Florida Panthers Game Notes
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 NHL Game #236
Florida Panthers 6 - 6 - 3 (15 pts) Buffalo Sabres 7 - 8 - 0 (14 pts) Team Game: 16 4 - 2 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 16 4 - 5 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 8 2 - 4 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 7 3 - 3 - 0 (Road)
# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 1 Roberto Luongo 11 4 5 2 2.36 .928 31 Chad Johnson 11 4 6 0 2.75 .896 35 Al Montoya 4 2 1 1 2.22 .922 35 Linus Ullmark 5 3 2 0 2.56 .918
# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Steven Kampfer 1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 D Mark Pysyk 15 0 1 1 0 2 5 D Aaron Ekblad 15 2 2 4 1 6 4 D Josh Gorges 15 0 1 1 -5 25 6 D Alex Petrovic 14 0 3 3 0 16 6 D Mike Weber 10 0 1 1 -2 13 7 D Dmitry Kulikov 15 0 3 3 2 2 12 R Brian Gionta 12 0 4 4 -6 2 11 L Jonathan Huberdeau 15 0 7 7 1 4 15 C Jack Eichel 15 6 3 9 -4 4 17 C Derek MacKenzie 15 1 4 5 7 11 17 C David Legwand 12 0 3 3 -3 6 18 R Reilly Smith 15 5 3 8 3 4 22 L Johan Larsson 14 0 3 3 1 0 21 C Vincent Trocheck 15 6 5 11 -2 4 23 C Sam Reinhart 15 2 3 5 1 0 22 L Shawn Thornton 9 0 0 0 0 16 25 D Carlo Colaiacovo 7 0 1 1 0 0 23 C Rocco Grimaldi 5 1 0 1 -2 0 26 L Matt Moulson 15 4 2 6 -1 6 27 C Nick Bjugstad 15 5 4 9 1 6 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 15 1 1 2 0 4 28 L Garrett Wilson 4 0 0 0 1 0 29 D Jake McCabe 13 2 0 2 -2 4 33 D Willie Mitchell 15 0 2 2 4 4 44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 15 3 2 5 -4 7 36 L Jussi Jokinen 15 3 7 10 0 2 46 D Cody Franson 15 1 6 7 -3 10 42 C Quinton Howden 13 2 2 4 3 2 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 15 4 4 8 -7 0 44 D Erik Gudbranson 15 1 2 3 3 15 59 C Tim Schaller 2 0 1 1 0 0 51 D Brian Campbell 15 1 6 7 3 8 63 C Tyler Ennis 13 3 5 8 -5 2 63 C Dave Bolland 13 1 3 4 -1 12 82 L Marcus Foligno 14 1 5 6 -1 11 68 R Jaromir Jagr 13 7 5 12 0 4 88 L Jamie McGinn 15 3 3 6 -4 4 73 C Brandon Pirri 15 2 4 6 -4 6 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 15 4 9 13 -3 4
Executive Chairman Peter Luukko Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Executive V.P. & General Manager Dale Tallon President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon Special Advisor to GM/Alternate Bill Torrey General Manager Tim Murray Governor Head Coach Dan Bylsma Head Coach Gerard Gallant Coaching Staff Terry Murray, Dave Barr, Dan Assistant Coaches Mike Kelly, John Madden, Lambert, Andrew Allen Robb Tallas, Paul Vincent, Tommy Powers
Tonight's Officials Referees Rob Martell (26), Brian Pochmara (16) Linesmen Pierre Racicot (65), Brad Kovachik (71) Supervisor Video Judge Brian Tipple Ntl. Anthem Caroline Canning Panthers PR Chris Wojcik, Adelyn Biedenbach, Mike Lewis, Chrissy Parente
Today's Schedule EDM @ ARI : 7:00 COL @ BOS : 7:00 MIN @ CAR : 7:00 TOR @ NSH : 7:00 STL @ NYR : 7:00 WSH @ PHI : 7:00 NJD @ CHI : 7:30 WPG @ DAL : 7:30 BUF @ FLA : 7:30 NYI @ LAK : 7:30 VAN @ OTT : 7:30 CGY @ TBL : 7:30 Florida Panthers: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Roberto Luongo G 6' 3" 217 Apr 4, 1979 Montreal, QC, CAN 3 Steven Kampfer D 5' 11" 192 Sep 24, 1988 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 5 Aaron Ekblad D 6' 4" 216 Feb 7, 1996 Windsor, ON, CAN 6 Alex Petrovic D 6' 4" 206 Mar 3, 1992 Edmonton, AB, CAN 7 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 11 Jonathan Huberdeau L 6' 1" 188 Jun 4, 1993 Saint-Jerome, QC, CAN 17 Derek MacKenzie C 5' 11" 181 Jun 11, 1981 Sudbury, ON, CAN 18 Reilly Smith R 6' 0" 185 Apr 1, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 21 Vincent Trocheck C 5' 10" 182 Jul 11, 1993 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 22 Shawn Thornton L 6' 2" 217 Jul 23, 1977 Oshawa, ON, CAN 23 Rocco Grimaldi C 5' 6" 180 Feb 8, 1993 Anaheim, CA, USA 27 Nick Bjugstad C 6' 6" 218 Jul 17, 1992 Minneapolis, MN, USA 28 Garrett Wilson L 6' 2" 199 Mar 16, 1991 Barrie, ON, CAN 33 Willie Mitchell D 6' 3" 210 Apr 23, 1977 Port McNeill, BC, CAN 35 Al Montoya G 6' 2" 203 Feb 13, 1985 Chicago, IL, USA 36 Jussi Jokinen L 5' 11" 198 Apr 1, 1983 Kalajoki, FIN 42 Quinton Howden C 6' 2" 189 Jan 21, 1992 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 44 Erik Gudbranson D 6' 5" 216 Jan 7, 1992 Ottawa, ON, CAN 51 Brian Campbell D 5' 10" 192 May 23, 1979 Strathroy, ON, CAN 63 Dave Bolland C 6' 0" 184 Jun 5, 1986 Mimico, ON, CAN 68 Jaromir Jagr R 6' 3" 230 Feb 15, 1972 Kladno, CZE 73 Brandon Pirri C 6' 0" 183 Apr 10, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 199 Age: 28.6
Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 16 Aleksander Barkov C 6' 3" 213 Sep 2, 1995 Tampere, FIN
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks JONATHAN HUBERDEAU (2 / 2 Games) JONATHAN HUBERDEAU (0-2-2 / 2 Games)
Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 3 Mark Pysyk D 6' 1" 200 Jan 11, 1992 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 203 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Mike Weber D 6' 2" 217 Dec 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 201 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 17 David Legwand C 6' 2" 207 Aug 17, 1980 Detroit, MI, USA 22 Johan Larsson L 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 189 Nov 6, 1995 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 6' 1" 202 Jan 27, 1983 Toronto, ON, CAN 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 212 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 1" 203 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jake McCabe D 6' 0" 214 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 31 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 196 Jun 10, 1986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 212 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 212 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 46 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 234 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 207 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 59 Tim Schaller C 6' 2" 219 Nov 16, 1990 Merrimack, NH, USA 63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 160 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 226 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 88 Jamie McGinn L 6' 1" 205 Aug 5, 1988 Fergus, ON, CAN 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 26.3
Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 228 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 5" 240 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 219 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks RASMUS RISTOLAINEN (3 / 2 Games) JACK EICHEL (3 / 2 Games) MARCUS FOLIGNO (1-1-2 / 2 Games) TYLER ENNIS (3 / 3 Games) TYLER ENNIS (0-3-3 / 3 Games) RASMUS RISTOLAINEN (3-0-3 / 2 Games) JACK EICHEL (2-3-5 / 3 Games) Florida Panthers: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 68 Jaromir Jagr 13 7 5 12 0 4 2 0 1 27 25.9 16:00 0.00 3 3 C 21 Vincent Trocheck 15 6 5 11 -2 4 3 0 1 23 26.1 16:08 45.69 23 9 L 36 Jussi Jokinen 15 3 7 10 0 2 0 0 0 28 10.7 18:01 45.90 11 15 C 27 Nick Bjugstad 15 5 4 9 1 6 2 0 1 34 14.7 16:53 49.73 26 10 R 18 Reilly Smith 15 5 3 8 3 4 3 0 0 27 18.5 17:12 0.00 21 10 D 51 Brian Campbell 15 1 6 7 3 8 0 1 0 24 4.2 20:30 0.00 8 15 L 11 Jonathan Huberdeau 15 0 7 7 1 4 0 0 0 30 0.0 18:11 50.00 15 5 C 16 Aleksander Barkov 7 3 3 6 2 0 1 0 1 19 15.8 17:52 49.52 5 5 C 73 Brandon Pirri 15 2 4 6 -4 6 1 0 0 35 5.7 14:51 41.02 12 4 C 17 Derek MacKenzie 15 1 4 5 7 11 0 0 0 13 7.7 12:24 53.51 38 9 D 5 Aaron Ekblad 15 2 2 4 1 6 0 0 1 37 5.4 19:10 0.00 19 10 C 42 Quinton Howden 13 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 16 12.5 11:39 50.00 41 3 C 63 Dave Bolland 13 1 3 4 -1 12 0 0 0 22 4.5 16:19 46.63 19 3 D 44 Erik Gudbranson 15 1 2 3 3 15 0 0 0 13 7.7 20:46 0.00 49 25 D 6 Alex Petrovic 14 0 3 3 0 16 0 0 0 11 0.0 17:21 0.00 37 18 D 7 Dmitry Kulikov 15 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 22 0.0 19:17 0.00 24 21 D 33 Willie Mitchell 15 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 10 0.0 20:02 0.00 28 28 C 23 Rocco Grimaldi 5 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 13:56 40.00 6 0 D 3 Steven Kampfer 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 10:19 0.00 3 2 L 22 Shawn Thornton 9 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 13 0.0 08:49 0.00 11 0 L 28 Garrett Wilson 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 11:32 0.00 13 0
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 1 Roberto Luongo 11 660 2.36 4 5 2 0 26 334 .928 0 1 2 35 Al Montoya 4 243 2.22 2 1 1 0 9 107 .922 0 0 0
Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 15 4 9 13 -3 4 3 0 1 37 10.8 21:34 59.71 3 6 C 15 Jack Eichel 15 6 3 9 -4 4 3 0 1 56 10.7 18:48 46.82 12 4 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 15 4 4 8 -7 0 2 0 1 41 9.8 24:07 0.00 26 26 C 63 Tyler Ennis 13 3 5 8 -5 2 2 0 0 36 8.3 19:28 100.00 21 5 D 46 Cody Franson 15 1 6 7 -3 10 0 0 1 30 3.3 19:59 0.00 23 11 L 26 Matt Moulson 15 4 2 6 -1 6 1 0 0 30 13.3 14:52 0.00 4 2 L 88 Jamie McGinn 15 3 3 6 -4 4 1 0 0 27 11.1 10:46 100.00 36 1 L 82 Marcus Foligno 14 1 5 6 -1 11 0 0 0 8 12.5 12:25 100.00 31 9 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 15 3 2 5 -4 7 0 0 0 16 18.8 10:56 0.00 36 8 C 23 Sam Reinhart 15 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 23 8.7 13:19 46.42 5 1 R 12 Brian Gionta 12 0 4 4 -6 2 0 0 0 30 0.0 18:39 40.90 9 4 L 9 Evander Kane 8 1 2 3 -5 2 0 0 0 28 3.6 20:18 42.85 24 3 C 17 David Legwand 12 0 3 3 -3 6 0 0 0 12 0.0 09:37 50.00 4 4 L 22 Johan Larsson 14 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 22 0.0 13:21 45.71 22 3 D 29 Jake McCabe 13 2 0 2 -2 4 0 0 0 11 18.2 18:08 0.00 25 15 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 15 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 4.0 16:37 43.97 27 8 D 3 Mark Pysyk 15 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.0 16:16 0.00 9 14 D 4 Josh Gorges 15 0 1 1 -5 25 0 0 0 13 0.0 20:31 0.00 25 38 D 6 Mike Weber 10 0 1 1 -2 13 0 0 0 10 0.0 16:46 0.00 18 8 D 25 Carlo Colaiacovo 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 15:31 0.00 7 15 C 59 Tim Schaller 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 07:58 42.10 3 1
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Chad Johnson 11 611 2.75 4 6 0 0 28 240 .896 0 1 0 35 Linus Ullmark 5 258 2.56 3 2 0 0 11 123 .918 0 0 0 40 Robin Lehner 1 28 2.14 0 0 0 0 1 11 .917 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers Team Records Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers Last game: Tuesday AT TAMPA BAY (4-1 W) Tuesday VS CALGARY (4-3 W) Next game: Saturday VS SAN JOSE Saturday AT TAMPA BAY Overall record/streak: 7 - 8 - 0 / Win 2 / Undef 2 6 - 6 - 3 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Home record/streak: 4 - 5 - 0 / Win 1 / Undef 1 4 - 2 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Road record/streak: 3 - 3 - 0 / Win 2 / Undef 2 2 - 4 - 2 / Lost 2 Last 5 Games: 4 - 1 - 0 1 - 2 - 2 Last 10 Games: 6 - 4 - 0 3 - 4 - 3 1-Goal Games: 4 - 4 - 0 2 - 2 - 3 2-Goal Games 2 - 1 0 - 2 3-Goal Games 1 - 3 4 - 2 Scoring first 5 - 2 - 0 5 - 2 - 2 Opponent scoring first 2 - 6 - 0 1 - 4 - 1 Leading after 1 period 3 - 1 - 0 6 - 1 - 0 Trailing after 1 period 1 - 4 - 0 0 - 3 - 1 Tied after 1 period 3 - 3 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 Leading after 2 periods 5 - 0 - 0 4 - 1 - 2 Trailing after 2 periods 2 - 7 - 0 0 - 5 - 1 Tied after 2 periods 0 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 OT Record - This Season: 2 - 0 0 - 3 OT Record - Franchise: 165 - 152 - 215 102 - 175 - 142 Shootout Record - This Season: 1 - 0 0 - 1 Shootout Record - Franchise: 66 - 51 49 - 73 Outshooting opponent: 4 - 6 - 0 3 - 2 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 3 - 2 - 0 3 - 4 - 2 Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 1 vs. Atlantic: 2 - 6 - 0 1 - 1 - 0 vs. Metropolitan: 4 - 2 - 0 2 - 1 - 2 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 6 - 8 - 0 3 - 2 - 2 vs. Central: 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 vs. Pacific: 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 2 - 1 vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 1 - 0 - 0 3 - 4 - 1
Month by Month Record Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: 4-7-0 8 5-4-2 12 November: 3-1-0 6 1-2-1 3 Totals: 7-8-0 14 6-6-3 15 Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: 8 11 15 1 35 ( 2.3 avg.) Opponents: 12 14 16 0 42 ( 2.8 avg.)
Florida Panthers: 15 11 15 0 41 ( 2.7 avg.) Opponents: 8 15 12 2 37 ( 2.5 avg.)
Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: 142 173 156 3 474 (31.6 avg.) Opponents: 129 162 119 6 416 (27.7 avg.)
Florida Panthers: 136 123 156 7 422 (28.1 avg.) Opponents: 147 187 138 6 478 (31.9 avg.)
Power Play Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers G Att % G Att % Overall: 12 51 23.5 (5th NHL) 12 53 22.6 (6th NHL) Home: 9 35 25.7 (5th NHL) 10 27 37.0 (1st NHL) Road: 3 16 18.8 (T-16th NHL) 2 26 7.7 (T-27th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-9th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL)
Penalty Killing Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers G Att % G Att % Overall: 9 38 76.3 (25th NHL) 13 53 75.5 (26th NHL) Home: 4 21 81.0 (T-15th NHL) 6 23 73.9 (24th NHL) Road: 5 17 70.6 (30th NHL) 7 30 76.7 (23rd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-19th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-12th NHL)
Penalties Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 15 110 7.3 (6th NHL) 15 140 9.3 (T-15th NHL)
Goal Situations Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers For Against For Against 5 on 5: 20 29 27 21 5 on 4: 11 1 8 0 5 on 3: 0 0 4 0 4 on 4: 0 0 0 0 4 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 3: 1 0 0 1 3 on 4: 0 0 1 1 3 on 5: 0 1 0 0 4 on 5: 0 8 1 11 Empty Net: 1 2 1 2 Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 35 42 41 37 Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers Situations Individual Leaders Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers Points: R. O'REILLY (13),J. EICHEL (9),T. ENNIS (8) J. JAGR (12),V. TROCHECK (11),J. JOKINEN (10) Goals: J. EICHEL (6),M. MOULSON (4),R. O'REILLY (4) J. JAGR (7),V. TROCHECK (6),R. SMITH (5) Assists: R. O'REILLY (9),C. FRANSON (6),T. ENNIS (5) J. JOKINEN (7),J. HUBERDEAU (7),B. CAMPBELL (6) PP Goals: R. O'REILLY (3),J. EICHEL (3),T. ENNIS (2) R. SMITH (3),V. TROCHECK (3),J. JAGR (2) SH Goals: B. CAMPBELL (1) GW Goals: C. FRANSON (1),R. O'REILLY (1),Z. GIRGENSONS (1) J. JAGR (1),N. BJUGSTAD (1),V. TROCHECK (1) 3+ Goals: PIM: J. GORGES (25),M. WEBER (13),M. FOLIGNO (11) S. THORNTON (16),A. PETROVIC (16),E. GUDBRANSON (15) Shots: J. EICHEL (56),R. RISTOLAINEN (41),R. O'REILLY (37) A. EKBLAD (37),B. PIRRI (35),N. BJUGSTAD (34) +/-: J. LARSSON (+1),S. REINHART (+1),C. COLAIACOVO (0) D. MACKENZIE (+7),W. MITCHELL (+4),B. CAMPBELL (+3)
Shootout Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Matt Moulson 1 / 1 100.0 1 Brandon Pirri 1 / 1 100.0 0 Tyler Ennis 1 / 1 100.0 0 Nick Bjugstad 0 / 1 0.0 0 Ryan O'Reilly 0 / 1 0.0 0 Vincent Trocheck 0 / 1 0.0 0 Evander Kane 0 / 1 0.0 0 Jonathan Huberdeau 0 / 1 0.0 0 Jack Eichel 0 / 1 0.0 0
Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Chad Johnson 1 - 0 1/5 .800 Roberto Luongo 0 - 1 2/4 .500
Power Play Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers Player G A P Player G A P Ryan O'Reilly 3 4 7 Vincent Trocheck 3 3 6 Jack Eichel 3 1 4 Nick Bjugstad 2 2 4 Cody Franson 0 4 4 Brian Campbell 0 4 4 Rasmus Ristolainen 2 2 4 Brandon Pirri 1 3 4 Brian Gionta 0 3 3 Jaromir Jagr 2 1 3 Tyler Ennis 2 0 2 Jussi Jokinen 0 3 3 Marcus Foligno 0 2 2 Reilly Smith 3 0 3 Evander Kane 0 2 2 Aleksander Barkov 1 1 2 Jamie McGinn 1 1 2 Dave Bolland 0 2 2 Matt Moulson 1 1 2 Aaron Ekblad 0 2 2 Johan Larsson 0 1 1 Jonathan Huberdeau 0 1 1 Dmitry Kulikov 0 1 1
Short Handed Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers Player G A P Player G A P No players to display Brian Campbell 1 0 1 Derek MacKenzie 0 1 1 Reilly Smith 0 1 1 Buffalo Sabres (0-1) @ Florida Panthers (1-0) Season Series
Florida Panthers Sabres Attend Goaltenders W. Goal Oct 15, 2015 3 2 11,616 Roberto Luongo / Chad Johnson Aleksander Barkov
Sabres Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Chad Johnson 1 59 3 3.07 0 0 1 0 29 .897
Power play 1 - 6 (17%) Penalty Killing 2 - 5 (60%)
Panthers Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Roberto Luongo 1 60 2 2.00 0 1 0 0 26 .923
Power play 2 - 5 (40%) Penalty Killing 1 - 6 (83.3%) Florida Panthers: Media Notes
FLORIDA PANTHERS PR A PDF of the 2015-16 Florida Panthers Media Guide can be found at FloridaPanthers.com/MediaGuide. Follow @FlaPanthersPR on Twitter for up-to-date information on practice times, in-game updates and all Panthers news.
