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Game Notes

Tue, Mar 16, 2021 NHL Game #457

New Jersey Devils 8 - 13 - 4 (20 pts) 6 - 17 - 4 (16 pts) Team Game: 26 2 - 10 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 28 2 - 10 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 15 6 - 3 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 14 4 - 7 - 2 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 29 Mackenzie Blackwood 14 5 8 1 3.12 .900 34 Jonas Johansson 6 0 4 1 3.91 .883 41 Scott Wedgewood 8 2 3 3 2.59 .914 40 Carter Hutton 11 1 9 1 3.43 .884 47 Aaron Dell 3 0 2 0 3.72 .877

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 7 D Matt Tennyson 10 0 1 1 6 2 4 L Taylor Hall 27 2 14 16 -17 22 8 D Will Butcher 8 1 2 3 0 0 9 C Jack Eichel 21 2 16 18 -9 6 11 L Andreas Johnsson 25 3 4 7 3 8 10 D Henri Jokiharju 18 1 1 2 -7 0 14 R Nathan Bastian 25 2 4 6 2 11 12 C Eric Staal 27 3 7 10 -18 4 17 C Yegor Sharangovich 23 5 4 9 3 0 13 L 24 4 0 4 -5 0 19 C Travis Zajac 21 2 7 9 2 6 15 C Riley Sheahan 26 3 2 5 -1 4 20 C Michael McLeod 23 3 2 5 -4 16 20 C Cody Eakin 26 1 3 4 -7 6 21 R Kyle Palmieri 24 4 8 12 -4 16 21 R Kyle Okposo 22 0 3 3 -6 0 22 D Ryan Murray 17 0 3 3 3 6 23 R Sam Reinhart 25 11 8 19 -20 6 23 L Mikhail Maltsev 13 4 0 4 3 4 24 C Dylan Cozens 20 3 2 5 -7 5 24 D Ty Smith 25 2 11 13 -2 14 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 27 1 10 11 -27 10 28 D Damon Severson 25 2 7 9 -6 12 27 C Curtis Lazar 25 4 3 7 -5 0 37 C Pavel Zacha 25 7 10 17 -8 4 33 D Colin Miller 25 3 3 6 -16 17 39 R Nicholas Merkley 5 1 2 3 2 0 37 C Casey Mittelstadt 12 1 3 4 -7 0 40 D Josh Jacobs ------44 D Matt Irwin 14 0 2 2 -7 6 44 L 25 8 4 12 -3 17 53 L Jeff Skinner 24 1 1 2 -9 10 45 D Sami Vatanen 15 0 2 2 -3 8 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 20 3 5 8 -11 14 59 C 20 5 6 11 3 10 62 D Brandon Montour 25 1 4 5 -15 14 63 L Jesper Bratt 19 1 9 10 0 2 68 L Victor Olofsson 27 8 11 19 -17 2 70 D Dmitry Kulikov 24 0 2 2 3 14 72 R Tage Thompson 12 1 1 2 -3 2 76 D P.K. Subban 25 2 10 12 -4 18 88 D Brandon Davidson 5 0 0 0 -3 2 86 C Jack Hughes 25 6 8 14 -2 0 97 L Nikita Gusev 17 2 3 5 -11 0

Executive Vice President / General Tom Fitzgerald Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Manager Owner/President Kim Pegula Sr. Vice President, Assistant General Dan MacKinnon / Martin General Manager Kevyn Adams Manager / Executive Vice President, Brodeur Hockey Operations Advisor Head Coach Ralph Krueger Head Coach Coaching Staff Mike Bales (Assistant Coach), Don Granato (Assistant Assistant Coaches Alain Nasreddine, Mark Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Recchi, Chris Taylor, Dave Coach), Myles Fee (Video Rogalski (Goaltending) Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Video Coaches Mike Regan, Ian Greenwald Coordinator) (Coordinator), Lucas Hurtt (Consultant)

Tonight's Officials Referees Trevor Hanson (14), Brandon Blandina (39) Linesmen Tyson Baker (88), Tony Sericolo (84) Supervisor Video Judge Dr. Murray Seltzer Ntl. Anthem Arlette Devils PR Contacts Pete Albietz / Nick Blackman * Denotes Standby Official.

Today's Schedule ANA @ COL : 7:00 ARI @ MIN : 7:00 BUF @ NJD : 7:00 BOS @ PIT : 7:00 NYI @ WSH : 7:00 TBL @ DAL : 7:30 CAR @ DET : 7:30 New Jersey Devils: Roster Active (26 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 7 Matt Tennyson D 6' 2" 205 Apr 23, 1990 Minneapolis, MN, USA 8 Will Butcher D 5' 10" 190 Jan 6, 1995 Sun Prairie, WI, USA 11 Andreas Johnsson L 5' 10" 194 Nov 21, 1994 Gävle, SWE 14 Nathan Bastian R 6' 4" 205 Dec 6, 1997 Kitchener, ON, CAN 17 Yegor Sharangovich C 6' 2" 196 Jun 6, 1998 Minsk, BLR 19 Travis Zajac C 6' 2" 185 May 13, 1985 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 20 Michael McLeod C 6' 2" 188 Feb 3, 1998 Mississauga, ON, CAN 21 Kyle Palmieri R 5' 11" 185 Feb 1, 1991 Smithtown, NY, USA 22 Ryan Murray D 6' 1" 206 Sep 27, 1993 Regina, SK, CAN 23 Mikhail Maltsev L 6' 3" 198 Mar 12, 1998 St. Petersburg, RUS 24 Ty Smith D 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 2000 Lloydminster, AB, CAN 28 Damon Severson D 6' 2" 205 Aug 7, 1994 Melville, SK, CAN 29 Mackenzie Blackwood G 6' 4" 225 Dec 9, 1996 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 37 Pavel Zacha C 6' 3" 210 Apr 6, 1997 Brno, CZE 39 Nicholas Merkley R 5' 10" 194 May 23, 1997 Calgary, AB, CAN 40 Josh Jacobs D 6' 2" 200 Feb 15, 1996 Shelby Township, MI, USA 41 Scott Wedgewood G 6' 2" 207 Aug 14, 1992 Brampton, ON, CAN 44 Miles Wood L 6' 2" 195 Sep 13, 1995 Buffalo, NY, USA 45 Sami Vatanen D 5' 10" 185 Jun 3, 1991 Jyväskylä, FIN 47 Aaron Dell G 6' 0" 209 May 4, 1989 Airdrie, AB, CAN 59 Janne Kuokkanen C 6' 1" 193 May 25, 1998 Oulunsalo, FIN 63 Jesper Bratt L 5' 10" 175 Jul 30, 1998 Stockholm, SWE 70 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 76 P.K. Subban D 6' 0" 210 May 13, 1989 Toronto, ON, CAN 86 Jack Hughes C 5' 11" 176 May 14, 2001 Orlando, FL, USA 97 Nikita Gusev L 5' 9" 163 Jul 8, 1992 Moscow, RUS 26 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 195 Age: 26.4

Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 13 C 6' 1" 175 Jan 4, 1999 Brig, CHE

Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Streaks JANNE KUOKKANEN (4 / 4 Games) KYLE PALMIERI (2 / 2 Games) EGOR SHARANGOVICH (1-1-2 / 2 Games) JANNE KUOKKANEN (4-1-5 / 4 Games) KYLE PALMIERI (0-2-2 / 2 Games)

Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Taylor Hall L 6' 1" 206 Nov 14, 1991 Calgary, AB, CAN 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 213 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 199 Jun 17, 1999 Oulu, FIN 12 Eric Staal C 6' 4" 195 Oct 29, 1984 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 13 Tobias Rieder L 5' 11" 189 Jan 10, 1993 Landshut, DEU 15 Riley Sheahan C 6' 2" 216 Dec 7, 1991 St. Catharines, ON, CAN 20 Cody Eakin C 6' 0" 196 May 24, 1991 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 220 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 23 Sam Reinhart R 6' 2" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 24 Dylan Cozens C 6' 3" 188 Feb 9, 2001 Whitehorse, YT, CAN 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 207 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 27 Curtis Lazar C 6' 0" 193 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 199 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 34 Jonas Johansson G 6' 5" 220 Sep 19, 1995 Gävle, SWE 37 Casey Mittelstadt C 6' 1" 196 Nov 22, 1998 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 208 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 44 Matt Irwin D 6' 2" 189 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 197 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 221 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 62 Brandon Montour D 6' 0" 194 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 182 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 7" 219 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA 88 Brandon Davidson D 6' 2" 209 Aug 21, 1991 Taber, AB, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 202 Age: 27.4

Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 3 William Borgen D 6' 3" 205 Dec 19, 1996 Moorhead, MN, USA 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 28 Zemgus Girgensons L 6' 2" 213 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE

Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks New Jersey Devils: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 37 Pavel Zacha 25 7 10 17 -8 4 1 0 2 48 14.6 17:09 51.89 21 5 C 86 Jack Hughes 25 6 8 14 -2 0 1 0 1 59 10.2 19:13 33.56 11 6 D 24 Ty Smith 25 2 11 13 -2 14 1 0 0 35 5.7 19:31 0.00 23 17 L 44 Miles Wood 25 8 4 12 -3 17 2 0 1 54 14.8 14:40 50.00 13 6 R 21 Kyle Palmieri 24 4 8 12 -4 16 0 1 1 59 6.8 18:13 28.57 31 10 D 76 P.K. Subban 25 2 10 12 -4 18 1 0 0 59 3.4 22:26 0.00 21 28 C 59 Janne Kuokkanen 20 5 6 11 3 10 1 0 0 21 23.8 12:59 0.00 5 9 L 63 Jesper Bratt 19 1 9 10 0 2 0 0 0 44 2.3 15:46 28.57 17 6 C 17 Yegor Sharangovich 23 5 4 9 3 0 0 0 2 41 12.2 15:04 27.27 7 8 C 19 Travis Zajac 21 2 7 9 2 6 0 0 0 20 10.0 16:11 53.47 28 8 D 28 Damon Severson 25 2 7 9 -6 12 0 0 0 47 4.3 22:56 0.00 31 19 L 11 Andreas Johnsson 25 3 4 7 3 8 1 0 0 31 9.7 14:21 41.66 17 10 R 14 Nathan Bastian 25 2 4 6 2 11 0 0 0 31 6.5 11:30 40.00 67 8 C 20 Michael McLeod 23 3 2 5 -4 16 0 0 1 26 11.5 12:54 48.27 36 8 L 97 Nikita Gusev 17 2 3 5 -11 0 0 0 0 40 5.0 13:47 0.00 2 1 L 23 Mikhail Maltsev 13 4 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 23 17.4 10:47 40.98 11 5 C 13 Nico Hischier 5 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 10 20.0 17:22 58.44 2 4 D 8 Will Butcher 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 17:00 0.00 3 12 R 39 Nicholas Merkley 5 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 11:07 33.33 6 0 D 22 Ryan Murray 17 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 0 12 0.0 19:00 0.00 19 23 D 45 Sami Vatanen 15 0 2 2 -3 8 0 0 0 19 0.0 17:18 0.00 14 19 D 70 Dmitry Kulikov 24 0 2 2 3 14 0 0 0 26 0.0 19:24 0.00 46 24 D 7 Matt Tennyson 10 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 0 10 0.0 13:42 0.00 17 5

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 29 Mackenzie Blackwood 14 826 3.12 5 8 1 0 43 385 .900 0 0 0 41 Scott Wedgewood 8 486 2.59 2 3 3 2 21 224 .914 0 0 0 47 Aaron Dell 3 129 3.72 0 2 0 0 8 57 .877 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 23 Sam Reinhart 25 11 8 19 -20 6 5 0 2 53 20.8 19:45 53.57 10 10 L 68 Victor Olofsson 27 8 11 19 -17 2 6 0 0 59 13.6 17:51 50.00 5 5 C 9 Jack Eichel 21 2 16 18 -9 6 1 0 1 61 3.3 20:29 49.74 20 15 L 4 Taylor Hall 27 2 14 16 -17 22 1 0 0 71 2.8 19:07 0.00 19 8 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 27 1 10 11 -27 10 1 0 0 54 1.9 20:59 0.00 24 23 C 12 Eric Staal 27 3 7 10 -18 4 1 0 0 41 7.3 15:20 46.07 9 7 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 20 3 5 8 -11 14 1 0 0 38 7.9 22:31 0.00 80 19 C 27 Curtis Lazar 25 4 3 7 -5 0 0 0 0 23 17.4 13:08 50.72 53 13 D 33 Colin Miller 25 3 3 6 -16 17 1 0 0 31 9.7 18:13 0.00 51 23 C 15 Riley Sheahan 26 3 2 5 -1 4 0 0 0 16 18.8 12:33 56.52 12 5 C 24 Dylan Cozens 20 3 2 5 -7 5 1 0 0 18 16.7 13:37 59.57 14 6 D 62 Brandon Montour 25 1 4 5 -15 14 0 0 0 42 2.4 20:52 0.00 24 36 L 13 Tobias Rieder 24 4 0 4 -5 0 0 0 0 34 11.8 12:26 25.00 14 20 C 20 Cody Eakin 26 1 3 4 -7 6 0 0 0 22 4.5 13:16 57.53 18 10 C 37 Casey Mittelstadt 12 1 3 4 -7 0 1 0 0 12 8.3 13:06 50.00 3 4 D 19 Jake McCabe 13 1 2 3 2 9 0 0 0 15 6.7 19:10 0.00 22 15 R 21 Kyle Okposo 22 0 3 3 -6 0 0 0 0 25 0.0 12:56 40.00 20 5 D 10 Henri Jokiharju 18 1 1 2 -7 0 0 0 0 19 5.3 17:32 0.00 16 17 L 53 Jeff Skinner 24 1 1 2 -9 10 0 0 0 48 2.1 13:42 50.00 7 8 R 72 Tage Thompson 12 1 1 2 -3 2 0 0 0 23 4.3 13:07 33.33 16 6 D 44 Matt Irwin 14 0 2 2 -7 6 0 0 0 20 0.0 18:20 0.00 34 27 D 3 William Borgen 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 16:58 0.00 12 5 D 88 Brandon Davidson 5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 15:02 0.00 10 3

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 34 Jonas Johansson 6 322 3.91 0 4 1 0 21 159 .883 0 0 0 35 Linus Ullmark 12 690 2.44 5 4 2 0 28 316 .919 0 0 0 40 Carter Hutton 11 612 3.43 1 9 1 0 35 267 .884 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres @ New Jersey Devils Team Records Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils Last game: Monday VS WASHINGTON (6-0 L) Sunday VS NY ISLANDERS (3-2 L) Next game: Thursday VS BOSTON Thursday VS PITTSBURGH Overall record/streak: 6 - 17 - 4 / Lost 3 8 - 13 - 4 / OTL 1 Home record/streak: 2 - 10 - 2 / Lost 5 2 - 10 - 2 / OTL 1 Road record/streak: 4 - 7 - 2 / OTL 1 6 - 3 - 2 / Lost 1 Last 5 Games: 0 - 4 - 1 1 - 2 - 2 Last 10 Games: 0 - 9 - 1 1 - 7 - 2 1-Goal Games: 4 - 3 - 4 5 - 5 - 4 2-Goal Games 0 - 4 2 - 3 3-Goal Games 2 - 10 1 - 5 Scoring first 4 - 2 - 2 7 - 5 - 0 Opponent scoring first 2 - 15 - 2 1 - 8 - 4 Leading after 1 period 2 - 2 - 2 4 - 2 - 0 Trailing after 1 period 2 - 9 - 0 1 - 6 - 3 Tied after 1 period 2 - 6 - 2 3 - 5 - 1 Leading after 2 periods 4 - 0 - 2 4 - 2 - 0 Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 16 - 1 1 - 8 - 2 Tied after 2 periods 2 - 1 - 1 3 - 3 - 2 OT Record - This Season: 2 - 4 2 - 4 OT Record - Franchise: 205 - 209 - 215 222 - 206 - 205 Shootout Record - This Season: 2 - 2 0 - 3 Shootout Record - Franchise: 79 - 73 78 - 82 Outshooting opponent: 3 - 5 - 0 3 - 4 - 2 Outshot by opponent: 3 - 12 - 4 5 - 8 - 2 Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 vs. Atlantic: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Metropolitan: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Central: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Pacific: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Month by Month Record Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points January: 4-4-2 10 4-3-2 10 February: 2-6-1 5 3-5-0 6 March: 0-7-1 1 1-5-2 4 Totals: 6-17-4 16 8-13-4 20 Buffalo Sabres @ New Jersey Devils Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: 14 22 20 0 56 ( 2.1 avg.) Opponents: 22 36 32 2 92 ( 3.4 avg.)

New Jersey Devils: 15 20 25 2 62 ( 2.5 avg.) Opponents: 20 25 33 1 79 ( 3.2 avg.)

Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: 230 279 232 10 751 (27.8 avg.) Opponents: 272 276 271 15 834 (30.9 avg.)

New Jersey Devils: 226 241 258 14 739 (29.6 avg.) Opponents: 260 272 235 8 775 (31.0 avg.)

Power Play Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils G Att % G Att % Overall: 19 71 26.8 (6th NHL) 9 72 12.5 (28th NHL) Home: 10 44 22.7 (14th NHL) 4 41 9.8 (28th NHL) Road: 9 27 33.3 (2nd NHL) 5 31 16.1 (T-21st NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL)

Penalty Killing Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils G Att % G Att % Overall: 12 61 80.3 (14th NHL) 23 78 70.5 (30th NHL) Home: 6 35 82.9 (12th NHL) 8 40 80.0 (16th NHL) Road: 6 26 76.9 (T-19th NHL) 15 38 60.5 (30th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-29th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-17th NHL)

Penalties Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 27 153 5.7 (1st NHL) 25 186 7.4 (T-9th NHL)

Goal Situations Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils For Against For Against 6 on 5: 1 8 3 4 6 on 4: 0 0 1 0 6 on 3: 0 0 0 0 5 on 5: 34 67 44 49 5 on 4: 20 1 8 1 5 on 3: 0 0 0 0 4 on 4: 0 1 1 1 4 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 3: 0 2 2 1 3 on 4: 0 0 0 0 3 on 5: 0 0 0 0 3 on 6: 0 0 0 0 4 on 5: 0 11 1 22 4 on 6: 0 1 0 1 5 on 6: 1 1 2 0 Empty Net: 1 8 2 4 Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 56 92 62 79 Buffalo Sabres @ New Jersey Devils Situations Individual Leaders Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils Points: S. REINHART (19),V. OLOFSSON (19),J. EICHEL (18) P. ZACHA (17),J. HUGHES (14),T. SMITH (13) Goals: S. REINHART (11),V. OLOFSSON (8),T. RIEDER (4) M. WOOD (8),P. ZACHA (7),J. HUGHES (6) Assists: J. EICHEL (16),T. HALL (14),V. OLOFSSON (11) T. SMITH (11),P. SUBBAN (10),P. ZACHA (10) PP Goals: V. OLOFSSON (6),S. REINHART (5),E. STAAL (1) M. WOOD (2),P. SUBBAN (1),A. JOHNSSON (1) SH Goals: K. PALMIERI (1) GW Goals: S. REINHART (2),J. EICHEL (1),R. ASPLUND (1) P. ZACHA (2),E. SHARANGOVICH (2),K. PALMIERI (1) 3+ Goals: PIM: T. HALL (22),C. MILLER (17),R. RISTOLAINEN (14) P. SUBBAN (18),M. WOOD (17),K. PALMIERI (16) Shots: T. HALL (71),J. EICHEL (61),V. OLOFSSON (59) P. SUBBAN (59),K. PALMIERI (59),J. HUGHES (59) +/-: J. MCCABE (+2),R. ASPLUND (+1),W. BORGEN (0) D. KULIKOV (+3),R. MURRAY (+3),A. JOHNSSON (+3)

Shootout Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Jack Eichel 2 / 3 66.7 2 Nikita Gusev 1 / 3 33.3 0 Taylor Hall 0 / 1 0.0 0 Kyle Palmieri 0 / 1 0.0 0 Sam Reinhart 0 / 1 0.0 0 Pavel Zacha 0 / 1 0.0 0 Victor Olofsson 0 / 1 0.0 0 Jesper Bratt 0 / 2 0.0 0 Casey Mittelstadt 0 / 2 0.0 0 Jack Hughes 0 / 2 0.0 0 Rasmus Dahlin 0 / 2 0.0 0 Dylan Cozens 0 / 1 0.0 0

