skated 6:3 per game in the season. This total is good for ninth among NHL skaters heading into 0/3 games Has led all Sabres skaters in TOI in each of the club's 0 games so far this season Notched his first points of the season with a pair of assists at NYI (0/5) Finished 0th among all NHL skaters with an average TOI of 5:, the highest average of his career and the highest per-game average by a Sabres skater since Alexei Zhitnik skated 6:3 per game in the season Finished first among Sabres defensemen in goals (5), assists (7), points () and shots (0), which ranked 8th among all NHL defensemen)

16 #: Kevin Porter (C) 5' 9", 9 lbs. / Mar, 986 (7 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by Phoenix in 4th round (9th overall) of 004 Entry Draft. Acquired: Signed as unrestricted free agent on July 6, 0. 6th NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: APR 4, 03 vs TAMPA BAY (3) Last Assist: APR 3, 03 vs PHILADELPHIA (4) Career Shootouts: / (50%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :37 4-0/5 vs. PIT 3x 0/8 vs. TBL Did not dress vs. COL (0/9) Skated in his 00th career NHL game vs. MIN (0/4) Registered four hits vs. TBL (0/8) Recorded seven points (4+3) over a seven game span (4/-4/4) Career-best four game point streak (+; 4/9-4/4) Logged a career-high 9:5 TOI at BOS (4/7) Tallied his first point of the season with an assist while logging 7:44 TOI at PHI (3/0) Registered four hits at NYR (3/3), vs. WSH (3/30), vs. BOS (3/3) and vs. WPG (4/) Scored his first two goals of the season and was a plus- at PIT (4/) Recalled from Rochester (AHL) to make his Sabres debut at TOR (/) Has recorded 44 points (5+9) in 48 games AHL games this season Serves as captain of the Rochester Americans (AHL) #9: Cody Hodgson (C) 6' 0", 9 lbs. / Feb 8, 990 (3 years and 8 months) KOH-dee HAWD-suhn Drafted: Selected by Vancouver in st round (0th overall) of 008 Entry Draft. Acquired: From VAN with Alexander Sulzer on Feb. 7, 0 in exchange for Zack Kassian and Marc-Andre Gragnani. 4th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 9, 03 vs COLORADO Last Assist: OCT 5, NY ISLANDERS () Career Shootouts: 3/9 (33%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :3 6 + x 5x 0/8 vs. TBL x 0/ vs. DET 0/8 vs. TBL 0/4 vs. MIN 0/ vs. CHI Currently leads all Sabres skaters with seven points (+5) and sits atop all Sabres forwards with an average TOI of 0:5 Has contributed seven points over the past eight games (+5) Tied his career best with a four game point-streak from 0/5-0/ (+4) Recorded a pair of points (+) and a team-high six shots vs. TBL (0/8) Tallied his first point of the season with an assist at PIT (0/5) Logged a career-high 3:3 TOI to lead all Sabres forwards at DET (0/) Finished first among all NHL sophomores and second among Sabres skaters in goals (5) and points (34) Registered 3 points (+9) over his final 4 games Opened Sabres season with a three-game goal-scoring streak (/0-/4) Tallied three points (+) at BOS (/3) and vs. FLA (/3) Three-game point streak (+) from /5-/9 Registered a pair of points (+) and was a plus- at TBL (/6) Notched two goals, seven shots and was a plus- at CAR (3/5) Won 3 of 7 faceoffs vs. NYI (4/6)

