2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season

2012–13 Buffalo Sabres
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	12th Eastern
2012–13 record	21–21–6
Home record	11–10–3
Road record	10–11–3
Goals for	125
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff (Oct.–Feb.) Ron Rolston Interim (Feb.–Apr.)
Captain	Jason Pominville (Oct.–Apr.) Vacant (Apr.)
Alternate captains	Steve Ott (Apr.) Drew Stafford Thomas Vanek
Arena	First Niagara Center
Average attendance	18,970 (99.5%)
Team leaders
Goals	Thomas Vanek (20)
Assists	Thomas Vanek (21) Tyler Ennis (21)
Points	Thomas Vanek (41)
Penalty minutes	Steve Ott (93)
Plus/minus	Jochen Hecht (+6) Christian Ehrhoff (+6) Brian Flynn (+6)
Wins	Ryan Miller (17)
Goals against average	Jhonas Enroth (2.60)

The 2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. The season was the 15th and final season coached by Lindy Ruff, who was fired after a 6–10–1 start. The Sabres failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Off-season

Broadcast changes

On June 8, 2012, the Sabres announced that Rick Jeanneret, the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in NHL history, would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame; Jeanneret will also receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Rob Ray will replace Harry Neale as the full-time color commentator for all Sabres game broadcasts. Neale will join Mike Robitaille, whose role will remain unchanged, and Brian Duff, who will take over as full-time studio host, in the studio. Kevin Sylvester and Danny Gare, who served as the alternate broadcast team in 2011–12, were not originally going to reprise their roles in 2012–13; Sylvester instead revived the Hockey Hotline, a long-discontinued Sabres call-in talk show, for WGR. However, due to Jeanneret suffering an illness, Sylvester was pressed into service to call play-by-play for the first four games of the regular season.

Alumni Plaza

On July 12, 2012, the Sabres announced that the plaza adjacent to First Niagara Center would be re-branded Alumni Plaza. On October 12, 2012, a bronze French Connection statue was added to the plaza. Other plans included plaques with the name of every player to play a game for the team and fans having to opportunity to buy engraved bricks.

Lockout

On September 13, 2012, Buffalo Sabres owner Terrence Pegula, along with all 28 other league ownership groups (the League still collectively owns the Phoenix Coyotes), authorized NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to lock-out the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on September 15. The lockout ended at 4:45 am EST on January 6, 2013, lasting 113 days. The lockout reduced the regular season from 82 to 48 games.

Overseas Sabres

After the announced lockout, players from the team began to sign contracts to play in Europe until resumption of NHL play.

Overseas Sabres

Player	New team	League
Thomas Vanek	Graz 99ers	Austrian Hockey League
Tyler Ennis	SCL Tigers	Swiss National League
Andrej Sekera	Slovan Bratislava	Kontinental Hockey League
Christian Ehrhoff	Krefeld Pinguine	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Jhonas Enroth	Huddinge IK	Swedish Division 1
Mike Weber	Lorenskog	GET-ligaen.
Jason Pominville	Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Jochen Hecht	Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Alexander Sulzer	ERC Ingolstadt	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Tyler Myers	Klagenfurt AC	Austrian Hockey League

Beyond Blue and Gold

During the abbreviated training camp the team released the first episodes in a new web-series called Beyond Blue and Gold. The series will run through the season with the goal to give fans an "all-access pass to the entire Sabres organization throughout the entire 2012–13 NHL season."

Regular season

After the lockout, the Sabres had an abbreviated one-week training camp. During the camp, the Sabres' first pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Mikhail Grigorenko, played well on a line with off-season trade acquisitions Steve Ott and Ville Leino. At the end of the camp, Grigorenko was put on the opening day roster. The Sabres were given five games to decide whether to keep him on the roster (and thus pay him a full season's salary) or send him back to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts; in the end, Grigorenko was kept on the roster after Leino suffered an injury. After several weeks of mediocre play and Leino's return to the active roster, Grigorenko returned to the Remparts. He remained with the Remparts until their elimination from the QMJHL playoffs, whereupon he returned to the Sabres.

