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Thu, Oct 24, 2019 NHL Game #147

New York Rangers 2 - 4 - 1 (5 pts) 8 - 1 - 1 (17 pts) Team Game: 8 1 - 2 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 11 5 - 0 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 5 1 - 2 - 0 (Road) Road Game: 6 3 - 1 - 1 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 4 1 3 0 3.57 .906 35 4 2 1 1 3.18 .913 40 3 1 1 1 2.70 .923 40 6 6 0 0 1.65 .943

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 8 D 7 1 5 6 0 0 6 D 10 1 2 3 7 2 10 L 7 4 2 6 -2 4 9 C 10 6 8 14 -1 2 14 C Greg McKegg 3 0 0 0 -1 0 10 D 10 0 4 4 5 10 16 C 7 0 4 4 0 8 13 L 10 0 2 2 4 0 17 R 7 2 2 4 -1 4 17 C Vladimir Sobotka 10 0 1 1 4 4 18 D 7 1 0 1 -1 6 19 D Jake McCabe 10 0 3 3 -1 4 20 L 7 0 3 3 -2 6 21 R 10 1 3 4 1 14 21 C 7 1 0 1 -2 2 22 C Johan Larsson 10 1 1 2 -2 8 23 D 7 0 0 0 0 2 23 C 10 4 4 8 1 0 24 R 7 1 1 2 -6 0 26 D 10 1 9 10 1 12 25 D Libor Hajek 7 0 1 1 1 4 28 C 10 1 3 4 -1 2 28 C 7 0 0 0 -1 0 33 D Colin Miller 10 0 4 4 5 4 38 C 3 0 0 0 -1 2 37 C 10 3 4 7 6 2 42 D Brendan Smith 7 1 2 3 -1 9 43 L 6 3 1 4 3 2 48 L 6 0 1 1 0 9 53 L 10 6 2 8 4 2 76 D 7 0 2 2 0 8 55 D 10 0 5 5 0 4 77 D Tony DeAngelo 7 3 1 4 -6 4 58 D John Gilmour ------89 R 7 1 4 5 1 6 68 L 10 6 3 9 -3 2 93 C 7 4 7 11 1 0 71 L 4 0 0 0 0 0 90 L Marcus Johansson 10 4 3 7 5 4

President John Davidson Owner/CEO Owner/President Assistant General Manager General Manager Head Coach Head Coach Assistant Coaches , David Oliver, Greg Coaching Staff (Assistant Coach), Brown, Benoit Allaire (Assistant (Goaltending) Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Coach), Chris Taylor (Assistant Coach), Myles Fee (Video Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Coordinator)

Tonight's Officials Referees TJ Luxmore (21), Kendrick Nicholson (30) Linesmen (89), Mark Shewchyk (92) Supervisor Video Judge Denis McKiernan Ntl. Anthem Laird Mackinstosh * Denotes Standby .

Today's Schedule CAR @ CBJ : 7:00 FLA @ CGY : 7:00 WSH @ EDM : 7:00 SJS @ MTL : 7:00 MIN @ NSH : 7:00 ARI @ NYI : 7:00 BUF @ NYR : 7:00 LAK @ STL : 7:00 PHI @ CHI : 7:30 ANA @ DAL : 7:30 : Roster Active (21 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 8 Jacob Trouba D 6' 3" 209 Feb 26, 1994 Rochester, MI, USA 10 Artemi Panarin L 5' 11" 170 Oct 30, 1991 Korkino, RUS 14 Greg McKegg C 6' 0" 192 Jun 17, 1992 St. Thomas, ON, CAN 16 Ryan Strome C 6' 1" 193 Jul 11, 1993 , ON, CAN 17 Jesper Fast R 6' 1" 191 Dec 2, 1991 Nassjo, SWE 18 Marc Staal D 6' 4" 209 Jan 13, 1987 , ON, CAN 20 Chris Kreider L 6' 3" 217 Apr 30, 1991 Boxford, MA, USA 21 Brett Howden C 6' 3" 197 Mar 29, 1998 , AB, CAN 23 Adam Fox D 5' 11" 181 Feb 17, 1998 Jericho, NY, USA 24 Kaapo Kakko R 6' 3" 199 Feb 13, 2001 , FIN 25 Libor Hajek D 6' 2" 203 Feb 4, 1998 Smrcek, CZE 28 Lias Andersson C 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1998 Smogen, SWE 30 Henrik Lundqvist G 6' 1" 182 Mar 2, 1982 Are, SWE 38 Micheal Haley C 5' 11" 202 Mar 30, 1986 Guelph, ON, CAN 40 Alexandar Georgiev G 6' 1" 178 Feb 10, 1996 Ruse, BGR 42 Brendan Smith D 6' 2" 200 Feb 8, 1989 Mimico, ON, CAN 48 Brendan Lemieux L 6' 1" 213 Mar 15, 1996 , CO, USA 76 Brady Skjei D 6' 3" 210 Mar 26, 1994 Lakeville, MN, USA 77 Tony DeAngelo D 5' 11" 180 Oct 24, 1995 Sewell, NJ, USA 89 Pavel Buchnevich R 6' 3" 197 Apr 17, 1995 , RUS 93 Mika Zibanejad C 6' 2" 208 Apr 18, 1993 Huddinge, SWE 21 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 196 Age: 26.2

Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 57 D 6' 2" 210 Apr 14, 1997 Vidnoe, RUS

Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Streaks No active streaks RYAN STROME (2 / 2 Games) RYAN STROME (0-2-2 / 2 Games)

Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Marco Scandella D 6' 3" 212 Feb 23, 1990 , QC, CAN 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 203 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 195 Jun 17, 1999 , FIN 13 Jimmy Vesey L 6' 3" 202 May 26, 1993 , MA, USA 17 Vladimir Sobotka C 5' 11" 191 Jul 2, 1987 Trebic, CZE 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 216 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 204 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 194 Nov 6, 1995 West , BC, CAN 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 193 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 211 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 193 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 37 Casey Mittelstadt C 6' 1" 199 Nov 22, 1998 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 202 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 43 Conor Sheary L 5' 8" 179 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 195 May 16, 1992 , ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 220 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 58 John Gilmour D 6' 0" 188 May 17, 1993 Montreal, QC, CAN 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 183 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 71 Evan Rodrigues L 5' 11" 184 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 205 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 199 Age: 26.3

Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 4 D 6' 3" 226 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 48 D 5' 11" 194 May 21, 1985 Warren, MI, USA 62 D 6' 0" 189 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN

Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks JEFF SKINNER (2 / 2 Games) HENRI JOKIHARJU (3 / 2 Games) JEFF SKINNER (2-0-2 / 2 Games) HENRI JOKIHARJU (0-3-3 / 2 Games) CASEY MITTELSTADT (3-2-5 / 3 Games) New York Rangers: Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 93 Mika Zibanejad 7 4 7 11 1 0 1 1 1 24 16.7 23:08 52.09 10 5 L 10 Artemi Panarin 7 4 2 6 -2 4 2 0 0 20 20.0 21:02 0.00 1 1 D 8 Jacob Trouba 7 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 27 3.7 24:42 0.00 19 17 R 89 Pavel Buchnevich 7 1 4 5 1 6 1 0 0 10 10.0 17:17 0.00 6 6 D 77 Tony DeAngelo 7 3 1 4 -6 4 1 0 0 15 20.0 17:13 0.00 2 2 R 17 Jesper Fast 7 2 2 4 -1 4 0 0 0 8 25.0 15:38 40.00 10 5 C 16 Ryan Strome 7 0 4 4 0 8 0 0 0 9 0.0 16:14 59.49 4 5 D 42 Brendan Smith 7 1 2 3 -1 9 0 1 0 5 20.0 11:53 0.00 19 4 L 20 Chris Kreider 7 0 3 3 -2 6 0 0 0 12 0.0 16:53 42.85 15 2 R 24 Kaapo Kakko 7 1 1 2 -6 0 0 0 0 11 9.1 14:34 0.00 4 0 D 76 Brady Skjei 7 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 14 0.0 19:27 0.00 4 9 D 18 Marc Staal 7 1 0 1 -1 6 0 0 0 8 12.5 19:03 0.00 11 15 C 21 Brett Howden 7 1 0 1 -2 2 0 0 1 8 12.5 15:09 52.56 7 9 D 25 Libor Hajek 7 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 5 0.0 15:29 0.00 5 9 L 48 Brendan Lemieux 6 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 7 0.0 12:11 0.00 13 7 C 14 Greg McKegg 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 07:19 0.00 1 0 D 23 Adam Fox 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 16:04 0.00 1 10 C 28 Lias Andersson 7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 09:42 37.50 5 5 C 38 Micheal Haley 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 06:36 66.66 7 1

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Henrik Lundqvist 4 235 3.57 1 3 0 0 14 135 .906 0 0 0 40 Alexandar Georgiev 3 178 2.70 1 1 1 0 8 96 .923 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Jack Eichel 10 6 8 14 -1 2 3 0 1 35 17.1 20:49 48.00 7 10 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 10 1 9 10 1 12 0 0 0 17 5.9 19:05 0.00 6 8 L 68 Victor Olofsson 10 6 3 9 -3 2 6 0 1 21 28.6 17:39 0.00 1 2 L 53 Jeff Skinner 10 6 2 8 4 2 0 0 0 49 12.2 18:21 54.54 2 4 C 23 Sam Reinhart 10 4 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 21 19.0 20:03 57.14 6 3 L 90 Marcus Johansson 10 4 3 7 5 4 1 0 1 9 44.4 16:34 36.55 4 6 C 37 Casey Mittelstadt 10 3 4 7 6 2 1 0 1 16 18.8 11:25 45.45 4 2 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 10 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.0 24:14 0.00 26 14 L 43 Conor Sheary 6 3 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 8 37.5 11:34 0.00 5 2 R 21 Kyle Okposo 10 1 3 4 1 14 0 0 1 12 8.3 10:59 76.92 12 3 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 10 1 3 4 -1 2 0 0 1 12 8.3 13:14 42.85 11 1 D 10 Henri Jokiharju 10 0 4 4 5 10 0 0 0 9 0.0 16:36 0.00 10 12 D 33 Colin Miller 10 0 4 4 5 4 0 0 0 12 0.0 18:23 0.00 18 10 D 6 Marco Scandella 10 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 0 12 8.3 17:50 0.00 6 13 D 19 Jake McCabe 10 0 3 3 -1 4 0 0 0 8 0.0 21:02 0.00 22 29 C 22 Johan Larsson 10 1 1 2 -2 8 0 0 0 13 7.7 14:05 45.37 11 7 L 13 Jimmy Vesey 10 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 12:09 0.00 9 4 C 17 Vladimir Sobotka 10 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 15 0.0 15:17 57.44 20 7 L 71 Evan Rodrigues 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 09:00 54.54 1 0

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 35 Linus Ullmark 4 245 3.18 2 1 1 0 13 136 .913 0 0 2 40 Carter Hutton 6 364 1.65 6 0 0 2 10 166 .943 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres @ New York Rangers Team Records Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Last game: Tuesday VS SAN JOSE (4-3 W) Tuesday VS (3-2 O) Next game: Friday AT Sunday VS BOSTON Overall record/streak: 8 - 1 - 1 / Win 3 / Undef 3 2 - 4 - 1 / OTL 1 Home record/streak: 5 - 0 - 0 / Win 5 / Undef 5 1 - 2 - 1 / OTL 1 Road record/streak: 3 - 1 - 1 / Win 2 / Undef 2 1 - 2 - 0 / Lost 2 Last 5 Games: 4 - 1 - 0 0 - 4 - 1 Last 10 Games: 8 - 1 - 1 2 - 4 - 1 1-Goal Games: 4 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 2-Goal Games 1 - 0 1 - 0 3-Goal Games 3 - 1 1 - 3 Scoring first 7 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 Opponent scoring first 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 2 - 1 Leading after 1 period 3 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 Trailing after 1 period 2 - 0 - 1 0 - 2 - 1 Tied after 1 period 3 - 0 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 Leading after 2 periods 7 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 Tied after 2 periods 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 OT Record - This Season: 3 - 1 0 - 1 OT Record - Franchise: 198 - 198 - 215 197 - 184 - 195 Shootout Record - This Season: 1 - 0 0 - 0 Shootout Record - Franchise: 76 - 69 77 - 64 Outshooting opponent: 5 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 3 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 - 1 Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Atlantic: 2 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 vs. Metropolitan: 2 - 0 - 1 0 - 2 - 0 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 4 - 0 - 1 1 - 2 - 0 vs. Central: 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 vs. Pacific: 3 - 1 - 0 0 - 2 - 1 vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 4 - 1 - 0 1 - 2 - 1

Month by Month Record Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: 8-1-1 17 2-4-1 5 Totals: 8-1-1 17 2-4-1 5 Buffalo Sabres @ New York Rangers Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: 9 16 10 2 37 ( 3.7 avg.) Opponents: 8 5 10 1 24 ( 2.4 avg.)

New York Rangers: 5 8 6 0 19 ( 2.7 avg.) Opponents: 9 7 8 1 25 ( 3.6 avg.)

Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: 119 110 74 6 309 (30.9 avg.) Opponents: 97 102 124 3 326 (32.6 avg.)

New York Rangers: 62 71 68 0 201 (28.7 avg.) Opponents: 95 85 75 1 256 (36.6 avg.)

