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2019–20 Buffalo Sabres season

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2019–20 Buffalo Sabres
Division 6th Atlantic
Conference 13th Eastern
2019–20 record 30–31–8
Home record 20–11–4
Road record 10–20–4
Goals for 195
Goals against 217
Team information
General manager Jason Botterill
Coach Ralph Krueger
Captain Jack Eichel
Alternate captains Marcus Johansson
Jake McCabe
Arena KeyBank Center
Minor league affiliate(s) Rochester Americans (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Jack Eichel (36)
Assists Jack Eichel (42)
Points Jack Eichel (78)
Penalty minutes Rasmus Ristolainen (46)
Plus/minus Brandon Montour (+13)
Wins Linus Ullmark (17)
Goals against average Linus Ullmark (2.69)

The 2019–20 Buffalo Sabres season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] The Sabres looked to end their eight-year playoff drought, last making the playoffs in the 2010–11 season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Sabres missed the playoffs for the ninth straight year.[4]

Off-season[]

The Sabres fired head coach Phil Housley on April 7, 2019, amid a dreadful second half of the season, in which the Sabres had only won 16 of its last 57 games after being on the top of the standings in November.[5] The team hired Ralph Krueger as Housley's replacement on May 15. Krueger's lone NHL head coaching experience was at the helm of the Edmonton Oilers during part of the strike-shortened 2012–13 NHL season; he had also coached Team Europe at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. He most recently served as the chairman of Southampton F.C., a position that he held for five years.[6]

On May 20, the Sabres unveiled logos for their upcoming 50th anniversary season.[7]

On August 16, the Sabres unveiled their third jersey for the 2019–20 season.

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

2019-20 NHL Atlantic Division Standings

Pos. Team GP W L OL RW GF GA Pct.
1 Boston Bruins 70 44 14 12 38 227 174 .714
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 70 43 21 6 35 245 195 .657
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 36 25 9 28 238 227 .579
4 Florida Panthers 69 35 26 8 30 231 228 .565
5 Montreal Canadiens 71 31 31 9 19 212 221 .500
6 Buffalo Sabres 69 30 31 8 22 195 217 .493
7 Ottawa Senators 71 25 34 12 18 191 243 .437
8 Detroit Red Wings 71 17 49 5 13 145 267 .275

Eastern Conference[]

2019-20 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Pos. Team GP W L OL RW GF GA Pct.
1 Boston Bruins 70 44 14 12 38 227 174 .714
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 70 43 21 6 35 245 195 .657
3 Washington Capitals 69 41 20 8 31 240 215 .652
4 Philadelphia Flyers 69 41 21 7 31 232 196 .645
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 69 40 23 6 29 224 196 .623
6 Carolina Hurricanes 68 38 25 5 27 222 193 .596
7 New York Islanders 68 35 23 10 24 192 193 .588
8 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 36 25 9 28 238 227 .579
9 Columbus BlueJackets 70 33 22 15 25 180 187 .579
10 Florida Panthers 69 35 26 8 30 231 228 .565
11 New York Rangers 70 37 28 5 31 234 222 .564
12 Montreal Canadiens 71 31 31 9 19 212 221 .500
13 Buffalo Sabres 69 30 31 8 22 195 217 .493
14 New Jersey Devils 69 28 29 12 22 189 230 .493
15 Ottawa Senators 71 25 34 12 18 191 243 .437
16 Detroit Red Wings 71 17 49 5 13 145 267 .275


Schedule and results[]

Preseason[]

The pre-season schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[8]

Regular season[]

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[9]

2019–20 game log

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

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Regular season[10]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Eichel, JackJack Eichel 68 36 42 78 5 34
Reinhart, SamSam Reinhart 69 22 28 50 −15 20
Olofsson, VictorVictor Olofsson 54 20 22 42 −1 6
Dahlin, RasmusRasmus Dahlin 59 4 36 40 −7 38
Ristolainen, RasmusRasmus Ristolainen 69 6 27 33 −2 46
Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson 60 9 21 30 −12 20
Skinner, JeffJeff Skinner 59 14 9 23 −22 18
Vesey, JimmyJimmy Vesey 64 9 11 20 12 15
Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons 69 12 7 19 −1 10
Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo 52 9 10 19 −3 28
Sheary, ConorConor Sheary

‡ || 55 || 9 || 10 || 19 || −4 || 8

Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson 62 6 12 18 8 26
Montour, BrandonBrandon Montour 54 5 13 18 13 28
Jokiharju, HenriHenri Jokiharju 69 4 11 15 −6 32
McCabe, JakeJake McCabe 66 3 10 13 −11 41
Miller, ColinColin Miller 51 1 10 11 −9 22
Lazar, CurtisCurtis Lazar 38 5 5 10 −3 9
Rodrigues, EvanEvan Rodrigues