Goaltender Rec. G/S % Rec. G/S % Linus Ullmark 2 - 1 1/10 .900 Scott Wedgewood 0 - 2 3/7 .571 Jonas Johansson 0 - 1 2/2 .000 Mackenzie Blackwood 0 - 1 1/3 .667

Power Play Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils Player G A P Player G A P Victor Olofsson 6 6 12 Kyle Palmieri 0 4 4 Jack Eichel 1 8 9 Pavel Zacha 1 3 4 Sam Reinhart 5 4 9 Jack Hughes 1 2 3 Rasmus Dahlin 1 7 8 Ty Smith 1 2 3 Taylor Hall 1 5 6 P.K. Subban 1 2 3 Rasmus Ristolainen 1 3 4 Janne Kuokkanen 1 1 2 Colin Miller 1 2 3 Damon Severson 0 2 2 Eric Staal 1 2 3 Miles Wood 2 0 2 Casey Mittelstadt 1 1 2 Jesper Bratt 0 1 1 Dylan Cozens 1 0 1 Nikita Gusev 0 1 1 Nico Hischier 1 0 1 Andreas Johnsson 1 0 1

Short Handed Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils Player G A P Player G A P No players to display Jesper Bratt 0 1 1 Kyle Palmieri 1 0 1 Damon Severson 0 1 1 Buffalo Sabres (3-1-1) @ New Jersey Devils (2-2-1) Season Series

New Jersey Devils Sabres Attend W. Goal Feb 20, 2021 2 3 0 Linus Ullmark / Mackenzie Blackwood Sam Reinhart Feb 23, 2021 1 4 0 Linus Ullmark / Mackenzie Blackwood Rasmus Asplund Mar 16, 2021 0 0 0 / Apr 6, 2021 0 0 0 / Buffalo Devils Sabres Attend Goaltenders W. Goal Jan 30, 2021 3 4 0 Linus Ullmark / Scott Wedgewood Jack Eichel Jan 31, 2021 5 3 0 Eric Comrie / Carter Hutton Michael McLeod Apr 8, 2021 0 0 0 / Feb 25, 2021 4 3 0 Mackenzie Blackwood / Carter Hutton Pavel Zacha

Sabres Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Sam Reinhart 3 3 2 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 8 37.5 Victor Olofsson 5 2 3 5 -1 2 2 0 0 0 8 25.0 Rasmus Dahlin 5 1 4 5 -2 2 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 Taylor Hall 5 0 5 5 -1 6 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 Eric Staal 5 1 3 4 -2 4 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 Jack Eichel 4 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 Colin Miller 5 1 2 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0 10 10.0 Cody Eakin 5 1 1 2 -1 2 0 0 0 1 2 50.0 Rasmus Ristolainen 2 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0 7 14.3 Brandon Montour 5 0 2 2 -1 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 Tobias Rieder 3 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 Riley Sheahan 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 Dylan Cozens 5 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 Curtis Lazar 5 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 Casey Mittelstadt 3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 3 33.3 Rasmus Asplund 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 100.0 Jake McCabe 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 Kyle Okposo 5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 Matt Irwin 4 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 William Borgen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Henri Jokiharju 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 Jeff Skinner 3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 Tage Thompson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 Jacob Bryson 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Linus Ullmark 4 205 6 1.76 0 3 0 0 118 .949 Carter Hutton 2 99 8 4.83 0 0 1 1 61 .869

Power play 7 - 16 (43.8%) Penalty Killing 3 - 17 (82.4%)

Devils Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Pavel Zacha 5 1 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 9.1 Miles Wood 5 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 14 21.4 Ty Smith 5 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 6 16.7 Jesper Bratt 5 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 6.2 P.K. Subban 5 1 3 4 -1 0 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 Michael McLeod 5 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 6 33.3 Andreas Johnsson 5 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 18.2 Janne Kuokkanen 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 Nikita Gusev 4 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 Nathan Bastian 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 Damon Severson 5 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 Jack Hughes 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.0 Nico Hischier 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 Kyle Palmieri 4 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 Will Butcher 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Ryan Murray 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 Matt Tennyson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Yegor Sharangovich 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 Travis Zajac 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Mikhail Maltsev 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Nicholas Merkley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Sami Vatanen 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 Dmitry Kulikov 5 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 Jesper Boqvist 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Eric Comrie 1 60 3 3.00 0 1 0 0 33 .909 Mackenzie Blackwood 3 178 9 3.04 0 1 2 0 97 .907 Scott Wedgewood 1 65 3 2.77 0 0 0 1 31 .903 Power play 3 - 17 (17.6%) Penalty Killing 7 - 16 (56.2%) New Jersey Devils: Media Notes

LAST GAME vs.

Scott Wedgewood stopped 32 of 34 shots faced (.941), falls to 2-3-3 on the season.

Janne Kuokkanen extended his career-high goal scoring streak to four-games (3-1-4). Kuokkanen beomces one of six rookies in franchise history to have a goal scoring streak of four games or longer (B. Beck, W. Paiement, N. Hischier, G. Adams, P. Gagne). *Credit NHLStats

Kyle Palmieri picked up his eighth assist of the season with his primary assist on Kuokkanen’s goal. Palmieri earned his 350th career point.

Damon Severson recorded his seventh assist of the season. Severson now has two points in his last four games (1-1-2).

Yegor Sharangovich scored his fifth goal of the season. Sharangovich now has four points in six games (2-2-4).

P.K. Subban picked up his 10th assist of the season on Sharangovich’s goal. Subban now has two assists in his last three games and three in his last five (0-3-3). Subban played 33 shifts in tonight’s game setting a new season high.

Dmitry Kulikov recorded his second assist of the season and ended a 17-game point drought.

TONIGHT’S GAME vs. BUFFALO SABRES

Tonight’s game marks the sixth of eight games between New Jersey and the Buffalo Sabres in the 2020-21 regular season series.

Pavel Zacha (1-6-7) leads the Devils in points vs the Islanders this season.

This season New Jersey is 0-2-0 at and 2-0-1 at KeyBank Center.

All-time franchise regular season record vs Buffalo: 66-72-17-9 All-time franchise regular season record vs Buffalo at home: 34-34-9-3 All-time leader in points vs Buffalo: Patrik Elias (42), John MacLean (30), Bobby Holik (28), Scott Gomez (23), Scott Niedermayer (23) All-time franchise leader in goals vs Buffalo: John MacLean (17), Patrik Elias (12), Petr Sykora (11), Bill Guerin (11), Zach Parise (8) All-time franchise leader in assists vs Buffalo: Patrik Elias (30), Bobby Holik (20), Scott Niedermayer (19), Scott Gomez (16), Wilf Paiement (15) All-time franchise leader in win vs Buffalo: (33), (10), Chris Terreri (4), (3), Craig Billington (3)

INJURIES

Nico Hischier 9 (Week-to-Week) – 9 games missed; Upper-body injury sustained Feb. 27

Total Man-Games Lost to Injury: 22

ZAJAC MILESTONE WATCH

Travis Zajac (197) needs five goals to tie Bobby Holik (202) for third place in franchise history, behind Elias (408) and John MacLean (347)

Zajac (338) overtook Scott Stevens (337) for sole possession of fifth place on the all-time franchise list on Feb 28 vs WSH. A 25-assist campaign would put Zajac ahead of MacLean (354; 4th) and Scott Gomez (361; 3rd).

Zajac (53) needs one power-play goal to tie Pat Verbeek (54) for fourth place in franchise history; Elias (113), MacLean (92) and Kirk Muller (69) hold the top three spots.

OH , MY CAPTAIN

The New Jersey Devils named center Nico Hischier the 12th captain in team history on February 20th.

At 22 years and 47 days old, he is the youngest captain currently in the NHL and the second youngest in New Jersey history (Kirk Muller, 21 years and 243 days old; both Muller and Hischier were handed the captaincy at the start of their fourth NHL season). Hischier also becomes just the second current Swiss-born captain in the League joining Roman Josi (Nashville).

CZECHMATE

Pavel Zacha his first 10-game point streak of his career, which came to an end on Mar. 2, 2021. At the time the streak ended, Zacha was one of five players in the NHL this season to record a 10-game point streak or longer.

Zacha finishes his streak as one of 22 players in Devils franchise history to record a point streak of 10-games or longer. At 23 years and 330 days, sixth youngest player in franchise history to record a streak of 10-games or longer. Zacha becomes the first player since Patrik Elias (23 years 258 days) in the 1999-2000 season to record a point streak of 10-games or longer at the age of 23 years and younger.

ICE ICE BABY

Jack Hughes (19:44) and Ty Smith (18:53) have each played over 18:00 in at least eight of the 14 games so far this season. Hughes has played over 18:00 in a goal 11 times this season, while Smith has done it eight times. Hughes’s, 19 years old, ranks second in the NHL with most 18:00 plus games. Smith’s eight, ranks third among players who are 20 years and younger.

Since moving to New Jersey, Hughes’s 11 games, and Smith’s eight games rank third and tied for fourth respectively through a team’s first 14 games of a season.

1. Adam Larsson (2011-12) – 14

2. Damon Severson (2014-15) – 14

3. Jack Hughes (2020-21) – 11

4. Nico Hischier (2018-19) – 8

5. Ty Smith (2020-21) – 8

Hughes’s average time on ice so far this season of 19:44 leads all players in his draft class that have played this year. Hughes’s is averaging more than a minute than the next player. Jack Hughes through 14 games in the 2019-20 season averaged 15:48 of ice time. Hughes’s ice time has increased through 14 games this season by 3:54. Jack Hughes is one of five players this season who has played at least 12 games this season and seen their average time on ice per game rise by at least 3:30 from their average TOI through their first 14 games in 2019-20. *Credit NHLStats

Smith’s 18:53 of ice time so far this season ranks second among rookies who were drafted in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Among rookies this season Smith ranks second fourth in ice time. Among rookies who are averaging 18:00 or more, Smith ranks second in points (8), second in assists (6), and tied for first in +/- (+6).

BY COMMITTEE

Through 18 games this season, the Devils have had 19 different players record a goal. New Jersey is one of four teams in the NHL this season to have 19 different goal scores through the teams first 18 games.

In the 46 year history of the New Jersey franchise, this years’ 19 different goal scorers through 18 games is tied for the third highest in franchise history. A team has accomplished this feat now nine different times. The last time a Devils team had 19 different goal scorers through 18 games was back in the 2014-15 season. *credit NHLStats

1. 1992-93 season (21)

2. 1995-96 season (20)

3. 2020-21 season (19)

4. 2014-15 season (19)

5. 1999-00 season (19)

6. 1990-91 season (19)

7. 1987-86 season (19) 8. 1983-84 season (19)

9. 1982-83 season (19)

UPCOMING MILESTONES

*Will Butcher – 2 PTS to 100 NJD/NHL *Andreas Johnsson – 9 assists to 50 NHL *Travis Zajac – 3 goal to 200 NJD/NHL - 6 assists to 350 NJD/NHL - 9 points to 550 NJD/NHL - 3 power-play points to 150 NJD/NHL - 2 power play goals to 55 pass Pat Verbeek for fourth place in franchise history *Ryan Murray – 1 assist to 100 NHL *Damon Severson – 2 goals away from tying Rob Ramage (41) for seventh in franchise history for goals by a defenseman - 3 power-play assists from 50 NJD/NHL *Pavel Zacha – 6 goals to 50 NJD/NHL *Sami Vatanen – 5 goals to 50 NHL - 5 points to 200 NHL *PK Subban – 2 power-play goals to 50 NHL - 12 points to 450 NHL *Nikita Gusev - 1 points to 50 NJD/NHL

MILESTONES ACHIEVED

*Michael McLeod – Recorded 1st NHL/NJD goal/point (Jan. 26 vs PHI) *Janne Kuokanen - Recorded 1st NHL/NJD assist/point (Jan. 26 vs PHI) 1st NHL goal (Jan. 30 at BUF) *Lindy Ruff – Coached 1,500 game (Jan. 28 vs PHI) *Travis Zajac – Played 1,000th Game NJD/NHL (Feb. 21 at WSH) - Recorded 338th assist to pass Scott Steven for sole possession of fifth place in franchise history for assists. (Feb. 28 vs WSH) *Sami Vatanen – Recorded 150th career assist (Mar. 4 vs NYR) *Damon Severson – Played 450th Game NJD/NHL (Mar. 6 vs NYR) *Jesper Bratt – Played 200th Game NJD/NHL (Mar. 7 at BOS) *Dmitry Kulikov – Played 700th NHL Game (Mar. 13 vs NYI) *Kyle Palmieri – Recorded 350th NHL point (Mar. 14 vs NYI

RECENT HAPPENINGS

Mar. 4: Nico Hischier place on IR (Upper-body) retro active Feb. 27. Mar. 5: Assigned Michael McLeod to taxi squad Assigned Josh Jacobs from taxi squad to Binghamton (AHL) Recalled Brett Seney from Binghamton (AHL) to taxi squad Mar. 6: Signed Graeme Clarke to a three-year, entry-level contract starting in the 2021-22 season Mar. 10: Assigned Michael McLeod from New Jersey to taxi squad Reassigned Connor Carrick and Brett Seney to Binghamton (AHL) Recalled Josh Jacobs and Nicholas Merkley from Binghamton (AHL) to taxi squad

HOW THEY WERE BUILT

In the System:

Nathan Bastian (2016, 2nd round, 41st overall) Mackenzie Blackwood (2015, 2nd round, 42nd overall) Jesper Bratt (2016, 6th round, 162nd overall) Nico Hischier (2017, 1st round, 1st overall) Jack Hughes (2019, 1st round, 1st overall) Michael McLeod (2016, 1st round, 12th overall) Damon Severson (2012, 2nd round, 60th overall) Yegor Sharangovich (2018, 5th round, 141st overall) Ty Smith (2018, 1st round, 17th overall) Miles Wood (2013, 4th round, 100th overall) Pavel Zacha (2015, 1st round, 6th overall) Travis Zajac (2004, 1st round, 20th overall)

Free Agency: Will Butcher, Dmitry Kulikov, Matt Tennyson, Sami Vatanen, Scott Wedgewood

Trade/Waivers: Connor Carrick, Aaron Dell, Nikita Gusev, Andreas Johnsson, Janne Kuokkanen, Ryan Murray, Kyle Palmieri, P.K. Subban

*Game Notes written by Craig Seiden, New Jersey Devils Radio Statistician* New Jersey Devils: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 01/14/2021 O** 00-00-01 2-3 44,24 63 0-5 3-5 22-37 40 / 29 0 2 01/16/2021 Boston Bruins W* 01-00-01 2-1 44,17 17 0-3 2-2 31-28 29 / 41 0 3 01/19/2021 @ W 02-00-01 4-3 19,86,86,44p 44 1-2 4-6 28-50 29 / 40 0 4 01/21/2021 @ New York Islanders L 02-01-01 1-4 14 7 0-1 1-3 31-35 40 / 41 0 5 01/24/2021 New York Islanders W 03-01-01 2-0 86p,37 86 1-2 2-2 24-28 41 / 30 0 6 01/26/2021 L 03-02-01 3-5 20,19,37 86 0-1 3-5 26-31 37 / 41 0 7 01/28/2021 Philadelphia Flyers L 03-03-01 1-3 28 12 0-4 2-2 34-17 79 / 41 0 8 01/30/2021 @ Buffalo Sabres O** 03-03-02 3-4 24p,11,59 9 1-5 4-5 34-31 35 / 41 0 9 01/31/2021 @ Buffalo Sabres W 04-03-02 5-3 20,11,44,20,44 20 0-3 2-4 37-33 1 / 40 0 10 02/16/2021 @ New York Rangers W 05-03-02 5-2 37p,8,17,39,23 17 1-2 0-0 37-39 29 / 31 0 11 02/18/2021 @ Boston Bruins W 06-03-02 3-2 21,21s,37 37 0-4 1-3 26-27 29 / 41 0 12 02/20/2021 Buffalo Sabres L 06-04-02 2-3 21,76p 23 1-3 0-1 27-29 35 / 29 0 13 02/21/2021 @ L 06-05-02 3-4 11p,86,97 8 1-3 1-4 26-41 31 / 47 0 14 02/23/2021 Buffalo Sabres L 06-06-02 1-4 97 74 0-2 1-2 42-37 35 / 29 0 15 02/25/2021 @ Buffalo Sabres W* 07-06-02 4-3 63,44p,13,37 37 1-4 2-4 40-32 29 / 40 0 16 02/27/2021 Washington Capitals L 07-07-02 2-5 13p,37 20 1-3 2-2 24-24 41 / 29 0 17 02/28/2021 Washington Capitals L 07-08-02 2-3 23,17 8 0-3 3-3 21-23 30 / 29 0 18 03/02/2021 New York Islanders L 07-09-02 1-2 44 27 0-4 1-1 29-20 40 / 47 1800 19 03/04/2021 New York Rangers L 07-10-02 1-6 86 20 0-4 1-2 36-19 31 / 29 0 20 03/06/2021 New York Rangers L 07-11-02 3-6 76,23,14 25 0-1 4-5 27-28 40 / 29 1800 21 03/07/2021 @ Boston Bruins W 08-11-02 1-0 21 21 0-3 2-2 25-40 41 / 40 0 22 03/09/2021 @ Washington Capitals O* 08-11-03 4-5 59,44,17,28 13 0-3 1-2 31-30 41 / 41 0 23 03/11/2021 @ New York Islanders L 08-12-03 3-5 59,23,86 12 0-1 5-5 22-33 30 / 29 1000 24 03/13/2021 New York Islanders L 08-13-03 2-3 37,59 20 0-3 4-4 28-29 40 / 29 1800 25 03/14/2021 New York Islanders O** 08-13-04 2-3 59p,17 26 1-3 4-4 31-34 30 / 41 1800 26 03/16/2021 Buffalo Sabres 27 03/18/2021 28 03/20/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 29 03/21/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 30 03/23/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers 31 03/25/2021 @ Washington Capitals 32 03/26/2021 @ Washington Capitals 33 03/28/2021 @ Boston Bruins 34 03/30/2021 @ Boston Bruins 35 04/02/2021 Washington Capitals 36 04/04/2021 Washington Capitals 37 04/06/2021 Buffalo Sabres 38 04/08/2021 @ Buffalo Sabres 39 04/09/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 40 04/11/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 41 04/13/2021 New York Rangers 42 04/15/2021 @ New York Rangers 43 04/17/2021 @ New York Rangers 44 04/18/2021 New York Rangers 45 04/20/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 46 04/22/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 47 04/24/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 48 04/25/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers 49 04/27/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 50 04/29/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 51 05/01/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers 52 05/03/2021 Boston Bruins 53 05/04/2021 Boston Bruins 54 05/06/2021 @ New York Islanders 55 05/08/2021 @ New York Islanders 56 05/10/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers New Jersey Devils: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. CARRICK TENNYSON BUTCHER JOHNSSON HISCHIER BASTIAN SHARANGOVICH # 5 # 7 # 8 # 11 # 13 # 14 # 17 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-1,0/2 10:08 0-0,1/0 15:25 0-0,0/0 11:45 0-0,2/1 17:23 Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,2/1 13:49 0-0,0/0 14:19 0-0,1/0 10:07 1-0(W),3/1 17:01 Jan 19 @ NYR 0-0,1/2 11:54 0-0,0/0 08:37 0-0,2/1 12:41 0-1,0/0 18:30 Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,1/1 14:29 0-0,0/-1 12:09 1-0,2/0 14:48 0-0,0/0 14:53 Jan 24 Vs NYI 0-0,1/0 13:29 0-0,0/0 11:18 0-0,1/0 12:48 0-0,0/0 16:24 Jan 26 Vs PHI 0-0,0/1 14:04 0-1,1/2 09:32 0-1,1/1 11:40 0-0,1/-1 13:25 Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-0,3/0 13:43 0-0,2/1 20:45 0-0,1/0 12:48 0-0,0/-1 08:26 Jan 30 @ BUF 0-0,1/-1 14:59 1-0,2/1 19:12 0-1,1/0 14:41 0-0,0/0 11:01 Jan 31 @ BUF 0-0,1/1 14:34 1-0,2/0 14:09 0-1,3/2 13:33 0-0,4/1 14:18 Feb 16 @ NYR 0-0,1/-2 16:14 0-0,0/-1 16:00 1-0,1/2 17:40 0-0,2/0 13:53 0-0,1/-1 13:04 1-0(W),3/2 16:16 Feb 18 @ BOS DND DND 0-1,3/1 18:57 0-1,2/2 14:44 0-0,1/0 14:47 0-0,2/0 11:47 Feb 20 Vs BUF DND DND 0-1,2/0 15:08 0-0,1/0 17:27 0-0,1/0 16:29 0-0,0/0 08:25 0-0,0/-1 12:55 Feb 21 @ WSH DND DND DND 1-1,2/2 19:09 0-0,1/0 14:52 0-0,0/0 11:04 DND Feb 23 Vs BUF DND MIN DND 0-0,3/0 12:18 0-0,2/-1 18:48 0-0,3/0 11:14 MIN Feb 25 @ BUF DND MIN DND 0-0,3/0 18:05 1-0,4/1 18:40 0-0,2/0 12:03 0-0,0/0 08:31 Feb 27 Vs WSH MIN DND 0-0,1/-1 17:44 0-0,3/-1 17:53 1-1,2/0 18:02 0-0,1/-1 10:48 0-0,0/-2 10:35 Feb 28 Vs WSH DND DND 0-0,1/-1 17:41 0-0,1/-1 14:32 INJ 0-0,1/1 09:32 1-0,1/0 14:47 Mar 2 Vs NYI DND DND 0-0,1/1 18:58 0-0,0/0 17:46 INJ 0-0,3/0 08:53 0-1,4/1 18:12 Mar 4 Vs NYR DND DND 0-0,2/0 17:07 0-0,3/0 16:51 INJ 0-0,0/-1 12:16 0-0,4/0 15:39 Mar 6 Vs NYR DND DND 0-0,2/-2 12:47 0-0,1/0 15:48 INJ 1-1,1/1 10:21 0-1,3/0 14:23 Mar 7 @ BOS DND DND DND 0-0,0/0 12:40 INJ 0-0,0/0 13:04 0-0,0/0 16:21 Mar 9 @ WSH DND DND DND 0-0,0/-2 06:44 INJ 0-0,3/0 11:12 1-0,3/0 17:30 Mar 11 @ NYI MIN DND INJ 0-1,0/0 07:04 INJ 0-0,1/0 09:23 0-0,3/1 19:06 Mar 13 Vs NYI MIN DND INJ 0-0,1/0 13:24 INJ 0-0,2/-1 09:19 0-1,5/1 19:29 Mar 14 Vs NYI MIN DND INJ 0-0,1/0 15:09 INJ 0-0,0/0 07:26 1-0,3/0 19:49

