2016–17_Buffalo_Sabres_season

2016–17 Buffalo Sabres
2016–17 Buffalo Sabres
Division	8th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2016–17 record	33–37–12
Home record	20–15–6
Road record	13–22–6
Goals for	201
Goals against	237
Team information
General manager	Tim Murray
Coach	Dan Bylsma
Captain	Brian Gionta
Alternate captains	Josh Gorges; Ryan O'Reilly
Arena	KeyBank Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans (AHL); Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Evander Kane (28)
Assists	Rasmus Ristolainen (39)
Points	Jack Eichel (57)
Penalty minutes	Evander Kane (113)
Plus/minus	Taylor Fedun (+3)
Wins	Robin Lehner (23)
Goals against average	Anders Nilsson (2.67)
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2016–17 Buffalo Sabres season

NHL hockey team season

The 2016–17 Buffalo Sabres season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1] Buffalo missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

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Schedule and results

Regular season

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2016–17 Game Log^[8]

October: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 13	Montreal	4–1	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 16	Buffalo	6–2	Edmonton		Lehner	18,347	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 18	Buffalo	3–4	Calgary	OT	Lehner	19,289	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 20	Buffalo	1–2	Vancouver		Lehner	17,809	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 25	Buffalo	3–4	Philadelphia	SO	Nilsson	19,209	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 27	Minnesota	4–0	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,122	1–3–2	4	Recap
7	October 29	Florida	0–3	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,261	2–3–2	6	Recap
8	October 30	Buffalo	3–1	Winnipeg		Lehner	15,294	3–3–2	8	Recap

November: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 1	Buffalo	2–1	Minnesota		Lehner	18,864	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	November 3	Toronto	2–1	Buffalo		Lehner	18,183	4–4–2	10	Recap
11	November 5	Buffalo	2–1	Ottawa		Lehner	16,225	5–4–2	12	Recap
12	November 7	Buffalo	0–4	Boston		Lehner	17,565	5–5–2	12	Recap
13	November 9	Ottawa	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Lehner	17,884	5–5–3	13	Recap
14	November 11	New Jersey	2–1	Buffalo	OT	Nilsson	18,301	5–5–4	14	Recap
15	November 12	Buffalo	2–4	New Jersey		Lehner	16,514	5–6–4	14	Recap
16	November 15	Buffalo	1–4	St. Louis		Lehner	16,884	5–7–4	14	Recap
17	November 17	Tampa Bay	4–1	Buffalo		Lehner	17,870	5–8–4	14	Recap
18	November 19	Pittsburgh	1–2	Buffalo	SO	Nilsson	18,817	6–8–4	16	Recap
19	November 21	Calgary	2–4	Buffalo		Lehner	17,526	7–8–4	18	Recap
20	November 23	Detroit	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Lehner	18,360	7–8–5	19	Recap
21	November 25	Buffalo	1–3	Washington		Nilsson	18,506	7–9–5	19	Recap
22	November 29	Buffalo	5–4	Ottawa		Nilsson	14,259	8–9–5	21	Recap

December: 5–6–3 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 1–2–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 1	NY Rangers	3–4	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,047	9–9–5	23	Recap
24	December 3	Boston	2–1	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	9–10–5	23	Recap
25	December 5	Buffalo	2–3	Washington	OT	Lehner	18,506	9–10–6	24	Recap
26	December 6	Edmonton	3–4	Buffalo	OT	Nilsson	18,149	10–10–6	26	Recap
27	December 9	Washington	4–1	Buffalo		Lehner	18,234	10–11–6	26	Recap
28	December 13	Los Angeles	3–6	Buffalo		Lehner	18,375	11–11–6	28	Recap
29	December 16	NY Islanders	2–3	Buffalo	OT	Lehner	18,903	12–11–6	30	Recap
30	December 17	Buffalo	1–2	Carolina	SO	Nilsson	11,682	12–11–7	31	Recap
31	December 20	Buffalo	3–4	Florida	SO	Lehner	14,265	12–11–8	32	Recap
32	December 22	Carolina	3–1	Buffalo		Lehner	18,863	12–12–8	32	Recap
33	December 23	Buffalo	1–5	NY Islanders		Nilsson	13,852	12–13–8	32	Recap
34	December 27	Buffalo	4–3	Detroit		Lehner	20,027	13–13–8	34	Recap
35	December 29	Boston	4–2	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	13–14–8	34	Recap
36	December 31	Buffalo	1–3	Boston		Lehner	17,565	13–15–8	34	Recap