17 #0: Henrik Tallinder (D) 6' 4", 09 lbs. / Jan 0, 979 (34 years and 9 months) tah-lihn-duhr Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in nd round (48th overall) of 997 Entry Draft. Acquired: From NJD on July 7, 03 in exchange for Riley Boychuk. th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Goal: JAN 3, 03 vs NY ISLANDERS (5) Last Assist: OCT 9, 03 vs COLORADO Career Shootouts: /3 (33%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :34 + 0/9 vs. COL 0/9 vs. COL 4x 0/5 vs. NYI 0/9 vs. COL 0/5 vs. NYI x Tallied his first point of the season with an assist vs. COL (0/9) Logged a season-high 3:34 TOI at NYI (0/5) Returned to the lineup vs. MIN (0/4) after missing four games with an upper-body injury (0/5-0/). Played in 0 of the last 3 matches DND Apr. 5 vs. PIT., Apr. 3 vs. MTL. and Apr. 7 at BUF Returned to lineup/posted PPA Mar. 30 at FLA Missed contests Mar. 7-9 with lower body injury Appeared in his 600th career NHL game/posted assist Feb. 8 at WPG Posted assist on NJD's st goal of '-3 Jan. 9 at NYI #: Drew Stafford (R) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Oct 30, 985 (7 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (3th overall) of 004 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 8th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT, CHICAGO (4) Last Assist: OCT 9, 03 vs COLORADO Career Shootouts: /37 (3%), 3 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. CHI x 3x x 0/5 vs. NYI 0/0 vs. CBJ 0/ vs. CHI 0/5 vs. NYI Has contributed three points over the past five outings (+) Logged :5 TOI at NYI (0/5), the third-highest total of his career, while also registering an assist and a plus- two rating Notched his first goal of the season at CHI (0/) Recorded six shots vs. CBJ (0/0) First among all Sabres skaters in shots on goal () Four game point-streak (+4, 4/7-4/3) Registered four shots on goal vs. PHI (/0) and at WSH (/7) Finished with an assist and a team-high five hits vs. TOR (/9) Tallied his first goal of the season in a two-point effort (+) vs. BOS (/5) and led all Sabres skaters with five shots on goal Notched a pair of goals and five shots vs. OTT (3/6) Registered two points (+) and was credited with five shots and three hits at FLA (3/8) Logged a season-high :46 TOI vs. BOS (3/3) Recorded a pair of assists at PIT (4/3)

18 #: Johan Larsson (L) 5' ", 06 lbs. / Jul 5, 99 ( years and months) Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in nd round (56th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: From MIN with Matt Hackett, a first-round selection in the 03 NHL Entry Draft and a second-round selection in the 04 NHL Entry Draft on April 3, 03 in exchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 04 NHL Entry Draft nd NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp :09 4-0/9 vs. COL 0/5 vs. NYI x 0/5 vs. NYI Won eight of 0 faceoffs and recorded four hits over a career-high 6:09 TOI at NYI (0/5) Made his Sabres debut vs. OTT (0/4), logging 6:55 TOI and winning six of nine faceoffs Made NHL debut vs. DET (/7), skating 4:0 and registed shots Collected 37 points (5-=37), 6 PPG and 38 PIM in 6 games with Houston Ranked first on the Aeros in games played and third in scoring, goals and PPGs at time of second recall (4/) #3: Ville Leino (L) (*Injured) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Oct 6, 983 (30 years) Drafted: N/A Acquired: Signed as unrestricted free agent on July, 0. 6th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 30, 03 vs WASHINGTON () Last Assist: MAR 3, MONTREAL (4) Career Shootouts: /9 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. DET Currently sidelined with a rib injury (first game missed - 0/4 vs. OTT) Games missed due to injury: 40 (/0-3/, 3/3-4/6) Registered six points (+4) in eight games played Contributed two goals vs. WSH (3/30) Credited with an assist, two shots and a plus- rating in 5:55 TOI in his season debut vs. OTT (3/6) Tallied a pair of assists at MTL (3/9), the first of which represented the 00th of his NHL career #5: Mikhail Grigorenko (C) 6' 3", 09 lbs. / May 6, 994 (9 years and 5 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (th overall) of 0 Entry Draft. nd NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: JAN 9, 03 vs TORONTO (7) Last Assist: MAR 3, NY RANGERS (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp :59 + 0/ vs. CHI x x x Skated a season-high 4:59 at CHI (0/) Credited with a career-high six shots on goal to lead all Sabres skaters vs. NYI (4/6) Registered three shots and was a plus- at PIT (4/3) Skated 5:8 vs. WPG (4/) in his first NHL game since March, also winning nine of 5 faceoffs Scored his first NHL goal vs. TOR (/9), becoming the fifth-youngest player to score in Sabres history (8 years, 58 days) Made his NHL and Sabres debut vs. PHI (/0), registering two shots on goal over :3 TOI Logged a season-high 7:0 TOI at WSH (/7) Recorded his first NHL assist at BOS (/3) Registered an assist in consecutive games vs. NJD (3/) and at NYR (3/3) Led the Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) with 30 regular-season goals and ranked third with 54 points despite playing in only 33 of the team's 68 games