Power Play Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers G Att % G Att % Overall: 12 39 30.8 (4th NHL) 5 24 20.8 (13th NHL) Home: 7 19 36.8 (4th NHL) 2 11 18.2 (17th NHL) Road: 5 20 25.0 (T-9th NHL) 3 13 23.1 (T-11th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-11th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-11th NHL)

Penalty Killing Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers G Att % G Att % Overall: 7 30 76.7 (20th NHL) 7 31 77.4 (T-18th NHL) Home: 1 11 90.9 (T-5th NHL) 4 15 73.3 (T-23rd NHL) Road: 6 19 68.4 (24th NHL) 3 16 81.3 (14th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-19th NHL) 2 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-3rd NHL)

Penalties Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 10 82 8.2 (15th NHL) 7 76 10.9 (27th NHL)

Goal Situations Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers For Against For Against 6 on 5: 0 1 0 3 6 on 4: 1 0 0 0 6 on 3: 0 0 0 0 5 on 5: 23 13 12 13 5 on 4: 11 1 5 1 5 on 3: 0 0 0 0 4 on 4: 1 0 0 0 4 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 3: 1 1 0 1 3 on 4: 0 0 0 0 3 on 5: 0 0 0 0 3 on 6: 0 0 0 0 4 on 5: 0 7 1 7 4 on 6: 0 0 1 0 5 on 6: 0 1 0 0 Empty Net: 0 1 1 3 Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 37 24 19 25 Buffalo Sabres @ New York Rangers Situations Individual Leaders Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Points: J. EICHEL (14),R. DAHLIN (10),V. OLOFSSON (9) M. ZIBANEJAD (11),J. TROUBA (6),A. PANARIN (6) Goals: J. SKINNER (6),V. OLOFSSON (6),J. EICHEL (6) M. ZIBANEJAD (4),A. PANARIN (4),T. DEANGELO (3) Assists: R. DAHLIN (9),J. EICHEL (8),R. RISTOLAINEN (5) M. ZIBANEJAD (7),J. TROUBA (5),R. STROME (4) PP Goals: V. OLOFSSON (6),J. EICHEL (3),M. JOHANSSON (1) A. PANARIN (2),M. ZIBANEJAD (1),P. BUCHNEVICH (1) SH Goals: B. SMITH (1),M. ZIBANEJAD (1) GW Goals: K. OKPOSO (1),M. JOHANSSON (1),Z. GIRGENSONS (1) M. ZIBANEJAD (1),B. HOWDEN (1) 3+ Goals: M. ZIBANEJAD(1) PIM: K. OKPOSO (14),R. DAHLIN (12),H. JOKIHARJU (10) B. SMITH (9),B. LEMIEUX (9),R. STROME (8) Shots: J. SKINNER (49),J. EICHEL (35),R. RISTOLAINEN (24) J. TROUBA (27),M. ZIBANEJAD (24),A. PANARIN (20) +/-: M. SCANDELLA (+7),C. MITTELSTADT (+6),M. JOHANSSON (+5) M. ZIBANEJAD (+1),P. BUCHNEVICH (+1),L. HAJEK (+1)

Shootout Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Jack Eichel 1 / 1 100.0 1 Casey Mittelstadt 1 / 1 100.0 0 Sam Reinhart 0 / 1 0.0 0

Goaltender Rec. G/S % Rec. G/S % Linus Ullmark 1 - 0 0/2 1.000

Power Play Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Player G A P Player G A P Rasmus Dahlin 0 7 7 Mika Zibanejad 1 3 4 Jack Eichel 3 4 7 Jacob Trouba 0 3 3 Victor Olofsson 6 1 7 Pavel Buchnevich 1 1 2 Colin Miller 0 3 3 Artemi Panarin 2 0 2 Sam Reinhart 0 3 3 Tony DeAngelo 1 0 1 Casey Mittelstadt 1 1 2 Kaapo Kakko 0 1 1 Conor Sheary 1 1 2 Chris Kreider 0 1 1 Jeff Skinner 0 2 2 Ryan Strome 0 1 1 Marcus Johansson 1 0 1 Rasmus Ristolainen 0 1 1

Short Handed Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Player G A P Player G A P No players to display Brendan Smith 1 1 2 Mika Zibanejad 1 1 2 New York Rangers: Media Notes

LAST GAME Oct. 22, Rangers 2 vs. Coyotes 3 (OT) - Arizona tallied a goal at 13:06 of the first period to take a 1-0 lead. Tony DeAngelo recorded a goal at 5:04 of the second period to the game at 1, and after the Coyotes regained a one-goal lead, DeAngelo registered his second goal of the game with two minutes remaining in the second period to tie the game again. After neither team recorded a goal in the third period, the Coyotes won the contest at 1:04 of . • Shots: NYR - 19; ARI - 35 • PP: NYR - 1-2/2:45; ARI - 1-5/8:18 • 3 Stars: 1. D. Kuemper (ARI); 2. C. Dvorak (ARI); 3. T. DeAngelo (NYR)

INJURIES (7 Man-Games Lost to Injury) • Yegor Rykov (ankle) - has missed seven games

RECENT TRANSACTIONS • None

TONIGHT'S GAME The Rangers play their eighth game of the 2019-20 season and continue a season-long five-game homestand tonight, Oct. 24, against the Buffalo Sabres at (7:00 p.m. ET - TV: MSG Network, Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). Including tonight's game, the Rangers will play five of their next six games, and seven of their next nine contests, at MSG. Each of the Blueshirts' next three games are against Atlantic Division opponents (Buffalo, Boston, and Tampa Bay).

RANGERS VS. SABRES • All-Time: 76-77-25-5 (42-30-15-3 at home; 34-47-10-2 on the road) • 2019-20: Tonight’s game is the first of three meetings between the Rangers and Sabres, and the first of two meetings between the two teams at MSG. Following tonight’s game, the Rangers and Sabres will face each other on the following dates: Feb. 7 (at MSG), Mar. 22 (at Buffalo). • 2018-19: The Rangers posted a 2-1-0 record (1-0-0 at home; 1-1-0 on the road). The Blueshirts outscored the Sabres, 10-6, in the season series and tied a single-game season-high with six goals in their 6-2 win on Feb. 15, 2019 at Buffalo. Two of the three contests were decided by two goals. Brett Howden recorded a point in both games he played (one goal, one assist), and he tallied his first career NHL goal/point on Oct. 6, 2018 at Buffalo. Henrik Lundqvist posted a 1-1-0 record, along with a 1.53 GAA and a .956 SV% (65 saves on 68 shots) in two appearances. • The Rangers have won 15 of their last 19 games against Buffalo, dating back to Apr. 19, 2013 (15-4-0 record). New York has also won six of its last seven games against Buffalo, dating back to Feb. 2, 2017 (6-1-0 record). • Since Oct. 7, 2001, 47 of 61 meetings between the Rangers and Sabres have been decided by two or fewer goals (77.0%), and 30 of 61 meetings have been decided by one goal or fewer (49.2%).

RANGERS-SABRES CONNECTIONS • Jimmy Vesey played three seasons with the Rangers (2016-17 – 2018-19). • John Gilmour played parts of two seasons with the Rangers (2017-18 and 2018-19). • Brendan Lemieux was selected by Buffalo in the second round (31st overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry . • Lindy Ruff served as the Sabres Head Coach for parts of 15 seasons (1997-98 – 2012-13), and he is the franchise’s all-time leader among head coaches in several categories, including games coached (1,165) and wins (571). Ruff also played parts of 10 seasons with Buffalo (1979-80 – 1988-89). • Chris Drury played three seasons with the Sabres (2003-04 – 2006-07) and was Buffalo’s in parts of all three seasons. • was selected by Buffalo in the second round (26th overall) of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, and he played parts of two seasons with the Sabres (1990-91; 1992-93). • Jack Eichel’s Head Coach during his one season at was David Quinn (2014-15). During his one season under Quinn, Eichel won the Award as the top player in collegiate hockey. • Lias Andersson and Rasmus Dahlin represented at the IIHF World Junior Championship in both 2017 and 2018. Andersson and Dahlin helped Sweden earn a silver medal at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship, and they were named two of Sweden’s Top Three Players in the tournament. In addition, Andersson, Dahlin, and Victor Olofsson were teammates with Frolunda in the (SHL) for part of one season (2017-18). • Kaapo Kakko, Jack Eichel, and Sam Reinhart were all selected with the second overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft (Kakko – second overall by the Rangers in 2019; Eichel – second overall by Buffalo in 2015; Reinhart – second overall by Buffalo in 2014).

INDIVIDUAL CAREER STATISTICS VS. SABRES • Henrik Lundqvist – 37 GP, 21-13-2, 2.32 GAA, .921 SV%, 2 SO – In his last 13 appearances against the Sabres (dating back to Oct. 31, 2013), Lundqvist has posted a 9-3-0 record, along with a 2.10 GAA, a .930 SV%, and 1 SO, and he has allowed one goal or fewer in six of the 13 contests. • Mika Zibanejad – 22 GP, 2-13-15 – Zibanejad has registered a point in 11 of his last 16 games against Buffalo (two goals, 10 assists). Zibanejad’s 13 assists against the Sabres are the most he has tallied against one opponent in his NHL career. • Artemi Panarin – 10 GP, 4-7-11 – Panarin has tallied a point in six of his last seven games against the Sabres (four goals, six assists). • Jesper Fast – 15 GP, 3-7-10 – Fast has notched a point in eight of the last 12 games against Buffalo (two goals, seven assists). He has also posted a plus-11 rating in his career against Buffalo, which is the best plus/minus rating he has against one opponent thus far in his NHL career. • Jacob Trouba – 10 GP, 2-5-7 – Trouba has tallied five points (one goal, four assists) in his last four games against the Sabres. • Brett Howden – 2 GP, 1-1-2 – Howden has recorded a point in each of his two career games against the Sabres, and he tallied his first career NHL goal/point on Oct. 6, 2018 against Buffalo.

GARDEN PARTY Tonight's game is the Rangers’ 1,999th all-time regular-season game at the current Madison Square Garden, as well as the 2,000th all- time regular-season NHL game played at the current MSG (the Flyers played one home game at MSG on Mar. 3, 1968 against the Oakland Seals as a result of damage to the roof at The ). The Rangers are expected to play their 2,000th all-time regular-season game at the current MSG on Oct. 27 vs. Boston.

ON POINT Rangers defensemen have registered 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) through seven games in 2019-20. Rangers defensemen have recorded 31.6% of the team's goals thus far this season, which is the third-highest percentage in the NHL. Blueshirts defensemen have also tallied 31.5% of the team's points this season, which is the fourth-highest percentage in the league.

CLOSE CALL The Rangers' last two games have each been decided by one goal, and one of the two contests was decided in overtime. Last season, 42 of the Rangers’ 82 games were decided by one goal, and New York was tied for second in the NHL in one-goal games in 2018-19.

MIKA MAGIC Mika Zibanejad has tallied 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in seven games this season. He ranks fifth in the NHL in points per game (1.57) and is tied for fourth in the NHL in assists per game (1.00) this season. Zibanejad also ranks second among NHL forwards in average ice time in 2019-20 (23:08).

KING HENRIK Henrik Lundqvist earned his 450th career NHL win on Oct. 3 vs. , becoming the sixth goaltender in NHL history to earn at least 450 career wins (and the second to do so with one franchise). He is four wins away from tying (454) for fifth place on the NHL's all-time wins list. When he makes his next appearance (which will be the 862nd of his NHL career/with the Rangers), Lundqvist will pass for the sixth-most appearances as a Ranger (skater or goaltender) in franchise history. He has stopped 56 of 59 shots he has faced at even strength over his last two appearances (.949 SV% at even strength). Lundqvist is tied for first among NHL in games with 40 or more saves this season (two).

HENR1K Lundqvist has made 989 career appearances (regular-season and combined) as a Ranger. He is 11 appearances away from becoming the sixth player to appear in at least 1,000 career regular-season and playoff games with the Rangers in franchise history (along with , Harry Howell, , , and ).

STATE OF THE ART-EMI Artemi Panarin has recorded a goal/point in four of seven games this season (four goals, two assists), including two of the last three games. He has tallied 15 points (10 goals, five assists) in 10 career games at MSG.

DE-FENSE Tony DeAngelo tallied two goals in the second period on Oct. 22 vs. Arizona, tying the Rangers' franchise record for goals in a period by a defenseman. DeAngelo is celebrating his 24th birthday today.

TROU BLUE Jacob Trouba ranks 12th in the NHL in average ice time this season (24:42), and he is one of six NHL players who are averaging at least 3:00 of power play ice time and 3:00 of shorthanded ice time per game in 2019-20. Trouba also leads NHL defensemen in shots on goal per game this season (3.86).

STROME SURGE Ryan Strome has notched an assist/point in each of the last two games and in four of the last five games. He is one of five Rangers who have tallied a point in four different games this season (along with Buchnevich, Panarin, Trouba, and Zibanejad).

SPECIAL TEAMS

Power Play: • The Rangers were 1-for-2 (2:45) on Oct. 22 vs. Arizona. • The Blueshirts have tallied at least one power play goal in four of seven games this season.

Penalty Kill: • The Rangers were 4-for-5 (8:18) on Oct. 22 vs. Arizona. • The Blueshirts are tied for third in the NHL in shorthanded goals this season (two).

