2009–10 Buffalo Sabres season

2009–10 Buffalo Sabres
Northeast Division Champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2009–10 record	45–27–10
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	20–17–4
Goals for	235
Goals against	207
Team information
General Manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Craig Rivet
Alternate captains	Paul Gaustad Jochen Hecht Jason Pominville Derek Roy
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	Average: 18,529
Team leaders
Goals	Thomas Vanek (28)
Assists	Tim Connolly (48)
Points	Derek Roy (69)
Penalties in minutes	Craig Rivet (100)
Plus/minus	Jochen Hecht (+14)
Wins	Ryan Miller (41)
Goals against average	Ryan Miller (2.22)
<2008–09	2010–11>

The 2009–10 Buffalo Sabres season was the 40th season (39th season of play) of the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League. The season saw the Sabres win the Northeast Division title and return to the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. Ryan Miller won the Vezina Trophy for the first time in his career. The Vezina win was the League-best eight for the Sabres franchise since 1982, when the trophy began being awarded to the NHL's top goaltender. Tyler Myers became the first Sabre to win the Calder Memorial Trophy, for Rookie of the Year, since Tom Barasso won it in the 1983–84 season.

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Washington Capitals	3-4	Buffalo Sabres	Enroth	17,597	0-0-1	Recap
2	September 19	Buffalo Sabres	3-1	Detroit Red Wings	Miller	15,924	1-0-1	Recap
3	September 21	Buffalo Sabres	2-1	Washington Capitals	Lalime	18,075	2-0-1	Recap
4	September 23	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-3	Buffalo Sabres	Miller	11,008	3-0-1	Recap
5	September 26	Buffalo Sabres	2-3	Montreal Canadiens	Miller	21,273	3-1-1	Recap
6	September 27	Buffalo Sabres	7-6	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lalime	18,388	4-1-1	Recap

Regular season

Divisional standings

Northeast Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Buffalo Sabres	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
2	Ottawa Senators	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
3	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	38	14	214	263	74

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	SE	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
2	y – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
3	y – Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
5	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
7	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

