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1 Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Thu, Oct 0, 03 NHL Game #49 Buffalo Sabres 0 3 ( pts) Columbus Blue Jackets 0 ( pts) Team Game: 5 Home Game: 3 0 (Home) 0 0 (Road) Team Game: 3 Road Game: 0 0 (Home) 0 0 (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 0 6 D Mike Weber C Cody McCormick C Steve Ott (C) D Christian Ehrhoff (A) C Kevin Porter C Cody Hodgson R Drew Stafford L Johan Larsson C Mikhail Grigorenko L Thomas Vanek (C) C Zemgus Girgensons L John Scott R Patrick Kaleta D Alexander Sulzer D Rasmus Ristolainen D Tyler Myers C Tyler Ennis C Brian Flynn L Marcus Foligno # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 3 Curtis McElhinney Sergei Bobrovsky # P Player GP G A P +/ PIM 6 D Nikita Nikitin D Jack Johnson (A) R Marian Gaborik 0 0 L Matt Calvert R Cam Atkinson L Blake Comeau C Brandon Dubinsky (A) L RJ Umberger C Ryan Johansen D Tim Erixon D James Wisniewski C Derek MacKenzie D Ryan Murray C Boone Jenner R Jared Boll (A) C Artem Anisimov 0 47 D Dalton Prout D Fedor Tyutin C Mark Letestu (A) D David Savard L Nick Foligno 0 0 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, Hockey Operations General Manager Assistant General Managers Head Coach Coaching Staff John Davidson Jarmo Kekalainen Chris MacFarland, Bill Zito Todd Richards Craig Hartsburg (Associate), Dan Hinote (Assistant), Ian Clark (Goaltender), Dan Singleton (Video) Tonight's Officials Referees Kevin Pollock (33), Brad Meier (34) Linesmen David Brisebois (96), Scott Driscoll (68) Ntl. Anthem Baylee Morrison Video Judge Today's Schedule BOS : 7:00 BUF : 7:00 WSH : 7:00 NSH : 7:00 MIN : 7:00 VAN : 7:00 ANA : 7:00 DET : 7:30 TBL : 7:30 EDM : 7:30

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 8 Cody McCormick C 6' " 4 Apr 8, 983 London, ON, CAN 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 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 5 Alexander Sulzer D 6' " 98 May 30, 984 Kaufbeuren, DEU 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 9 Oct 7, 994 Turku, FIN 57 Tyler Myers D 6' 8" 9 Feb, 990 Houston, TX, USA 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: 5.9 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 3 Ville Leino L 6' " 8 Oct 6, 983 Savonlinna, FIN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks CODY HODGSON ( / Games) Point Streaks THOMAS VANEK (3 / Games) CODY HODGSON (3 / Games) Columbus Blue Jackets: Roster Active (3 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Nikita Nikitin D 6' 4" 3 Jun 6, 986 Omsk, RUS 7 Jack Johnson D 6' " 38 Jan 3, 987 Indianapolis, IN, USA 0 Marian Gaborik R 6' " 04 Feb 4, 98 Trencin, SVK Matt Calvert L 5' " 87 Dec 4, 989 Brandon, MB, CAN 3 Cam Atkinson R 5' 8" 74 Jun 5, 989 Riverside, CT, USA 4 Blake Comeau L 6' " 0 Feb 8, 986 Meadow Lake, SK, CAN 7 Brandon Dubinsky C 6' " 6 Apr 9, 986 Anchorage, AK, USA 8 RJ Umberger L 6' " 4 May 3, 98 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 9 Ryan Johansen C 6' 3" 3 Jul 3, 99 Vancouver, BC, CAN 0 Tim Erixon D 6' " 00 Feb 4, 99 Port Chester, NY, USA James Wisniewski D 5' " 03 Feb, 984 Canton, MI, USA 4 Derek MacKenzie C 5' " 8 Jun, 98 Sudbury, ON, CAN 7 Ryan Murray D 6' " 08 Sep 7, 993 Regina, SK, CAN 3 Curtis McElhinney G 6' 3" 05 May 3, 983 London, ON, CAN 38 Boone Jenner C 6' " 08 Jun 5, 993 Dorchester, ON, CAN 40 Jared Boll R 6' 3" 4 May 3, 986 Charlotte, NC, USA 4 Artem Anisimov C 6' 4" 98 May 4, 988 Yaroslavl, RUS 47 Dalton Prout D 6' 3" Mar 3, 990 Kingsville, ON, CAN 5 Fedor Tyutin D 6' " Jul 9, 983 Izhevsk, RUS 55 Mark Letestu C 5' 0" 99 Feb 4, 985 Elk Point, AB, CAN 58 David Savard D 6' " 9 Oct, 990 St. Hyacinthe, QC, CAN 7 Nick Foligno L 6' 0" 0 Oct 3, 987 Buffalo, NY, USA 7 Sergei Bobrovsky G 6' " 8 Sep 0, 988 Novokuznetsk, RUS 3 Players Total Avg: 6' " 06 Age: 6.3 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Nathan Horton R 6' " 9 May 9, 985 Welland, ON, CAN 3 Cody Bass C 6' 0" 0 Jan 7, 987 Owen Sound, ON, CAN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks BRANDON DUBINSKY ( / Games) Point Streaks BRANDON DUBINSKY (0 / 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 : D 4 Jamie McBain : C 8 Zemgus Girgensons : C 65 Brian Flynn : D 3 Mark Pysyk : C 5 Mikhail Grigorenko : D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen : L 3 John Scott : L Johan Larsson : C 63 Tyler Ennis : D 57 Tyler Myers : C 9 Steve Ott : D 0 Christian Ehrhoff : C 8 Cody McCormick : R Drew Stafford : C Kevin Porter : R 36 Patrick Kaleta : D 6 Mike Weber : L 3 Ville Leino : L 8 Marcus Foligno : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Ryan Miller Jhonas Enroth Columbus Blue Jackets: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/ PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks D 7 Jack Johnson : R 0 Marian Gaborik :3 0.0 C 7 Brandon Dubinsky : C 55 Mark Letestu : L 7 Nick Foligno : C 4 Artem Anisimov : D 6 Nikita Nikitin : L 4 Blake Comeau : D James Wisniewski : L 8 RJ Umberger : R 3 Cam Atkinson : D 58 David Savard : C 38 Boone Jenner : C 9 Ryan Johansen : D 47 Dalton Prout : L Matt Calvert : C 4 Derek MacKenzie : D 7 Ryan Murray : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 7 Sergei Bobrovsky