LAST GAME Florida 4, Calgary 3 - Tuesday, Nov. 10, BB&T Center FLA Goals: Trocheck (6 [PPG]), Smith (5), Ekblad (2), Jagr (7) CGY Goals: Jones (4,5), Monahan (5 [PPG]) FLA Goalie: Luongo (W) - 25 saves CGY Goalie: Ramo (L) - 27 saves Notes: Florida's win snapped a five-game winless streak (0-3-2)...The Panthers outshot the Flames 31-28...Aaron Ekblad and Jonathan Huberdeau led Florida with 5 shots...Florida outhit Calgary 31-24...Derek MacKenzie and Garrett Wilson led Florida with 4 hits...Jaromir Jagr's game-winning goal is the 130th of his career to lead the NHL all-time in game-winning goals.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE DATE TIME OPP VENUE TV RADIO
1490 WMBM Nov. 14 7:00 p.m. at TBL Amalie Arena FS-Florida Radio Network
Nov. 16 7:30 p.m. vs. TBL BB&T Center FS-Florida Radio Network
Nov. 19 7:30 p.m. vs. ANA BB&T Center FS-Florida Radio Network The Florida Panthers Radio Network consists of the Panthers' flagship station 560 WQAM (Broward/Miami-Dade Counties), as well as 640 Sports (Palm Beach County), 1210 ESPN Deportes (Miami-Dade County), 760 ESPN Deportes (Palm Beach County), 97.7 The Wave (Monroe County) and 107.9 FM/1370AM WAXE (Indian River County).
INJURY REPORT - Total Man Games Lost: 12 Player Injury First Game Missed Number of Games Missed
Aleksander Barkov Hand (IR) 10/24 at DAL 8
RECENT TRANSACTIONS - Nov. 9: F Connor Brickley assigned to Portland (AHL). - Nov. 2: F Garrett Wilson recalled from Portland (AHL). - Nov. 2: F Logan Shaw assigned to Portland (AHL). - Oct. 31:F Aleksander Barkov placed on Injured Reserve. - Oct. 31:F Rocco Grimaldi recalled from Portland (AHL). - Oct. 29: F Logan Shaw recalled from Portland (AHL). - Oct. 29: D Dylan Olsen assigned to Portland (AHL).
CATS STATS • F Jaromir Jagr (7-5-12) enter tonight's game as Florida's leading scorer. • F Jaromir Jagr leads Florida in goals (7), while Jonathan Huberdeau and Jussi Jokinen lead the Panthers in assists (7). • D Brian Campbell has been on the ice for a team-leading 17 goals for the Panthers. Campbell leads all Panthers defensemen in scoring (1-6-7) and has played 318 consecutive games dating back to Mar. 23, 2011. • F Jonathan Huberdeau leads all Florida forwards in ice time (18:11 TOI). • F Derek MacKenzie leads Florida with a +7 rating and 53.5 FOW%. • F Jonathan Huberdeau has recorded 3 points (0-3-3) in his last four games played. • Florida owns a 4-0-0 record in games where F Reilly Smith records a goal. Smith ranks tied for third in goals for Florida (5), while Smith's team-leading (tied) 3 power play goals have all occurred in the game's third period. • Florida ranks tied for third in the NHL for goals scored in the first period (15) and ranks third in the NHL for least goals allowed in the first frame (8). • Florida has registered a combined 438 hits to rank tied for fourth in the NHL. • Florida owns a 6-0-0 record in games where they score three or more goals and a 6-1-0 record when leading after the first period.
AGAINST THE SABRES Tonight's game marks the 86th meeting between the two teams with Florida posting a 36-38-4-7 record all-time against the Sabres. The Panthers own a 21-17-1-2 home record against Buffalo. Tonight marks the second of four meetings between the two clubs this season. The Panthers and Sabres meet again on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at First Niagara Center. STREAKS: Florida has won their last three games against Buffalo and own a nine-game point streak vs. the Sabres (8-0-1) dating back to Jan. 9, 2014. Florida has also won their last four home games vs. Buffalo. Florida's last loss to Buffalo was an overtime loss Dec. 13, 2014 at First Niagara Center (4-3 OTL), while their last regulation loss to the Sabres was Oct. 25, 2013 at the BB&T Center (3-1 L). LAST GAME: On Oct. 15, 2015, Florida defeated Buffalo with a final score of 3-2. Jaromir Jagr recorded two goals in the first period before notching an assist on Aleksander Barkov's game-winning power-play goal. Roberto Luongo made 24 saves to earn his 403rd career win, tying him for ninth place all-time with Grant Fuhr.
2015-16 vs. BUF: (1-0-0) Oct. 15 vs. BUF (BB&T Center) W - Panthers 3, Sabres 2 (GWG: A. Barkov [PPG]) Nov. 12 vs. BUF (BB&T Center) Jan. 5 at BUF (First Niagara Center) Feb. 9 at BUF (First Niagara Center)
FLORIDA - BUFFALO CONNECTIONS - FLA D Brian Campbell...selected by BUF in the sixth round (155th overall) of the 1997 NHL Draft... 391 GP w/ BUF (1999-08)...176 points (32-144-176). - FLA Television Analyst Randy Moller...126 GP for BUF (1991-94)...25 points (5-20-25), 296 PIM. - BUF F Marcus Foligno's father Mike Foligno...39 GP w/ FLA (1993-94)...9 points (4-5-9). - BUF General Manager Tim Murray...eight years w/ FLA serving as the Director of Amateur Scouting (1998-02)... Amateur Scout (1994-98). - BUF Assistant Coach Terry Murray...200 games as FLA Head Coach, 79-79-31-11 (1998-01)...led Florida to a 1999-00 playoff berth. - BUF Player Development Coach Krys Barch...96 games w/ FLA (2011-12, 2013-14)...9 points (2-7-9), 190 PIM.
AMONG THE ELITE Roberto Luongo enters tonight's game with a .951 even-strength SV%. Among goalies who have played in 5 or more games this season, Luongo's ES-SV% ranks fourth in the NHL. With a win Nov. 10 vs. Calgary, Luongo moves 2 wins away from tying Glenn Hall (407 W) for eighth all-time in wins and is eight games shy of tying former Panthers netminder John Vanbiesbrouck for eighth all-time in games played. Florida's franchise leader in games played (403), games started (388), wins (146) and shutouts (39), Luongo is 4 wins away from his 150th career win in a Panthers uniform. The active leader among goaltenders in games played (875), wins (405) and shutouts (68), Luongo owns a seven-game win streak vs. Buffalo dating back to Oct. 17, 2013. Over the seven-game span, Luongo has recorded 4 shutouts. Games Played Wins Shutouts
6. Glenn Hall (906 GP) 6. Jacques Plante (437 W) 10. Tony Esposito (76 SO)
7. Tony Esposito (886 GP) 7. Tony Esposito (423 W) 11. Lorne Chabot (72 SO)
8. John Vanbiesbrouck (882 GP) 8. Glenn Hall (407 W) 12. Harry Lumley (71 SO)
9. Roberto Luongo (875 GP) 9. Roberto Luongo (405 W) 13. Roberto Luongo (68 SO)
THE CALDER KID The NHL's reigning Calder Trophy winner Aaron Ekblad recorded his second goal of the season on Nov. 10 vs. Calgary. The goal stood as Ekblad's third point in as many career games vs. the Flames. Florida holds a 2-0-0 record when Ekblad records a goal and a 4-0-0 record when the 19-year old records a point. In six career games vs. Buffalo, Ekblad has recorded 5 points (0-5-5).
JAGR WATCH In five of Florida's six wins this season, Jaromir Jagr has recorded at least one point. Leading Florida with 12 points (7-5-12) in his first 13 games, Jagr is only 2 goals away from tying Marcel Dionne for fourth all-time in goals (731). Jagr is the league's active leader in games played (1,563), goals (729), assists (1,084), points (1,813), power play goals (206) and power play points (588), while ranking first all-time in game-winning goals (130). Tonight, Jagr is expected to tie Nicklas Lidstrom for tenth all-time in games played (1,564). Games Played Goals Assists Points
8. Larry Murphy (1,615 GP) 2. Gordie Howe (801 G) 3. Mark Messier (1,193 A) 1. Wayne Gretzky (2,857 P)
9. Ray Bourque (1,612 GP) 3. Brett Hull (741 G) 4. Ray Bourque (1,169 A) 2. Mark Messier (1,887 P)
10. Nicklas Lidstrom (1,564 GP) 4. Marcel Dionne (731 G) 5. Paul Coffey (1,135 A) 3. Gordie Howe (1,850 P)
11. Jaromir Jagr (1,563 GP) 5. Jaromir Jagr (729 G) 6. Jaromir Jagr (1,084 A) 4. Jaromir Jagr (1,812 P)
Power Play Goals Power Play Points
10. Mike Gartner (217 PPG) 10. Steve Yzerman (594 PPP)
11. Joe Nieuwendyk (215 PPG) 11. Nicklas Lidstrom (590 PPP)
12. Keith Tkachuk (212 PPG) 12. Teemu Selanne (588 PPP)
13. Jaromir Jagr (206 PPG) T-12. Jaromir Jagr (588 PPP)
THE PANTHERS PIPELINE The Panthers possess 11 players on their roster who were drafted by the club. 1. D Dmitry Kulikov (first round, 14th overall, 2009) 2. F Garrett Wilson (fourth round, 107th overall, 2009) 3. D Erik Gudbranson (first round, third overall, 2010) 4. F Nick Bjugstad (first round, 19th overall, 2010) 5. F Quinton Howden (first round, 25th overall, 2010) 6. D Alex Petrovic (second round, 36th overall, 2010) 7. F Jonathan Huberdeau (first round, third overall, 2011) 8. F Rocco Grimaldi (second round, 32nd overall, 2011) 9. F Vincent Trocheck (third round, 64th overall, 2011) 10. F Aleksander Barkov (first round, second overall, 2013) [injured] 11. D Aaron Ekblad (first round, first overall, 2014)
2015-16 Panthers Real-Time Stats Leaders Hits: Erik Gudbranson - 49 Shots: Aaron Ekblad - 37 Blocked Shots: Willie Mitchell - 28 TOI/GP: Erik Gudbranson - 20:46
MILESTONE WATCH
• Dmitry Kulikov...3 assists from...100 career assists • Gerard Gallant...3 games away from...100 games as FLA Head Coach • Aaron Ekblad...4 games away from...100 career games • Al Montoya ...5 wins away from...50 career wins • Shawn Thornton...7 points away from...100 career points • Nick Bjugstad...9 points away from...100 career points
MILESTONES ACHIEVED
• Connor Brickley...1st career game...Oct. 10 vs. PHI • Connor Brickley...1st career goal...Oct. 13 at CAR • Jonathan Huberdeau...200th career game...Oct. 15 vs. BUF • Brian Campbell...300th consecutive game w/FLA...Oct. 20 at PIT • Roberto Luongo...9th all-time in games played (869)...Oct. 20 at PIT • Roberto Luongo...9th all-time in wins (404)...Oct. 27 vs. COL • Logan Shaw...1st career game...Oct. 30 vs. BOS • Roberto Luongo...400th game w/FLA...Oct. 30 vs. BOS • Derek MacKenzie...400th career game...Oct. 31 vs. WSH • Dmitry Kulikov...400th career game...Nov. 7 at LAK
Florida Panthers: 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 10/10/2015 Philadelphia Flyers W 01-00-00 7-1 21,27p,18p,36,68,68,18p 27 3-7 3-4 30-39 1 / 35 19434+ 2 10/12/2015 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 01-01-00 0-1 10 0-6 3-3 31-33 30 / 1 19769+ 3 10/13/2015 @ Carolina Hurricanes W 02-01-00 4-1 27,86,16,36 86 0-3 4-4 30-23 35 / 31 10901 4 10/15/2015 Buffalo Sabres W 03-01-00 3-2 68p,68,16p 16 2-5 5-6 29-26 1 / 31 11616 5 10/17/2015 Dallas Stars L 03-02-00 2-4 16,73 91 0-1 1-2 26-37 32 / 1 12834 6 10/20/2015 @ Pittsburgh Penguins O* 03-02-01 2-3 42,17 71 0-2 1-3 33-35 29 / 1 18471+ 7 10/22/2015 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 03-03-01 2-3 21,68p 88 1-4 6-8 18-27 50 / 1 21591+ 8 10/24/2015 @ Dallas Stars W 04-03-01 6-2 68,27,5,63,18,42 5 0-2 3-4 30-35 35 / 32 18532+ 9 10/27/2015 Colorado Avalanche W 05-03-01 4-1 21p,21p,18p,51s 21 3-3 5-5 28-32 1 / 20 11694 10 10/30/2015 Boston Bruins L 05-04-01 1-3 27p 63 1-6 1-3 32-30 40 / 1 14112 11 10/31/2015 Washington Capitals O* 05-04-02 1-2 36 92 0-3 2-2 27-27 31 / 35 11207 12 11/04/2015 @ Anaheim Ducks O** 05-04-03 2-3 23,44 29 0-3 4-5 25-39 31 / 1 15169 13 11/05/2015 @ San Jose Sharks L 05-05-03 2-5 21,73p 12 1-3 2-2 33-32 32 / 35 15525 14 11/07/2015 @ Los Angeles Kings L 05-06-03 1-4 27 8 0-3 0-1 19-35 32 / 1 18230+ 15 11/10/2015 Calgary Flames W 06-06-03 4-3 21p,18,5,68 68 1-2 0-1 31-28 1 / 31 11242 16 11/12/2015 Buffalo Sabres 17 11/14/2015 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 18 11/16/2015 Tampa Bay Lightning 19 11/19/2015 Anaheim Ducks 20 11/21/2015 New York Rangers 21 11/23/2015 Los Angeles Kings 22 11/27/2015 New York Islanders 23 11/29/2015 @ Detroit Red Wings 24 12/01/2015 @ St. Louis Blues 25 12/03/2015 @ Nashville Predators 26 12/04/2015 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 27 12/06/2015 @ New Jersey Devils 28 12/08/2015 Ottawa Senators 29 12/10/2015 Washington Capitals 30 12/12/2015 @ Boston Bruins 31 12/15/2015 @ New York Islanders 32 12/17/2015 @ New Jersey Devils 33 12/18/2015 @ Carolina Hurricanes 34 12/20/2015 Vancouver Canucks 35 12/22/2015 Ottawa Senators 36 12/27/2015 Columbus Blue Jackets 37 12/29/2015 Montréal Canadiens 38 01/02/2016 New York Rangers 39 01/03/2016 Minnesota Wild 40 01/05/2016 @ Buffalo Sabres 41 01/07/2016 @ Ottawa Senators 42 01/10/2016 @ Edmonton Oilers 43 01/11/2016 @ Vancouver Canucks 44 01/13/2016 @ Calgary Flames 45 01/17/2016 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 46 01/18/2016 Edmonton Oilers 47 01/22/2016 Chicago Blackhawks 48 01/23/2016 Tampa Bay Lightning 49 01/26/2016 