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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Justin Danforth	56	27	33	60
2.	Eemeli Suomi	57	26	31	57
3.	Julius Nättinen	54	33	22	55
4.	Jesse Puljujärvi	56	24	29	53
5.	Kristian Kuusela	55	20	33	53

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Team Facts

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

2019-2020 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct	Cap Hit
GOALTENDERS
	#40	Carter Hutton (G)	34	1985	Thunder Bay, ON, CAN	6'0"	198	L	20/21	$2,750,000
	#35	Linus Ullmark (G)	26	1993	Lugnvik, SWE	6'4"	214	L	19/20	$1,325,000
DEFENSEMEN
	#26	Rasmus Dahlin (D)	20	2000	Trollhättan, SWE	6'2"	205	L	20/21	$925,000
	#48	Matt Hunwick (D)	35	1985	Warren, MI, USA	5'11"	194	L	19/20	$2,250,000
	#10	Henri Jokiharju (D)	21	1999	Oulu, FIN	6'0"	192	R	20/21	$925,000
	#19	Jake McCabe (D) “A”	26	1993	Eau Claire, WI, USA	6'1"	205	L	20/21	$2,850,000
	#33	Colin Miller (D)	27	1992	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN	6'1"	196	R	21/22	$3,875,000
	#62	Brandon Montour (D)	26	1994	Ohsweken, ON, CAN	6'0"	192	R	19/20	$3,387,500
	#55	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	25	1994	Turku, FIN	6'4"	220	R	21/22	$5,400,000
FORWARDS
	#9	Jack Eichel (C) “C”	23	1996	North Chelmsford, MA, USA	6'2"	201	R	25/26	$10,000,000
	#67	Michael Frolik (RW)	32	1988	Kladno, CZE	6'1"	194	L	19/20	$4,300,000
	#28	Zemgus Girgensons (C/W)	26	1994	Riga, LAT	6'2"	212	L	19/20	$1,600,000
	#90	Marcus Johansson (C/LW) “A”	29	1990	Landskrona, SWE	5'11"	205	L	20/21	$4,500,000
	#95	Dominik Kahun (C/W)	25	1995	Planá, CZE	5'11"	174	L	19/20	$925,000
	#22	Johan Larsson (C)	27	1992	Lau, SWE	6'0"	203	L	19/20	$1,550,000
	#27	Curtis Lazar (C/W)	25	1995	Salmon Arm, BC, CAN	6'0"	205	R	19/20	$700,000
	#21	Kyle Okposo (RW/LW)	32	1988	St. Paul, MN, USA	6'0"	218	R	22/23	$6,000,000
	#68	Victor Olofsson (LW/RW)	24	1995	Örnsköldsvik, SWE	5'11"	181	L	19/20	$767,500
	#23	Sam Reinhart (C/RW)	24	1995	North Vancouver, BC, CAN	6'1"	192	R	19/20	$3,650,000
	#17	Wayne Simmonds (RW)	31	1988	Scarborough, ON, CAN	6'2"	185	R	19/20	$2,500,000
	#53	Jeff Skinner (LW)	28	1992	Markham, ON, CAN	5'11"	187	L	26/27	$9,000,000
	#17	Vladimír Sobotka (C/LW)	33	1987	Trebic, CZE	5'11"	190	L	19/20	$3,500,000
	#72	Tage Thompson (RW/LW)	22	1997	Glendale, AZ, USA	6'6"	205	R	19/20	$925,000
	#13	Jimmy Vesey (LW/RW)	27	1993	Boston, MA, USA	6'3"	198	L	19/20	$2,275,000
Position: G: 2, D: 7, F: 15 \| Av Age: 27 years \| Av Ht: 6'1" \| Av Wt: 199 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Total Cap Hit: $82,803,567
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Team Staff

Head Coach Ralph Krueger
Asst. Coach Don Granato
Asst. Coach Steve Smith
Goaltending Coach Mike Bales
General Manager Jason Botterill
Asst. General Manager Stephen Greeley
Asst. General Manager Randy Sexton
Team Manager Cole Burkhalter
Asst. Equipment Manager George Babcock
Asst. Equipment Manager Ben Laing
Athletic Trainer Michael Adesso
Athletic Trainer Bob Mowry
Athletic Trainer Rich Stinziano
CEO Terry Pegula
Conditioning Coach J.T. Allaire
Conditioning Coach Ed Gannon
Conditioning Coach Dennis Miller
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 Analytics Jason Nightingale
Dir. of Collegiate Scouting Jerry Forton
Equipment Manager Rip Simonick
Equipment Manager Dave Williams
Franchise Owner Kim Pegula
Franchise Owner Terry Pegula
Massage Therapist Brett Crompton
Physical Therapist Michael Adesso
President Kim Pegula
Scout Cory Banika
Scout Graham Beamish
Scout Steven Cocker
Scout Jeremiah Crowe
Scout Kevin Devine
Scout Austin Dunne
Scout Mark Ferner
Scout Marcus Fingal
Scout Scott Halpenny
Scout Randy Hansch
Scout Frantisek Musil
Scout Teemu Numminen
Scout Tom O'Connor
Scout Ron Pyette
Scout Rob Riley
Scout Matt Tiesling
Scout John Van Boxmeer
Scout Magnus Welin
Vice President Kevyn Adams
Video Coach Kyle Smith
VP. of Hockey Operations Mark Jakubowski

Team Facts

Nationalities 7 players
6 players
5 players
2 players
2 players
1 player
1 player
Experience Buffalo Sabres: 3 812 GP
NHL: 9 480 GP
WC: 301 GP
OG: 24 GP
SHL: 525 GP
Allsvenskan: 30 GP
Liiga: 93 GP
KHL: 138 GP
Czech: 225 GP
AHL: 1 311 GP
DEL: 157 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Rochester Americans (AHL)

Team Captains

“C” Jack Eichel
“A” Marcus Johansson
Jake McCabe

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name KeyBank Center
Location Buffalo, NY, USA
Capacity 19 070
Construction Year 1996

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
06/15/2020
06/15/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Oskari Laaksonen (D)	Joining from	Ilves
03/25/2020
03/25/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Joining from	Western Michigan Univ.
03/23/2020
03/23/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Dawson DiPietro (F)	Joining from	Western Michigan Univ.
03/18/2020
03/18/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Brandon Biro (F)	Joining from	Penn State Univ.
02/24/2020
02/24/2020	Confirmed	Leaving	Zach Bogosian (D)	Leaving for	Tampa Bay Lightning
02/24/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Wayne Simmonds (F)	Joining from	New Jersey Devils
02/24/2020	Confirmed	Leaving	Evan Rodrigues (F)	Leaving for	Pittsburgh Penguins
02/24/2020	Confirmed	Joining	Dominik Kahun (F)	Joining from	Pittsburgh Penguins

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
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
2018-2019	NHL	82	33	-	49	12	10	226	271	76	6	Did not make playoffs
2019-2020	NHL	69	30	-	39	8	8	195	217	68	6	-

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Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Ryan O'Reilly (F)	2019-2020	St. Louis Blues	NHL	71	12	49	61	10
2.	Linus Omark (F)	2019-2020	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	59	12	42	54	36
3.	Justin Bailey (F)	2019-2020	Utica Comets	AHL	53	28	19	47	39
4.	Evander Kane (F)	2019-2020	San Jose Sharks	NHL	64	26	21	47	122
5.	Cole Schneider (F)	2019-2020	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	54	18	28	46	15
6.	Brady Austin (D)	2019-2020	Rytiri Kladno	Czech	52	18	25	43	26
7.	Matt D'Agostini (F)	2019-2020	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	46	20	22	42	26
8.	Matt Moulson (F)	2019-2020	Hershey Bears	AHL	62	22	19	41	24
9.	Seth Griffith (F)	2019-2020	Manitoba Moose	AHL	58	21	20	41	28
10.	Mikhail Grigorenko (F)	2019-2020	CSKA Moskva	KHL	47	19	22	41	4

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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
2019-2020	View roster	6'1"	199 lbs	27.00
2018-2019	View roster	6'1"	199 lbs	26.06
2017-2018	View roster	6'1"	204 lbs	26.39
2016-2017	View roster	6'2"	209 lbs	26.06
2015-2016	View roster	6'2"	207 lbs	25.78

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Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections

RND	#	Player	Born	Birtplace	HT	WT
2019
1	#7	Dylan Cozens (C/RW)	02/09/2001	Whitehorse, YT, CAN	6'3"	185 lbs
1	#31	Ryan Johnson (D)	07/24/2001	Irvine, CA, USA	6'0"	172 lbs
3	#67	Erik Portillo (G)	09/03/2000	Göteborg, SWE	6'6"	209 lbs
4	#102	Aaron Huglen (RW/LW)	03/06/2001	Roseau, MN, USA	5'11"	165 lbs
5	#143	Filip Cederqvist (LW)	08/23/2000	Skara, SWE	6'1"	187 lbs
6	#160	Lukas Rousek (RW/LW)	04/20/1999	Ostrov nad Ohri, CZE	5'11"	161 lbs
2018
1	#1	Rasmus Dahlin (D)	04/13/2000	Trollhättan, SWE	6'2"	205 lbs
2	#32	Mattias Samuelsson (D)	03/14/2000	Voorhees, NJ, USA	6'4"	220 lbs
4	#94	Matej Pekar (C/LW)	02/10/2000	Turnov, CZE	6'0"	170 lbs
4	#117	Linus Cronholm (D)	07/03/2000	Malmö, SWE	6'1"	172 lbs
5	#125	Miska Kukkonen (D)	06/19/2000	Jokioinen, FIN	6'1"	203 lbs
7	#187	William Worge Kreü (D)	05/15/2000	Linköping, SWE	6'6"	185 lbs
2017
1	#8	Casey Mittelstadt (C)	11/22/1998	Edina, MN, USA	6'1"	203 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	5'8"	161 lbs

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