UPCOMING MILESTONES • New York Rangers - 2 home games away from 2,000 all-time regular-season games at the current Madison Square Garden (expected to reach milestone on Oct. 27 vs. Boston) • Henrik Lundqvist - 11 appearances away from 1,000 (regular-season and playoffs combined) in his NHL career/with the Rangers • Ryan Strome - 1 point away from 200 in his NHL career • Mika Zibanejad - 2 games away from 500 in his NHL career • Brendan Smith - 5 points away from 100 in his NHL career • Brady Skjei - 9 points away from 100 in his NHL career/with the Rangers New York Rangers: 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 10/03/2019 W 01-00-00 6-4 18,10p,8,93,21,42s 21 1-2 4-5 32-47 30 / 37 18006+ 2 10/05/2019 @ Senators W 02-00-00 4-1 93p,93,93s,10p 93 2-3 5-5 30-32 40 / 41 15135 3 10/12/2019 Oilers L 02-01-00 1-4 24 97 0-4 1-2 21-27 41 / 30 17177 4 10/17/2019 @ Devils L 02-02-00 2-5 77,17 44 0-6 6-7 31-38 29 / 40 16514+ 5 10/18/2019 @ Capitals L 02-03-00 2-5 89p,10 26 1-4 2-4 28-34 70 / 30 18573+ 6 10/20/2019 L 02-04-00 2-3 17,10 83 0-3 2-3 40-43 25 / 30 17030 7 10/22/2019 O* 02-04-01 2-3 77,77p 18 1-2 4-5 19-35 35 / 40 17435 8 10/24/2019 Buffalo Sabres 9 10/27/2019 10 10/29/2019 11 11/02/2019 @ 12 11/04/2019 13 11/06/2019 14 11/07/2019 @ 15 11/10/2019 Panthers 16 11/12/2019 Penguins 17 11/14/2019 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 18 11/16/2019 @ 19 11/20/2019 20 11/22/2019 @ Ottawa Senators 21 11/23/2019 @ Montréal Canadiens 22 11/25/2019 Wild 23 11/27/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 24 11/29/2019 @ Boston Bruins 25 11/30/2019 @ New 26 12/02/2019 27 12/05/2019 @ 28 12/06/2019 Montréal Canadiens 29 12/08/2019 @ Vegas Golden Knights 30 12/10/2019 @ Kings 31 12/12/2019 @ 32 12/14/2019 @ 33 12/16/2019 Nashville Predators 34 12/20/2019 35 12/22/2019 Anaheim Ducks 36 12/23/2019 @ 37 12/27/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 38 12/28/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 39 12/31/2019 @ 40 01/02/2020 @ 41 01/04/2020 @ Vancouver Canucks 42 01/07/2020 Avalanche 43 01/09/2020 44 01/11/2020 @ St. Louis Blues 45 01/13/2020 46 01/16/2020 @ New York Islanders 47 01/19/2020 Columbus Blue Jackets 48 01/21/2020 New York Islanders 49 01/31/2020 Detroit Red Wings 50 02/01/2020 @ Detroit Red Wings 51 02/03/2020 Stars 52 02/05/2020 Toronto Maple Leafs 53 02/07/2020 Buffalo Sabres 54 02/09/2020 55 02/11/2020 @ Winnipeg Jets 56 02/13/2020 @ 57 02/14/2020 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 58 02/16/2020 Boston Bruins 59 02/19/2020 @ Blackhawks 60 02/21/2020 @ Carolina Hurricanes 61 02/22/2020 San Jose Sharks 62 02/25/2020 @ New York Islanders 63 02/27/2020 @ Montréal Canadiens 64 02/28/2020 @ Philadelphia Flyers 65 03/01/2020 Philadelphia Flyers 66 03/03/2020 St. Louis Blues 67 03/05/2020 Washington Capitals 68 03/07/2020 New Jersey Devils 69 03/10/2020 @ 70 03/11/2020 @ 71 03/14/2020 @ Arizona Coyotes 72 03/16/2020 Calgary Flames 73 03/18/2020 74 03/20/2020 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 75 03/22/2020 @ Buffalo Sabres 76 03/24/2020 Columbus Blue Jackets 77 03/26/2020 @ Washington Capitals 78 03/28/2020 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 79 03/30/2020 @ Florida Panthers 80 04/01/2020 Philadelphia Flyers 81 04/02/2020 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 82 04/04/2020 New York Rangers: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. TROUBA PANARIN MCKEGG STROME FAST STAAL KREIDER # 8 # 10 # 14 # 16 # 17 # 18 # 20 Oct 3 Vs WPG 1-2,3/1 24:26 1-1,1/3 19:04 0-0,0/-1 18:35 0-1,0/0 15:17 1-0,3/1 21:30 0-1,3/0 13:51 Oct 5 @ OTT 0-1,5/0 22:38 1-1,2/1 18:03 0-0,1/0 13:26 0-0,1/-1 15:56 0-0,2/0 19:34 0-1,2/0 14:15 Oct 12 Vs EDM 0-0,1/0 24:40 0-0,6/-3 23:04 0-0,1/0 07:13 0-1,1/1 14:36 0-0,0/0 16:13 0-0,0/-2 18:28 0-0,0/0 16:40 Oct 17 @ NJD 0-0,5/0 27:14 0-0,2/-1 22:03 0-0,1/-1 08:08 0-1,2/0 15:08 1-0,2/-2 13:35 0-0,0/0 16:02 0-0,2/0 17:56 Oct 18 @ WSH 0-1,8/-1 28:22 1-0,2/-1 21:30 DND 0-0,1/0 15:28 0-0,1/0 15:38 0-0,0/1 19:22 0-1,1/-1 19:13 Oct 20 Vs VAN 0-1,2/0 22:41 1-0,5/0 20:59 DND 0-1,3/0 18:42 1-1,3/2 14:56 0-0,3/-1 18:03 0-0,2/-1 19:09 Oct 22 Vs ARI 0-0,3/0 22:53 0-0,2/-1 22:35 0-0,1/0 06:36 0-1,1/0 17:47 0-0,1/0 17:54 0-0,0/0 20:24 0-0,2/0 17:12

Date Opp. HOWDEN FOX KAKKO HAJEK ANDERSSON HALEY SMITH # 21 # 23 # 24 # 25 # 28 # 38 # 42 Oct 3 Vs WPG 1-0(W),3/1 14:13 0-0,0/0 12:24 0-0,3/-1 15:31 0-1,0/1 12:20 0-0,2/-1 08:33 1-0,1/0 09:02 Oct 5 @ OTT 0-0,0/-1 17:44 0-0,2/1 16:04 0-0,0/0 13:54 0-0,1/0 14:44 0-0,0/1 10:16 0-1,1/1 14:47 Oct 12 Vs EDM 0-0,0/0 15:33 0-0,0/1 17:39 1-0,1/0 16:49 0-0,1/0 15:25 0-0,1/0 07:16 0-0,1/1 09:42 Oct 17 @ NJD 0-0,1/-1 15:30 0-0,1/-1 15:47 0-0,2/-1 16:13 0-0,1/-1 11:55 0-0,0/-1 12:46 0-0,1/-1 05:39 0-1,0/-2 13:43 Oct 18 @ WSH 0-0,2/-1 16:22 0-0,3/0 19:01 0-0,0/-2 15:56 0-0,1/0 16:34 0-0,1/0 12:41 0-0,0/0 08:51 0-0,0/0 13:47 Oct 20 Vs VAN 0-0,2/0 13:13 0-0,0/-1 16:26 0-0,5/-2 13:45 0-0,0/1 18:10 0-0,1/0 08:48 0-0,0/0 05:19 0-0,2/-1 10:28 Oct 22 Vs ARI 0-0,0/0 13:33 0-0,0/0 15:07 0-1,0/0 09:51 0-0,1/0 19:18 0-0,0/0 07:34 DND 0-0,0/0 11:46

Date Opp. LEMIEUX SKJEI DEANGELO BUCHNEVICH ZIBANEJAD LUNDQVIST GEORGIEV # 48 # 76 # 77 # 89 # 93 # 30 # 40 Oct 3 Vs WPG 0-0,1/0 09:35 0-1,1/-1 22:47 0-1,2/0 20:07 0-0,0/3 18:19 1-3,7/4 20:39 4/47 W 60:00 DNP Oct 5 @ OTT 0-0,1/0 13:06 0-0,5/1 20:27 0-0,3/-1 16:28 0-2,0/1 16:34 3-1(W),3/2 20:32 DNP 1/32 W 60:00 Oct 12 Vs EDM 0-0,1/0 12:21 0-0,2/0 17:27 0-0,1/-3 19:03 0-0,2/-3 21:35 0-0,2/-3 24:22 3/26 L 58:43 DNP Oct 17 @ NJD DND 0-1,1/0 18:20 1-0,2/0 17:35 0-1,2/1 19:14 0-0,6/0 25:31 DNP 4/37 L 57:18 Oct 18 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 09:33 0-0,2/-1 18:49 0-0,1/-2 08:09 1-0,3/-2 13:54 0-2,1/-1 22:23 4/33 L 58:14 DNP Oct 20 Vs VAN 0-0,2/0 16:29 0-0,1/1 18:26 0-0,3/1 20:18 0-0,2/1 16:17 0-1,4/0 23:57 3/43 L 58:12 DNP Oct 22 Vs ARI 0-1,1/0 12:03 0-0,2/0 19:55 2-0,3/-1 18:54 0-1,1/0 15:10 0-0,1/-1 24:35 DNP 3/35 O 61:04 New York Rangers: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: David Quinn - In his 2nd season with NYR after being named the 35th Head Coach in franchise history on 5/23/18 - Is the 2nd Head Coach in NYR history who previously coached in the NCAA (along with ); became the 1st Head Coach in NYR history to join the team directly from the NCAA - Prior to joining NYR, served as Head Coach at Boston University for the previous 5 seasons (2013-14 – 2017-18); led Boston University to a 105-68-21 record over the span - Won the Tournament Championship twice (2014-15 and 2017-18), the Hockey East Regular Season Championship twice (2014- 15 and 2016-17), and The in 2014-15, while also making 4 consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances (2014-15 – 2017-18) during his tenure at Boston University - Named both Hockey East Coach of the Year and Coach of the Year during the 2014-15 season; helped Boston University advance to the National Championship Game in 2014-15

#30: Henrik Lundqvist (G) 6' 1", 182 lbs. / Mar 2, 1982 (37 years and 7 months)

LUHND-kvihst GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the seventh round, 205th overall, of the Season 4 1-3-0 0 3.57 .906 2000 NHL Entry Draft Career 861 450-301-93 63 2.42 .918 15th NHL / 15th NYR Season Last Win: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (3) Career vs. Opp 37 21-13-2 2 2.32 .921 Last SO: NOV 19, 2017 vs OTTAWA (101) Career Shootouts: 290/399 (.727), 61-48

Season Highs: Shots Saves 47 43 47 10/3 vs WPG Last Game: Dressed but did not play on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has stopped 56 of 59 shots at even strength over his last 2 appearances

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is the NYR all-time leader in appearances (861), wins (450), SO (63), and SV% (.918) - Leads active NHL goalies in career appearances, career wins, and career SO - Is the only goalie in NHL history who has earned at least 20 wins in 13 consecutive seasons - Is the only goalie in NHL history who has earned at least 30 wins in 11 of his first 13 seasons; is 1 of 3 goalies in NHL history who have earned 30 or more wins in at least 11 seasons (Brodeur, Roy) - Ranks 6th on the NHL's all-time wins list (450) and ranks 11th on the NHL's all-time appearances list (861); is the all-time leader in wins and appearances by a goalie born outside of North America in NHL history - His 450 career wins with NYR are the 2nd-most a goalie has earned with 1 franchise in NHL history

2019-20: - Is tied for 1st among NHL goalies in games with 40 or more saves (2)

#40: Alexandar Georgiev (G) 6' 1", 178 lbs. / Feb 10, 1996 (23 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Undrafted; Signed by the Rangers as a free agent on July 19, 2017 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% 3rd NHL / 3rd NYR Season Season 3 1-1-1 0 2.70 .923 Last Win: OCT 5, 2019 @ OTTAWA (2) Career 46 19-18-6 2 2.94 .916 Last SO: MAR 31, 2019 @ PHILADELPHIA (5) Career Shootouts: 13/20 (.650), 3-2 Career vs. Opp 2 2-0-0 0 1.50 .961

Season Highs: Shots Saves 37 33 37 10/17 vs NJD Last Game: Made 32 saves, including 20 saves in the 1st period, on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has made at least 30 saves in each of his 3 appearances in 2019-20

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is the 1st Bulgarian-born player in NHL history and the 1st goaltender of Russian nationality to appear in a game with NYR (he was born in Bulgaria and moved to as a child) - Made a single-game career-high 55 saves and earned a win on 2/10/19 vs. TOR; made the 2nd-most saves by a NYR goalie in a game in franchise history (Richter - 59 on 1/31/91), including the most saves by a NYR goalie in a game NYR won - Made 94 consecutive saves from 3/29/19 - 4/5/19; longest consecutive saves streak by a NYR goalie since 1997-98

2019-20: - Made 31 saves and earned a win on 10/5 at OTT

2018-19: - Ranked 2nd among NHL rookie goalies in appearances (33) and saves (966), and ranked 4th in wins (14) - Led NHL goalies (min. 20 appearances) in SV% while his team was shorthanded (.913 SV% while NYR were on the PK) #8: Jacob Trouba (D) 6' 3", 209 lbs. / Feb 26, 1994 (25 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by Winnipeg in the first round, ninth overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 7 1-5-6 0 0 Acquired: Acquired from Winnipeg in exchange for and a first-round pick Career 415 43-142-185 37 297 in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft on June 17, 2019 7th NHL / 1st NYR Season Career vs. Opp 10 2-5-7 3 4 Last Goal: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (6) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2019 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 3 0 28:22 8 6 +1 10/3 vs WPG 10/3 vs WPG 10/3 vs WPG 7 times 10/18 vs WSH 10/18 vs WSH 10/20 vs VAN 10/3 vs WPG