After an unsuccessful 6–10–1 start, general manager Darcy Regier announced the firing of head coach Lindy Ruff Ruff coached the team since 1997 and was the team's most successful coach. It was further announced that Ron Rolston, who was the current coach of the Rochester Americans, would replace Ruff on an interim basis. The Sabres performed better under Rolston but were nonetheless eliminated from playoff contention following an 8–4 home loss to the New York Rangers.

The Sabres allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with seven.

Playoffs

The Sabres did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Standings

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
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9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

Revised regular season schedule

2012–13 Game Log Overall: 21–21–6 (Home: 11–10–3; Away: 10–11–3)
January: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 1 20 Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 Miller (1–0–0) First Niagara Center (19,070) 1–0–0 2 21 @Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 Miller (2–0–0) Air Canada Centre (19,475) 2–0–0 3 24 @Carolina Hurricanes 3–6 Enroth (0–1–0) PNC Arena (18,081) 2–1–0 4 25 Carolina Hurricanes 1–3 Miller (2–1–0) First Niagara Center (18,824) 2–2–0 5 27 @Washington Capitals 2–3 Miller (2–2–0) Verizon Center (18,506) 2–3–0 6 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 (OT) Miller (2–2–1) First Niagara Center (18,801) 2–3–1 7 31 @Boston Bruins 7–4 Miller (3–2–1) TD Garden (17,565) 3–3–1
February: 5–9–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 3–4–0) Game February Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 8 2 @Montreal Canadiens 1–6 Miller (3–3–1) Bell Centre (21,273) 3–4–1 9 3 Florida Panthers 3–4 Miller (3–4–1) First Niagara Center (18,831) 3–5–1 10 5 @Ottawa Senators 3–4 Enroth (0–2–0) Scotiabank Place (18,345) 3–6–1 11 7 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (SO) Miller (4–4–1) First Niagara Center (18,866) 4–6–1 12 9 @New York Islanders 3–2 Miller (5–4–1) Nassau Coliseum (12,608) 5–6–1 13 10 Boston Bruins 1–3 Miller (5–5–1) First Niagara Center (18,869) 5–7–1 14 12 @Ottawa Senators 0–2 Miller (5–6–1) Scotiabank Place (18,429) 5–8–1 15 15 Boston Bruins 4–2 Miller (6–6–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–8–1 16 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Miller (6–7–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–9–1 17 19 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Miller (6–8–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–10–1 18 21 @Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 Miller (6–9–1) Air Canada Centre (19,473) 6–11–1 19 23 New York Islanders 0–4 Miller (6–10–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 6–12–1 20 26 @Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 Miller (7–10–1) Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204) 7–12–1 21 28 @Florida Panthers 4–3 (SO) Miller (8–10–1) BB&T Center (15,672) 8–12–1
March: 5–5–5 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 2–4–3) Game March Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 22 2 New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO) Miller (9–10–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 9–12–1 23 3 @New York Rangers 2–3 (SO) Miller (9–10–2) Madison Square Garden (17,200) 9–12–2 24 5 @Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Miller (9–11–2) PNC Arena (15,277) 9–13–2 25 7 @New Jersey Devils 2–3 (SO) Miller (9–11–3) Prudential Center (17,625) 9–13–3 26 10 @Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Miller (9–12–3) Wells Fargo Center (19,687) 9–14–3 27 12 New York Rangers 3–1 Enroth (1–2–0) First Niagara Center (19,070) 10–14–3 28 16 Ottawa Senators 3–4 (OT) Miller (9–12–4) First Niagara Center (19,070) 10–14–4 29 17 @Washington Capitals 3–5 Miller (9–13–4) Verizon Center (18,506) 10–15–4 30 19 @Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT) Enroth (2–2–0) Bell Centre (21,273) 11–15–4 31 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 (SO) Miller (10–13–4) First Niagara Center (19,070) 12–15–4 32 23 @Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Miller (11–13–4) Bell Centre (21,273) 13–15–4 33 26 @Tampa Bay Lightning 1–2 Miller (11–14–4) Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204) 13–16–4 34 28 @Florida Panthers 4–5 (SO) Miller (11–14–5) BB&T Center (17,044) 13–16–5 35 30 Washington Capitals 3–4 (SO) Enroth (2–2–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 13–16–6 36 31 Boston Bruins 0–2 Miller (11–15–5) First Niagara Center (19,027) 13–17–6
April: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 37 2 @Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Miller (12–15–5) Consol Energy Center (18,642) 14–17–6 38 5 Ottawa Senators 4–2 Miller (13–15–5) First Niagara Center (18,811) 15–17–6 39 7 New Jersey Devils 3–2 (SO) Miller (14–15–5) First Niagara Center (18,703) 16–17–6 40 9 @Winnipeg Jets 1–4 Miller (14–16–5) MTS Centre (15,004) 16–18–6 41 11 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Miller (14–17–5) First Niagara Center (19,070) 16–19–6 42 13 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 Enroth (3–2–1) First Niagara Center (19,070) 17–19–6 43 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 Enroth (4–2–1) First Niagara Center (18,991) 18–19–6 44 17 @Boston Bruins 3–2 (SO) Miller (15–17–5) TD Garden (17,565) 19–19–6 45 19 New York Rangers 4–8 Enroth (4–3–1) First Niagara Center (19,003) 19–20–6 – 20 @Pittsburgh Penguins Game rescheduled to April 23 due to effects on Pittsburgh's schedule resulting from the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombings suspect. 46 22 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Enroth (4–4–1) First Niagara Center (18,654) 19–21–6 47 23 @Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Miller (16–17–5) Consol Energy Center (18,630) 20–21–6 48 26 New York Islanders 2–1 (SO) Miller (17–17–5) First Niagara Center (19,070) 21–21–6
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final regular season stats