Date Opp. ZAJAC MCLEOD PALMIERI MURRAY MALTSEV SMITH SEVERSON # 19 # 20 # 21 # 22 # 23 # 24 # 28 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-0,0/0 15:37 0-0,0/0 11:21 0-0,1/2 19:50 0-0,1/0 22:23 1-0,1/2 17:09 0-0,1/0 24:19 Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,2/0 15:43 0-0,2/0 11:20 0-1,3/0 22:01 0-0,0/0 21:28 0-1,1/1 17:28 0-1,0/1 25:04 Jan 19 @ NYR 1-0,2/1 17:29 0-0,1/0 13:04 0-1,0/2 17:33 0-0,1/1 22:52 0-1,3/0 12:33 0-0,2/0 26:15 Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,1/-1 15:27 0-0,1/0 13:34 0-0,1/0 16:39 0-0,1/-1 21:38 0-1,3/1 18:39 0-0,5/-1 21:53 Jan 24 Vs NYI 0-0,4/0 20:25 0-0,1/0 11:22 0-1,5/0 16:14 0-0,0/0 22:43 0-2,1/1 11:48 0-0,1/0 23:05 Jan 26 Vs PHI 1-0,1/0 15:26 1-0,1/1 11:19 0-0,3/-2 20:51 0-0,2/1 20:31 0-0,1/-2 20:53 0-0,3/0 20:57 Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-0,0/-1 17:26 0-0,2/0 13:10 0-0,6/-1 17:17 0-1,0/0 18:40 0-0,2/-1 19:02 1-0,4/0 24:32 Jan 30 @ BUF INJ 0-1,0/0 17:02 0-0,2/0 18:23 0-0,0/0 20:50 1-0,2/1 17:50 0-1,4/0 24:51 Jan 31 @ BUF INJ 2-0(W),2/3 17:03 INJ 0-1,0/1 21:50 0-0,1/0 10:20 0-1,1/1 16:39 0-1,3/2 22:39 Feb 16 @ NYR INJ 0-0,3/-1 12:30 0-1,2/1 16:23 INJ 1-0,5/2 13:41 0-0,4/2 23:51 0-1,1/1 24:48 Feb 18 @ BOS INJ 0-0,2/0 16:59 2-0,2/2 17:45 INJ 0-0,1/0 11:04 0-0,0/0 22:00 0-1,1/1 22:54 Feb 20 Vs BUF 0-0,0/0 15:22 0-0,1/0 11:27 1-0,5/0 15:47 INJ MIN 0-0,0/0 24:06 0-0,0/0 22:03 Feb 21 @ WSH 0-0,0/-1 16:06 0-0,0/0 11:51 0-2,3/2 18:27 0-0,0/0 17:31 0-0,3/-1 12:24 0-0,2/1 20:16 0-1,1/1 23:52 Feb 23 Vs BUF 0-0,1/1 15:54 0-0,1/-1 12:49 0-0,3/-2 19:05 0-0,3/-2 18:15 MIN 0-0,2/-1 22:01 0-0,1/-1 24:47 Feb 25 @ BUF 0-0,1/0 11:02 0-0,2/0 13:51 0-0,3/0 19:08 0-0,0/2 14:38 MIN 0-2,1/1 23:56 0-0,1/0 24:30 Feb 27 Vs WSH 0-0,1/-2 12:00 0-0,0/-1 12:19 0-0,1/-2 18:35 DND MIN 0-1,0/0 20:00 0-0,3/-1 20:26 Feb 28 Vs WSH 0-1,1/0 13:46 0-0,1/0 13:42 0-0,2/-2 19:36 DND 1-0,1/1 09:43 0-0,0/-1 19:51 0-0,0/-1 22:06 Mar 2 Vs NYI 0-0,0/0 18:29 0-0,0/-1 11:13 0-0,1/0 19:08 DND 0-0,2/0 07:32 0-0,0/-1 19:49 0-0,2/-1 19:55 Mar 4 Vs NYR 0-0,1/0 17:39 0-0,0/-1 08:58 0-0,5/-2 16:10 DND 0-0,0/-2 09:15 0-0,1/-2 21:18 0-0,4/-3 20:19 Mar 6 Vs NYR 0-1,2/0 14:17 DND 0-0,2/0 19:35 DND 1-0,3/1 14:06 0-0,2/-1 20:58 0-0,2/0 23:32 Mar 7 @ BOS 0-0,0/0 15:41 0-0,3/0 15:21 1-0(W),3/1 16:57 0-0,0/0 17:16 0-0,0/1 14:09 0-0,2/0 18:01 0-0,2/0 21:18 Mar 9 @ WSH 0-3,0/3 14:37 0-0,1/-1 12:21 0-0,2/1 21:31 0-1,2/-1 14:25 0-0,0/1 11:22 0-1,1/-1 23:23 1-0,2/1 22:41 Mar 11 @ NYI 0-1,1/1 19:23 0-1,0/0 11:59 0-0,1/-3 16:55 0-0,1/2 15:55 1-0,3/0 10:43 0-0,1/-2 19:50 0-0,0/-3 24:35 Mar 13 Vs NYI 0-1,1/1 18:58 0-0,2/-2 12:20 0-1,1/0 15:13 0-0,1/0 14:02 0-0,1/0 09:09 0-1,1/1 20:05 0-0,2/0 21:22 Mar 14 Vs NYI 0-0,1/0 19:23 DND 0-1,2/-1 18:10 0-0,0/0 18:11 0-0,3/0 06:51 0-0,3/-2 16:31 0-1,2/-2 20:56 New Jersey Devils: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. ZACHA MERKLEY WOOD VATANEN KUOKKANEN BRATT KULIKOV # 37 # 39 # 44 # 45 # 59 # 63 # 70 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-0,1/0 18:52 1-0,5/1 13:53 0-0,0/0 10:30 0-0,0/0 16:48 Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,3/-1 19:00 1-0,2/1 14:52 0-0,0/0 09:36 0-0,2/0 18:55 Jan 19 @ NYR 0-0,2/0 14:21 1-1(W),4/2 17:18 0-0,0/0 11:05 0-0,3/1 21:55 Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,1/0 14:45 0-0,2/0 16:33 0-0,1/0 12:11 0-0,2/0 20:03 Jan 24 Vs NYI 1-0,1/1 15:04 0-0,3/1 11:08 0-0,2/0 17:26 0-0,2/0 16:19 0-0,0/0 24:06 Jan 26 Vs PHI 1-0,3/0 17:57 0-1,0/0 11:43 0-1,0/1 11:43 0-1,1/1 11:20 0-1,2/1 20:01 Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-0,2/-1 16:39 MIN 0-0,0/-2 11:15 0-0,0/0 10:32 0-0,2/0 20:47 0-0,0/-1 15:42 Jan 30 @ BUF 0-1,4/-1 18:29 0-0,0/0 07:07 0-0,2/0 10:57 1-0,1/0 10:52 0-0,3/0 19:49 0-0,0/0 21:20 Jan 31 @ BUF 0-1,2/1 15:58 DND 2-1,7/4 14:10 0-1,0/1 14:51 0-1,3/1 18:18 0-0,1/3 20:37 Feb 16 @ NYR 1-0,3/1 15:42 1-1,4/1 14:28 0-0,2/-1 15:41 0-3,1/1 14:49 0-1,3/1 16:21 INJ Feb 18 @ BOS 1-0(W),1/1 13:26 0-0,0/0 11:10 0-0,3/0 18:14 0-0,1/1 14:44 0-0,1/0 11:56 0-1,2/1 15:41 0-0,1/2 16:35 Feb 20 Vs BUF 0-1,2/-1 20:10 MIN 0-0,1/0 13:40 0-0,2/-1 18:17 0-0,1/-1 12:56 0-1,3/0 18:45 0-0,1/-1 17:56 Feb 21 @ WSH 0-1,0/0 16:41 MIN 0-0,2/0 10:42 0-0,1/0 16:11 DND 0-0,2/0 15:00 0-0,1/0 19:43 Feb 23 Vs BUF 0-1,0/0 15:55 MIN 0-0,2/-2 13:31 0-0,4/1 17:09 0-0,1/0 09:20 0-0,2/1 15:41 0-0,2/0 17:48 Feb 25 @ BUF 1-2(W),3/2 16:05 MIN 1-0,2/0 13:04 0-0,1/1 16:42 MIN 1-1,5/1 14:41 0-0,0/-1 17:04 Feb 27 Vs WSH 1-0,3/-1 20:07 MIN 0-0,2/-1 10:53 0-0,0/-1 18:47 DND 0-0,2/0 18:19 0-0,0/-2 19:02 Feb 28 Vs WSH 0-1,2/0 18:23 MIN 0-1,2/0 15:52 0-0,1/-1 18:03 DND 0-0,1/-1 17:43 0-0,0/1 16:55 Mar 2 Vs NYI 0-0,0/-1 15:40 MIN 1-0,5/1 21:21 0-0,1/0 17:16 DND 0-0,3/-2 12:13 0-0,2/-1 16:04 Mar 4 Vs NYR 0-0,2/-3 18:42 MIN 0-0,1/-4 16:44 0-1,1/-1 17:09 0-0,5/1 18:02 0-0,3/0 11:01 0-0,1/-1 19:19 Mar 6 Vs NYR 0-1,1/-2 14:43 MIN 0-0,0/0 13:08 0-0,1/-1 16:01 0-0,0/-2 11:44 0-2,1/-1 13:38 0-0,1/1 22:10 Mar 7 @ BOS 0-1,2/1 17:10 MIN 0-0,4/0 14:39 0-0,0/0 17:01 0-0,1/0 14:12 0-0,1/0 13:32 0-0,2/1 20:04 Mar 9 @ WSH 0-0,3/0 19:39 MIN 1-0,2/1 16:40 0-0,4/0 16:55 1-1,2/0 15:07 0-1,1/0 13:43 0-0,2/1 19:47 Mar 11 @ NYI 0-0,0/-3 18:09 DND 0-0,1/-2 14:35 0-1,1/1 21:48 1-0,2/1 14:37 0-1,2/1 12:46 0-0,1/-1 19:10 Mar 13 Vs NYI 1-0,4/0 16:20 MIN 0-0,0/-2 15:14 0-0,0/-2 16:34 1-0,1/1 16:41 0-0,2/-2 14:42 0-0,1/-1 22:10 Mar 14 Vs NYI 0-0,3/-1 21:10 MIN 0-0,1/0 14:47 0-0,1/0 16:59 1-0,1/0 13:08 0-0,3/0 17:11 0-1,1/1 22:31

Date Opp. SUBBAN HUGHES BOQVIST GUSEV COMRIE BLACKWOOD WEDGEWOOD # 76 # 86 # 90 # 97 # 1 # 29 # 41 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-0,1/0 29:58 0-2,3/2 21:50 0-0,1/0 12:51 0-0,4/0 16:21 2/37 O 65:00 DNP Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,3/-1 26:23 0-1,2/0 22:38 0-0,0/1 14:17 0-0,5/-1 15:37 1/28 W 64:58 DNP Jan 19 @ NYR 0-1,3/0 23:45 2-1,2/1 15:22 0-0,1/-1 15:19 0-0,1/0 09:44 3/50 W 60:00 DNP Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,6/-2 22:40 0-0,0/0 17:16 0-0,0/0 14:00 0-0,4/-1 14:29 DNP INJ 4/35 L 60:00 Jan 24 Vs NYI 0-0,0/1 23:41 1-0(W),1/0 16:25 MIN 0-1,1/1 12:15 DNP INJ 0/28 W 60:00 Jan 26 Vs PHI 0-0,3/-1 22:50 0-0,3/-2 20:14 MIN 0-0,0/-2 19:02 DNP INJ 4/30 L 58:04 Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-0,5/-2 22:45 0-0,2/0 23:04 MIN 0-0,3/-1 12:06 DND INJ 3/17 L 57:21 Jan 30 @ BUF 0-1,5/0 22:40 0-1,3/1 23:49 MIN 0-0,4/-1 13:53 DND INJ 3/31 O 64:57 Jan 31 @ BUF 0-1,1/0 21:25 0-0,3/0 18:41 0-0,1/0 11:24 0-0,2/-1 13:41 3/33 W 60:00 INJ DNP Feb 16 @ NYR 0-1,1/2 19:40 0-0,0/0 18:59 MIN INJ DNP 2/39 W 60:00 DNP Feb 18 @ BOS 0-0,1/1 20:27 0-1,2/1 18:14 MIN INJ MIN 2/27 W 60:00 DND Feb 20 Vs BUF 1-0,2/0 18:59 0-1,5/0 20:51 MIN INJ MIN 3/29 L 58:46 DND Feb 21 @ WSH 0-0,2/0 19:47 1-0,3/2 19:37 MIN 1-0,3/0 15:07 MIN DND DNP Feb 23 Vs BUF 0-1,5/-1 19:34 0-0,4/-2 19:09 MIN 1-0,3/0 15:16 MIN 3/36 L 57:33 DND Feb 25 @ BUF 0-0,0/0 20:42 0-0,8/1 20:53 MIN 0-1,4/0 13:11 MIN 3/32 W 61:14 DND Feb 27 Vs WSH 0-1,1/-2 21:33 0-1,4/-2 19:23 MIN 0-0,0/-1 10:23 MIN 4/23 L 59:11 DND Feb 28 Vs WSH 0-1,3/1 21:19 0-0,3/-1 16:36 MIN 0-0,0/0 15:06 MIN 3/23 L 58:13 DND Mar 2 Vs NYI 0-0,3/0 23:17 0-0,1/1 20:28 MIN 0-1,1/-1 15:47 MIN DNP DND Mar 4 Vs NYR 0-0,1/-1 22:23 1-0,2/0 18:39 MIN DND MIN 4/15 L 43:57 DND Mar 6 Vs NYR 1-0,2/-1 24:22 0-0,1/-2 18:40 MIN 0-0,2/-2 12:03 MIN 5/27 L 59:11 DNP Mar 7 @ BOS 0-1,4/1 23:34 0-0,1/0 15:21 MIN DND MIN DNP 0/40 W 59:39 Mar 9 @ WSH 0-0,1/1 21:42 0-0,2/-1 20:08 MIN DND MIN DNP 5/30 O 60:46 Mar 11 @ NYI 0-1,2/-1 19:16 1-0,2/-2 15:05 MIN DND MIN 5/33 L 59:41 DNP Mar 13 Vs NYI 0-0,2/0 21:56 0-0,1/1 16:49 MIN DNP MIN 3/29 L 58:13 DND Mar 14 Vs NYI 0-1,2/1 26:29 0-0,1/0 22:21 MIN 0-0,3/-1 10:19 MIN DNP 2/34 O 65:00 New Jersey Devils: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. DELL # 47 Jan 14 Vs BOS Jan 16 Vs BOS Jan 19 @ NYR Jan 21 @ NYI Jan 24 Vs NYI Jan 26 Vs PHI Jan 28 Vs PHI Jan 30 @ BUF Jan 31 @ BUF Feb 16 @ NYR Feb 18 @ BOS DNP Feb 20 Vs BUF DND Feb 21 @ WSH 4/41 L 57:15 Feb 23 Vs BUF DNP Feb 25 @ BUF DNP Feb 27 Vs WSH DNP Feb 28 Vs WSH DNP Mar 2 Vs NYI 2/20 L 55:59 Mar 4 Vs NYR 2/4 15:56 Mar 6 Vs NYR DND Mar 7 @ BOS DND Mar 9 @ WSH DND Mar 11 @ NYI DND Mar 13 Vs NYI DND Mar 14 Vs NYI DND New Jersey Devils: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Lindy Ruff Ruff is one of the most successful coaches in NHL history, ranking third in wins among active coaches and sixth all-time. He is also fourth among active coaches in games coached and seventh all-time. In parts of 19 NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres (1997-98 to 2012-13) and (2013-14 to 2016-17). In 2006, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach, and finished second in 2007 and third in 2016. Ruff skated in 691 career NHL games over 12 seasons, from 1979-80 through 1990-91, with the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. He posted 105 goals and 195 assists for 300 points and 1,264 penalty minutes. Ruff was selected by Buffalo in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. Ruff is 8-13-4 (.320) in his 25-game tenure as Head Coach of the Devils and 744-568-207 (.490) in 1,518-games in his coaching career.

