2018–19 Buffalo Sabres season

2018–19 Buffalo Sabres
Division	6th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
2018–19 record	33–39–10
Home record	21–15–5
Road record	12–24–5
Goals for	226
Goals against	271
Team information
General manager	Jason Botterill
Coach	Phil Housley
Captain	Jack Eichel
Alternate captains	Zach Bogosian Kyle Okposo
Arena	KeyBank Center
Average attendance	17,908[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Skinner (40)
Assists	Jack Eichel (54)
Points	Jack Eichel (82)
Penalty minutes	Zach Bogosian (52)
Plus/minus	4 tied (+1)
Wins	Carter Hutton (18)
Goals against average	Carter Hutton (3.00)

The 2018–19 Buffalo Sabres season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[2]

After experiencing a ten-game winning streak in November that put them atop the NHL standings, the Sabres regressed sharply the rest of the season and were officially eliminated from playoff contention on March 23, 2019, after suffering a 7–4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens,[3] joining the 2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers as the only teams in NHL history to win 10 consecutive games and be eliminated from playoff contention.^[citation needed]

With the Carolina Hurricanes clinching a playoff berth in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Sabres became the team with the longest active postseason appearance drought in the NHL at eight consecutive seasons,[4] about 1.5 years after their football counterparts, the Buffalo Bills, ended what was the longest active postseason appearance drought in the NFL at 17 consecutive seasons.[5][6] On April 7, 2019, the Sabres fired Phil Housley,[7] who became the fifth head coach to be fired since the Pegulas bought the team from Tom Golisano in February 2011.[8][9]

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	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[10]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
2	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
3	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
9	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72
10	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League[11]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[12]

2018 preseason game log: 3–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Buffalo	4–1	Columbus		Ullmark	9,845	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 18	Pittsburgh	2–3	Buffalo		Hutton	15,602	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Buffalo	3–5	Toronto		Ullmark	18,833	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 22	Toronto	3–2	Buffalo		Hutton	17,624	2–2–0	Recap
5^[a]	September 25	Columbus	4–2	Buffalo		Wedgewood	–	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 26	Buffalo	1–5	Pittsburgh		Ullmark	16,516	2–4–0	Recap
7^[b]	September 28	Buffalo	5–4	NY Islanders		Hutton	–	3–4–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York. ^b Game was played at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ontario.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[13]

