Official Program of the Buffalo Sabres

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3 TerryPegula Owner Officially took over as the fourth owner in Buffalo Sabres franchise history on February 22, 2011 In 1983, he borrowed $7,500 from family and friends to found East Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and development company In July of 2010, Royal Dutch Shell purchased the assets of East Resources Inc. for $4.7 billion (US) On September 17, 2010, Terry and his wife Kim donated $88 million to Penn State University -- the largest private gift in the history of the school -- to fund a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose arena, a worldclass practice facility and help to establish an NCAA Division I men s hockey program. TheodoreBlack President Oversees all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the franchise, with specific focus on making the Buffalo Sabres the premier destination for NHL players and the Sabres current and future employees served as Vice President of the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1999 to 2008 was Sr. VP/GM of FSN Pittsburgh from DanielDiPofi Chief Operating Officer Eighth year as Chief Operating Officer of the Buffalo Sabres/Buffalo Bandits and HSBC Arena Has been the catalyst in bringing financial stability to an organization that is just seven years removed from bankruptcy also works closely with the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League, serving as a Governor on the NLL s Board of Governors. DarcyRegier General Manager Now in his 14th year as General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres, the longest tenure of any GM in the 39-year history of the franchise Together with Lindy Ruff forms the longest-serving GM/Coach combination in pro sports Led Buffalo to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1999, in addition to four Eastern Conference Finals appearances (1998, 1999, 2006 and 2007). LindyRuff Head Coach The NHL s longest-tenured head coach, and all-time winningest coach in Sabres history Currently in 14th year behind the Sabres bench after being hired on July 21, 1997 Among the NHL s All-Time Leaders in Most Career Wins and Games Coached with One Franchise Member of the coaching staff for the Canadian men s hockey team that took home a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. KenSawyer Senior Advisor CliffordBenson Senior Advisor Gamenight Official Program of the Buffalo Sabres Editor... Kevin Snow Assistant Editor...Ian Ott Creative Director... Frank Cravotta Graphic Artist...Vicki Sitek Photographers...Bill Wippert, Ron Moscati and Getty Images/NHLI Buffalo Sabres. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission from the Buffalo Sabres & NHL is expressly prohibited. 1

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6 NHL 2011 Playoff Format Conference Quarterfinals Wednesday, April 13 - Wednesday, April 27 Eastern Conference: Series A: #1 vs. #8 Series B: #2 vs. #7 Series C: #3 vs. #6 Series D: #4 vs. #5 Western Conference: Series E: #1 vs. #8 Series F: #2 vs. #7 Series G: #3 vs. #6 Series H: #4 vs. #5 Conference Semifinals Thursday, April 28 - Thursday, May 12 For the purpose of determining second round match-ups, each of the first round series winners will be ranked one (1) through four (4) based on their final regular season rankings. Eastern Conference: Series I: #1 vs. #4 Series J: #2 vs. #3 Western Conference: Series K: #1 vs. #4 Series L: #2 vs. #3 Conference finals Friday, May 13 - Saturday, May 28 The surviving clubs in each conference will participate in the Conference Final Series, with home-ice advantage being awarded to the higher ranked team. Eastern Conference: Series M: #1 vs. #2 Western Conference: Series N: #1 vs. #2 Stanley Cup Final Sunday, May 29 - Friday, June 17 Home ice advantage will be given to the club which had the greatest number of regular season points. The higher-ranked club will play games one, two, and if necessary five and seven in its home rink. The lower ranked club will play games three, four and if necessary, game six in its home rink. *The dates for the second and each subsequent rounds are subject to move-up scenarios if, given the results in the prior round, the league determines that an accelerated schedule can be implemented. vs. 4

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8 One-Game Individual Playoff Leaders Most Goals 4 John Tucker ( vs. BOS) Most Assists 4 Gil Perreault ( vs. BOS; vs. CHI) 4 Dave Andreychuk ( at MTL) Most Points 5 John Tucker ( vs. BOS) 5 Derek Roy ( at OTT) Most Penalty Minutes 32 Kevin Maguire ( vs. BOS) Most Power-Play Goals 2 John Tucker ( vs. BOS; vs. BOS) 2 Randy Burridge ( vs. PHI) 2 Miroslav Satan ( vs. PHI) 2 J-P Dumont ( vs. PHI) Most Short-Handed Goals 1 (16x) Last: Jason Pominville ( vs. OTT) Most Minutes Played By a Goaltender 125:43 Dominik Hasek ( vs. NJ) Most Shots on Goal 14 Daniel Briere ( vs. PHI) Most Goals by Opposing Player 3 Yvon Cournoyer ( at MTL) 3 Guy Lafleur ( at MTL) 3 Barry Pederson ( at BOS) Most Assists by Opposing Player 4 Rick Middleton ( vs. BOS) 4 Andrei Nikolishin ( vs. WSH) Most Points by Opposing Player 6 Rick Middleton ( vs. BOS) 46 Stats as of April 11, Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images/NHLI

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10 Buffalo Sabres Season Highlights 8 Thomas Vanek skates in to congratulate Ryan Miller following Buffalo s come-from-behind 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on March 5, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)

11 JhonasEnroth Goaltender 1 Marc-AndreGragnani 17 SteveMontador 4 TimConnolly Center 19 MikeWeber 6 RobNiedermayer Center 20 CodyMcCormick Center 8 DrewStafford Right Wing 21 MarkMancari Right Wing 12 BradBoyes Right Wing 22 GAMENIGHT Buffalo Sabres MikeGrier Right Wing 25 ThomasVanek Left WIng 26 ShaoneMorrisonn 27 PaulGaustad Center 28 JasonPominville Right Wing 29 RyanMiller Goaltender 30 ChrisButler 34 PatrickKaleta Right Wing 36 MattEllis Left Wing 37 PatrickLalime Goaltender 40 NathanGerbe Center 42 AndrejSekera 44 JochenHecht Center 55 TylerMyers 57 TylerEnnis Left Wing 63 COACHING STAFF: Head Coach Lindy Ruff; Associate Coach Brian McCutcheon; Assistant Coach James Patrick; Goaltending Coach Jim Corsi. Roster as of April 13,

12 GAMENIGHT Buffalo Sabres Roster # Name POS Ht. Wt. Born Birthplace 1 Jhonas Enroth G Jun 25, 1988 Stockholm, SWE 3 Jordan Leopold D Aug 3, 1980 Golden Valley, MN, USA 4 Steve Montador D Dec 21, 1979 Vancouver, BC, CAN 6 Mike Weber D Dec 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 8 Cody McCormick C Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 12 Mark Mancari R Jul 11, 1985 London, ON, CAN 17 Marc-Andre Gragnani D Mar 11, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN 19 Tim Connolly C May 7, 1981 Syracuse, NY, USA 20 Rob Niedermayer C Dec 28, 1974 Cassiar, BC, CAN 21 Drew Stafford R Oct 30, 1985 Milwaukee, WI, USA 22 Brad Boyes R Apr 17, 1982 Mississauga, ON, CAN 25 Michael Grier R Jan 5, 1975 Detroit, MI, USA 26 Thomas Vanek L Jan 19, 1984 Vienna, AUT 27 Shaone Morrisonn D Dec 23, 1982 Vancouver, BC, CAN 28 Paul Gaustad C Feb 3, 1982 Fargo, ND, USA 29 Jason Pominville R Nov 30, 1982 Repentigny, QC, CAN 30 Ryan Miller G Jul 17, 1980 East Lansing, MI, USA 34 Chris Butler D Oct 27, 1986 St. Louis, MO, USA 36 Patrick Kaleta R Jun 8, 1986 Buffalo, NY, USA 37 Matt Ellis L Aug 31, 1981 Welland, ON, CAN 40 Patrick Lalime G Jul 7, 1974 St. Bonaventure, QC, CAN 42 Nathan Gerbe C Jul 24, 1987 Oxford, MI, USA 44 Andrej Sekera D Jun 8, 1986 Bojnice, SVK 55 Jochen Hecht C Jun 21, 1977 Mannheim, DEU 57 Tyler Myers D Feb 1, 1990 Houston, TX, USA 63 Tyler Ennis L Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 10 Roster as of April 13, 2011

13 # Name POS Ht. Wt. Born Birthplace 5 Braydon Coburn D Feb 27, 1985 Shaunavon, SK, CAN 6 Sean O Donnell D Oct 13, 1971 Ottawa, ON, CAN 10 Kris Versteeg R May 13, 1986 Lethbridge, AB, CAN 11 Blair Betts C Feb 16, 1980 Edmonton, AB, CAN 13 Daniel Carcillo L Jan 28, 1985 King City, ON, CAN 15 Andreas Nodl R Feb 28, 1987 Vienna, AUT 17 Jeff Carter C Jan 1, 1985 London, ON, CAN 18 Mike Richards C Feb 11, 1985 Kenora, ON, CAN 19 Scott Hartnell L Apr 18, 1982 Regina, SK, CAN 20 Chris Pronger D Oct 10, 1974 Dryden, ON, CAN 21 James van Riemsdyk L May 4, 1989 Middletown, NJ, USA 22 Ville Leino L Oct 6, 1983 Savonlinna, FIN 24 Nick Boynton D Jan 14, 1979 Nobleton, ON, CAN 25 Matt Carle D Sep 25, 1984 Anchorage, AK, USA 26 Danny Syvret D Jun 13, 1985 Millgrove, ON, CAN 28 Claude Giroux R Jan 12, 1988 Hearst, ON, CAN 33 Brian Boucher G Jan 2, 1977 Woonsocket, RI, USA 35 Sergei Bobrovsky G Sep 20, 1988 Novokuznetsk, RUS 36 Darroll Powe C Jun 22, 1985 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 41 Andrej Meszaros D Oct 13, 1985 Považská Bystrica, SVK 44 Kimmo Timonen D Mar 18, 1975 Kuopio, FIN 45 Jody Shelley L Feb 7, 1976 Thompson, MB, CAN 48 Danny Briere R Oct 6, 1977 Gatineau, QC, CAN 49 Michael Leighton G May 19, 1981 Petrolia, ON, CAN 93 Nikolay Zherdev R Nov 5, 1984 Kiev, UKR GAMENIGHT Philadelphia Flyers Roster Roster as of April 13,

14 GAMENIGHT Philadelphia Flyers BraydonCoburn 5 AndreasNodl Right Wing 15 SeanO Donnell 6 JeffCarter Center 17 KrisVersteeg Right Wing 10 MikeRichards Center 18 BlairBetts Center 11 ScottHartnell Left Wing 19 DanielCarcillo Left Wing 13 ChrisPronger 20 Jamesvan Riemsdyk Left Wing 21 VilleLeino Left WIng 22 NickBoynton 24 MattCarle 25 DannySyvret 26 ClaudeGiroux Right Wing 28 BrianBoucher Goaltender 33 BenHolmstrom Center 34 SergeiBobrovsky Goaltender 35 DarrollPowe Center 36 AndrejMeszaros 41 KimmoTimonen 44 JodyShelley Left Wing 45 DannyBriere Right Wing 48 NikolayZherdev Right Wing COACHING STAFF: Head Coach Peter Laviolette; Assistant Coach Joe Mullen; Assistant Coach Kevin McCarthy, Assistant Coach Craig Berube, Goaltending Coach Jeff Reese. Roster as of April 6, 2011.

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18 Buffalo Sabres Season Highlights 16 Steve Montador joins the celebration as the Sabres pile on Thomas Vanek following his game-winning overtime goal against Sergei Bobrovsky and the Philadelphia Flyers at HSBC Arena on April 8, The win clinched Buffalo a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

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20 Buffalo Sabres Overtime History Playoffs Date Opponent Scorer Score Time April 10, Montreal Rene Robert 3-2 Buf. 9:18 April 17, Chicago Stan Mikita 5-4 Chi. 2:31 April 27, 1975 Montreal Danny Gare 6-5 Buf. 4:42 May 6, 1975 Montreal Rene Robert 5-4 Buf. 5:56 May 20, 1975 Philadelphia Rene Robert 5-4 Buf. 18:29 April 8, 1976 St. Louis Danny Gare 3-2 Buf. 11:43 April 9, 1976 St. Louis Don Luce 2-1 Buf. 14:27 April 13, 1976 N.Y. Islanders Danny Gare 3-2 Buf. 14:04 April 13, N.Y. Rangers Don Murdoch 4-3 NYI 1:37 April 14, 1979 Pittsburgh George Ferguson 4-3 Pit. :47 May 1, 1980 N.Y. Islanders Bob Nystrom 2-1 NYI 21:20 April 8, 1981 Vancouver Alan Haworth 3-2 Buf. 5:00 April 16, 1981 Minnesota Steve Payne 4-3 Min. :22 April 20, Minnesota Craig Ramsay 5-4 Buf. 16:32 April 24, Boston Brad Park 3-2 Bos. 1:52 April 10, 1988 Boston John Tucker 6-5 Buf. 5:32 April 9, Montreal Brian Skrudland 2-1 Mtl. 12:35 April 11, Montreal Russ Courtnall 4-3 Mtl. 5:56 April 21, Boston Adam Oates 3-2 Bos. 11:14 April 25, 1992 Boston Ted Donato 5-4 Bos. 2:08 April 18, Boston Bob Sweeney 5-4 Buf. 11:03 April 22, 1993 Boston Yuri Khmylev 4-3 Buf. 1:05 April 24, 1993 Boston Brad May 6-5 Buf. 4:48 May 4, Montreal Guy Carbonneau 4-3 Mtl. 2:50 May 6, 1993 Montreal Gilbert Dionne 4-3 Mtl. 8:28 May 8, 1993 Montreal Kirk Muller 4-3 Mtl. 11:37 April 27, 1994 New Jersey Dave Hannan 1-0 Buf. 65:43 May 7, Philadelphia Karl Dykhuis 4-3 Phi. 10:06 April 23, Ottawa Daniel Alfredsson 1-0 Ott. 2:34 April 29, 1997 Ottawa Derek Plante 3-2 Buf. 5:24 May 9, Philadelphia Ed Ronan 5-4 Buf. 6:24 May 1, Philadelphia Michal Grosek 3-2 Buf. 5:40 May 8, 1998 Montreal Geoff Sanderson 3-2 Buf. 2:37 May 12, Montreal Michael Peca 5-4 Buf. 21:24 May 25, Washington Todd Krygier 3-2 Wsh. 3:01 May 28, 1998 Washington Peter Bondra 4-3 Wsh. 9:37 June 4, 1998 Washington Joe Juneau 3-2 Wsh. 6:24 April 23, Ottawa Miroslav Satan 3-2 Buf. 30:35 June 8, Dallas Jason Woolley 3-2 Buf. 15:30 June 19, 1999 Dallas Brett Hull 2-1 Dal. 54:51 April 18, Philadelphia Stu Barnes 3-2 Buf. 4:42 April 14, Philadelphia Jay McKee 4-3 Buf. 18:02 April 17, 2001 Philadelphia Curtis Brown 4-3 Buf. 6:13 May 5, 2001 Pittsburgh Stu Barnes 3-2 Buf. 8:34 May 8, Pittsburgh Martin Straka 3-2 Pit. 11:29 May 10, 2001 Pittsburgh Darius Kasparitis 3-2 Pit. 13:01 April 22, 2006 Philadelphia Daniel Briere 3-2 Buf. 27:31 May 5, Ottawa Chris Drury 7-6 Buf. 0:18 May 10, 2006 Ottawa J-P Dumont 3-2 Buf. 5:05 May 13, Jason Pominville 3-2 Buf. 2:26 May 28, Carolina Cory Stillman 4-3 Car. 8:46 May 30, 2006 Carolina Daniel Briere 2-1 Buf. 4:22 April 29, NY Rangers Michal Rozsival 2-1 NYR 36:43 May 4, 2007 NY Rangers Maxim Afinogenov 2-1 Buf. 4:39 May 12, 2007 Ottawa Joe Corvo 4-3 Ott. 24:58 May 19, 2007 Ottawa Daniel Alfredsson 3-2 Ott. 9:32 April 21, Boston Miroslav Satan 3-2 Bos. 27:41 18 Sabres are in overtime games during the playoffs (20-12 at home and on road). Overtime goals have ended a Sabres playoff series 11 times (April 9, 1976; April 14, 1979; April 24, 1983; April 24, 1993; May 8, 1993; April 29, 1997; May 1, 1998; June 4, 1998; June 19, 1999; May 10, 2001; May 13, 2006 and May 19, 2007).

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22 Final Score: BUF PHI 20

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