Last Game: Led all skaters with 4 blocked shots and registered 3 SOG in 22:53 of ice time on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has recorded an assist/point in 2 of the last 3 games (2 A) and in 4 of 7 games in 2019-20 (1 G, 5 A) - Has led NYR in ice time in 5 of 7 games in 2019-20

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Tallied 3 points (1 G, 2 A), including his 1st goal, assist, and point as a NYR, in his NYR debut on 10/3/19 vs. WPG; became the 1st defenseman in NYR history to record 3 points in his NYR debut

2019-20: - Ranks 14th among NHL defensemen in P/GP (0.86) and ranks 10th in A/GP (0.71) - Is 1 of 6 NHL players who are averaging at least 3:00 of PP ice time and 3:00 of SH ice time per game - Ranks 12th in the NHL in average ice time (24:42) - Leads NHL defensemen in SOG/GP (3.86) - Leads NYR in average ice time, SOG (27), and blocked shots (17), is tied for the team lead in PPA (3) and hits (19), ranks 2nd in assists (5) and PPP (3), and is tied for 2nd in points (6) - Leads NYR defensemen in assists and points

#10: Artemi Panarin (L) 5' 11", 170 lbs. / Oct 30, 1991 (27 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Undrafted; Signed by Chicago as a free agent on May 1, 2015 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by the Rangers as a free agent on July 1, 2019 Season 7 4-2-6 -2 4 5th NHL / 1st NYR Season Career 329 120-206-326 61 106 Last Goal: OCT 20, 2019 vs VANCOUVER (1) Last Assist: OCT 5, 2019 @ OTTAWA (5) Career vs. Opp 10 4-7-11 7 4 Career Shootouts: 13/20 (65%), 6 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 23:04 6 1 +3 4 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 10/12 vs EDM 10/12 vs EDM 10/17 vs NJD 10/3 vs WPG

Last Game: Recorded 2 SOG in 22:35 of ice time on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has tallied a goal/point in 2 of the last 3 games and in 4 of 7 games in 2019-20 - Has logged at least 20:00 of ice time in each of the last 5 games

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Ranks 9th in the NHL in points since he entered the league in 2015-16 (326) - Ranks 5th in the NHL in EVP since 2015-16 (244), trailing only McDavid, P. Kane, Crosby, and Kucherov - Is 1 of 3 undrafted players in NHL history who have tallied at least 70 points in each of their first 4 seasons (Gretzky, Peter Stastny) - Since 1990-91, is 1 of 4 NHL players who have tallied at least 74 points in each of their first 4 seasons (Fedorov, Malkin, Ovechkin) - Has notched 15 points (10 G, 5 A) in 10 career games at MSG

2019-20: - Leads NYR in PPG (2), is tied for the team lead in goals (4), and is tied for 2nd in points (6) - Leads NYR in games with a goal (4); is tied for the team lead in games with a point (4) - Has been on the ice for 11 of NYR's 19 goals #14: Greg McKegg (C) 6' 0", 192 lbs. / Jun 17, 1992 (27 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Toronto in the third round, 62nd overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 3 0-0-0 -1 0 Acquired: Signed by the Rangers as a free agent on July 1, 2019 Career 135 13-11-24 -9 40 7th NHL / 1st NYR Season Last Goal: MAR 8, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (17) Career vs. Opp 6 1-0-1 -1 0 Last Assist: FEB 23, 2019 @ DALLAS (21) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 8:08 1 1 +0 3 times 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/17 vs NJD 3 times 10/22 vs ARI 2 times

Last Game: Recorded 1 SOG and was credited with 1 hit on 10/22 vs. ARI

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - His great uncle is , who played parts of seven seasons with NYR (1954-55 – 1960-61) - Has posted a 49.3% FOW% in his NHL career (419-for-850); won at least 50.0% of faceoffs he took in 2016-17 and 2018-19 - Helped London win the OHL Championship in 2011-12

2019-20: - Registered 1 SOG while making his NYR debut on 10/12 vs. EDM

2018-19: - Established career-highs in several categories, including goals (6), assists (5), points (11), average ice time (10:40), FOW (146), and faceoffs taken (286) - Posted the best FOW% of his NHL career in a season when he took at least 100 faceoffs (51.0%) - Led CAR in shooting percentage (22.2%; 6 G on 27 SOG) and ranked 2nd (min. 100 faceoffs taken) in FOW% - Established playoff career-highs in several categories, including games played (14), goals (2), and points (2) while helping CAR advance to the Eastern Conference Final

#16: Ryan Strome (C) 6' 1", 193 lbs. / Jul 11, 1993 (26 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by the NY Islanders in the first round, fifth overall, of the 2011 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 0-4-4 0 8 Acquired: Acquired from Edmonton in exchange for on November 16, Career 428 77-122-199 -2 228 2018 7th NHL / 2nd NYR Season Career vs. Opp 13 3-2-5 8 2 Last Goal: APR 6, 2019 @ PITTSBURGH (7) Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs ARIZONA Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 18:42 3 1 +1 7 times 4 times 4 times 10/3 vs WPG 10/20 vs VAN 10/20 vs VAN 4 times 10/12 vs EDM

Last Game: Recorded an assist and won 9 of 12 faceoffs (75.0%) on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has notched an assist/point in each of the last 2 games (2 A) and in 4 of the last 5 games (4 A); 3 of the 4 assists have been primary assists - Has won at least 50.0% of faceoffs taken in 5 of 7 games in 2019-20 - Is 1 point away from 200 in his NHL career

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Established career-highs in assists (33), points (50), and plus/minus rating (+23) with NYI in 2014-15

2019-20: - Ranks 11th in the NHL (min. 50 faceoffs taken) in FOW% (59.5%; 47-for-79) - Leads NYR (min. 50 faceoffs taken) in FOW%, is tied for the team lead in EVA (3), ranks 2nd in FOW (47), is tied for 2nd in primary assists (3), is tied for 3rd in assists (4), and is tied for 4th in EVP (3) - Is tied for the team lead in games with an assist (4) and in games with a point (4) - Notched an assist and recorded 3 SOG in 18:42 of ice time on 10/20 vs. VAN - Tallied an assist, won 5 of 7 faceoffs (71.4%), and recorded 2 SOG on 10/17 at NJD #17: Jesper Fast (R) 6' 1", 191 lbs. / Dec 2, 1991 (27 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the sixth round, 157th overall, of the 2010 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 2-2-4 -1 4 7th NHL / 7th NYR Season Career 360 45-77-122 -5 100 Last Goal: OCT 20, 2019 vs VANCOUVER (1) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2019 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career vs. Opp 15 3-7-10 11 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 17:54 3 3 +2 2 times 2 times 10/20 vs VAN 2 times 10/22 vs ARI 10/20 vs VAN 10/12 vs EDM 10/20 vs VAN

Last Game: Registered 1 SOG on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has recorded a goal/point in 2 of the last 4 games (2 G, 1 A)

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is 1 of 3 NYR in franchise history who have received the Players' Player Award in 4 consecutive seasons (2015-16 - 2018-19), along with Ratelle and Leetch; the award is given annually to the NYR who, as selected by his teammates, "best exemplifies what it means to be a team player" - Named an alternate captain with NYR at the start of the 2018-19 season (also wore an 'A' for several games in 2017-18) - NYR won 13 straight games in which he played from 12/8/14 - 1/10/15; became the first NYR to be on the winning side in 13 straight games in 1 season in the NHL’s modern era

2019-20: - Is tied for the team lead in EVG (2), is tied for 2nd in EVP (4), ranks 4th in goals (2), is tied for 4th in EVA (2), is tied for 5th in points (4), and is tied for 6th in hits (10) - Leads NYR forwards in SH ice time (20:37) - Ranks 11th among NHL forwards in average SH ice time (2:57)

#18: Marc Staal (D) 6' 4", 209 lbs. / Jan 13, 1987 (32 years and 9 months)

STAHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the first round, 12th overall, of the 2005 NHL Season 7 1-0-1 -1 6 Entry Draft Career 847 42-136-178 40 422 13th NHL / 13th NYR Season Last Goal: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (6) Career vs. Opp 34 1-5-6 3 10 Last Assist: FEB 17, 2019 @ PITTSBURGH (28) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 21:30 3 4 +1 10/3 vs WPG 7 times 10/3 vs WPG 3 times 10/3 vs WPG 2 times 10/3 vs WPG 2 times

Last Game: Was credited with 2 hits in 20:24 of ice time on 10/22 vs. ARI

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - In his 10th season as an alternate captain with NYR (since 2010-11); since the NYR/NHL have had players wear an ‘A’ as an alternate captain in 1985- 86 (after not doing so for a decade), is 1 of 3 players who have either worn a ‘C’ or an ‘A’ with NYR for 10 or more seasons (Messier, Leetch) - Ranks 7th on the NYR all-time games played list (847); ranks 4th among defensemen in franchise history in games played, trailing only Howell, Leetch, and Greschner - Ranks 2nd on the NYR all-time playoff games played list (104) - Is 1 of 3 NYR who have recorded 1,000 career blocked shots since the statistic was first tracked (Girardi, McDonagh)

2019-20: - Ranks 2nd on NYR in blocked shots (15) and ranks 5th in hits (11) - Ranks 3rd among NYR defensemen in average ice time (19:03) - Led all skaters (and tied a single-game career-high) with 7 blocked shots on 10/5 at OTT #20: Chris Kreider (L) 6' 3", 217 lbs. / Apr 30, 1991 (28 years and 5 months)

KRIGH-duhr GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the first round, 19th overall, of the 2009 NHL Season 7 0-3-3 -2 6 Entry Draft Career 467 133-141-274 53 389 9th NHL / 9th NYR Season Last Goal: APR 5, 2019 vs COLUMBUS (8) Career vs. Opp 16 4-4-8 3 10 Last Assist: OCT 18, 2019 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 19:13 3 5 +0 7 times 3 times 3 times 10/5 vs OTT 10/18 vs WSH 10/3 vs WPG 10/22 vs ARI 5 times

Last Game: Led all skaters with 5 hits on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has notched an assist/point in 3 of 7 games in 2019-20 (3 A); all 3 assists have been primary assists - Has logged at least 19:00 of ice time in 2 of the last 3 games

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is 1 of 2 NHL players who have recorded at least 100 goals, 200 points, a +40 rating, and 300 PIM since 2014-15 (Marchand) - Is the only NYR who has tallied at least 20 goals in 4 different seasons since 2014-15 - Named an alternate captain with NYR at the start of the 2018-19 season (also wore an 'A' for several games in 2017-18) - Is tied for the NHL lead in goals on tipped shots since 2015-16 (28; tied with Lee) - In 2018-19, became the 3rd NYR player to register at least 28 goals and 150 hits in a season since the NHL began to track real-time stats in 1997-98 (Graves - 1998-99; Callahan - 2011-12)

2019-20: - Is tied for 2nd on NYR in primary assists (3), ranks 3rd in hits (15), and ranks 5th in assists (3) - Leads NYR forwards in hits

#21: Brett Howden (C) 6' 3", 197 lbs. / Mar 29, 1998 (21 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the first round, 27th overall, of the 2016 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 1-0-1 -2 2 Acquired: Acquired from Tampa Bay, along with , Libor Hajek, Career 73 7-17-24 -18 16 a first-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, and a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller on February 26, Career vs. Opp 2 1-1-2 2 0 2018 2nd NHL / 2nd NYR Season Last Goal: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (6) Last Assist: MAR 31, 2019 @ PHILADELPHIA (11) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 17:44 3 3 +1 10/3 vs WPG 7 times 10/3 vs WPG 10/12 vs EDM 10/5 vs OTT 10/3 vs WPG 2 times 10/3 vs WPG

Last Game: Was credited with 3 blocked shots on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has won 37 of 64 faceoffs (57.8%) over the last 6 games

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Recorded the 4th-most FOW in a season by a NYR rookie since the NHL began to track faceoffs in 1997-98 (353; only trailed York, Dubinsky, and Moore)

2019-20: - Is tied for the team lead in GWG (1), ranks 2nd (min. 50 faceoffs taken) in FOW% (52.6%; 41-for-78), and ranks 3rd in FOW (41) - Is tied for 4th on NYR (and leads NYR forwards) in blocked shots (9) - Won 9 of 15 faceoffs (60.0%) and tied for the team-high with 3 hits in 17:44 of ice time on 10/5 at OTT - Tallied the GWG, tied for the game-high with 2 blocked shots, and registered 3 SOG on 10/3 vs. WPG

2018-19: - Ranked 6th among NHL rookie forwards (min. 20 games played) in average ice time (14:56); was 1 of 2 NHL rookie forwards (and 1 of 5 NHL rookies) who averaged at least 1:00 of PP ice time and 1:00 of SH ice time per game #23: Adam Fox (D) 5' 11", 181 lbs. / Feb 17, 1998 (21 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by Calgary in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2016 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 7 0-0-0 0 2 Acquired: Acquired from Carolina in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2019 Career 7 0-0-0 0 2 NHL Entry Draft and a conditional third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft on April 30, 2019 Career vs. Opp ------1st NHL / 1st NYR Season Last Goal: - Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 19:01 3 1 +1 7 times 7 times 7 times 10/22 vs ARI 10/18 vs WSH 10/18 vs WSH 10/5 vs OTT 2 times