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 38 20 21 41 −1 20 Hodgson, CodyCody Hodgson 48 15 19 34 −4 20 Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis 47 10 21 31 −14 16 Pominville, JasonJason Pominville ‡ || 37 || 10 || 15 || 25 || 1 || 8 Ott, SteveSteve Ott 48 9 15 24 3 93 Ehrhoff, ChristianChristian Ehrhoff 47 5 17 22 6 34 Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno 47 5 13 18 −4 41 Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford 46 6 12 18 −16 21 Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht 47 5 9 14 6 18 Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera 37 2 10 12 −2 4 Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn 26 6 5 11 6 0 Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe 42 5 5 10 −3 14 Porter, KevinKevin Porter 31 4 5 9 −1 10 Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold ‡ || 24 || 2 || 6 || 8 || −6 || 14 Myers, TylerTyler Myers 39 3 5 8 −8 32 Weber, MikeMike Weber 42 1 6 7 3 70 Leino, VilleVille Leino 8 2 4 6 0 6 Grigorenko, MikhailMikhail Grigorenko 25 1 4 5 −1 0 Pysyk, MarkMark Pysyk 19 1 4 5 −7 0 Sulzer, AlexanderAlexander Sulzer 17 3 1 4 3 10 Pardy, AdamAdam Pardy 17 0 4 4 4 14 Regehr, RobynRobyn Regehr ‡ || 29 || 0 || 2 || 2 || −4 || 21 Adam, LukeLuke Adam 4 1 0 1 1 2 Kaleta, PatrickPatrick Kaleta 34 1 0 1 −4 67 Brennan, T. J.T. J. Brennan ‡ || 10 || 1 || 0 || 1 || −1 || 6 McCormick, CodyCody McCormick 8 0 0 0 −2 10 Ellis, MattMatt Ellis 6 0 0 0 0 0 Scott, JohnJohn Scott 34 0 0 0 −1 69 Ruhwedel, ChadChad Ruhwedel 7 0 0 0 0 0 Totals* 48 118 203 321 −46 630