19 #6: Thomas Vanek (L) 6' ", 7 lbs. / Jan 9, 984 (9 years and 9 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (5th overall) of 003 Entry Draft. 9th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 5, NY ISLANDERS () Last Assist: OCT 9, 03 vs COLORADO Career Shootouts: 0/54 (37%), 6 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 9-3x 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL x 0/ vs. DET 0/4 vs. OTT 3x Currently leads all Sabres skaters with three goals on the season and average PP TOI (4:04) Has contributed six points over the past eight games (3+3) Three-game point streak (0/5-0/0) (+) Scored his 53rd career goal at NYI (0/5) to pass Craig Ramsey for sole possession of fifth-most goals in Sabres history Registered nine shots vs. OTT (0/4), tying his career high, set four times before (last: Jan. 0, 03 vs. PHI) Finished T-3rd in the NHL in power play goals (9), T-0th in goals (0) and T-nd in takeaways (34), all of which were most amongst Sabres skaters, despite appearing in just 38 games Led all Sabres skaters in points (4), while also finishing T-st in assists () and nd in shots (9) Had five-point games vs. PHI (/0) and at BOS (/3), becoming the first Sabres player to have two in a season since (LaFontaine - 6, Mogilny - 3) #8: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Jan 5, 994 (9 years and 9 months) ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhns Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (4th overall) of 0 Entry Draft. st NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: OCT, DETROIT (8) Last Assist: OCT 4, 03 vs MINNESOTA () Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. DET 0/4 vs. MIN x 0/ vs. CHI 0/5 vs. PIT x 0/9 vs. COL x Credited with six hits vs. COL (0/9) Missed one game with an upper-body injury (vs. VAN, 0/7) Tallied an assist vs. MIN (0/4) Recorded four hits at CHI (0/) and vs. MIN (0/4) Scored his first career goal and logged :3 TOI in his NHL debut at DET (0/) Contributed 7 points (6+) over 6 games with Rochester (AHL)

20 #3: John Scott (L) 6' 8", 59 lbs. / Sep 6, 98 (3 years) Drafted: Signed with Minnesota as undrafted free agent (/3/06). Acquired: Signed as unrestricted free agent on July, 0. 6th NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: NOV 5, CAROLINA (5) Last Assist: DEC 6, 0 vs ANAHEIM (60) Season Career Career vs. Opp : x 0/9 vs. COL 0/7 vs. VAN 0/4 vs. OTT Contributed three hits in consecutive outings vs. VAN (0/7) and vs. COL (0/9) Recorded four hits vs. OTT (0/4) Led all Sabres skaters with seven fighting majors Logged a season-high :00 TOI vs. NYR (4/9) and registered three hits Logged 0:4 TOI at BOS (4/7) and tallied three shots on goal Logged 0:43 TOI vs. TBL (4/4) and was credited with three shots Registered a team-high five hits vs. PHI (4/3) Logged 9: TOI vs. NJD (4/7) and 9:6 at WPG (4/9) Made his Sabres debut vs. PHI (/0) #36: Patrick Kaleta (R) 6' ", 98 lbs. / Jun 8, 986 (7 years and 4 months) KAH-letta Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 6th round (76th overall) of 004 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 8th BUF Season Last Goal: APR 7, 03 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: MAR 7, 0 vs CAROLINA (5) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. CBJ 0/4 vs. OTT x Currently serving a 0-game suspension (first game: 0/ at CHI) Served five-game suspension (4/5-4/7) Finished first among Sabres forwards in average shorthanded TOI (:08) Skated in his 300th career NHL game at BOS (4/7) Tallied his first goal of the season vs. NJD (4/7), his first point since March 7, 0 vs. CAR and first goal since Feb. 8, 0 vs. BOS; also credited with seven hits and four shots on goal in the contest Registered a season-high five shots on goal and 5:35 TOI vs. CAR (/5) #55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 9 lbs. / Oct 7, 994 (8 years and months) RAZ-muhs rihs-toh-ligh-nehn Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (8th overall) of 03 Entry Draft. st NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. CHI 0/0 vs. CBJ 0/ vs. DET 0/7 vs. VAN Loaned to Rochester (AHL) on Oct. 9 and recalled on Oct. Contributed three hits vs. VAN (0/7) Logged a career-high 9:44 TOI vs. CBJ (0/0) Logged 6:44 TOI and contributed three shots in his NHL debut at DET (0/) Appeared in 56 games for TPS (SM-liiga), contributing 5 points (3+)