4 Columbus Blue Buffalo Sabres Team Records Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Last game: Saturday AT NY ISLANDERS (3 W) Tuesday VS TAMPA BAY (3 O) Next game: Thursday AT BUFFALO Thursday VS COLUMBUS Overall record/streak: 0 / Win / Undef 0 3 / OTL Home record/streak: 0 0 / Lost 0 / OTL Road record/streak: 0 0 / Win / Undef 0 0 / Lost Last 5 Games: Last 0 Games: Goal Games: 0 0 Goal Games Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period 0 0 Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record This Season: 0 0 OT Record Franchise: Shootout Record This Season: Shootout Record Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Northeast: null null null null null null vs. Atlantic: null null null null null null vs. Southeast: null null null null null null vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: null null null null null null vs. Central: null null null null null null vs. Pacific: null null null null null null vs. Northwest: null null null null null null vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: null null null null null null Month by Month Record Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres WLOT Points WLOT Points October: 0 03 November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals: 0 03

5 Columbus Blue Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period 3 OT T Avg Columbus Blue Jackets: (.5 avg.) Opponents: 0 6 ( 3.0 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (.0 avg.) Opponents: (.5 avg.) Shots by Period 3 OT T Avg Columbus Blue Jackets: (30.5 avg.) Opponents: (30.0 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: (4.8 avg.) Opponents: (37.3 avg.) Power Play Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (nd NHL) 7.8 (nd NHL) Home: (T5th NHL) (Tth NHL) Road: 50.0 (Tst NHL) (T4th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (Tst NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (Tst NHL) Penalty Killing Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: (T6th NHL) 90.9 (8th NHL) Home: (Tst NHL) (T5th NHL) Road: 50.0 (T0th NHL) (Tst NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T8th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T8th NHL) Penalties Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 6.0 (Tst NHL) (T9th NHL) Goal Situations Columbus Blue Jackets 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: 0 0 Empty Net: Penalty Shots: Total:

6 Columbus Blue Buffalo Sabres Situations Individual Leaders Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Points: M. GABORIK (),J. JOHNSON (),B. DUBINSKY () T. VANEK (3),C. HODGSON (3),J. MCBAIN () Goals: M. GABORIK (),J. JOHNSON (),N. FOLIGNO () T. VANEK (),J. MCBAIN (),C. HODGSON () Assists: B. DUBINSKY (),M. GABORIK (),R. UMBERGER () T. VANEK (),C. HODGSON (),J. MCBAIN () PP Goals: J. JOHNSON (),M. LETESTU () J. MCBAIN (),C. HODGSON () SH Goals: GW Goals: 3+ Goals: PIM: J. JOHNSON (6),N. FOLIGNO (),A. ANISIMOV () T. MYERS (8),S. OTT (5),M. WEBER (5) Shots: J. JOHNSON (7),M. GABORIK (6),J. WISNIEWSKI (5) T. VANEK (7),C. HODGSON (),C. EHRHOFF (0) +/: D. SAVARD (+),B. DUBINSKY (+),N. NIKITIN (+) S. OTT (0),C. EHRHOFF (0),C. MCCORMICK (0) Shootout Columbus Blue Jackets Shooter G/S % GDG Mark Letestu / Cam Atkinson / 00.0 Artem Anisimov 0 / Ryan Johansen 0 / Goaltender Rec. G/S % Sergei Bobrovsky 0 /4.750 Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Goaltender Rec. G/S % Power Play Columbus Blue Jackets Player G A P Jack Johnson 0 Mark Letestu 0 Marian Gaborik 0 James Wisniewski 0 Brandon Dubinsky 0 Cam Atkinson 0 Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Jamie McBain Cody Hodgson Thomas Vanek 0 Short Handed Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Player G A P