2018–19 game log
October: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–1) # 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 1–4 Vegas Hutton 18,321 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 18 Buffalo 1–5 San Jose Hutton 17,389 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 20 Buffalo 5–1 Los Angeles Ullmark 18,230 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 21 Buffalo 4–2 Anaheim Hutton 17,174 5–4–0 10 Recap 10 October 25 Montreal 3–4 Buffalo Hutton 16,112 6–4–0 12 Recap 11 October 27 Buffalo 4–5 Columbus OT Ullmark 15,642 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 30 Calgary 2–1 Buffalo OT Hutton 15,196 6–4–2 14 Recap
November: 11–3–1 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Buffalo 2–4 Ottawa Hutton 12,587 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 3 Ottawa 2–9 Buffalo Ullmark 17,881 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 November 4 Buffalo 1–3 NY Rangers Hutton 16,904 7–6–2 16 Recap 16 November 8 Buffalo 6–5 Montreal OT Hutton 20,488 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 November 10 Vancouver 3–4 Buffalo SO Hutton 17,541 9–6–2 20 Recap 18 November 13 Tampa Bay 1–2 Buffalo Hutton 15,833 10–6–2 22 Recap 19 November 16 Buffalo 2–1 Winnipeg SO Hutton 15,321 11–6–2 24 Recap 20 November 17 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota Ullmark 18,947 12–6–2 26 Recap 21 November 19 Buffalo 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Hutton 18,618 13–6–2 28 Recap 22 November 21 Philadelphia 2–5 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 14–6–2 30 Recap 23 November 23 Montreal 2–3 Buffalo OT Hutton 19,070 15–6–2 32 Recap 24 November 24 Buffalo 3–2 Detroit SO Ullmark 19,515 16–6–2 34 Recap 25 November 27 San Jose 2–3 Buffalo OT Hutton 19,070 17–6–2 36 Recap 26 November 29 Buffalo 4–5 Tampa Bay Hutton 19,092 17–7–2 36 Recap 27 November 30 Buffalo 2–3 Florida OT Ullmark 12,179 17–7–3 37 Recap
December: 4–6–3 (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Buffalo 1–2 Nashville Hutton 17,311 17–8–3 37 Recap 29 December 4 Toronto 4–3 Buffalo OT Ullmark 19,070 17–8–4 38 Recap 30 December 8 Philadelphia 6–2 Buffalo Ullmark 18,283 17–9–4 38 Recap 31 December 11 Los Angeles 3–4 Buffalo OT Ullmark 17,897 18–9–4 40 Recap 32 December 13 Arizona 1–3 Buffalo Hutton 16,872 19–9–4 42 Recap 33 December 15 Buffalo 3–4 Washington SO Hutton 18,506 19–9–5 43 Recap 34 December 16 Buffalo 4–2 Boston Ullmark 17,565 20–9–5 45 Recap 35 December 18 Florida 5–2 Buffalo Hutton 17,602 20–10–5 45 Recap 36 December 21 Buffalo 1–2 Washington Hutton 18,506 20–11–5 45 Recap 37 December 22 Anaheim 0–3 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 21–11–5 47 Recap 38 December 27 Buffalo 1–4 St. Louis Hutton 17,867 21–12–5 47 Recap 39 December 29 Boston 3–2 Buffalo OT Hutton 19,070 21–12–6 48 Recap 40 December 31 NY Islanders 3–1 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 21–13–6 48 Recap
January: 4–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 3 Florida 3–4 Buffalo Ullmark 18,551 22–13–6 50 Recap 42 January 5 Buffalo 1–2 Boston Ullmark 17,565 22–14–6 50 Recap 43 January 8 New Jersey 1–5 Buffalo Hutton 18,212 23–14–6 52 Recap 44 January 11 Buffalo 3–4 Carolina Hutton 17,199 23–15–6 52 Recap 45 January 12 Tampa Bay 5–3 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 23–16–6 52 Recap 46 January 14 Buffalo 2–7 Edmonton Hutton 18,347 23–17–6 52 Recap 47 January 16 Buffalo 4–3 Calgary OT Ullmark 18,286 24–17–6 54 Recap 48 January 18 Buffalo 3–4 Vancouver Ullmark 18,176 24–18–6 54 Recap 49 January 29 Buffalo 5–4 Columbus Hutton 15,615 25–18–6 56 Recap 50 January 30 Buffalo 0–1 Dallas Ullmark 17,986 25–19–6 56 Recap
February: 4–7–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Chicago 7–3 Buffalo Hutton 18,205 25–20–6 56 Recap 52 February 5 Minnesota 4–5 Buffalo SO Ullmark 16,847 26–20–6 58 Recap 53 February 7 Carolina 6–5 Buffalo OT Ullmark 17,588 26–20–7 59 Recap 54 February 9 Detroit 1–3 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 27–20–7 61 Recap 55 February 10 Winnipeg 3–1 Buffalo Hutton 17,966 27–21–7 61 Recap 56 February 12 NY Islanders 1–3 Buffalo Ullmark 16,894 28–21–7 63 Recap 57 February 15 NY Rangers 6–2 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 28–22–7 63 Recap 58 February 17 Buffalo 1–4 New Jersey Hutton 16,514 28–23–7 63 Recap 59 February 19 Buffalo 2–4 Florida Ullmark 10,340 28–24–7 63 Recap 60 February 21 Buffalo 1–2 Tampa Bay SO Hutton 19,092 28–24–8 64 Recap 61 February 23 Washington 2–5 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 29–24–8 66 Recap 62 February 25 Buffalo 3–5 Toronto Ullmark 19,026 29–25–8 66 Recap 63 February 26 Buffalo 2–5 Philadelphia Hutton 18,466 29–26–8 66 Recap
March: 2–12–2 (Home: 2–5–1; Road: 0–7–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Pittsburgh 3–4 Buffalo OT Ullmark 19,070 30–26–8 68 Recap 65 March 2 Buffalo 2–5 Toronto Ullmark 19,088 30–27–8 68 Recap 66 March 4 Edmonton 4–3 Buffalo Ullmark 17,775 30–28–8 68 Recap 67 March 7 Buffalo 4–5 Chicago SO Hutton 21,500 30–28–9 69 Recap 68 March 9 Buffalo 0–3 Colorado Hutton 18,052 30–29–9 69 Recap 69 March 12 Dallas 2–0 Buffalo Ullmark 17,830 30–30–9 69 Recap 70 March 14 Pittsburgh 5–0 Buffalo Hutton 18,680 30–31–9 69 Recap 71 March 16 Buffalo 2–4 Carolina Ullmark 15,171 30–32–9 69 Recap 72 March 17 St. Louis 3–4 Buffalo SO Hutton 18,486 31–32–9 71 Recap 73 March 20 Toronto 4–2 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 31–33–9 71 Recap 74 March 23 Buffalo 4–7 Montreal Hutton 21,302 31–34–9 71 Recap 75 March 25 Buffalo 1–3 New Jersey Ullmark 12,053 31–35–9 71 Recap 76 March 26 Buffalo 0–4 Ottawa Hutton 12,074 31–36–9 71 Recap 77 March 28 Detroit 5–4 Buffalo OT Ullmark 16,236 31–36–10 72 Recap 78 March 30 Buffalo 1–5 NY Islanders Hutton 13,917 31–37–10 72 Recap 79 March 31 Columbus 4–0 Buffalo Ullmark 17,990 31–38–10 72 Recap
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Nashville 3–2 Buffalo Hutton 16,569 31–39–10 72 Recap 81 April 4 Ottawa 2–5 Buffalo Hutton 17,998 32–39–10 74 Recap 82 April 6 Buffalo 7–1 Detroit Ullmark 19,515 33–39–10 76 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019[14]