*Totals include goaltenders (G/A/Pts/PIM) and bench minors (PIM)

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	40	39	2302:14	17	17	5	108	2.81	1270	.915	0	0	0	2
Enroth, JhonasJhonas Enroth	12	9	623:26	4	4	1	27	2.60	332	.919	1	0	0	0
Totals		48	2925:40	21	21	6	135	2.77	1602	.916	1	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
Thomas Vanek	NHL Third Star of the Month	February 1, 2013
Thomas Vanek	NHL First Star of the Week	February 4, 2013

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Mikhail Grigorenko 1st Career NHL Game January 20, 2013 Drew Stafford 400th Career NHL Game January 24, 2013 Mikhail Grigorenko 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point January 29, 2013 1st Career NHL Assist January 31, 2013 Cody Hodgson 100th Career NHL Game February 3, 2013 Tyler Ennis 100th Career NHL Point February 7, 2013 Alexander Sulzer 100th Career NHL Game February 9, 2013 Jordan Leopold 600th Career NHL Game February 12, 2013 Jochen Hecht 800th Career NHL Game Brian Flynn 1st Career NHL Game March 2, 2013 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point March 7, 2013 1st Career NHL Assist March 12, 2013 Mark Pysyk 1st Career NHL Game March 17, 2013 Jordan Leopold 200th Career NHL Point March 19, 2013 Ville Leino 100th Career NHL Point Steve Ott 600th Career NHL Game March 28, 2013 Christian Ehrhoff 600th Career NHL Game March 30, 2013 Mark Pysyk 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point April 2, 2013 Ryan Miller 492nd Career NHL Game (Sabres Goalie Franchise Record) Sabres Career Saves Record April 5, 2013 Chad Ruhwedel 1st Career NHL Game April 13, 2013 Patrick Kaleta 300th Career NHL Game April 17, 2013 Mark Pysyk 1st Career NHL Goal April 19, 2013 Ryan Miller 500th Career NHL Game April 26, 2013

Final Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10	Germany	Ehrhoff, ChristianChristian Ehrhoff	2.0 D	L	30	2011	Moers, West Germany
63	Canada	Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis	4.2 C/LW	L	23	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
1	Sweden	Enroth, JhonasJhonas Enroth	1.0 G	L	24	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
65	United States	Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn	7.0 RW	R	24	2012	Lynnfield, Massachusetts
82	Canada	Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno	6.0 LW	L	21	2009	Buffalo, New York
42	United States	Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe	6.0 LW	L	25	2005	Oxford, Michigan
25	Russia	Grigorenko, MikhailMikhail Grigorenko	4.0 C	L	18	2012	Khabarovsk, Russia
55	Germany	Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht	4.0 C	R	35	2002	Mannheim, West Germany
19	Canada	Hodgson, CodyCody Hodgson	4.0 C	R	23	2012	Toronto, Ontario
36	United States	Kaleta, PatrickPatrick Kaleta	7.0 RW	R	26	2004	Buffalo, New York
23	Finland	Leino, VilleVille Leino	6.0 LW	L	29	2011	Savonlinna, Finland
30	United States	Miller, RyanRyan Miller	1.0 G	L	32	1999	East Lansing, Michigan
57	Canada	Myers, TylerTyler Myers	2.0 D	R	23	2008	Katy, Texas
9	Canada	Ott, SteveSteve Ott  (A)	4.0 C	L	30	2012	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
27	Canada	Pardy, AdamAdam Pardy	2.0 D	L	29	2012	Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador
12	United States	Porter, KevinKevin Porter	6.2 LW/C	L	27	2012	Detroit, Michigan
53	Canada	Pysyk, MarkMark Pysyk	2.0 D	R	21	2010	Sherwood Park, Alberta
5	United States	Ruhwedel, ChadChad Ruhwedel	2.0 D	R	22	2013	San Diego, California
32	Canada	Scott, JohnJohn Scott	6.1 LW/D	L	30	2012	St. Catharines, Ontario
44	Slovakia	Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera	2.0 D	L	26	2004	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
21	United States	Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford  (A)	7.0 RW	R	27	2004	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
52	Germany	Sulzer, AlexanderAlexander Sulzer	2.0 D	R	28	2012	Kaufbeuren, West Germany
26	Austria	Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek  (A)	6.0 LW	R	29	2003	Baden bei Wien, Austria
6	United States	Weber, MikeMike Weber	2.0 D	L	25	2006	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 22, 2012	To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick (21st overall) in 2012 2nd-round pick (42nd overall) in 2012	To Buffalo Sabres 1st-round pick (14th overall) in 2012
July 2, 2012	To Dallas Stars Derek Roy	To Buffalo Sabres Steve Ott Adam Pardy
March 15, 2013	To Florida Panthers T. J. Brennan	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013
March 30, 2013	To St. Louis Blues Jordan Leopold	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2013
April 1, 2013	To Los Angeles Kings Robyn Regehr	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 2nd-round pick in 2015
April 3, 2013	To Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville 4th-round pick in 2014	To Buffalo Sabres Matt Hackett Johan Larsson 1st-round pick in 2013 2nd-round pick in 2014