7 Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Tuesday, October 8 Tampa Bay 3 at Buffalo (OT) Goals: Hodgson, McBain Goalie: Enroth (3 saves/34 shots) PP: /4; PK: /3; Shots: Tampa Bay 34 Buffalo 3 CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: ) Player (injury, first game missed) total games missed Joel Armia (hand, Oct. ; injured nonroster) 4 games Corey Tropp (jaw, Oct. ; injured nonroster) 4 games Nikita Zadorov (finger, Oct. ; injured nonroster) 4 games Ville Leino (rib, Oct. 4; injured reserve) 3 games Henrik Tallinder (upper body, Oct. 5; injured reserve) games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 0/5: Recalled D Alexander Sulzer and G Matt Hackett (goaltender exemption) from Rochester (AHL); Placed F Ville Leino on IR 0/7: Returned G Matt Hackett to Rochester (AHL) 0/8: Activated F Marcus Foligno from IR; Placed D Henrik Tallinder on IR. UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Oct. : Buffalo at Chicago, 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4: Minnesota at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5: Buffalo at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7: Vancouver at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9: Colorado at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT S GAME BLUE JACKETS at SABRES This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Blue Jackets this season. Last meeting: Columbus defeated Buffalo, 5, in Columbus on Nov. 5, 0. The Sabres are 550 in their last 0 games vs. the Blue Jackets; 440 in eight home games. This is the 5 th game alltime between Buffalo and Columbus; Buffalo has a 58 series record. The Sabres are 440 at home against the Blue Jackets alltime. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 07 alltime on October 0, including wins in their last five games on this date. October 0, 970: The Sabres play their first game in franchise history, a win at Pittsburgh. Jim Watson scores the first goal in franchise history and Gilbert Perreault scores the gamewinner on the power play. October 0, 974: Danny Gare scores 8 seconds into his first NHL game, kicking off a 95 Sabres win at Boston. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW The Sabres haven t lost to the Blue Jackets at home since Nov. 4, 008. Christian Ehrhoff leads all Sabres with 5 points (7+8) in 6 career games against Columbus. Steve Ott leads the team with eight goals in 8 games against the Blue Jackets. Tyler Ennis has four points (+) in two career games against the Blue Jackets, both coming in the 00 season. Ryan Miller earned his first NHL victory against the Blue Jackets in a 54 win at home on Nov., 00. Jhonas Enroth has started the Sabres last three games against the Blue Jackets, going 0. Miller s last start against Columbus was a 9save shutout on Dec. 3, 00. October is the Sabres second best month since 00506; they have a 3837 October record (.60) in that span, including a 03 record so far this season. LOGGING BIG MINUTES Through four games, Christian Ehrhoff has averaged 5:34 TOI per game, topping his careerhigh average of 5: set last season and the highest pergame average by a Sabres skater since Alexei Zhitnik averaged 6:3 per game in the 0003 season. FAST STARTER Over the course of his career, Thomas Vanek is better than a pointpergame player during the first 0 games of the season, totaling 93 points (46+47) in 84 career games during this portion of the schedule. Hehas never finished the first 0 games of a season with fewer than seven points. He has three points (+) in four games so far this season.

