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 affiliations Rochester Americans (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Jack Eichel (36)
Assists Jack Eichel (42)
Points Jack Eichel (78)
Penalties in minutes Rasmus Ristolainen (46)
Plus/minus Brandon Montour (+13)
Wins Linus Ullmark (17)
Goals against average Linus Ullmark (2.69)
<2018–19 2020–21>

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

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Eastern Conference

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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
Jack Eichel 68 36 42 78 5 34
Sam Reinhart 69 22 28 50 −15 20
Victor Olofsson 54 20 22 42 −1 6
Rasmus Dahlin 59 4 36 40 −7 38
Rasmus Ristolainen 69 6 27 33 −2 46
Marcus Johansson 60 9 21 30 −12 20
Jeff Skinner 59 14 9 23 −22 18
Jimmy Vesey 64 9 11 20 12 15
Zemgus Girgensons 69 12 7 19 −1 10
Kyle Okposo 52 9 10 19 −3 28
Conor Sheary‡ 55 9 10 19 −4 8
Johan Larsson 62 6 12 18 8 26
Brandon Montour 54 5 13 18 13 28
Henri Jokiharju 69 4 11 15 −6 32
Jake McCabe 66 3 10 13 −11 41
Colin Miller 51 1 10 11 −9 22
Curtis Lazar 38 5 5 10 −3 9
Evan Rodrigues‡ 38 5 4 9 −8 10
Casey Mittelstadt 31 4 5 9 −5 2
Marco Scandella‡ 31 3 6 9 9 8
Zach Bogosian 19 1 4 5 0 10
Dominik Kahun† 6 2 2 4 2 0
Michael Frolik† 19 1 3 4 −2 4
Vladimir Sobotka 16 1 2 3 2 4
Rasmus Asplund 29 1 2 3 −4 6
Scott Wilson 6 1 1 2 1 2
Wayne Simmonds† 7 0 1 1 −4 2
John Gilmour 4 0 0 0 −2 0
Tage Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jean-Sebastien Dea 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dalton Smith 1 0 0 0 1 2
Lawrence 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
Linus Ullmark 34 34 2,026:38 17 14 3 91 2.69 1,066 .915 1 0 0 4
Carter Hutton 31 30 1,775:26 12 14 4 94 3.18 918 .898 2 0 1 6
Jonas 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

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

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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]

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