#29: Mackenzie Blackwood (G) 6' 4", 225 lbs. / Dec 9, 1996 (24 years and 3 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's 2nd choice (2nd round), 42nd overall, in 2015 NHL Draft. GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Acquired 2nd round pick from Ottawa, for 2015 2nd round (42nd Season 14 5-8-1 0 3.12 .900 overall), and 2016 3rd round (73 overall). Career 84 37-32-9 5 2.79 .913 Last Win: FEB 25, 2021 @ BUFFALO (6) Last SO: FEB 8, 2020 vs LOS ANGELES (22) Career vs. Opp 5 1-3-0 0 3.90 .880 Career Shootouts: 37/51 (.725), 6-6

Season Highs: Shots Saves 50 47 50 1/19 vs NYR -Became 6th youngest goaltender to start an opening game for the Devils -Recorded 20 saves in 2nd and 3rd period at NYR. Only Devils goalie in franchise history to record multiple 20 save periods in a single game. -Became 4th goalie in team history to start a season with a 5 game point streak (4-0-1). 2019-20: -Career high stopped 52 of 55 shots 2/ 16 vs. CBJ -Career high SO streak 171:37 -Back to back (2/6-8) -Recorded 1st NHL/NJD point 2/6 @ PHI (1a) -2nd SO of season; 4th career - Feb. 7 @ PHI -22-14-8 on the season -Stopped 31 of 32 in SoW Nov. 5 @ WPG -1st SO of 2019-20 vs VAN (25 SA) -2 W in last two starts (stopped 54-56, .964 SV%) 10/17-19 -came into relieve Schneider 10/4 vs WPG, stopped 7 of 9 shots in the SOL 2018-19: -Appeared in AHL All-Star Game, representing (AHL) -Activated off I.R. Jan. 12 and played that day, stopping 32-34 shots -First on 37 shots faced 12/29 vs CAR -First NHL/Devils win 12/27 @ BOS stopping 40 out of 42 shots

#41: Scott Wedgewood (G) 6' 2", 207 lbs. / Aug 14, 1992 (28 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in the third round, 84th overall, at the 2010 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% NHL Draft Season 8 2-3-3 2 2.59 .914 Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, October 11, 2020. Career 32 9-13-8 4 2.93 .906 Last Win: MAR 7, 2021 @ BOSTON (2) Last SO: MAR 7, 2021 @ BOSTON (2) Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-1 0 2.77 .903 Career Shootouts: 4/7 (.571), 0-2

Season Highs: Shots Saves 40 40 40 3/7 vs BOS - Made first NHL appearance since Feb 13, 2018 and first appearance with NJ Mar 27, 2016 - Recorded third career shutout and second with New Jersey on Jan 24 vs NYI -Played in first game to go to shootout on Jan 30 at BUF -Recorded 4th career shutout and 2nd this season on Mar 7 at BOS 2019-20: - Played 26 games for AHL Syracuse, posting a 13-8-2 record w/ a 3.01 GAA, .893 save percentage and 1 shutout - Recorded a 33-save shutout Feb. 12 at Binghamton - Did not see NHL action in 2019-20 - Signed by TBL to a 1-year, 2-way contract on opening day of free agency during 2019 offseason (July 1) 2018-19: - Last NHL appearance came Feb. 13, 2018 at SJS while w/ ARI where he made 28-of-29 saves to earn the win - Ranked 2nd in the AHL for wins (28) and shutouts (5) in 2018-19 w/ Rochester and set career highs for games (48), wins and shutouts Career - Has made 24 NHL appearances over 2 seasons with NJD and ARI, posting a 7-10-5 record to go w/ a 3.05 GAA, .903 save percentage and 2 shutouts #47: Aaron Dell (G) 6' 0", 209 lbs. / May 4, 1989 (31 years and 10 months)

Drafted: N/A GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Signed a one-year contract as a free agent on October 11, 2020 Season 3 0-2-0 0 3.72 .877 Last Win: FEB 14, 2020 @ WINNIPEG (8) Career 110 48-36-12 5 2.78 .908 Last SO: NOV 23, 2018 vs VANCOUVER (54) Career Shootouts: 8/11 (.727), 1-3 Career vs. Opp 1 1-0-0 0 2.00 .939

Season Highs: Shots Saves 41 37 41 2/21 vs WSH

-Made NJD debut making 37 saves on 41 shots. Last Appearance (N/A): Shots (N/A); Saves (N/A) 2020-21: In his first season with the Maple Leafs after signing as a free agent on October 13, 2020. Games lost to Injury: 0 NHL Single-Game Highs: Saves (46 - Feb. 28, 2018 SJS at NSH); Shots (41 - Nov. 11, 2011 SJS vs. VAN) Career as a Maple Leaf: 0 GP, 0-0-0

#7: Matt Tennyson (D) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Apr 23, 1990 (30 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by DEVILS as a free agent on July 1, 2019 Season 10 0-1-1 6 2 Last Goal: DEC 5, 2015 vs TAMPA BAY (101) Career 154 3-21-24 -18 40 Last Assist: JAN 14, 2021 vs BOSTON (9) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 0-0-0 1 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 16:00 3 5 +2 10 times 1/14 vs BOS 1/14 vs BOS 1/16 vs BOS 2/16 vs NYR 1/28 vs PHI 1/21 vs NYI 2 times -1a 1/14 vs BOS, first point since 10/25/19 vs ARI (1a) 2019-20: -1st NJD game 3/10 vs PIT since 12/3 vs VGK -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 3/10 -Cleared waives 1/6, assigned to Binghamton (AHL) -Activated off I.R. 1/5, placed on waives -Missed 14 GP due to injury -1a Oct. 25 vs ARI -1st career multi-pt game (Oct. 17 vs. NYR - 2A) -1st NJ point Oct. 17 - 1A -Made 2019-20 Devils debut Oct. 14 vs. FLA (13:44 TOI) -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Oct. 11, joined team in BOS -124 NHL GP, posting 3G-17A-20PTS / 32 PIM with SJ (2012-16), CAR (2016-17), and BUF (2017-19) -27G-77A-104PTS / 194 PIM in AHL -275 AHL GP with Worcester, Charlotte, and Rochester from 2011-19 -Singed a two-year, two-way contract July 1 with Devils 2018-19: • Started the season in Buffalo before being reassigned to Rochester on Oct. 16 •Recalled to Buffalo on Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and March 28 •Has recorded 20 points (4+16) in 45 games with the #8: Will Butcher (D) 5' 10", 190 lbs. / Jan 6, 1995 (26 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Colorado's fifth choice, 123rd overall, in 2013 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, August 27, 2017. Season 8 1-2-3 0 0 Last Goal: FEB 16, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (7) Career 223 14-84-98 -24 32 Last Assist: FEB 20, 2021 vs BUFFALO (5) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 9 0-3-3 -1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 18:58 3 1 +2 2/16 vs NYR 2 times 3 times 8 times 3/2 vs NYI 2/18 vs BOS 3 times 2/16 vs NYR -Made season debut and scored first goal of the season on Feb. 16 at NYR -3 game pt streak 2019-20: -1A 1/30 v NSH -Snapped 6 game pointless streak (12/27-1/9) with 2A 1/11 @ WSH -1G Nov. 13 vs OTT -1A Nov. 8 @ CGY -First multi-pt game Oct. 30 vs TB -First goal/point Oct. 14 vs. FLA 2018-19: -3pt streak 3A 3/9-13 -1st PPG of season Feb. 2 @ MTL -2 game pt streak (3a) 1/19-28 -Had 3 PTS (1G-2A), Nov. 5 at PIT. It was the second 3 PT game of his career (10/7/17 vs. COL)

#11: Andreas Johnsson (L) 5' 10", 194 lbs. / Nov 21, 1994 (26 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Toronto - 7th Round (202nd overall, 2013) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for Joey Anderson. Season 25 3-4-7 3 8 Last Goal: FEB 21, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (12) Career 150 33-41-74 15 54 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (2) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 13 3-4-7 -3 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 4 20:45 3 4 +2 3 times 4 times 2/21 vs WSH 1/30 vs BUF 1/28 vs PHI 4 times 3/13 vs NYI 3 times -Made NJD debut, 1/14 vs BOS -Recorded first point with NJD, 1/26 vs PHI -Recorded first goal with NJD, 1/30 at BUF 2020 Playoffs: Has appeared in the playoffs on two occasions (2018, 2019) prior to 2020 as a member of the Maple Leafs.

2019-20: Left Toronto's game on Feb. 13 vs. DAL due to a knee injury. Skated in his 100th career NHL game on Nov. 9 vs. PHI. Scored first career shootout goal and shootout-winning goal on Nov. 2 at PHI. Completed his third season as a Maple Leaf after being drafted 202nd overall by Toronto in the 2013 NHL Draft.

#13: Nico Hischier (C) (*Injured) 6' 1", 175 lbs. / Jan 4, 1999 (22 years and 2 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 1st overall, in 2017 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: FEB 27, 2021 vs WASHINGTON Season 5 2-1-3 0 2 Last Assist: FEB 27, 2021 vs WASHINGTON Career 214 53-85-138 -6 64 Career Shootouts: 0/6 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 2-5-7 2 4 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 18:48 4 1 +1 2 times 2/27 vs WSH 2/27 vs WSH 2/25 vs BUF 2/23 vs BUF 2/25 vs BUF 2 times 2/25 vs BUF -Made season debut and was named 12th captain in team history, 2/20 vs BUF -Scored first goal and point of the season 2/25 at BUF -Recorded 1st mult-pt game of season (1-1-2) 2/27 vs WSH 2019-20 -1g 3/1 @ ANA 1st goal since missing 6 gp due to LBI -14 pts (7g-7a) through 15 gp -4 game point streak(3g-3a; 12/27-1/2) -1st mult-pt game 12/27(1G-2A) v TOR since 11/16 @ MTL -2pts (1g-1a) 11/16 @ MTL -4 game point streak (2g-3a-5pts) (10/30-11/5) / 2 game goal streak (11/2-5) -First multi-pt game of 2019-20 10/30 vs TB (2a) -Returned to lineup after missing 2 games due to UBI -100th NHL/NJD point 10/5 @ BUF (1A) 2018-19: -3A 2/10 vs CAR -1G 1/12 vs PHI - 7 pts in 9 GP (4g-3a) -1st career OT GWG 12/14 vs VGK -4 game pt streak (2g-2a; Dec. 6-14) -Fifth pt in 5 games 12/9 @ ANA (2g-3a) -Returned 11/21 vs MTL, scored 1g -Missed first ever NHL contest 11/13 vs PIT -Recorded two points (2A) 11/1 at DET

#14: Nathan Bastian (R) 6' 4", 205 lbs. / Dec 6, 1997 (23 years and 3 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's second choice, 41st overall, in 2016 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 6, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (5) Season 25 2-4-6 2 11 Last Assist: MAR 6, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (5) Career 32 5-4-9 2 21 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 5 0-2-2 2 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 5 14:48 3 5 +2 2 times 4 times 3/6 vs NYR 2/28 vs WSH 1/21 vs NYI 4 times 2 times 1/31 vs BUF -Recorded first multi-pt game of season 1-1-2 vs NYR Mar. 6 - Recorded first assist, 1/26 vs PHI - Scored fourth career goal and first of the season at NYI Jan. 22 - First career NHL/Devils goal Feb. 25 vs. MTL - Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 24 - Assigned to Binghamton (AHL) Jan. 20 - Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Jan. 19 - available to make NHL debut vs. ANA - 52 GP 13 G - 6 A - 19 PTS ; 61 PIM in 2018-19 with Binghamton - Leads Bignhamton in shots this season (111) - Entering second season with Devils - 68 GP, 10 G - 8 A - 18 PTS; 45 PIM in 2017-18 with Binghamton - Played with Binghamton F Michael McCleod in Mississagua (OHL), drafted in same class. - 211 GP, 54 G - 82 A - 136 PTS; 121 PIM career in Mississagua (2013-14--2016-17) - Born in Kichener, ONT

#17: Yegor Sharangovich (C) 6' 2", 196 lbs. / Jun 6, 1998 (22 years and 9 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's fourth choice, 141st overall, in 2018 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 14, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS Season 23 5-4-9 3 0 Last Assist: MAR 13, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (1) Career 23 5-4-9 3 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 19:49 5 1 +2 5 times 4 times 9 times 23 times 3/14 vs NYI 3/13 vs NYI 7 times 2/16 vs NYR -Made NHL debut 1/14 vs BOS skated in 17+ minutes and drew three penalties - Scored first career NHL goal 1/16 vs BOS. -Became 7th player in franchise history to have first two goals be GWG (2/16 at NYR) 2019-20 -Recorded career high in goals with 17, while posting 10 assists for 25 points in 34 games played -Went back to KHL during AHL shortened season, led KHL in goals at one point during his tenure with Minsk -Completed second full season with Binghamton (AHL), recorded 10 goals, 15 assists for 25 points 2018-19: -In first full professional season, Sharangovic posted nine goals and eight assists for 17 points with 14 penalty minutes in 68 games played with Binghamton (AHL) -Signed three year Entry-Level Contract July 17, 2018

#19: Travis Zajac (C) 6' 2", 185 lbs. / May 13, 1985 (35 years and 10 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 20th overall, in 2004 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM 9th NHL / 9th NJD Season Season 21 2-7-9 2 6 Last Goal: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (15) Career 1012 197-344-541 -17 344 Last Assist: MAR 13, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (1) Career Shootouts: 6/29 (21%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 45 6-11-17 -4 18

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 20:25 4 4 +3 2 times 3/9 vs WSH 3/9 vs WSH 3 times 1/24 vs NYI 1/24 vs NYI 3/11 vs NYI 3/9 vs WSH - Played 1,000th game Feb. 21 at WSH -Recorded 338th assist for sole possession of fifth place in franchise history Feb. 28 vs WSH

2019-20: -Passed Z. Parise to move into 4th place for Devils all-time goals (195) with two goals 3/7 @ NYR -1st PPG of season 3/7 @ NYR -5 game point streak (1g-5a; 1/9-16) -5th career four point game 11/28 @ MTL -2 game pt streak (1g-1a; 11/15-16) -Snapped 16 game goal-less streak and 10 game pointless streak Nov. 15 vs PIT (1g) -Passed John MacLean for fifth place in GP in NJD franchise history with 935 (Nov. 5 @ WPG) -Leads team in SH TOI with 44:28 minutes of action (45th NHL) -4 pts in 14 GP (1g-3a)

#20: Michael McLeod (C) 6' 2", 188 lbs. / Feb 3, 1998 (23 years and 1 month)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 12th overall, in 2016 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 31, 2021 @ BUFFALO (14) Season 23 3-2-5 -4 16 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (1) Career 56 3-7-10 -8 33 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 2-1-3 2 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 7 17:03 3 6 +3 1/31 vs BUF 2 times 1/31 vs BUF 3/4 vs NYR 1/31 vs BUF 2 times 1/21 vs NYI 1/31 vs BUF -Made season debut 1/14 vs BOS -Recorded first career NHL/NJD goal, 1/26 vs PHI 2019-20: -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 24, met team in DET -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Dec. 10, met team in Dallas -At time of recall- 24 GP-4 G- 9 A- 13 PTS - 33 PIM 2018-19: - Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 24 - Made NHL/Devils debut Nov. 30 @ WSH skated in 5:36 - 52 GP with Binghamton this season - 6G-25A-31PTS, 37 PIM - Second season with Devils/NHL. - Played 4 seasons with Mississagua (OHL) (2014-15--2017-18) - 215 GP, 76G - 131A - 207PTS - 6 GP, 1A in 2017-18 with Binghamton - Born in Mississagua, ONT.

#21: Kyle Palmieri (R) 5' 11", 185 lbs. / Feb 1, 1991 (30 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Anaheim's 1st choice, 26th overall, in 2009 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS by Anaheim for Florida's second-round choice (later Season 24 4-8-12 -4 16 traded to NY Rangers-Ryan Gropp) in 2015 Entry Draft and DEVILS' option of Florida Career 585 179-171-350 -2 304 or Minnesota's third-round choice in 2016 Entry Draft, June 27, 2015. Last Goal: MAR 7, 2021 @ BOSTON (4) Career vs. Opp 19 5-5-10 -3 6 Last Assist: MAR 14, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS Career Shootouts: 5/28 (18%), 3 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 2 2 22:01 6 5 +2 2/18 vs BOS 2/21 vs WSH 2 times 8 times 1/16 vs BOS 1/28 vs PHI 1/16 vs BOS 4 times - recorded 1a vs BOS on 1/16 - set season-high shots in a game with 6 vs PHI on 1/28 -recorded first 2G game of season, scored 2nd career SHG on 2/18 at BOS -4 game pt streak (2/16-2/21) 2019-20: -2g 3/7 @ NYR -6 pts in prev. 5 gp (3g-3a) -7 pts in 6 gp (4g-3a; 12/20-29) -Tied season high goal streak - 3 (3GP) -150th NHL Career assist -First hat-trick as a NJD / First hat-trick for the 2019-20 Devils -Tallied teams 1st PPG this season Oct. 17 vs. NYR -3PTS in 4 GP (10/4-10) -1st G of 2019-20 @ BUF 2018-19: -Tallied 9th multi-pt game of season (2g) 12/9 @ ANA -Notched 8th muli-pt game of season (2g) 12/6 @ LA -12th goal through 20 games, first Devil since Z. Parise in 2008-09, and 2009-10 -Tallied 10th goal of the season 11/6 at OTT - first Devil to 10G -Recorded 3A vs NSH, Oct. 25; first time in his career -Posted eight points (7G) through first five games (Oct. 6-Oct. 18), setting a NJ/NHL record #22: Ryan Murray (D) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Sep 27, 1993 (27 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Columbus’ first round pick, second overall, in the 2012 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for New Jersey's 2021 5th round draft choice. Season 17 0-3-3 3 6 Last Goal: DEC 9, 2019 @ WASHINGTON (22) Career 364 15-98-113 16 110 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 17 0-7-7 1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 22:52 3 6 +2 17 times 3 times 3 times 3/11 vs NYI 1/19 vs NYR 2/23 vs BUF 2/21 vs WSH 2 times -Made NJD debut 1/14 vs BOS -recorded first point with NJD on 1/28 vs PHI 2020 PLAYOFFS Skated in 4 of the 5 games vs. TOR in ECQS.

2019-20: Had 1-3-4 in his last 6 games played (reg. season)... His 22:43 TOI on 11/30 at NYI was a season-high. Posted 2 hits and 2 blocked shots on 13:58 TOI on 8/17 vs. TBL. Had 3 multi-point games this season Missed 6 games (10/30-11/9) due to broken hand and 34 contests due to a lower body injury (12/16-2/28).

Career: Set single-season career highs and finished 3rd among CBJ blueliners in assists and points with 1-28-29 in 56 games in 2018-19 Tallied 1-11-12 in 44 games in 2017-18 and missed 35 games due to injury Notched 2-9-11 in 60 games with the Jackets in 2016-17.

#23: Mikhail Maltsev (L) 6' 3", 198 lbs. / Mar 12, 1998 (23 years)

Last Goal: MAR 11, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (2) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Assist: - Season 13 4-0-4 3 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career 13 4-0-4 3 4 Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 14:09 5 2 +2 4 times 13 times 4 times 2 times 3/7 vs BOS 2/16 vs NYR 5 times 2/16 vs NYR -Made NHL debut and scored first NHL goal on Feb. 16 at NYR

#24: Ty Smith (D) 5' 11", 175 lbs. / Mar 24, 2000 (20 years and 11 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 17th overall, in 2018 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 30, 2021 @ BUFFALO (17) Season 25 2-11-13 -2 14 Last Assist: MAR 13, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (1) Career 25 2-11-13 -2 14 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 5 1-3-4 2 4 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 24:06 4 2 +2 2 times 2 times 2 times 7 times 2/20 vs BUF 2/16 vs NYR 6 times 2 times - Made NHL debut and recorded first NHL goal on 1/14 vs BOS - Recorded first NHL assist and multi-game point streak on 1/16 vs BOS - Recorded an assist in game on 1/19/21 at NYR. Became the first Devils defenseman in franchise history to collect at least one point in each of his first three games of his career. - Record first multi-point game (0-2-2) on 1/24/21 vs NYI -Became sixth NHL defenseman to record a point streak of five-games to start career. -Skated 24:06 vs BUF on 2/20 set a new career-high. 2018-19: -Completed his second WHL season with Spokane in 2017-18, -Set career highs with 14 G, 59 A for 73 PTS and 30 PIM with a +44 rating in 69 GP -His assist and point totals were the second highest in the WHL among defensemen. -Registered a franchise record with seven points (2g-5a) in a game on February 23, 2018 versus Prince George. -Was named to the WHL First All-Star Team, earned WHL Scholastic Player of the Year honors and served as the Chiefs Alternate Captain. #28: Damon Severson (D) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Aug 7, 1994 (26 years and 7 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's second choice, 60th overall, in 2012 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 9, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Season 25 2-7-9 -6 12 Last Assist: MAR 14, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS Career 455 39-133-172 -113 276 Career Shootouts: 2/7 (29%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 20 0-7-7 2 16 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 26:15 5 4 +2 2 times 7 times 9 times 6 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/21 vs NYI 2 times 1/31 vs BUF -Was the third "Alternate" for the first time in his career 1/14 vs BOS -Scored first goal of the season 1/28 vs PHI. -Recorded six game point streak (1-5-6, 1/28-2/21) -Played 450th game on Mar. 6 vs NYR 2019-20: -3pts in 2 gp (3A) -8 game pt streak (2g-7a; 1/27-2/13); passes NJD season high (prev. T Hall; 1g-7a) point streak -3pts in 2 gp (1/7-9; 1g-2a) -Leads NJ in TOI/GP (22:21) -1G 11/28 @ MTL, snapped 11 game goalless draught -Led team in TOI 10/10 vs EDM (25:02) 2018-19: -7th goal of the season 1/28 @ PIT -1A 12/31 vs VAN; 2 pts in 3 GP -1G 12/27 @ BOS (fastest goal to start a game this season) -Tallied second PPG of season Dec. 9 @ ANA -Recorded season-high TOI with 26:16 Nov. 17 vs. DET -Has 4 points in three games (1G-3A; Nov. 11-15) -Recorded first multi-point game (2A) of 2018-19 Nov. 11 @ WPG -Had three-game point streak (Oct. 20-27; 2G-1A) -Tallied first goal of the year Oct. 20 @ PHI -Had four-game point streak (4a, Oct. 6-16)

#37: Pavel Zacha (C) 6' 3", 210 lbs. / Apr 6, 1997 (23 years and 11 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 6th overall, in 2015 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 13, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (1) Season 25 7-10-17 -8 4 Last Assist: MAR 7, 2021 @ BOSTON (4) Career 291 44-81-125 -42 82 Career Shootouts: 1/5 (20%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 3-9-12 -4 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 3 2 21:10 4 4 +2 7 times 2/25 vs BUF 2/25 vs BUF 2 times 3/14 vs NYI 2 times 3/7 vs BOS 2/25 vs BUF -Career-high shifts 29 vs WSH 2/27 -10-game point streak (4-8-12) 1/30 - 2/28 2019-20 -2g 3/1 @ ANA -Recorded Devils ninth SH goal 2/6 @ PHI -2nd 3 point game of career (and season) 1/30 v NSH (2g-1a) -first Devil to tally a power play and short handed goal in a single game since M. Cammalleri (3/31/15) -1A Nov. 7 @ CGY -2nd goal of season 10/25 vs ARI -1st career 3PT game(1g-2a) 10/14 vs FLA -1st goal of 2019-20 10/14 vs FLA 2018-19: -4 points in 3 GP - 3/21-25 (1G-3A) -GDG and first career successful shootout attempt 3/23 vs ARI -Returned to lineup 3/21 vs BOS after missing previous 16 GP (Feb. 15-Mar. 21) -Notched his ninth goal on 2/6, setting a career-high -Tied career-high goals in season 1/28 @PIT (8) -7th PPG 12/31 vs VAN -1g(SH)-1a 12/29 vs CAR -Notched first goal and point of 2018-19 season Nov. 17 vs. DET -Three-game goal streak (3g; Nov. 17-21) -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Nov. 13, and played that night vs. Pit.

