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2018–19 Buffalo Sabres
DivisionTBD Atlantic
ConferenceTBD Eastern
2018–19 record3–2–0
Home record2–2–0
Road record1–0–0
Goals for11
Goals against13
Team information
General managerJason Botterill
CoachPhil Housley
CaptainJack Eichel
Alternate captainsZach Bogosian
Kyle Okposo
ArenaKeyBank Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Rochester Americans (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJack Eichel
Conor Sheary (3)
AssistsSam Reinhart
Rasmus Ristolainen (3)
PointsJack Eichel (5)
Penalty minutesNathan Beaulieu (7)
Plus/minusEvan Rodrigues
Jeff Skinner (+2)
WinsCarter Hutton (2)
Goals against averageLinus Ullmark (0.00)

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[2]
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.[3]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[4]

2018–19 game log
October: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 4 Boston 4–0 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 6 NY Rangers 1–3 Buffalo Hutton 16,824 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 8 Vegas 2–4 Buffalo Hutton 16,004 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 11 Colorado 6–1 Buffalo Hutton 15,396 2–2–0 4 Recap
5 October 13 Buffalo 3–0 Arizona Ullmark 15,304 3–2–0 6 Recap
6 October 16 Buffalo – Vegas
7 October 18 Buffalo – San Jose
8 October 20 Buffalo – Los Angeles
9 October 21 Buffalo – Anaheim
10 October 25 Montreal – Buffalo
11 October 27 Buffalo – Columbus
12 October 30 Calgary – Buffalo

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

Player statistics

As of October 13, 2018[5]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jack Eichel 5 3 2 5 −4 2
Conor Sheary 5 3 1 4 −4 0
Rasmus Ristolainen 5 0 3 3 −2 2
Sam Reinhart 5 0 3 3 −3 2
Jeff Skinner 5 1 1 2 2 0
Rasmus Dahlin 5 1 1 2 0 0
Kyle Okposo 5 0 2 2 −1 4
Evan Rodrigues 5 0 2 2 2 4
Jason Pominville 5 1 0 1 0 0
Marco Scandella 5 1 0 1 −1 0
Nathan Beaulieu 5 1 0 1 1 7
Patrik Berglund 5 0 1 1 0 0
Zemgus Girgensons 5 0 1 1 −1 0
Casey Mittelstadt 5 0 1 1 0 2
Jake McCabe 5 0 0 0 −1 2
Casey Nelson 5 0 0 0 −1 2
Tage Thompson 5 0 0 0 0 2
Vladimir Sobotka 2 0 0 0 0 4
Remi Elie 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johan Larsson 1 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Linus Ullmark 1 1 60 1 0 0 0 0.00 36 1.000 1 0 0 0
Carter Hutton 4 4 235 2 2 0 12 3.06 124 .912 0 0 0 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 24, 2024[6][7]

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


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 		[8]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) To Pittsburgh Penguins
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019 		To Buffalo Sabres
Conor Sheary
Matt Hunwick 		[9]
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 		[10]
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 		[11]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) To Nashville Predators
Nicholas Baptiste 		To Buffalo Sabres
Jack Dougherty 		[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 [25]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Scott Wilson 2-year [26]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) Rasmus Dahlin 3-year [27]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Sean Malone 1-year [28]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Justin Bailey 1-year [29]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Nicholas Baptiste 1-year [30]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Danny O'Regan 1-year [30]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) C. J. Smith 1-year [31]
September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) Sam Reinhart 2-year [32]

Draft picks

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.[33]

References

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