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1 Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Thu, Oct 13, 2016 NHL Game #5 Buffalo Sabres Montréal Canadiens Team Game: 1 Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: 1 Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Anders Nilsson Robin Lehner # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Josh Gorges D Cody Franson L Evander Kane R Brian Gionta C Jack Eichel R Kyle Okposo C Johan Larsson C Sam Reinhart L Matt Moulson C Derek Grant C Zemgus Girgensons D Jake McCabe D Casey Nelson L Nicolas Deslauriers D Zach Bogosian R Hudson Fasching D Rasmus Ristolainen L Tyler Ennis D Dmitry Kulikov L Marcus Foligno C Ryan O'Reilly # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Carey Price Al Montoya Charlie Lindgren # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 6 D Shea Weber D Greg Pateryn R Brendan Gallagher C Tomas Plekanec C Torrey Mitchell D Zach Redmond D Mikhail Sergachev L Phillip Danault C Alex Galchenyuk D Nathan Beaulieu C Brian Flynn L Paul Byron R Sven Andrighetto L Daniel Carr R Alexander Radulov C David Desharnais L Artturi Lehkonen C Andrew Shaw L Max Pacioretty D Alexei Emelin D Andrei Markov Owner/CEO President/Alternate Governor General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff Terry Pegula Russ Brandon Tim Murray Dan Bylsma Terry Murray, Bob Woods, Tom Ward, Adam Nightingale VP exéc. & Dir. gén. / Exec. VP & GM VP principal, opér. hockey / Sr. VP, Hockey ops. Entraîneur-chef / Head coach Entraîneur associé / Associate coach Entr. adjoints / Assistant coaches Marc Bergevin Rick Dudley Michel Therrien Kirk Muller Clément Jodoin, Jean-Jacques Daigneault, Dan Lacroix, Stéphane Waite (Entr. des gardiens/goaltending coach) Tonight's Officials Referees Dan O'Rourke (9), Jean Hebert (15) Linesmen Mark Shewchyk (92), Shandor Alphonso (52) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Laura Cavacece Today's Schedule BUF : 7:00 CBJ : 7:00 NYR : 7:00 STL : 7:00 WPG : 7:00 DAL : 7:30 FLA : 7:30 TBL : 7:30 PIT : 8:00

2 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 203 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 234 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 201 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 217 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 189 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 212 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 27 Derek Grant C 6' 3" 202 Apr 20, 1990 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 1" 203 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jake McCabe D 6' 0" 214 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 31 Anders Nilsson G 6' 5" 229 Mar 19, 1990 Lulea, SWE 34 Casey Nelson D 6' 2" 183 Jul 18, 1992 Wisconsin rapids, WI, USA 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 5" 240 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 212 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 219 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 52 Hudson Fasching R 6' 2" 216 Jul 28, 1995 Milwaukee, WI, USA 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 207 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 63 Tyler Ennis L 5' 9" 160 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 77 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 226 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 207 Age: 26.0 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 228 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks Montréal Canadiens: Roster Active (24 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Shea Weber D 6' 4" 232 Aug 14, 1985 Sicamous, BC, CAN 8 Greg Pateryn D 6' 3" 221 Jun 20, 1990 Sterling Heights, MI, USA 11 Brendan Gallagher R 5' 9" 182 May 6, 1992 Edmonton, AB, CAN 14 Tomas Plekanec C 5' 11" 196 Oct 31, 1982 Kladno, CZE 17 Torrey Mitchell C 5' 11" 190 Jan 30, 1985 Greenfield Park, QC, CAN 20 Zach Redmond D 6' 2" 208 Jul 26, 1988 Traverse City, MI, USA 22 Mikhail Sergachev D 6' 3" 215 Jun 25, 1998 Nizhnekamsk, RUS 24 Phillip Danault L 6' 1" 193 Feb 24, 1993 Victoriaville, QC, CAN 27 Alex Galchenyuk C 6' 1" 210 Feb 12, 1994 Milwaukee, WI, USA 28 Nathan Beaulieu D 6' 2" 205 Dec 5, 1992 Strathroy, ON, CAN 31 Carey Price G 6' 3" 226 Aug 16, 1987 Anahim Lake, BC, CAN 32 Brian Flynn C 6' 1" 183 Jul 26, 1988 Lynnfield, MA, USA 35 Al Montoya G 6' 2" 209 Feb 13, 1985 Chicago, IL, USA 40 Charlie Lindgren G 6' 2" 190 Dec 18, 1993 Lakeville, MN, USA 41 Paul Byron L 5' 9" 160 Apr 27, 1989 Ottawa, ON, CAN 42 Sven Andrighetto R 5' 10" 188 Mar 21, 1993 Zurich, CHE 43 Daniel Carr L 6' 0" 188 Nov 1, 1991 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 47 Alexander Radulov R 6' 2" 205 Jul 5, 1986 Nizhny Tagil, RUS 51 David Desharnais C 5' 7" 171 Sep 14, 1986 Laurier-Station, QC, CAN 62 Artturi Lehkonen L 6' 0" 182 Jul 4, 1995 Piikkio, FIN 65 Andrew Shaw C 5' 11" 179 Jul 20, 1991 Belleville, ON, CAN 67 Max Pacioretty L 6' 2" 215 Nov 20, 1988 New Canaan, CT, USA 74 Alexei Emelin D 6' 2" 218 Apr 25, 1986 Togliatti, RUS 79 Andrei Markov D 6' 0" 200 Dec 20, 1978 Voskresensk, RUS 24 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 198 Age: 27.3 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 26 Jeff Petry D 6' 3" 204 Dec 9, 1987 Ann Arbor, MI, USA Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks

3 Montréal Buffalo Sabres Team Records Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Last game: - - Next game: **NONE** **NONE** Overall record/streak: / 0 / / 0 / 0 Home record/streak: / 0 / / 0 / 0 Road record/streak: / 0 / / 0 / 0 Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Goal Games: Goal Games Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after 1 period Trailing after 1 period Tied after 1 period Leading after 2 periods Trailing after 2 periods Tied after 2 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 Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points Totals:

4 Montréal Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Montréal Canadiens: Opponents: Buffalo Sabres: Opponents: Shots by Period OT T Avg Montréal Canadiens: Opponents: Buffalo Sabres: Opponents: Power Play Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: Home: Road: Penalty Killing Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: Home: Road: Penalties Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank Goal Situations Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres For Against For Against 6 on 5: on 4: on 3: on 5: on 4: on 3: on 4: on 3: on 3: on 4: on 5: on 6: on 5: on 6: on 6: Empty Net: Penalty Shots: Total:

5 Individual Leaders Points: Goals: Assists: PP Goals: SH Goals: GW Goals: 3+ Goals: PIM: Shots: +/-: Montréal Buffalo Sabres Situations Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Shootout Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Power Play Montréal Canadiens Player G A P No players to display Buffalo Sabres Player G A P No players to display Short Handed Montréal Canadiens Player G A P No players to display Buffalo Sabres Player G A P No players to display

6 LAST GAME N/A Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: 0) Player (injury, first game missed) total games missed Cody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) 0 games Jack Eichel (high-ankle sprain, Oct. 13) 0 games Kyle Okposo (knee, Oct. 13) 0 games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 10/7: Recalled G Linus Ullmark from Rochester (AHL); assigned F Cal O Reilly and D Taylor Fedun to Rochester; released D Tyson Strachan from PTO 10/8: Assigned G Linus Ullmark to Rochester (AHL) 10/11: Signed D Rasmus Ristolainen to a six-year contract ($5.4 million per year); assigned F Nicholas Baptiste, F Daniel Catenacci, F Alexander Nylander and D Justin Falk to Rochester (AHL); assigned D Brendan Guhle to Prince Albert (WHL) UPCOMING GAMES Sunday, Oct. 16: Buffalo at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18: Buffalo at Calgary, 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20: Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25: Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27: Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT S GAME CANADIENS at SABRES This is the first of four meetings between the Sabres and Canadiens this season. Last meeting: Montreal defeated Buffalo, 3-2 (OT), in Buffalo on March 16 Next meeting: Saturday, Jan. 21 in Montreal The Sabres are in their last 10 games vs. the Canadiens; at home This is the 272nd game all-time between Buffalo and Montreal; Buffalo has a series record. The Sabres are at home against the Canadiens all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are all-time on October 13. October 13, 1976: Bob Sauve makes his first NHL start, a 4-3 loss to the NY Islanders. October 13, 2014: The NHL announces that Buffalo has been chosen to host the 2016 NHL Draft. October 13, 2014: Matt Moulson appears in his 400th NHL game, recording an assist in a 5-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW The Sabres are opening the season at home tonight before heading west for a road trip that begins on Sunday at Edmonton. The team will not play another home game until Thursday, Oct. 25 vs. Philadelphia. The Sabres have gone in their last 27 games against the Canadiens. The road team has won 11 of the last 16 matchups between these teams. Buffalo has more wins against Montreal (124) than against any other NHL team. The Sabres have 121 wins against the Bruins, but have played eight more games against Boston than against Montreal. HOT AGAINST MONTREAL Ryan O Reilly has 11 points (4+7) in 11 career games against Montreal.

7 Marcus Foligno (4+2) has six points in his last six games against the Canadiens. Zach Bogosian has a point in each of his last three games against Montreal (1+2). Cody Franson has four points (0+4) in his last three games against the Canadiens. Evander Kane has three points (2+1) in his last three games against Montreal. OPENING NIGHT Tonight marks the 46th season-opener in Buffalo Sabres franchise history. The Sabres are all-time in season-openers; when opening at home. Buffalo is all-time in home-openers. The Sabres have previously opened their season against the Canadiens five times in franchise history ( , , , and ), with each game taking place in Buffalo. The Sabres have a record in those games, each of which (excluding a 3-3 tie in 1990) was decided by a single goal. In addition to the five season-openers, the Sabres have opened their home schedule against Montreal three other times in franchise history ( , and ). The Sabres have posted a record in the eight total home-openers against the Canadiens. WELCOME TO BUFFALO The Sabres have had a newly acquired player score in four of their last five season-openers: Jack Eichel (Oct. 8, 2015 vs. OTT), Zemgus Girgensons (Oct. 2, 2013 at DET), Steve Ott (Jan. 20, 2013 vs. PHI) and Ville Leino (Oct. 7, 2011 vs. ANA). Each player scored on the first shot of his Sabres career, except for Eichel, who scored on his second shot. The Sabres have three new skaters on their opening day roster this season: Derek Grant, Dmitry Kulikov and Kyle Okposo. GRANT LAND Derek Grant led all Sabres with six points (3+3) and tied for the Sabres team-high with a plus-four rating in six preseason games to cement his place on the team s opening-day roster. Grant had a career year with the Stockton Heat (AHL) in , recording AHL career-high totals in all offensive categories and tying for sixth in the league in goals (27) despite appearing in just 36 games. ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? The 23 players on the Sabres opening-day roster have combined to play 6,822 NHL games, 908 more than last year s 23-man opening-day roster had between them. The average Sabres skater entering the season has played 40 more NHL games than his counterpart from last season. Sabres Opening-Day NHL Experience Season Total NHL GP Average GP/Player , , , , PRESEASON Buffalo finished the preseason with a record; at home and on the road. Derek Grant led all Sabres and tied for third in the league in goals (3) and fourth in the league in points (6) in six preseason games. Robin Lehner (3-0-0,.960, 1.33) and Anders Nilsson (1-0-0,.980, 0.57) combined to post a record with a.967 save percentage, a 1.05 goals-against average and two shutouts. The Sabres ranked eighth in the league with a penalty kill percentage of 88.9 percent, killing off 24 of 27 power play opportunities.

8 ROSTER NOTES Of the 23 players on Buffalo s opening night roster: Seven were originally drafted by the Sabres -- five were first-round Buffalo selections (Ennis, 2008; Girgensons, 2012; Ristolainen, 2013; Reinhart, 2014; Eichel, 2015), one was a second-round pick (McCabe, 2012) and one was a fourth-round pick (Foligno, 2009) 10 were acquired in trades: Bogosian, Deslauriers, Fasching, Gorges, Kane, Kulikov, Larsson, Lehner, Nilsson, O Reilly Six were signed as free agents: Franson, Gionta, Grant, Moulson, Nelson, Okposo 19 played in Buffalo at some point last season (12 forwards, six defenseman, one goaltender) Four are new to the Sabres this season: Grant, Kulikov, Nilsson, Okposo Three are opening the season on an NHL roster for the first time in their careers: Fasching, Grant, Nelson BUF-MTL CONNECTIONS Former Sabres: Paul Byron was drafted by the Sabres in the sixth round (179th overall) of the 2007 NHL Draft. With Buffalo, he appeared in eight games during the season and recorded two points (1+1). Brian Flynn played in parts of three seasons for Buffalo, totaling 41 points (17+24) in 159 games. Torrey Mitchell played 60 games for the Sabres during parts of the and seasons. He had 14 points (7+7) and 30 penalty minutes during his time in Buffalo. Former Canadiens: Brian Gionta played for the Canadiens from , registering 173 points (97+76) in 303 games played. He also served as the team s captain from Josh Gorges was a member of the Canadiens from , registering 88 points (13+75) in 464 games played. Zach Bogosian: Played with Zach Redmond for the Winnipeg Jets from Played with Al Montoya for the Winnipeg Jets from The two also played together for the United States at the 2009 World Championship. Jack Eichel: Represented the United States alongside Zach Redmond during the 2015 World Championship. Tyler Ennis: He and Brendan Gallagher were both born in Edmonton, Alberta. Hudson Fasching: He and Alex Galchenyuk were both born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Cody Franson: He and Shea Weber were both born in Sicamous, British Columbia. Represented Canada alongside Carey Price at the 2007 World Junior Championship. Josh Gorges: Played with Shea Weber for the Kelowna Rockets (WHL) from

9 Evander Kane: Played with Brendan Gallagher for the Vancouver Giants during the season. Teammates with Zach Redmond for the Winnipeg Jets from Played with Al Montoya for the Winnipeg Jets from Dmitry Kulikov: Represented Russia alongside Alexei Emelin and Alexander Radulov at the 2011 World Championship. Played with Al Montoya for the Florida Panthers from Johan Larsson: Played with Torrey Mitchell for the Minnesota Wild from during the season. Jake McCabe: Represented the United States alongside Alex Galchenyuk at the 2013 World Junior Championship and the 2014 World Championship. Max Pacioretty and Jeff Petry were also a part of the 2014 World Championship squad. Matt Moulson: Played with Al Montoya for the New York Islanders from Kyle Okposo: Played with Max Pacioretty and Jeff Petry for the United States at the 2012 World Championship. Played with Al Montoya for the New York Islanders from Cal O Reilly: Teammates with Shea Weber for the Nashville Predators from Ryan O Reilly: Won the gold medal with Team Canada alongside Brendan Gallagher at the 2016 World Championship. Played with Zach Redmond for the Colorado Avalanche during the season. Sam Reinhart: Won the gold medal with Team Canada alongside Brendan Gallagher at the 2016 World Championship. Rasmus Ristolainen: Represented Team Finland alongside Artturi Lehkonen at the 2014 World Junior Championship, where the team won the gold medal on Ristolainen s overtime goal. NHL Draft: Zemgus Girgensons (14th overall), Alex Galchenyuk (3rd overall) and Stefan Matteau (29th overall) were all first-round selections in the 2012 NHL Draft. SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: N/A Blocked Shots: N/A Shots: N/A

10 SABRES RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 1-10: (0), 0/0, 0/0, 0/0 OVERTIME RESULTS (0-0; all-time) N/A SHOOTOUT RESULTS (0-0; all-time) N/A MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player Needs Milestone) Games Played Ryan O Reilly 2 games 500 career games played Rasmus Ristolainen 6 games 200 career games played Goals Tyler Ennis 8 goals 100 career goals Assists Ryan O Reilly 5 assists 200 career assists Points Marcus Foligno 7 points 100 career assists RECENT MILESTONES N/A

11 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Dan Bylsma Dan Bylsma is in his second season as head coach of the Sabres after being hired as the 17th head coach in franchise history on May 28, In his first season with the team in , Bylsma guided the Sabres to a 27-point improvement. Buffalo finished overall and enjoyed the second-largest points percentage improvement in franchise history. Bylsma joined the Sabres after spending six seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he led the team to a overall regular-season record and became the winningest head coach in Penguins history. The Grand Haven, Mich. native began his coaching career in as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL). He also served as an assistant for the New York Islanders in , and for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins from to before being named head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the season. Visit for a full bio. #31: Anders Nilsson (G) 6' 5", 229 lbs. / Mar 19, 1990 (26 years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by New York Islanders in 3rd round (62nd overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Acquired: Acquired by Buffalo on July 2, 2016 from St. Louis in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft Last Win: DEC 11, 2015 vs NY RANGERS (11) Last SO: MAR 4, 2012 vs NEW JERSEY (49) Career Shootouts: 13/16 (.812), 6-0 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves - - Appeared in a career-high 29 NHL games with Edmonton and St. Louis Started in 24 of his 26 appearances for Edmonton, posting a career-high 10 wins Set career highs in both shots faced (51) and saves (48) at DAL (10/13) Started and won all five games in a five-game homestand from 12/2-12/11, posting a.927 SV% Made three relief appearances for St. Louis Played two games with Bakersfield (AHL), winning both games and posting a.935 SV%. #40: Robin Lehner (G) 6' 5", 240 lbs. / Jul 24, 1991 (25 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in 2nd round (46th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Acquired: From Ottawa on with David Legwand June 26, 2015 in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Win: MAR 3, 2016 vs CALGARY (4) Last SO: FEB 19, COLUMBUS (9) Career Shootouts: 36/60 (.600), 7-11 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves - - Games missed due to injury: 50; 39 high ankle sprain (10/10-1/5), 11 high ankle (3/18-4/9) Ranked fourth among NHL goalies with at least 20 games played in save percentage (.924) Recorded 34 saves and an assist to earn his first win as a member of the Sabres at OTT (1/26) Made 38 saves to earn his third career shutout at CBJ (2/19), breaking his personal record for most saves in a shutout Set a new career-best shutout streak (126:59) from 2/16 at OTT to 2/21 vs. PIT Played in his 100th career NHL game at ANA (2/25) Appeared in three games for Rochester (AHL) during a conditioning stint in January.

12 #4: Josh Gorges (D) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Aug 14, 1984 (32 years and 1 month) Acquired: From Montreal on July 1, 2014 in exchange for a 2nd-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft Last Goal: FEB 12, 2016 vs MONTREAL (26) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: five; three upper body (1/22-1/26), two upper body (1/16-1/18) Set a new career high with 72 penalty minutes (previous high: 39) Recorded his first point of the season with an assist vs. TBL (10/10) Scored his first goal as a member of the Sabres and was a plus-3 vs. CAR (11/27); the goal was his first since Oct. 12, 2013 at VAN and the plus-3 was his best rating since he posted a plus-3 on Oct. 26, 2011 vs. PHI Registered an assist and a plus-3 rating vs. COL (2/14) Recorded his 100th NHL assist at NYI (4/9). #6: Cody Franson (D) 6' 5", 234 lbs. / Aug 8, 1987 (29 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Nashville in 3rd Round (79th Overall) of the 2005 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on Sept. 10, 2015 Last Goal: JAN 16, 2016 vs WASHINGTON (14) Last Assist: FEB 9, 2016 vs FLORIDA (5) Career Shootouts: 1/5 (20%), 1 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 23 upper body (2/21-4/9) Tallied his first points as a Sabre with two assists vs. MTL (10/23) Had a three-game point streak (0+4) from 10/23 vs. MTL to 10/27 at PHI Scored in back-to-back games at TBL (11/10) and at FLA (11/12) for the first time since Feb #8: Cody McCormick (C) (*Injured) 6' 2", 228 lbs. / Apr 18, 1983 (33 years and 5 months) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 5th round (144th overall) of 2001 NHL Draft. Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 Last Goal: - Last Assist: - Career Career vs. Opp Missed entire season due to injury (blood clots).

13 #9: Evander Kane (L) 6' 2", 204 lbs. / Aug 2, 1991 (25 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Thrashers in 1st round (4th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Acquired: From Winnipeg with Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf on Feb. 11, 2015 in exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a firstround pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 22, CAROLINA (2) Last Assist: MAR 18, 2016 vs OTTAWA (4) Career Shootouts: 3/20 (15%), 2 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 16; 10 knee (10/27-11/17), six upper body (3/29-4/9) Ranked second among all NHL forwards in average ice time per game (21:02), trailing only teammate Ryan O'Reilly (21:44) Led all Sabres in shots (271), penalty minutes (91) and even-strength goals (17) despite missing 16 games to injury Ranked third in the NHL with 4.2 shots per game, ranking fourth in franchise history behind only Alexander Mogilny (4.68 in ), Rick Martin (4.43 in ) and Dave Andreychuk (4.21 in ) The Sabres went in games in which he scored a goal and when he recorded a point Logged eight multi-point games; the Sabres had a record in these games Recorded an assist in 21:58 TOI in his Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) Tallied seven shots and scored his first goal as a member of the Sabres vs. TOR (10/21) Logged three straight multi-point games at NSH (11/28), at DET (12/1) and vs. ARI (12/4) Played in his 400th NHL game at NYR (1/25) #12: Brian Gionta (R) 5' 7", 178 lbs. / Jan 18, 1979 (37 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in 3rd round (82nd overall) of the 1998 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 Last Goal: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Last Assist: APR 2, NY RANGERS (3) Career Shootouts: 22/62 (35%), 7 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: three lower body (10/8-10/12) Became the 51st American-born player to appear in 900 career NHL regular-season games at OTT (2/16) Tallied his 49th career game-winner vs. NYI (4/9), tying Phil Housley for 14th-most career game-winning goals by an American player. #15: Jack Eichel (C) 6' 2", 201 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (19 years and 11 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (2nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 5, NEW JERSEY (2) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Career Shootouts: 1/6 (17%), 0 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: one flu (3/19) Scored 24 goals, seventh-most by a rookie in franchise history, and became the first Sabres rookie to lead the team in goals since Ray Sheppard ( ) Tied Derek Plante for seventh-most points by a Sabres rookie (56) Tied to lead all Sabres with five game-winning goals, tying Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin and Ray Sheppard for second-most by a Sabres rookie; became the fourth Sabres rookie ever to lead the team in a season, joining Perreault ( ), Martin ( ) and Donald Audette ( ) Tied for team lead with 12 multi-point games Became the third-youngest player in Sabres history to score in his debut vs. OTT (10/8) Set a career high with four points (2+2) at BOS (12/26), becoming the second-youngest player to record four points in one game for the Sabres (Phil Housley vs. EDM, 10/17/82) Became the youngest Sabre ever to hit the 20-goal mark (19 yrs, 131 days) with his goal at TOR (3/7)

14 #21: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' 0", 217 lbs. / Apr 16, 1988 (28 years and 5 months) Drafted: Selected by New York Islanders in 1st Round (7th Overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2016 Last Goal: APR 5, WASHINGTON (2) Last Assist: APR 7, NY RANGERS (1) Career Shootouts: 14/37 (38%), 9 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Led the Islanders with a career-high 42 assists and finished second in points (64) Led the team with 23 power-play points (7+16) Finished second on the team in penalty minutes (51) and tied for third with four game-winning goals Recorded 13 multi-point games Recorded his 200th career assist vs. ARI (11/16) Recorded a season-high 10 shots on goal at PIT (1/2) Missed two games with a lower-body injury (12/19-12/21) Recorded his second career hat trick vs. EDM (2/7) Played in his 500th NHL game at CBJ (2/9) Recorded a six-game point streak (1+7) from 11/12-11/25. #22: Johan Larsson (C) 5' 11", 200 lbs. / Jul 25, 1992 (24 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in 2nd round (56th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft Acquired: From Minnesota on April 3, 2013 with Matt Hackett, a first-round selection in the 2013 NHL Draft and a second-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft in exchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 5, NEW JERSEY (1) Last Assist: APR 2, NY RANGERS (2) Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: five; four lower body (2/9-2/14), one lower body (4/9) Set career highs in games played (74), goals (10) and points (17) The team logged a record in games in which he scored and an record when he recorded a point Five of his 10 goals were game-winners, tying Jack Eichel for the Sabres team lead Tallied his first points of the season in his third career multi-point game (0+2) at PHI (10/27) Scored his first career game-winning goal at DET (12/14) Played in his 100th NHL game at BOS (12/26) Recorded the first multi-goal game of his career with two goals vs. TOR (3/31) Logged a career-best four-game point streak (3+3) from 3/29 to 4/5. #23: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' 1", 189 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (20 years and 11 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st Round (2nd overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 8, 2016 vs COLUMBUS (1) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Career Shootouts: 1/2 (50%), 1 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 3 upper body (1/22-1/26) His 23 goals were the eighth-most by a rookie in Sabres franchise history and tied for third-most among all NHL rookies in Ranked second among all Sabres skaters in goals (23) and third in points (42) Led all regular Sabres forwards in CF%/SAT% Sabres were when he recorded a multi-point game Scored his first NHL goal at TBL (10/17) Scored his first NHL goal at TBL (10/17) Had the first multi-goal game of his career (2+0) at NSH (11/28) Scored his first career hat trick with three goals at WPG (1/10), becoming the first Sabres rookie to record a hat trick since Jason Pominville vs. LAK (1/14/06) Scored six goals in a nine-game span from 2/4-2/21, including a career-best three-game goal streak from 2/4 vs. BOS to 2/9 vs. FLA (4+0) Won gold with Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia, recording four assists in 10 games.

15 #26: Matt Moulson (L) 6' 1", 212 lbs. / Nov 1, 1983 (32 years and 11 months) Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 9th round (263rd overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 Last Goal: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Last Assist: APR 8, 2016 vs COLUMBUS (1) Career Shootouts: 16/40 (40%), 7 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Recorded three points (1+2) vs. CBJ (10/12) Had a three-game point streak (0+3) with assists in three straight games vs. CAR (11/27), at NSH (11/28) and at DET (12/1) Played in his 500th NHL game vs. ARI (12/4) Ended a 45-game goal drought by scoring his fifth goal of the season at OTT (2/16). #27: Derek Grant (C) 6' 3", 202 lbs. / Apr 20, 1990 (26 years and 5 months) Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in 4th round (119th overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 2, 2016 Last Goal: - Last Assist: MAR 28, ARIZONA (5) Career Career vs. Opp Recorded AHL career-high totals in goals (27), assists (18) and points (45) despite appearing in just 36 games with Stockton Named the Heat's Team MVP and best offensive player Tied for the team lead in goals Led all Heat players with 1.25 points per game Tied for sixth in the AHL in goals Led the Heat with a plus-7 rating and five game winning goals Named to the AHL All-Star Classic in Syracuse, marking his first career AHL All-Star Game appearance #28: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (22 years and 9 months) ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhns Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (14th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 2, NY RANGERS (3) Last Assist: MAR 26, 2016 vs WINNIPEG (7) Career Shootouts: 3/13 (23%), 3 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 11; four upper body (11/17-11/23), four upper body (1/16-1/22), three lower body (2/9-2/12) Scored all seven of his goals on the road Notched his first point of the season with his first career overtime goal at PHI (10/27) Recorded points in consecutive games, including his first multi-point game of the season, with two points (1+1) at DET (12/1) and an assist vs. ARI (12/4) Tied his career high with two goals at NYR (1/25) Appeared in his 200th NHL game at NJD (4/5) Represented Latvia at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia. #29: Jake McCabe (D) 6' 0", 214 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (23 years) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (44th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 29, PITTSBURGH (5) Last Assist: MAR 31, 2016 vs TORONTO (4) Career Career vs. Opp Averaged 19:07 of ice time per game, the seventh-highest average ice time by a Sabres rookie since the league began tracking time on ice in the season Scored his first NHL goal at FLA (10/15) Had a career-best three-game point streak, tallying three points (1+2) in that span (12/17-12/26) Skated a career-high 25:42 vs. MIN (3/5) Tallied two points (1+1) in eight games for the United States at the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

16 #34: Casey Nelson (D) 6' 2", 183 lbs. / Jul 18, 1992 (24 years and 2 months) Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on March 22, 2016 Last Goal: - Last Assist: MAR 29, PITTSBURGH (4) Career Career vs. Opp Recorded 22 points (6+16) and a plus-15 rating during his junior season at Minnesota State University Signed an entry-level contract with Buffalo on March 22 Recorded his first NHL point with an assist vs. WPG (3/26) On March 26 vs. WPG, Fasching (goal) and Casey Nelson (assist) became the first pair of Sabres to each record his first career point on the same goal in their NHL debuts since Alexander Mogilny and Dave Snuggerud (10/5/89 vs. QUE). Posted an assist and a plus-2 rating at DET (3/28) Became the first Sabres player to record points in his first three NHL games since Calle Johansson in with two assists at PIT (3/29) #44: Nicolas Deslauriers (L) 6' 1", 212 lbs. / Feb 22, 1991 (25 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in 3rd round (84th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Acquired: From Los Angeles with Hudson Fasching on March 5, 2014 in exchange for Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, a second-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 18, 2016 vs OTTAWA (10) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 11 lower body (1/5-1/26) Played in his 100th NHL game vs. OTT (10/8) Scored his second career game-winning goal vs. OTT (3/18), logging his sixth goal of the season and topping his previous career-high. #47: Zach Bogosian (D) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Jul 15, 1990 (26 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Winnipeg in 1st round (3rd overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft Acquired: From Winnipeg with Evander Kane and Jason Kasdorf on Feb. 11, 2015 in exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a firstround pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 29, PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: APR 2, NY RANGERS (2) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 18; 17 upper body (10/8-11/14), one lower body (4/9) Netted his first goal as a member of the Sabres at DET (12/1) Contributed two assists vs. WSH (1/16), including the 100th assist of his career Tied career highs with his fourth career three-point game (2+1) and third career two-goal game vs. PIT (2/21), including his first power play goal since Dec. 31, 2011 Tied a career high with three power-play goals Finished the season with an average ice time of 23:24 per game in his 85 games played with the Sabres, the third-highest average career ice time ever recorded by a Sabres player, trailing only Alexei Zhitnik (531 GP, 25:32) and Christian Ehrhoff (192 GP, 23:55).

17 #52: Hudson Fasching (R) 6' 2", 216 lbs. / Jul 28, 1995 (21 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected in 4th round (118th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft. Acquired: From Los Angeles with Nicolas Deslauriers on March 5, 2014 in exchange for Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, a second-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 26, 2016 vs WINNIPEG (6) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Career Career vs. Opp Totaled 38 points (20+18) including seven game-winning goals in his junior season at the University of Minnesota Signed an entry-level contract with Buffalo on March 21 With his goal on March 26 vs. WPG, Hudson Fasching became the first Sabre to score on his first shot in his NHL debut since Zemgus Girgensons (10/2/13 at DET). On March 26 vs. WPG, Fasching (goal) and Casey Nelson (assist) became the first pair of Sabres to each record his first career point on the same goal in their NHL debuts since Alexander Mogilny and Dave Snuggerud (10/5/89 vs. QUE). #55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 207 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (21 years and 11 months) RAZ-muhs rihs-toh-ligh-nehn Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (8th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 3, 2016 vs CALGARY (17) Last Assist: APR 5, NEW JERSEY (2) Career Career vs. Opp Registered career-high totals in goals (9), assists (32) and points (41), ranking third among all Sabres in assists and fourth in points Ranked 10th in the NHL with an average ice time of 25:16 per game; only Alexei Zhitnik (four times) has averaged more minutes per game in a full season with the Sabres Ranked third among all Sabres and ninth among all NHL defensemen with 202 shots, becoming the first Sabres defenseman to record 200 shots in a season since Phil Housley ( ) Recorded his first career multi-goal game (2+0), including his first career game-winner with 16.8 seconds left in regulation, vs. VAN (11/7) Registered the first hat trick of his career at CGY (12/10), becoming the sixth Sabres defenseman to record a hat trick and the first since Phil Housley (1/22/88 vs. NYR) Became the youngest NHL defenseman to score a hat trick (21 years, 44 days) since Hannu Virta (19 years, 362 days) did so for the Sabres on 3/19/83 at MTL #63: Tyler Ennis (L) 5' 9", 160 lbs. / Oct 6, 1989 (27 years) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (26th overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 27, PHILADELPHIA (14) Last Assist: DEC 26, BOSTON (2) Career Shootouts: 15/42 (36%), 6 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 59; 45 concussion (12/31-4/9), 12 upper body (11/25-12/17), two lower body (10/29-10/30) Recorded an assist and a team-high seven shots at TBL (10/17), tying his second-highest career single-game shot total Led all Sabres skaters with 24:36 of ice time vs TOR (10/21), the second-highest total of his career Logged assists in four straight games from 11/5-11/12.

18 #77: Dmitry Kulikov (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 29, 1990 (25 years and 11 months) Drafted: Selected by Florida in 1st round (14th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Acquired: Acquired by Buffalo from Florida with a second-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft on June 25, 2016 in exchange for Mark Pysyk, a second-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft Last Goal: DEC 17, NEW JERSEY (50) Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 vs CAROLINA Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 1 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Recorded points in back-to-back games (0+2) from 10/24-10/27 Played in his 400th NHL game at LAK (11/7) Recorded his first multi-point game of the season (0+2), including his 100th career assist, vs. MIN (1/3) Logged highest ice time by a Panthers skater this season (27:44) vs. EDM (1/18) Recorded two assists and led Panthers with six blocked shots vs. WPG (2/20) Logged points in three consecutive games (0+4) from 2/20-2/27 Registered an assist and 25:25 TOI vs. PHI (3/12) Earned points in consecutive games (0+2) from 3/21-3/ Playoffs: Scored first career playoff goal and registered an assist in Game 2 of ECQF vs. NYI (4/15) Recorded points in Games 1-3 of ECQF (1+2). #82: Marcus Foligno (L) 6' 3", 226 lbs. / Aug 10, 1991 (25 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 4th round (104th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 16, 2016 vs MONTREAL (11) Last Assist: MAR 31, 2016 vs TORONTO (4) Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: six; four upper body (12/15-12/26), one lower body (10/24), one upper body (2/6) Recorded career-high totals in games played (75), goals (10) and points (23), and tied his career high in assists (13) The team logged an record in games in which he scored and a record when he recorded a point Played in his 200th NHL game at PHI (10/28) Tallied a career-high three points (2+1) vs. MTL (2/12) and became the first Sabre to score a penalty shot goal since 3/13/14 (Tyler Ennis) Tied his career high with three points (1+2) vs. CGY (3/3). #90: Ryan O'Reilly (C) 6' 1", 210 lbs. / Feb 7, 1991 (25 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft Acquired: From Colorado with Jamie McGinn on June 26, 2015 in exchange for Nikita Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 5, NEW JERSEY (2) Last Assist: APR 9, NY ISLANDERS Career Shootouts: 10/29 (34%), 6 GDG Career Career vs. Opp Games missed due to injury: 11 lower body (2/21-3/12) Named an NHL All-Star for the first time in his career Set a new career high with his 39 assists on the season Led all NHL forwards in time on ice per game (21:44) and finished the season with the highest average career ice time by a Sabres forward Led all Sabres with 60 points (21+39) Tied for team lead with 12 multi-point games Ranked third in the NHL with 1,024 faceoff wins Became the 13th Sabres player to record at least 60 points in his first season with the team and the first since Pat LaFontaine ( ) Recorded his first goal and assist as a Sabre vs. CBJ (10/12) Had a five-game point streak (3+7) from 10/23-10/30 Matched his career high with goals in three straight games from 11/14-11/19 Tied a career high with an eight-game point streak, tallying 11 points (4+7) in that span (11/28-12/14) Scored his 100th career goal with his overtime winner vs. LAK (12/12)

19 Montréal Canadiens: Media Notes MATCHS À VENIR / UPCOMING GAMES h / 7 p.m. 18 OCT. VS 19h30 / 7:30 p.m. 20 OCT. VS 19h30 / 7:30 p.m h / 7 p.m. 24 OCT. VS 19h / 7 p.m. NOMBRE DE JOUEURS-PARTIES RATÉS / TOTAL MAN-GAMES LOST : : : : : : : : RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 12 oct. : Charlie Lindgren rappelé de St. John s / recalled from St. John s NOTES DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS NOTES À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON - Tomas Plekanec rejoindrait ce soir Ralph Backstrom au 18e rang pour le plus de matchs joués avec les Canadiens. - Artturi Lehkonen et Mikhail Sergachev disputeraient leur premier match en carrière avec les Canadiens dans la LNH. - Al Montoya, Alexander Radulov, Zach Redmond, Shea Weber et Andrew Shaw joueraient leur premier match en carrière avec les Canadiens. - Tomas Plekanec would tie Ralph Backstrom tonight for 18th on the Canadiens all-time games played list. - Artturi Lehkonen and Mikhail Sergachev would play their first career game with the Canadiens in the NHL. - Al Montoya, Alexander Radulov, Zach Redmond, Shea Weber and Andrew Shaw would play their first career game with the Canadiens. MATCH D OUVERTURE / SEASON OPENER Les Canadiens entament ce soir une 108e saison (100e dans la LNH). Pour la troisième année consécutive, Montréal amorce le calendrier régulier en disputant un match sur la route. Le Tricolore dispute un match d'ouverture sur une patinoire adverse pour la 40e fois de son histoire, affichant un dossier de lors des 39 affrontements précédents. Les Canadiens et les Sabres se sont affrontés cinq fois en ouverture de saison : The Canadiens open tonight their 108th season (100th in the NHL). For the third consecutive season and 40th time in team history the Canadiens start a new campaign on the road. Montreal holds a record in their previous 39 games. The Canadiens and Sabres played five season openers against each other: Canadiens Buffalo Canadiens Buffalo Canadiens Buffalo Canadiens Buffalo 5 (tirs de barrage/shootout) Canadiens Buffalo 2 (tirs de barrage/shootout) Canadiens : 0 victoire/win, 2 défaites/losses, 1 nulle/tie, 2 défaites en tirs de barrage/overtime losses. OUVERTURE SPECTACULAIRE / OPENING-GAME RECORD Joe Malone des Canadiens détient le record sur un pied d égalité avec Harry Hyland des Wanderers de Montréal (1917) et Babe Dye de Toronto (1922) - du plus de buts lors d un match d ouverture, alors qu il avait compté à cinq reprises à Ottawa, le 19 décembre Canadiens Joe Malone still holds the NHL record tied with Harry Hyland of the Montreal Wanderers (1917) and Toronto s Babe Dye (1922) for most goals scored on opening day with five tallies against Ottawa, on December 19, 1917.

20 MIKHAIL SERGACHEV À 18 ans et 110 jours, Mikhail Sergachev deviendra le plus jeune défenseur (et quatrième plus jeune joueur) à prendre part à un match de saison régulière dans l histoire des Canadiens. At 18 years and 110 days old, Mikhail Sergachev will become the youngest defenseman (and fourth youngest player) to play a regular season game in team history. MICHEL THERRIEN EN CHIFFRES / MICHEL THERRIEN S NUMBERS Matchs/Games : 756 (41e dans la LNH / 41st in the NHL) Victoires/Wins : 375 (40e dans la LNH / 40th in the NHL) Points de classement/standing points : 847 (41e dans la LNH / 41st in the NHL) Avec les Canadiens / With the Canadiens Matchs/Games : 484 (4e / 4th Blake 914, Irvin 896, Bowman 634) Victoires/Wins : 240 (4e/4th Blake 500, Irvin 431, Bowman 419) Points de classement/standing points : 545 (4e/4th Blake 1159, Irvin 1014, Bowman 943) IRON MAN Les trois joueurs avec la plus longue séquence active de matchs consécutifs en saison régulière (date du dernier match raté) : Top three players with the longest active games streak in regular season (date of the last game missed): 1 Tomas Plekanec, 170 (29 mars 2014/March 29, 2014) 2 Alex Galchenyuk, 105 (21 février 2015/February 21, 2015) 3 Andrei Markov, 85 (3 avril 2015/Avril 3, 2015) À GUICHETS FERMÉS / SELL OUTS Suite au match du samedi 9 avril contre le Lightning de Tampa Bay, les Canadiens ont maintenant fait salle comble à leurs 497 derniers matchs à domicile (452 en saison régulière et 45 en séries) Le dernier match à ne pas avoir été joué devant une salle comble fut celui du 8 janvier 2004 (contre Tampa Bay). The Canadiens have now played 497 consecutive home games in front of a sell-out crowd (452 in the regular season and 45 in the playoffs) following the Saturday, April 9 game against the Tampa Bay Lightning The last non-sell out game was played on January 8, 2004 (against Tampa Bay). C EST ARRIVÉ UN 13 OCTOBRE / THIS DAY IN TEAM HISTORY 1955 Montréal annonçait qu Henri Richard avait signé une entente de deux ans avec le club Deux jours plus tard, il marquait son premier but à ses débuts dans la LNH contre les Rangers, en route vers cinq coupes Stanley à ses cinq premières saisons dans la LNH. Montreal announced that Henri Richard had been signed to a two-year contract with the team... Two days later, he scored his first goal in his NHL debut against the Rangers, and went on to win Stanley Cups in each of his first five NHL seasons Roger Doucet interprétait le «O Canada» pour la première fois au Forum de Montréal, avant de voir les Canadiens vaincre les Red Wings de Detroit par la marque de 4 à 3 Il demeura l interprète des hymnes nationaux au Forum lors des 10 saisons suivantes. Roger Doucet sang "O Canada" for the first time at the Montreal Forum, before a 4-3 Canadiens' win over the Detroit Red Wings... He remained the Forum's national anthem singer for the next 10 years La recrue Chris Chelios marquait son premier but dans la LNH, dans un gain de 4 à 3 contre les Penguins de Pittsburgh. Montreal rookie Chris Chelios scored his first NHL goal, in a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

21 DEUX MATCHS EN DEUX SOIRS / BACK-TO-BACK GAMES Les Canadiens ont 15 séries de deux matchs en autant de jours cette saison... L an passé, l équipe a conservé une fiche de lors des premiers matchs et de lors des deuxièmes matchs de leurs séries de deux matchs en autant de jours. The Canadiens have 15 back-to-back game series this season Last season, the team had a record of in the first games and an record in the second games of the back-to-back series. CANADIENS VS BUFFALO À vie / All-Time CANADIENS vs BUF (271 PJ / GP) Dom. / Home (136 PJ / GP) Étr. / Away (135 PJ / GP) Dern. Match / Last game: VP 3-2 BUF (16/03/16) B. Scrivens 2-43 R. Lehner 3-22 BG / WG: P. Byron 10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE BUFFALO / LAST 10 GAMES VS. BUFFALO: 16/03/16 MTL BUF 2 (P/OT) 10/03/16 BUF MTL 3 12/02/16 MTL BUF 6 03/02/16 BUF MTL 2 23/10/15 MTL BUF 2 03/02/15 BUF MTL 2 29/11/14 BUF MTL 3 (TB/SO) 28/11/14 MTL BUF 2 05/11/14 MTL BUF 1 (TB/SO) 25/03/14 BUF MTL 2 MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE BUFFALO / LEADING SCORERS VS. BUFFALO: 1) Andrei Markov ( , 70 pj/gp) 2) Tomas Plekanec ( , 64 pj/gp) 3) Max Pacioretty ( , 31 pj/gp) MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE BUFFALO / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. BUFFALO: 1) Andrei Markov (44, 70 pj/gp) 2) Tomas Plekanec (28, 64 pj/gp) 3) Nathan Beaulieu (16, 6 pj/gp) DE MONTRÉAL À BUFFALO / FROM MONTREAL TO THE QUEEN CITY Trois joueurs de la formation actuelle des Canadiens ont déjà évolué avec les Sabres, soit les attaquants Paul Byron, Brian Flynn et Torrey Mitchell Les Sabres ont deux joueurs dans leur formation actuelle ayant porté l uniforme bleu-blanc-rouge, le défenseur Josh Gorges et l attaquant Brian Gionta. The Canadiens have three players on their current roster who have played with the Sabres, forwards Paul Byron, Brian Flynn and Torrey Mitchell The Sabres have two players on their current roster who have donned a Canadiens jersey, defenseman Josh Gorges and forward Brian Gionta. JOUEURS AVEC LE PLUS DE MATCHS AVEC LES CANADIENS / PLAYERS WITH THE MOST GAMES WITH THE CANADIENS Rang/Rank Joueurs/Players Matchs/Games 7 Yvan Cournoyer Guy Lafleur Andrei Markov Tom Johnson Mario Tremblay Ralph Backstrom Tomas Plekanec 843