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jack Eichel	77	28	54	82	−11	26
Sam Reinhart	82	22	43	65	−10	16
Jeff Skinner	82	40	23	63	0	36
Rasmus Dahlin	82	9	35	44	−13	34
Rasmus Ristolainen	78	5	38	43	−41	38
Conor Sheary	78	14	20	34	−18	12
Jason Pominville	73	16	15	31	−4	4
Kyle Okposo	78	14	15	29	−9	41
Evan Rodrigues	74	9	20	29	−7	25
Casey Mittelstadt	77	12	13	25	−19	10
Zach Bogosian	65	3	16	19	−5	52
Zemgus Girgensons	72	5	13	18	−11	17
Johan Larsson	73	6	8	14	−8	37
Jake McCabe	59	4	10	14	−4	35
Marco Scandella	63	6	7	13	−13	26
Vladimir Sobotka	69	5	8	13	−20	26
Tage Thompson	65	7	5	12	−22	20
Brandon Montour^†	20	3	7	10	−4	16
Nathan Beaulieu^‡	30	3	4	7	+1	32
Lawrence Pilut	33	1	5	6	−8	20
Casey Nelson	38	1	5	6	+1	13
Victor Olofsson	6	2	2	4	+1	2
Alexander Nylander	12	2	2	4	−4	4
Patrik Berglund	23	2	2	4	−5	6
Scott Wilson	15	0	3	3	−8	4
C. J. Smith	11	2	0	2	0	0
Matt Hunwick	14	0	2	2	−7	4
Remi Elie	16	0	1	1	−3	2
Danny O'Regan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Guhle^‡	2	0	0	0	+1	2
William Borgen	4	0	0	0	−5	0
Matt Tennyson	4	0	0	0	−4	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carter Hutton	50	48	2,839	18	25	5	142	3.00	1541	.908	0	0	1	2
Linus Ullmark	37	34	2,102	15	14	5	109	3.11	1146	.905	2	0	1	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 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th-round pick in 2018	To Buffalo Sabres 6th-round pick in 2019	[15]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019	To Buffalo Sabres Conor Sheary Matt Hunwick	[16]
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	[17]
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	[18]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	To Nashville Predators Nicholas Baptiste	To Buffalo Sabres Jack Dougherty	[19]
November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10)	To Dallas Stars Taylor Fedun	To Buffalo Sabres Conditional 7th-round pick in 2020	[20]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Bailey	To Buffalo Sabres Taylor Leier	[21]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	To Anaheim Ducks Brendan Guhle Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019	To Buffalo Sabres Brandon Montour	[22]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Winnipeg Jets Nathan Beaulieu	To Buffalo Sabres 6th-round pick in 2019	[23]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)	Adam Wilcox	to Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	[24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Seth Griffith	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year	[25]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Carter Hutton	from St. Louis Blues	3-year	[26]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chad Johnson	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	[27]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Scott Wedgewood	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[28]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Viktor Antipin	to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	3-year	[29]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Mike Sislo	to New York Islanders	1-year	[30]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Jordan Nolan	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	[31]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	Adam Wilcox	from Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	[32]
May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08)	Arttu Ruotsalainen	from Ilves (Liiga)	3-year	[33]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Remi Elie	from Dallas Stars	[34]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20) Vaclav Karabacek Mutual termination [35][36] December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20) Patrik Berglund Mutual termination [37]

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brandon Hickey	2-year	[38]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Scott Wilson	2-year	[39]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)	Rasmus Dahlin	3-year	[40]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Sean Malone	1-year	[41]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Justin Bailey	1-year	[42]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Nicholas Baptiste	1-year	[43]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Danny O'Regan	1-year	[43]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	C. J. Smith	1-year	[44]
September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19)	Sam Reinhart	2-year	[45]
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17)	Matej Pekar	3-year	[46]
March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)	Casey Fitzgerald	2-year	[47]
April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15)	Jacob Bryson	3-year	[48]
June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07)	Jeff Skinner	8-year	[49]

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	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	117^1	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.[50]

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