2022–23 Buffalo Sabres | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
2022–23 record | 42–33–7 |
Home record | 17–20–4 |
Road record | 25–13–3 |
Goals for | 296 |
Goals against | 300 |
Team information | |
General manager | Kevyn Adams |
Coach | Don Granato |
Captain | Kyle Okposo |
Alternate captains |
Rasmus Dahlin Zemgus Girgensons |
Arena | KeyBank Center |
Average attendance | 15,567 [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Rochester Americans (
AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones ( ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tage Thompson (47) |
Assists | Rasmus Dahlin (58) |
Points | Tage Thompson (94) |
Penalty minutes | Rasmus Dahlin (92) |
Plus/minus | Jeff Skinner (+15) |
Wins | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (17) |
Goals against average | Devon Levi (2.94) |
The 2022–23 Buffalo Sabres season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. [2] This was the first season since the inaugural season in 1970–71 in which Rick Jeanneret did not call games. With a win against the Detroit Red Wings on April 5, they clinched their first winning season since 2010–11. Despite this, the Sabres missed the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season. The Sabres continued the longest playoffs drought in NHL history, as they were eliminated from playoff contention after a loss to the New Jersey Devils on April 11, 2023. [3]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 305 | 177 | +128 | 135 |
2 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 279 | 222 | +57 | 111 |
3 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 283 | 254 | +29 | 98 |
4 | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
5 | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
6 | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
7 | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
8 | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 243 | 222 | +21 | 93 |
2 | AT | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
3 | ME | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 262 | 264 | −2 | 91 |
4 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
5 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
7 | ME | e – Washington Capitals | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 255 | 265 | −10 | 80 |
8 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 26 | 222 | 277 | −55 | 75 |
9 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
10 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 15 | 214 | 330 | −116 | 59 |
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022. [6]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Tage Thompson | 78 | 47 | 47 | 94 | +4 | 39 |
Jeff Skinner | 79 | 35 | 47 | 82 | +15 | 39 |
Alex Tuch | 74 | 36 | 43 | 79 | +14 | 20 |
Rasmus Dahlin | 78 | 15 | 58 | 73 | +12 | 92 |
Dylan Cozens | 81 | 31 | 37 | 68 | −3 | 41 |
Casey Mittelstadt | 82 | 15 | 44 | 59 | −8 | 22 |
Victor Olofsson | 75 | 28 | 12 | 40 | −23 | 4 |
Jack Quinn | 75 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −7 | 15 |
Owen Power | 79 | 4 | 31 | 35 | +10 | 24 |
JJ Peterka | 77 | 12 | 20 | 32 | −15 | 26 |
Kyle Okposo | 75 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −7 | 34 |
Peyton Krebs | 74 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −8 | 50 |
Tyson Jost† | 59 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −9 | 23 |
Zemgus Girgensons | 80 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −5 | 14 |
Ilya Lyubushkin | 68 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 38 |
Henri Jokiharju | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −12 | 30 |
Vinnie Hinostroza | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
Mattias Samuelsson | 55 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +14 | 20 |
Jacob Bryson | 59 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −24 | 8 |
Rasmus Asplund‡ | 27 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Greenway† | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Kale Clague | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 24 |
Lawrence Pilut | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
Riley Stillman† | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 13 |
Casey Fitzgerald‡ | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
Lukas Rousek | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
Jeremy Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Anders Bjork‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Riley Sheahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 33 | 32 | 1,910:13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 115 | 3.61 | 1,054 | .892 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Craig Anderson | 26 | 24 | 1,392:52 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 76 | 3.06 | 823 | .908 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Eric Comrie | 19 | 19 | 1,111:59 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 68 | 3.67 | 594 | .886 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Devon Levi | 7 | 7 | 429:01 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2.94 | 222 | .905 | 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.
The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
Key:
† Contract is entry-level.
