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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Morgan Frost	67	42	70	112
2.	Jordan Kyrou	56	39	70	109
3.	Nick Suzuki	64	42	58	100
4.	Jason Robertson	68	41	46	87
5.	Evan Bouchard	67	25	62	87

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Team Facts

Plays in National Hockey League
Team colours Navy + Gold + Aluminum Silver + White
Town Buffalo, NY, USA
Founded 1970

2017-2018 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct	Cap Hit
GOALTENDERS
	#31	Chad Johnson (G)	31	1986	Saskatoon, SK, CAN	6'3"	196	L	17/18	$2,500,000
	#40	Robin Lehner (G)	26	1991	Göteborg, SWE	6'4"	245	L	17/18	$4,000,000
DEFENSEMEN
	#93	Viktor Antipin (D)	25	1992	Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ	5'11"	174	L	17/18	$1,775,000
	#82	Nathan Beaulieu (D)	25	1992	Stratford, ON, CAN	6'2"	201	L	18/19	$2,400,000
	#47	Zach Bogosian (D) “A”	27	1990	Massena, NY, USA	6'3"	229	R	19/20	$5,142,860
	#41	Justin Falk (D)	29	1988	Snowflake, MB, CAN	6'5"	223	L	17/18	$650,000
	#4	Josh Gorges (D)	33	1984	Kelowna, BC, CAN	6'1"	205	L	17/18	$3,900,000
	#45	Brendan Guhle (D)	20	1997	Edmonton, AB, CAN	6'2"	196	L	19/20	$863,333
	#19	Jake McCabe (D)	24	1993	Eau Claire, WI, USA	6'1"	209	L	18/19	$1,600,000
	#8	Casey Nelson (D)	25	1992	Stillwater, MN, USA	6'1"	185	R	19/20	$650,000
	#55	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	23	1994	Turku, FIN	6'4"	218	R	21/22	$5,400,000
	#6	Marco Scandella (D)	28	1990	Montréal, QC, CAN	6'3"	207	L	19/20	$4,000,000
	#5	Matt Tennyson (D)	28	1990	Minneapolis, MN, USA	6'2"	205	R	18/19	$650,000
FORWARDS
	#95	Justin Bailey (RW/LW)	22	1995	Buffalo, NY, USA	6'4"	214	R	17/18	$902,500
	#13	Nicholas Baptiste (RW)	22	1995	Ottawa, ON, CAN	6'1"	205	R	17/18	$870,000
	#51	Kyle Criscuolo (C/RW)	26	1992	Southampton, NJ, USA	5'8"	170	R	18/19	$650,000
	#15	Jack Eichel (C) “A”	21	1996	North Chelmsford, MA, USA	6'2"	205	R	25/26	$3,775,000
	#28	Zemgus Girgensons (C/LW)	24	1994	Riga, LAT	6'2"	207	L	18/19	$1,600,000
	#25	Seth Griffith (C/W)	25	1993	Wallaceburg, ON, CAN	5'9"	190	R	17/18	$650,000
	#10	Jacob Josefson (C)	27	1991	Stockholm, SWE	6'0"	196	L	21/22	$700,000
	#22	Johan Larsson (C/LW)	25	1992	Lau, SWE	6'0"	198	L	18/19	$1,475,000
	#37	Casey Mittelstadt (C)	19	1998	Edina, MN, USA	6'1"	201	L	19/20	$925,000
	#17	Jordan Nolan (C/W)	28	1989	Garden River, ON, CAN	6'3"	220	L	17/18	$950,000
	#90	Ryan O'Reilly (C) “A”	27	1991	Clinton, ON, CAN	6'1"	216	L	22/23	$7,500,000
	#21	Kyle Okposo (RW) “A”	30	1988	St. Paul, MN, USA	6'0"	220	R	22/23	$6,000,000
	#29	Jason Pominville (RW)	35	1982	Repentigny, QC, CAN	6'0"	187	R	18/19	$5,600,000
	#67	Benoît Pouliot (LW)	31	1986	Alfred, ON, CAN	6'3"	201	L	17/18	$1,150,000
	#23	Sam Reinhart (C/RW)	22	1995	North Vancouver, BC, CAN	6'1"	192	R	17/18	$3,544,170
	#71	Evan Rodrigues (W/C)	24	1993	Etobicoke, ON, CAN	5'11"	183	R	18/19	$650,000
	#20	Scott Wilson (C/LW)	26	1992	Oakville, ON, CAN	5'11"	183	L	17/18	$625,000
Position: G:2 D:11 F:17 \| Av Age: 24.93 years \| Av Ht: 6'1" \| Av Wt 203 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Total Cap Hit: $75,297,145
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Team Staff