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms John Scott New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 Kevin Porter Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $1.075 million Mark Mancari Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $550,000 Nick Tarnasky Vityaz Chekhov 1 year, $525,000 Tim Schaller Providence College 2 years, entry-level contract Chad Ruhwedel University of Massachusetts Lowell 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Paul Szczechura Lev Praha 1 year, undisclosed Shaone Morrisonn Spartak Moscow Undisclosed Dennis Persson Brynas IF Undisclosed Brad Boyes New York Islanders 1 year, $1 million Michael Ryan Assat 1 year, Undisclosed

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Joe Finley New York Islanders January 14, 2013

Lost via retirement Player Player signings Player Date Contract terms Nathan Lieuwen May 5, 2012 3 years, $1.715 million entry-level contract Alexander Sulzer May 21, 2012 1 year, $725,000 contract extension Joel Armia June 16, 2012 3 years, $3.825 million entry-level contract David Leggio July 6, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Zemgus Girgensons July 13, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract T. J. Brennan July 17, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Mikhail Grigorenko July 18, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Drew Schiestel July 25, 2012 1 year, $577,500 Patrick Kaleta July 31, 2012 3 years, $3.75 million Alex Biega August 2, 2012 1 year, $577,500 Tyler Ennis September 15, 2012 2 years, $5.625 million Jochen Hecht January 13, 2013 1 year, $1 million John Scott May 20, 2013 1 year, $750,000 contract extension Colin Jacobs May 30, 2013 3 years, $1.775 million entry-level contract Jhonas Enroth June 20, 2013 2 years, 2.5 million Mike Weber June 27, 2013 3 years, $5 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks

Buffalo Sabres' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	Russia	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
1	14[a]	Zemgus Girgensons	C	Latvia	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
2	44[b]	Jake McCabe	D	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
3	73	Justin Kea	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	133	Logan Nelson	C	United States	Victoria Royals (WHL)
6	163	Linus Ullmark	G	Sweden	Modo Hockey Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7	193	Brady Austin	D	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
7	204[c]	Judd Peterson	C/RW	United States	The Marshall School (USHS-MN)

Draft notes

• ^a The Calgary Flames's first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick and a 2012 second-round pick to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick to the Sabres in exchange for a 2012 first-round pick this pick.
• ^b The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 25, 2011, trade that sent Chris Butler and Paul Byron to the Flames in exchange for Robyn Regehr, Ales Kotalik and this pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Christian Ehrhoff to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
• ^c The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Steve Montador to the Blackhawks in exchange for this pick.

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season