January: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 3	Buffalo	4–1	NY Rangers		Nilsson	18,006	14–15–8	36	Recap
38	January 5	Buffalo	3–4	Chicago	OT	Nilsson	21,824	14–15–9	37	Recap
39	January 7	Winnipeg	3–4	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	15–15–9	39	Recap
40	January 10	Philadelphia	1–4	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,920	16–15–9	41	Recap
41	January 12	Buffalo	2–4	Tampa Bay		Nilsson	19,092	16–16–9	41	Recap
42	January 13	Buffalo	2–5	Carolina		Nilsson	11,992	16–17–9	41	Recap
43	January 16	Dallas	1–4	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	17–17–9	43	Recap
44	January 17	Buffalo	3–4	Toronto		Nilsson	19,122	17–18–9	43	Recap
45	January 20	Detroit	2–3	Buffalo	OT	Nilsson	18,842	18–18–9	45	Recap
46	January 21	Buffalo	3–2	Montreal	OT	Lehner	21,288	19–18–9	47	Recap
47	January 24	Buffalo	5–4	Nashville	OT	Lehner	17,113	20–18–9	49	Recap
48	January 26	Buffalo	3–4	Dallas		Nilsson	17,856	20–19–9	49	Recap
January 27–29		All-Star Break in Los Angeles
49	January 31	Buffalo	2–5	Montreal		Lehner	21,288	20–20–9	49	Recap

February: 6–6–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	NY Rangers	2–1	Buffalo	OT	Lehner	18,941	20–20–10	50	Recap
51	February 4	Ottawa	0–4	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	21–20–10	52	Recap
52	February 6	Buffalo	1–2	New Jersey		Lehner	12,105	21–21–10	52	Recap
53	February 7	San Jose	4–5	Buffalo	OT	Nilsson	18,462	22–21–10	54	Recap
54	February 9	Anaheim	5–2	Buffalo		Lehner	18,027	22–22–10	54	Recap
55	February 11	Buffalo	3–1	Toronto		Lehner	19,427	23–22–10	56	Recap
56	February 12	Vancouver	4–2	Buffalo		Lehner	18,876	23–23–10	56	Recap
57	February 14	Buffalo	3–2	Ottawa		Lehner	16,832	24–23–10	58	Recap
58	February 16	Colorado	0–2	Buffalo		Lehner	18,335	25–23–10	60	Recap
59	February 18	St. Louis	2–3	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	26–23–10	62	Recap
60	February 19	Chicago	5–1	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	26–24–10	62	Recap
61	February 25	Buffalo	3–5	Colorado		Lehner	15,362	26–25–10	62	Recap
62	February 26	Buffalo	2–3	Arizona		Nilsson	13,432	26–26–10	62	Recap
63	February 28	Nashville	5–4	Buffalo	OT	Lehner	18,634	26–26–11	63	Recap

