2019–20 Buffalo Sabres season

The 2019–20 Buffalo Sabres season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[2]

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
Average attendance	17,167^[1]
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)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

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 their last 57 games after being on the top of the standings in November.^[6] 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.^[7]

On May 20, the Sabres unveiled logos for their upcoming 50th anniversary season.^[8]

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

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Source: National Hockey League^[9]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[10]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[10]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: National Hockey League^[11]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[12]

2019 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 16	Pittsburgh	4–5	Buffalo	OT	Johansson	5,497	1–0–0	^[13]
2	September 17	Buffalo	1–4	Columbus		Hammond	–	1–1–0	^[14]
3	September 20	Buffalo	0–3	Toronto		Ullmark	16,232	1–2–0	^[15]
4	September 21	Toronto	3–5	Buffalo		Hutton	17,224	2–2–0	^[16]
5	September 25	Columbus	3–4	Buffalo	OT	Hutton	15,788	3–2–0	^[17]
6	September 28	Buffalo	3–2	Pittsburgh	SO	Ullmark	18,235	4–2–0	^[18]
Notes: ^a Game was played at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, PA.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[19]

2019–20 game log
October: 9–2–2 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Buffalo 3–1 Pittsburgh Hutton 18,616 1–0–0 2 ^[20] 2 October 5 New Jersey 2–7 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 2–0–0 4 ^[21] 3 October 7 Buffalo 3–4 Columbus OT Ullmark 14,518 2–0–1 5 ^[22] 4 October 9 Montreal 4–5 Buffalo OT Hutton 15,383 3–0–1 7 ^[23] 5 October 11 Florida 2–3 Buffalo SO Ullmark 15,638 4–0–1 9 ^[24] 6 October 14 Dallas 0–4 Buffalo Hutton 16,595 5–0–1 11 ^[25] 7 October 16 Buffalo 2–5 Anaheim Ullmark 15,193 5–1–1 11 ^[26] 8 October 17 Buffalo 3–0 Los Angeles Hutton 17,605 6–1–1 13 ^[27] 9 October 19 Buffalo 4–3 San Jose Ullmark 17,562 7–1–1 15 ^[28] 10 October 22 San Jose 3–4 Buffalo OT Hutton 15,876 8–1–1 17 ^[29] 11 October 24 Buffalo 2–6 NY Rangers Hutton 16,913 8–2–1 17 ^[30] 12 October 25 Buffalo 2–0 Detroit Ullmark 18,616 9–2–1 19 ^[31] 13 October 28 Arizona 3–2 Buffalo SO Hutton 15,358 9–2–2 20 ^[32]
November: 3–8–3 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Buffalo 1–6 Washington Ullmark 18,573 9–3–2 20 ^[33] 15 November 2 NY Islanders 1–0 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 9–4–2 20 ^[34] 16^[a] November 8 Tampa Bay 3–2 Buffalo Ullmark 13,230 9–5–2 20 ^[35] 17^[a] November 9 Buffalo 3–5 Tampa Bay Hutton 13,339 9–6–2 20 ^[36] 18 November 14 Carolina 5–4 Buffalo OT Hutton 16,603 9–6–3 21 ^[37] 19 November 16 Ottawa 2–4 Buffalo Ullmark 18,555 10–6–3 23 ^[38] 20 November 17 Buffalo 1–4 Chicago Hutton 21,334 10–7–3 23 ^[39] 21 November 19 Minnesota 4–1 Buffalo Ullmark 15,522 10–8–3 23 ^[40] 22 November 21 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 10–9–3 23 ^[41] 23 November 24 Buffalo 5–2 Florida Ullmark 14,443 11–9–3 25 ^[42] 24 November 25 Buffalo 2–5 Tampa Bay Hutton 19,092 11–10–3 25 ^[43] 25 November 27 Calgary 3–2 Buffalo OT Ullmark 17,485 11–10–4 26 ^[44] 26 November 29 Toronto 4–6 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 12–10–4 28 ^[45] 27 November 30 Buffalo 1–2 Toronto OT Hutton 19,250 12–10–5 29 ^[46] Notes: ^a Game was played at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 1–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 2 New Jersey 1–7 Buffalo Ullmark 15,422 13–10–5 31 ^[47] 29 December 5 Buffalo 3–4 Calgary Ullmark 18,085 13–11–5 31 ^[48] 30 December 7 Buffalo 5–6 Vancouver OT Hutton 18,871 13–11–6 32 ^[49] 31 December 8 Buffalo 3–2 Edmonton OT Ullmark 17,227 14–11–6 34 ^[50] 32 December 10 St. Louis 2–5 Buffalo Ullmark 16,521 15–11–6 36 ^[51] 33 December 12 Nashville 3–4 Buffalo Ullmark 17,211 16–11–6 38 ^[52] 34 December 14 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders OT Ullmark 13,795 16–11–7 39 ^[53] 35 December 17 Buffalo 3–5 Toronto Ullmark 19,365 16–12–7 39 ^[54] 36 December 19 Buffalo 1–6 Philadelphia Hutton 18,124 16–13–7 39 ^[55] 37 December 21 Los Angeles 2–3 Buffalo Ullmark 17,484 17–13–7 41 ^[56] 38 December 23 Buffalo 1–3 Ottawa Ullmark 11,838 17–14–7 41 ^[57] 39 December 27 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 17–15–7 41 ^[58] 40 December 29 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 17–16–7 41 ^[59] 41 December 31 Tampa Bay 6–4 Buffalo Ullmark 18,465 17–17–7 41 ^[60]
January: 5–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Edmonton 2–3 Buffalo OT Ullmark 19,070 18–17–7 43 ^[61] 43 January 4 Florida 2–3 Buffalo Ullmark 17,731 19–17–7 45 ^[62] 44 January 9 Buffalo 1–5 St. Louis Ullmark 18,096 19–18–7 45 ^[63] 45 January 11 Vancouver 6–3 Buffalo Hutton 18,509 19–19–7 45 ^[64] 46 January 12 Buffalo 5–1 Detroit Ullmark 18,312 20–19–7 47 ^[65] 47 January 14 Vegas 2–4 Buffalo Ullmark 18,257 21–19–7 49 ^[66] 48 January 16 Buffalo 4–1 Dallas Ullmark 18,532 22–19–7 51 ^[67] 49 January 18 Buffalo 1–2 Nashville Ullmark 17,729 22–20–7 51 ^[68] 50 January 28 Ottawa 5–2 Buffalo Ullmark 16,651 22–21–7 51 ^[69] 51 January 30 Montreal 3–1 Buffalo Hutton 16,604 22–22–7 51 ^[70]
February: 7–6–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Columbus 1–2 Buffalo OT Hutton 17,650 23–22–7 53 ^[71] 53 February 4 Colorado 6–1 Buffalo Hutton 16,859 23–23–7 53 ^[72] 54 February 6 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo SO Johansson 16,607 23–23–8 54 ^[73] 55 February 7 Buffalo 3–2 NY Rangers Hutton 17,297 24–23–8 56 ^[74] 56 February 9 Anaheim 3–2 Buffalo Johansson 16,131 24–24–8 56 ^[75] 57 February 11 Detroit 2–3 Buffalo Hutton 16,588 25–24–8 58 ^[76] 58 February 13 Columbus 3–4 Buffalo OT Hutton 16,923 26–24–8 60 ^[77] 59 February 16 Toronto 2–5 Buffalo Hutton 19,070 27–24–8 62 ^[78] 60 February 18 Buffalo 4–7 Ottawa Hutton 15,040 27–25–8 62 ^[79] 61 February 22 Buffalo 5–2 Pittsburgh Hutton 18,620 28–25–8 64 ^[80] 62 February 23 Winnipeg 1–2 Buffalo Johansson 17,805 29–25–8 66 ^[81] 63 February 26 Buffalo 2–3 Colorado Hutton 18,020 29–26–8 66 ^[82] 64 February 28 Buffalo 2–4 Vegas Hutton 18,404 29–27–8 66 ^[83] 65 February 29 Buffalo 2–5 Arizona Johansson 17,125 29–28–8 66 ^[84]
March: 1–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 3 Buffalo 1–3 Winnipeg Hutton 15,325 29–29–8 66 ^[85] 67 March 5 Pittsburgh 4–2 Buffalo Johansson 18,236 29–30–8 66 ^[86] 68 March 7 Buffalo 1–3 Philadelphia Hutton 19,781 29–31–8 66 ^[87] 69 March 9 Washington 2–3 Buffalo SO Ullmark 16,539 30–31–8 68 ^[88]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Buffalo Montreal 71 March 13 Boston Buffalo 72 March 15 Carolina Buffalo 73 March 17 Buffalo Carolina 74 March 19 Buffalo Florida 75 March 21 Chicago Buffalo 76 March 22 NY Rangers Buffalo 77 March 24 Buffalo Montreal 78 March 26 Buffalo NY Islanders 79 March 28 Buffalo Minnesota 80 March 30 Washington Buffalo 81 April 2 Buffalo New Jersey 82 April 4 Philadelphia Buffalo
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[89]