Game log

2009–10 Game Log
October : 8-2-1 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 4-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 1 October 3 Montreal Canadiens 1-2 (OTL) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 0-0-1 2 October 8 Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 1-0-1 3 October 10 Nashville Predators 1-0 Miller Sommet Center - 14,209 2-0-1 4 October 13 Detroit Red Wings 6-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,459 3-0-1 5 October 16 New York Islanders 6-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 4-0-1 6 October 17 Atlanta Thrashers 2-4 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 4-1-1 7 October 21 Florida Panthers 5-2 Miller BankAtlantic Center - 12,607 5-1-1 8 October 24 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 (SOW) Miller St. Pete Times Forum - 15,804 6-1-1 9 October 28 New Jersey Devils 4-1 Miller Prudential Center - 14,182 7-1-1 10 October 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 (OTW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,300 8-1-1 11 October 31 New York Islanders 0-5 Miller Nassau Veterans Mem. Coliseum - 8,889 8-2-1
November: 7-5-1 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 3-3-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 12 November 4 New York Islanders 3-0 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,626 9-2-1 13 November 6 Philadelphia Flyers 2-5 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,525 9-3-1 14 November 7 Boston Bruins 2-4 Enroth TD Garden - 17,565 9-4-1 15 November 11 Edmonton Oilers 3-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,797 10-4-1 16 November 13 Calgary Flames 2-1 (SOW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 11-4-1 17 November 14 Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 Miller Wachovia Center - 19,641 12-4-1 18 November 18 Florida Panthers 2-6 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,546 12-5-1 19 November 20 Boston Bruins 1-2 (OTL) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,291 12-5-2 20 November 21 Ottawa Senators 3-5 Lalime Scotiabank Place - 17,206 12-6-2 21 November 25 Washington Capitals 0-2 Miller Verizon Center - 18,277 12-7-2 22 November 27 Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Miller Wachovia Center - 19,673 13-7-2 23 November 28 Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 14-7-2 24 November 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 Miller Air Canada Centre - 19,110 15-7-2
December: 9-4-2 (Home: 5-2-2; Road: 4-2-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 25 December 3 Montreal Canadiens 6-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 16-7-2 26 December 5 New York Rangers 1-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,301 16-8-2 27 December 7 New Jersey Devils 0-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 16-9-2 28 December 9 Washington Capitals 3-0 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,982 17-9-2 29 December 11 Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,009 18-9-2 30 December 12 New York Rangers 3-2 Miller Madison Square Garden - 18,200 19-9-2 31 December 14 Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Miller Bell Centre - 21,273 20-9-2 32 December 16 Ottawa Senators 0-2 Miller Scotiabank Place - 16,917 20-10-2 33 December 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,159 21-10-2 34 December 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 1-2 (OTL) Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 21-10-3 35 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Miller Air Canada Centre - 19,235 22-10-3 36 December 23 Washington Capitals 2-5 Miller Verizon Center - 18,277 22-11-3 37 December 26 Ottawa Senators 2-3 (OTL) Miller HSBC Arena -18,690 22-11-4 38 December 27 St. Louis Blues 5-3 Lalime Scottrade Center -19,150 23-11-4 39 December 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 Lalime HSBC Arena -18,690 24-11-4
January: 8-3-3 (Home: 5-0-1; Road: 3-3-2) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 40 January 1 Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 25-11-4 41 January 3 Montreal Canadiens 1-0 Miller Bell Centre - 21,273 26-11-4 42 January 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 27-11-4 43 January 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 28-11-4 44 January 9 Colorado Avalanche 3-4 (OTL) Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 28-11-5 45 January 14 Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 Miller Philips Arena - 11,313 29-11-5 46 January 16 New York Islanders 2-3 (SOL) Miller Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 13,635 29-11-6 47 January 18 Phoenix Coyotes 7-2 Miller Jobing.com Arena - 11,309 30-11-6 48 January 19 Anaheim Ducks 4-5 Lalime Honda Center - 15,570 30-12-6 49 January 21 Los Angeles Kings 3-4 (SOL) Miller Staples Center - 16,884 30-12-7 50 January 23 San Jose Sharks 2-5 Miller HP Pavilion - 17,562 30-13-7 51 January 25 Vancouver Canucks 2-3 Miller General Motors Place - 18,810 30-14-7 52 January 27 New Jersey Devils 2-1 (SOW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 31-14-7 53 January 29 Boston Bruins 2-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18690 32-14-7
February: 1-4-2 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 0-2-1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 54 February 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-5 Miller Mellon Arena - 17,029 32-15-7 55 February 3 Ottawa Senators 2-4 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 32-16-7 56 February 5 Carolina Hurricanes 3-4 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 32-17-7 57 February 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 0-4 Lalime Nationwide Arena - 18,576 32-18-7 58 February 9 Boston Bruins 3-4 (OT) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 32-18-8 59 February 11 Carolina Hurricanes 2-3 (OT) Miller RBC Center - 15,527 32-18-9 60 February 13 San Jose Sharks 3-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 33-18-9
March: 10-5-1 (Home: 5-3-0; Road: 5-2-1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 61 March 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-3 Lalime Mellon Arena - 17,132 33-19-9 62 March 3 Washington Capitals 1-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 33-20-9 63 March 5 Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 (OT) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 34-20-9 64 March 7 New York Rangers 2-1 (OT) Miller Madison Square Garden - 18,200 35-20-9 65 March 10 Dallas Stars 5-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 36-20-9 66 March 12 Minnesota Wild 2-3 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 36-21-9 67 March 13 Detroit Red Wings 2-3 (OT) Miller Joe Louis Arena - 20,066 36-21-10 68 March 16 Atlanta Thrashers 3-4 Lalime Philips Arena - 12,540 36-22-10 69 March 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 Miller St. Pete Times Forum - 16,868 37-22-10 70 March 20 Florida Panthers 3-1 Miller BankAtlantic Center - 18,217 38-22-10 71 March 21 Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 Miller RBC Center - 15,311 39-22-10 72 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 3-2 (SOW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 40-22-10 73 March 26 Ottawa Senators 2-4 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 40-23-10 74 March 27 Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 41-23-10 75 March 29 Boston Bruins 3-2 Miller TD Garden - 17,565 42-23-10 76 March 31 Florida Panthers 6-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 43-23-10
April: 2-4-0 (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 1-4-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 77 April 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-4 Miller Air Canada Centre 43-24-10 78 April 3 Montreal Canadiens 0-3 Miller Bell Centre 43-25-10 79 April 6 New York Rangers 5-2 Miller HSBC Arena 44-25-10 80 April 8 Boston Bruins 1-3 Lalime TD Garden 44-26-10 81 April 10 Ottawa Senators 5-2 Miller Scotiabank Place 45-26-10 82 April 11 New Jersey Devils 1-2 Lalime Prudential Center 45-27-10
2009–10 Schedule

Playoffs

The Sabres qualified for the playoffs for the first time in three years. They had not qualified for the playoffs since winning the Presidents' Trophy in the 2006–07 NHL season.