March: 6–7–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 2	Arizona	3–6	Buffalo		Lehner	18,116	27–26–11	65	Recap
65	March 4	Tampa Bay	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Lehner	18,935	27–26–12	66	Recap
66	March 5	Buffalo	3–4	Pittsburgh		Nilsson	18,653	27–27–12	66	Recap
67	March 7	Philadelphia	6–3	Buffalo		Lehner	18,233	27–28–12	66	Recap
68	March 10	Buffalo	3–4	Columbus		Lehner	17,530	27–29–12	66	Recap
69	March 11	Columbus	3–5	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,744	28–29–12	68	Recap
70	March 14	Buffalo	1–4	San Jose		Lehner	17,386	28–30–12	68	Recap
71	March 16	Buffalo	0–2	Los Angeles		Lehner	18,230	28–31–12	68	Recap
72	March 17	Buffalo	2–1	Anaheim	SO	Nilsson	14,556	29–31–12	70	Recap
73	March 20	Buffalo	2–1	Detroit		Lehner	20,027	30–31–12	72	Recap
74	March 21	Pittsburgh	3–1	Buffalo		Lehner	18,313	30–32–12	72	Recap
75	March 25	Toronto	2–5	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	31–32–12	74	Recap
76	March 27	Florida	2–4	Buffalo		Lehner	18,564	32–32–12	76	Recap
77	March 28	Buffalo	1–3	Columbus		Nilsson	14,533	32–33–12	76	Recap

April: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	NY Islanders	4–2	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	32–34–12	76	Recap
79	April 3	Toronto	4–2	Buffalo		Lehner	18,829	32–35–12	76	Recap
80	April 5	Montreal	1–2	Buffalo		Lehner	18,815	33–35–12	78	Recap
81	April 8	Buffalo	0–3	Florida		Lehner	17,235	33–36–12	78	Recap
82	April 9	Buffalo	2–4	Tampa Bay		Ullmark	19,092	33–37–12	78	Recap

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

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Robin Lehner	59	58	3405:28	23	26	8	152	2.68	1,910	.920	2	1	6
Anders Nilsson	26	23	1484:15	10	10	4	66	2.67	857	.923	1	0	0
Linus Ullmark	1	1	58:44	0	1	0	3	3.05	36	.917	0	0	0

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Florida Panthers Mark Pysyk 2nd-round pick in 2016 STL's 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Buffalo Sabres Dmitry Kulikov VAN's 2nd-round pick in 2016	^[11]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	To St. Louis Blues 5th-round pick in 2017	To Buffalo Sabres Anders Nilsson	^[12]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	To New York Rangers Daniel Catenacci	To Buffalo Sabres Mat Bodie	^[13]

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	Casey Nelson	2 years, $1.3 million	^[25]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Jake McCabe	3 years, $4.8 million	^[26]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Cole Schneider	1 year, $600,000	^[27]
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Marcus Foligno	1 year, $2.25 million	^[28]^[29]
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Alexander Nylander	3 years, entry-level contract	^[30]
July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16)	Dan Catenacci	1 year, $575,000, two-way contract	^[4]
July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)	Jason Kasdorf	2 years, $1.15 million, two-way contract	^[31]
September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)	Zemgus Girgensons	1 year, $1.15 million	^[32]
October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)	Rasmus Ristolainen	6 years, $32.4 million	^[33]
February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)	Justin Falk	1 year, $650,000 contract extension	^[34]
April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)	Sean Malone	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[35]
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)	Devante Stephens	3 years, $2.3 million entry-level contract	^[36]
May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)	Jonas Johansson	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[37]
June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13)	Linus Ullmark	2 years, $1.5 million	^[38]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Alexander Nylander	LW	Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
2	33^[a]	Rasmus Asplund	C	Sweden	Farjestad BK (SHL)
3	69	Cliff Pu	C	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
3	86^[b]	Casey Fitzgerald	D	United States	Boston College Eagles (HE)
4	99	Brett Murray	LW	Canada	Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL)
5	129	Philip Nyberg	D	Sweden	Linköpings HC (SHL)
5	130^[c]	Vojtech Budik	D	Czech Republic	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	159	Brandon Hagel	LW	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	189	Austin Osmanski	D	United States	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
7	190^[d]	Vasily Glotov	C	Russia	Lvy St. Petersburg (MHL)

2016–17_Buffalo_Sabres_season

2016–17 Buffalo Sabres season

Off-season

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Players released

Player signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	47	26	9	44	226	200	+26	103
2	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	28	10	38	212	214	−2	98
3	x – Boston Bruins	82	44	31	7	42	234	212	+22	95
4	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
6	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
2	AT	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95

3	ME	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
6	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
7	AT	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78
10	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70