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^[90]

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	^[91]
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	^[92]
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	^[93]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2021	To Buffalo Sabres Jimmy Vesey	^[94]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	To Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Nylander	To Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju	^[95]
January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02)	To Montreal Canadiens Marco Scandella	To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2020	^[96]
January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02)	To Calgary Flames 4th-round pick in 2020	To Buffalo Sabres Michael Frolík	^[97]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Evan Rodrigues Conor Sheary	To Buffalo Sabres Dominik Kahun	^[98]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 5th round pick in 2021	To Buffalo Sabres Wayne Simmonds	^[99]^[100]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jean-Sebastien Dea	from Florida Panthers	2-year	^[101]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andrew Hammond	from Minnesota Wild	1-year	^[102]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Curtis Lazar	from Calgary Flames	1-year	^[103]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Scott Wedgewood	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[104]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	John Gilmour	from New York Rangers	1-year	^[105]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Kyle Criscuolo	to Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	^[106]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Danny O'Regan	to New York Rangers	1-year	^[107]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Matt Tennyson	to New Jersey Devils	2-year	^[108]
July 6, 2019 (2019-07-06)	Marcus Johansson	from Boston Bruins	2-year	^[109]
December 30, 2019 (2019-12-30)	Dalton Smith	from Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	^[110]
February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)	Taylor Leier	from Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	^[111]

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	^[112]
July 6, 2019 (2019-07-06)	Zemgus Girgensons	1-year	^[113]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Johan Larsson	1-year	^[114]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Dylan Cozens	3-year	^[115]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Evan Rodrigues	1-year	^[116]
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	Remi Elie	1-year	^[117]
August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03)	Jake McCabe	2-year	^[118]
August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03)	Linus Ullmark	1-year	^[119]

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	31^1	Ryan Johnson	D	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
3	67	Erik Portillo	G	Sweden	Frölunda J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4	102^2	Aaron Huglen	RW	United States	Roseau (HS-MN)
5	143^3	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).^[120]
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.^[121]
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.^[121]

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