Head Coach Phil Housley
Assoc. Coach Davis Payne
Asst. Coach Chris Hajt
Asst. Coach Tom Ward
Goaltending Coach Andrew Allen
General Manager Jason Botterill
Asst. General Manager Stephen Greeley
Asst. General Manager Randy Sexton
Team Manager Cole Burkhalter
Analyst Jason Nightingale
Asst. Equipment Manager George Babcock
Asst. Equipment Manager Keith Hayes
CEO Terry Pegula
Development Coach Krys Barch
Development Coach Mike Komisarek
Development Coach Seamus Kotyk
Development Coach Adam Mair
Dir. of Amateur Scouting Jeff Crisp
Dir. of Amateur Scouting Ryan Jankowski
Dir. of Collegiate Scouting Jerry Forton
Equipment Manager Rip Simonick
Equipment Manager Dave Williams
Franchise Owner Terry Pegula
Franchise Owner Kim Pegula
President Russ Brandon
Scout Jan-Axel Alavaara
Scout Cory Banika
Scout Steven Cocker
Scout Jeremiah Crowe
Scout Kevin Devine
Scout Scott Halpenny
Scout Mark Mowers
Scout Frantisek Musil
Scout Teemu Numminen
Scout Tom O'Connor
Scout Ron Pyette
Scout Rob Riley
Scout Mike Rooney
Scout Matt Tiesling
Scout John Van Boxmeer
Scouting Coordinator Graham Beamish
Scouting Coordinator Austin Dunne
Senior Advisor Ken Sawyer
Sr. VP of Hockey Operations Michael Gilbert
Video Coach Mathew Myers
VP. of Hockey Operations Mark Jakubowski

Team Facts

Nationalities 14 players
10 players
3 players
1 player
1 player
1 player
Experience Buffalo Sabres: 4 068 GP
NHL: 8 657 GP
WC: 220 GP
OG: 5 GP
SHL: 186 GP
Liiga: 93 GP
KHL: 278 GP
AHL: 3 104 GP
DEL: 7 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Rochester Americans (AHL)

Team Captains

“A” Zach Bogosian
Jack Eichel
Ryan O'Reilly
Kyle Okposo

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name KeyBank Center
Location Buffalo, NY, USA
Capacity 18 690
Construction Year 1996

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
05/15/2018
05/15/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Lawrence Pilut (D)	Joining from	HV71
05/02/2018
05/02/2018	Extension		Casey Nelson (D)
04/27/2018
04/27/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Jacob Josefson (F)	Leaving for	Djurgårdens IF
04/24/2018
04/24/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Victor Olofsson (F)	Joining from	Frölunda HC
04/11/2018
04/11/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Andrew Oglevie (F)	Joining from	Univ. of Notre Dame
04/03/2018
04/03/2018	Rumour	Joining	Rasmus Asplund (F)	Joining from	Färjestad BK
03/26/2018
03/26/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Casey Mittelstadt (F)	Joining from	Univ. of Minnesota
03/25/2018
03/25/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Will Borgen (D)	Joining from	St. Cloud State Univ.

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1987-1988	NHL	80	37	11	32	-	-	283	305	85	9	Conference QF loss
1988-1989	NHL	80	38	7	35	-	-	291	299	83	8	Conference QF loss
1989-1990	NHL	80	45	8	27	-	-	286	248	98	3	Conference QF loss
1990-1991	NHL	80	31	19	30	-	-	292	278	81	10	Conference QF loss
1991-1992	NHL	80	31	12	37	-	-	289	299	74	17	Conference QF loss
1992-1993	NHL	84	38	10	36	-	-	335	297	86	15	Conference SF loss
1993-1994	NHL	84	43	9	32	-	-	282	218	95	10	Conference QF loss
1994-1995	NHL	48	22	7	19	-	-	130	119	51	11	Conference QF loss
1995-1996	NHL	82	33	7	42	-	-	247	262	73	20	Did not make playoffs
1996-1997	NHL	82	40	12	30	-	-	237	208	92	6	Conference SF loss
1997-1998	NHL	82	36	17	29	-	-	211	187	89	10	Conference Final loss
1998-1999	NHL	82	37	17	28	-	-	207	175	91	9	Final loss
1999-2000	NHL	82	35	11	32	-	4	213	204	85	16	Conference QF loss
2000-2001	NHL	82	46	5	30	-	1	218	184	98	8	Conference SF loss
2001-2002	NHL	82	35	11	35	-	1	213	200	82	20	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	NHL	82	27	10	37	-	8	190	219	72	26	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	NHL	82	37	7	34	-	4	220	221	85	18	Did not make playoffs
2005-2006	NHL	82	52	-	24	-	6	281	239	110	5	Conference Final loss
2006-2007	NHL	82	53	-	22	-	7	308	242	113	1	Conference Final loss
2007-2008	NHL	82	39	-	31	-	12	255	242	90	18	Did not make playoffs
2008-2009	NHL	82	41	-	32	-	9	250	234	91	18	Did not make playoffs
2009-2010	NHL	82	45	-	27	-	10	235	207	100	11	Conference QF loss
2010-2011	NHL	82	43	-	29	-	10	245	229	96	15	Conference QF loss
2011-2012	NHL	82	39	-	32	-	11	218	230	89	19	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	NHL	48	21	-	21	-	6	125	143	48	12	Did not make playoffs
2013-2014	NHL	82	21	-	51	-	10	157	248	52	8	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	NHL	82	23	-	51	-	8	161	274	54	8	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	NHL	82	35	-	36	-	11	201	222	81	7	Did not make playoffs
2016-2017	NHL	82	33	-	37	-	12	201	237	78	8	Did not make playoffs
2017-2018	NHL	82	25	-	45	-	12	199	280	62	8	Did not make playoffs

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Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Phil Varone (F)	2017-2018	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	AHL	74	23	47	70	36
2.	Cal O'Reilly (F)	2017-2018	Iowa Wild	AHL	75	15	49	64	10
3.	Linus Omark (F)	2017-2018	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	55	16	39	55	60
4.	Cole Schneider (F)	2017-2018	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	76	16	34	50	33
5.	Brian Flynn (F)	2017-2018	Texas Stars	AHL	66	18	29	47	14
6.	Mark Mancari (F)	2017-2018	EHC Freiburg	DEL2	32	15	30	45	16
7.	T.J. Brennan (D)	2017-2018	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	AHL	63	14	31	45	75
8.	C.J. Smith (F)	2017-2018	Rochester Americans	AHL	57	17	27	44	16
9.	Corey Tropp (F)	2017-2018	San Diego Gulls	AHL	50	17	26	43	119
10.	Paul Szczechura (F)	2017-2018	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL	55	20	22	42	26

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1191	512	814	1326
2.	Dave Andreychuk (F)	837	368	436	804
3.	Rick Martin (F)	681	382	313	695
4.	Craig Ramsay (F)	1070	252	420	672
5.	Phil Housley (D)	608	178	380	558

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1191	512	814	1326
2.	Rick Martin (F)	681	382	313	695
3.	Dave Andreychuk (F)	837	368	436	804
4.	Danny Gare (F)	503	267	233	500
5.	Thomas Vanek (F)	598	254	243	497

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1191	512	814	1326
2.	Dave Andreychuk (F)	837	368	436	804
3.	Craig Ramsay (F)	1070	252	420	672
4.	Phil Housley (D)	608	178	380	558
5.	René Robert (F)	524	222	330	552

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Rob Ray (F)	889	40	90	3189
2.	Mike Foligno (F)	664	247	511	1450
3.	Larry Playfair (D)	577	24	100	1392
4.	Brad May (F)	425	67	156	1323
5.	Matthew Barnaby (F)	317	47	126	1248

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1191	512	814	1326
2.	Craig Ramsay (F)	1070	252	420	672
3.	Mike Ramsey (D)	911	73	256	329
4.	Rob Ray (F)	889	40	50	90
5.	Bill Hajt (D)	854	42	202	244

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Pat LaFontaine (F)	268	158	385	1.437
2.	Alexander Mogilny (F)	381	211	444	1.165
3.	Dale Hawerchuk (F)	342	110	385	1.126
4.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1191	512	1326	1.113
5.	René Robert (F)	524	222	552	1.053

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Pat LaFontaine (F)	1992-1993	NHL	84	53	95	148	1.76	63
2.	Alexander Mogilny (F)	1992-1993	NHL	77	76	51	127	1.65	40
3.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1975-1976	NHL	80	44	69	113	1.41	36
4.	Pierre Turgeon (F)	1989-1990	NHL	80	40	66	106	1.33	29
5.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1979-1980	NHL	80	40	66	106	1.33	57

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Alexander Mogilny (F)	1992-1993	NHL	77	76	51	127	1.65	40
2.	Danny Gare (F)	1979-1980	NHL	76	56	33	89	1.17	90
3.	Pat LaFontaine (F)	1992-1993	NHL	84	53	95	148	1.76	63
4.	Rick Martin (F)	1974-1975	NHL	68	52	43	95	1.40	72
5.	Rick Martin (F)	1973-1974	NHL	78	52	34	86	1.10	38

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Pat LaFontaine (F)	1992-1993	NHL	84	53	95	148	1.76	63
2.	Dale Hawerchuk (F)	1992-1993	NHL	81	16	80	96	1.19	52
3.	Dale Hawerchuk (F)	1991-1992	NHL	77	23	75	98	1.27	27
4.	Gilbert Perreault (F)	1975-1976	NHL	80	44	69	113	1.41	36
5.	Pierre Turgeon (F)	1989-1990	NHL	80	40	66	106	1.33	29

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Rob Ray (F)	1991-1992	NHL	63	5	3	8	0.13	354
2.	Rob Ray (F)	1990-1991	NHL	66	8	8	16	0.24	350
3.	Matthew Barnaby (F)	1995-1996	NHL	73	15	16	31	0.42	335
4.	Mike Hartman (F)	1988-1989	NHL	70	8	9	17	0.24	316
5.	Brad May (F)	1991-1992	NHL	69	11	6	17	0.25	309

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2017-2018	View roster	6'1"	203 lbs	24.93
2016-2017	View roster	6'2"	209 lbs	25.00
2015-2016	View roster	6'2"	207 lbs	24.72
2014-2015	View roster	6'1"	205 lbs	25.58
2013-2014	View roster	6'1"	200 lbs	24.91

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Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections

RND	#	Player	Born	Birtplace	HT	WT
2017
1	#8	Casey Mittelstadt (C)	11/22/1998	Edina, MN, USA	6'1"	201 lbs
2	#37	Marcus Davidsson (C/W)	11/18/1998	Tyresö, SWE	6'0"	192 lbs
2	#54	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G)	03/09/1999	Espoo, FIN	6'4"	196 lbs
3	#89	Oskari Laaksonen (D)	07/02/1999	Tampere, FIN	6'2"	165 lbs
4	#99	Jacob Bryson (D)	11/18/1997	London, ON, CAN	5'9"	179 lbs
7	#192	Linus Weissbach (LW/RW)	04/19/1998	Göteborg, SWE	5'9"	165 lbs
2016
1	#8	Alexander Nylander (RW/LW)	03/02/1998	Calgary, AB, CAN	6'1"	192 lbs
2	#33	Rasmus Asplund (C)	12/03/1997	Filipstad, SWE	5'11"	176 lbs
3	#69	Cliff Pu (RW/C)	06/03/1998	North York, ON, CAN	6'2"	192 lbs
3	#86	Casey Fitzgerald (D)	02/25/1997	North Reading, MA, USA	5'11"	185 lbs
4	#99	Brett Murray (LW)	07/20/1998	Bolton, ON, CAN	6'4"	216 lbs
5	#129	Philip Nyberg (D)	04/27/1997	Linköping, SWE	6'3"	203 lbs
5	#130	Vojtech Budik (D)	01/29/1998	Holice, CZE	6'1"	203 lbs
6	#159	Brandon Hagel (LW)	08/27/1998	Morinville, AB, CAN	5'11"	174 lbs
7	#189	Austin Osmanski (D)	04/30/1998	East Aurora, NY, USA	6'4"	207 lbs
7	#190	Vasili Glotov (C)	09/04/1997	Barnaul, RUS	5'11"	174 lbs
2015
1	#2	Jack Eichel (C)	10/28/1996	North Chelmsford, MA, USA	6'2"	205 lbs
2	#51	Brendan Guhle (D)	07/29/1997	Edmonton, AB, CAN	6'2"	196 lbs
4	#92	Will Borgen (D)	12/19/1996	Moorhead, MN, USA	6'2"	187 lbs
5	#122	Devante Stephens (D)	01/02/1997	White Rock, BC, CAN	6'2"	190 lbs
6	#152	Giorgio Estephan (C)	02/03/1997	Edmonton, AB, CAN	6'0"	196 lbs
7	#182	Ivan Chukarov (D)	04/03/1995	Des Plaines, IL, USA	6'2"	203 lbs

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