Playoff log

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs #6 Boston Bruins : 2–4 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 0–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Buffalo goals Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Boston Bruins 1 – 2 Buffalo Sabres Recchi Vanek, Rivet Miller 18,690 1–0 [1] 2 April 17 Boston Bruins 5 – 3 Buffalo Sabres Ryder (2), Chara (2), Recchi Myers, Ellis, Pominville Miller 18,690 1–1 [2] 3 April 19 Buffalo Sabres 1 – 2 Boston Bruins Wideman, Bergeron Grier Miller 17,565 1–2 [3] 4 April 21 Buffalo Sabres 2 – 3 Boston Bruins 27:41 Krejci, Bergeron, Satan Kennedy, Montador Miller 17,565 1–3 [4] 5 April 23 Boston Bruins 1 – 4 Buffalo Sabres Boychuk Mair, Pominville, Grier, Ennis Miller 18,690 2–3 [5] 6 April 26 Buffalo Sabres 3 – 4 Boston Bruins Krejci (2), Recchi, Satan Kaleta, Gerbe, Vanek Miller 17,565 2–4 [6]

• Scorer of game-winning goal in italics
• *Denotes if necessary

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Derek Roy 80 26 43 69 9 48 Tim Connolly 73 17 48 65 10 28 Jason Pominville 82 24 38 62 13 22 Thomas Vanek 71 28 25 53 9 42 Tyler Myers 82 11 37 48 13 32 Jochen Hecht 79 21 21 42 14 35 Drew Stafford 71 14 20 34 4 35 Tim Kennedy 78 10 16 26 -3 50 Clarke MacArthur‡ 60 13 13 26 -14 47 Steve Montador 78 5 18 23 0 75 Paul Gaustad 65 12 10 22 -7 82 Mike Grier 73 10 12 22 -4 14 Chris Butler 59 1 20 21 -15 22 Toni Lydman 67 4 16 20 10 30 Henrik Tallinder 82 4 16 20 13 32 Patrick Kaleta 55 10 5 15 2 89 Craig Rivet 78 1 14 15 -6 100 Adam Mair 69 6 8 14 -2 73 Matt Ellis 72 3 10 13 -1 12 Andrej Sekera 49 4 7 11 -1 6 Tyler Ennis 10 3 6 9 1 6 Raffi Torres† 14 0 5 5 -3 2 Nathan Gerbe 10 2 3 5 1 4 Mark Mancari 6 1 1 2 3 4 Nathan Paetsch‡ 11 1 1 2 2 6 Daniel Paille‡ 2 0 1 1 1 0

Playoffs

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jason Pominville 6 2 2 4 -1 2 Tyler Ennis 6 1 3 4 1 0 Thomas Vanek 3 2 1 3 1 2 Tim Kennedy 6 1 2 3 3 4 Mike Grier 6 2 0 2 0 2 Henrik Tallinder 6 0 2 2 2 2 Adam Mair 6 1 1 2 2 4 Raffi Torres 4 0 2 2 1 12 Derek Roy 6 0 2 2 2 4 Cody McCormick 3 0 2 2 1 14 Patrick Kaleta 6 1 1 2 4 22 Nathan Gerbe 2 1 1 2 2 0 Craig Rivet 6 1 0 1 2 11 Toni Lydman 6 0 1 1 1 6 Tim Connolly 6 0 1 1 -2 2 Paul Gaustad 6 0 1 1 1 8 Steve Montador 6 1 0 1 3 4 Matt Ellis 3 1 0 1 1 0 Tyler Myers 6 1 0 1 0 4 Drew Stafford 3 0 0 0 0 0 Andrej Sekera 6 0 0 0 2 7

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Ryan Miller 69 4047 41 18 8 150 2.22 2098 .929 5 0 0 4 Patrick Lalime 16 854 4 8 2 40 2.81 432 .907 0 0 0 2 Jhonas Enroth 1 58 0 1 0 4 4.14 37 .892 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Ryan Miller 6 384 2 4 15 2.34 204 .926 0 0 0 2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Sabres. Stats reflect time with Sabres only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Sabres only.

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Reached
Tyler Myers	NHL Rookie of the Month	January 2010
Tyler Myers	Calder Memorial Trophy winner	June 23, 2010
Ryan Miller	Vezina Trophy winner	June 23, 2010

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Tyler Myers	1st Career NHL Game	October 3, 2009
Tyler Myers	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 8, 2009
Tim Kennedy	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 10, 2009
Tyler Myers	1st Career NHL Goal	October 16, 2009
Tim Kennedy	1st Career NHL Goal	October 28, 2009
Tyler Ennis	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal	November 13, 2009
Tim Connolly	300th NHL Point	November 27, 2009

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Date	Details
October 20, 2009	To Boston Bruins Daniel Paille	To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2010 conditional 4th-round pick in 2010
March 3, 2010	To Columbus Blue Jackets Nathan Paetsch 2nd round pick in 2010	To Buffalo Sabres Raffi Torres
March 3, 2010	To Atlanta Thrashers Clarke MacArthur	To Buffalo Sabres 3rd round pick in 2010 4th round pick in 2010