#39: Nicholas Merkley (R) 5' 10", 194 lbs. / May 23, 1997 (23 years and 9 months)

Acquired: Traded to DEVILS in exchange for Taylor Hall and Blake Speers GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: FEB 16, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (1) Season 5 1-2-3 2 0 Last Assist: FEB 16, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (1) Career 10 2-3-5 2 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 0 14:28 4 2 +1 2/16 vs NYR 2 times 2/16 vs NYR 5 times 2/16 vs NYR 2/16 vs NYR 2 times 2 times -Scored first goal of season Feb 16 at NYR 2019-20 -1st NHL/NJD goal, 2/16 vs CBJ; active 2 game pt streak (1g-1a) -1st NHL/NJD point, 1a 2/14 @ CAR -skated 11:35 minutes and recorded 3 shots in NJD debut -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 2/13 -21 GP--7G-11A--18PTS and 8 PIM with Binghamton at time of recall -Apart of trade that sent T. Hall to ARI -26 GP--3G-13A--16PTS and 10 PIM with Tuscon at time of trade -Made NHL debut in 2017-18 for ARI playing in one game tallying 2 PIM -Born May 23, 1997 in Calgary, AB, CAN; 5'10", 195 lbs

#40: Josh Jacobs (D) 6' 2", 200 lbs. / Feb 15, 1996 (25 years and 1 month)

Drafted: New Jersey's 2nd pick, 41st overall in 2014 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Season ------Last Assist: - Career 3 0-0-0 0 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------Assigned to Binghamton (AHL) 3/6 -Made 2019-20 season debut 3/1 @ ANA -50 GP--5G-9A-14PTS--20 PIM in Binghamton at time of recall -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 26, met team in San Jose 2018-19: -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Mar. 21, made NHL/NJD debut later that night vs BOS recording 14:54 TOI -2018-19; 60 GP - 3 G - 9 A - 12 PTS; 40 PIM -Set career high in goals this season with Binghamton with 3 -Fourth professional season with Devils -Born Feb. 15, 1996 Shelby, MI

#44: Miles Wood (L) 6' 2", 195 lbs. / Sep 13, 1995 (25 years and 6 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's third choice (4th round), 100th overall, in 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 9, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Season 25 8-4-12 -3 17 Last Assist: FEB 28, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (8) Career 293 56-52-108 -59 335 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 14 7-2-9 3 17 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 3 5 21:21 7 3 +4 1/31 vs BUF 4 times 1/31 vs BUF 1/16 vs BOS 3/2 vs NYI 1/31 vs BUF 2/18 vs BOS 1/31 vs BUF -1st goal for Devils 2020-21 season, 1/14 vs BOS - 2 game goal streak of 2020-21 season for Devils. Wood is the 2nd Devils player in last three season to score in each of New Jersey's first two games. - Recorded his 100th career point on 1/19 at NYR 2019-20 -1st 2 goal game this season 2/6 @ PHI; active 2 game goal streak (3g) -3 game point streak (2g-1a; 1/11-14) -1g 12/29 @ OTT, snapped 3 game pointless draught -3 points in 3 GP (12/14-12/20; 1G-2A) -1a 11/23 vs. DET -Assisted GWG Nov. 2 @ CAR -1st G of the season Oct. 17 vs NYR -1st 2019-20 point (1a) vs FLA 10/14 -200th NHL/NJD career game Oct. 4 vs WPG 2018-19: - Played in 100th game of NHL/NJD career, Jan. at DAL. - Had first career hat-trick (2PP/1EV) and added one assist for first career, four-point game, Nov. 12 at CHI. - Only Devil to score a hat-trick in 2017-18. #45: Sami Vatanen (D) 5' 10", 185 lbs. / Jun 3, 1991 (29 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Anaheim 2009. Fourth round, 106th overall. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, January 7, 2021. Season 15 0-2-2 -3 8 Last Goal: DEC 18, 2019 vs ANAHEIM (33) Career 449 45-151-196 -11 200 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (2) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 2-3-5 -3 6

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 21:48 4 3 +1 15 times 2 times 2 times 3/6 vs NYR 3/11 vs NYI 2 times 2/18 vs BOS 4 times -Made season debut 2/18 at BOS -Recorded 150th career assist 3/4 vs NYR 2020 Playoffs: -Posted an assist in Hurricanes debut vs. NYR (8/1) -Tallied two assists vs. NYR (8/3). 2019-20 -Traded to CAR (2/24) -Missed the final 17 games of the season due to injury (2/4-3/10). -Completed his 8th NHL season and 1st with Carolina -Began the season with DEVILS -Posted an assist in 400th career NHL game at WPG (11/5)

#59: Janne Kuokkanen (C) 6' 1", 193 lbs. / May 25, 1998 (22 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Carolina 2016. Hurricanes third pick, 43rd overall, second round. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for Sami Vatanen. Season 20 5-6-11 3 10 Last Goal: MAR 14, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS Career 32 5-6-11 -2 14 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 1-1-2 0 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 18:02 5 1 +1 5 times 2/16 vs NYR 2/16 vs NYR 5 times 3/4 vs NYR 3/4 vs NYR 5 times 6 times - Recorded first NHL point, 1/26 vs PHI -Recorded first NHL goal, 1/30 at BUF -Recorded first NHL three-pt game 2/16 at NYR 2019-20: -Made 1st NJD appearance 3/10 vs PIT -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 3/7, joined team @ NYR -Acquired in the S. Vatanen deal from CAR 2018-19: Has recorded 27 points (11g, 16a) in 29 games with Charlotte (AHL)... Has tallied at least a point in 19 of 29 AHL games... Recalled from Charlotte (12/12)... Made NHL season debut at MTL (12/13). Career: Made NHL debut on 10/7/17 vs. MIN... Has appeared in 89 AHL games with Charlotte since turning pro in 2017 with 67 points (22g, 45a)... Played 62 OHL games with London in 2016-17, registering 62 points (26g, 36a)... Represented Finland at the 2017 and 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships.

#63: Jesper Bratt (L) 5' 10", 175 lbs. / Jul 30, 1998 (22 years and 7 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's eighth choice (6th round), 162nd overall, in 2016 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: New Jersey's eighth choice (6th round), 162nd overall, in 2016 NHL Draft. Season 19 1-9-10 0 2 Last Goal: FEB 25, 2021 @ BUFFALO (10) Career 204 38-72-110 -30 32 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (2) Career Shootouts: 2/10 (20%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 4-5-9 1 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 20:47 5 2 +1 2/25 vs BUF 3/6 vs NYR 2 times 3/13 vs NYI 1/28 vs PHI 2/25 vs BUF 3 times 6 times -Signed two-year contract on Jan. 10 worth $2.75 AAV -Made season debut on 1/28 vs PHI -4 gm assist streak -Recorded first multi-pt game of season (1-1-2) 2/25 @ BUF -Played 200th game on Mar. 7 at BOS 2019-20 -set career high in goals in a single season (14), 2/25 @ DET -3rd career 3-pt game 12/27 (1G-2A) -2G 10/30 vs TB -1st 2019-20 goal 10/14 vs FLA -1st 2019-20 point (1A) vs EDM 10/10 2018-19: -Points in 9 of last 11 GP (3G-8A-11PTS) Feb. 2-23 -4 game pt streak (1G-3A) -1G 1/2 @ DAL - first since 11/26 -1st multi-pt game Dec 1 (2a) -Recorded seven points in first 10 games played (2G-6A; Nov. 9-26); Goals in back-to-back games.

-First Devil to wear jersey No. 63 -Set a franchise record and is one of five players in the past 17 seasons to score 5PTS (3G-2A) in the first 2GP of NHL career

#70: Dmitry Kulikov (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 29, 1990 (30 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Florida in 1st round (14th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, October 22, 2020. Season 24 0-2-2 3 14 Last Goal: FEB 27, 2020 vs WASHINGTON (29) Career 701 35-137-172 -55 441 Last Assist: MAR 14, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 37 1-3-4 -1 30

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 24:06 3 4 +3 24 times 2 times 2 times 7 times 1/24 vs NYI 1/19 vs NYR 1/19 vs NYR 1/31 vs BUF -Made NJD debut 1/14 vs BOS -Recorded first point with NJD, 1/26 vs PHI -Played 700th NHL Game, 3/13 vs NYI 2019-20: - In his third season with the Jets and 11th in the NHL - Averaged 20:01 of ice time, which is his most in his three seasons with Winnipeg - Had five (1G, 4A) of his 10 points in 15 games in February - Had an assist on opening night for his first point of the season - Scored Oct. 4 at NJD to end a 71-game goalless streak - Had an assist Nov. 23 vs. CBJ to end a 13-game pointless streak - Had two assists Feb. 16 vs. CHI for his lone multi-point game of the season

#76: P.K. Subban (D) 6' 0", 210 lbs. / May 13, 1989 (31 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Montreal's third choice, 43rd overall (second round), in the 2007 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for Steven Santini, Jeremy Davies, 2019 2nd round draft Season 25 2-10-12 -4 18 choice (Bobby Brink) and New Jersey's 2020 2nd round draft choice Career 738 107-331-438 25 815 Last Goal: MAR 6, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (5) Last Assist: MAR 14, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS Career vs. Opp 41 5-17-22 2 56 Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 4 29:58 6 4 +2 2 times 10 times 12 times 2 times 1/14 vs BOS 1/21 vs NYI 2/18 vs BOS 2/16 vs NYR -Skated in 30:18 1/14 vs BOS. Its the first time with New Jersey's he has played over 30 minutes a regular season game, and first since March 2, 2016 Montreal at Anaheim (31:38) 2019-20: -700th NHL GP 2/13 v DET -1a 2/6 @ PHI- first game back after illness -Missed 2/4 game due to illness -6th goal of season 1/14 -2 pts through 3 gp (1/2-7; 2G) -Season high 2-game point streak (1g-1a, 12/31-1/2) -Snapped 23 game goalless draught 12/23 @ CHI (GW) -100th NHL goal (Nov. 2 @ CAR) -1st GW Nov. 2 @ CAR -1st NJD goal Oct. 17 vs NYR -1A 10/14 vs FLA -Made Devils debut tallying 1A, Oct. 4 vs WPG 2018-19: - Reached the 30-point mark for the ninth time in his career. - Had six points (2g-4a) in his final five games of the season. - Recorded his 300th career assist on Jan. 5 at MTL. - Played in his 600th career game on Nov. 13 at SJS. - Winner of the 2013 Norris Trophy as the League’s top defenseman, and an NHL First-Team All-Star in both 2013 and 2014. - Won Olympic Gold with Canada at the 2014 Sochi Games.

#86: Jack Hughes (C) 5' 11", 176 lbs. / May 14, 2001 (19 years and 10 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice (1st round), 1st overall, in 2019 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 11, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (2) Season 25 6-8-14 -2 0 Last Assist: FEB 27, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (9) Career 86 13-22-35 -28 10 Career Shootouts: 2/11 (18%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 0-2-2 -2 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 3 0 23:49 8 2 +2 1/19 vs NYR 1/14 vs BOS 1/19 vs NYR 25 times 1/30 vs BUF 2/25 vs BUF 2 times 2 times -Tallied 2 assists 1/14 vs BOS, 1st 2-pt game since 12/29/19 vs OTT (1g-1a) - Tallies 1 assist 1/16 vs BOS, extended assist streak to two-games (3a) - Recorded his second career three-point game on 1/19/21 at NYR. Hughes became the 7th teenager in team history to record multiple three- point games. -3 game pt streak (2/18-2/21) 2019-20: -1a 2/25 @ DET -1a snapping eight game pointless streak -1a after missing prev. 5 GP due to an upper-body injury 1/12 -Day-to-day with Upper-body inj. sustained Dec. 31 -1st GW OT goal 12/29 @ OTT, 4th multi-pt game this season- youngest Devil to score in OT (18 years old) -1g 12/23 @ CHI -Returned after missing 3 GP to LBI, recorded 18:03 TOI and tallied 3 SOG -1a 11/26 vs MIN -9 pts in 8 GP (4G-5A; Oct. 17-Nov.8) -First career 3pt game 10/25 vs ARI (1g-2a) -Goals in consecutive games, 5th time in Devils/Rockies/Scouts history -1st NHL goal Oct. 19 vs VAN -2PTS in 2GP (1g-1a; 10/17-19) -1st NHL point Oct. 17 vs NYR (1A)

#97: Nikita Gusev (L) 5' 9", 163 lbs. / Jul 8, 1992 (28 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Tampa Bay - 7th round (202nd Overall, 2012) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for New Jersey's 2020 3rd round draft choice, and 2021 Season 17 2-3-5 -11 0 2nd round draft choice from Vegas Career 83 15-34-49 -26 12 Last Goal: FEB 23, 2021 vs BUFFALO (6) Last Assist: MAR 2, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Career vs. Opp 6 1-2-3 -4 0 Career Shootouts: 7/12 (58%), 2 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 19:02 5 1 +1 2 times 3 times 5 times 17 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/16 vs BOS 2 times 1/24 vs NYI -Recorded 1st goal of season 2/21 at WSH -Recorded two-game goal streak (2/21-2/23) 2019-20: -6 game pt streak (2g-7a-9pts; 2/20-3/3) -40 pts in 60 gp -GDG 1/27 @ OTT -5 game pt streak (2g-5a;12/23-1/2) -10 pts in 8 gp (12/18-1/2; 1g-9a) -1st GDG Nov. 5 @ WPG -1st NHL assist Oct. 14 vs FLA -1st NHL goal + debut, Oct. 4 vs WPG -Joins Jesper Bratt, Zach Parise, Josef Boumedienne, Veli-Pekka Ketola, and Gary Dillon as the only Devils to score in the season opener when making their NHL debut 2018-19: -Put up a career-high 82 points (17G, 65A) to go with 10 penalty minutes in 62 games with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL -Had 19 points (9G, 10A) in only 18 games during the 2019 KHL Playoffs with St. Petersburg -Led the KHL in assists (65) and points (82) during the 2018-19 season -Helped lead the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) to a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea

Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes

LAST GAME Monday, March 15 Washington 6 at Buffalo 0 Goals: N/A Goalie: Hutton (24 saves/30 shots) PP: 0/1; PK: 2/2; Shots: Washington 30 – Buffalo 23

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 101) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Zemgus Girgensons (hamstring, Jan. 14; injured reserve) – 27 games William Borgen (forearm, Feb. 22; injured reserve) – 13 games Jake McCabe (knee, Feb. 22; injured reserve) – 13 games Linus Ullmark (lower body, Feb. 27; injured reserve) – 10 games Jack Eichel (upper body; March 9) – 4 games Dylan Cozens (upper body; March 13) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 3/13: Recalled D Brandon Davidson from the taxi squad; Loaned D Henri Jokiharju to the taxi squad 3/15: Recalled F Rasmus Asplund from the taxi squad; Loaned D Brandon Davidson to the taxi squad 3/16: Recalled D Brandon Davidson and D Henri Jokiharju from the taxi squad; Loaned F Rasmus Asplund and D Jacob Bryson to the taxi squad

UPCOMING GAMES Thursday, March 18: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20: Boston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Monday, March 22: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 24: Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 25: Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME SABRES at DEVILS

• This is the sixth of eight meetings between the Sabres and Devils this season.

• Last meeting: New Jersey defeated Buffalo 4-3 (SO) in Buffalo on Feb. 25

• Next meeting: Tuesday, April 6 in New Jersey

• The Sabres are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Devils; 4-5-1 on the road.

• This is the 165th game all-time between Buffalo and New Jersey; Buffalo has an 81-56-27 series record.

• The Sabres are 37-28-15 at on the road against the Devils all-time.

THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY

• The Sabres are 10-8-7 all-time on March 16.

• March 16, 1975: Gilbert Perreault scores three goals and assists on three more as the Sabres defeat the 11-3 on the road.

• March 16, 1989: The Sabres get a goal from six different scorers (Andreychuk, Arniel, Foligno, Hogue, Krupp, Turgeon) in a 6-1 win at Hartford.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Buffalo has won back-to-back road games against New Jersey for the first time since Oct 23 and Nov. 10, 2010. With a win tonight, the Sabres will

have wins in three straight trips to New Jersey for the first time since Nov. 3, 2008 to Oct, 28, 2009.

• The Sabres have scored at least one power-play goal in each of their five games against the Devils this season. Their seven power-play goals against

New Jersey are the most against any opponent this season.

• Buffalo has scored at least three goals in each of its five games against New Jersey this season. Their 16 goals against the Devils is the Sabres’

highest total against any team this season. • The home team had won six straight games between these teams before the road team won the four most recent games in the series.

HOT AGAINST THE DEVILS

• Six different Sabres have played at a point-per-game pace through the first five meetings of the season between these teams: Rasmus Dahlin (1+4, 5

GP), Jack Eichel (0+4, 4 GP), Taylor Hall (0+5, 5 GP), Victor Olofsson (2+3, 5 GP), Sam Reinhart (3+2, 3 GP) and Rasmus Ristolainen (1+1, 2

GP).

• Reinhart has recorded nine points (7+2) and 22 shots in his last seven games against New Jersey, scoring at least one goal in five of those contests.

• Dahlin has totaled 10 points (1+9) in nine career games against New Jersey.

• Hall has posted 12 points (3+9) in 12 career games against the Devils.

• Olofsson has recorded nine points (5+4) in seven career games against the Devils.

BACK-TO-BACK Tonight’s game wraps up Buffalo’s eighth of 12 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began with a 6-0 loss last night vs. Washington. The Sabres are 2-6-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 1-6-0 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in previous back-to- back sets is: four points (0), three points (0), two points (3), one point (0) and zero points (4).

POWER UP

• Following their game Monday, Buffalo ranked sixth in the NHL with a 26.8 percent conversion rate on the power play.