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 02/02/2016 @ Washington Capitals 51 02/04/2016 Detroit Red Wings 52 02/06/2016 Pittsburgh Penguins 53 02/08/2016 @ Detroit Red Wings 54 02/09/2016 @ Buffalo Sabres 55 02/12/2016 St. Louis Blues 56 02/13/2016 Nashville Predators 57 02/15/2016 Pittsburgh Penguins 58 02/18/2016 San Jose Sharks 59 02/20/2016 Winnipeg Jets 60 02/25/2016 Arizona Coyotes 61 02/27/2016 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 62 02/28/2016 @ Minnesota Wild 63 03/01/2016 @ Winnipeg Jets 64 03/03/2016 @ Colorado Avalanche 65 03/05/2016 @ Arizona Coyotes 66 03/07/2016 Boston Bruins 67 03/10/2016 Ottawa Senators 68 03/12/2016 Philadelphia Flyers 69 03/14/2016 @ New York Islanders 70 03/15/2016 @ Montréal Canadiens 71 03/17/2016 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 72 03/19/2016 Detroit Red Wings 73 03/21/2016 @ New York Rangers 74 03/24/2016 @ Boston Bruins 75 03/26/2016 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 76 03/29/2016 Toronto Maple Leafs 77 03/31/2016 New Jersey Devils 78 04/02/2016 Montréal Canadiens 79 04/04/2016 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 80 04/05/2016 @ Montréal Canadiens 81 04/07/2016 @ Ottawa Senators 82 04/09/2016 Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. KAMPFER EKBLAD PETROVIC KULIKOV HUBERDEAU BARKOV MACKENZIE # 3 # 5 # 6 # 7 # 11 # 16 # 17 Oct 10 Vs PHI 0-1,1/1 17:50 0-0,1/1 20:44 0-0,1/1 17:26 0-1,3/2 19:38 0-2,1/2 18:09 0-0,2/0 10:55 Oct 12 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 18:18 0-0,1/0 15:40 0-0,2/0 14:25 0-0,1/0 20:18 0-0,3/0 21:13 0-0,1/0 09:22 Oct 13 @ CAR 0-0,2/1 18:28 0-0,1/2 19:12 0-1,1/2 17:47 0-0,2/0 17:52 1-0,6/0 19:41 0-1,0/2 13:32 Oct 15 Vs BUF 0-1,2/-1 15:58 0-0,1/0 19:53 0-0,1/0 20:52 0-0,2/1 16:45 1-1(W),6/1 18:14 0-0,2/0 13:28 Oct 17 Vs DAL 0-0,3/0 20:38 0-1,1/1 19:51 0-0,4/0 21:54 0-1,1/-1 17:35 1-0,1/-1 18:12 0-0,2/0 11:46 Oct 20 @ PIT 0-0,5/1 18:10 0-0,1/-1 18:05 0-0,0/0 19:47 0-0,2/0 18:09 0-0,2/0 18:08 1-0,1/2 11:54 Oct 22 @ CHI 0-0,0/-1 10:19 0-0,0/1 20:50 DNP 0-0,0/-1 18:00 0-0,0/0 17:54 0-0,0/0 11:30 0-0,0/0 12:05 Oct 24 @ DAL DNP 1-0(W),4/1 18:46 0-0,1/0 17:23 0-1,1/2 19:29 0-2,2/1 16:14 INJ 0-1,1/1 13:36 Oct 27 Vs COL DNP 0-0,2/0 19:53 0-0,0/0 16:30 0-1,3/1 21:05 0-0,1/0 19:03 INJ 0-1,1/1 15:37 Oct 30 Vs BOS DNP 0-0,3/0 20:44 0-0,0/0 14:32 0-0,2/0 18:43 0-0,3/0 18:41 INJ 0-0,1/0 08:06 Oct 31 Vs WSH DNP 0-0,3/-1 17:35 0-1,0/1 09:52 0-0,4/0 25:57 0-0,1/0 18:16 INJ 0-0,0/0 14:11 Nov 4 @ ANA DNP 0-0,2/0 19:40 0-0,2/1 16:40 0-0,0/1 17:49 0-1,2/1 19:07 INJ 0-1,1/1 14:43 Nov 5 @ SJS DNP 0-0,3/0 22:38 0-0,2/-5 17:07 0-0,2/-4 17:10 0-0,1/-3 16:43 INJ 0-0,0/0 13:05 Nov 7 @ LAK DNP 0-0,1/-2 18:46 0-0,0/0 20:29 0-0,0/0 20:11 0-1,4/-1 18:04 INJ 0-0,1/0 11:40 Nov 10 Vs CGY DNP 1-0,5/0 19:16 0-1,0/0 17:01 0-0,1/0 18:41 0-1,5/1 18:28 INJ 0-0,0/0 12:11
Date Opp. SMITH TROCHECK THORNTON GRIMALDI BJUGSTAD WILSON MITCHELL # 18 # 21 # 22 # 23 # 27 # 28 # 33 Oct 10 Vs PHI 2-0,2/0 18:17 1-3,4/2 16:44 0-0,0/0 07:48 1-0(W),2/0 12:27 0-1,2/2 21:08 Oct 12 @ PHI 0-0,0/0 15:11 0-0,2/-1 18:12 0-0,3/0 07:40 0-0,4/0 14:59 0-0,1/-1 20:06 Oct 13 @ CAR 0-1,2/2 16:59 0-0,0/0 13:30 DNP 1-0,2/1 15:03 0-0,3/0 20:56 Oct 15 Vs BUF 0-0,1/-1 15:10 0-0,0/0 15:44 DNP 0-1,2/-1 16:04 0-0,0/1 20:03 Oct 17 Vs DAL 0-1,0/1 15:08 0-0,0/-1 14:04 0-0,2/0 11:11 0-0,1/1 15:12 0-0,0/0 17:16 Oct 20 @ PIT 0-0,2/0 15:33 0-0,2/-1 16:41 DNP 0-0,0/-1 15:37 0-0,0/0 21:18 Oct 22 @ CHI 0-0,0/-1 16:33 1-0,2/1 13:52 DNP 0-1,4/1 15:17 0-0,0/0 22:00 Oct 24 @ DAL 1-0,3/2 18:17 0-1,1/1 14:57 0-0,1/0 08:28 1-1,2/2 17:51 0-1,0/3 22:39 Oct 27 Vs COL 1-1,4/1 16:58 2-1(W),4/-1 15:16 0-0,0/0 08:20 0-0,2/0 19:40 0-0,1/-1 20:20 Oct 30 Vs BOS 0-0,3/-1 19:48 0-0,0/0 19:14 0-0,0/0 06:23 1-0,4/0 17:49 0-0,0/-1 18:43 Oct 31 Vs WSH 0-0,2/-1 20:35 0-0,0/-1 17:17 0-0,2/0 07:07 0-0,1/0 12:43 0-0,4/0 19:02 0-0,2/0 18:41 Nov 4 @ ANA 0-0,4/0 19:19 0-0,2/0 15:30 DNP 1-0,1/1 11:10 0-1,2/0 20:18 0-0,1/0 09:11 0-0,0/0 22:13 Nov 5 @ SJS 0-0,1/0 17:27 1-0,4/0 17:32 0-0,3/0 09:47 0-0,2/-1 17:32 0-0,2/-3 17:20 0-0,1/0 10:33 0-0,0/0 18:38 Nov 7 @ LAK 0-0,1/0 16:47 0-0,1/-2 16:57 0-0,2/0 12:43 0-0,1/-1 14:44 1-0,2/1 18:33 0-0,1/1 14:11 0-0,1/0 16:38 Nov 10 Vs CGY 1-0,2/1 16:00 1-0,1/1 16:37 DNP 0-0,4/-1 13:33 0-0,1/0 18:09 0-0,1/0 12:16 0-0,0/1 20:01
Date Opp. JOKINEN HOWDEN GUDBRANSON SHAW CAMPBELL BOLLAND JAGR # 36 # 42 # 44 # 48 # 51 # 63 # 68 Oct 10 Vs PHI 1-1,3/2 16:23 0-0,0/2 19:32 0-1,2/1 20:11 0-0,2/2 14:07 2-0,3/2 16:47 Oct 12 @ PHI 0-0,1/-1 19:11 0-0,2/-1 20:21 0-0,1/0 19:23 0-0,1/-1 15:16 0-0,2/0 18:41 Oct 13 @ CAR 1-0,1/1 16:30 0-0,1/1 09:30 0-1,1/0 22:01 0-1,2/1 15:25 0-0,1/0 13:43 0-1,2/0 16:50 Oct 15 Vs BUF 0-0,2/0 20:13 0-0,0/0 08:35 0-0,2/1 21:09 0-0,1/-1 16:30 0-0,1/0 16:28 2-1,3/1 14:30 Oct 17 Vs DAL 0-0,0/-2 17:19 0-0,1/0 10:45 0-0,1/-2 16:31 0-0,2/-1 21:50 0-0,1/-1 15:31 0-1,2/-1 16:10 Oct 20 @ PIT 0-0,5/0 17:01 1-1,3/2 09:57 0-1,1/1 22:31 0-0,3/1 18:37 0-0,2/0 16:13 0-0,3/0 17:33 Oct 22 @ CHI 0-0,3/-1 16:46 0-0,1/0 11:59 0-0,0/0 21:17 0-0,2/1 21:54 0-1,1/-1 14:30 1-0,3/0 20:13 Oct 24 @ DAL 0-2,4/3 18:26 1-0,2/2 14:09 0-0,0/3 19:46 0-0,1/1 20:02 1-0,1/2 18:30 1-1,5/1 14:17 Oct 27 Vs COL 0-1,1/0 20:14 0-0,0/-1 11:46 0-0,0/-1 20:34 1-2,3/1 20:59 0-0,4/-1 18:25 0-0,0/0 02:30 Oct 30 Vs BOS 0-0,0/0 21:20 0-0,2/0 12:34 0-0,2/-1 22:17 0-0,1/0 10:49 0-0,3/0 24:51 0-1,3/-1 19:13 INJ Oct 31 Vs WSH 1-0,3/-1 20:05 0-0,0/0 12:40 0-0,1/1 22:06 DNP 0-0,0/-1 26:43 0-1,1/1 19:10 INJ Nov 4 @ ANA 0-0,1/-1 20:42 0-1,0/1 10:10 1-0,1/0 22:43 MIN 0-0,1/0 20:23 0-0,1/-1 15:56 0-0,1/1 18:23 Nov 5 @ SJS 0-1,2/0 16:35 0-0,2/-1 13:09 0-0,1/0 20:25 MIN 0-1,3/1 19:53 INJ 0-0,1/-4 15:57 Nov 7 @ LAK 0-0,0/-1 14:42 0-0,3/-1 13:05 0-0,0/-1 17:56 MIN 0-0,0/-1 20:54 INJ 0-0,0/0 18:16 Nov 10 Vs CGY 0-2,2/1 14:59 0-0,1/0 13:10 0-0,1/1 22:35 MIN 0-1,0/0 20:07 0-0,3/0 15:05 1-1(W),2/0 17:59
Date Opp. PIRRI BRICKLEY LUONGO MONTOYA # 73 # 86 # 1 # 35 Oct 10 Vs PHI 0-2,1/0 14:26 0-0,0/0 09:12 1/39 W 60:00 DNP Oct 12 @ PHI 0-0,4/0 17:05 0-0,1/0 07:48 1/33 L 58:51 DNP Oct 13 @ CAR 0-1,2/1 13:56 1-0(W),1/1 11:06 DNP 1/23 W 60:00 Oct 15 Vs BUF 0-0,2/-1 11:57 0-0,1/0 07:36 2/26 W 60:00 DNP Oct 17 Vs DAL 1-0,4/1 14:57 DNP 3/36 L 58:58 DNP Oct 20 @ PIT 0-0,1/-1 15:45 0-2,0/2 09:46 3/35 O 61:21 DNP Oct 22 @ CHI 0-0,2/1 14:31 0-0,0/0 08:55 3/27 L 59:41 DNP Oct 24 @ DAL 0-0,1/0 11:32 0-0,0/0 07:33 DNP 2/35 W 60:00 Oct 27 Vs COL 0-0,2/0 15:35 0-0,0/0 07:15 1/32 W 60:00 DNP Oct 30 Vs BOS 0-1,5/-1 18:53 0-0,0/0 06:09 3/30 L 56:01 DNP Oct 31 Vs WSH 0-0,2/-1 18:17 0-0,1/0 06:57 DNP 2/27 O 63:43 Nov 4 @ ANA 0-0,3/0 12:29 DNP 2/39 O 65:00 DNP Nov 5 @ SJS 1-0,3/-1 15:23 DNP DNP 4/31 L 59:06 Nov 7 @ LAK 0-0,1/-2 15:11 DNP 4/35 L 60:00 DNP Nov 10 Vs CGY 0-0,2/0 12:56 MIN 3/28 W 60:00 DNP Florida Panthers: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Gerard Gallant Gerard Gallant was named the 13th head coach of the Florida Panthers on June 21, 2014. During his first season behind Florida’s bench, Gallant guided the Panthers to a 38-29-15 record and 91 points, a 25-point improvement from the previous season. Gallant, 52, was formerly head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets (2003-2004 & 2005-2007) and prior to his time in Florida, served as an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens (2012-14) and New York Islanders (2007-09). Before Montreal, Gallant spent three seasons (2009- 2012) as the head coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL). Gallant led the Sea Dogs to two QMJHL championships (2011 & 2012) and one Memorial Cup (2011). He was also named the QMJHL and CHL Coach of the Year twice (2010 & 2011). Gallant was selected by Detroit in the sixth round (107th overall) in the 1981 NHL Draft. He played in 615 NHL games for Detroit (1984-1993) and Tampa Bay (1993-1995) registering 480 points (211-269-480) and 1,674 penalty minutes.
#1: Roberto Luongo (G) 6' 3", 217 lbs. / Apr 4, 1979 (36 years and 7 months)
roh-BUHR-toh loo-WAHN-goh GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Selected by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (4th overall) of the Season 11 4-5-2 0 2.36 .928 1997 NHL Entry Draft Career 875 405-336-74 68 2.50 .919 Acquired: Acquired from Vancouver, along with F Steven Anthony in exchange for F Shawn Matthias & G Jacob Markstrom on March 4, 2014 Career vs. Opp 24 15-6-0 5 1.82 .939 16th NHL / 8th FLA Season Last Win: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Last SO: JAN 2, 2015 @ BUFFALO (43) Career Shootouts: 234/344 (.680), 41-50
Season Highs: Shots Saves 39 38 39 10/10 vs PHI 2015-16: Made 31 saves to pass G. Fuhr for ninth all-time in wins (404 W) Oct. 27 vs. COL...Passed G.Fuhr for ninth all-time in games played (869 GP) Oct. 20 at PIT...Turned aside 24 shots to tie G.Fuhr for ninth all-time in career wins (403) Oct. 15 vs. BUF...Stopped 38 shots to earn his first win of the season (402) and pass C. Osgood for sole possession of 10th all-time in wins Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Earned his 401st career win, tying C. Osgood for tenth all-time Apr. 9 vs. BOS...Earned his his 400th career win Apr. 2 vs. CAR...Made 23,000th save of his career Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Passed J. Plante for 11th all-time in games played (383) Jan. 17 vs. EDM...Passed D. Hasek for 11th all-time in career wins (390) Jan. 11 at EDM...Earned 68th career shutout passing R. Worters for 13th all-time in career shutouts Jan. 2 at BUF.
Notes: Leads all active NHL goaltenders in games played (875), wins (405) and shutouts (68).
#35: Al Montoya (G) 6' 2", 203 lbs. / Feb 13, 1985 (30 years and 8 months)
AL mawn-TOI-uh GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Selected by the New York Rangers in the 1st round (6th overall) of the Season 4 2-1-1 0 2.22 .922 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Career 115 45-34-16 5 2.67 .908 Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014. 7th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 5 3-0-2 1 2.12 .929 Last Win: OCT 24, 2015 @ DALLAS (2) Last SO: DEC 31, 2013 vs BUFFALO (39) Career Shootouts: 20/36 (.556), 2-7
Season Highs: Shots Saves 35 33 35 10/24 vs DAL 2015-16: Turned aside 33 shots to win in second start of the season Oct. 24 at DAL...Stopped 22 shots to record win in season debut Oct. 13 at CAR
2014-15: Made 31 saves on 33 shots to earn his sixth win of the season April 11 vs. NJD...Made 20 saves on 23 shots to earn his fifth win of the season March 1 vs. TBL...Started on his 30th birthday, making 26 of 28 saves at DAL...Made 32 saves on 34 shots to earn the win Feb. 3 at NYI...Stopped 25 of 30 shots to earn a win Jan. 9 at CGY...Turned aside 22 of 24 shots to earn his second win of the season Nov. 28 vs. OTT...Stopped 22 of 22 shots in relief of Roberto Luongo Nov. 26 vs. CAR...Registered first win as a Panther stopping 33 of 35 shots Nov. 16 vs. ANA...Made first start of the season making stopping 27 of 28 shots Oct. 18 at WSH...Made Panthers debut stopping ten of ten shots in relief of Roberto Luongo Oct. 11 vs. NJD.
Notes: First Cuban-American player to play in the NHL...Attended University of Michigan (2002-05).
#3: Steven Kampfer (D) 5' 11", 192 lbs. / Sep 24, 1988 (27 years and 1 month)
STEE-vehn KAMP-fuhr GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 2007 Season 1 0-0-0 -1 2 NHL Entry Draft Career 87 9-10-19 3 32 Acquired: Acquired from New York Rangers with F Andrew Yogan in exchange for Joey Crabb on Oct. 6, 2014 Career vs. Opp 6 2-1-3 3 4 4th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Last Goal: MAR 26, 2015 @ TORONTO (4) Last Assist: FEB 24, 2015 @ CHICAGO (15) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 10:19 0 3 --1 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI
2015-16: Made season debut Oct. 22 at CHI.
2014-15: Scored game-winning goal Mar. 26 at TOR...Notched an assist Feb. 24 at CHI...Scored first goal as a Panther Feb. 19 at MTL...Led Florida with six hits Feb. 17 vs. TOR...Recorded first point as a Panther (assist) Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Made debut with Florida Feb. 5 vs. LAK...Recalled by Florida Feb. 4...Recorded 19 points (8-11-19) in 42 games for San Antonio (AHL)...Traded from New York Rangers to Florida Panthers with Andrew Yogan in exchange for Joey Crabb.