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Steve Montador	Boston Bruins	2 years, $3.1 million
Joe DiPenta	Frolunda HC	1 year, $550,000
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux	Alaska Aces	1 year
Cody McCormick	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $522,500
Mike Grier	San Jose Sharks	1 year
Jeff Cowan	Vancouver Canucks	Undisclosed

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Mikael Tellqvist	Ak Bars Kazan	1 year, $1.3 million
Jaroslav Spacek	Montreal Canadiens	3 years, $11.5 million
Maxim Afinogenov	Atlanta Thrashers	1 year, $800,000
Dominic Moore	Florida Panthers	1 year

Claimed via waivers

Player

Former team

Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player

New team

Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Teppo Numminen

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Tyler Myers	3 years
Paul Byron	3 years
Matt Ellis	1 year
Patrick Kaleta	1 year, $522,500
Andrej Sekera	2 years, $2 million
Clarke MacArthur	1 year, $522,500
Drew Stafford	2 years, $3.8 million
Tyler Ennis	3 year entry level contract
Mark Mancari	1 year
Luke Adam	3 year entry-level contract
Nick Crawford	3 year entry-level contract
Mike Grier	1 year

Final roster

Updated April 23, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34		Chris Butler	D	L	37	2005	St. Louis, Missouri
19		Tim Connolly	C	R	42	2001	Syracuse, New York
37		Matt Ellis	C	L	42	2008	Welland, Ontario
63		Tyler Ennis	LW	L	34	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
1		Jhonas Enroth	G	L	35	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
28		Paul Gaustad (A)	C	L	42	2000	Fargo, North Dakota
42		Nathan Gerbe	C	L	36	2005	Oxford, Michigan
25		Mike Grier	RW	R	49	2009	Detroit, Michigan
55		Jochen Hecht (A)	LW	L	46	2002	Mannheim, West Germany
36		Patrick Kaleta	RW	R	37	2004	Buffalo, New York
13		Tim Kennedy	LW	L	37	2005	Buffalo, New York
40		Patrick Lalime	G	L	49	2008	Saint-Bonaventure, Quebec
5		Toni Lydman	D	L	46	2005	Lahti, Finland
22		Adam Mair	C	R	45	2002	Hamilton, Ontario
12		Mark Mancari	RW	R	38	2004	London, Ontario
8		Cody McCormick	C	R	41	2009	London, Ontario
30		Ryan Miller	G	L	43	1999	East Lansing, Michigan
4		Steve Montador	D	R	44	2009	Vancouver, British Columbia
57		Tyler Myers	D	R	34	2008	Katy, Texas
29		Jason Pominville (A)	RW	R	41	2001	Repentigny, Quebec
52		Craig Rivet (C)	D	R	49	2008	North Bay, Ontario
9		Derek Roy (A)	C	L	40	2001	Ottawa, Ontario
44		Andrej Sekera	D	L	37	2004	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
21		Drew Stafford	RW	R	38	2004	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10		Henrik Tallinder	D	L	45	1997	Stockholm, Sweden
17		Raffi Torres	LW	L	42	2010	Toronto, Ontario
26		Thomas Vanek	LW	R	40	2003	Vienna, Austria

Draft selections

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was held June 26–27, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

2009 NHL Entry Draft Results - Buffalo Sabres
Round	Overall Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team from	League from
1	13	Zack Kassian	Canada	RW	Peterborough Petes	OHL
3	66	Brayden McNabb	Canada	D	Kootenay Ice	WHL
4	104	Marcus Foligno	United States	LW	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
5	134	Mark Adams	United States	D	Malden Catholic	United States High School
6	164	Connor Knapp	United States	G	Miami University (OH)	CCHA
7	194	Maxime Legault	Canada	RW	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL

Notes

* The Sabres' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on July 4, 2008 that sent Craig Rivet and a seventh-round pick in 2010 to Buffalo in exchange for a second-round pick in 2010 and this pick.

* The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Sabres as the result of a trade on July 4, 2008 that sent Steve Bernier to the Vancouver Canucks for a second-round pick in 2010 and this pick.
Vancouver previously acquired in a trade on July 5, 2006 that sent Dan Cloutier to Los Angeles for a second-round pick in 2007 and this pick (being conditional at time of trade). The condition - Dan Cloutier resigning with the Los Angeles Kings - has been verified on September 27, 2006.

* The Sabres' third-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 20, 2008 that sent a first-round pick in 2008 to Buffalo in exchange for a first-round pick in 2008 and this pick.

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

Farm teams

Portland Pirates

The Portland Pirates remain Buffalo's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2009–10.

References