Last Game: Tied for the game-high with 2 takeaways on 10/22 vs. ARI

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Named a 1st Team All-American in each of his 3 collegiate seasons at Harvard (2016-17 - 2018-19) - Led NCAA defensemen in assists (95) and points (116) in his collegiate career; also led the NCAA in assists in his collegiate career - Led all NCAA defensemen in points as a freshman in 2016-17 (40); became the first NCAA defenseman to register at least 40 points while playing in his U19 season (or younger) since Leetch - Won the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award as the top NYR rookie in Training Camp in 2019

2019-20: - Is 1 of 25 NHL defensemen 21 years old or younger who have played in at least 1 game - Leads NYR (min. 3 games played) in SAT% (51.57%) at 5-on-5 - Ranks 6th among NHL rookie defensemen (min. 5 games played) in SAT% at 5-on-5 - Ranks 3rd on NYR in blocked shots (10) - Made his NHL/NYR debut on 10/3 vs. WPG

2018-19: - Named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in collegiate hockey

#24: Kaapo Kakko (R) 6' 3", 199 lbs. / Feb 13, 2001 (18 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the first round, second overall, of the 2019 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 1-1-2 -6 0 1st NHL / 1st NYR Season Career 7 1-1-2 -6 0 Last Goal: OCT 12, 2019 vs EDMONTON (4) Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs ARIZONA Career vs. Opp ------Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 16:49 5 2 +0 10/12 vs EDM 10/22 vs ARI 2 times 7 times 10/12 vs EDM 10/20 vs VAN 10/22 vs ARI 3 times

Last Game: Recorded his 1st career NHL assist on 10/22 vs. ARI

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is 1 of 8 players 18 years old or younger who have recorded a goal with NYR in franchise history - Is the the 13th-youngest player (and 10th-youngest skater) who has appeared in a game with NYR in franchise history (18 years, 232 days old); is the first player born in the year 2000 or later to appear in a game with NYR in franchise history - Is the youngest player in hockey history who has won a medal at the U18 World Championship, the World Junior Championship, and the World Championship (18 years, 102 days old) - Selected higher in the NHL Entry Draft by NYR than any other European-born player in franchise history

2019-20: - Is 1 of 5 18-year-olds who have played in an NHL game - Tied for the team-high with 5 SOG and tied for the game-high with 3 takeaways on 10/20 vs. VAN - Tallied his 1st career NHL goal/point on 10/12 vs. EDM - Made his NHL/NYR debut on 10/3 vs. WPG #25: Libor Hajek (D) 6' 2", 203 lbs. / Feb 4, 1998 (21 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the second round, 37th overall, of the 2016 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 0-1-1 1 4 Acquired: Acquired from Tampa Bay, along with Vladislav Namestnikov, Brett Career 12 1-1-2 2 10 Howden, a first-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, and a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller on Career vs. Opp ------February 26, 2018 2nd NHL / 2nd NYR Season Last Goal: MAR 9, 2019 vs NEW JERSEY (7) Last Assist: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (6) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 19:18 1 2 +1 7 times 10/3 vs WPG 10/3 vs WPG 2 times 10/22 vs ARI 5 times 10/18 vs WSH 2 times

Last Game: Was credited with 3 blocked shots while skating in a single-game season-high 19:18 of ice time on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has logged at least 18:00 of ice time in each of the last 2 games

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Made his NHL/NYR debut on 3/1/19 vs. MTL; tallied his 1st career NHL goal/point on 3/9/19 vs. NJD - Led all defensemen at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in assists (7) and tied for 1st among all defensemen in the tournament in points (8); was named 1 of the Top 3 Players on the in the tournament

2019-20: - Is 1 of 25 NHL defensemen 21 years old or younger who have played in at least 1 game in 2019-20 - Is tied for the team lead (and leads NYR defensemen) in plus/minus rating (+1) - Has only been on the ice for 2 goals against in 108:26 of ice time - Was credited with 2 blocked shots and posted a +1 rating in 18:10 of ice time on 10/20 vs. VAN - Tallied his 1st career NHL assist and posted a +1 rating on 10/3 vs. WPG

#28: Lias Andersson (C) 6' 1", 190 lbs. / Oct 13, 1998 (21 years)

Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the first round, seventh overall, of the 2017 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 0-0-0 -1 0 3rd NHL / 3rd NYR Season Career 56 3-5-8 -13 29 Last Goal: APR 3, 2019 vs OTTAWA (9) Last Assist: FEB 24, 2019 @ WASHINGTON (25) Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 12:46 2 2 +1 7 times 7 times 7 times 7 times 10/17 vs NJD 10/3 vs WPG 10/12 vs EDM 10/5 vs OTT

Last Game: Registered 1 hit on 10/22 vs. ARI; logged 2:31 of SH ice time

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Ranks 9th among NHL players selected in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in career NHL games played (56); among players selected in the 1st round in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, is tied for 3rd in professional regular-season games played since 2017-18 (139) - Became the youngest player (19 years, 164 days old) to register a goal in his NHL debut in NYR history when he tallied his 1st career NHL goal on 3/26/18 vs. WSH - Tallied his 1st career NHL SHG on 4/3/19 vs. OTT; became the youngest NYR to tally a SHG since Sundstrom (10/14/95) - Helped Sweden win a gold medal at the 2018 IIHF World Championship

2019-20: - Is tied for 4th among NYR forwards in blocked shots (5) and ranks 4th among NYR forwards in SH ice time (16:27) - Won 3 of 6 faceoffs (50.0%) on 10/18 at WSH; logged 2:56 of SH ice time - Tied for the game-high with 2 blocked shots and won 4 of 6 faceoffs (66.7%) in 12:46 of ice time on 10/17 at NJD #38: Micheal Haley (C) 5' 11", 202 lbs. / Mar 30, 1986 (33 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Undrafted; Signed by the NY Islanders as a free agent on May 19, 2008 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by the Rangers as a free agent on October 1, 2019 Season 3 0-0-0 -1 2 10th NHL / 2nd NYR Season Career 251 10-21-31 -22 639 Last Goal: APR 6, 2019 vs COLORADO (3) Last Assist: MAR 3, 2019 vs CHICAGO (16) Career vs. Opp 10 1-1-2 1 43 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 8:51 1 4 +0 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/17 vs NJD 10/18 vs WSH 10/17 vs NJD 10/18 vs WSH 2 times

Last Game: Did not dress on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has recorded 7 hits in his last 2 games

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Has skated in 251 career NHL games over parts of 10 seasons (2009-10 – 2012-13; 2014-15 – 2019-20) with NYI, NYR, SJS, and FLA, registering 10 goals and 21 assists for 31 points, along with 639 PIM - Previously spent 2 seasons in the NYR organization (2012-13 and 2013-14) prior to rejoining the team in 2019-20 - Led the NHL in PIM in 2017-18 (212) - Ranks 2nd in the NHL in major penalties (52) and ranks 2nd in the NHL (min. 100 games played) in PIM/GP (2:23) since the start of the 2014-15 season

2019-20: - Ranks 3rd on NYR in hits per game (2.3) - Was credited with 3 hits on 10/20 vs. VAN - Tied for the game-high (and led NYR) with 4 hits on 10/18 at WSH - Made his season debut on 10/17 at NJD

2018-19: - Tied for 12th in the NHL in major penalties (5) - Established a playoff career-high in games played (11); helped SJS advance to the Western Conference Final

#42: Brendan Smith (D) 6' 2", 200 lbs. / Feb 8, 1989 (30 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by Detroit in the first round, 27th overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 7 1-2-3 -1 9 Acquired: Acquired from Detroit in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Career 423 22-73-95 -4 459 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft on February 28, 2017 9th NHL / 4th NYR Season Career vs. Opp 19 1-4-5 2 29 Last Goal: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (6) Last Assist: OCT 17, 2019 @ NEW JERSEY (3) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 7 14:47 2 4 +1 10/3 vs WPG 2 times 3 times 10/18 vs WSH 10/5 vs OTT 10/20 vs VAN 10/20 vs VAN 2 times

Last Game: Was credited with 3 hits on 10/22 vs. ARI; logged 3:08 of SH ice time - Has notched a point in 3 of 7 games in 2019-20 (1 G, 2 A)

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Since 2017-18, ranks 4th among NHL defensemen in minor penalties drawn (39), and leads NHL defensemen (min. 20 games played) in minor penalties drawn per 60 minutes of ice time (1.30); no other NHL defenseman has drawn more than 1.00 minor penalties per 60 minutes of ice time over the span - Drew 4 minor penalties on 3/15/19 at CGY; the 4 minor penalties drawn were tied for the most any NHL defenseman has drawn in a game since the NHL began tracking the statistic in 2009-10

2019-20: - Is tied for 2nd in the NHL in SHG (1) and SHP (2); is tied for 1st among NHL defensemen in SHG and SHP - Is tied for the team lead in hits (19) and ranks 4th in SH ice time (22:48) - Ranks 3rd among NYR defensemen in points (3) - Registered a SHA on 10/5 at OTT - Tallied a SHG (1st of his NHL career) on 10/3 vs. WPG #48: Brendan Lemieux (L) 6' 1", 213 lbs. / Mar 15, 1996 (23 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the second round, 31st overall, of the 2014 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 6 0-1-1 0 9 Acquired: Acquired from Winnipeg, along with a first-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Career 78 13-6-19 8 138 Draft, in exchange for on February 25, 2019 3rd NHL / 2nd NYR Season Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Last Goal: MAR 25, 2019 vs PITTSBURGH (12) Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs ARIZONA Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 5 16:29 2 4 +0 6 times 10/22 vs ARI 10/22 vs ARI 10/18 vs WSH 10/20 vs VAN 10/20 vs VAN 10/3 vs WPG 6 times

Last Game: Tallied an assist, registered 2 hits, and recorded 2 blocked shots on 10/22 vs. ARI

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is 1 of 2 players who have worn jersey No. 48 in a regular-season game with NYR in franchise history; has worn jersey No. 48 in more games than any other NYR in franchise history

2019-20: - Ranks 4th on NYR (and ranks 2nd among NYR forwards) in hits (13) - Ranks 2nd among NYR forwards in blocked shots (7) - Recorded 2 SOG while skating in a single-game season-high 16:29 of ice time on 10/20 vs. VAN

2018-19: - Ranked 2nd in the NHL (min. 20 GP) in minor penalties drawn per 60 minutes of ice time (2.63) - Ranked 5th among NHL rookies (min. 20 GP) in G/60 (1.26) - Ranked 5th in the NHL in PIM (108) and tied for 4th in the NHL in major penalties (6) - Led NHL rookies in PIM and major penalties, tied for 6th in hits (129), and tied for 11th in goals (12)

#57: Yegor Rykov (D) (*Injured) 6' 2", 210 lbs. / Apr 14, 1997 (22 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2016 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season ------Acquired: Acquired from New Jersey, along with a second-round pick in the 2018 Career ------NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for on February 22, 2018 1st NHL / 1st NYR Season Career vs. Opp ------Last Goal: - Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------

Last Game: Did not dress on 10/22 vs. ARI due to injury

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Skated in 157 career KHL games over parts of 4 seasons (2015-16 – 2018-19) with SKA St. Petersburg and HC Sochi - Led KHL players younger than 21 years old in games played (53) and led KHL defensemen younger than 21 years old in assists (12) and points (14) in 2017-18 - Established a single-game Russian leagues record by logging 61:19 of ice time while helping SKA-Neva win Game 5 of the VHL Final on 4/25/18 - Recorded 7 points (1 G, 6 A) and a +7 rating to help Russia earn a bronze medal at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship; tied for 1st among all defensemen in the tournament in assists

2018-19: - Tied for 2nd among KHL defensemen younger than 22 years old in points (9), and tied for 3rd among KHL defensemen younger than 22 years old in goals (3) and assists (6) - Averaged 19:24 of ice time per game during the regular season; tied for 2nd on HC Sochi in average ice time #76: Brady Skjei (D) 6' 3", 210 lbs. / Mar 26, 1994 (25 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the first round, 28th overall, of the 2012 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 0-2-2 0 8 5th NHL / 5th NYR Season Career 254 17-74-91 -19 137 Last Goal: APR 6, 2019 @ PITTSBURGH (7) Last Assist: OCT 17, 2019 @ NEW JERSEY (3) Career vs. Opp 10 0-1-1 5 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 22:47 5 2 +1 7 times 2 times 2 times 10/17 vs NJD 10/3 vs WPG 10/5 vs OTT 2 times 2 times

Last Game: Was credited with 3 blocked shots, registered 2 SOG, and recorded 2 hits in 19:55 of ice time on 10/22 vs. ARI

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Named to the NHL’s All-Rookie Team in 2016-17; became the 3rd defenseman in NYR history to accomplish the feat (Leetch, Del Zotto) - Is the only NYR who has worn jersey No. 76 in a regular-season game in franchise history - Leads NYR in games played since the start of his first full NHL season in 2016-17 (247) - Is 1 of 9 defensemen in NYR history who posted at least 3 separate 25-point seasons while in their age-24 season or younger