• After Monday’s game, the Sabres tied the Nashville Predators and trailed only the , and

(11) for the NHL lead with 10 different players with at least one goal on the power play.

• Victor Olofsson tied for seventh in the league with six power-play goals at the conclusion of Monday’s game. His 19 career power-play tallies trail only

Leon Draisaitl (25), David Pastrnak (24), and Auston Matthews (21) for the most in the league since he made his NHL debut on March 28, 2019.

OUT OF THE BOX

• Following Monday’s game, the Sabres were the least-penalized team in the NHL with 5:40 of penalty time per game.

• At plus-10 (77 drawn/67 taken), the Sabres are seventh in the league in penalty differential this season.

• Buffalo has been assessed 67 penalties this season. Following their game Monday, it marked the fewest in the league and was 14 penalties fewer than

the next closest teams, the New York Islanders and .

STAAL-TIME LEADERS

• Eric Staal scored his 439th career goal on Jan. 30 vs. New Jersey to pass Gary Roberts and improve to 68th on the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring list.

His next goal will tie Rick Tocchet for 67th.

• Among active players, Staal’s total of 439 career regular-season goals trails only Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Marleau, and Sidney Crosby.

• With 1,031 career points, Staal has recorded the 80th-most points in NHL history and trails Alexander Mogilny by one point for 79th.

RISTO IN THE RECORD BOOK

• With his goal on March. 4 at the NY Islanders, Rasmus Ristolainen moved into a tie with Tyler Myers and Jim Schoenfeld for the eighth-most goals by

a defenseman in Sabres history. He now trails Richard Smehlik by two goals for seventh-most.

• Ristolainen’s first assist on Jan. 24 at Washington moved him past Jim Schoenfeld for the seventh-most career points recorded by a Sabres

defenseman. He currently trails Bill Hajt by nine points for sixth-most.

• Ristolainen holds the franchise record for most overtime goals by a defenseman (4) and is tied for ninth all-time among the team’s blueliners with six

game-winning goals.

• Ristolainen’s career per-game output ranks him among the franchise’s top 15 defensemen in every major scoring category (min. 82 GP): .09 G/GP (T-

11th), .37 A/GP (T-12th), .46 PTS/GP (11th)

BUF-NJD CONNECTIONS

• Devils defenseman Dmitry Kulikov spent the 2016-17 season with the Sabres, recording five points (2+3) in 47 games.

• Devils Head Coach Lindy Ruff played for the Sabres for 10 seasons (1979-80 to 1988-89) after being drafted by the team in the second round (32nd

overall) of the 1979 NHL Draft. Ruff recorded 285 points (102+183) in 608 games as a defenseman and served as the team’s captain his final three

years with the club. He would return to Buffalo to serve as the team’s head coach for the 1997-98 season, holding that role until 2013. As the team’s

coach, Ruff amassed a 571-432-162 record and won the Jack Adams Award at the conclusion of the 2005-06 season as the league’s top coach. His

571 regular-season wins and 101 playoff wins as a head coach both remain the most in franchise history.

• Devils assistant coach Chris Taylor spent 15 years with the Sabres organization as both a player and a coach. As a player, Taylor split time between

Buffalo and Rochester from 1999-2000 to 2005-06 before joining the Americans again from 2009-2011. He served as a development coach and then

assistant coach from 2011-12 to 2015-16 before returning to be the team’s head coach from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

• Sabres forward Taylor Hall played for the Devils for parts of four seasons from 2016-17 to 2019-20. Hall totaled 208 points (76+132) in 211 games with

the team and won the Hart Memorial Trophy at the conclusion of the 2017-18 season.

• Devils forward Miles Wood was born in Buffalo and is the son of former Sabre .

• Sabres forwards Taylor Hall and Sam Reinhart won a gold medal with Devils defenseman Ryan Murray for Team Canada at the 2016 IIHF World

Championship.

• Sabres forwards Taylor Hall, Eric Staal and Jeff Skinner all played for Team Canada with Devils defenseman P.K. Subban at the 2013 IIHF World

Championship.

• Sabres forwards Curtis Lazar and Sam Reinhart won a gold medal for Team Canada at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship with Devils

goaltender Eric Comrie.

• Sabres forward Sam Reinhart and defenseman Brandon Montour and Devils defenseman Damon Severson and goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood

were all on Canada’s silver-medal-winning roster at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.

• Sabres forward Tage Thompson and Devils defenseman Will Butcher won a bronze medal together while representing the United States at the 2018

IIHF World Championship.

SABRES AMONG LEAGUE-LEADERS (Sabres’ league rankings following Monday’s game)

• Buffalo Sabres:8% PP% (6th), 51.6% FOW% (10th)

• Olofsson: 6 PPG (T-7th)

SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Ristolainen (80), Lazar (53), Miller (51) Blocked Shots: Montour (36), Irwin (27), Dahlin/Miller (23) Shots: Hall (71), Eichel (61), Olofsson (59)

SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 1-10: 4-4-2 (10), 30/32, 12/39, 19/23 11-20: 2-7-1 (5), 16/28, 7/23, 18/23 21-30: 0-7-0 (0), 12/33, 0/9, 12/15

OVERTIME RESULTS (0-2; 126-136 all-time) Jan. 28 vs. NYR: L, 3-2 (GWG-Lafrenière, 2:47) Feb. 25 vs. NJD: L, 4-3 (GWG-Zacha, 1;17)

SHOOTOUT RESULTS (2-2; 79-73 all-time) Jan. 22 at WSH: L, 4-3 (GDG-Carlson) Jan. 24 at WSH: W, 4-3 (GDG-Eichel) Jan. 30 vs. NJD: W, 4-3 (GDG-Eichel) March 9 at PHI: L 5-4 (GDG-Couturier)

MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player … Needs … Milestone) Goals Rasmus Ristolainen … 2 goals … 47 career goals (T-7th in franchise history, defensemen) Kyle Okposo … 4 goals … 200 career goals Assists Colin Miller … 10 assists … 100 career assists Eric Staal … 8 assists … 600 career assists Points Brandon Montour … 4 points … 100 career points Rasmus Dahlin … 5 points … 100 career points Wins Carter Hutton … 6 wins … 100 career wins

RECENT MILESTONES Riley Sheahan … 100 career assists … March 11 vs. Pittsburgh Buffalo Sabres: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 01/14/2021 Washington Capitals L 00-01-00 4-6 4p,13,19,68 13 1-3 1-2 26-28 30 / 40 0 2 01/15/2021 Washington Capitals L 00-02-00 1-2 55 43 0-5 0-0 31-21 41 / 35 0 3 01/18/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 01-02-00 6-1 27,23p,23,27,10,68p 23 2-4 1-1 37-22 40 / 79 0 4 01/19/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 01-03-00 0-3 11 0-3 2-2 40-30 37 / 40 0 5 01/22/2021 @ Washington Capitals O** 01-03-01 3-4 12,24,15 74 0-2 1-1 27-32 41 / 35 0 6 01/24/2021 @ Washington Capitals W** 02-03-01 4-3 33p,68p,12p 9 3-5 1-3 48-31 35 / 41 0 7 01/26/2021 New York Rangers W 03-03-01 3-2 24p,13,9p 9 2-4 3-3 24-30 35 / 40 0 8 01/28/2021 New York Rangers O* 03-03-02 2-3 9,23p 13 1-4 3-3 25-39 31 / 35 0 9 01/30/2021 New Jersey Devils W** 04-03-02 4-3 12,13,68p 9 1-5 4-5 31-34 35 / 41 0 10 01/31/2021 New Jersey Devils L 04-04-02 3-5 27,26p,55p 20 2-4 3-3 33-37 1 / 40 0 11 02/15/2021 New York Islanders L 04-05-02 1-3 68p 44 1-2 1-2 21-29 40 / 35 0 12 02/16/2021 New York Islanders L 04-06-02 0-3 27 0-2 2-2 20-24 30 / 40 0 13 02/18/2021 @ Washington Capitals L 04-07-02 1-3 68p 43 1-2 0-1 23-21 41 / 35 0 14 02/20/2021 @ New Jersey Devils W 05-07-02 3-2 33,23,23p 23 1-1 2-3 29-27 35 / 29 0 15 02/22/2021 @ New York Islanders L 05-08-02 2-3 27,23p 44 1-3 1-2 36-23 40 / 35 0 16 02/23/2021 @ New Jersey Devils W 06-08-02 4-1 68p,74,24,20 74 1-2 2-2 37-42 35 / 29 0 17 02/25/2021 New Jersey Devils O* 06-08-03 3-4 15,37p,23p 37 2-4 3-4 32-40 29 / 40 0 18 02/27/2021 Philadelphia Flyers L 06-09-03 0-3 14 0-3 3-3 23-39 37 / 40 0 19 02/28/2021 Philadelphia Flyers L 06-10-03 0-3 14 0-3 2-2 28-38 79 / 34 0 20 03/02/2021 @ New York Rangers L 06-11-03 2-3 23,13 20 0-1 2-2 24-19 31 / 40 1800 21 03/04/2021 @ New York Islanders L 06-12-03 2-5 4,55 18 0-0 3-3 18-45 30 / 34 0 22 03/06/2021 @ New York Islanders L 06-13-03 2-5 78,23 15 0-1 0-0 22-29 40 / 40 0 23 03/07/2021 @ New York Islanders L 06-14-03 2-5 53,33 53 0-1 2-2 26-30 30 / 34 0 24 03/09/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers O** 06-14-04 4-5 23,15,23,62 14 0-2 3-4 20-33 37 / 34 2838 25 03/11/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins L 06-15-04 2-5 72,68 59 0-2 1-2 23-27 35 / 34 0 26 03/13/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins L 06-16-04 0-3 59 0-2 1-2 24-34 1 / 40 0 27 03/15/2021 Washington Capitals L 06-17-04 0-6 92 0-1 2-2 23-30 41 / 40 0 28 03/16/2021 @ New Jersey Devils 29 03/18/2021 Boston Bruins 30 03/20/2021 Boston Bruins 31 03/22/2021 @ New York Rangers 32 03/24/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 33 03/25/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 34 03/27/2021 @ Boston Bruins 35 03/29/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 36 03/31/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 37 04/01/2021 New York Rangers 38 04/03/2021 New York Rangers 39 04/06/2021 @ New Jersey Devils 40 04/08/2021 New Jersey Devils 41 04/09/2021 Washington Capitals 42 04/11/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers 43 04/13/2021 @ Boston Bruins 44 04/15/2021 @ Washington Capitals 45 04/17/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 46 04/18/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 47 04/22/2021 Boston Bruins 48 04/23/2021 Boston Bruins 49 04/25/2021 @ New York Rangers 50 04/27/2021 @ New York Rangers 51 04/29/2021 @ Boston Bruins 52 05/01/2021 @ Boston Bruins 53 05/03/2021 New York Islanders 54 05/04/2021 New York Islanders 55 05/06/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 56 05/08/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. BORGEN HALL EICHEL JOKIHARJU STAAL RIEDER SHEAHAN # 3 # 4 # 9 # 10 # 12 # 13 # 15 Jan 14 Vs WSH 1-1,2/0 19:30 0-2,1/0 22:12 0-0,0/-2 14:56 0-0,1/-2 14:45 1-0,3/1 11:36 0-0,1/-1 09:55 Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-1,0/1 21:36 0-1,3/1 23:23 0-0,0/-1 14:15 0-0,2/-1 17:43 0-0,2/-1 12:42 0-0,0/0 08:21 Jan 18 @ PHI 0-3,2/0 18:20 0-3,3/0 18:36 1-0,2/2 18:08 0-1,0/1 15:27 0-0,1/0 12:49 0-1,1/2 13:12 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,6/-2 20:38 0-0,4/-2 20:58 0-0,1/0 19:42 0-0,5/0 15:59 0-0,3/0 12:30 0-0,0/-1 11:21 Jan 22 @ WSH 0-0,2/0 25:08 0-0,4/0 23:31 0-0,2/0 22:28 1-0,2/0 12:54 0-0,2/0 13:30 1-0,1/1 12:53 Jan 24 @ WSH 0-0,7/-1 22:29 0-1,8/-1 24:28 0-0,2/0 14:13 1-0,5/0 15:50 0-0,1/0 13:08 0-0,0/0 10:31 Jan 26 Vs NYR 0-0,3/-2 18:04 1-0(W),3/-2 17:48 DNP 0-1,0/0 12:47 1-0,3/1 15:47 0-0,0/0 13:03 Jan 28 Vs NYR 0-1,2/0 17:04 1-0,3/0 17:52 DNP 0-0,0/-1 14:53 0-0,0/-1 15:16 0-0,0/0 16:15 Jan 30 Vs NJD 0-2,2/0 22:00 0-0,3/0 22:49 0-0,0/-1 16:00 1-0,1/0 16:08 1-0,1/0 12:47 0-0,1/0 10:38 Jan 31 Vs NJD 0-0,3/-1 21:24 0-2,7/-1 21:57 DNP 0-0,2/-2 13:45 0-0,0/-1 14:02 0-0,0/0 12:01 Feb 15 Vs NYI 0-0,1/0 14:43 0-0,1/-1 20:26 0-0,2/-1 21:37 0-0,0/-1 21:44 0-0,1/-1 15:15 0-0,1/0 09:42 0-0,0/0 11:26 Feb 16 Vs NYI 0-0,1/0 17:26 0-0,1/-2 19:39 0-0,1/-1 19:17 0-0,1/-1 17:09 0-0,0/-1 16:30 0-0,0/-1 11:35 0-0,0/0 10:45 Feb 18 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 16:31 0-0,2/-1 23:52 0-1,2/-1 22:24 0-0,1/0 15:30 0-0,1/-1 19:59 0-0,1/0 09:36 0-0,1/0 08:34 Feb 20 @ NJD 0-0,1/0 19:14 0-1,3/1 13:27 0-1,1/1 15:56 DNP 0-1,3/1 10:36 0-0,1/-1 16:45 0-0,2/0 15:53 Feb 22 @ NYI INJ 0-0,6/-1 19:01 0-0,3/0 22:57 0-1,0/0 15:17 0-0,3/0 16:53 0-0,2/0 03:42 0-0,0/0 11:07 Feb 23 @ NJD INJ 0-1,1/1 17:28 0-1,2/1 17:31 0-0,2/0 18:56 0-1,2/1 14:42 DNP 0-0,4/-1 13:27 Feb 25 Vs NJD INJ 0-1,5/-2 19:18 DNP 0-0,4/-1 18:55 0-1,0/-2 18:04 DNP 1-0,2/1 16:12 Feb 27 Vs PHI INJ 0-0,2/-2 16:55 DNP 0-0,0/-1 18:00 0-0,0/-1 16:33 0-0,2/-1 13:14 0-0,0/0 10:36 Feb 28 Vs PHI INJ 0-0,3/0 19:36 0-0,3/-1 22:18 0-0,1/-1 16:10 0-0,2/0 16:47 0-0,1/-1 09:54 0-0,0/-1 08:39 Mar 2 @ NYR INJ 0-0,1/-2 15:38 0-1,2/0 19:55 0-0,1/0 18:08 0-0,3/-2 13:14 1-0,2/1 12:49 0-0,0/0 14:23 Mar 4 @ NYI INJ 1-0,2/1 15:09 0-1,2/-2 17:48 0-0,2/0 18:52 0-0,2/0 14:50 0-0,1/0 11:56 0-0,0/-1 12:59 Mar 6 @ NYI INJ 0-0,1/0 16:49 0-1,3/0 17:15 DNP 0-0,0/-2 15:32 0-0,1/-1 12:36 0-0,0/0 13:45 Mar 7 @ NYI INJ 0-1,3/0 19:49 0-1,1/0 19:55 MIN 0-0,1/-2 15:15 0-0,1/-1 11:44 DNP Mar 9 @ PHI INJ 0-2,4/0 20:15 DNP 0-0,0/0 17:29 0-1,2/1 13:24 0-0,1/1 12:24 1-0,1/0 15:36 Mar 11 Vs PIT INJ 0-0,2/-3 18:20 DNP DNP 0-1,1/0 15:42 DNP 0-1,1/1 15:18 Mar 13 Vs PIT INJ 0-0,1/-1 18:30 DNP MIN 0-0,1/-1 15:29 0-0,4/0 13:43 0-0,1/0 14:20 Mar 15 Vs WSH INJ 0-0,4/0 15:58 DNP MIN 0-0,1/-3 15:21 0-0,0/0 14:49 0-0,0/-1 15:24