Notes: @SteveKampfer47...Attended the University of Michigan (2006-10)...Previously played for Boston and Minnesota.
#5: Aaron Ekblad (D) 6' 4", 216 lbs. / Feb 7, 1996 (19 years and 9 months)
AIR-uhn EHK-blad GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (1st Overall) of the 2014 Season 15 2-2-4 1 6 NHL Entry Draft Career 96 14-29-43 13 38 2nd NHL / 2nd FLA Season Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career vs. Opp 6 0-5-5 4 6 Last Assist: OCT 15, 2015 vs BUFFALO (11) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 22:38 5 3 +1 2 times 2 times 4 times 3 times 11/5 vs SJS 2 times 2 times 5 times
2015-16: Scored second goal of the season and led Florida with 5 shots Nov. 10 vs. CGY...Logged season-high 22:38 TOI Nov. 5 at SJS...Scored game-winning goal Oct. 24 at DAL...Recorded his first point of the season (assist) on game-winning goal Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Passed E. Jovanovksi for franchise record for goals by a rookie defensemen March 3 vs. TOR...Recorded an assist to pass E. Jovanovski's franchise record for points by a rookie defenseman (21, 1995-96) Jan. 4 at WSH...Passed D. Kulikov's franchise record for assists by a rookie defenseman (13, 2009-10) Dec. 20 at PIT...Career-high three assists Dec. 6 vs. BUF...Became youngest defenseman in franchise history (18 years, 267 days) to score first NHL goal, Nov. 1 vs. PHI...Made NHL debut Oct. 9 at TBL recording his first NHL point (assist).
Notes: @Ekblad5FLA...2015 Calder Trophy Winner...Holds franchise records for rookie defenseman in goals, assists and points.
#6: Alex Petrovic (D) 6' 4", 206 lbs. / Mar 3, 1992 (23 years and 8 months)
AL-ehx PEH-troh-vihk GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 2010 Season 14 0-3-3 0 16 NHL Entry Draft Career 60 0-7-7 -9 83 2nd NHL / 2nd FLA Season Last Goal: - Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 20:44 2 6 +2 14 times 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/10 vs PHI 2 times 10/27 vs COL 10/13 vs CAR
2015-16: Recorded first point of the season (assist) Oct. 17 vs. DAL.
2014-15: Reached career-high 21:29 TOI March 28 at MTL...Registered second assist of the season with five hits March 7 vs. NYI...Recorded first point of the season (assist) in season debut with Florida Jan. 29 vs. CBJ...Recalled by Florida Jan. 28...Represented San Antonio at 2015 AHL All-Star Game, recording two assists...Recorded 19 points (3-16-19) and 57 PIM in 39 games played for San Antonio (AHL).
Notes: Appeared in 2015 AHL All-Star Classic. #7: Dmitry Kulikov (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 29, 1990 (25 years)
dih-MEE-tree kool-IH-kawf GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 2009 Season 15 0-3-3 2 2 NHL Entry Draft Career 401 27-97-124 -44 251 7th NHL / 7th FLA Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 2015 vs DALLAS (32) Career vs. Opp 25 1-3-4 -5 16 Last Assist: OCT 27, 2015 vs COLORADO (6) Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 25:57 4 4 +2 15 times 3 times 3 times 11/5 vs SJS 10/31 vs WSH 2 times 11/7 vs LAK 2 times
2015-16: Played in his 400th career game Nov. 7 at LAK...Recorded first point of the season (assist) Oct. 13 at CAR.
2014-15: Recorded points in consecutive games March 28-29 (0-3-3)...Notched a season-high four shots March 17 vs. MTL...Recorded a goal, assist and 5 PIM for fighting Mar. 6 vs. DAL...Notched power play goal Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Recorded two-point game (1-1-2) Dec. 28 vs. TOR...Recorded an assist Nov. 20 at SJS...Missed four games due to injury, returning Nov. 20 at SJS... Recorded first multi-point game of the season, recording two assists (0-2-2) and two hits Nov. 8 vs. CGY...Hit a season-high TOI 26:14 Nov. 1 vs. PHI... Recorded his 100th career point with an assist Oct. 17 at BUF.
Notes: Has played six consecutive seasons with Florida dating back to 2009-10 season...Longest tenured Panther in lineup (2009-15)
#11: Jonathan Huberdeau (L) 6' 1", 188 lbs. / Jun 4, 1993 (22 years and 5 months)
JAW-nah-thin HOO-behr-doh GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 2011 Season 15 0-7-7 1 4 NHL Entry Draft Career 211 38-82-120 -9 97 4th NHL / 4th FLA Season Last Goal: APR 11, 2015 vs NEW JERSEY (15) Career vs. Opp 13 1-3-4 -2 0 Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career Shootouts: 9/30 (30%), 4 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 2 20:18 5 4 +2 15 times 10/24 vs DAL 10/24 vs DAL 2 times 10/12 vs PHI 11/10 vs CGY 10/17 vs DAL 10/10 vs PHI
2015-16: Recorded points in back-to-back games (0-2-2) Nov. 7-10...Registered two assists Oct. 24 at DAL...Played in 200th career game Oct. 15 vs. BUF...Recorded first point of the season (assist) Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Reached new career-high in goals April 11 vs. NJD...Reached career-high five-game point streak (2-6-8) March 1 - March 12...Scored a goal and shootout game-winner March 7 vs. NYI... Recorded three assists March 1 vs. TBL...Recorded an assist to reach new career-high in points Feb. 19 at MTL...Recorded three assists to reach new career-high in assists Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Recorded points in three consecutive games (1-2-3) Jan. 13 - 17...Named NHL Third Star of the week (week ending Jan. 11)....Recorded season-high three points (2-1-3) and first multi-goal game of the season Jan. 8 at VAN...Recorded points in three consecutive games (1-4-5) Nov. 16-20.
Notes: @JonnyHuby11...First Panther to win the Calder Trophy (2013).
#16: Aleksander Barkov (C) (*Injured) 6' 3", 213 lbs. / Sep 2, 1995 (20 years and 2 months)
al-ehx-AN-duhr bar-KAWV GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 2013 Season 7 3-3-6 2 0 NHL Entry Draft Career 132 27-39-66 -5 26 3rd NHL / 3rd FLA Season Last Goal: OCT 17, 2015 vs DALLAS (2) Career vs. Opp 7 1-3-4 0 2 Last Assist: OCT 15, 2015 vs BUFFALO (3) Career Shootouts: 3/13 (23%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 0 21:13 6 2 +2 3 times 10/10 vs PHI 2 times 7 times 10/12 vs PHI 2 times 10/22 vs CHI 10/10 vs PHI
2015-16: Scored for third consecutive game Oct. 17 vs. DAL...Recorded game-winning goal (PPG) Oct. 15 vs. BUF...Scored first goal of the season Oct. 13 at CAR...Recorded two assists in home opening game Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Recorded first career multi-goal game (2G), March 28 at MTL...Recorded two assists and set a new career-high in assists with his 17th March 26 at TOR... Set new career-high in points (25), with a goal March 17 vs. MTL...Scored game-winning goal March 12 vs. WPG...Recorded his ninth goal of the year to pass his career-high in goals (8, 2013-14) Feb. 21 vs. OTT...Recorded a goal Feb. 5 vs. LAK...Recorded points in two consecutive games (1-1-2) Jan. 27-29... Had three-point game (1-2-3) Jan. 27 vs. DET...Scored game-winning goal Jan. 8 at VAN...Recorded an assist and the shootout winner Dec. 22 vs. PIT.
Notes: @BarkovSasha95...2014-15 led all Finnish NHLers in goals (16)...Won Bronze Medal with teammate Jussi Jokinen at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games #17: Derek MacKenzie (C) 5' 11", 181 lbs. / Jun 11, 1981 (34 years and 5 months)
DAIR-ihk muh-KEHN-zee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 5th round (128th overall) of the Season 15 1-4-5 7 11 1999 NHL Entry Draft Career 404 37-50-87 9 231 Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 9th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 14 2-4-6 4 6 Last Goal: OCT 20, 2015 @ PITTSBURGH (9) Last Assist: NOV 4, 2015 @ ANAHEIM (3) Career Shootouts: 1/2 (50%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 6 15:37 2 8 +2 10/20 vs PIT 4 times 5 times 10/10 vs PHI 10/27 vs COL 3 times 10/31 vs WSH 2 times
2015-16: Led Florida with a 75.0 FOW% Nov. 4 at ANA...Played in 400th career game and registered team-leading 8 hits Oct. 31 vs. WSH...Scored first goal of the season Oct. 20 at PIT...Registered first point of the season (assist) Oct. 13 at CAR.
2014-15: Playing Apr. 11 vs. NJD, MacKenzie played in full 82-game season for the first time...Recorded fifth goal of the season March 12 vs. WPG...Recorded first multi-point game of the season (1-1-2) Feb. 28 vs, BUF...Scored third goal of season Dec. 16 vs. WSH...Recorded five PIM, two shots and three hits Oct. 21 at COL...Led team with a season high seven hits Oct. 13 vs. OTT...Hit a two-game point streak (1-1-2) from Oct. 9 at TBL to Oct. 11 vs. NJD...Recorded his first goal as a Panther (PPG) and recorded a team leading five hits Oct. 11 vs NJD...Recorded an assist in Panthers debut and a team-leading 62% on faceoffs Oct. 9 at TBL...Named Alternate Captain of the Panthers on Oct. 6.
Notes: 2014-15 ranked fifth in the NHL in hits (273).
#18: Reilly Smith (R) 6' 0", 185 lbs. / Apr 1, 1991 (24 years and 7 months)
RIGH-lee SMIHTH GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Dallas Stars in the 3rd round (69th overall) of the 2000 NHL Season 15 5-3-8 3 4 Draft Career 218 41-67-108 35 48 Acquired: Acquired from Boston with Marc Savard in exchange for Jimmy Hayes on July 1, 2015 Career vs. Opp 10 2-4-6 7 4 4th NHL / 1st FLA Season Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Last Assist: OCT 27, 2015 vs COLORADO (6) Career Shootouts: 3/13 (23%), 2 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 2 20:35 4 7 +2 10/10 vs PHI 3 times 2 times 2 times 10/31 vs WSH 2 times 11/7 vs LAK 2 times 2015-16: Scored fifth goal of the season Nov. 10 vs. CGY...Led Florida with season-high 7 hits, Nov. 7 at LAK...Led FLA with 3 blocked shots Nov. 5 at SJS...Scored third power play goal of the season Oct. 27 vs. COL...Recorded two power-play goals in his Panthers debut Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Season-high four-game point streak (2-3--5) Feb. 16-22...Season-high three points (1-2--3) to extend point streak to three games Jan. 29 at NYI...Season-high 19:29 TOI Nov. 24 vs. PIT...Two-game goal streak (Nov. 6-10)...Recorded Boston's first goal of the season on Oct. 8 vs. PHI.
Notes: @ReillySmith18...Brother Brendan Smith is a defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings....Attended Miami University (2009-12)
#21: Vincent Trocheck (C) 5' 10", 182 lbs. / Jul 11, 1993 (22 years and 4 months)
VIN-sihnt TROH-chehk GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 2011 Season 15 6-5-11 -2 4 NHL Draft Career 85 18-23-41 -4 34 3rd NHL / 3rd FLA Season Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career vs. Opp 6 0-0-0 -4 2 Last Assist: OCT 27, 2015 vs COLORADO (6) Career Shootouts: 2/7 (29%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 3 4 2 19:14 4 3 +2 10/27 vs COL 10/10 vs PHI 10/10 vs PHI 2 times 10/30 vs BOS 3 times 3 times 10/10 vs PHI
2015-16: Recorded sixth goal of the season Nov. 10 vs. CGY...Scored fifth goal of the season and a team-high 4 shots Nov. 5 at SJS...Registered three points (2-1-3), including 2 PPG and a GWG Oct. 27 vs. COL...Recorded second goal of the season Oct. 22 at CHI...Recorded a career-high four-point night (1-3-4) Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Recorded points (1-1-2) in two consecutive games Feb. 22-24...Recorded an assist Feb. 22 at PIT...Recalled from San Antonio Feb. 22...Reassigned to San Antonio Jan. 20...Recorded a goal Jan. 4 at WSH...Scored a goal in his hometown debut Dec. 20 at PIT...Recorded his first three-point game of his NHL career Dec. 2 at DET (1-2-3)...Recorded points in five consecutive games (1-5-6) Nov. 8-Nov. 18...Scored his first goal of the season Nov. 16 at ANA...Notched two assists for his first career multi-point game Nov. 14 vs. NYI.
Notes: @Trocheck_89...2012-13 Red Tilson Trophy winner and Eddie Powers Trophy Winner (OHL). #22: Shawn Thornton (L) 6' 2", 217 lbs. / Jul 23, 1977 (38 years and 3 months)
SHAWN THOHRN-tuhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 7th round (190th overall) of the Season 9 0-0-0 0 16 1997 NHL Entry Draft Career 614 39-54-93 -24 972 Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 12th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 40 1-8-9 1 94 Last Goal: NOV 24, 2014 vs MINNESOTA (38) Last Assist: APR 2, 2015 vs CAROLINA (11) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 7 12:43 3 5 +0 9 times 9 times 9 times 10/10 vs PHI 11/7 vs LAK 2 times 10/17 vs DAL 9 times 2015-16: Registered 5 PIM for fighting Nov. 5 at SJS...Recorded team-high 7 PIM in season opener Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Became third player in history to play 600 NHL and AHL games, while becoming the first to play 600 AHL games prior to 600 NHL Games, March 21 vs. BOS...Recorded an assist March 12 vs. WPG...Notched an assist on game-winning goal Feb. 28 vs. BUF...Recorded five PIM for fighting Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Recorded five PIM for fighting Dec. 4 vs. CBJ...Scored his first goal as a Panther Nov. 24 vs. MIN...Recorded first point as a Panther and of the season (assist) on Nov. 11 vs. SJS...Recorded five hits and a season-high 16:03 TOI Nov. 4 at BOS...Recorded a team-leading four shots and five PIM for fighting Oct. 11 vs. NJD...Made Panthers debut Oct. 9 at TBL.
Notes: Founder of the Shawn Thornton Foundation...Won 2011 Stanley Cup (w/BOS), 2007 Stanley Cup (w/ANA).
#23: Rocco Grimaldi (C) 5' 6", 180 lbs. / Feb 8, 1993 (22 years and 9 months)
RAW-koh grih-MAL-dee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 2011 Season 5 1-0-1 -2 0 NHL Draft Career 12 2-0-2 -1 4 Last Goal: NOV 4, 2015 @ ANAHEIM (3) Last Assist: - Career vs. Opp ------Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 17:32 4 3 +1 11/4 vs ANA 5 times 11/4 vs ANA 5 times 11/5 vs SJS 11/10 vs CGY 11/10 vs CGY 11/4 vs ANA
2015-16: Logged a career-high 17:32 TOI on Nov. 5 at SJS...Scored first goal of the season in his hometown Nov. 4 at ANA...Made season debut Oct. 31 vs. WSH...Recalled from Portland Oct. 31...Recorded points in two consecutive games (0-2-2) for Portland (Oct. 23-24).
2014-15: Scored his first career goal along with a plus-two rating and three shots in 15:17 TOI Nov. 22 at NSH...Recalled from San Antonio on Nov. 18...Recorded three shots, two hits and one blocked shot Nov. 4 at BOS... Made his NHL debut on on Nov. 1 against PHI....Recalled from San Antonio on Oct. 31....Appeared in eight games with San Antonio recording four points (3-1-4).
Notes: @RGrimaldi23...Attended University of North Dakota (2011-14)...Won Gold Medal for Team USA at 2013 WJC with Florida teammate Vincent Trocheck.
#27: Nick Bjugstad (C) 6' 6", 218 lbs. / Jul 17, 1992 (23 years and 3 months)
NIHK BYOOG-stad GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 2010 Season 15 5-4-9 1 6 NHL Entry Draft Career 174 46-45-91 -28 62 4th NHL / 4th FLA Season Last Goal: NOV 7, 2015 @ LOS ANGELES (1) Career vs. Opp 10 4-3-7 1 4 Last Assist: NOV 4, 2015 @ ANAHEIM (3) Career Shootouts: 6/20 (30%), 3 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 20:18 4 5 +2 5 times 4 times 10/24 vs DAL 3 times 11/4 vs ANA 4 times 10/15 vs BUF 10/24 vs DAL
2015-16: Scored fifth goal of the season Nov. 7 at LAK...Points in back-to-back games Oct. 22-24 (1-2-3)...Recorded two points (1-1-2) Oct. 24 vs. DAL...Recorded game-winning goal (PPG) Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Recorded 20th goal of the season Feb. 15 vs. STL...Goals in consecutive games Feb. 10 - Feb. 12...Recorded two assists Feb. 3 at NYI...Scored game winning shootout goal in 20-round shootout Dec. 16 vs. WSH...Recorded points in four consecutive games Dec. 4-12 (4-3-7), including a four-game goal streak Dec. 4-8...Notched fastest opening goal of the season for Florida at :21 Nov. 26 vs. CAR...Registered points in four consecutive games (4-3-7) Nov. 16-22...Scored two goals and the shootout game winner Nov. 20 at SJS...Recorded career high four points (2-2-4) Nov. 16 at ANA...Played in 100th NHL game on Nov. 11 vs. SJS...Scored first goal of the season Nov. 6 at PHI.
Notes: @NBjugstad72...Attended the University of Minnesota (2010-13)...Named 2010 Minnesota Mr. Hockey. #28: Garrett Wilson (L) 6' 2", 199 lbs. / Mar 16, 1991 (24 years and 7 months)
Drafted: Selected by Florida in the fourth round (107th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft. Season 4 0-0-0 1 0 Last Goal: - Career 9 0-0-0 -2 0 Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 14:11 1 5 +1 4 times 4 times 4 times 4 times 11/7 vs LAK 4 times 11/5 vs SJS 11/7 vs LAK
2015-16: Led FLA with 5 hits Nov. 5 at SJS...Made season debut Nov. 4 at ANA...Recalled from Portland (AHL) on Nov. 2...Recorded two assists Oct. 30 at PRO (AHL).