2019-20: - Ranks 4th on NYR (and ranks 2nd among NYR defensemen) in average ice time (19:23) and average even strength ice time (15:51) - Ranks 5th on NYR in SOG (14) and is tied for 6th in assists (2) - Is tied for 1st among NYR defensemen in EVA (2) and ranks 3rd among NYR defensemen in EVP (2) - Has been on the ice for more attempts by NYR at 5-on-5 (106) than any other NYR player

#77: Tony DeAngelo (D) 5' 11", 180 lbs. / Oct 24, 1995 (24 years)

Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the first round, 19th overall, of the 2014 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Entry Draft Season 7 3-1-4 -6 4 Acquired: Acquired from Arizona, along with a first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Career 139 12-44-56 -31 129 Draft, in exchange for and on June 23, 2017 4th NHL / 3rd NYR Season Career vs. Opp 3 0-1-1 6 5 Last Goal: OCT 22, 2019 vs ARIZONA Last Assist: OCT 3, 2019 vs WINNIPEG (6) Career Shootouts: 3/5 (60%), 2 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 4 20:18 3 2 +1 10/22 vs ARI 10/3 vs WPG 10/22 vs ARI 10/17 vs NJD 10/20 vs VAN 3 times 10/22 vs ARI 10/20 vs VAN

Last Game: Tied single-game career-highs with 2 goals and 2 points while skating in his 100th game as a NYR on 10/22 vs. ARI; tied a NYR franchise record for goals in a period by a defenseman (2) - Is celebrating his 24th birthday today - Has tallied 3 goals/points in the last 4 games - Has recorded 22 points (3 G, 19 A) in his last 36 games

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is 1 of 2 players who have worn jersey No. 77 in a regular-season game with NYR in franchise history (Esposito) - His 8-game assist streak from 2/12/19 - 2/27/19 is tied for the 8th-longest assist streak in NYR history - Is 1 of 6 NYR defensemen who have recorded at least 30 points in a season when 23 years old or younger since 1988-89 (Leetch, Zubov, Del Zotto, McDonagh, Skjei)

2019-20: - Is tied for 7th among NHL defensemen in goals (3) - Is tied for the team lead in EVG (2), ranks 3rd in goals, ranks 4th in SOG (15), is tied for 4th in EVP (3), and is tied for 5th in points (4) - Leads NYR defensemen in goals #89: Pavel Buchnevich (R) 6' 3", 197 lbs. / Apr 17, 1995 (24 years and 6 months)

buhtch-NY'AY-vihch, PAH-vehl GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by the Rangers in the third round, 75th overall, of the 2013 NHL Season 7 1-4-5 1 6 Entry Draft Career 186 44-62-106 -6 52 4th NHL / 4th NYR Season Last Goal: OCT 18, 2019 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career vs. Opp 7 2-2-4 4 0 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs ARIZONA Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 4 21:35 3 3 +3 10/18 vs WSH 10/5 vs OTT 10/5 vs OTT 10/22 vs ARI 10/12 vs EDM 10/18 vs WSH 10/12 vs EDM 10/3 vs WPG

Last Game: Tallied an assist on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has notched a point in 3 of the last 4 games (1 G, 2 A); has registered 5 points (1 G, 4 A) in the last 6 games - Has been on the ice for 11 of NYR's 19 goals in 2019-20

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Has recorded the 4th-most goals (44) and the 5th-most points (106) by a Russian player in NYR history - Among players who have skated in at least 80 games with NYR since 2017-18: ranks 2nd in P/60 (2.34) and is tied for 2nd in A/60 (1.36) - 79 of his 106 career NHL points have either been a goal or a primary assist (74.5% of his points have been primary points) - Is the only NYR who has worn jersey No. 89 in a regular-season game in franchise history

2019-20: - Is tied for 3rd on NYR in assists (4) and ranks 4th in points (5) - Is tied for the team lead in games with a point (4) - Logged 21:35 of ice time on 10/12 vs. EDM; tied his single-game career-high in ice time - Tied a single-game career-high with a +3 rating on 10/3 vs. WPG

#93: Mika Zibanejad (C) 6' 2", 208 lbs. / Apr 18, 1993 (26 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in the first round, sixth overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 7 4-7-11 1 0 Acquired: Acquired from Ottawa, along with a second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Career 498 139-181-320 -36 141 Entry Draft, in exchange for and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft on July 18, 2016 Career vs. Opp 22 2-13-15 9 8 9th NHL / 4th NYR Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 2019 @ OTTAWA (5) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2019 vs VANCOUVER (1) Career Shootouts: 22/50 (44%), 7 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 3 4 0 25:31 7 3 +4 10/5 vs OTT 10/3 vs WPG 2 times 7 times 10/17 vs NJD 10/3 vs WPG 10/20 vs VAN 10/3 vs WPG

Last Game: Led all skaters with 13 FOW while skating in a team-high 24:35 of ice time on 10/22 vs. ARI - Has notched an assist/point in 2 of the last 3 games (3 A) - Has led NYR in ice time in each of the last 2 games - Has logged at least 20:00 of ice time in all 7 games in 2019-20

BLUESHIRT BULLETS: - Is 1 of 2 players in NYR history who recorded 8 points in NYR's first 2 games of a season (Gilbert - 1976-77) - Is the only player in NYR history who tallied a point on 10 consecutive goals scored by NYR

2019-20: - Ranks 5th in the NHL in P/GP (1.57) and is tied for 4th in the NHL in A/GP (1.00) - Ranks 2nd among NHL forwards in average ice time (23:08) - Leads NYR in assists (7) and points (11), is tied for the team lead in goals (4) and plus/minus rating (+1), and ranks 2nd in average ice time and SOG (24) - Has recorded a point on 11 of NYR's 19 goals; has been on the ice for 12 of the 19 goals - 9 of his 11 points have either been a goal or a primary assist Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes

LAST GAME Tuesday, October 22 San Jose 3 at Buffalo 4 (OT) Goals: Eichel (2), Reinhart, Skinner Goalie: Hutton (25 saves/28 shots) PP: 0/2; PK: 1/4; Shots: Buffalo 29 – San Jose 28

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 43) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Zach Bogosian (hip, Oct. 3; injured reserve) – 10 games Matt Hunwick (neck, Oct. 3; injured reserve) – 10 games Brandon Montour (hand, Oct. 3; injured reserve) – 10 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 10/18: Assigned F to Rochester (AHL) 10/20: Assigned G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester (AHL)

UPCOMING GAMES Friday, Oct. 25: Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28: Arizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1: Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8: Tampa Bay at Buffalo (, Sweden), 2 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME SABRES at RANGERS • This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Rangers this season. • Last meeting: New York defeated Buffalo 6-2 in Buffalo on Feb. 15. • Next meeting: Friday, Feb. 7 in New York • The Sabres are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Rangers; 2-7-1 on the road. • This is the 184th game all-time between Buffalo and New York; Buffalo has a 82-66-35 series record. • The Sabres are 33-37-20 on the road against the Rangers all-time.

THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY • The Sabres are 8-8-0 all-time on October 24. • October 24, 1979: The Sabres get points from 11 different players, including three-point efforts from , and , as they defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-3 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW • The Sabres have scored the first goal in eight of their 10 games so far this season, going 7-1-0 in those contests. Entering play Wednesday, only the Washington Capitals had scored first in as many games as Buffalo. • The Sabres entered play Wednesday with the No. 4 power play in the league, converting on a league-high 12 of their 39 power plays this season (30.8%). • Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 10 points (1+9) through Buffalo’s first 10 games. He has become seventh unique Sabres defenseman to record at least 10 points in the team’s first 10 games of a season and the first to do so since (1+10) in 2007-08.

HOT AGAINST NEW YORK • Sam Reinhart has recorded nine points (2+7) in nine games against New York dating back to the beginning of the 2016-17 season. • Kyle Okposo has totaled 20 points (5+15) in his last 20 games against the Rangers. • Conor Sheary scored three goals in three meetings with New York last season. • Colin Miller has recorded four assists in his last four games against the Rangers. • Carter Hutton is 4-1-0 in his career against New York, boasting a .953 percentage and a 1.48 goals-against average in those games.

A STRONG START With an 8-1-1 record through the first 10 games of the season, the Sabres have matched their second-best record through 10 games in franchise history, joining the 1975-76 and 2009-10 seasons. The team’s best ever start was a 10-0-0 record to begin the 2006-07 season.

BACK-TO-BACK Tonight’s game opens up Buffalo’s second of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season, which continues tomorrow night at Detroit. The Sabres are 0-1-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 1-0-0 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in previous back-to-back sets is: four points (0), three points (0), two points (1), one point (0) and zero points (0).

HUTTS GOING ON • Carter Hutton has won each of his six games this season and now has wins in seven straight appearances dating back to last season. • He entered play Wednesday ranked in the top three in the NHL in (.943), goals-against average (1.65), (2) and wins (6). • Hutton earned his first as a member of the Sabres on Oct. 14 vs. Dallas and followed that up by setting a Sabres franchise record with 47 saves in a shutout on Oct. 17 at Los Angeles, joining Bob Sauve (1979-80) as the second Sabres goaltender to post two shutouts in his first five games of a season. The shutouts earned him NHL Third Star of the Week honors and helped him set a personal-best shutout streak of 134:22. • Hutton’s six-game win streak to start the season has matched (2006-07) and (1975-76) for the third-best start in franchise history. With a win in his next decision, he’d match Crozier’s 1974-75 start for second-best. The franchise record for most consecutive wins to begin a season was set by (8) in 2006-07.

VIC-O MODE • All six of Victor Olofsson’s goals this season have come on the power play, tying for most in the league entering play Wednesday. He also led all rookies in goals (6) and points (9), and led rookie forwards in ice time per game (17:40). • Olofsson has recorded nine points (6+3) through 10 games this season. Only three players in franchise history have totaled more points through the team’s first 10 games of a season as rookies: (1971-72), (1982-83) and Hannu Virta (1982-83). • Entering play Wednesday, no NHL player had scored more power-play goals than Olofsson’s eight in 16 games played since he made his NHL debut on March 28, 2019 vs. Detroit. He has set an NHL record by becoming the first player in NHL history to score each of his first seven-plus career goals with a man advantage.

SABRES AMONG LEAGUE-LEADERS (Sabres’ league rankings before 10/23 games) • Buffalo Sabres: 17 PTS (1st), 8 W (1st), 30.8% PP% (4th), 3.70 GF/GP (4th) • Dahlin: 7 PPP (T-3rd), 9 A (T-5th) • Eichel: 1 OTG (T-1st), 7 PPP (T-3rd), 200 FO (5th), 14 PTS (T-5th), 3 PPG (T-5th), 96 FOW (8th), 6 G (T-9th) • Hutton: 2 SO (1st), 6 W (2nd), 1.65 GAA (2nd), .943 SV% (3rd) • Johansson: 1 OTG (T-1st) • McCabe: 29 BkS (T-1st) • Olofsson: 6 PPG (T-1st), 7 PPP (T-3rd), 6 G (T-9th) • Scandella: plus-7 (T-8th) • Skinner: 49 S (2nd), 6 G (T-9th)

SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Ristolainen (26), McCabe (22), Sobotka (20) Blocked Shots: McCabe (29), Ristolainen (14), Scandella (13) Shots: Skinner (49), Eichel (35), Ristolainen (24)

SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 1-10: 8-1-1 (17), 38/24, 12/39, 23/30

OVERTIME RESULTS (2-1; 122-129 all-time) Oct. 7 at CBJ: L, 4-3 (GWG-Texier, 2:08) Oct. 9 vs. MTL: W, 5-4 (GWG-Johansson, 1:30) Oct. 22 vs. SJS: W, 4-3 (GWG-Eichel, 3:13)

SHOOTOUT RESULTS (1-0; 76-69 all-time) Oct. 11 vs. FLA: W, 3-2 (GDG-Eichel)

MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player … Needs … Milestone) Games Played Marcus Johansson … 2 games … 600 career games played Jack Eichel … 4 games … 300 career games played Carter Hutton … 6 games … 200 career games played Casey Mittelstadt … 7 games … 100 career games played Rasmus Dahlin … 8 games … 100 career games played Goals Sam Reinhart … 9 goals … 100 career goals Points Rasmus Ristolainen … 1 point … 200 career points Jimmy Vesey … 8 points … 100 career points Kyle Okposo … 9 points … 500 career points

