2018–19 Buffalo Sabres season

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2018–19 Buffalo Sabres
Division TBD Atlantic
Conference TBD Eastern
2018–19 record 21–11–5
Home record 12–4–2
Road record 9–7–3
Goals for 111
Goals against 105
Team information
General Manager Jason Botterill
Coach Phil Housley
Captain Jack Eichel
Alternate captains Zach Bogosian
Kyle Okposo
Arena KeyBank Center
Minor league affiliations Rochester Americans (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Jeff Skinner (26)
Assists Jack Eichel (34)
Points Jack Eichel (48)
Penalties in minutes Zach Bogosian (38)
Plus/minus Jeff Skinner (+21)
Wins Carter Hutton (13)
Goals against average Carter Hutton (2.58)
<2017–18 2019–20>

The 2018–19 Buffalo Sabres season is the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 62 16 4 56 325 222 +103 128
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 49 24 9 47 259 215 +44 107
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 46 28 8 46 286 251 +35 100
4 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
5 Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
6 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
7 Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
8 Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings

Template:2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[2]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[3]

2018–19 game log
December: 4–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
28 December 3 Buffalo 1–2 Nashville Hutton 17,311 17–8–3 37 Recap
29 December 4 Toronto 4–3 Buffalo OT Ullmark 19,070 17–8–4 38 Recap
30 December 8 Philadelphia 6–2 Buffalo Ullmark 18,283 17–9–4 38 Recap
31 December 11 Los Angeles 3–4 Buffalo OT Ullmark 17,897 18–9–4 40 Recap
32 December 13 Arizona 1–3 Buffalo Hutton 16,872 19–9–4 42 Recap
33 December 15 Buffalo 3–4 Washington SO Hutton 18,506 19–9–5 43 Recap
34 December 16 Buffalo 4–2 Boston Ullmark 17,565 20–9–5 45 Recap
35 December 18 Florida 5–2 Buffalo Hutton 17,602 20–10–5 45 Recap
36 December 21 Buffalo 1–2 Washington Hutton 18,506 20–11–5 45 Recap
37 December 22 Anaheim 0–3 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 21–11–5 47 Recap
38 December 27 Buffalo – St. Louis
39 December 29 Boston – Buffalo
40 December 31 NY Islanders – Buffalo

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

Player statistics

As of December 22, 2018[4]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jack Eichel 37 14 34 48 11 10
Jeff Skinner 37 26 12 38 21 16
Sam Reinhart 37 8 28 36 9 8
Rasmus Ristolainen 37 4 20 24 −7 16
Rasmus Dahlin 37 4 16 20 5 10
Jason Pominville 33 9 9 18 4 2
Kyle Okposo 37 5 10 15 –4 24
Conor Sheary 33 7 7 14 −4 8
Casey Mittelstadt 37 5 5 10 –3 6
Jake McCabe 27 2 8 10 3 25
Evan Rodrigues 31 2 8 10 –4 16
Zemgus Girgensons 34 3 5 8 –1 9
Tage Thompson 30 4 3 7 –7 8
Zach Bogosian 32 2 5 7 –2 38
Nathan Beaulieu 23 3 3 6 2 30
Johan Larsson 31 3 2 5 –7 21
Vladimir Sobotka 34 3 2 5 –8 14
Marco Scandella 28 1 4 5 –1 16
Casey Nelson 22 1 4 5 6 4
Patrik Berglund 23 2 2 4 –5 6
Lawrence Pilut 8 0 3 3 4 2
Remi Elie 10 0 1 1 –1 0
Matt Hunwick 2 0 0 0 –1 0
Brendan Guhle 2 0 0 0 1 2
Matt Tennyson 4 0 0 0 –4 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carter Hutton 25 24 1463 13 10 2 63 2.58 763 .917 0 0 0 2
Linus Ullmark 13 13 774 8 1 3 35 2.71 450 .922 2 0 1 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 July 14, 2022[5][6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
41 United States Craig Anderson G L 42 2021 Park Ridge, Illinois
74 Sweden Rasmus Asplund C L 26 2016 Filipstad, Sweden
96 United States Anders Bjork LW L 27 2021 Mequon, Wisconsin
78 Canada Jacob Bryson D L 26 2017 London, Ontario
– Canada Kale Clague D L 25 2022 Regina, Saskatchewan
– Canada Eric Comrie G L 28 2022 Edmonton, Alberta
24 Canada Dylan Cozens C R 23 2019 Whitehorse, Yukon
26 Sweden Rasmus Dahlin D L 24 2018 Trollhattan, Sweden
– Canada Jeremy Davies D L 27 2022 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
28 Latvia Zemgus Girgensons (A) C L 30 2012 Riga, Latvia
29 United States Vinnie Hinostroza RW R 30 2021 Melrose Park, Illinois
10 Finland Henri Jokiharju D R 24 2019 Oulu, Finland
– Russia Ilya Lyubushkin D R 30 2022 Moscow, Russia
37 United States Casey Mittelstadt C L 25 2017 Eden Prairie, Minnesota
21 United States Kyle Okposo (A) RW R 36 2016 Saint Paul, Minnesota
71 Sweden Victor Olofsson LW L 28 2014 Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
25 Canada Owen Power D L 21 2021 Mississauga, Ontario
– United States Chase Priskie D R 28 2022 Pembroke Pines, Florida
53 Canada Jeff Skinner LW L 31 2018 Markham, Ontario
47 Canada Malcolm Subban Injured Reserve G L 30 2021 Ontario, Canada
72 United States Tage Thompson C R 26 2018 Phoenix, Arizona
89 United States Alex Tuch RW R 27 2021 Syracuse, New York


Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Toronto Maple Leafs
6th-round pick in 2018 – Pontus Holmberg		 To Buffalo Sabres
6th-round pick in 2019		 [7]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) To Pittsburgh Penguins
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019		 To Buffalo Sabres
Conor Sheary
Matt Hunwick		 [8]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) To St. Louis Blues
Ryan O'Reilly		 To Buffalo Sabres
Patrik Berglund
Vladimir Sobotka
Tage Thompson
1st-round pick in 2019
2nd-round pick in 2021		 [9]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) To Carolina Hurricanes
Cliff Pu
2nd-round pick in 2019
3rd-round pick in 2020
6th-round pick in 2020		 To Buffalo Sabres
Jeff Skinner		 [10]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) To Nashville Predators
Nicholas Baptiste		 To Buffalo Sabres
Jack Dougherty		 [11]
November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10) To Dallas Stars
Taylor Fedun		 To Buffalo Sabres
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2020		 [12]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) Jacob Josefson to Djurgårdens IF (SHL) 4-year [13]
June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13) Zach Redmond to Rochester Americans (AHL) 2-year [14]
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) Adam Wilcox to Rochester Americans (AHL) 1-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Seth Griffith to Winnipeg Jets 1-year [16]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Carter Hutton from St. Louis Blues 3-year [17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Chad Johnson to St. Louis Blues 1-year [18]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Scott Wedgewood from Los Angeles Kings 1-year [19]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Viktor Antipin to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) 3-year [20]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Mike Sislo to New York Islanders 1-year [21]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Jordan Nolan to St. Louis Blues 1-year [22]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) Remi Elie from Dallas Stars [23]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Brandon Hickey 2-year [27]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Scott Wilson 2-year [28]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) Rasmus Dahlin 3-year [29]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Sean Malone 1-year [30]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Justin Bailey 1-year [31]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Nicholas Baptiste 1-year [32]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Danny O'Regan 1-year [32]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) C. J. Smith 1-year [33]
September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) Sam Reinhart 2-year [34]
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) Matej Pekar 3-year [35]

Draft picks

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See also: List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 1 Rasmus Dahlin D Sweden Sweden Frolunda HC (SHL)
2 32 Mattias Samuelsson D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4 94 Matej Pekar C  Czech Republic Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
4 1171 Linus Lindstrand Cronholm D  Sweden Malmo Redhawks J20 (SuperElit)
5 125 Miska Kukkonen D  Finland Ilves U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
7 187 William Worge Kreu D  Sweden Linkopings HC J20 (SuperElit)

Notes:

  1. The Minnesota Wild's fourth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 30, 2017, that sent Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno, and a third-round pick to Minnesota in exchange for Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella, and this pick.[36]

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