2014-15: Made his season debut Feb. 24 at CHI...Recalled by Florida on Feb. 23...Recorded 29 points (18-11—29) in 53 games for San Antonio (AHL)...Owned a four-game point streak (4-1—5) Feb. 28 - Jan. 3...Recorded a season-high four points (2-2—4) Nov. 21 at TEX...Notched a season- high three assists Nov. 9 vs. OKC.
Notes: Won 2011 J. Ross Robertson Cup as Captain of the Owen Sound Attack (OHL).
#33: Willie Mitchell (D) 6' 3", 210 lbs. / Apr 23, 1977 (38 years and 6 months)
WIH-lee MIH-chuhl GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 8th round (199th overall) of the Season 15 0-2-2 4 4 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Career 876 33-142-175 125 773 Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014. 14th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 15 0-3-3 -6 8 Last Goal: APR 2, 2015 vs CAROLINA (19) Last Assist: OCT 24, 2015 @ DALLAS (7) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 22:39 3 4 +3 15 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 10/24 vs DAL 10/13 vs CAR 10/27 vs COL 10/24 vs DAL
2015-16: Led FLA with 22:39 TOI, Oct. 24 vs. DAL...Registered his first point of the season (assist) Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Returned after missing 16 games due to injury/illness March 7 vs. NYI...Recorded points in back-to-back games (0-2-2) Jan. 4 - 8...Scored one goal Dec. 28 vs. TOR...Led team with four blocked shots and 21:39 TOI Nov. 11 vs. SJS...Notched an assist and a plus-three rating Nov. 8 vs. CGY...Recorded first goal as a Panther Nov. 1 vs. PHI...Led the team with 26:01 TOI and nine blocked shots Oct. 25 at ARI...Played in his 800th career game Oct. 18 at WSH...Led all Panthers players in blocked shots (three) Oct. 11 vs NJD...Led team with 25:35 TOI in Panthers debut on Oct. 9 at TBL...Named captain of the Panthers on Oct. 6.
Notes: @Willie_Mitch33...Eighth captain in franchise history...2014 Stanley Cup Champion (w/LAK), 2012 Stanley Cup Champion (w/LAK).
#36: Jussi Jokinen (L) 5' 11", 198 lbs. / Apr 1, 1983 (32 years and 7 months)
YEW-see YOH-kih-nihn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round (192nd overall) of the 2001 Season 15 3-7-10 0 2 NHL Entry Draft. Career 756 160-308-468 -5 286 Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014. 11th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 35 4-12-16 -1 20 Last Goal: OCT 31, 2015 vs WASHINGTON (4) Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career Shootouts: 35/88 (40%), 12 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 21:20 5 4 +3 3 times 2 times 3 times 10/22 vs CHI 10/30 vs BOS 10/20 vs PIT 10/20 vs PIT 10/24 vs DAL
2015-16: Recorded two assists for third multi-point game of the season (0-2-2) Nov. 10 vs. CGY...Recorded two points (1-1-2) in home opening game Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Registered 300th career assist Apr. 9 vs. BOS...Recorded a season-high three assists Feb. 28 vs. BUF...Recorded a goal Feb. 24 at CHI...Registered a power play goal Feb. 17 at TOR...Notched assist Feb. 12 vs. MIN...Recorded two assists Jan. 11 at EDM...Recorded two assists Dec. 28 vs. TOR..Recorded a goal Dec. 22 vs. PIT...Owned a four-game point streak (1-5-6) Nov. 8-Nov. 18...Registered two assists in back-to-back games (Nov. 14-16)...Recorded two assists Nov. 16 at ANA...Notched two assists Nov. 14 vs. NYI...Owned a five-game point streak (1-5-6) from Oct. 21-Nov.4... Recorded his first multi-point game of the season and first point as a Panther with two assists Oct. 21 at COL.
Notes: Won Bronze Medal with Florida teammate Aleksander Barkov at 2014 Winter Olympic Games. #42: Quinton Howden (C) 6' 2", 189 lbs. / Jan 21, 1992 (23 years and 9 months)
KWIHN-tuhn HOW-duhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 2010 Season 13 2-2-4 3 2 NHL Draft Career 47 6-4-10 -8 14 3rd NHL / 3rd FLA Season Last Goal: OCT 24, 2015 @ DALLAS (7) Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 0 0 Last Assist: NOV 4, 2015 @ ANAHEIM (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 14:09 3 8 +2 2 times 2 times 10/20 vs PIT 11/4 vs ANA 10/24 vs DAL 2 times 10/31 vs WSH 2 times
2015-16: Led FLA with 5 hits Nov. 5 at SJS...Registered career-high 8 hits Oct. 31 vs. WSH...Recorded first career multi-point game (1-1-2) Oct. 20 at PIT...Made season debut Oct. 13 at CAR.
2014-15: Recorded 18 points in 33 games with San Antonio (AHL)...recorded season-high four assists on Dec. 26 vs. TEX.
Notes: @QHowden21...Won Silver Medal at 2011 WJC for Canada with Florida teammate Erik Gudbranson.
#44: Erik Gudbranson (D) 6' 5", 216 lbs. / Jan 7, 1992 (23 years and 10 months)
AIR-ihk guhd-BRAN-suhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 2010 Season 15 1-2-3 3 15 NHL Entry Draft. Career 260 10-27-37 -49 312 5th NHL / 5th FLA Season Last Goal: NOV 4, 2015 @ ANAHEIM (3) Career vs. Opp 15 0-2-2 0 23 Last Assist: OCT 20, 2015 @ PITTSBURGH (9) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 5 22:43 2 7 +3 11/4 vs ANA 2 times 3 times 10/24 vs DAL 11/4 vs ANA 3 times 11/4 vs ANA 10/24 vs DAL
2015-16: Scored first goal of the season, logged season-high 22:48 TOI and led FLA with 7 hits Nov. 4 at ANA...Led Florida with team-high 22:01 TOI Oct. 13 at CAR.
2014-15: Scored fourth goal of the season to reach a career-high in goals March 7 vs. NYI...Recorded first multi-assist game of his career (0-2—2) Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Recorded his third goal of the season Feb. 3 at NYI...Scored his second goal of the season Jan. 17 vs. EDM...Played 200th career game Dec. 22 vs. PIT...Led team with season-high 9 PIMs Dec. 20 at PIT...Recorded a career high eight hits on Dec. 18 at PHI...Notched an assist Nov. 20 at SJS...Registered a team-leading five hits Nov. 8 vs. CGY...Recorded an assist, five PIMs, two shots, one hit and one blocked shot Oct. 30 vs. ARI...Registered four hits Oct. 25 at ARI...Recorded his first goal of the season, four PIMs and three shots Oct. 9 at TBL.
Notes: @Guddy44...2013-14 Florida Panthers Community Ambassador of the Year.
#51: Brian Campbell (D) 5' 10", 192 lbs. / May 23, 1979 (36 years and 5 months)
BRIGH-uhn KAM-behl GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 6th round (156th overall) of the 1997 Season 15 1-6-7 3 8 NHL Entry Draft. Career 935 77-386-463 23 235 Acquired: Acquired from Chicago in exchange for Rostislav Olesz on June 24, 2011. 15th NHL / 5th FLA Season Career vs. Opp 19 2-7-9 4 0 Last Goal: OCT 27, 2015 vs COLORADO (6) Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 3 4 26:43 3 2 +1 10/27 vs COL 10/27 vs COL 10/27 vs COL 11/4 vs ANA 10/31 vs WSH 4 times 2 times 7 times
2015-16: Led FLA with season-high 26:43 TOI on Oct. 31 vs. WSH...Scored first career shorthanded goal, and recorded two assists Oct. 27 vs. COL...Skated in 300th consecutive regular season game with Florida Oct. 20 at PIT...Recorded first point of the season (assist) Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Played full season for fifth consecutive season Apr. 11 vs. NJD...Two assists in his 900th NHL game Feb. 28 vs. BUF...Two assists Feb. 17 vs. TOR... Multi-point game (0-2—2) Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Notched points in three consecutive games (0-3—3) Jan. 27-31...Recorded goals in back-to-back games (Jan. 9-11)...Notched an assist and led the team with 25:37 TOI Nov. 22 at NSH...Recorded two assists Nov. 16 at ANA...Named Alternate Captain of the Panthers on Oct. 6.
Notes: @bcampbell_51...Has played 308 consecutive games since joining the Panthers in 2011-12. #63: Dave Bolland (C) 6' 0", 184 lbs. / Jun 5, 1986 (29 years and 5 months)
DAYV BOHL-uhnd GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2nd round (32nd overall) of the Season 13 1-3-4 -1 12 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Career 421 85-122-207 35 295 Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014. 9th NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 9 2-2-4 6 8 Last Goal: OCT 24, 2015 @ DALLAS (5) Last Assist: OCT 31, 2015 vs WASHINGTON (2) Career Shootouts: 4/14 (29%), 3 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 4 19:13 4 3 +2 10/24 vs DAL 3 times 4 times 2 times 10/30 vs BOS 10/27 vs COL 10/17 vs DAL 2 times
2015-16: Scored first goal of the season Oct. 24 at DAL...Recorded first point of the season (assist) Oct. 22 at CHI.
2014-15: Played in his 400th NHL game March 26 at TOR...Recorded points in two consecutive games (1-1-2) March 12 - 14....Notched an assist after missing eight games (upper-body injury) March 12 vs. WPG...Registered a goal and an assist Feb. 10 vs. ANA...Recorded multi-point game of the season (1-1-2) Feb. 2 at NYR...Recorded an assist Jan. 19 vs. VAN...Recorded his first goal as a Panther Jan. 13 at WPG...Recorded two assists Jan. 9 at CGY...Scored shootout winner Dec. 18 at PHI...Recorded points in back-to-back games (Dec. 12-13 1-1-2)...Returned to lineup after missing 19 games due to injury, Dec. 8 at STL...Made Panthers debut Oct. 9 at TBL...Named Alternate Captain of the Panthers on Oct. 6.
Notes: @DaveBolland...2013 Stanley Cup Champion (w/CHI), 2010 Stanley Cup Champion (w/CHI)...Scored Cup-clinching goal in 2013.
#68: Jaromir Jagr (R) 6' 3", 230 lbs. / Feb 15, 1972 (43 years and 8 months)
YAIR-oh-MEER YAH-guhr GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Season 13 7-5-12 0 4 Draft. Career 1563 729-1085- 291 1057 Acquired: Acquired in trade with New Jersey in exchange for a 2015 second round 1814 pick and a 2016 conditional third round pick. 22nd NHL / 2nd FLA Season Career vs. Opp 84 44-57-101 18 70 Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 vs CALGARY Career Shootouts: 7/32 (22%), 3 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 3 4 20:13 5 2 +2 2 times 5 times 10/15 vs BUF 10/22 vs CHI 10/22 vs CHI 10/24 vs DAL 10/22 vs CHI 10/10 vs PHI
2015-16: Recorded third multi-point game of the season (1-1-2) Nov. 10 vs. CGY...Recorded second multi-goal game of the season (2G) Oct. 15 vs. BUF...Scored two goals in season debut Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Recorded two points (0-2-2) to pass R.Francis for fourth all-time in points and record his 1800th point Apr. 9 vs. BOS...Scored two goals March 29 at OTT...Passed J. Bucyk for 12th all-time in games played (1,541) Mar. 24 at TBL...Scored 718th career goal to pass P. Esposito for 5th all-time Mar. 19 vs. DET...Made debut with FLA Feb. 28 vs. BUF...Appeared in 1,525th NHL game Feb. 14 at NSH to pass B. Shanahan for 13th all- time...Scored 15th career hat trick Jan. 3 vs. PHI; is oldest player in NHL history to do so.
Notes: @68Jagr...All-time leader in GWG (129) and OT GWG (19).
#73: Brandon Pirri (C) 6' 0", 183 lbs. / Apr 10, 1991 (24 years and 7 months)
BRAN-duhn PIHR-ee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2nd round (59th overall) of the Season 15 2-4-6 -4 6 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Career 120 37-20-57 9 28 Acquired: Acquired from Chicago in exchange for a 3rd round pick in 2014 Draft & 5th round pick in 2016 Entry Draft on March 2, 2014. Career vs. Opp 7 2-0-2 -1 0 3rd NHL / 2nd FLA Season Last Goal: NOV 5, 2015 @ SAN JOSE (2) Last Assist: OCT 30, 2015 vs BOSTON (5) Career Shootouts: 6/12 (50%), 3 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 4 18:53 5 3 +1 2 times 10/10 vs PHI 10/10 vs PHI 10/30 vs BOS 10/30 vs BOS 10/30 vs BOS 10/30 vs BOS 3 times
2015-16: Recorded a power play goal Nov. 5 at SJS...Scored first goal of the season Oct. 17 vs. DAL...Recorded two assists in home opening game Oct. 10 vs. PHI.
2014-15: Notched his 21st goal (PPG) March 31 at BOS...Recorded 20th goal of the season March 26 at TOR...Scored shootout game-winner March 21 vs. BOS...Scored goals in four consecutive games (4G) to tie career-high four-game goal streak March 14-19...Recorded career-high ten shots Feb. 18 vs. MTL...Recorded 12th goal of the season Mar. 3 vs. TOR...Recorded his first career multi-goal game (2-0-2) and nine shots Feb. 28 vs. BUF...Notched a four-game point streak (4-1-5) Jan. 31-Feb. 5...Recorded a career-high four game goal streak (4G) Jan. 31-Feb. 5 ...Scored a goal Jan. 19 vs. VAN...Returned after missing ten games with injury (mild concussion) Nov. 25 vs. MIN...Owned a three-game goal scoring streak (3-0-3) Oct. 21- 30.
Notes: @pirri91...2012-13 Earned John B. Sollenberger Trophy for AHL leading scorer. Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes
LAST GAME Tuesday, November 10 Buffalo 4 at Tampa Bay 1 Goals: Eichel, Franson, Foligno, Ristolainen Goalie: Johnson (30 saves/31 shots) PP: 1/3; PK: 4/5; Shots: Tampa Bay 31 – Buffalo 27
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 69) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Zach Bogosian (lower body, Oct. 8; injured reserve) – 15 games Cody McCormick (blood clot, Oct. 8; injured reserve) – 15 games Robin Lehner (high ankle sprain, Oct. 10; injured reserve) – 14 games Evander Kane (MCL, Oct. 27; injured reserve) – 7 games Mike Weber (lower body, Nov. 10) – 1 game
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS N/A
UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Nov. 14: San Jose at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17: Dallas at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19: Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21: Buffalo at Dallas, 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23: St. Louis at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME SABRES at PANTHERS • This is the second of four meetings between the Sabres and Panthers this season. • Last meeting: Florida defeated Buffalo, 3-2, in Florida on Oct. 15 • Next meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 5 in Buffalo • The Sabres are 2-7-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Panthers; 4-4-2 on the road. • This is the 86th game all-time between Buffalo and Florida; Buffalo has a 45-33-7 series record. • The Sabres are 20-19-3 on the road against the Panthers all-time.
THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY • The Sabres are 9-7-3 all-time on November 12. • November 12, 1988: The Sabres acquire Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon in exchange for Tom Barrasso and a third-round pick (Joe Dziedzic) in the 1990 NHL Draft. • November 12, 1991: Pat LaFontaine records his first hat trick as a member of the Sabres in a 7-1 win at San Jose.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW • Buffalo enters tonight’s game having won four of its last five games for the first time since December 2014. • A win tonight would give the Sabres their first three-game winning streak since December 2014 and their first three-game road winning streak since March 2012. • The Sabres are looking to avoid losing five consecutive road games to the Panthers for the first time in franchise history. • Ryan O’Reilly has tallied 20 points (4+16) in his last 19 road games dating back to last season. • O’Reilly (21:34) led all NHL forwards in ice time per game after Tuesday’s games. • Entering play Wednesday, Rasmus Ristolainen was tied for fourth among NHL defensemen with three multi-point games this season and was one of just eight defensemen with a two-goal game. • Tyler Ennis enters tonight’s game on his first three-game point streak since Jan. 17 to 27, 2015. His last four-game point streak was from Dec. 9 to 15, 2014.
HOT AGAINST FLORIDA • David Legwand has nine points (4+5) in nine career road games against Florida. • Ryan O’Reilly has 10 points (4+6) in his last seven games against the Panthers. • Jake McCabe scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 15, when these teams last met. • Brian Gionta leads all Sabres with 30 points (20+10) in 44 career games against Florida.
KEEPING IT CLOSE The Sabres and Panthers have had 12 of their last 16 matchups decided by a single goal, including six overtime games. Neither team has defeated the other by three or more goals since Buffalo’s 3-0 win on Oct. 20, 2011.
SUNSHINE SUCCESS The Sabres have swept nine of the 35 previous Florida/Tampa Bay road trips in franchise history. In the other 26 sets, the Sabres have earned: three points (3), two points (14), one point (2) and zero points (7). This gives them record of 35-30-5 (.536) in previous trips. This trip began with a 4-1 win at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT Chad Johnson has logged 128:52 since his last even-strength goal against, on Oct. 29 at Pittsburgh, stopping his last 44 shots at even strength. The longest such streak in his career was a 161:25 stretch as a member of the Boston Bruins from Nov. 14 to Dec. 8, 2014 in which he stopped 47 consecutive even-strength shots.
JACK ATTACK • Jack Eichel was tied for third among all rookies with six goals and ranked second among rookie forwards with an 18:48 average ice time per game entering Wednesday night’s games. • Eichel enters tonight’s game on his first career point streak (three games, 2+3), having also logged his first two NHL multi-point games in the team’s last two games.
