2016–17 Buffalo Sabres season

2016–17 Buffalo Sabres
Division	TBD Atlantic
Conference	TBD Eastern
2016–17 record	9–10–5
Home record	4–5–3
Road record	5–5–2
Goals for	49
Goals against	62
Team information
General Manager	Tim Murray
Coach	Dan Bylsma
Captain	Brian Gionta
Alternate captains	Josh Gorges Ryan O'Reilly
Arena	KeyBank Center
Minor league affiliations	Rochester Americans (AHL) Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Matt Moulson Kyle Okposo (7)
Assists	Rasmus Ristolainen (12)
Points	Kyle Okposo (16)
Penalties in minutes	Josh Gorges (23)
Plus/minus	William Carrier Jack Eichel Cody Franson (+2)
Wins	Robin Lehner (5)
Goals against average	Anders Nilsson (2.30)
<2015–16   The 2016–17 Buffalo Sabres season is the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] Off-season The Sabres held their annual development camp during the second weekend of July. After the previous two seasons in which the Sabres held the tournament in the First Niagara Center, this edition was held at HarborCenter.[2] The Sabres reprised their hosting of a prospect tournament for 2016, after the success of the first event in 2015. The New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins returned for the tournament, which ran September 16–19, partially opposite the 2016 World Cup of Hockey; in contrast to the previous season, the Sabres lost both prospect tournament games and finished in third place.[3] The Sabres contributed three players to the World Cup: Jack Eichel for Team North America, Ryan O'Reilly for Canada, and Rasmus Ristolainen for Finland. On July 16, 2016, the Sabres hired Tom Ward as an assistant coach. Ward had spent the previous 18 seasons as the head coach for the Minnesota High School boys prep team.[4] The Sabres also announced that the naming rights to their home arena will change. Due to First Niagara Financial Group, the arena's previous rights holder, being subsumed into KeyBank, the team's arena will be renamed KeyBank Center for the 2016–17 season.[5] The arena naming rights have passed through a succession of regional banks, having been known as First Niagara Center, HSBC Arena and Marine Midland Arena, through its 20-year history. Standings Divisional standings Atlantic Division Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Montreal Canadiens 25 17 6 2 16 74 56 +18 36 2 Ottawa Senators 26 15 9 2 12 64 67 −3 32 3 Boston Bruins 26 15 10 1 13 63 58 +5 31 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 27 14 11 2 12 77 72 +5 30 5 Florida Panthers 26 12 11 3 10 63 67 −4 27 6 Detroit Red Wings 26 12 11 3 9 65 69 −4 27 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 24 10 9 5 10 72 77 −5 25 8 Buffalo Sabres 25 9 10 6 8 51 65 −14 24 Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Conference standings Top 3 (Metropolitan Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 New York Rangers 26 17 8 1 17 95 65 +30 35 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 26 16 7 3 14 88 80 +8 35 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 24 15 5 4 14 77 53 +24 34 Source: National Hockey League Top 3 (Atlantic Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Montreal Canadiens 25 17 6 2 16 74 56 +18 36 2 Ottawa Senators 26 15 9 2 12 64 67 −3 32 3 Boston Bruins 26 15 10 1 13 63 58 +5 31 Source: National Hockey League Eastern Conference Wild Card Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 ME Washington Capitals 24 14 7 3 14 61 55 +6 31 2 ME Philadelphia Flyers 27 14 10 3 11 87 85 +2 31 3 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 27 14 11 2 12 77 72 +5 30 4 ME New Jersey Devils 24 11 7 6 9 63 66 −3 28 5 AT Florida Panthers 26 12 11 3 10 63 67 −4 27 6 AT Detroit Red Wings 26 12 11 3 9 65 69 −4 27 7 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 24 10 9 5 10 72 77 −5 25 8 ME Carolina Hurricanes 25 10 10 5 9 58 65 −7 25 9 AT Buffalo Sabres 25 9 10 6 8 51 65 −14 24 10 ME New York Islanders 24 9 10 5 8 62 71 −9 23 Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Schedule and results Pre-season 2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 Minnesota 2–1 Buffalo Ullmark 0–1–0 Recap 2 September 27 Ottawa 2–3 Buffalo OT Lehner 17,868 1–1–0 Recap 3 September 29 Buffalo 1–0 Toronto SO — — 2–1–0 Recap 4 September 30 Toronto 8–1 Buffalo Kasdorf 17,866 2-2-0 Recap 5 October 4 Carolina 0–2 Buffalo — — 3–2–0 Recap 6 October 5 Buffalo 2–3 Carolina SO — — 3–2–1 Recap 7 October 7 Buffalo 4–2 Ottawa Lehner 14,216 4–2–1 Recap Regular season 2016–17 Game Log[6] October: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Montreal 4–1 Buffalo Lehner 19,070 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 16 Buffalo 6–2 Edmonton Lehner 18,347 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 18 Buffalo 3–4 Calgary OT Lehner 19,289 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 20 Buffalo 1–2 Vancouver Lehner 17,809 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 25 Buffalo 3–4 Philadelphia SO Nilsson 19,209 1–2–2 4 Recap 6 October 27 Minnesota 4–0 Buffalo Nilsson 18,122 1–3–2 4 Recap 7 October 29 Florida 0–3 Buffalo Nilsson 18,261 2–3–2 6 Recap 8 October 30 Buffalo 3–1 Winnipeg Lehner 15,294 3–3–2 8 Recap November: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 Buffalo 2–1 Minnesota Lehner 18,864 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 November 3 Toronto 2–1 Buffalo Lehner 18,183 4–4–2 10 Recap 11 November 5 Buffalo 2–1 Ottawa Lehner 16,225 5–4–2 12 Recap 12 November 7 Buffalo 0–4 Boston Lehner 17,565 5–5–2 12 Recap 13 November 9 Ottawa 2–1 Buffalo SO Lehner 17,884 5–5–3 13 Recap 14 November 11 New Jersey 2–1 Buffalo OT Nilsson 18,301 5–5–4 14 Recap 15 November 12 Buffalo 2–4 New Jersey Lehner 16,514 5–6–4 14 Recap 16 November 15 Buffalo 1–4 St. Louis Lehner 16,884 5–7–4 14 Recap 17 November 17 Tampa Bay 4–1 Buffalo Lehner 17,870 5–8–4 14 Recap 18 November 19 Pittsburgh 1–2 Buffalo SO Nilsson 18,817 6–8–4 16 Recap 19 November 21 Calgary 2–4 Buffalo Lehner 17,526 7–8–4 18 Recap 20 November 23 Detroit 2–1 Buffalo SO Lehner 18,360 7–8–5 19 Recap 21 November 25 Buffalo 1–3 Washington Nilsson 18,506 7–9–5 19 Recap 22 November 29 Buffalo 5–4 Ottawa Nilsson 14,259 8–9–5 21 Recap December: 1–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 NY Rangers 3–4 Buffalo Nilsson 18,047 9–9–5 23 Recap 24 December 3 Boston 2–1 Buffalo Lehner 19,070 9–10–5 23 Recap 25 December 5 Buffalo – Washington –– 26 December 6 Edmonton – Buffalo –– 27 December 9 Washington – Buffalo –– 28 December 13 Los Angeles – Buffalo –– 29 December 16 NY Islanders – Buffalo –– 30 December 17 Buffalo – Carolina –– 31 December 20 Buffalo – Florida –– 32 December 22 Carolina – Buffalo –– 33 December 23 Buffalo – NY Islanders –– 34 December 27 Buffalo – Detroit –– 35 December 29 Boston – Buffalo –– 36 December 31 Buffalo – Boston –– January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 3 Buffalo – NY Rangers –– 38 January 5 Buffalo – Chicago –– 39 January 7 Winnipeg – Buffalo –– 40 January 10 Philadelphia – Buffalo –– 41 January 12 Buffalo – Tampa Bay –– 42 January 13 Buffalo – Carolina –– 43 January 16 Dallas – Buffalo –– 44 January 17 Buffalo – Toronto –– 45 January 20 Detroit – Buffalo –– 46 January 21 Buffalo – Montreal –– 47 January 24 Buffalo – Nashville –– 48 January 26 Buffalo – Dallas –– 49 January 31 Buffalo – Montreal –– February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 NY Rangers – Buffalo –– 51 February 4 Ottawa – Buffalo –– 52 February 6 Buffalo – New Jersey –– 53 February 7 San Jose – Buffalo –– 54 February 9 Anaheim – Buffalo –– 55 February 11 Buffalo – Toronto –– 56 February 12 Vancouver – Buffalo –– 57 February 14 Buffalo – Ottawa –– 58 February 16 Colorado – Buffalo –– 59 February 18 St. Louis – Buffalo –– 60 February 19 Chicago – Buffalo –– 61 February 25 Buffalo – Colorado –– 62 February 26 Buffalo – Arizona –– 63 February 28 Nashville – Buffalo –– March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Arizona – Buffalo –– 65 March 4 Tampa Bay – Buffalo –– 66 March 5 Buffalo – Pittsburgh –– 67 March 7 Philadelphia – Buffalo –– 68 March 10 Buffalo – Columbus –– 69 March 11 Columbus – Buffalo –– 70 March 14 Buffalo – San Jose –– 71 March 16 Buffalo – Los Angeles –– 72 March 17 Buffalo – Anaheim –– 73 March 20 Buffalo – Detroit –– 74 March 21 Pittsburgh – Buffalo –– 75 March 25 Toronto – Buffalo –– 76 March 27 Florida – Buffalo –– 77 March 28 Buffalo – Columbus –– April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 NY Islanders – Buffalo –– 79 April 3 Toronto – Buffalo –– 80 April 5 Montreal – Buffalo –– 81 April 8 Buffalo – Florida –– 82 April 9 Buffalo – Tampa Bay –– Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Player stats As of November 1, 2016 Skaters Regular Season[7] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly 9 4 4 8 0 0 Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo 8 4 3 7 3 4 Ristolainen, RasmusRasmus Ristolainen 9 0 7 7 −1 10 Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 9 3 3 6 4 4 Moulson, MattMatt Moulson 9 4 1 5 0 2 Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson 9 2 2 4 −1 6 Reinhart, SamSam Reinhart 9 1 3 4 −1 2 Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno 9 1 2 3 2 6 Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons 9 1 2 3 −2 0 Franson, CodyCody Franson 9 0 3 3 3 2 Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis 9 1 1 2 −4 0 McCabe, JakeJake McCabe 9 0 2 2 0 4 Baptiste, NicholasNicholas Baptiste 4 1 0 1 1 2 Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges 9 0 0 0 −1 10 Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian 9 0 0 0 −2 6 Grant, DerekDerek Grant 9 0 0 0 −3 2 Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov 8 0 0 0 −1 6 Deslauriers, NicolasNicolas Deslauriers 7 0 0 0 −3 4 Fasching, HudsonHudson Fasching 6 0 0 0 −2 2 Kane, EvanderEvander Kane 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bailey, JustinJustin Bailey 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nelson, CaseyCasey Nelson 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Goaltenders Regular Season[8] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner 6 6 359 3 2 1 14 2.34 177 .921 0 0 0 0 Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson 3 3 185 1 1 1 6 1.96 95 .937 1 0 0 0 ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only. ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record. Roster Updated December 5, 2016.[9] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 47 Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian D R 26 2015 Massena, New York 46 Burgdoerfer, ErikErik Burgdoerfer D R 27 2016 Setauket-East Setauket, New York 48 Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier LW L 21 2014 Pierrefonds, Quebec 44 Deslauriers, NicolasNicolas Deslauriers  LW L 25 2014 LaSalle, Quebec 15 Eichel, JackJack Eichel C R 20 2015 North Chelmsford, Massachusetts 63 Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis  C/LW L 27 2008 Edmonton, Alberta 41 Falk, JustinJustin Falk D L 28 2016 Snowflake, Manitoba 82 Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno LW L 25 2009 Buffalo, New York 46 Franson, CodyCody Franson D R 29 2015 Sicamous, British Columbia 12 Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta (C) RW R 37 2014 Rochester, New York 28 Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons C L 22 2012 Riga, Latvia 4 Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges (A) D L 32 2014 Kelowna, British Columbia 27 Grant, DerekDerek Grant C L 26 2016 Abbotsford, British Columbia 45 Guhle, BrendanBrendan Guhle D L 19 2015 Edmonton, Alberta 9 Kane, EvanderEvander Kane LW L 25 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia 77 Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov D L 26 2016 Lipetsk, Soviet Union 22 Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson LW L 24 2013 Lau, Sweden 40 Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner G L 25 2015 Gothenburg, Sweden 29 McCabe, JakeJake McCabe D L 23 2014 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 26 Moulson, MattMatt Moulson LW L 33 2014 North York, Ontario 31 Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson G L 26 2016 Luleå, Sweden 21 Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo RW R 28 2016 St. Paul, Minnesota 90 O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly (A) C L 25 2015 Clinton, Ontario 23 Reinhart, SamSam Reinhart C R 21 2014 North Vancouver, British Columbia 55 Ristolainen, RasmusRasmus Ristolainen D R 22 2013 Turku, Finland Transactions The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season: Trades Date Details Ref June 25, 2016 To Florida Panthers Mark Pysyk 2nd-round pick in 2016 STL's 3rd-round pick in 2016 To Buffalo Sabres Dmitry Kulikov VAN's 2nd-round pick in 2016 [10] July 2, 2016 To St. Louis Blues 5th-round pick in 2017 To Buffalo Sabres Anders Nilsson [11] Notes Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Kyle Okposo New York Islanders 7 years, $42 million contract [12] July 1, 2016 Taylor Fedun Utica Comets 1 year, $600,000 two-way contract [13] July 1, 2016 Justin Falk Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $650,000, two-way contract [13] July 2, 2016 Derek Grant Stockton Heat 1 year, $650,000, two-way contract [14] July 21, 2016 Erik Burgdoerfer Hershey Bears 1 year, $575,000 two-way contract [15] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Chad Johnson Calgary Flames 1 year, $1.7 million [13] July 1, 2016 Chad Ruhwedel Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000 [13] July 1, 2016 Tim Schaller Boston Bruins 1 year, $600,000 [16] July 19, 2016 Nathan Lieuwen San Antonio Rampage 1 year, amount undisclosed [17] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via retirement Player Ref Matt Ellis [18] Players released Date Player Via Ref Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 29, 2016 Casey Nelson 2 years, $1.3 million [19] June 30, 2016 Jake McCabe 3 years, $4.8 million [20] June 30, 2016 Cole Schneider 1 year, $600,000 [21] July 14, 2016 Marcus Foligno 1 year, $2.25 million [22][23] July 15, 2016 Alexander Nylander 3 years, entry-level contract [24] July 16, 2016 Dan Catenacci 1 year, $575,000, two-way contract [4] July 17, 2016 Jason Kasdorf 2 years, $1.15 million, two-way contract [25] October 11, 2016 Rasmus Ristolainen 6 years, $32.4 million [26] Draft picks Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 8 Alexander Nylander LW  Sweden Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) 2 33^[a] Rasmus Asplund C  Sweden Farjestad BK (SHL) 3 69 Cliff Pu C  Canada London Knights (OHL) 3 86^[b] Casey Fitzgerald D  United States Boston College Eagles (HE) 4 99 Brett Murray LW  Canada Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) 5 129 Philip Nyberg D  Sweden Linköpings HC (SHL) 5 130^[c] Vojtech Budik D  Czech Republic Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 6 159 Brandon Hagel LW  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 7 189 Austin Osmanski D  United States Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) 7 190^[d] Vasily Glotov C  Russia Lvy St. Petersburg (MHL) Notes ^[a] The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Mark Pysyk, a second-round pick and St. Louis’ third-round pick both in 2016 (38th and 89th overall) to Florida in exchange for Dmitry Kulikov and this pick.[27] Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016 that sent Erik Gudbranson and the Islanders fifth-round pick in 2016 to Vancouver in exchange for Jared McCann, a fourth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.[28] The Buffalo Sabres’ second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Dmitri Kulikov and Vancouver’s second-round pick in 2016 (33rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Mark Pysyk, St. Louis’ third-round pick in 2016 (89th overall) and this pick.[27] ^[b] The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on February 11, 2015 that sent Jhonas Enroth to Dallas in exchange for Anders Lindback and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[29] The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Enroth wins fewer than four playoff games for the Stars in 2015 – was converted on April 6, 2015 when the Stars were eliminated from playoff contention.[30] ^[c] The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick will go to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brian Flynn to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[31] ^[d] The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Torrey Mitchell to Montreal in exchange for Jack Nevins and this pick.[32] References National Hockey League (2010). 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