‡ || 38 || 5 || 4 || 9 || −8 || 10

Mittelstadt, CaseyCasey Mittelstadt 31 4 5 9 −5 2
Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella

‡ || 31 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 9 || 8

Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian 19 1 4 5 0 10
Kahun, DominikDominik Kahun

† || 6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 0

Frolik, MichaelMichael Frolik

† || 19 || 1 || 3 || 4 || −2 || 4

Sobotka, VladimirVladimir Sobotka 16 1 2 3 2 4
Asplund, RasmusRasmus Asplund 29 1 2 3 −4 6
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson 6 1 1 2 1 2
Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds

† || 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || −4 || 2

Gilmour, JohnJohn Gilmour 4 0 0 0 −2 0
Thompson, TageTage Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dea, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Dea 3 0 0 0 0 0
Smith, DaltonDalton Smith 1 0 0 0 1 2
Pilut, LawrenceLawrence Pilut 13 0 0 0 −4 4

Goaltenders[]

Regular season[11]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ullmark, LinusLinus Ullmark 34 34 2,026:38 17 14 3 91 2.69 1,066 .915 1 0 0 4
Hutton, CarterCarter Hutton 31 30 1,775:26 12 14 4 94 3.18 918 .898 2 0 1 6
Johansson, JonasJonas Johansson 6 5 326:44 1 3 1 16 2.94 151 .894 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.

Transactions[]

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Vancouver Canucks
SJS's 4th-round pick in 2019
WPG's 6th-round pick in 2019 		To Buffalo Sabres
4th-round pick in 2019 		[12]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Detroit Red Wings
TOR's 6th-round pick in 2019
7th-round pick in 2019 		To Buffalo Sabres
CBJ's 5th-round pick in 2019 		[13]
June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28) To Vegas Golden Knights
STL's 2nd-round pick in 2021
5th-round pick in 2022 		To Buffalo Sabres
Colin Miller 		[14]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) To New York Rangers
3rd-round pick in 2021 		To Buffalo Sabres
Jimmy Vesey 		[15]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09) To Chicago Blackhawks
Alexander Nylander 		To Buffalo Sabres
Henri Jokiharju 		[16]
January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02) To Montreal Canadiens
Marco Scandella 		To Buffalo Sabres
4th-round pick in 2020 		[17]
January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02) To Calgary Flames
4th-round pick in 2020 		To Buffalo Sabres
Michael Frolík 		[18]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) To Pittsburgh Penguins
Evan Rodrigues
Conor Sheary 		To Buffalo Sabres
Dominik Kahun 		[19]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) To New Jersey Devils
Conditional 5th round pick in 2021 		To Buffalo Sabres
Wayne Simmonds 		[20][21]

Free agents[]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Jean-Sebastien Dea from Florida Panthers 2-year [22]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Andrew Hammond from Minnesota Wild 1-year [23]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Curtis Lazar from Calgary Flames 1-year [24]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Scott Wedgewood to Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year [25]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) John Gilmour from New York Rangers 1-year

[26]

July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Kyle Criscuolo to Philadelphia Flyers 1-year [27]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Danny O'Regan to New York Rangers 1-year [28]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Matt Tennyson to New Jersey Devils 2-year

[29]

July 6, 2019 (2019-07-06) Marcus Johansson from Boston Bruins 2-year

[30]

December 30, 2019 (2019-12-30) Dalton Smith from Rochester Americans (AHL) 1-year

[31]

February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17) Taylor Leier from Rochester Americans (AHL) 1-year

[32]

Waivers[]

Date Player Team Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) from/to

Contract terminations[]

Date Player Via Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Retirement[]

Date Player Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Signings[]

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) C. J. Smith 2-year [33]
July 6, 2019 (2019-07-06) Zemgus Girgensons 1-year [34]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) Johan Larsson 1-year [35]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15) Dylan Cozens 3-year [36]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25) Evan Rodrigues 1-year [37]
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01) Remi Elie 1-year [38]
August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03) Jake McCabe 2-year [39]
August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03) Linus Ullmark 1-year [40]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 7 Dylan Cozens C  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
1 311 Ryan Johnson D  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
3 67 Erik Portillo G  Sweden Frölunda J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4 1022 Aaron Huglen RW  United States Roseau (HS-MN)
5 1433 Filip Cederqvist LW  Sweden Växjö Lakers (SHL)
6 160 Lukas Rousek RW  Czech Republic Sparta Praha (ELH)

Notes:

  1. The St. Louis Blues' first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on July 1, 2018, that sent Ryan O'Reilly to St. Louis in exchange for Vladimir Sobotka, Patrik Berglund, Tage Thompson, a second-round pick in 2021 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[41]
  2. The Vancouver Canucks' fourth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's fourth-round pick and Winnipeg's sixth-round pick both in 2019 (122nd and 175th overall) to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.[42]
  3. The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Toronto's sixth-round pick and a seventh-round both in 2019 (177th and 191st overall) to Detroit in exchange for this pick.[42]