QUICK DRAW McGRAW Entering Wednesday night’s games, Ryan O’Reilly was ranked third in the league in faceoff percentage (59.7%), trailing only Jonathan Toews (60.2%) and Tomas Hertl (60.0%). O’Reilly also tied for sixth in the league with 350 faceoffs taken, accounting for 39.3% of Buffalo’s total faceoffs.
OUTSHOOTING OPPONENTS The Sabres have outshot their opponents in 10 of their first 15 games this season, posting a 4-6-0 record in those games. Last season, the Sabres hadn’t outshot their opponents 10 times until their 78th game and finished the season 5-5-0 in 10 total games when outshooting their opponent.
POSSESSION PROGRESSION • The Sabres have led their opponent in even-strength shot attempts (corsi) in seven of the team’s 15 games this season, going 3-4-0 in those games. (Data courtesy of war-on-ice.com) • Buffalo finished the 2014-15 season with a 3-5-0 record in the eight games in which they recorded more shot attempts than their opponent. • Before Wednesday night’s games, the Sabres ranked 12th in the league with a corsi for percentage of 50.6%. Buffalo finished last season with a CF% of 37.5%. The Sabres last finished a season with a CF% of more than 50% in 2010-11 (50.4%).
BUF-FLA CONNECTIONS Former Sabres: • Drafted by the Sabres in the sixth round of the 1997 NHL Draft, Brian Campbell played in Buffalo for parts of eight seasons (1999- 00 – 2007-08). As a Sabre, Campbell tallied 176 points (32+144) in 391 games. Campbell was selected as an NHL All-Star in 2007 and 2008.
Carlo Colaiacovo: • Colaiacovo, Brandon Pirri and Reilly Smith were all born in Toronto, Ontario.
Tyler Ennis: • Played at the 2015 World Championship with Aaron Ekblad on Team Canada.
Marcus Foligno: • Played with Erik Gudbranson and Quinton Howden for Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior Championship held in Buffalo.
Cody Franson: • Played with Dave Bolland for the Toronto Maple Leafs for part of the 2013-14 season.
Chad Johnson: • Teammates with Reilly Smith and Shawn Thornton for the Boston Bruins during the 2013-14 season.
Jake McCabe: • Represented the United States alongside Vincent Trochek at the 2013 World Junior Championship and the 2014 World Championship. Rocco Grimaldi was also a part of the 2013 World Junior squad.
Matt Moulson: • Played with Al Montoya for the New York Islanders from 2010-2013.
Ryan O’Reilly: • He and Aaron Ekblad share a birthdate. O’Reilly was born on Feb. 7, 1991, and Ekblad was born on Feb. 7, 1996. • Played with Erik Gudbranson for Team Canada at the 2009 World U-18 Championship.
NHL Draft: • Ryan O’Reilly, and Brandon Pirri were both second-round picks in the 2009 NHL Draft. O’Reilly was selected 33rd overall by Colorado and Pirri was taken 59th overall by Chicago. • Nicolas Deslauriers (84th overall) and Reilly Smith (69th overall) were both taken in the third round of the 2009 NHL Draft. • Marcus Foligno (104th overall) was taken three picks before Garrett Wilson (107th overall) in the fourth round of the 2009 NHL Draft. • Mark Pysyk (23rd overall), Erik Gudbranson (3rd overall), Nick Bjugstad (19th overall) and Quinton Howden (25th overall) were all first-round draft picks in the 2010 NHL Draft. • Tonight’s game features two players who were taken in the second round of the 2010 NHL Draft; Alex Petrovic (36th overall) and Johan Larsson (56th overall by Minnesota). • Sam Reinhart (2nd overall) and Aaron Ekblad (1st overall) were the top two picks in the 2014 NHL Draft.
SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Deslauriers/McGinn (36), Foligno (31), Girgensons (27) Blocked Shots: Gorges (38), Ristolainen (26), Colaiacovo/McCabe (15) Shots: Eichel (56), Ristolainen (41), O’Reilly (37)
SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 1-10: 3-7-0 (6), 23/32, 9/35, 19/27 11-20: 4-1-0 (8), 13/9, 3/13, 13/14
OVERTIME RESULTS (1-0; 99-101 all-time) Oct. 27 at PHI: W, 4-3 (GWG-Girgensons)
SHOOTOUT RESULTS (1-0; 66-51 all-time) Oct. 21 vs. TOR: W, 2-1 (GDG-Moulson)
MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player … Needs … Milestone) Goals Ryan O’Reilly … 6 goals … 100 career goals Assists Josh Gorges … 9 assists … 100 career assists
RECENT MILESTONES N/A 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 10/08/2015 Ottawa Senators L 00-01-00 1-3 15p 7 1-3 0-0 27-22 41 / 31 19070+ 2 10/10/2015 Tampa Bay Lightning L 00-02-00 1-4 44 86 0-2 3-3 25-31 30 / 31 17739 3 10/12/2015 Columbus Blue Jackets W 01-02-00 4-2 55p,90p,15,26p 15 3-7 1-3 33-24 31 / 72 18075 4 10/15/2015 @ Florida Panthers L 01-03-00 2-3 29,63p 16 1-6 3-5 26-29 1 / 31 11616 5 10/17/2015 @ Tampa Bay Lightning L 01-04-00 1-2 23 17 0-3 3-4 32-22 30 / 31 19092+ 6 10/21/2015 Toronto Maple Leafs W** 02-04-00 2-1 9 26 0-4 1-1 35-24 31 / 45 17762 7 10/23/2015 Montréal Canadiens L 02-05-00 2-7 26,90p 17 1-4 1-3 36-26 39 / 31 18214 8 10/24/2015 New Jersey Devils L 02-06-00 3-4 63p,90,15p 14 2-5 2-2 29-28 35 / 35 18040 9 10/27/2015 @ Philadelphia Flyers W* 03-06-00 4-3 63,88p,29,28 28 1-2 2-2 40-33 31 / 35 19432 10 10/29/2015 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 03-07-00 3-4 88,44,26 71 0-2 0-1 53-29 37 / 31 18415+ 11 10/30/2015 Philadelphia Flyers W 04-07-00 3-1 15,90p,44 90 1-6 4-4 36-28 35 / 30 15962 12 11/01/2015 @ New York Islanders W 05-07-00 2-1 26,23 23 0-0 0-0 22-30 35 / 1 11278 13 11/05/2015 Tampa Bay Lightning L 05-08-00 1-4 15 9 0-2 3-3 31-22 88 / 35 18161 14 11/07/2015 Vancouver Canucks W 06-08-00 3-2 88,55p,55 55 1-2 2-2 22-37 35 / 30 19070+ 15 11/10/2015 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 07-08-00 4-1 15p,46,82,55 46 1-3 4-5 27-31 31 / 88 19092+ 16 11/12/2015 @ Florida Panthers 17 11/14/2015 San Jose Sharks 18 11/17/2015 Dallas Stars 19 11/19/2015 @ St. Louis Blues 20 11/21/2015 @ Dallas Stars 21 11/23/2015 St. Louis Blues 22 11/25/2015 Nashville Predators 23 11/27/2015 Carolina Hurricanes 24 11/28/2015 @ Nashville Predators 25 12/01/2015 @ Detroit Red Wings 26 12/04/2015 Arizona Coyotes 27 12/06/2015 @ Edmonton Oilers 28 12/07/2015 @ Vancouver Canucks 29 12/10/2015 @ Calgary Flames 30 12/12/2015 Los Angeles Kings 31 12/14/2015 @ Detroit Red Wings 32 12/15/2015 New Jersey Devils 33 12/17/2015 Anaheim Ducks 34 12/19/2015 Chicago Blackhawks 35 12/26/2015 @ Boston Bruins 36 12/28/2015 Washington Capitals 37 12/30/2015 @ Washington Capitals 38 12/31/2015 New York Islanders 39 01/02/2016 Detroit Red Wings 40 01/05/2016 Florida Panthers 41 01/08/2016 @ Chicago Blackhawks 42 01/10/2016 @ Winnipeg Jets 43 01/12/2016 @ Minnesota Wild 44 01/15/2016 Boston Bruins 45 01/16/2016 Washington Capitals 46 01/18/2016 @ Arizona Coyotes 47 01/20/2016 @ Colorado Avalanche 48 01/22/2016 Detroit Red Wings 49 01/25/2016 @ New York Rangers 50 01/26/2016 @ Ottawa Senators 51 02/03/2016 @ Montréal Canadiens 52 02/04/2016 Boston Bruins 53 02/06/2016 @ Boston Bruins 54 02/09/2016 Florida Panthers 55 02/11/2016 @ Philadelphia Flyers 56 02/12/2016 Montréal Canadiens 57 02/14/2016 Colorado Avalanche 58 02/16/2016 @ Ottawa Senators 59 02/19/2016 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 60 02/21/2016 Pittsburgh Penguins 61 02/24/2016 @ Anaheim Ducks 62 02/26/2016 @ San Jose Sharks 63 02/27/2016 @ Los Angeles Kings 64 03/01/2016 Edmonton Oilers 65 03/03/2016 Calgary Flames 66 03/05/2016 Minnesota Wild 67 03/07/2016 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 68 03/08/2016 New York Rangers 69 03/10/2016 @ Montréal Canadiens 70 03/12/2016 Carolina Hurricanes 71 03/16/2016 Montréal Canadiens 72 03/18/2016 Ottawa Senators 73 03/19/2016 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 74 03/22/2016 @ Carolina Hurricanes 75 03/26/2016 Winnipeg Jets 76 03/28/2016 @ Detroit Red Wings 77 03/29/2016 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 78 03/31/2016 Toronto Maple Leafs 79 04/02/2016 @ New York Rangers 80 04/05/2016 @ New Jersey Devils 81 04/08/2016 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 04/09/2016 @ New York Islanders 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. PYSYK GORGES WEBER KANE GIONTA EICHEL LEGWAND # 3 # 4 # 6 # 9 # 12 # 15 # 17 Oct 8 Vs OTT 0-0,1/-1 17:17 0-0,2/0 20:33 0-0,1/-1 17:08 0-1,3/-1 21:58 1-0,3/-1 21:58 0-0,3/-1 08:57 Oct 10 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 16:55 0-1,1/0 19:51 0-0,0/-2 19:16 0-0,2/-1 20:55 0-0,1/-1 18:56 0-0,1/-2 08:44 Oct 12 Vs CBJ 0-0,1/0 14:16 0-0,1/0 21:00 0-0,1/1 16:49 0-1,3/0 20:36 1-0(W),2/1 18:01 0-0,0/0 09:50 Oct 15 @ FLA 0-0,0/1 13:47 0-0,1/-1 18:22 0-0,0/0 15:10 0-0,4/-1 19:49 0-0,3/-1 19:29 0-0,2/-1 18:56 DNP Oct 17 @ TBL 0-0,0/1 15:03 0-0,0/0 21:55 0-0,0/0 16:28 0-0,3/0 21:23 0-0,1/0 18:02 0-0,4/-1 18:23 0-0,0/0 10:21 Oct 21 Vs TOR 0-0,0/0 15:59 0-0,2/1 18:34 0-0,1/-1 19:04 1-0,7/0 22:05 0-0,3/0 18:31 0-0,6/-1 19:42 DNP Oct 23 Vs MTL 0-0,2/-1 18:20 0-0,1/-3 18:33 0-0,3/0 17:00 0-0,4/-2 17:49 0-0,1/-1 21:12 0-0,4/-2 20:36 DNP Oct 24 Vs NJD 0-0,0/-1 18:25 0-0,0/-1 18:59 DNP 0-0,2/0 17:56 0-0,4/-1 17:56 1-0,2/-1 19:42 0-0,0/0 08:33 Oct 27 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 16:05 0-0,0/-1 20:23 DNP INJ 0-1,2/-1 18:18 0-0,3/1 18:40 0-0,0/-2 09:03 Oct 29 @ PIT 0-0,3/1 17:06 0-0,2/1 21:28 0-0,1/0 15:10 INJ 0-0,5/0 20:08 0-0,8/-1 17:49 0-1,2/2 10:11 Oct 30 Vs PHI 0-0,0/-1 15:10 0-0,1/0 20:26 DNP INJ 0-1,3/0 18:20 1-0,6/1 17:23 0-0,3/0 10:24 Nov 1 @ NYI 0-0,1/1 14:18 0-0,0/0 25:48 DNP INJ 0-1,5/1 15:30 0-0,1/-1 16:07 0-1,1/1 10:33 Nov 5 Vs TBL 0-0,0/0 16:15 0-0,1/-2 17:49 0-1,3/0 18:09 INJ 0-0,1/-2 19:11 1-0,6/0 19:41 0-0,1/-1 08:07 Nov 7 Vs VAN 0-1,0/0 18:04 0-0,1/0 20:33 0-0,0/1 13:33 INJ 0-1,2/-1 17:24 0-2,1/1 18:15 0-0,0/-1 10:50 Nov 10 @ TBL 0-0,0/0 17:07 0-0,0/1 23:39 DNP INJ 0-0,0/0 19:48 1-1,7/2 17:55 0-1,1/1 09:56
Date Opp. LARSSON REINHART COLAIACOVO MOULSON GIRGENSONS MCCABE DESLAURIERS # 22 # 23 # 25 # 26 # 28 # 29 # 44 Oct 8 Vs OTT 0-0,1/0 13:35 0-0,1/0 11:40 0-0,0/-2 16:08 0-0,2/-1 16:49 0-0,2/-1 16:17 0-0,0/-1 10:04 Oct 10 Vs TBL 0-0,0/0 14:51 0-1,1/0 10:15 0-0,2/-1 16:47 0-0,1/0 13:11 0-0,3/0 17:58 1-0,1/-1 08:17 Oct 12 Vs CBJ 0-0,1/0 12:48 0-0,0/0 09:58 DNP 1-2,3/1 14:16 0-0,1/0 18:04 0-0,0/0 12:27 0-0,0/0 09:55 Oct 15 @ FLA 0-0,1/0 12:07 0-0,1/1 12:27 DNP 0-0,0/0 12:55 0-0,1/0 15:00 1-0,2/1 14:44 0-1,0/1 08:41 Oct 17 @ TBL DNP 1-0,3/0 15:43 DNP 0-0,0/-1 16:23 0-0,2/0 13:51 0-0,0/0 16:26 0-0,0/0 05:30 Oct 21 Vs TOR 0-0,0/0 11:00 0-0,1/0 15:27 DNP 0-0,4/1 12:53 0-0,1/1 17:01 0-0,0/0 17:27 0-0,0/0 10:38 Oct 23 Vs MTL 0-0,3/-2 08:56 0-1,3/1 14:28 DNP 1-0,3/1 15:13 0-0,2/0 15:52 0-0,0/-2 16:56 0-0,2/-3 09:49 Oct 24 Vs NJD 0-0,1/0 14:11 0-1,0/-1 15:18 0-0,1/-1 14:05 0-0,3/-1 17:14 0-0,1/0 15:53 0-0,1/-1 18:30 0-0,3/-1 07:59 Oct 27 @ PHI 0-2,3/2 15:23 0-0,3/1 13:23 0-1,2/1 18:47 0-0,3/0 16:03 1-0(W),5/0 17:22 1-0,2/0 20:43 0-0,1/1 15:32 Oct 29 @ PIT 0-0,3/-1 14:56 0-0,2/-1 12:59 DNP 1-0,2/1 17:06 0-0,1/0 18:32 0-0,1/0 18:11 1-0,1/-1 16:29 Oct 30 Vs PHI 0-1,5/1 13:11 0-0,0/-1 13:54 0-0,2/0 16:05 0-0,1/-1 12:12 0-0,2/0 20:27 0-0,1/1 17:14 1-0,3/1 14:52 Nov 1 @ NYI 0-0,1/-1 14:18 1-0(W),2/1 09:48 0-0,0/1 13:04 1-0,3/1 13:54 0-1,1/1 17:05 0-0,0/0 21:09 0-0,2/0 16:46 Nov 5 Vs TBL 0-0,0/1 15:23 0-0,1/0 16:06 DNP 0-0,3/-1 13:46 0-0,2/-1 17:00 0-0,2/0 20:12 0-0,1/-1 08:05 Nov 7 Vs VAN 0-0,2/1 11:55 0-0,3/0 14:48 DNP 0-0,1/-1 14:19 0-0,0/0 12:20 0-0,1/-1 23:47 0-0,0/0 12:29 Nov 10 @ TBL 0-0,1/0 14:25 0-0,2/0 13:43 0-0,0/2 13:46 0-0,1/0 16:46 0-0,1/0 16:33 0-0,1/0 18:03 0-1,2/1 09:05
Date Opp. FRANSON RISTOLAINEN SCHALLER ENNIS FOLIGNO MCGINN O'REILLY # 46 # 55 # 59 # 63 # 82 # 88 # 90 Oct 8 Vs OTT 0-0,2/-1 20:28 0-0,3/-1 23:10 0-0,3/-1 20:11 0-1,0/0 14:28 0-0,0/-1 10:03 0-0,0/-2 20:17 Oct 10 Vs TBL 0-0,2/-3 16:36 0-0,2/0 26:41 0-0,3/-1 18:10 0-0,0/-1 15:32 0-0,1/-1 11:53 0-0,3/-1 19:25 Oct 12 Vs CBJ 0-0,6/0 21:05 1-1,4/1 24:58 0-0,4/0 21:12 0-1,1/0 17:42 0-2,0/1 12:40 1-1,5/0 20:35 Oct 15 @ FLA 0-0,0/0 20:50 0-1,4/-1 24:28 1-0,5/0 21:17 0-1,0/1 09:13 0-0,0/0 12:29 0-1,2/0 22:35 Oct 17 @ TBL 0-0,1/0 20:27 0-0,3/-1 23:57 0-1,7/1 18:45 0-0,1/0 10:44 0-0,2/0 08:46 0-0,5/1 23:13 Oct 21 Vs TOR 0-0,1/-1 22:32 0-0,3/1 24:09 0-0,2/0 24:36 0-0,2/0 09:30 0-0,1/-1 10:44 0-0,1/0 23:08 Oct 23 Vs MTL 0-2,2/0 20:40 0-0,0/-2 23:03 0-0,2/-2 17:55 0-0,1/0 13:49 0-0,1/-2 10:16 1-0,2/0 16:15 Oct 24 Vs NJD 0-1,3/-1 20:34 0-0,2/-1 22:24 1-1,3/-1 20:52 DNP 0-0,2/0 07:13 1-2,1/-3 22:25 Oct 27 @ PHI 0-1,3/0 18:29 0-0,3/-1 25:02 1-0,4/1 18:28 0-0,0/-2 10:37 1-0,3/-2 09:47 0-1,2/0 21:27 Oct 29 @ PIT 0-0,4/-1 19:49 0-2,5/0 24:49 0-1,2/1 08:43 DNP 0-0,1/-1 15:01 1-0,6/0 11:03 0-2,4/1 21:39 Oct 30 Vs PHI 0-1,2/2 20:47 0-0,2/0 23:49 0-0,0/-1 07:14 DNP 0-1,0/1 11:34 0-0,2/0 10:22 1-2(W),3/2 26:03 Nov 1 @ NYI 0-0,1/0 19:37 0-0,0/0 26:04 DNP 0-0,0/0 20:51 0-0,0/-1 13:22 0-1,3/1 11:00 0-0,1/0 20:46 Nov 5 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 21:27 0-0,2/-3 21:28 DNP 0-1,0/-3 19:31 0-0,1/1 10:47 0-0,2/-2 10:20 0-0,4/-2 21:35 Nov 7 Vs VAN 0-0,0/0 19:56 2-0(W),5/0 21:17 DNP 0-1,1/0 18:04 0-1,0/0 12:19 1-0,1/1 11:53 0-0,4/0 22:14 Nov 10 @ TBL 1-1(W),2/2 16:38 1-0,3/1 26:28 DNP 0-1,2/1 13:22 1-0,1/1 09:21 0-0,3/2 13:05 0-0,0/1 21:54
Date Opp. JOHNSON ULLMARK LEHNER # 31 # 35 # 40 Oct 8 Vs OTT 1/9 L 31:29 1/12 27:30 Oct 10 Vs TBL 4/31 L 59:47 INJ Oct 12 Vs CBJ 2/24 W 59:57 INJ Oct 15 @ FLA 3/29 L 58:36 INJ Oct 17 @ TBL 2/22 L 57:00 INJ Oct 21 Vs TOR 1/24 W 65:00 INJ Oct 23 Vs MTL 7/26 L 59:58 DND INJ Oct 24 Vs NJD DND 4/28 L 57:51 INJ Oct 27 @ PHI 3/33 W 62:24 DND INJ Oct 29 @ PIT 4/29 L 58:02 DND INJ Oct 30 Vs PHI DND 1/28 W 59:47 INJ Nov 1 @ NYI DND 1/30 W 60:00 INJ Nov 5 Vs TBL 0/10 39:08 3/11 L 20:00 INJ Nov 7 Vs VAN DND 2/37 W 60:00 INJ Nov 10 @ TBL 1/31 W 60:00 DND INJ Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Dan Bylsma Dan Bylsma is currently in his first year as head coach of the Sabres after being hired as the 17th head coach in franchise history on May 28, 2015.
Bylsma joined the Sabres after spending six seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he led the team to a 252-117-32 overall regular-season record and became the winningest head coach in Penguins history. He began the 2015-16 season with the best points percentage (.668) of any head coach in NHL history with at least three full seasons coached.
The Grand Haven, Michigan native began his coaching career in 2004-05 as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL). He also served as an assistant for the New York Islanders in 2005-06, and for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins from 2006-07 to 2007-08 before being named head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the 2008-09 season.
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#31: Chad Johnson (G) 6' 3", 196 lbs. / Jun 10, 1986 (29 years and 5 months)
Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 5th Round (125th Overall) of 2006 NHL Draft GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: From the New York Islanders with a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Season 11 4-6-0 0 2.75 .896 Draft on March 2, 2015 in exchange for Michal Neuvirth Career 67 32-20-7 3 2.47 .911 Last Win: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Last SO: MAR 21, 2014 @ COLORADO (34) Career vs. Opp 3 2-1-0 0 2.02 .920 Career Shootouts: 16/23 (.696), 3-4
Season Highs: Shots Saves 33 30 33 2 times 2015-16: • Made his Sabres debut in relief vs. OTT (10/8) • Made 22 saves on 24 shots to earn his first win with the Sabres vs. CBJ (10/12) • Stopped 23 of 24 shots and 4 of 5 shootout chances to earn a win vs. TOR (10/21) • Collected 30 saves in a 4-3 overtime win at PHI (10/27) • Made 30 saves and recorded an assist in a 4-1 victory at TBL (11/10) 2014-15: • Won his first three decisions of the season (10/11-10/25), his first as a member of the Islanders • Compiled a 2-2-1 record with a .935 save percentage and a 2.20 goals-against average in five games during the month of February • Suffered an ankle injury during morning skate before his first start with the Sabres and missed the final 18 games of the season
#35: Linus Ullmark (G) 6' 4", 212 lbs. / Jul 31, 1993 (22 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the 6th round (163rd overall) in the 2012 NHL GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Draft Season 5 3-2-0 0 2.56 .918 Last Win: NOV 7, 2015 vs VANCOUVER Career 5 3-2-0 0 2.56 .918 Last SO: - Career Shootouts: 0/0 (.000), 0-0 Career vs. Opp ------
Season Highs: Shots Saves 37 35 37 11/7 vs VAN 2015-16: • Recalled by Buffalo on Oct. 23 • Made his NHL debut vs. NJD (10/24), made 24 saves on 28 shots • Recorded his first NHL win vs. PHI (10/30) stopping 27 of 28 shots,with the win he became the youngest goaltender (22 years, 92 days) to record a win for the Sabres since Mikka Noronen (21 years, 111 days) did so on Oct. 5, 2000 • Made 29 saves in a win at NYI (11/1) • Stopped 35 of 37 shots vs. VAN (11/7) 2014-15: • Appeared in 35 games in his second full season with Modo, matching his career-high total set in 2013-14 • Helped Modo avoid relegation with a 4-0 postseason record, recording a 0.50 GAA and a .980 SV% #40: Robin Lehner (G) (*Injured) 6' 5", 240 lbs. / Jul 24, 1991 (24 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in 2nd round (46th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: From Ottawa with David Legwand in exchange for a first-round pick in Season 1 0-0-0 0 2.14 .917 the 2015 NHL Draft on June 26, 2015. Career 87 30-36-13 2 2.88 .914 Last Win: FEB 14, 2015 vs EDMONTON (2) Last SO: JAN 14, 2014 @ MINNESOTA (42) Career vs. Opp 3 1-1-1 0 2.60 .918 Career Shootouts: 34/54 (.630), 7-9
Season Highs: Shots Saves 12 11 12 10/8 vs OTT 2015-16: • Left the game on 10/8 vs. OTT with lower body injury
2014-15: • Missed 31 games due to injury, appearing in 25 games while healthy • Began the season 3-0-1 in a four-game stretch (10/11-10/28) in which he posted a .939 SV% and a 2.18 GAA • Stopped 35 of 36 shots in a win at BUF (2/10) • Went 6-1-0 in games in which he faced at least 35 shots, posting a .943 SV% and a 2.12 GAA in those contests
#3: Mark Pysyk (D) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Jan 11, 1992 (23 years and 10 months)
MAHRK PEH-sick GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (23rd overall) of 2010 NHL Draft Season 15 0-1-1 0 2 Last Goal: FEB 24, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (16) Career 85 4-12-16 -14 20 Last Assist: NOV 7, 2015 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 3 0-0-0 3 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 18:25 3 2 +1 15 times 11/7 vs VAN 11/7 vs VAN 10/15 vs FLA 10/24 vs NJD 10/29 vs PIT 10/15 vs FLA 4 times
2015-16: • Logged a season-high 18:25 TOI vs. NJD (10/24) • Tallied his first assist of the season vs. VAN (11/5)
2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: four – upper body (10/9-10/14) • Had two blocked shots in 19:58 of ice time in his season debut at BOS (12/21) • Scored his first NHL goal of the season and was a plus-2 at OTT (12/29) • Scored a goal and finished with a career-high plus-3 rating at CBJ (2/24) • Appeared in 54 games for Rochester, tallying three goals and tying a career high with 14 assists in his third AHL season
#4: Josh Gorges (D) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Aug 14, 1984 (31 years and 2 months)
Acquired: From Montreal on July 1, 2014 in exchange for a 2nd-round pick in the GP G-A-P +/- PIM 2016 NHL Draft Season 15 0-1-1 -5 25 Last Goal: OCT 12, 2013 @ VANCOUVER (122) Career 621 14-91-105 3 290 Last Assist: OCT 10, 2015 vs TAMPA BAY (13) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 27 0-2-2 -1 18
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 15 25:48 2 5 +1 15 times 10/10 vs TBL 10/10 vs TBL 10/30 vs PHI 11/1 vs NYI 3 times 10/29 vs PIT 3 times
2015-16: • Recorded his first assist of the season vs. TBL (10/10)
2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: 36; 27 – knee (2/15-4/11), seven – lower body (11/13-11/28), two – undisclosed (12/16-12/20) • Played in his 600th NHL game at EDM (1/29) • Registered his 100th NHL point with an assist vs. TBL (12/2) • Ranked second in the NHL with 148 blocked shots at the time of his season-ending knee injury #6: Mike Weber (D) 6' 2", 217 lbs. / Dec 16, 1987 (27 years and 10 months)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (57th overall) of 2006 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 13, 2015 vs DETROIT (39) Season 10 0-1-1 -2 13 Last Assist: NOV 5, 2015 vs TAMPA BAY (1) Career 316 8-41-49 -47 390 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 18 1-2-3 -4 15 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 5 19:16 3 4 +1 10 times 11/5 vs TBL 11/5 vs TBL 11/7 vs VAN 10/10 vs TBL 2 times 10/29 vs PIT 2 times
2015-16: • Tallied his first assist of the season vs. TBL (11/5) • Was scratched at TBL 11/10 due to a lower body injury
2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: 15; six – lower body (12/13-12/17), five – hernia (4/3-4/11), two – undisclosed (1/17-1/18), two – upper body (2/22-2/24) • Recorded a three-game point streak (0+3) from 11/15-11/22 • Skated a career-high 28:18 of ice time at BOS (3/17) • Appeared in his 300th career NHL game vs. NJD (3/20)
#8: Cody McCormick (C) (*Injured) 6' 2", 228 lbs. / Apr 18, 1983 (32 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 5th round (144th overall) of 2001 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 Season ------Last Goal: JAN 9, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career 405 21-44-65 -24 550 Last Assist: NOV 18, 2014 vs SAN JOSE (13) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 0-1-1 0 19
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: 49; 39 – lower body (1/13-4/11), six – lower body (12/13-12/27), four – upper body (11/26-12/2) • Scored his first career shorthanded goal at TBL (1/9) • Played in his 400th NHL game vs. TBL (12/31) • Notched an assist in consecutive games (11/15 vs. TOR and 11/18 vs. SJS).
#9: Evander Kane (L) (*Injured) 6' 2", 204 lbs. / Aug 2, 1991 (24 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Thrashers in 1st round (4th overall) of 2009 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Winnipeg with Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf on Feb. 11, 2015 in Season 8 1-2-3 -5 2 exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a first- Career 369 110-115-225 -15 387 round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 21, 2015 vs TORONTO (2) Career vs. Opp 24 10-6-16 3 24 Last Assist: OCT 12, 2015 vs COLUMBUS (5) Career Shootouts: 3/17 (18%), 2 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 22:05 7 4 +0 10/21 vs TOR 2 times 3 times 10/12 vs CBJ 10/21 vs TOR 10/21 vs TOR 4 times 4 times
2015-16: • Recorded an assist in 21:58 TOI in his Buffalo Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) • Had an assist vs. CBJ (10/12) • Tallied seven shots and scored his first goal as a Buffalo Sabre vs. TOR (10/21) 2014-15: • Did not play for the Sabres after being acquired on 2/11 due to a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the last 27games of the season • Scored his 100th career NHL goal, adding an assist and a fight vs. PIT (11/6) • Scored two power-play goals at CBJ (11/25) • Missed two games (12/9-12/11) due to suspension • Scored a goal in three straight games (1/11-1/15) • Tied his career high with three assists at PIT (1/27) #12: Brian Gionta (R) 5' 7", 178 lbs. / Jan 18, 1979 (36 years and 9 months)
Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in 3rd round (82nd overall) of 1998 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 Season 12 0-4-4 -6 2 Last Goal: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (13) Career 857 262-262-524 46 343 Last Assist: NOV 7, 2015 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career Shootouts: 22/61 (36%), 7 GDG Career vs. Opp 44 20-10-30 6 16
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 21:12 5 2 +1 12 times 4 times 4 times 11/10 vs TBL 10/23 vs MTL 2 times 2 times 11/1 vs NYI
2015-16: • Made his season debut at FLA (10/15) after missing the first three games with a lower-body injury • Notched his first point of the season with an assist at PHI (10/27) • Tallied an assist vs. PHI (10/30) • Recorded his third assist of the season at NYI (11/1) • Had an assist vs. VAN (11/7) moving the Sabres to 4-0-0 when he records a point 2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: 13 – upper body (12/23-1/18) • Recorded his first point as a Sabre with an assist at CAR (10/14) • Notched an assist in his 800th career NHL game vs. SJS (11/18) • Recorded the 500th point of his career with a goal at PHI (2/19) • Scored 16 points (6+10) in his last 14 games of the season, including six two-point efforts in a nine-game span • Scored a shorthanded goal at ARI (3/30), his first since 3/17/11 vs. TBL
#15: Jack Eichel (C) 6' 2", 201 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (19 years)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (2nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Season 15 6-3-9 -4 4 Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career 15 6-3-9 -4 4 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 -1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 21:58 8 3 +2 6 times 11/7 vs VAN 2 times 2 times 10/8 vs OTT 10/29 vs PIT 10/30 vs PHI 11/10 vs TBL
2015-16: • Scored his first career NHL goal in his first career game (10/8 vs. OTT), became the third-youngest player in Sabres history to score in his debut and the second-youngest player ever to score in a Sabres season-opener. • Recorded the game-winning goal and had a plus-1 rating vs. CBJ (10/12) • Notched his third goal of the season vs. NJD (10/24) • Tallied his fourth goal of the year vs. PHI (10/30) • Notched five points (2+3) in three games from 11/5 vs. TBL - 11/10 at TBL
2014-15: • Led all NCAA Division I skaters with 71 points (26+45) in 40 games at Boston University • Won the Hobey Baker Award, becoming the second freshman ever to earn the award (Paul Kariya) • Was named Hockey East Player of the Year, Hockey East Rookie of the Year, won the Tim Taylor Award as the nation’s outstanding freshman and was the only unanimous first-team Hockey East All-Star selection #17: David Legwand (C) 6' 2", 207 lbs. / Aug 17, 1980 (35 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Selected by Nashville in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1998 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Ottawa with Robin Lehner in exchange for a first-round pick in the Season 12 0-3-3 -3 6 2015 NHL Draft on June 26, 2015 Career 1069 223-384-607 8 543 Last Goal: MAR 19, 2015 vs BOSTON (24) Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career vs. Opp 18 5-10-15 3 2 Career Shootouts: 10/33 (30%), 4 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 10:50 3 2 +2 12 times 3 times 3 times 11/7 vs VAN 11/7 vs VAN 2 times 10/17 vs TBL 10/29 vs PIT
2015-16: • Made his Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) • Notched his first point as a Sabre with an assist at PIT (10/29) • Recorded his second assist of the season at NYI (11/1) • Logged an assist and a plus-1 rating at TBL (11/10) 2014-15: • Tied for the team lead with six power-play goals and two shorthanded points (0+2) • Appeared in his 1,000th NHL game at TBL (11/29), becoming the 33rd American player to reach that milestone • Had points in five straight games (1+4) from 1/8-1/17 • Recorded his 600th NHL point (assist) vs. CGY (3/8) • 2015 Playoffs: Appeared in three playoff games for the Senators
#22: Johan Larsson (L) 5' 11", 200 lbs. / Jul 25, 1992 (23 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in 2nd round (56th overall) of 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Minnesota with Matt Hackett, a first-round selection in the 2013 NHL Season 14 0-3-3 1 0 Draft and a second-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft on April 3, 2013 in Career 82 6-17-23 1 31 exchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 6, 2015 vs CAROLINA (16) Career vs. Opp 5 0-1-1 1 2 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2015 vs PHILADELPHIA (4) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 0 15:23 5 4 +2 14 times 10/27 vs PHI 10/27 vs PHI 14 times 2 times 10/30 vs PHI 2 times 10/27 vs PHI
2015-16: • Tallied his first two points of the season with two assists at PHI (10/27) • Notched an assist vs. PHI (10/30) 2014-15: • Scored his first career NHL goal vs. COL (12/20) • Notched an assist at BOS (12/21) • Recalled for the third time this season on 2/15 • Had 37 points (14+23) in 41 games for Rochester at the time of his recall • Tallied an assist at FLA (2/28) • Scored a goal and had a game-high five hits at WSH (3/7) • Recorded his first career three-point game with a goal and two assists at TOR (3/11) • Scored a goal and went 15-for-24 on faceoffs vs. WSH (3/16) • Notched an assist and a team-high six hits at BOS (3/17) • Registered an assist at DAL (3/23) • Tallied an assist and went 11-for-18 on faceoffs vs. ARI (3/26) • Had an assist at COL (3/28) • Collected an assist vs. TOR (4/1) • Scored a goal and went 10-for-17 on faceoffs vs. CHI (4/3) • Tallied two points (1+1) and had a plus-2 rating vs. CAR (4/6) #23: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' 1", 189 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (20 years)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st Round (2nd overall) of 2014 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 1, 2015 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Season 15 2-3-5 1 0 Last Assist: OCT 24, 2015 vs NEW JERSEY (7) Career 24 2-4-6 0 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 16:06 3 2 +1 2 times 3 times 5 times 15 times 11/5 vs TBL 4 times 10/29 vs PIT 4 times
2015-16: • Notched his first assist of the season vs. TBL (10/10) • Scored his first career NHL goal and logged a career high in ice time with 15:43 at TBL (10/17) • Tallied an assist in two straight games vs. MTL (10/23) - NJD (10/24) • Recorded the first GWG of his career at NYI (11/1) 2014-15: • Logged 13:37 of ice time in his first career NHL game vs. CBJ (10/9); became the third-youngest player (18 years, 338 days) ever to dress for the Sabres on opening day • Recorded his first NHL point with an assist at SJS (10/25) • Notched two assists in his AHL debut vs. Utica (4/17) • Had an assist at Adirondack (4/19) • Named a WHL Second Team All-Star • Scored the game-winning goal for Team Canada in the gold medal game at the 2015 World Junior Championship • Tied for the tournament lead in both goals (5) and points (11) at the 2015 World Junior Championship • Named to the tournament All-Star Team at the 2015 World Junior Championship • Led the Kootenay Ice (WHL) in points per game (1.38)
#25: Carlo Colaiacovo (D) 6' 1", 202 lbs. / Jan 27, 1983 (32 years and 9 months)
Drafted: Selected by Toronto in 1st round (17th overall) of the 2001 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 3, 2015 Season 7 0-1-1 0 0 Last Goal: APR 7, 2015 vs NY ISLANDERS (9) Career 441 33-120-153 5 221 Last Assist: OCT 27, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 9 1-3-4 1 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 18:47 2 2 +2 7 times 10/27 vs PHI 10/27 vs PHI 7 times 10/27 vs PHI 3 times 2 times 11/10 vs TBL
2015-16: • Made his Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) 2014-15: • Made his season debut vs. EDM (11/4) • Recorded his first point of the season (assist) vs. FLA (11/6) • Logged a season-high 23:04 at STL (3/12) • Broke a 38-game goal drought at PIT (4/1) and scored again three games later vs. NYI (4/7)
#26: Matt Moulson (L) 6' 1", 212 lbs. / Nov 1, 1983 (32 years)
Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 9th round (263rd overall) of 2003 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014 Season 15 4-2-6 -1 6 Last Goal: NOV 1, 2015 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Career 489 158-164-322 -25 100 Last Assist: OCT 12, 2015 vs COLUMBUS (12) Career Shootouts: 16/38 (42%), 7 GDG Career vs. Opp 23 6-4-10 -8 4
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 3 2 17:14 4 2 +1 4 times 10/12 vs CBJ 10/12 vs CBJ 3 times 10/24 vs NJD 10/21 vs TOR 10/10 vs TBL 5 times
2015-16: • Had three points (1+2) vs. CBJ (10/12) • Picked up his second goal of the season vs. MTL (10/23) • Recorded his third goal of the season at PIT (10/29) • Scored his fourth goal of the season at NYI (10/30)
2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: five; three – illness (12/20-12/23), two – illness (4/3-4/4) • Recorded an assist in his 400th NHL game vs. ANA (10/13) • Scored a goal vs. NYR (2/20) for his 300th career NHL point • Had three separate three-game point streaks (11/11-11/15, 2/19-2/22, 3/30-4/6) • Notched two assists and tied his career high with a plus-4 rating vs. VAN (2/26) #28: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (21 years and 10 months)
ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhns GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (14th overall) of 2012 NHL Draft Season 15 1-1-2 0 4 Last Goal: OCT 27, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIA (6) Career 146 24-30-54 -22 43 Last Assist: NOV 1, 2015 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Career Shootouts: 3/12 (25%), 3 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 0-1-1 -3 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 20:27 5 4 +1 10/27 vs PHI 11/1 vs NYI 2 times 2 times 10/30 vs PHI 10/27 vs PHI 10/15 vs FLA 2 times
2015-16: • Won 12 of 16 face offs he took vs. TOR (10/21) • Notched his first point of the season with a game-winning goal in OT at PHI (10/27) • Tallied his first assist of the season at NYI (11/1)
2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: 21– ankle (2/26-4/11) • Elected by the fans to play in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game with a league-high 1,574,896 votes • Led all Sabres and tied for fifth in the NHL with three shorthanded goals • Scored the Sabres' only goal in the season opener vs. CBJ (10/9), becoming the first player in franchise history to score the team’s first goal in consecutive seasons • Tied his career-best three-game point streak (2+1) from 11/28-12/2 • Scored his first career power-play goal vs. PHI (1/17)
#29: Jake McCabe (D) 6' 0", 214 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (22 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (44th overall) of 2012 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 27, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIA (6) Season 13 2-0-2 -2 4 Last Assist: APR 13, 2014 vs NY ISLANDERS (15) Career 22 2-1-3 -5 19 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 1-0-1 1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 23:47 2 4 +1 2 times 13 times 2 times 2 times 11/7 vs VAN 3 times 3 times 2 times
2015-16: • Scored his first career NHL goal at FLA (10/15) • Logged a career high in ice time with 16:26 at TBL (10/17) 2014-15: • Appeared in two games for the Buffalo Sabres (NHL) • Had a productive rookie campaign for Rochester (AHL) that saw him produce 29 points (5+24) in 57 games • Led all Amerks rookies in scoring and finished sixth among all first-year AHL defensemen • Logged 21:54 of ice time in his AHL debut against Rockford (10/22) • Registered his first AHL point (assist) vs. Adirondack (10/24) • Scored his first professional goal at Hamilton (11/16) • Recorded his first multi-point game (0+2) vs. Utica (11/21) • Missed two games (1/2-1/3) due to illness • Posted a six-game point streak (2+5) from 1/30-2/8 • Returned to the lineup at Iowa (4/3) after missing the previous nine games (3/6-4/1) due to injury • Missed the last three games of the season (4/17-4/19) due to injury #44: Nicolas Deslauriers (L) 6' 1", 212 lbs. / Feb 22, 1991 (24 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in 3rd round (84th overall) of 2009 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Los Angeles with Hudson Fasching on March 5, 2014 in exchange for Season 15 3-2-5 -4 7 Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, a second-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft and a Career 114 9-12-21 -38 96 second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT 30, 2015 vs PHILADELPHIA (4) Career vs. Opp 7 0-3-3 1 2 Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 5 16:46 3 6 +1 3 times 2 times 5 times 10/12 vs CBJ 11/1 vs NYI 2 times 10/27 vs PHI 4 times
2015-16: • Played in his 100th NHL game on 10/8 vs. OTT • Scored his first goal of the season vs. TBL (10/10) • Picked up his second goal of the year at PIT (10/29) • Tallied his third goal of the season vs. PHI (10/30) • Logged an assist and a plus-1 rating at TBL (11/10)
2014-15: • The only player to appear in all 82 games for the Sabres • Scored his first career game-winning goal at SJS (10/25) • Tied a career best with points in three straight games (2+2) from 12/21-12-27 • Registered his first career multi-point game with a goal and an assist in 17:51 of ice time vs. NYI (12/27)
#46: Cody Franson (D) 6' 5", 234 lbs. / Aug 8, 1987 (28 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Nashville in 3rd Round (79th Overall) of the 2005 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on Sept. 10, 2015 Season 15 1-6-7 -3 10 Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career 415 36-140-176 -2 144 Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 1/5 (20%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 14 1-5-6 -2 4
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 22:32 6 4 +2 11/10 vs TBL 10/23 vs MTL 2 times 5 times 10/21 vs TOR 10/12 vs CBJ 10/15 vs FLA 2 times
2015-16: • Had two shots on goal in his Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) • Tallied his first points as a Sabre with two assists vs. MTL (10/23) • Had a three game point streak (0+4) from 10/23 vs. MTL - 10/27 at PHI • Notched an assist vs. PHI (10/30) • Logged his first goal as a Sabre in a two point effort (1+1) at TBL (11/10)
2014-15: • Set career-best marks in assists (29) and points (36) for the second consecutive season • Tied for 15th among NHL defensemen with 17 power-play points (5+12) • Set a career-high with five power-play goals • Recorded six multi-point games • Had career-best nine-game point streak (2+9) from 11/4-11/20 • Played a career-high 26:14 vs. DET (11/22) • At the time of his trade, led all Toronto defensemen with 32 points and tied for team lead with 26 assists • Appeared in his 400th NHL game vs. MIN (4/9) #47: Zach Bogosian (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Jul 15, 1990 (25 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Atlanta in 1st round (3rd overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Winnipeg with Evander Kane and Jason Kasdorf on Feb. 11, 2015 in Season ------exchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a first- Career 414 40-94-134 -45 363 round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft Last Goal: JAN 16, 2015 @ CHICAGO (31) Career vs. Opp 27 4-12-16 7 23 Last Assist: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2014-15: • Recorded a plus-5 rating vs. FLA (1/13) • Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal and played 25:28 of ice time at CHI (11/2) • Totaled 13 points (3+10) and a plus-1 rating in 41 games with Winnipeg • Made his Sabres debut vs. PHI (2/15) and recorded a game-high 11 hits • Logged a career-high 32:23 of ice time and led the Sabres with seven blocks and six hits at PHI (2/19) • Recorded his first Sabres point (assist) at CBJ (2/24) • Recorded a season-high seven shots and skated 26:54 of ice time at TBL (3/3) • Tallied an assist and skated a team-high 25:16 of ice time at OTT (3/6) • Skated a game-high 30:53 and had six hits at TOR (3/11) • Recorded his first multi-point (0+2) game as a member of the Sabres vs. CAR (4/6) • Led the Sabres in ice time in 16 of his 21 games with the team, averaging 26:39 per game
#55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 207 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (21 years)
RAZ-muhs rihs-toh-LIGH-nehn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (8th overall) of 2013 NHL Draft Season 15 4-4-8 -7 0 Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career 127 14-18-32 -54 32 Last Assist: OCT 29, 2015 @ PITTSBURGH (5) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 7 1-1-2 -5 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 2 0 26:41 5 7 +1 11/7 vs VAN 10/29 vs PIT 3 times 15 times 10/10 vs TBL 2 times 11/1 vs NYI 3 times
2015-16: • Led the Sabres in ice time vs. OTT (10/8) with 23:10 TOI • Had a two-point game (1+1) and led Sabres skaters with 24:58 of ice time vs. CBJ (10/12) • Notched an assist at FLA (10/15) • Recorded two assists in 24:49 of ice time at PIT (10/29) • Logged two goals, including the GWG with 16.8 seconds left in regulation vs. VAN (11/7) • Tallied an empty net goal at TBL (11/10) 2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: three; two – illness (12/29-12/31), one – flu (4/1) • Led the team in ice time in 12 games, averaging 20:36 for the season • Scored his first goal of the season at MIN (11/13) • Scored a power-play goal and skated a team-high 26:46 of ice time at BOS (12/21) • Set a new career high with 28:36 of ice time vs. NYR (3/14) • Scored a power-play goal and had 28:23 TOI at BOS (3/17) • Had two points (1+1) and finished with a plus-1 rating at COL (3/28) • Tallied a career-high three assists vs. CHI (4/3) • Recorded points in a career-best four straight games from 3/26-4/3 (3+4) #59: Tim Schaller (C) 6' 2", 219 lbs. / Nov 16, 1990 (24 years and 11 months)
Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on April 2, 2013 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: DEC 21, 2014 @ BOSTON (17) Season 2 0-1-1 0 0 Last Assist: OCT 29, 2015 @ PITTSBURGH (1) Career 20 1-2-3 -5 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 8:43 2 3 +1 2 times 10/29 vs PIT 10/29 vs PIT 2 times 10/29 vs PIT 10/29 vs PIT 10/29 vs PIT 10/29 vs PIT
2015-16: • Had two points (1+1) in six games with Rochester • Recalled by Buffalo on Oct. 26 • Tallied an assist in his first NHL game of the season at PIT (10/29) 2014-15: • Made his NHL debut at MTL (11/29) and recorded three hits and three blocks • Scored his first career NHL point (goal) at BOS (12/21) • Notched an assist and finished with a plus-1 rating vs. WSH (3/16) • Recalled for the sixth time this season on April 3 • Had 41 points (15+26) in 59 games for Rochester at the time of his recall
#63: Tyler Ennis (C) 5' 9", 160 lbs. / Oct 6, 1989 (26 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (26th overall) of 2008 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 27, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIA (4) Season 13 3-5-8 -5 2 Last Assist: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Career 358 92-128-220 -51 147 Career Shootouts: 15/40 (38%), 6 GDG Career vs. Opp 20 4-8-12 2 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 24:36 7 4 +1 3 times 5 times 10/24 vs NJD 10/23 vs MTL 10/21 vs TOR 10/17 vs TBL 11/7 vs VAN 3 times
2015-16: • Scored his first goal of the season at FLA (10/15) • Recorded an assist and a team-high seven shots at TBL (10/17) • Notched a goal and an assist vs. NJD (10/24) • Tallied his third goal of the season at PHI (10/27) • Tallied assists in three straight games from 11/5 vs. TBL - 11/10 at TBL 2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: four; two – lower body (2/26-2/28), two – upper body (3/28-3/30) • Tied his best single-game point total four times, with three points on 11/15 vs. TOR, 12/11 vs. CGY, 1/18 at DET and 3/11 at TOR • Scored his first career shorthanded goal at CHI (10/11) • Notched his 100th career assist vs. MTL (11/5) • Earned his first NHL fighting major at STL (11/11) • Named the NHL's First Star of the Week for the week of Dec. 8-14 after scoring five points (1+4) in three games • Tallied his 200th career point with a goal at OTT (3/6) #82: Marcus Foligno (L) 6' 3", 226 lbs. / Aug 10, 1991 (24 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 4th round (104th overall) of 2009 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 10, 2015 @ TAMPA BAY Season 14 1-5-6 -1 11 Last Assist: NOV 7, 2015 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career 206 27-49-76 -21 193 Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 2-3-5 -2 24 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 7 17:42 2 6 +1 11/10 vs TBL 5 times 6 times 10/30 vs PHI 10/12 vs CBJ 10/21 vs TOR 10/29 vs PIT 4 times
2015-16: • Recorded his first assist of the season in Buffalo's season-opener vs. OTT (10/8) • Notched an assist vs. CBJ (10/12) • Had an assist at FLA (10/15) • Tallied an assist vs. PHI (10/30) • Logged an assist on the GWG vs. Van (11/7) • Scored his first goal of the season at TBL (11/10) 2014-15: • Games missed due to injury: 25; 19 – undisclosed (12/23-2/8), four – upper body (11/2-11/8), one – upper body (10/13), 1 – upper body (11/13) • Set a personal best with 20 points (8+12) on the season • Tallied his first two goals of the season at CAR (10/14) • Scored in a career-high three consecutive games from 12/11 vs. CGY to 12/15 vs. OTT • Notched two points (1+1) vs. NYI (2/8) in his return from an injury that sidelined him for 19 games • Scored twice and finished with a plus-2 rating vs. CHI (4/3)
#88: Jamie McGinn (L) 6' 1", 205 lbs. / Aug 5, 1988 (27 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Selected by San Jose in 2nd round (36th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Colorado with Ryan O'Reilly on June 26, 2015 in exchange for Nikita Season 15 3-3-6 -4 4 Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Career 381 72-62-134 -47 176 Draft Last Goal: NOV 7, 2015 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career vs. Opp 6 2-0-2 0 2 Last Assist: NOV 1, 2015 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 13:05 6 6 +2 3 times 10/12 vs CBJ 10/12 vs CBJ 2 times 11/10 vs TBL 10/29 vs PIT 10/29 vs PIT 11/10 vs TBL
2015-16: • Made his Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) • Recorded his first point with the Sabres as part of a two-assist game vs. CBJ (10/12) • Scored goals in two straight games at PHI (10/27) - at PIT (10/29) • Tallied his third assist of the season at NYI (11/1) • Notched his third goal of the season vs. VAN (11/7) 2014-15: • Was placed on injured reserve 11/ 21 (retroactive to 11/15) and missed the final 63 games of the season with a back injury • Scored Colorado’s first goal of the season at BOS (10/13) • Scored in consecutive games 10/24 vs. VAN and 10/26 at WPG #90: Ryan O'Reilly (C) 6' 1", 210 lbs. / Feb 7, 1991 (24 years and 9 months)
Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Colorado with Ryan O'Reilly on June 26, 2015 in exchange for Nikita Season 15 4-9-13 -3 4 Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Career 442 94-165-259 -16 68 Draft Last Goal: OCT 30, 2015 vs PHILADELPHIA (4) Career vs. Opp 9 4-6-10 2 0 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2015 vs PHILADELPHIA (4) Career Shootouts: 10/24 (42%), 6 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 3 2 26:03 5 1 +2 4 times 3 times 2 times 2 times 10/30 vs PHI 2 times 3 times 10/30 vs PHI
2015-16: • Made his Sabres debut vs. OTT (10/8) • Recorded his first goal and assist as a Sabre vs. CBJ (10/12) • Notched an assist at TBL (10/17) • Tallied his second goal of the season vs. MTL (10/23) • Collected three points (1+2) and won 65% of his face offs vs. NJD (10/24) • Had a five game point streak (3+7) from 10/23 vs. MTL - 10/30 vs. PHI 2014-15: • Tied for the league lead with 98 takeaways, marking his third time leading the NHL in that category • Led Colorado skaters in faceoff percentage (53.3%) and shorthanded points (1+1) • Recorded his 200th NHL point with (assist) vs. TOR (11/6) • Had a career-best eight-game point streak (5+8) from 3/14-3/30 • Equaled his career best with 3 points (1+2) at EDM (3/25) • Named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for 3/23-3/29 after leading the league with eight points (1+7) in 4 games • Led the team with 17 points (5+12) in March, his personal high for a single month