Date Opp. FOGARTY MCCABE EAKIN OKPOSO REINHART COZENS DAHLIN # 17 # 19 # 20 # 21 # 23 # 24 # 26 Jan 14 Vs WSH 1-1,1/0 16:36 0-0,0/1 13:23 0-1,2/-2 19:34 0-1,1/1 12:09 0-0,4/0 24:20 Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-0,1/1 17:36 0-0,0/-1 12:17 0-0,2/1 21:25 0-0,1/-1 12:49 0-0,2/-1 21:31 Jan 18 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 18:54 0-0,1/0 13:47 2-0(W),6/0 18:38 0-0,0/1 14:29 0-0,3/1 19:56 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,0/-1 16:57 0-0,1/0 13:37 0-0,2/-2 20:54 0-0,1/0 11:28 0-0,2/-2 18:34 Jan 22 @ WSH 0-0,2/2 23:22 0-0,0/-1 16:35 0-0,0/0 22:54 1-0,1/0 13:24 0-0,2/-2 10:08 Jan 24 @ WSH 0-0,0/0 19:33 0-0,1/0 12:56 0-0,0/0 13:43 0-1,4/-1 24:36 MIN 0-0,6/-1 22:47 Jan 26 Vs NYR 0-0,2/0 21:50 0-0,0/1 16:54 0-0,1/0 14:42 0-0,1/-2 17:45 1-0,3/1 10:12 0-1,4/-2 17:17 Jan 28 Vs NYR 0-0,2/-1 18:40 0-0,1/-1 14:15 0-0,0/0 10:12 1-1,2/-1 19:41 0-0,0/0 12:17 0-0,2/0 20:05 Jan 30 Vs NJD 0-0,2/1 19:51 0-1,0/0 14:31 0-0,0/0 11:22 DNP 0-0,2/0 16:30 0-1,3/0 21:56 Jan 31 Vs NJD 0-1,1/0 19:53 0-0,0/-1 13:11 0-0,0/-1 09:51 DNP 0-0,0/-2 12:24 1-0,4/-2 21:32 Feb 15 Vs NYI 0-0,0/0 08:28 DNP 0-0,1/0 12:10 0-0,0/0 14:23 0-1,3/-2 21:49 DNP 0-1,1/-1 25:02 Feb 16 Vs NYI MIN 0-0,1/0 18:58 0-0,1/-1 14:00 0-0,3/-1 13:17 0-0,4/-2 20:25 DNP 0-0,1/-2 25:21 Feb 18 @ WSH MIN 0-0,2/0 17:43 0-0,2/0 13:00 0-0,3/0 14:14 0-1,1/-1 23:27 DNP 0-0,1/-2 25:42 Feb 20 @ NJD MIN 0-0,0/0 19:29 0-0,0/-1 17:27 0-0,1/-1 15:55 2-0(W),3/1 14:50 0-0,1/1 10:54 0-1,3/0 18:24 Feb 22 @ NYI MIN INJ 0-0,0/-2 11:18 0-0,1/-1 13:10 1-0,3/0 22:37 0-0,1/0 15:47 0-1,3/-1 23:40 Feb 23 @ NJD MIN INJ 1-0,2/1 14:06 0-1,5/1 13:02 0-2,2/1 17:59 1-0,1/1 14:33 0-1,3/0 23:31 Feb 25 Vs NJD MIN INJ 0-0,0/0 14:22 0-0,2/0 12:25 1-0,3/0 21:24 0-0,2/-2 15:39 0-1,1/0 21:39 Feb 27 Vs PHI MIN INJ 0-0,3/-1 14:03 0-0,3/-1 13:33 0-0,2/0 17:56 0-0,0/-1 13:52 0-0,2/-1 20:18 Feb 28 Vs PHI MIN INJ 0-0,1/-1 11:45 0-0,2/0 17:38 0-0,3/-1 21:15 DNP 0-0,2/-1 22:54 Mar 2 @ NYR MIN INJ 0-0,0/1 12:05 0-0,2/-2 12:28 1-0,2/0 19:46 0-0,0/1 10:55 0-1,0/0 22:52 Mar 4 @ NYI MIN INJ 0-1,2/0 11:56 0-0,0/1 11:48 0-1,0/0 17:44 0-0,0/-3 15:39 0-0,0/-4 18:42 Mar 6 @ NYI MIN INJ 0-0,1/-1 12:20 0-0,0/-1 12:32 1-0,3/-1 17:26 0-0,0/-1 16:17 0-1,1/-1 20:40 Mar 7 @ NYI MIN INJ 0-0,2/-1 11:13 0-0,1/-1 10:11 0-0,1/0 16:45 0-0,2/-2 17:54 0-0,1/1 20:37 Mar 9 @ PHI MIN INJ 0-0,2/0 11:53 0-1,0/1 10:32 2-0,2/0 20:33 0-1,0/0 14:10 0-1,1/0 20:19 Mar 11 Vs PIT MIN INJ 0-1,0/1 11:07 0-1,0/1 12:24 0-0,0/-3 19:33 0-0,2/-1 11:17 0-0,0/-2 18:36 Mar 13 Vs PIT MIN INJ 0-0,1/0 11:09 0-0,1/-1 11:54 0-0,1/-1 18:42 DNP 0-0,2/-1 20:36 Mar 15 Vs WSH MIN INJ DNP 0-0,0/0 15:33 0-0,1/-4 16:09 DNP 0-0,0/-3 19:55 Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. LAZAR MILLER MITTELSTADT IRWIN SKINNER RISTOLAINEN MONTOUR # 27 # 33 # 37 # 44 # 53 # 55 # 62 Jan 14 Vs WSH 0-0,2/-1 11:33 0-0,1/-1 15:14 0-0,2/-1 14:25 0-0,1/1 22:22 0-0,0/-2 20:37 Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-0,0/0 08:47 0-0,3/-1 15:35 0-0,2/0 14:28 1-0,3/1 20:51 0-0,4/-1 19:13 Jan 18 @ PHI 2-0,2/2 12:17 0-0,0/2 18:40 0-0,5/2 16:10 0-0,1/1 20:43 0-1,5/0 18:40 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,2/-1 14:09 0-0,1/-1 18:43 0-0,5/-1 14:33 0-0,3/-1 18:51 0-0,2/-1 23:40 Jan 22 @ WSH 0-1,0/1 13:12 0-0,0/-1 18:13 0-1,1/1 12:15 0-0,2/2 26:39 0-0,2/-1 25:44 Jan 24 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 10:45 1-1,2/-1 17:02 0-1,0/0 10:02 0-0,3/0 11:47 0-2,1/0 24:13 0-0,2/0 20:48 Jan 26 Vs NYR 0-0,0/0 12:31 0-0,0/-2 15:50 MIN 0-1,1/1 17:57 0-0,0/0 12:28 0-1,1/0 23:20 0-0,0/1 20:07 Jan 28 Vs NYR 0-0,0/0 13:45 0-0,2/0 18:29 MIN 0-0,1/0 17:42 0-0,3/0 13:43 0-0,1/-1 23:41 0-0,1/-1 21:33 Jan 30 Vs NJD 0-0,2/0 12:00 0-1,2/0 19:30 MIN DNP 0-0,2/0 15:05 0-0,3/0 26:50 0-1,1/0 17:07 Jan 31 Vs NJD 1-0,2/0 12:29 0-0,2/-2 14:19 0-0,0/-1 10:40 0-0,5/-2 13:15 0-0,1/-2 13:51 1-1,4/-1 28:11 0-0,0/-1 22:46 Feb 15 Vs NYI DNP 0-0,1/-1 22:38 DNP 0-0,0/-1 20:05 0-0,3/-1 16:44 DNP DNP Feb 16 Vs NYI DNP 0-0,0/-2 22:41 DNP 0-0,0/-1 14:19 0-0,0/0 12:01 DNP DNP Feb 18 @ WSH 0-0,0/0 08:01 0-0,1/0 20:08 MIN DNP 0-0,0/0 11:26 DNP 0-0,1/-1 19:08 Feb 20 @ NJD 0-0,1/0 15:38 1-0,1/0 20:46 MIN 0-1,2/1 19:54 0-0,4/0 11:22 DNP 0-1,1/1 21:43 Feb 22 @ NYI 1-0,1/0 11:52 0-0,3/-1 19:01 0-1,2/1 12:38 0-0,0/1 21:03 DNP DNP 0-0,0/0 20:40 Feb 23 @ NJD 0-0,2/-1 13:41 0-0,2/0 16:40 0-0,1/0 12:33 0-0,2/1 19:47 DNP DNP 0-0,2/1 19:31 Feb 25 Vs NJD 0-0,1/0 11:09 0-1,3/1 17:59 1-0,2/0 10:22 0-0,3/-2 17:47 DNP DNP 0-0,1/-2 21:32 Feb 27 Vs PHI 0-0,1/0 15:17 0-0,0/-1 17:27 0-0,1/-1 13:41 DNP 0-0,0/-1 14:03 0-0,1/-1 22:18 0-0,3/-1 21:44 Feb 28 Vs PHI 0-0,0/-1 11:04 DNP 0-0,1/-1 11:37 0-0,1/-2 18:03 0-0,1/-1 12:35 0-0,2/-2 21:01 0-0,3/0 20:18 Mar 2 @ NYR 0-0,1/0 15:27 0-0,1/0 17:12 MIN DNP 0-0,3/0 14:12 0-1,4/0 24:01 0-0,2/-1 17:55 Mar 4 @ NYI 0-0,0/-1 14:25 0-0,0/0 18:31 MIN DNP 0-0,1/-1 10:46 1-0,3/-3 18:54 0-0,1/-1 21:48 Mar 6 @ NYI 0-0,0/0 14:50 0-0,0/-3 17:13 MIN 0-0,1/-2 20:32 0-0,3/0 15:38 0-0,1/-1 19:04 0-1,3/0 19:36 Mar 7 @ NYI 0-1,3/0 13:36 1-0,3/1 19:12 0-1,2/-1 15:03 DNP 1-0,2/-1 12:29 0-0,0/-3 18:52 0-0,2/-1 22:29 Mar 9 @ PHI 0-1,0/0 18:05 DNP 0-0,1/0 14:44 0-0,0/2 18:39 0-0,1/0 13:40 0-0,1/1 23:51 1-0,1/-1 22:57 Mar 11 Vs PIT 0-0,0/-1 16:24 0-0,0/0 15:43 0-0,2/-2 14:40 0-0,0/-1 19:05 0-0,2/-1 15:33 0-0,2/-3 23:01 0-0,4/1 21:12 Mar 13 Vs PIT 0-0,0/0 16:07 0-0,2/-1 18:12 0-0,0/-1 17:26 DNP 0-0,1/-1 15:40 0-0,3/0 22:06 0-0,0/-1 21:17 Mar 15 Vs WSH 0-0,2/-2 11:16 0-0,1/-2 20:28 0-0,0/-1 13:53 0-0,4/-2 18:43 0-0,3/-1 13:59 0-0,1/-1 21:42 0-0,1/-3 19:41

Date Opp. OLOFSSON THOMPSON ASPLUND BRYSON DAVIDSON JOHANSSON ULLMARK # 68 # 72 # 74 # 78 # 88 # 34 # 35 Jan 14 Vs WSH 1-1,2/-2 18:10 0-1,2/0 17:08 DND Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-0,4/-1 19:51 0-0,2/-1 19:39 2/21 L 57:58 Jan 18 @ PHI 1-0,3/1 15:48 0-0,1/0 13:26 DND DNP Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,0/-1 17:11 DNP 0-0,2/0 07:20 1/9 19:02 DNP Jan 22 @ WSH 0-1,4/-1 14:25 0-0,0/-1 08:34 MIN DND 3/32 O 65:00 Jan 24 @ WSH 1-0,5/0 21:25 DNP MIN DND 3/31 W 65:00 Jan 26 Vs NYR 0-1,2/0 16:01 DNP MIN MIN 2/30 W 60:00 Jan 28 Vs NYR 0-1,5/0 14:58 DNP MIN MIN 3/39 O 62:47 Jan 30 Vs NJD 1-0,3/0 21:08 0-0,3/0 11:44 MIN MIN 3/34 W 64:57 Jan 31 Vs NJD 0-2,2/-1 20:26 DNP MIN MIN DND Feb 15 Vs NYI 1-0,3/0 18:51 0-0,1/0 11:39 MIN 0-0,2/0 11:36 MIN 3/29 L 58:02 Feb 16 Vs NYI 0-0,3/-1 20:02 0-0,2/0 14:42 0-0,1/0 10:46 MIN MIN DND Feb 18 @ WSH 1-0,1/-2 17:33 0-0,2/-1 14:16 MIN MIN MIN 3/21 L 57:52 Feb 20 @ NJD 0-0,1/1 16:19 DNP MIN MIN MIN 2/27 W 60:00 Feb 22 @ NYI 0-1,5/0 22:46 DNP MIN 0-0,3/-1 14:25 MIN 3/23 L 58:23 Feb 23 @ NJD 1-0,2/-1 18:19 DNP 1-0(W),1/2 12:15 0-0,1/2 17:59 MIN MIN 1/42 W 60:00 Feb 25 Vs NJD 0-1,0/0 21:16 0-0,3/0 07:57 0-0,0/0 13:42 0-0,0/1 17:08 MIN MIN 0/15 19:34 Feb 27 Vs PHI 0-0,0/0 16:37 DNP MIN 0-0,3/-1 17:48 MIN DND INJ Feb 28 Vs PHI 0-0,2/-1 18:07 DNP MIN MIN 0-0,0/0 16:17 3/38 L 60:00 INJ Mar 2 @ NYR 0-1,0/0 17:36 DNP MIN 0-0,0/-1 18:39 MIN DND INJ Mar 4 @ NYI 0-0,1/-2 16:30 DNP MIN 0-0,1/1 24:10 MIN 5/45 L 59:33 INJ Mar 6 @ NYI 0-1,2/-1 17:04 DNP MIN 1-0,2/0 20:48 MIN DND INJ Mar 7 @ NYI 0-0,1/-1 13:58 DNP MIN 0-0,0/-2 19:16 0-0,0/-2 17:24 4/29 L 59:45 INJ Mar 9 @ PHI 0-1,2/1 17:17 DNP MIN 0-0,1/-1 22:04 MIN 4/33 O 65:00 INJ Mar 11 Vs PIT 1-0,2/0 17:52 1-0,2/1 11:57 MIN 0-0,3/1 20:40 MIN 4/26 L 58:32 INJ Mar 13 Vs PIT 0-0,3/-1 16:27 0-0,2/-1 12:31 MIN 0-0,0/-1 19:58 0-0,1/0 15:31 DND INJ Mar 15 Vs WSH 0-0,1/-4 16:11 0-0,3/0 13:53 0-0,1/-1 14:17 0-0,0/-2 18:48 MIN DND INJ Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. HUTTON # 40 Jan 14 Vs WSH 5/27 L 58:36 Jan 15 Vs WSH DND Jan 18 @ PHI 1/22 W 60:00 Jan 19 @ PHI 1/20 L 39:53 Jan 22 @ WSH DNP Jan 24 @ WSH DNP Jan 26 Vs NYR DND Jan 28 Vs NYR DND Jan 30 Vs NJD DND Jan 31 Vs NJD 4/36 L 58:03 Feb 15 Vs NYI DND Feb 16 Vs NYI 2/23 L 57:07 Feb 18 @ WSH DND Feb 20 @ NJD DND Feb 22 @ NYI DND Feb 23 @ NJD DND Feb 25 Vs NJD 4/25 O 41:17 Feb 27 Vs PHI 3/39 L 60:00 Feb 28 Vs PHI DND Mar 2 @ NYR 3/19 L 58:45 Mar 4 @ NYI DND Mar 6 @ NYI 5/29 L 60:00 Mar 7 @ NYI DND Mar 9 @ PHI DND Mar 11 Vs PIT DND Mar 13 Vs PIT 1/32 L 58:09 Mar 15 Vs WSH 6/30 L 60:00 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Ralph Krueger Ralph Krueger was named the 19th head coach in Buffalo Sabres history on May 15, 2019 and he is currently in his second season behind the bench for the team in 2020-21.

In his first at the helm, Krueger guided the team to improvements in points percentage, goals for per game and goals against per game. The Sabres also posted their highest regulation wins total since 2016-17 despite only playing 69 games due to a shortened season.

A full Ralph Krueger bio can be found on page 10 of the 2020-21 Sabres media guide at Sabres.com/mediaguide.

#34: Jonas Johansson (G) 6' 5", 220 lbs. / Sep 19, 1995 (25 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the third round (61st overall) of the 2014 NHL GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Draft Season 6 0-4-1 0 3.91 .883 Last Win: FEB 23, 2020 vs WINNIPEG (8) Career 12 1-7-2 0 3.42 .888 Last SO: - Career Shootouts: 0/4 (.000), 0-2 Career vs. Opp ------

Season Highs: Shots Saves 45 40 45 3/4 vs NYI 2020-21: • Made eight saves in relief of Carter Hutton at PHI (1/19) • Made a career-high 35 saves in his first start of the season vs. PHI (2/28) • Top his previous career high with 40 saves at NYI (3/4)

#35: Linus Ullmark (G) (*Injured) 6' 4", 215 lbs. / Jul 31, 1993 (27 years and 7 months)

LEE-nuhs UHL-mahrk GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the sixth round (163rd overall) of the 2012 NHL Season 12 5-4-2 0 2.44 .919 Draft Career 109 46-45-12 3 2.77 .912 Last Win: FEB 23, 2021 @ NEW JERSEY (1) Last SO: OCT 25, 2019 @ DETROIT (41) Career vs. Opp 8 4-3-0 0 2.05 .935 Career Shootouts: 30/35 (.857), 6-3

Season Highs: Shots Saves 42 41 42 2/23 vs NJD 2020-21: •Made 19 saves in his first game of the season vs. WSH (1/15) •Earned his first win of the season in his 100th career game at WSH (1/24) •Recorded his first regulation win of the season vs. NYR (1/26) with a 28-save effort • Made 31 saves in regulation and went a perfect 3-for-3 in the shootout vs. NJD (1/30) •Made 27 saves in the team's 3-2 win at NJD (2/20) •Made a season high 41 saves in the Sabres 4-1 win, his second start in as many nights, at NJD (2/23) •Stopped all 15 shots he faced before exiting the game with an injury vs. NJD (2/25)

#40: Carter Hutton (G) 6' 0", 208 lbs. / Dec 19, 1985 (35 years and 2 months)

KAHR-tuhr HUH-tuhn GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Undrafted Season 11 1-9-1 0 3.43 .884 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2018 Career 230 94-87-27 13 2.71 .909 Last Win: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (9) Last SO: OCT 17, 2019 @ LOS ANGELES (37) Career vs. Opp 9 4-4-1 0 2.87 .888 Career Shootouts: 45/72 (.625), 11-9

Season Highs: Shots Saves 39 36 39 2/27 vs PHI 2020-21: •Made 22 saves in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Earned his first with of the season with 21 saves at PHI (1/18) • Made 21 saves in relief of Linus Ullmark vs. NJD (2/25) •Made a season high 36 saves vs. PHI (2/27) • Set a new season high with a .969 save percentage vs. PIT (3/13) #3: William Borgen (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", 205 lbs. / Dec 19, 1996 (24 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the fourth round (92nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Season 4 0-0-0 0 2 Last Assist: - Career 8 0-0-0 -5 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 19:14 1 5 +0 4 times 4 times 4 times 2/18 vs WSH 2/20 vs NJD 4 times 2/16 vs NYI 4 times 2020-21: •Skated 14:43 in his season debut vs. NYI (2/15) •Led the team with five hits vs. NYI (2/16) and again with four hits at WSH (2/18) •Skated a career high 19:14 at NJD (2/20)

#4: Taylor Hall (L) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Nov 14, 1991 (29 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Edmonton in the first round (1st overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 11, 2020 Season 27 2-14-16 -17 22 Last Goal: MAR 4, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (6) Career 654 220-359-579 -59 372 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career Shootouts: 8/33 (24%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 3-9-12 2 10

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 10 25:08 7 3 +1 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 3/11 vs PIT 1/22 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 3 times 4 times 2020-21: •Scored a power-play goal and added an assist in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded an assist vs. WSH (1/15) •Tallied three assists at PHI (1/18), becoming the 20th player in franchise history to begin his Sabres' career on a three-game point streak. •Had a team-high six shots on goal at PHI (1/19) •Notched an assist vs. NYR (1/28) •Recorded two assists vs. NJD (1/30) •Tallied an assist at NJD (2/20) •Led the team with nine shot attempts at NYI (2/22) •Tallied an assist and had five shot attempts at NJD (2/23) •Had an assist and led the team with five shots vs. NJD (2/25) • Scored a goal at NYI (3/4) • Notched an assist at NYI (3/7) • Had two assists and led the team with four shots at PHI (3/9)

#9: Jack Eichel (C) 6' 2", 213 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (24 years and 4 months)

JAK IGH-kuhl GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft Season 21 2-16-18 -9 6 Last Goal: JAN 28, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (13) Career 375 139-216-355 -69 142 Last Assist: MAR 7, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS Career Shootouts: 8/24 (33%), 3 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 6-10-16 1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 24:28 8 3 +1 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 3 times 1/24 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 2/28 vs PHI 3 times 2020-21: •Tallied two assists in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded an assist vs. WSH (1/15) •Had three assists at PHI (1/18) marking his first three-assist game since Nov. 3, 2018 vs. OTT •Won 17 of 25 faceoffs, setting a new career high for faceoff wins in a game, at WSH (1/22) •Tallied an assist and scored the game-deciding goal in the shootout at WSH (1/24) •Scored his first goal of the season, a power-play tally, vs. NYR (1/26) •Scored a goal in a second consecutive game vs. NYR (1/28) •Scored the deciding shootout goal vs. NJD (1/30) •Tallied two assists and tied his career high with 17 faceoff wins vs. NJD (1/31) •Notched an assist in consecutive games at WSH (2/18) and at NJD (2/20) •Recorded an assist and had six shot attempts at NJD (2/23) • Tallied an assist in four consecutive games: at NYR (3/2), and at NYI (3/4, 3/6, 3/7) #10: Henri Jokiharju (D) 6' 0", 199 lbs. / Jun 17, 1999 (21 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by Chicago in the first round (29th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Chicago in exchange for Alexander Nylander on July 9, 2019 Season 18 1-1-2 -7 0 Last Goal: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (15) Career 125 5-24-29 -20 48 Last Assist: FEB 22, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (7) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 1-1-2 -2 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 22:28 4 3 +2 1/18 vs PHI 2/22 vs NYI 2 times 18 times 1/22 vs WSH 2/25 vs NJD 3/2 vs NYR 1/18 vs PHI 2020-21: •Skated 14:56 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first goal of the season, the Sabres' fifth of the night, at PHI (1/18) •Skated a season high 22:28 at WSH (1/22) •Tallied an assist and blocked two shots at NYI (2/22) •Had a season high five shots on goal vs. NJD (2/25)

#12: Eric Staal (C) 6' 4", 195 lbs. / Oct 29, 1984 (36 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Carolina in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Minnesota in exchange for Marcus Johansson on Sept. 16, 2020 Season 27 3-7-10 -18 4 Last Goal: JAN 30, 2021 vs NEW JERSEY (18) Career 1267 439-592-1031 -65 822 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 vs PITTSBURGH (2) Career Shootouts: 6/27 (22%), 5 GDG Career vs. Opp 58 9-22-31 -20 48

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 4 19:59 5 2 +1 3 times 7 times 10 times 1/30 vs NJD 2/18 vs WSH 2 times 2 times 4 times 2020-21: •Skated 14:45 and won eight faceoffs in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Tallied an assist for his first point as a Sabre at PHI (1/18) •Scored his first goal as a Sabre at WSH (1/22) •Scored a power-play goal, his second goal in as many games, at WSH (1/24) •Extended his point streak to three games with an assist vs. NYR (1/26) • Scored a goal and won five of six faceoffs vs. NJD (1/30) • Won nine of 13 faceoffs vs. NYI (2/15) • Tallied an assist and won six of seven faceoffs at NJD (2/20) •Notched an assist and had five shot attempts at NJD (2/23) • Recorded an assist vs. NJD (2/25) • Had an assist in consecutive games at PHI (3/9) at vs. PIT (3/11)

#13: Tobias Rieder (L) 5' 11", 189 lbs. / Jan 10, 1993 (28 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected by Edmonton in the fourth round (114th overall) of the 2011 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 24 4-0-4 -5 0 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 9, 2020 Career 458 63-79-142 -85 50 Last Goal: MAR 2, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (6) Last Assist: FEB 21, 2020 vs BOSTON (31) Career vs. Opp 15 2-3-5 -9 0 Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 16:45 4 4 +1 4 times 24 times 4 times 24 times 2/20 vs NJD 3/13 vs PIT 1/22 vs WSH 4 times 2020-21: •Scored a goal in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his second goal of the season on a breakaway vs. NYR (1/26) • Scored his third goal of the season vs. NJD (1/30) • Matched his 2019-20 goal total in just 18 games with his fourth tally of the season vs. NYR (3/2) #15: Riley Sheahan (C) 6' 2", 216 lbs. / Dec 7, 1991 (29 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Detroit in the first round (21st overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on Jan. 8, 2021 Season 26 3-2-5 -1 4 Last Goal: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career 539 69-100-169 -51 87 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 vs PITTSBURGH (2) Career Shootouts: 2/5 (40%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 26 5-4-9 -3 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 16:15 4 2 +2 3 times 2 times 5 times 2 times 1/28 vs NYR 2/23 vs NJD 3 times 1/18 vs PHI 2020-21: •Skated 9:55 in his Sabres debut vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded his first point as a Sabre with an assist and won five of six faceoffs at PHI (1/18) •Won five of eight faceoffs at PHI (1/19) •Scored his first goal as a Sabre at WSH (1/22) •Won four of five faceoffs at WSH (1/24) • Won all six faceoffs he took vs. NYR (1/26) • Won eight of 12 faceoffs vs. NJD (1/31) • Scored a goal and won 12 of 18 faceoffs vs. NJD (2/25) • Scored a goal at PHI (3/9) • Recorded his 100th career assist vs. PIT (3/11)

#19: Jake McCabe (D) (*Injured) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (27 years and 5 months)

JAYK muh-KAYB GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the second round (44th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Season 13 1-2-3 2 9 Last Goal: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (12) Career 353 18-59-77 -28 203 Last Assist: JAN 31, 2021 vs NEW JERSEY (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 16 2-4-6 0 8

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 5 23:22 2 4 +2 1/14 vs WSH 2 times 1/14 vs WSH 1/14 vs WSH 1/22 vs WSH 5 times 1/31 vs NJD 1/22 vs WSH 2020-21: •Tallied his eighth career multi-point game with two points (1+1) in the season opener vs. WSH (1/14) • Skated a season-high 23:22 at WSH (1/22) • Led all skaters with 4:49 shorthanded TOI vs. NYR (1/28) •Tallied an assist vs. NJD (1/31)

#20: Cody Eakin (C) 6' 0", 196 lbs. / May 24, 1991 (29 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Selected by Washington in the third round (85th overall) of the 2009 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 26 1-3-4 -7 6 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 11, 2020 Career 612 104-137-241 -8 248 Last Goal: FEB 23, 2021 @ NEW JERSEY (10) Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 vs PITTSBURGH (1) Career vs. Opp 18 1-3-4 -5 6 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 17:27 3 3 +1 2/23 vs NJD 3 times 4 times 3 times 2/20 vs NJD 2/27 vs PHI 3/4 vs NYI 5 times 2020-21: •Skated 13:23 and won six faceoffs in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Won at least 62 percent of his faceoffs for four consecutive games from Jan. 24 at WSH to Jan. 31 vs. NJD where he went 11-for-13 at the faceoff dot • Scored his first goal of the season and won a team high eight faceoffs at NJD (2/23) • Won eight of 11 faceoffs vs. NJD (2/25) • Notched an assist at NYI (3/4) • Won seven of nine faceoffs at NYI (3/7) • Recorded an assist vs. PIT (3/11)

#21: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' 0", 220 lbs. / Apr 16, 1988 (32 years and 11 months)

KIGHL oh-POH-soh GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by NY Islanders in the first Round (7th overall) of the 2006 NHL Season 22 0-3-3 -6 0 Draft Career 822 196-313-509 -119 443 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2016 Last Goal: FEB 23, 2020 vs WINNIPEG (29) Career vs. Opp 52 9-17-26 0 28 Last Assist: MAR 11, 2021 vs PITTSBURGH (2) Career Shootouts: 14/43 (33%), 9 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 17:38 5 3 +1 22 times 3 times 3 times 22 times 2/28 vs PHI 2/23 vs NJD 2/20 vs NJD 4 times 2020-21: •Skated 13:43 in his first game of the season at WSH (1/24) • Tallied an assist for his first point of the season and led the team with five shots at NJD (2/23) • Notched an assist at PHI (3/9) and again vs. PIT (3/11)

#23: Sam Reinhart (R) 6' 2", 193 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (25 years and 4 months)

SAM RIGHN-hahrt GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft Season 25 11-8-19 -20 6 Last Goal: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career 425 120-154-274 -89 86 Last Assist: MAR 4, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (6) Career Shootouts: 7/22 (32%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 17 7-3-10 2 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 2 2 24:36 6 2 +1 3 times 2/23 vs NJD 5 times 3 times 1/24 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 2/28 vs PHI 3 times 2020-21: •Tallied an assist in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded the 10th multi-goal game of his career with two goals at PHI (1/18) •Tallied an assist and skated a season high 24:36 at WSH (1/24) •Scored a power-play goal and added an assist vs. NYR (1/28) • Notched an assist vs. NYI (2/15) at again at WSH (2/18) • Scored two goals, one on the power play, at NJD (2/20) • Scored a power-play goal, his second in as many games, at NYI (2/22) • Tallied two assists at NJD (2/23) • Scored the game-tying goal in the third period to extend his point streak to five games vs. NJD (2/25) •Scored a goal less than a minute into the game at NYR (3/2) • Recorded an assist at NYI (3/4) • Scored a goal at NYI (3/6) • Notched his third two-goal game of the season and led all forwards with 20:33 of ice time at PHI (3/9)

#24: Dylan Cozens (C) 6' 3", 188 lbs. / Feb 9, 2001 (20 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (7th overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: FEB 23, 2021 @ NEW JERSEY (8) Season 20 3-2-5 -7 5 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (1) Career 20 3-2-5 -7 5 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 5 1-0-1 -2 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 5 17:54 3 2 +1 3 times 2 times 5 times 3/2 vs NYR 3/7 vs NYI 1/26 vs NYR 4 times 6 times 2020-21: •Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Juniors. Named a Top 3 player on the team and earned All-Tournament honors after leading the tournament in goals (8) •Recorded an assist in his first NHL game vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first NHL goal at WSH (1/22) • Scored a goal in a second consecutive game, the first power-play goal of his career, vs. NYR (1/26) • Scored his third goal of the season at NJD (2/23) • Notched an assist and won six of 11 faceoffs in his first start at center at PHI (3/9) #26: Rasmus Dahlin (D) 6' 3", 207 lbs. / Apr 13, 2000 (20 years and 11 months)

RAS-muhs dah-LEEN GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (1st overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft Season 27 1-10-11 -27 10 Last Goal: JAN 31, 2021 vs NEW JERSEY (17) Career 168 14-81-95 -47 82 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career Shootouts: 1/3 (33%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 9 1-9-10 1 6

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 25:42 6 6 +1 1/31 vs NJD 10 times 11 times 5 times 2/18 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 3/9 vs PHI 2 times 2020-21: •Led all skaters with 25:25 TOI in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Had three shots in 19:56 TOI at PHI (1/18) • Tallied an assist for his first point of the season vs. NYR (1/26) • Recorded an assist and registered three shots vs. NJD (1/30) • Scored his first goal of the season vs. NJD (1/31) •Notched an assist and skated a team high 25:02 vs. NYI (2/15) • Skated a season high 25:42 and led the team with three blocked shots at WSH (2/18) • Tallied an assist and had five shot attempts at NJD (2/20) •Recorded an assist and led the team with 23:40 TOI at NYI (2/22) • Had an assist in a third consecutive game and led the team with 23:31 TOI at NJD (2/23) • Notched an assist and led the team in ice time with 21:39 vs. NJD (2/25) • Tallied an assist at NYR (3/2) •Recorded an assist at NYI (3/6) • Had an assist and led the team with six hits at PHI (3/9)

#27: Curtis Lazar (C) 6' 0", 193 lbs. / Feb 2, 1995 (26 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in the first round (17th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2019 Season 25 4-3-7 -5 0 Last Goal: FEB 22, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (12) Career 309 24-44-68 -25 68 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 2-1-3 -5 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 0 18:05 3 6 +2 1/18 vs PHI 3 times 1/18 vs PHI 25 times 3/9 vs PHI 3/7 vs NYI 1/30 vs NJD 1/18 vs PHI 2020-21: •Skated 11:33 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded the second multi-goal game of his career with two goals at PHI (1/18) •Won five of eight faceoffs at PHI (1/19) • Led the team in both shorthanded TOI (4:40) and hits (6) vs. NJD (1/30) •Tallied an an assist at WSH (1/22) • Scored his third goal of the season vs. NJD (1/31) • Scored a goal and led the team with four hits at NYI (2/22) •Appeared in his 300th NHL game vs. PHI (2/27) • Notched an assist at NYI (3/7) • Recorded an assist at PHI (3/9)

#28: Zemgus Girgensons (L) (*Injured) 6' 2", 213 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (27 years and 2 months)

ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhnz GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (14th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Season ------Last Goal: FEB 26, 2020 @ COLORADO (6) Career 489 61-77-138 -53 130 Last Assist: FEB 23, 2020 vs WINNIPEG (7) Career Shootouts: 4/14 (29%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 19 0-3-3 -1 8

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------2019-20: •Tied his previous career high with 11 even-strength goals •Was one of four players to appear in all 69 games for the Sabres •With 12 goals and 19 points, logged his highest totals in both categories since his career-best numbers in 2014-15 •Led all Sabres forwards in shorthanded ice time for the second straight season, averaging 2:08 of penalty kill time per game •Tied his career high with two goals at FLA (11/14) •Scored his seventh career shorthanded goal at DET (1/12) •Recorded points in three consecutive games for the fifth time of his career from Feb. 20 at PIT to Feb. 26 at COL (2+2) #33: Colin Miller (D) 6' 1", 199 lbs. / Oct 29, 1992 (28 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 2012 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 25 3-3-6 -16 17 Acquired: From Vegas in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft Career 326 26-90-116 -29 230 and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft on June 28, 2019 Last Goal: MAR 7, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Career vs. Opp 15 3-6-9 1 15 Last Assist: FEB 25, 2021 vs NEW JERSEY (8) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 5 22:41 3 5 +2 3 times 3 times 1/24 vs WSH 3/11 vs PIT 2/16 vs NYI 4 times 3/4 vs NYI 1/18 vs PHI 2020-21: •Skated 15:14 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first goal of the season on the power play and added an assist at WSH (1/24) • Tallied an assist and skated a season high 19:30 vs. NJD (1/30) • Recorded a team high seven shot attempts vs. NYI (2/16) • Scored a goal at NJD (2/20) • Led the team with three hits at NJD (2/23) •Notched an assist and had five shot attempts vs. NJD (2/25) • Led the team with five hits at NYI (3/4) • Scored a goal and led the team with seven shot attempts at NYI (3/7)

#37: Casey Mittelstadt (C) 6' 1", 196 lbs. / Nov 22, 1998 (22 years and 3 months)

KAY-see MIH-tuhl-stat GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (8th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft Season 12 1-3-4 -7 0 Last Goal: FEB 25, 2021 vs NEW JERSEY (7) Career 126 18-25-43 -30 14 Last Assist: MAR 7, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (4) Career Shootouts: 3/9 (33%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 7 2-1-3 1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 17:26 2 1 +1 2/25 vs NJD 3 times 4 times 12 times 3/13 vs PIT 4 times 3 times 2/22 vs NYI 2020-21: • Tallied an assist in his first game of the season at WSH (1/24) • Recorded an assist and skated a season high 12:38 TOI at NYI (2/22) • Score his first goal of the season on the power play vs. NJD (2/25) • Notched an assist at NYI (3/7) • Won all eight faceoffs he took vs. PIT (3/11), tying his career high and making him the first Sabre since Drew Stafford (3/15/2014) to be perfect at the faceoff dot in a game in which he took eight or more faceoffs

#44: Matt Irwin (D) 6' 2", 189 lbs. / Nov 29, 1987 (33 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 9, 2020 Season 14 0-2-2 -7 6 Last Goal: DEC 6, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (82) Career 373 22-62-84 2 156 Last Assist: FEB 20, 2021 @ NEW JERSEY (8) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 0-2-2 -1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 21:03 5 6 +2 14 times 2 times 2 times 3 times 2/22 vs NYI 1/31 vs NJD 3/6 vs NYI 3/9 vs PHI 2020-21: • Skates 17:57 and tallied an assist in his Sabres debut vs. NYR (1/26) • Had a season high five shots vs. NJD (1/31) •Led the team in both hits (4) and blocked shots (4) and skated a season high 20:05 vs. NYI (2/15) • Recorded his first point as a Sabre with an assist at NJD (2/20) • Skated a season high 21:03 at NYI (2/22) • Led the team with four blocked shots vs. NJD (2/25) • Led Buffalo with six hits at NYI (3/6) • Tied for the team lead with five hits vs. PIT (3/11) #53: Jeff Skinner (L) 5' 11", 197 lbs. / May 16, 1992 (28 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Selected by Carolina in the first round (10th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Carolina in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second-round pick in the 2019 Season 24 1-1-2 -9 10 NHL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 Career 744 259-208-467 -127 332 NHL Draft on August 2, 2018 Last Goal: MAR 7, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (4) Career vs. Opp 39 16-8-24 -9 32 Last Assist: JAN 22, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (19) Career Shootouts: 6/36 (17%), 3 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 16:44 5 1 +2 3/7 vs NYI 1/22 vs WSH 2 times 5 times 2/15 vs NYI 2 times 7 times 1/18 vs PHI 2020-21: •Skated 14:31 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Tallied an assist for his first point of the season at WSH (1/22) •Had a team high four shots at NJD (2/20) •Led the team with nine shot attempts at NYR (3/2) • Scored his first goal of the season at NYI (3/7)

#55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 221 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (26 years and 4 months)

RAS-muhs rihs-toh-LIGH-nehn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (8th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft Season 20 3-5-8 -11 14 Last Goal: MAR 4, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (6) Career 513 45-190-235 -156 269 Last Assist: MAR 2, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (7) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 20 2-7-9 -3 6

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 4 28:11 4 8 +2 3 times 1/24 vs WSH 2 times 3/4 vs NYI 1/31 vs NJD 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/22 vs WSH 2020-21: •Skated 22:22 and had three hits in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first goal of the season vs. WSH (1/15) •Led the team with eight hits and skated a team-high 20:43 at PHI (1/18) • Tallied two assists at WSH (1/24), passing Jim Schoenfeld for sole possession of the seventh-most career points recorded by a Sabres defenseman (230) • Recorded an assist and led the team with 23:20 TOI in his 500th career game vs. NYR (1/26) • Skated a season high 26:50 vs. NJD (1/30) • Had a two-point night (1+1) and skated a team-high 3:50 while shorthanded vs. NJD (1/31) •Skated a team high 22:18 and led the team with six hits in his return to the lineup after recovering from COVID-19 vs. PHI (2/27) •Tallied an assist and led the team in ice time (24:01), shots (4) and hits (4) at NYR (3/2) • Scored a goal and led the team with three shots at NYI (3/4) • Tied for the team lead in hits (5) and led the team with 23:01 TOI vs. PIT (3/11)

#62: Brandon Montour (D) 6' 0", 194 lbs. / Apr 11, 1994 (26 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Anaheim in the second round (55th overall) of the 2014 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 25 1-4-5 -15 14 Acquired: From Anaheim in exchange for Brendan Guhle and a first-round pick in the Career 268 25-71-96 5 154 2019 NHL Draft on Feb. 24, 2019 Last Goal: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career vs. Opp 11 2-4-6 -1 12 Last Assist: MAR 6, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (5) Career Shootouts: 2/4 (50%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 25:44 5 4 +1 3/9 vs PHI 4 times 5 times 7 times 1/22 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 2 times 4 times 2020-21: •Skated 20:43 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Tallied an assist for his first point of the season and had five shots at PHI (1/18) •Skated a team high 23:40 at PHI (1/19) •Had a season high 25:44 TOI at WSH (1/22) • Recorded an assist vs. NJD (1/30) •Tallied an assist and led the team with 21:43 TOI at NJD (2/20) • Had four hits at NYI (3/4) • Notched an assist and had a team high six shot attempts at NYI (3/6) • Led the team in ice time (22:29) and hits (3) at NYI (3/7) • Scored his first goal of the season and tied for the team lead with four blocked shots at PHI (3/9) • Led the team with four shots vs. PIT (3/11) #68: Victor Olofsson (L) 5' 11", 182 lbs. / Jul 18, 1995 (25 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the seventh round (181st overall) of the 2014 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 27 8-11-19 -17 2 Last Goal: MAR 11, 2021 vs PITTSBURGH (2) Career 87 30-35-65 -17 10 Last Assist: MAR 9, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career Shootouts: 0/2 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 7 5-4-9 1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 22:46 5 1 +1 8 times 1/31 vs NJD 2 times 2/23 vs NJD 2/22 vs NYI 3 times 5 times 3 times 2020-21: •Scored a goal and added an assist in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first power-play goal of the season at PHI (1/18) •Had an assist at WSH (1/22) •Scored a power-play goal at WSH (1/24) •Recorded an assist vs. NYR (1/26) • Tallied an assist and led the team with five shots vs. NYR (1/28) •Extended his point streak to a career-best seven games with a power-play goal vs. NYI (2/15) • Scored a power-play goal vs. NJD (1/30) • Extended his point streak to six games with two assists vs. NJD (1/31) • Set a new career high with points in seven straight games with a power-play goal vs. NYI (2/15) • Scored a power-play goal at WSH (1/18) • Notched an assist and skated a season high 22:46 at NYI (2/22) • Scored his sixth power-play goal of the season at NJD (2/23) • Recorded an assist vs. NJD (2/25) •Tallied an assist at NYR (3/2) • Had an assist at NYI (3/6) • Notched an assist at PHI (3/9) • Scored his second even-strength goal of the season vs. PIT (3/11)

#72: Tage Thompson (R) 6' 7", 219 lbs. / Oct 30, 1997 (23 years and 4 months)

TAYJ TAHMP-suhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by St. Louis in the first round (26th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft Season 12 1-1-2 -3 2 Acquired: From St. Louis with Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka, a first-round pick in Career 119 11-12-23 -37 34 the 2019 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft in exchange for forward Ryan O’Reilly on July 1, 2018 Career vs. Opp 6 0-2-2 0 0 Last Goal: MAR 11, 2021 vs PITTSBURGH (2) Last Assist: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (11) Career Shootouts: 1/3 (33%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 19:39 3 4 +1 3/11 vs PIT 1/14 vs WSH 2 times 1/22 vs WSH 1/15 vs WSH 3 times 2/16 vs NYI 3/11 vs PIT 2020-21: •Tallied an assist in 17:08 TOI in the season opener vs. WSH (1/14) •Had three shots vs. NJD (2/25) • Scored his first goal of the season vs. PIT (3/11)

#88: Brandon Davidson (D) 6' 2", 209 lbs. / Aug 21, 1991 (29 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by EDM in 2010 (6th round, 162nd overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired by SJS from CGY in exchange for future considerations on Feb. Season 5 0-0-0 -3 2 24, 2020 Career 179 9-14-23 -23 80 Last Goal: MAR 3, 2018 @ PITTSBURGH (39) Last Assist: OCT 21, 2018 vs TAMPA BAY (25) Career vs. Opp 4 0-2-2 -1 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 17:24 3 3 +0 5 times 5 times 5 times 2/15 vs NYI 3/7 vs NYI 2/22 vs NYI 2 times 3 times 2020-21: •Skated 11:36 in his season debut vs. NYI (2/15) • Took three shots and had two hits at NYI (2/22)