RECENT MILESTONES Jack Eichel … 6th career overtime goal (T-1st in franchise history) … Oct. 22 vs. SJS 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 10/03/2019 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 01-00-00 3-1 43,43p,26 43 1-2 4-5 41-29 40 / 30 18616+ 2 10/05/2019 New Jersey Devils W 02-00-00 7-2 68p,9p,21,53,68p,23,23 21 3-4 2-2 36-20 40 / 29 19070+ 3 10/07/2019 @ Columbus Blue Jackets O* 02-00-01 3-4 90p,53,68p 42 2-4 1-3 18-44 70 / 35 14618 4 10/09/2019 Montréal Canadiens W* 03-00-01 5-4 68p,9p,9,53,90 90 2-5 2-3 39-27 40 / 37 15383 5 10/11/2019 Florida Panthers W** 04-00-01 3-2 22,6 9 0-4 2-2 32-43 35 / 72 15638 6 10/14/2019 Dallas Stars W 05-00-01 4-0 68p,23,53,90 68 1-2 2-2 22-25 40 / 30 16595 7 10/16/2019 @ Anaheim Ducks L 05-01-01 2-5 9,68p 15 1-7 3-4 33-31 36 / 35 15193 8 10/17/2019 @ Los Angeles Kings W 06-01-01 3-0 37,43,37p 37 1-3 3-3 24-47 40 / 36 17605 9 10/19/2019 @ San Jose Sharks W 07-01-01 4-3 90,37,53,28 28 0-4 2-4 35-32 35 / 31 17562+ 10 10/22/2019 San Jose Sharks W* 08-01-01 4-3 9p,23,53,9 9 1-4 2-2 29-28 40 / 31 15876 11 10/24/2019 @ New York Rangers 12 10/25/2019 @ Detroit Red Wings 13 10/28/2019 Arizona Coyotes 14 11/01/2019 @ Washington Capitals 15 11/02/2019 New York Islanders 16 11/08/2019 Tampa Bay Lightning 17 11/09/2019 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 18 11/14/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 19 11/16/2019 Ottawa Senators 20 11/17/2019 @ Chicago Blackhawks 21 11/19/2019 Minnesota Wild 22 11/21/2019 @ Boston Bruins 23 11/24/2019 @ Florida Panthers 24 11/25/2019 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 25 11/27/2019 Calgary Flames 26 11/29/2019 Toronto Maple Leafs 27 11/30/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 28 12/02/2019 New Jersey Devils 29 12/05/2019 @ Calgary Flames 30 12/07/2019 @ Vancouver Canucks 31 12/08/2019 @ Edmonton Oilers 32 12/10/2019 St. Louis Blues 33 12/12/2019 Nashville Predators 34 12/14/2019 @ New York Islanders 35 12/17/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 36 12/19/2019 @ Philadelphia Flyers 37 12/21/2019 Los Angeles Kings 38 12/23/2019 @ Ottawa Senators 39 12/27/2019 Boston Bruins 40 12/29/2019 @ Boston Bruins 41 12/31/2019 Tampa Bay Lightning 42 01/02/2020 Edmonton Oilers 43 01/04/2020 Florida Panthers 44 01/09/2020 @ St. Louis Blues 45 01/11/2020 Vancouver Canucks 46 01/12/2020 @ Detroit Red Wings 47 01/14/2020 Vegas Golden Knights 48 01/16/2020 @ Dallas Stars 49 01/18/2020 @ Nashville Predators 50 01/28/2020 Ottawa Senators 51 01/30/2020 Montréal Canadiens 52 02/01/2020 Columbus Blue Jackets 53 02/04/2020 Colorado Avalanche 54 02/06/2020 Detroit Red Wings 55 02/07/2020 @ New York Rangers 56 02/09/2020 Anaheim Ducks 57 02/11/2020 Detroit Red Wings 58 02/13/2020 Columbus Blue Jackets 59 02/16/2020 Toronto Maple Leafs 60 02/18/2020 @ Ottawa Senators 61 02/22/2020 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 62 02/23/2020 Winnipeg Jets 63 02/26/2020 @ Colorado Avalanche 64 02/28/2020 @ Vegas Golden Knights 65 02/29/2020 @ Arizona Coyotes 66 03/03/2020 @ Winnipeg Jets 67 03/05/2020 Pittsburgh Penguins 68 03/07/2020 @ Philadelphia Flyers 69 03/09/2020 Washington Capitals 70 03/12/2020 @ Montréal Canadiens 71 03/13/2020 Boston Bruins 72 03/15/2020 Carolina Hurricanes 73 03/17/2020 @ Carolina Hurricanes 74 03/19/2020 @ Florida Panthers 75 03/21/2020 Chicago Blackhawks 76 03/22/2020 New York Rangers 77 03/24/2020 @ Montréal Canadiens 78 03/26/2020 @ New York Islanders 79 03/28/2020 @ Minnesota Wild 80 03/30/2020 Washington Capitals 81 04/02/2020 @ New Jersey Devils 82 04/04/2020 Philadelphia Flyers 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. SCANDELLA EICHEL JOKIHARJU VESEY SOBOTKA MCCABE OKPOSO # 6 # 9 # 10 # 13 # 17 # 19 # 21 Oct 3 @ PIT 0-0,2/0 21:33 0-0,4/1 21:18 0-0,0/0 16:51 0-0,2/1 12:39 0-0,1/0 16:14 0-0,2/0 25:11 0-0,1/0 08:40 Oct 5 Vs NJD 0-1,2/0 18:19 1-2,3/0 19:47 0-0,0/-1 17:35 0-0,0/1 14:22 0-0,3/0 14:11 0-1,2/0 19:25 1-0(W),2/1 10:05 Oct 7 @ CBJ 0-0,0/0 17:01 0-0,1/-2 23:25 0-0,1/0 17:08 0-0,1/0 10:46 0-0,1/1 14:00 0-0,0/0 19:46 0-0,1/0 10:55 Oct 9 Vs MTL 0-0,3/1 17:53 2-2,8/0 21:19 0-0,3/1 16:53 0-0,0/0 10:29 0-0,2/1 15:25 0-0,0/0 21:36 0-0,2/-1 11:49 Oct 11 Vs FLA 1-0,3/1 17:41 0-0,6/-1 25:07 0-0,1/1 17:40 0-0,1/0 09:43 0-0,1/0 15:19 0-0,1/-1 22:32 0-2,1/1 12:23 Oct 14 Vs DAL 0-0,0/2 17:07 0-2,0/1 18:29 0-1,0/1 16:27 0-0,1/0 13:37 0-1,1/2 14:52 0-1,1/2 22:19 0-0,0/0 14:17 Oct 16 @ ANA 0-0,1/-1 16:06 1-0,4/-2 19:27 0-0,1/0 14:04 0-0,3/0 14:50 0-0,2/-1 14:30 0-0,0/-2 18:48 0-0,1/0 10:12 Oct 17 @ LAK 0-0,0/0 20:19 0-0,1/0 16:50 0-0,1/0 17:26 0-1,1/2 11:05 0-0,2/0 15:42 0-0,1/1 18:18 0-0,2/0 13:26 Oct 19 @ SJS 0-1,0/2 15:48 0-0,2/0 20:36 0-2,2/2 15:10 0-1,0/0 12:29 0-0,2/2 17:49 0-1,1/1 22:48 0-1,1/1 07:28 Oct 22 Vs SJS 0-0,1/2 16:38 2-2(W),6/2 21:55 0-1,0/1 16:46 0-0,3/0 11:36 0-0,0/-1 14:51 0-0,0/-2 19:40 0-0,1/-1 10:36

Date Opp. LARSSON REINHART DAHLIN GIRGENSONS MILLER MITTELSTADT SHEARY # 22 # 23 # 26 # 28 # 33 # 37 # 43 Oct 3 @ PIT 0-0,2/0 14:01 0-1,2/1 19:37 1-0,3/2 15:45 0-0,3/0 12:56 0-1,2/2 15:01 0-2,2/1 09:25 2-0(W),3/1 09:19 Oct 5 Vs NJD 0-0,3/1 13:16 2-0,3/1 20:37 0-3,0/2 20:04 0-1,1/1 12:38 0-0,1/2 17:13 0-0,3/1 11:46 0-0,0/0 11:57 Oct 7 @ CBJ 0-0,0/0 15:08 0-1,2/-1 21:09 0-1,1/0 20:40 0-0,0/0 13:57 0-1,2/0 19:35 0-0,0/0 10:27 0-1,0/0 12:05 Oct 9 Vs MTL 0-0,1/-1 15:16 0-1,2/0 20:56 0-2,1/-2 17:54 0-0,1/-1 14:23 0-1,2/0 18:17 0-0,2/0 09:26 DNP Oct 11 Vs FLA 1-0,1/-1 14:15 0-0,1/0 24:23 0-0,2/0 17:56 0-2,2/0 14:59 0-0,0/0 19:50 0-0,1/1 08:48 DNP Oct 14 Vs DAL 0-0,0/0 15:38 1-0,3/1 17:40 0-1,3/0 18:53 0-0,0/0 14:11 0-0,2/0 18:53 0-0,2/0 11:38 DNP Oct 16 @ ANA 0-0,2/-1 11:03 0-1,1/-2 19:43 0-0,2/-1 21:03 0-0,0/-1 10:01 0-0,0/1 20:33 0-0,1/0 14:53 DNP Oct 17 @ LAK 0-0,1/0 16:00 0-0,1/0 16:48 0-1,0/1 19:32 0-0,3/0 15:32 0-1,2/1 19:08 2-1(W),3/2 12:19 1-0,2/2 10:33 Oct 19 @ SJS 0-1,2/1 13:20 0-0,2/0 19:05 0-0,4/0 18:47 1-0(W),2/1 12:06 0-0,1/0 17:11 1-0,1/0 12:14 0-0,1/0 11:09 Oct 22 Vs SJS 0-0,1/-1 13:00 1-0,4/1 20:35 0-1,1/-1 20:19 0-0,0/-1 11:45 0-0,0/-1 18:11 0-1,1/1 13:21 0-0,2/0 14:23

Date Opp. SKINNER RISTOLAINEN OLOFSSON RODRIGUES JOHANSSON ULLMARK HUTTON # 53 # 55 # 68 # 71 # 90 # 35 # 40 Oct 3 @ PIT 0-0,5/0 16:41 0-0,5/0 23:53 0-1,2/1 17:11 0-0,0/0 15:19 DND 1/29 W 60:00 Oct 5 Vs NJD 1-1,6/0 17:13 0-1,3/1 23:27 2-0,4/0 19:28 0-1,0/0 14:37 DND 2/20 W 60:00 Oct 7 @ CBJ 1-0,1/1 16:47 0-0,2/-1 24:37 1-0,3/-2 20:33 1-0,2/1 16:36 4/44 O 60:40 DND Oct 9 Vs MTL 1-0,6/0 20:01 0-0,1/0 25:00 1-0,4/-1 16:40 0-0,0/0 10:07 1-1(W),1/2 17:32 DND 4/27 W 61:16 Oct 11 Vs FLA 0-0,4/0 20:29 0-0,5/-1 25:24 0-0,1/0 17:04 0-0,1/0 08:27 0-0,0/0 19:00 2/43 W 65:00 DND Oct 14 Vs DAL 1-0,4/2 15:59 0-1,2/1 23:46 1-1(W),1/1 18:12 0-0,1/0 10:29 1-0,1/2 13:33 DND 0/25 W 60:00 Oct 16 @ ANA 0-1,9/-1 19:52 0-0,1/-2 21:50 1-0,2/-2 18:02 0-0,2/0 06:57 0-0,1/-1 19:23 4/30 L 59:32 DND Oct 17 @ LAK 0-0,0/0 17:05 0-1,2/1 22:55 0-0,2/0 16:21 DNP 0-0,0/0 14:41 DND 0/47 W 60:00 Oct 19 @ SJS 1-0,9/2 19:05 0-0,1/1 25:29 0-0,0/0 15:04 DNP 1-1,4/2 17:20 3/32 W 59:59 DND Oct 22 Vs SJS 1-0,5/0 20:23 0-2,2/0 26:08 0-1,2/0 18:01 DNP 0-0,0/-1 17:43 DND 3/28 W 63:01 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Ralph Krueger Ralph Krueger was named the 19th head coach in Buffalo Sabres history on May 15, 2019, returning to the NHL after spending the last five- plus seasons as the Chairman of Southampton Football Club.

Krueger previously served as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers in 2012-13 after spending two seasons as the team’s associate coach. His most recent coaching experience was as head coach of at the 2016 .

A full Ralph Krueger bio can be found on page 11 of the 2019-20 Sabres media guide at Sabres.com/mediaguide.

#35: Linus Ullmark (G) 6' 4", 215 lbs. / Jul 31, 1993 (26 years and 2 months)

LEE-nuhs UHL-mahrk GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the sixth round (163rd overall) in the 2012 NHL Season 4 2-1-1 0 3.18 .913 Draft Career 67 26-28-8 2 2.89 .910 Last Win: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE Last SO: DEC 22, 2018 vs ANAHEIM (28) Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-0 0 4.04 .846 Career Shootouts: 15/18 (.833), 3-2

Season Highs: Shots Saves 44 41 44 10/11 vs FLA 2018-19: • Went 15-14-5 in his first full NHL season, posting the seventh-most wins ever recorded by a Sabres rookie and the most by a rookie since Ryan Miller’s 30 in 2005-06. • Stopped nine of 10 shootout attempts, earning his first two career shootout wins; finished the season with the sixth-best career shootout save percentage (.813) of any goaltender with at least 15 shots faced. • Logged his first two NHL shutouts with 3-0 wins in his first appearance of the season on 10/13 at ARI (36 saves) and again on 12/22 vs. ANA (40 saves); became the first Sabres rookie to post multiple shutouts in a season since Martin Biron (5) in 1999-00. • Set a new career-best streak with wins in four straight games from 12/11 to 1/3. The streak included his longest career shutout sequence (100:02). • Faced his first NHL penalty shot and made a save on in a 4-2 win at BOS (12/16).

2019-20: • Made 40 saves in overtime loss at CBJ (10/7) • Recorded 41 saves in shootout in victory vs. FLA (10/11)

#40: Carter Hutton (G) 6' 0", 202 lbs. / Dec 19, 1985 (33 years and 10 months)

KAHR-tuhr HUH-tuhn GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Undrafted Season 6 6-0-0 2 1.65 .943 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2018 Career 194 87-64-22 13 2.55 .914 Last Win: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Last SO: OCT 17, 2019 @ LOS ANGELES (1) Career vs. Opp 6 4-1-0 0 1.48 .953 Career Shootouts: 44/70 (.629), 11-8

Season Highs: Shots Saves 47 47 47 10/17 vs LAK 2018-19: • Played a career-high 50 games, including 48 starts and two relief appearances. • Set a new career-best streak with wins in eight straight appearances from 11/8-27, posting a .936 save percentage and a 1.97 goals-against average during that stretch.

2019-20: • Made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966) in his season debut in the team's opener at PIT (10/3) • Turned away 18 shots to earn his second consecutive win to start the season vs. NJD (10/5) • Had a career-best shutout streak of 134:22 from 10/9 vs. MTL to 10/22 vs. SJS • Stopped 25 shots to record his first shutout as a Sabre vs. DAL (10/14) and then set a franchise record with 47 saves in a shutout in his next appearance at LAK (10/17); joined Bob Sauve (1979-80) as the second Sabre to post two shutouts in his first five games of a season and earned NHL Third Star of the Week honors • Improved to 6-0-0 with an overtime win vs. SJS (10/22), becoming the first Sabre to start the season with six wins since Martin Biron (2006- 07) #4: Zach Bogosian (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", 226 lbs. / Jul 15, 1990 (29 years and 3 months)

ZAK buh-GOH-zhuhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by in the first round (3rd overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft Season ------Acquired: From Winnipeg with and in exchange for Joel Career 617 52-137-189 -87 549 Armia, Brendan Lemieux, , and a first-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft on Feb. 11, 2015 Career vs. Opp 26 1-3-4 -9 31 Last Goal: MAR 7, 2019 @ CHICAGO (6) Last Assist: MAR 20, 2019 vs TORONTO (1) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------

2018-19: • Played 65 games, his highest total as a member of the Sabres and the most he’s played since 2011-12. • Ranked second among all Sabres with 116 blocked shots and led the team with a career-high 1.8 blocks per game. • Appeared in his 600th NHL game on Feb. 7 vs. Carolina and recorded an assist. • Scored his third career shorthanded goal (and first since the 2009-10 season) as part of a two-point night on March 7 at Chicago.

#6: Marco Scandella (D) 6' 3", 212 lbs. / Feb 23, 1990 (29 years and 8 months)

MAHR-koh skan-DEHL-a GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in the second round (55th overall) of 2008 NHL Draft Season 10 1-2-3 7 2 Acquired: From Minnesota with and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 Career 528 39-88-127 -31 213 NHL Draft in exchange for , and a third-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft on June 30, 2017 Career vs. Opp 16 1-2-3 -2 9 Last Goal: OCT 11, 2019 vs FLORIDA (5) Last Assist: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 21:33 3 2 +2 10/11 vs FLA 2 times 3 times 10/16 vs ANA 10/3 vs PIT 2 times 2 times 3 times

2018-19: • Scored six goals, marking his highest total since he scored 11 in 2014-15. • Tallied his eighth career game-winning goal Oct. 8 vs. Vegas. • Recorded assists in both games of a home-and-home series against Ottawa on Nov. 1 and 3, tallying assists in consecutive games for the 10th time of his career. • Registered the 10th multi-point game of his career (1+1) vs. BOS (12/29). • Appeared in his 500th NHL game on vs. DET (2/9).

2019-20: • Tied for the team lead with six shot attempts and led Sabres defensemen in SAT% (70.0%) in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Notched his first assist of the season vs. NJD (10/5) • Netted his first goal of the season vs. FLA (10/11) • Posted a plus-2 rating vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded an assist at SJS (10/19)

#9: Jack Eichel (C) 6' 2", 203 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (22 years and 11 months)

JAK IGH-kuhl GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft Season 10 6-8-14 -1 2 Last Goal: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career 296 107-166-273 -66 104 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career Shootouts: 6/18 (33%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 4-7-11 -10 8

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 4 2 25:07 8 2 +2 2 times 4 times 2 times 10/22 vs SJS 10/11 vs FLA 10/9 vs MTL 2 times 10/22 vs SJS

2018-19: • Was named the 19th full-season captain in franchise history on Oct. 3, becoming the youngest captain in Sabres history. • Set career-high marks in goals (28), assists (54) and points (82). • Became the first Sabre to record 82 points since Daniel Briere (95) and (84) in 2006-07. • Finished the season as one of three Sabres ever to score 20 or more goals in each of his first four NHL seasons and one of five to record at least 50 points in each of his first four NHL seasons. • Ranked fifth in the league with a career-high 303 shots on goal, posting the first 300-shot season by a Sabre since 1992-93.

2019-20: • Scored a goal and added two assists vs. NJD (10/5) • Posted his sixth career game with at least four points (2+2) vs. MTL (10/9) • Logged two assists vs. DAL (10/14) • Scored a goal at ANA (10/17) • Notched his second four-point game of the season (2+2) vs. SJS (10/22), tying a franchise record with his sixth career overtime goal #10: Henri Jokiharju (D) 6' 0", 195 lbs. / Jun 17, 1999 (20 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Chicago in the first round (29th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Chicago in exchange for on July 9, 2019 Season 10 0-4-4 5 10 Last Goal: - Career 48 0-16-16 -2 26 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-1 1 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 4 17:40 3 3 +2 10 times 10/19 vs SJS 10/19 vs SJS 10/16 vs ANA 10/11 vs FLA 10/9 vs MTL 10/14 vs DAL 10/19 vs SJS

2018-19: • Played in 68 games during his first professional season, including 38 NHL games with the Chicago Blackhawks and 30 games with the Rockford IceHogs (AHL). • Began the season with Chicago, making his NHL debut vs. OTT (10/4); recorded two assists in the team’s next game on at STL (10/6) and followed that up with a career-best three points (0+3) the next night on vs. TOR (10/7). • Recorded 17 points (2+15) in 30 AHL games with Rockford; his .57 points per game ranked eighth among rookie AHL defensemen with more than 20 games played. • Won two gold medals with in 2019 after representing his country at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship and the 2019 IIHF World Championship.

2019-20: • Skated 16:51 in his Sabres debut at PIT (10/3) • Recorded his first point as a Sabre (assist) vs. DAL (10/14) • Posted his third career multi-point game (0+2) at SJS (10/19) • Tallied an assist vs. SJS (10/22)

#13: Jimmy Vesey (L) 6' 3", 202 lbs. / May 26, 1993 (26 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Nashville in the third round (66th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From NY Rangers in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft Season 10 0-2-2 4 0 on July 1, 2019 Career 250 50-42-92 -33 67 Last Goal: MAR 29, 2019 vs ST. LOUIS (15) Last Assist: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career vs. Opp ------Career Shootouts: 3/8 (38%), 3 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 14:50 3 2 +2 10 times 2 times 2 times 10 times 10/16 vs ANA 2 times 2 times 10/17 vs LAK

2018-19: • Established career-high totals in games played (81), assists (18), points (35) and time on ice per game (16:03) while tying his previous best with 17 goals. • Of his 35 points, 31 were either a goal (17) or primary assist (18). • Ranked second among all Rangers in game-winning goals (4) and ranked third in even-strength goals (16). • Recorded a goal and an assist in three consecutive games from Feb. 23 vs. New Jersey to Feb. 27 vs. Tampa Bay, marking the longest goal-scoring streak of his career and tying as his longest assist streak and point streak. • Recorded an assist in his 200th NHL game at VGK (1/8).

2019-20: • Logged five shot attempts and a plus-1 rating in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Recorded his first point as a Sabre (assist) and a plus-2 rating at LAK (10/17) • Tallied an assist at SJS (10/19) #17: Vladimir Sobotka (C) 5' 11", 191 lbs. / Jul 2, 1987 (32 years and 3 months)

VLA-dih-meer suh-BOHT-kuh GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Boston in the fourth round (106th overall) in the 2005 NHL Draft Season 10 0-1-1 4 4 Acquired: From St. Louis with , , a first-round pick in Career 542 52-117-169 -20 362 the 2019 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft in exchange for Ryan O’Reilly on July 1, 2018 Career vs. Opp 14 0-4-4 -5 6 Last Goal: MAR 7, 2019 @ CHICAGO (18) Last Assist: OCT 14, 2019 vs DALLAS (4) Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 17:49 3 6 +2 10 times 10/14 vs DAL 10/14 vs DAL 2 times 10/19 vs SJS 10/5 vs NJD 10/3 vs PIT 2 times

2018-19: • Appeared in his 500th NHL game vs. NYI (12/31). • Scored twice in Buffalo’s 6-5 overtime win at MTL (11/8). • Recorded an assist in five of the Sabres’ eight games from Jan. 3 vs. FLA to Jan. 18 at VAN. • Tallied his fifth career shorthanded point with an assist on Jake McCabe’s goal vs. NJD (1/8).

2019-20: • Led the team with six hits in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Recorded an assist vs. DAL (10/14)

#19: Jake McCabe (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (26 years)

JAYK muh-KAYB GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the second round (44th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Season 10 0-3-3 -1 4 Last Goal: JAN 16, 2019 @ CALGARY (32) Career 284 14-50-64 -20 157 Last Assist: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 0-1-1 1 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 25:11 2 4 +2 10 times 3 times 3 times 2 times 10/3 vs PIT 2 times 2 times 10/14 vs DAL

2018-19: • Appeared in 59 games, tying his career high with four goals. • The Sabres were 29-26-4 with him in the lineup, 3-1-0 when he scored and 8-2-1 when he recorded at least a point. • Ranked second on the team with a career-high 1.7 blocked shots per game. • Recorded seven points (1+6) in six games from Oct. 16 to Oct. 27; the stretch included consecutive games in which he tied his career high with two assists vs. MTL (10/25) and at CBJ (10/27). • Was credited with a career-high five shots on goal at MIN (11/17). • Recorded his first career shorthanded point with a shorthanded goal vs. NJD (1/8).

2019-20: • Named an alternate captain on 10/2 • Led all Sabres in ice time (25:11) in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Recorded his first assist of the season in the home-opener vs. NJD (10/5) • Tallied an assist vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded an assist at SJS (10/19) #21: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' 0", 216 lbs. / Apr 16, 1988 (31 years and 6 months)

KIGHL oh-POH-soh GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by NY Islanders in the first Round (7th overall) of the 2006 NHL Season 10 1-3-4 1 14 Draft Career 758 188-303-491 -109 429 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2016 Last Goal: OCT 5, 2019 vs NEW JERSEY (8) Career vs. Opp 46 10-18-28 -20 39 Last Assist: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career Shootouts: 14/43 (33%), 9 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 10 14:17 2 3 +1 10/5 vs NJD 10/11 vs FLA 10/11 vs FLA 10/5 vs NJD 10/14 vs DAL 3 times 2 times 3 times

2018-19: • Played 78 games, marking his highest total as a member of the Sabres. • Buffalo was 16-7-3 when he recorded at least a point, including a 3-0-0 record in his multi-point games. • Appeared in his 700th career NHL game vs. PHI (12/8). • Recorded his 300th NHL assist at DET (4/6).

2019-20: • Logged one shot and three hits in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Scored his first goal of the season vs. NJD (10/5) • Recorded first multi-point game of season with two primary assists vs. FLA (10/11) • Tallied an assist at SJS (10/19)

#22: Johan Larsson (C) 5' 11", 204 lbs. / Jul 25, 1992 (27 years and 2 months)

YOH-han LAHR-suhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in the second round (56th overall) of the 2010 NHL Season 10 1-1-2 -2 8 Draft Career 341 33-48-81 -51 172 Acquired: From Minnesota with , a first-round selection in the 2013 NHL Draft and a second-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft in exchange for Jason Career vs. Opp 13 2-1-3 0 0 Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft on April 3, 2013 Last Goal: OCT 11, 2019 vs FLORIDA (5) Last Assist: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 4 16:00 3 3 +1 10/11 vs FLA 10/19 vs SJS 2 times 10/16 vs ANA 10/17 vs LAK 10/5 vs NJD 10/9 vs MTL 2 times

2018-19: • Set career highs in faceoffs taken (993) and won (503), ranking second among regular Sabres centers in both categories, as well as faceoff percentage (50.6%). • The Sabres were 4-1-1 when he scored a goal. • Scored his second career shorthanded goal vs. VAN (12/29).

2019-20: • Logged 5:04 of shorthanded ice time and went 10-for-17 on faceoffs in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Scored first goal of the season vs. FLA (10/11) • Recorded an assist at SJS (10/19) #23: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' 1", 194 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (23 years and 11 months)

SAM RIGHN-hahrt GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first Round (2nd overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft Season 10 4-4-8 1 0 Last Goal: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career 341 91-122-213 -53 60 Last Assist: OCT 16, 2019 @ ANAHEIM (3) Career Shootouts: 7/18 (39%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 3-7-10 -1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 0 24:23 4 4 +1 10/5 vs NJD 4 times 10/5 vs NJD 10 times 10/11 vs FLA 10/22 vs SJS 10/3 vs PIT 4 times

2018-19: • Set career-high totals in assists (43) and points (65). • His 50 even-strength points shattered his previous best (32 in 2015-16). Joined Jack Eichel (56 even-strength points) as the first Sabres to post at least 50 in a season since 2007-08. • Tied for the league lead with three game-deciding shootout goals; it was the highest total by a Sabre since Ales Kotalik’s franchise-record four in 2006- 07 and 2008-09. • Recorded a career-best 11-game point streak (5+13) from Nov. 27 to Dec. 18. • