2017–18 Buffalo Sabres season: Difference between revisions

2017–18 Buffalo Sabres
2017–18 Buffalo Sabres
Division	TBD Atlantic
Conference	TBD Eastern
2017–18 record	5–8–2
Home record	2–3–1
Road record	3–5–1
Goals for	38
Goals against	54
Team information
General manager	Jason Botterill
Coach	Phil Housley
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Zach Bogosian; Jack Eichel; Kyle Okposo; Ryan O'Reilly
Arena	KeyBank Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans (AHL); Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Evander Kane (9)
Assists	Jack Eichel (10)
Points	Evander Kane (15)
Penalty minutes	Evander Kane (16)
Plus/minus	Jason Pominville (+3)
Wins	Robin Lehner (4)
Goals against average	Robin Lehner (3.00)
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The 2017–18 Buffalo Sabres season is the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105
4	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
7	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League^[2]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Offseason

General manager Tim Murray and head coach Dan Bylsma were both fired at the end of the previous season. Two former Sabres players were hired in their places: Jason Botterill, at the time a front office executive with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was hired as general manager, while Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Phil Housley, at the time defensive coordinator for the Nashville Predators, was named head coach.

The Sabres once again held a summer development camp during the second week of July. In contrast to the previous two seasons, no full Blue/White game was played; the four-team three-on-three tournament was reprised. Team White, led by 2017 first-round draft pick Casey Mittelstadt, won the tournament.^[3] The team will host its third annual Prospects Challenge in September; the tournament will expand to four teams, with the Pittsburgh Penguins joining the returning Sabres, New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins in the tournament.^[4]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Sabres released their preseason schedule on June 19, 2017.^[5]

2017 preseason game log: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Carolina	3–2	Buffalo	OT	Ullmark	16,310	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 19^[a]	Pittsburgh	3–4	Buffalo	OT	—	—	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 22^[b]	Buffalo	0–3	Toronto		—	—	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 23	Toronto	1–3	Buffalo		Lehner	17,345	1–2–1	Recap
5	September 27	Buffalo	4–5	Pittsburgh		Johnson	17,693	1–3–1	Recap
6	September 29	NY Islanders	3–1	Buffalo		Lehner	16,967	1–4–1	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. ^b Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.

Regular season

The team's regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.^[6]

2017–18 game log

October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	Montreal	3–2	Buffalo	SO	Lehner	19,070	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 7	Buffalo	3–6	NY Islanders		Lehner	15,234	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October 9	New Jersey	6–2	Buffalo		Johnson	17,697	0–2–1	1	Recap
4	October 12	Buffalo	2–3	San Jose		Lehner	17,402	0–3–1	1	Recap
5	October 14	Buffalo	2–4	Los Angeles		Lehner	18,230	0–4–1	1	Recap
6	October 15	Buffalo	3–1	Anaheim		Johnson	15,821	1–4–1	3	Recap
7	October 17	Buffalo	4–5	Vegas	OT	Johnson	17,617	1–4–2	4	Recap
8	October 20	Vancouver	3–2	Buffalo		Johnson	18,050	1–5–2	4	Recap
9	October 21	Buffalo	5–4	Boston	OT	Lehner	17,565	2–5–2	6	Recap
10	October 24	Detroit	0–1	Buffalo		Lehner	16,882	3–5–2	8	Recap
11	October 25	Buffalo	1–5	Columbus		Johnson	14,383	3–6–2	8	Recap
12	October 28	San Jose	3–2	Buffalo		Lehner	18,892	3–7–2	8	Recap

November: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 2	Buffalo	5–4	Arizona		Lehner	11,477	4–7–2	10	Recap
14	November 4	Buffalo	1–5	Dallas		Lehner	18,236	4–8–2	10	Recap
15	November 7	Washington	1–3	Buffalo		Lehner	17,146	5–8–2	12	Recap
16	November 10	Florida	–	Buffalo
17	November 11	Buffalo	–	Montreal
18	November 14	Buffalo	–	Pittsburgh
19	November 17	Buffalo	–	Detroit
20	November 18	Carolina	–	Buffalo
21	November 20	Columbus	–	Buffalo
22	November 22	Minnesota	–	Buffalo
23	November 24	Edmonton	–	Buffalo
24	November 25	Buffalo	–	Montreal
25	November 28	Tampa Bay	–	Buffalo

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 1	Pittsburgh	–	Buffalo
27	December 2	Buffalo	–	Pittsburgh
28	December 5	Buffalo	–	Colorado
29	December 8	Buffalo	–	Chicago
30	December 10	Buffalo	–	St. Louis
31	December 12	Ottawa	–	Buffalo
32	December 14	Buffalo	–	Philadelphia
33	December 15	Carolina	–	Buffalo
34	December 19	Boston	–	Buffalo
35	December 22	Philadelphia	–	Buffalo
36	December 23	Buffalo	–	Carolina
37	December 27	Buffalo	–	NY Islanders
38	December 29	Buffalo	–	New Jersey

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 1	NY Rangers	–	Buffalo			(outdoors)
40	January 4	Buffalo	–	Minnesota
41	January 5	Buffalo	–	Winnipeg
42	January 7	Buffalo	–	Philadelphia
43	January 9	Winnipeg	–	Buffalo
44	January 11	Columbus	–	Buffalo
45	January 18	Buffalo	–	NY Rangers
46	January 20	Dallas	–	Buffalo
47	January 22	Buffalo	–	Calgary
48	January 23	Buffalo	–	Edmonton
49	January 25	Buffalo	–	Vancouver
50	January 30	New Jersey	–	Buffalo

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 1	Florida	–	Buffalo
52	February 3	St. Louis	–	Buffalo
53	February 6	Anaheim	–	Buffalo
54	February 8	NY Islanders	–	Buffalo
55	February 10	Buffalo	–	Boston
56	February 11	Colorado	–	Buffalo
57	February 13	Tampa Bay	–	Buffalo
58	February 15	Buffalo	–	Ottawa
59	February 17	Los Angeles	–	Buffalo
60	February 19	Washington	–	Buffalo
61	February 22	Buffalo	–	Detroit
62	February 24	Buffalo	–	Washington
63	February 25	Boston	–	Buffalo
64	February 28	Buffalo	–	Tampa Bay

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 2	Buffalo	–	Florida
66	March 5	Toronto	–	Buffalo
67	March 7	Calgary	–	Buffalo
68	March 8	Buffalo	–	Ottawa
69	March 10	Vegas	–	Buffalo
70	March 15	Toronto	–	Buffalo
71	March 17	Chicago	–	Buffalo
72	March 19	Nashville	–	Buffalo
73	March 21	Arizona	–	Buffalo
74	March 23	Montreal	–	Buffalo
75	March 24	Buffalo	–	NY Rangers
76	March 26	Buffalo	–	Toronto
77	March 29	Detroit	–	Buffalo
78	March 31	Buffalo	–	Nashville

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 2	Buffalo	–	Toronto
80	April 4	Ottawa	–	Buffalo
81	April 6	Buffalo	–	Tampa Bay
82	April 7	Buffalo	–	Florida

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of November 5, 2017^[7]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Evander Kane	14	7	6	13	−3	16
Jack Eichel	14	4	9	13	−6	10
Jason Pominville	14	6	6	12	1	2
Ryan O'Reilly	14	5	7	12	−9	2
Benoit Pouliot	14	4	2	6	0	2
Sam Reinhart	14	2	3	5	−8	2
Rasmus Ristolainen	14	0	5	5	−4	4
Kyle Okposo	14	1	3	4	−7	8
Justin Bailey	7	2	1	3	−2	2
Seth Griffith	12	2	1	3	−3	2
Zemgus Girgensons	11	1	2	3	1	4
Johan Larsson	14	1	2	3	−6	0
Jake McCabe	14	0	3	3	−4	2
Marco Scandella	14	0	3	3	−3	6
Nathan Beaulieu	8	0	2	2	−1	5
Viktor Antipin	10	0	1	1	−6	8
Taylor Fedun	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jordan Nolan	12	0	1	1	−2	0
Matt Tennyson	14	0	0	0	−8	8
Matt Moulson	10	0	0	0	−7	0
Jacob Josefson	6	0	0	0	−3	0
Josh Gorges	4	0	0	0	1	4
Justin Falk	2	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Redmond	2	0	0	0	2	−1

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Robin Lehner	2	2	95:50	0	1	1	6	2.01	56	.892	0	0	0	0
Chad Johnson	2	1	67:00	0	1	0	7	5.01	38	.815	0	0	0	0

Roster

Updated July 24, 2024^[8]^[9]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	R	28	2024	Slave Lake, Alberta
9	Zach Benson	LW	L	19	2023	Langley, British Columbia
78	Jacob Bryson	D	L	26	2017	London, Ontario
4	Bowen Byram	D	L	23	2024	Cranbrook, British Columbia
38	Kale Clague	D	L	26	2022	Regina, Saskatchewan
75	Connor Clifton	D	R	29	2023	Long Branch, New Jersey
24	Dylan Cozens	C	R	23	2019	Whitehorse, Yukon
26	Rasmus Dahlin (A)	D	L	24	2018	Trollhättan, Sweden
8	Dennis Gilbert	D	L	27	2024	Buffalo, New York
12	Jordan Greenway	LW	L	27	2023	Canton, New York
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	R	25	2019	Oulu, Finland
19	Peyton Krebs (RFA)	C	L	23	2021	Okotoks, Alberta
81	Sam Lafferty	C	R	29	2024	Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	G	L	25	2017	Espoo, Finland
29	Beck Malenstyn	LW	L	26	2024	Delta, British Columbia
71	Ryan McLeod	C	L	24	2024	Mississauga, Ontario
77	JJ Peterka	LW	L	22	2020	Munich, Germany
25	Owen Power	D	L	21	2021	Mississauga, Ontario
22	Jack Quinn	RW	R	22	2020	Ottawa, Ontario
47	James Reimer	G	L	36	2024	Morweena, Manitoba
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	L	24	2018	Voorhees, New Jersey
72	Tage Thompson	C	R	26	2018	Phoenix, Arizona
89	Alex Tuch	RW	R	28	2021	Syracuse, New York
17	Jason Zucker	LW	L	32	2024	Newport Beach, California

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2017	To Buffalo Sabres Nathan Beaulieu	^[10]
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Vegas Golden Knights 6th-round pick in 2017	To Buffalo Sabres Expansion Draft Considerations^[a]	^[11]
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)	To Minnesota Wild Tyler Ennis Marcus Foligno 3rd-round pick in 2018	To Buffalo Sabres season Marco Scandella Jason Pominville 4th-round pick in 2018	^[12]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	To Montreal Canadiens Nicolas Deslauriers	To Buffalo Sabres Zach Redmond	^[13]

Notes:

The Vegas Golden Knights selected William Carrier in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. The draft pick was exchanged so that the Golden Knights would not select Linus Ullmark.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Kyle Criscuolo	Grand Rapids Griffins	2-year, $1.3 million	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Seth Griffith	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year, $650,000	^[15]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Chad Johnson	Arizona Coyotes	1-year, $2.5 million	^[16]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jacob Josefson	New Jersey Devils	1-year, $700,000	^[17]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Kevin Porter	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year, $1.3 million	^[18]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Benoit Pouliot	Edmonton Oilers	1-year, $1.15 million	^[19]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Matt Tennyson	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year, $1.3 million	^[20]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Adam Wilcox	Florida Panthers	1-year, $650,000	^[21]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Mat Bodie	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[22]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Erik Burgdoerfer	Ottawa Senators	2-year, $1.3 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Derek Grant	Anaheim Ducks	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Dmitry Kulikov	Winnipeg Jets	3-year	^[23]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Anders Nilsson	Vancouver Canucks	2-year, $5 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Cal O'Reilly	Minnesota Wild	2-year, $1.4 million	^[24]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Cole Schneider	New York Rangers	2-year, $1.3 million	^[25]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jean Dupuy	Toronto Marlies	Unknown	^[26]
July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20)	Justin Kea	Florida Everblades	1-year	^[27]
October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18)	Brian Gionta	Team USA	Through Olympics, $0	^[28]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
Jordan Nolan	Los Angeles Kings	September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)	^[29]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Taylor Fedun	2-year, $1.3 million, two-way contract	^[30]
July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)	Johan Larsson	2-year, $2.95 million	^[31]
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)	Robin Lehner	1-year, $4 million	^[32]
July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)	Evan Rodrigues	2-year, $1.3 million	^[33]
July 31, 2017 (2017-07-31)	Nathan Beaulieu	2-year, $4.8 million	^[34]
August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)	Zemgus Girgensons	2-year, $3.2 million	^[35]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	Jack Eichel	8-year, $80 million contract extension	^[36]
October 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)	Cliff Pu	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[37]

Draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Casey Mittelstadt	C	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
2	37	Marcus Davidsson	C	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (SHL)
2	54¹	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	G	Finland	HPK U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
3	89²	Oskari Laaksonen	D	Finland	Ilves U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
4	99	Jacob Bryson	D	Canada	Providence College Friars (HE)
7	192	Linus Weissbach	LW	Sweden	Tri-City Storm (USHL)

Draft notes:^[38]

The Minnesota Wild’s second-round pick went the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Chris Stewart to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.^[39]
The Washington Capitals' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on February 23, 2016 that sent Mike Weber to Washington in exchange for this pick.^[40]

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[2] "2017-2018 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com.

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[5] "Sabres announce 2017 preseason schedule". NHL.com. June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

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[7] "Buffalo Sabres Stats - 2017-2018". NHL.com. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[8] "Buffalo Sabres Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[9] "Buffalo Sabres Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[10] "Sabres acquire defenseman Beaulieu". June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.

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[12] "Sabres acquire Scandella, Pominville from Wild". June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.

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[15] "Sabres sign forward Seth Griffith to one-year contract". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[16] "Sabres sign goaltender Chad Johnson to one-year contract". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[17] "Sabres sign Josefson to 1-year deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[18] "Buffalo Sabres sign forward Kevin Porter to two-way deal". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[19] "Benoit Pouliot signs one-year deal with Buffalo Sabres". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[20] "Sabres ink Matt Tennyson to two-year deal". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[21] "Buffalo Sabres sign goalie Adam Wilcox". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[22] Tampa Bay, Lightning (July 1, 2017). "Lightning sign defenseman Mat Bodie to one-year, two-way contract". Tampa Bay Lightning. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

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