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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December 15, 2022 | To
Dallas Stars Oskari Laaksonen |
To Buffalo Sabres Joseph Cecconi |
[94] |
February 27, 2023 | To
Vancouver Canucks Josh Bloom |
To Buffalo Sabres Riley Stillman |
[95] |
March 1, 2023 | To
Los Angeles Kings Erik Portillo |
To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2023 |
[96] |
March 2, 2023 | To
Chicago Blackhawks Anders Bjork |
To Buffalo Sabres Future considerations |
[97] |
March 3, 2023 | To
Anaheim Ducks Chase Priskie |
To Buffalo Sabres Austin Strand |
[98] |
March 3, 2023 | To
Minnesota Wild 2nd-round pick in 2023 4th-round pick in 2024 |
To Buffalo Sabres Jordan Greenway |
[99] |
March 3, 2023 | To
Nashville Predators Rasmus Asplund |
To Buffalo Sabres 7th-round pick in 2025 |
[100] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 13, 2022 | Kale Clague | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency | [101] |
Eric Comrie | Winnipeg Jets | 2-year | Free agency | [102] | |
Jeremy Davies | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [101] | |
Ilya Lyubushkin | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2-year | Free agency | [103] | |
Chase Priskie | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency | [101] | |
August 10, 2022 | Riley Sheahan | Seattle Kraken | 1-year | Free agency | [104] |
November 19, 2022 | Tyson Jost | Minnesota Wild | Waivers | [105] |
Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 13, 2022 | Drake Caggiula | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency | [106] |
Aaron Dell | San Jose Sharks | 1-year | Free agency | [107] | |
Colin Miller | Dallas Stars | 2-year | Free agency | [108] | |
Ethan Prow | Rochester Americans ( AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [109] | |
Dustin Tokarski | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency | [110] | |
July 14, 2022 | Mark Jankowski | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [111] |
Mark Pysyk | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | [112] | |
July 15, 2022 | John Hayden | Seattle Kraken | 1-year | Free agency | [113] |
Michael Houser | Rochester Americans (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [114] | |
July 22, 2022 | Will Butcher | Dallas Stars | 1-year | Free agency | [115] |
Arttu Ruotsalainen | EHC Kloten ( NL) | 1-year | Free agency | [116] | |
August 30, 2022 | Brandon Davidson | Kunlun Red Star ( KHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [117] |
September 16, 2022 | Ryan MacInnis | Amur Khabarovsk (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [118] |
September 22, 2022 | Jimmy Schuldt | Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [119] |
October 14, 2022 | Cody Eakin | SCL Tigers ( NL) | 1-year | Free agency | [120] |
November 28, 2022 | Riley Sheahan | Contract termination | [121] | ||
December 1, 2022 | EHC Biel-Bienne (NL) | 1-year | Free agency | [122] | |
January 11, 2023 | Casey Fitzgerald | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [123] | |
June 6, 2023 | Lawrence Pilut | Lausanne HC (NL) | 2-year‡ | Free agency | [124] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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July 8, 2022 | Brandon Biro | 2-year | [125] |
July 10, 2022 | Jacob Bryson | 2-year | [126] |
July 12, 2022 | Vinnie Hinostroza | 2-year | [127] |
Malcolm Subban | 1-year | [128] | |
July 13, 2022 | Victor Olofsson | 2-year | [129] |
July 15, 2022 | Jiri Kulich | 3-year† | [130] |
Noah Ostlund | 3-year† | [130] | |
Lawrence Pilut | 1-year | [131] | |
Matthew Savoie | 3-year† | [130] | |
July 18, 2022 | Brett Murray | 1-year | [132] |
August 19, 2022 | Tyson Kozak | 3-year† | [133] |
August 30, 2022 | Tage Thompson | 7-year‡ | [134] |
August 31, 2022 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2-year | [135] |
October 12, 2022 | Mattias Samuelsson | 7-year‡ | [136] |
February 7, 2023 | Dylan Cozens | 7-year‡ | [137] |
March 17, 2023 | Devon Levi | 3-year†‡ | [138] |
May 2, 2023 | Viktor Neuchev | 3-year†‡ | [139] |
May 19, 2023 | Nikita Novikov | 3-year†‡ | [140] |
May 24, 2023 | Kyle Okposo | 1-year‡ | [141] |
May 25, 2023 | Vsevolod Komarov | 3-year†‡ | [142] |
May 27, 2023 | Ryan Johnson | 2-year†‡ | [143] |
June 20, 2023 | Zemgus Girgensons | 1-year‡ | [144] |
Lukas Rousek | 2-year‡ | [145] | |
June 23, 2023 | Joseph Cecconi | 1-year‡ | [146] |
June 26, 2023 | Jeremy Davies | 1-year‡ | [147] |
Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
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1 | 9 | Matthew Savoie | C | Canada | Winnipeg Ice ( WHL) |
16 | Noah Ostlund | C | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF ( J20 Nationell) | |
28 | Jiri Kulich | C | Czech Republic | HC Energie Karlovy Vary ( ELH) | |
2 | 41 | Topias Leinonen | G | Finland | JYP ( U20 SM-sarja) |
3 | 74 | Viktor Neuchev | LW | Russia | Avto Yekaterinburg ( MHL) |
4 | 106 | Mats Lindgren | D | Canada | Kamloops Blazers ( WHL) |
5 | 134 | Vsevolod Komarov | D | Russia | Quebec Remparts ( QMJHL) |
6 | 170 | Jake Richard | RW | USA | Muskegon Lumberjacks ( USHL) |
187 | Gustav Karlsson | C | Sweden | Örebro HK (J20 Nationell) | |
7 | 202 | Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson | RW | Sweden | Frölunda HC ( J20 Nationell) |
211 | Linus Sjodin | C | Sweden | Rögle BK ( SHL) |