References[]

  1. ↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books, 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. 
  2. ↑ NHL statement on coronavirus (March 12, 2020). Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Coronavirus live updates: NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training; NCAA conference tourneys canceled (March 12, 2020). Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup (May 26, 2020). Retrieved on May 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ Buffalo Sabres fire coach Phil Housley after 2 seasons (April 7, 2019). Retrieved on June 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Sabres name Ralph Krueger head coach (May 15, 2019). Retrieved on June 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Sabres unveil logos for 50th anniversary season (May 20, 2019). Retrieved on June 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Sabres announce 2019 preseason schedule (June 18, 2019). Retrieved on June 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Sabres 2019-2020 schedule released. Retrieved on June 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ 2019–20 Buffalo Sabres Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  11. ↑ 2019–20 Buffalo Sabres Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  12. ↑ We have traded picks 122 and 175 to the @Canucks for the 102nd overall pick in the 4th round.. @BuffaloSabres (June 22, 2019).
  13. ↑ The #RedWings have traded pick 143 in the 2019 #NHLDraft to Buffalo for picks 177 and 191.. @DetroitRedWings (June 22, 2019).
  14. ↑ Miller traded to Sabres by Golden Knights. nhl.com (June 28, 2019).
  15. ↑ Vesey traded to Sabres by Rangers. nhl.com (July 1, 2019).
  16. ↑ Jokiharju traded to Sabres by Blackhawks for Nylander. nhl.com (July 9, 2019).
  17. ↑ Sabres acquire draft pick from Canadiens. nhl.com (January 2, 2020).
  18. ↑ Sabres acquire Frolik from Flames. nhl.com (January 2, 2020).
  19. ↑ "Penguins acquire Sheary and Rodrigues from Sabres in exchange for Kahun". Pittsburgh Penguins (February 24, 2020).
  20. ↑ Sabres acquire Simmonds from New Jersey (February 24, 2020).
  21. ↑ Sabres get Wayne Simmonds from Devils. NBC Sports (February 24, 2020).
  22. ↑ Sabres ink Jean-Sebastien Dea to 2-year deal. Buffalo Sabres (July 1, 2019).
  23. ↑ Sabres sign goaltender Andrew Hammond. Buffalo Sabres (July 1, 2019).
  24. ↑ Sabres sign Curtis Lazar to 1-year contract. Buffalo Sabres (July 1, 2019).
  25. ↑ Lightning sign three players to one-year, two-way contracts. Tampa Bay Lightning (July 1, 2019).
  26. ↑ Sabres, John Gilmour agree to 1-year deal. Buffalo Sabres (July 1, 2019).
  27. ↑ Flyers Free Agency Tracker 2019. Philadelphia Flyers (July 1, 2019).
  28. ↑ Rangers Agree to Terms With Greg McKegg and Danny O'Regan. New York Rangers (July 1, 2019).
  29. ↑ Devils Sign Defenseman Matt Tennyson. New Jersey Devils (July 1, 2019).
  30. ↑ Sabres sign Johansson to 2-year contract. Buffalo Sabres (July 6, 2019).
  31. ↑ Ryndak, Chris (December 30, 2019). Sabres sign Smith to one-year, two-way contract. Buffalo Sabres.
  32. ↑ LaBarber, Jourdon (February 17, 2020). Sabres sign Leier to 1-year, 2-way contract. Buffalo Sabres.
  33. ↑ Sabres, Smith agree to 2-year contract. NHL.com. Retrieved on July 10, 2019.
  34. ↑ Sabres sign Girgensons to 1-year contract. NHL.com. Retrieved on July 10, 2019.
  35. ↑ Sabres re-sign forward Johan Larsson. Die By The Blade. Retrieved on July 12, 2019.
  36. ↑ Cozens agrees to entry-level contract. NHL.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2019.
  37. ↑ Sabres sign Rodrigues to 1-year contract. NHL.com. Retrieved on July 26, 2019.
  38. ↑ Sabres, Elie agree to 1-year contract. NHL.com. Retrieved on August 9, 2019.
  39. ↑ Sabres agree to 2-year deal with McCabe. NHL.com. Retrieved on August 9, 2019.
  40. ↑ Ullmark agrees to 1-year contract. NHL.com. Retrieved on August 9, 2019.
  41. ↑ Sabres trade Ryan O'Reilly to Blues (July 1, 2018). Retrieved on June 29, 2019.
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 2019 NHL Draft: Day 2 Tracker (June 22, 2019). Retrieved on June 29, 2019.
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