21 #57: Tyler Myers (D) 6' 8", 9 lbs. / Feb, 990 (3 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (th overall) of 008 Entry Draft. 5th NHL / 5th BUF Season Last Goal: FEB 6, TAMPA BAY (3) Last Assist: OCT 9, 03 vs COLORADO Career Shootouts: /4 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : x x 7x 0/5 vs. NYI 0/4 vs. OTT 0/ vs. CHI x Has registered two points over the past three games (0+) Currently ranks second among Sabres skaters in average TOI (:5) Logged a season-high 7:55 TOI and tallied an assist for his first point of the season at NYI (0/5) Recorded four hits over 4:37 TOI at CHI (0/) Games missed due to injury: 7 - leg Finished nd among Sabres skaters in average TOI (:8) Led all Sabres skaters with a TOI of 8:3 vs. WSH (3/30) while contributing an assist and four hits Scored the game-winning goal at TBL (/6) Tallied two points (+) vs. BOS (/5) Netted his first goal of the season vs. PHI (/0) #6: Nikita Zadorov (D) 6' 5", 0 lbs. / Apr 6, 995 (8 years and 6 months) nih-kee-tuh za-dohr-awv Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (6th overall) of 03 Entry Draft. st NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp : /9 vs. COL 0/9 vs. COL Made his NHL debut vs. COL (0/9), logging :0 TOI and contributing three hits Missed the first nine regular season games with a finger injury (0/5-0/7) Appeared in 56 games for London (OHL), contributing 5 points (6+9).

22 #63: Tyler Ennis (C) 5' 9", 69 lbs. / Oct 6, 989 (4 years) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (6th overall) of 008 Entry Draft. 5th NHL / 5th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 5, NY ISLANDERS () Last Assist: APR, 03 vs WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: 7/8 (39%), 4 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs. NYI 0/5 vs. NYI x 0/8 vs. TBL 0/9 vs. COL 4x 0/5 vs. NYI Credited with five shots over :8 TOI vs. COL (0/9) Tallied his first goal of the season, was a plus- two and scored the shootout-winning goal at NYI (0/5) Logged a career-high 4:7 TOI vs. TBL (0/8) Finished T-st among all Sabres skaters in assists () Led all Sabres forwards in average power play TOI (3:) Recorded seven points (3+4) over a six game span (/5-/5) Tied career high with three points (+) vs. MTL (/7) Logged :09 TOI vs. WPG (/9), the fifth most minutes he has skated in his career and the most in a game decided in regulation time Missed one game (3/ vs. NYR) with an upper-body injury Logged a career high 4: TOI vs. TOR (3/), tallying a goal and an assist for his seventh multi-point game of the season Registered eight points (+6) over a seven game span (3/7-3/30) Four game point-streak (+4, 4/4-4/) #65: Brian Flynn (C) 6' ", 80 lbs. / Jul 6, 988 (5 years and months) Acquired: Signed as undrafted free agent on March 9, 0. nd NHL / nd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 03 vs MINNESOTA (3) Last Assist: OCT, DETROIT (9) Season Career Career vs. Opp : /4 vs. MIN 0/ vs. DET x 0/5 vs. PIT 0/4 vs. OTT x x Notched his first goal of the season and,000th in franchise history vs. MIN (0/4) Logged a career-high 9:36 TOI at PIT (0/5) Credited with five shots vs. OTT (0/4), tying his career high set Mar. 5, 03 (vs. CAR) Tallied his first point of the season with an assist at DET (0/) Finished T-st among Sabres skaters with a plus- 6 rating Registered four points (+) over a five game span (4/-4/) Three game point-streak (+) (3/7-3/) Notched his first NHL assist vs. NYR (3/) Tallied a goal for the second consecutive game and logged 6:5 TOI at PHI (3/0) Scored his first NHL goal and was credited with four shots at NJD (3/7) Registered five shots at CAR (3/5) Made his NHL debut vs. NJD (3/) Recalled from Rochester (AHL) on 3/ Ranked 0th among AHL rookies in goals (6) and points (3) at time of recall