8 Vanek began the 03 season with points (0+) in 0 games and began the 0 season with 5 points (8+7) in 0 games. He finished last season at a pointpergame pace for the second time in his career, with 4 points (0+) in 38 games. YOUTH MOVEMENT With Zemgus Girgensons, Mikhail Grigorenko and Rasmus Ristolainen on Buffalo s roster, the Sabres have already dressed three teenagers during the course of a season for the first time since 99596, when they had five (Jay McKee, Martin Biron, Wayne Primeau, Vaclav Varada, Curtis Brown) suit up for the team. If Nikita Zadorov (currently sidelined with a finger injury) sees time this season, the Sabres would be the first NHL team to ice four rookies 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 034, becoming the 7 th and 8 th fullseason captains in franchise history (excludes rotating captaincies in and 00708). In total, 3 different players have previously served as captain of the Sabres for at least a onemonth 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 00607, when Chris Drury and Daniel Briere served as cocaptains. 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. 03 PRESEASON Buffalo finished the preseason with a 4 record; 0 at home, 0 on the road. Foligno (3+), Girgensons (3+) and Grigorenko (+) tied for the team lead with four points each. Ryan Miller was 0 with a.40 GAA and.99 SV%; Jhonas Enroth was 0 with a.95 GAA and.93 SV%. The Sabres were /6 (3.8%) on the PP; and 9/3 (90.6%) on the PK. 034 ROSTER NOTES Of the 3 players on Buffalo s opening night roster: 3 were originally drafted by the Sabres eight were firstround Buffalo selections (Vanek, 003; Stafford, 004; Myers and Ennis, 008; Pysyk, 00; Grigorenko and Girgensons, 0; Ristolainen, 03) and three were secondround picks (Tallinder [reacquired via trade], 997; Enroth and Weber, 006) Six were acquired in trades: Ehrhoff, Hodgson, Ott, Larsson, Tallinder, McBain Five were signed as free agents: McCormick, Leino, Flynn, Scott, Porter 8 played in Buffalo at some point last season Five are new to the Sabres this season: Rasmus Ristolainen was selected by the Sabres 8 th overall in the 03 NHL Entry Draft; Zemgus Girgensons will make his Sabres debut after spending his first pro season with the Rochester Americans (AHL) in 03; Henrik Tallinder, Jamie McBain, and Johan Larsson were each acquired in separate trades. Larsson finished the 03 season with Rochester. Four players (Flynn, Girgensons, Larsson, Ristolainen) are opening the season on an NHL roster for the first time in their careers. BUFCBJ CONNECTIONS CBJ HC Todd Richards coached BUF D Christian Ehrhoff on the San Jose Sharks squad. CBJ C Artem Anisimov, BUF G Jhonas Enroth and BUF D Mike Weber were all drafted in the second round of the 006 NHL Entry Draft. Enroth was selected 46 th overall, while Anisimov and Weber were chosen 54 th and 57 th, respectively. CBJ LW RJ Umberger and Weber were both born in Pittsburgh, PA. CBJ C Brandon Dubinsky and BUF RW Drew Stafford both represented the United States at the 008 World Hockey Championship. CBJ LW Nick Foligno was born in Buffalo and is the older brother of BUF LW Marcus Foligno. Marcus Foligno and CBJ D David Savard were both chosen in the fourth round of the 009 NHL Entry Draft. Savard went 94 th overall, while Foligno was selected 0 picks later, at 04 th overall. CBJ RW Marian Gaborik and BUF LW John Scott were teammates with the Minnesota Wild during the season. The two were reunited as members of the New York Rangers in 0. CBJ RW Nathan Horton and BUF RW Thomas Vanek were both drafted in the first round of the 003 NHL Entry Draft. Horton was selected third overall, while Vanek was chosen with the ninth selection.

9 CBJ C Ryan Johansen and Marcus Foligno played together for Team Canada at the 0 World Junior Championship held in Buffalo. Johansen and BUF D Mark Pysyk were both first round selections in the 00 NHL Entry Draft. Johansen was chosen fourth overall and Pysyk was taken with the 3 rd overall pick. BUF G Ryan Miller (38 th overall) and CBJ C Derek MacKenzie (8 th overall) were both chosen in the fifth round of the 999 NHL Entry Draft. MacKenzie and BUF C Steve Ott both represented Canada at the 00 World Junior Championship. CBJ RW Jack Skille and BUF C Kevin Porter were teammates for the United States National Team Development Program U7 and U8 squads from Both players, along with CBJ D Jack Johnson, also played for Team USA at the 006 World Junior Championship. Johnson and BUF G Ryan Miller both represented the United States at the 00 Olympics in Vancouver. Johnson and Porter were teammates at the University of Michigan from Skille played under BUF HC Ron Rolston on two separate occasions, for the USNTDP U8 team during the season and during the 007 World Junior Championship. Johnson and BUF D Jamie McBain both represented the United States at the 007 World Junior Championship. Nick Foligno, Johnson and Stafford were teammates for the United States at the 009 World Hockey Championship. CBJ G Sergei Bobrovsky and BUF LW Ville Leino played together as members of the Philadelphia Flyers during the 00 season. BUF C Cody McCormick and CBJ G Curtis McElhinney were both born in London, Ontario. SABRES REALTIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Ott (7), Weber (5), Porter () Blocked Shots: Ehrhoff (0), Weber (9), Ennis/McBain (6) Shots: Vanek (7), Hodgson (), Ehrhoff (0) SABRES RECORD IN 0 GAME SEGMENTS [WLOTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 0: 03 (), 4/0, /7, 0/ OVERTIME RESULTS (0; 9494 alltime) October 0 vs. Tampa Bay: L, 3 (GWGKillorn, :50) SHOOTOUT RESULTS (00; 504 alltime) N/A MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player Needs Milestone) Games Played Kevin Porter games 00 career games played Tyler Ennis 9 games 00 career games played Goals Thomas Vanek goal 5 career goals (ties Craig Ramsay for 5 th in franchise history) Steve Ott 6 goals 00 career goals Points Thomas Vanek 9 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 WLOT Record GFGA Scorers W Goal PP PK SFSA WL 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 6 Chicago Blackhawks 7 0/4/03 Minnesota Wild 8 New York Islanders 9 0/7/03 Vancouver Canucks 0 0/9/03 Colorado Avalanche 0/3/03 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: GoalsAssists (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 00 3/ : DND 00 0/ 6:36 00 /0 6:0 00 /0 7: / 5:7 00 0/0 9:3 Oct 4 Vs OTT 00 0/0 9:44 DND 00 0/ 0:4 DND 00 /0 0: 00 3/0 7:0 00 /0 4:36 Oct PIT 00 /0 : / 9:36 00 / 7:0 00 0/0 7:3 00 /0 5: /0 3:06 00 / 8:37 Oct 8 Vs T.B 00 3/ 7:4 /0 :0 00 / 8:34 DND 00 /0 4:49 00 / 6: /0 :59 PORTER # Date Opp. HODGSON #9 TALLINDER #0 STAFFORD # LARSSON # LEINO #3 GRIGORENKO #5 DET 00 3/ 3:3 00 / 6: / 9: DND 00 0/0 :38 00 / 3:08 00 / : Oct 4 Vs OTT 00 / :6 00 /0 3:33 00 /0 9: /0 6:55 INJ 00 /0 :5 00 9/ 0:39 Oct PIT 0 /0 8:46 DND 00 /0 7:8 00 /0 9:09 INJ 00 / :30 0 4/0 7:59 Oct 8 Vs T.B 6/ 8: INJ 00 3/0 0:9 DND INJ 00 0/ 8:07 0 / 8:5 VANEK #6 Date Opp. GIRGENSONS #8 SCOTT #3 KALETA #36 RISTOLAINEN #55 DET 0 / :3 DND 00 0/0 8: / 6: / 3: 00 0/0 9:30 0 0/ :0 Oct 4 Vs OTT 00 /0 :6 00 0/0 4: /0 9:0 00 /0 8: / 0: / 8: /0 3:59 Oct PIT 00 0/ 5:58 DND 00 0/0 8:45 00 / 8:06 00 / 0:37 00 /0 4:5 00 / 9:36 Oct 8 Vs T.B 00 /0 3:8 00 0/ 4: 00 0/ 8:4 00 0/0 6: / :57 00 /0 4:7 00 /0 5:5 MYERS #57 ENNIS #63 FLYNN #65 Date Opp. FOLIGNO #8 SULZER # ENROTH # MILLER #30 DET INJ MIN DNP /34L 59 MIN Oct 4 Vs OTT INJ MIN DNP /46L 59 MIN Oct PIT INJ DND 3/34L 60 DND DNP Oct 8 Vs T.B 00 /0 0: DND 3/34O 6 DNP MIN HACKETT #3

12 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Ron Rolston Please refer to page 5 of the 034 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 (4) Last SO: APR 3, 03 vs PHILADELPHIA (5) Career Shootouts: 8/43 (.65), 54 GP WLOT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 34 3 x x Has 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 seasonhigh 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 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 5th round (38th overall) of 999 Entry Draft. 9th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Win: APR 6, 03 vs NY ISLANDERS () Last SO: MAR, 0 vs MONTREAL (49) Career Shootouts: 69/40 (.704), 437 GP WLOT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves /4 vs. OTT 0/4 vs. OTT Did not dress at PIT (0/5) due to a lowerbody injury Made 45 saves vs. OTT (0/4), tying for secondmost in his career and the most since he stopped 48 of 50 shots on Jan. 8, 00 vs. TOR Improved to 4for6 on penalty shots in his career with an unsuccessful attempt by Cory Emmerton at DET (0/) Finished Tst amongst NHL goaltenders with,70 shots against and,6 saves 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 Earned his 43rd career shootout win vs. NYI (4/6) to move into second place for shootout wins by a goaltender (Henrik Lundqvist 45) 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 8 months) MAHRK PEHsick 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 (7) Last Assist: APR 3, PITTSBURGH (5) Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs. PIT x 0/ vs. DET 0/ vs. DET Logged a careerhigh :37 TOI at PIT (0/5) Recorded two assists at PIT (4/3) for his first career multipoint game Scored his first NHL goal vs. NYR (4/9) Logged 0:46 TOI at BOS (4/7) Tallied an assist in backtoback 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 plus8 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 secondround 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 Last Assist: OCT 8, 03 vs TAMPA BAY Season 0 Career Career vs. Opp :0 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL x Notched his first point as a Sabre and finished with a goal and an assist vs. TBL (0/8), his first multipoint game since Feb. 3, 0 at MTL. Made his Sabres debut at PIT (0/5), logging 9:36 TOI and registering a teamhigh 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/, /94/) Played seven games for Pelicans of Finland's SMLiiga during the work stoppage, earning one assist

14 #6: Mike Weber (D) 6' ", lbs. / Dec 6, 987 (5 years and 9 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 (4) Last Assist: APR 5, 03 vs OTTAWA (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp :4 6 0/8 vs. TBL 0/4 vs. OTT x 0/5 vs. PIT Credited with a teamhigh six hits at PIT (0/5) Registered four blocked shots vs. OTT (0/4) 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 seasonhigh 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 multipoint game since March 9, 0 vs. ATL Finished with eight hits and seven blocked shots vs. NJD (4/7) #8: Cody McCormick (C) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Apr 8, 983 (30 years and 5 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 (5) Last Assist: MAR 9, TAMPA BAY (9) Season Career Career vs. Opp :3 0/5 vs. PIT 0/ vs. DET x 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 (/) #9: Steve Ott (C) 6' 0", 89 lbs. / Aug 9, 98 (3 years and month) 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 (5) Last Assist: APR 4, 03 vs TAMPA BAY (9) Career Shootouts: /7 (9%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 6 0/8 vs. TBL 0/4 vs. OTT 4x 0/4 vs. OTT Registered a teamhigh 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 gamewinning goals; also finished atop Sabres forwards in average TOI (8:33) Scored a power play goal in his Sabres debut vs. PHI (/0) 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) Scored a pair of goals, including the GWG in overtime, at MTL (3/9) Logged a seasonhigh 3:6 TOI vs. TOR (3/), the thirdhighest of his career (Oct. 0, 0: 4:7 and March 8, 009: 4:5) 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 Three game goalscoring streak (4/4/7)

15 #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 4thrd pick in 0 Entry Draft. 0th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: APR 3, 03 vs PHILADELPHIA (0) Last Assist: APR 9, 03 vs NY RANGERS (7) Season Career Career vs. Opp : /4 vs. OTT 3x 0/4 vs. OTT 0/ vs. DET Through three games, has averaged 5:34 TOI per game, matching his careerhigh average set last season and the highest pergame average by a Sabres skater since Alexei Zhitnik skated 6:3 per game in the 0003 season. His average of 5:34 is good for 3th amongst NHL skaters heading into 0/9 games. Finished 0th among all NHL skaters with an average TOI of 5:, the highest average of his career and the highest pergame average by a Sabres skater since Alexei Zhitnik skated 6:3 per game in the 0003 season Led all Sabres skaters in average power play TOI (3:30) and ranked Tst with a plus 6 rating Finished first among Sabres defensemen in goals (5), assists (7), points () and shots (0, which ranked 8th among all NHL defensemen) Logged a seasonhigh 30:09 TOI vs. NYI (4/6) Four game pointstreak (+4, 4/34/9) Skated in his 600th career NHL game vs. WSH (3/30) #: Kevin Porter (C) 5' 9", 9 lbs. / Mar, 986 (7 years and 6 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 (9) Last Assist: APR 3, 03 vs PHILADELPHIA (0) Career Shootouts: / (50%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :37 4 0/5 vs. PIT x 0/8 vs. TBL Registered four hits vs. TBL (0/8) Recorded seven points (4+3) over a seven game span (4/4/4) Careerbest four game point streak (+; 4/94/4) Logged a careerhigh 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)

16 #9: Cody Hodgson (C) 6' 0", 9 lbs. / Feb 8, 990 (3 years and 7 months) KOHdee HAWDsuhn 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 MarcAndre Gragnani. 4th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 03 vs TAMPA BAY Last Assist: OCT 8, 03 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 3/9 (33%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :3 6 0/8 vs. TBL x 0/8 vs. TBL 0/ vs. DET 0/8 vs. TBL Has points in two consecutive games (+) Recorded a pair of points (+) and a teamhigh six shots vs. TBL (0/8) Tallied his first point of the season with an assist at PIT (0/5) Logged a careerhigh 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 threegame goalscoring streak (/0/4) Tallied three points (+) at BOS (/3) and vs. FLA (/3) Threegame 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) Scored two goals at WSH (3/7) Logged a careerhigh 3:6 TOI and three assists vs. TOR (3/) Won 3 of 7 faceoffs vs. NYI (4/6) #: 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: APR 9, 03 vs NY RANGERS (7) Last Assist: APR 3, PITTSBURGH (5) Career Shootouts: /37 (3%), 3 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :9 3 0/ vs. DET 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/ vs. DET First among all Sabres skaters in shots on goal () Four game pointstreak (+4, 4/74/3) Registered four shots on goal vs. PHI (/0) and at WSH (/7) Finished with an assist and a teamhigh five hits vs. TOR (/9) Tallied his first goal of the season in a twopoint 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 seasonhigh :46 TOI vs. BOS (3/3) Recorded a pair of assists at PIT (4/3)

17 #: 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 firstround selection in the 03 NHL Entry Draft and a secondround selection in the 04 NHL Entry Draft on April 3, 03 in exchange for Jason Pominville and a fourthround selection in the 04 NHL Entry Draft nd NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp 9:09 0/5 vs. PIT 0/5 vs. PIT 0/5 vs. PIT 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 :38 0/ vs. DET Currently sidelined with a rib injury (first game missed 0/4 vs. OTT) Games missed due to injury: 40 (/03/, 3/34/6) 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 4 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 (3) Last Assist: MAR 3, NY RANGERS (0) Season Career Career vs. Opp 3:08 + 0/ vs. DET x 0/ vs. DET Credited with a careerhigh 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 fifthyoungest 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 seasonhigh 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 regularseason goals and ranked third with 54 points despite playing in only 33 of the team's 68 games Added 4 points (5+9) in QMJHL playoff games, leading all Remparts in assists and points Won a bronze medal at the 03 U0 World Junior Championship, scoring six points (+4) in seven games.

18 #6: Thomas Vanek (L) 6' ", 7 lbs. / Jan 9, 984 (9 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (5th overall) of 003 Entry Draft. 9th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 5, PITTSBURGH () Last Assist: OCT 8, 03 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 9/53 (36%), 6 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 9 0/5 vs. PIT 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL x 0/ vs. DET 0/4 vs. OTT Has points in two consecutive games (+) Recorded a pair of points (0+) vs. TBL (0/8) Scored his first goal of the season at PIT (0/5) Registered nine shots vs. OTT (0/4), tying his career high, set four times before (last: Jan. 0, 03 vs. PHI) Finished T3rd in the NHL in power play goals (9), T0th in goals (0) and Tnd 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 Tst in assists () and nd in shots (9) Passed Mike Foligno to move into sole possession of the sixthmost goals in Sabres history (48) vs. WPG (4/) Had fivepoint games vs. PHI (/0) and at BOS (/3), becoming the first Sabres player to have two in a season since 9993 (LaFontaine 6, Mogilny 3) #8: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Jan 5, 994 (9 years and 9 months) ZEHMguhz GEERgehnsuhns Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in st round (4th overall) of 0 Entry Draft. st NHL / st BUF Season Last Goal: OCT, DETROIT (3) Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp 5:58 + 0/ vs. DET 0/ vs. DET 0/5 vs. PIT 0/4 vs. OTT 3x 0/ vs. DET 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) #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 (47) Last Assist: DEC 6, 0 vs ANAHEIM (56) Season 000 Career Career vs. Opp :56 4 0/4 vs. OTT 0/4 vs. OTT 0/4 vs. OTT Recorded four hits vs. OTT (0/4) Led all Sabres skaters with seven fighting majors Logged a seasonhigh :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 teamhigh 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)

19 #36: Patrick Kaleta (R) 6' ", 98 lbs. / Jun 8, 986 (7 years and 4 months) KAHletta 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 (0) Last Assist: MAR 7, 0 vs CAROLINA (50) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 3 0/4 vs. OTT 0/8 vs. TBL Served fivegame suspension (4/54/7) 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 seasonhigh five shots on goal and 5:35 TOI vs. CAR (/5) #5: Alexander Sulzer (D) 6' ", 98 lbs. / May 30, 984 (9 years and 4 months) alexanduhr ZUHLTsuhr Drafted: Selected by Nashville in 3rd round (9nd overall) of 003 Entry Draft. Acquired: From VAN with Cody Hodgson on Feb. 7, 0 in exchange for Zack Kassian and MarcAndre Gragnani. 6th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: FEB 9, NY ISLANDERS (6) Last Assist: JAN 4, CAROLINA (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp Recalled from Rochester (AHL) on Oct. 5 Missed 9 games with a lower body injury (/64/6) Scored his first career gamewinning goal in his 00th NHL game vs. NYI (/9); the goal was his third of the season, tying his career high. Logged a seasonhigh :54 TOI vs. WPG (/9) #55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 9 lbs. / Oct 7, 994 (8 years and months) RAZmuhs rihstohlighnehn 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 8:40 3 0/4 vs. OTT 0/ vs. DET 4x Logged 6:44 TOI and contributed three shots in his NHL debut at DET (0/) Appeared in 56 games for TPS (SMliiga), contributing 5 points (3+)

20 #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 (5) Last Assist: APR 5, 03 vs OTTAWA (7) Career Shootouts: /4 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp 4 0 3: 3 4x 0/ vs. DET 0/4 vs. OTT 0/8 vs. TBL Currently ranks nd amongst Sabres skaters in average TOI (:50). 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 gamewinning goal at TBL (/6) Tallied two points (+) vs. BOS (/5) Netted his first goal of the season vs. PHI (/0) #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: APR 4, 03 vs TAMPA BAY (9) Last Assist: APR, 03 vs WINNIPEG (6) Career Shootouts: 6/7 (35%), 3 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp 4 4 4:7 4 x 0/8 vs. TBL 0/4 vs. OTT 0/5 vs. PIT Logged a careerhigh 4:7 TOI vs. TBL (0/8) Finished Tst 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 upperbody injury Logged a career high 4: TOI vs. TOR (3/), tallying a goal and an assist for his seventh multipoint game of the season Registered eight points (+6) over a seven game span (3/73/30) Four game pointstreak (+4, 4/44/)

21 #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: APR 6, 03 vs NY ISLANDERS (4) Last Assist: OCT, DETROIT (3) Season Career Career vs. Opp 9: / vs. DET 0/ vs. DET 0/5 vs. PIT 0/4 vs. OTT 0/5 vs. PIT 0/ vs. DET Logged a careerhigh 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 Tst among Sabres skaters with a plus 6 rating Registered four points (+) over a five game span (4/4/) Three game pointstreak (+) (3/73/) 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 #8: Marcus Foligno (L) 6' 3", 3 lbs. / Aug 0, 99 ( years and month) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 4th round (04th overall) of 009 Entry Draft. 3rd NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 8, FLORIDA (5) Last Assist: APR 9, 03 vs NY RANGERS (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp 5 0: 7 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. TBL FInished with a teamhigh seven hits in his season debut vs. TBL (0/8) and logged 0: TOI, the fifth highest total of his career Missed three games with an upperbody injury (0/0/5) Finished inside the top 0 amongst NHL rookies with 08 hits (4th), 4 PIM (6th) and 3 assists (T8th) Logged a season high :46 TOI vs. FLA (/3) Registered a pair of assists vs. TOR (/9) and vs. MTL (/7) Fourgame point streak (+4) from /7 at WSH to / at MTL) Contributed two goals, four shots and three hits vs. NYR (3/) Combined to win 5 of 9 faceoffs vs. PHI (4/3) and vs. TBL (4/4)

22 Columbus Blue Jackets: Media Notes LAST GAME: CBJ 3 at NYI (SO), 0/5/3: st Period: No Scoring nd Period: NYI (PP) Visnovsky (Nielsen, Tavares), 8:7; NYI Moulson (Tavares, Visnovsky), 4:0 3rd Period: CBJ (PP) Letestu (Atkinson, Dubinsky), 7:45; CBJ Foligno (Umberger, Nikitin), :54 Overtime: No Scoring Shootout: CBJ Anisimov (No Goal), Letestu (Goal), Johansen (No Goal), Atkinson (Goal); NYI Nielsen (No Goal), Tavares (No Goal), Moulson (Goal), Bailey (No Goal) PP: CBJ (); NYI () Shots: CBJ, 9 (485); NYI, 30 (9074) Goalies: CBJ Bobrovsky (8/30, 65:00); NYI Nabokov (7/9, 65:00) 3 Stars: Visnovsky, NYI; Tavares, NYI; 3 Letestu, CBJ LAST HEADTOHEAD GAME: BUF at CBJ 5 (/5/): st Period: CBJ Letestu (Johansen, Tyutin), 0:50; CBJ (PP) Nash (Wisniewski, Carter), 6:9 nd Period: CBJ Methot (Wisniewski, Dorsett), 4:7; CBJ Umberger (Johansen), 4:9; BUF Leopold (Kassian, Regehr), 8:0; CBJ Nash (Carter, Nikitin), 4:07 3rd Period: No Scoring PP: BUF (03); CBJ (5) Shots: BUF, 9 (630); CBJ, 34 (509) Goalies: BUF Enroth (4/8, 4:59), MacIntyre (5/6, 35:3); CBJ Sanford (8/9, 59:56) 3 Stars: Nash, CBJ; Methot, CBJ; 3 Prospal, CBJ Recent CBJ Transactions 9/8/3 Assigned M. McKenna (G), J. Smith (G), C. Goloubef (D), W. Weber (D), I. Melart (D), M. Chaput (F), J. Skille (F) and R. Craig (F) to Springfield (AHL) OhioHealth Injury Report N. Horton (shoulder), out indefinitely C. Bass (hand), out indefinitely J. Boll (upper body), daytoday F. Tyutin (lower body), daytoday 034 Man Games Lost to Injury: 8 CBJ TEAM NOTES CBJ is 85 alltime vs. BUF (440 at BUF) CBJ is 974 alltime in the state of New York CBJ is alltime vs. Eastern Conference opponents CBJ is alltime in Thursday games CBJ is 56 alltime in their 3rd game of the season CBJ is 65 alltime on dates upon which the # of the month matches the # of the day (300 last season: 4 vs. DET on /, OT vs. COL on 3/3, 3 at NSH on 4/4) CBJ PLAYER NOTES M. Letestu scored his st career NHL goal on //0 vs. BUF (opposing goalie: R. Miller) A. Anisimov scored the st OTG of his NHL career on //0 vs. BUF (opposing goalie: J. Enroth) T. Erixon recorded his st career NHL point (assist) on 3/3/ vs. BUF N. Foligno skated in the 300th game of his NHL career Dec. 3, 0 at BUF B. Dubinsky was credited with a careerhigh 9 SOG on /3/08 at BUF J. Wisniewski has tallied 0G5A5P in his last 5 games vs. BUF J. Wisniewski recorded his st point (assist) as a Blue Jacket on 0/7/ at BUF M. Gaborik's next PPG will tie him with Z. Palffy for 5th place in NHL history among Slovakian players (9) M. Gaborik has tallied 43G48A9P in 9 career October games S. Bobrovsky has the best SV% in NHL history among Russianborn goalies with at least 00 career appearances (.96)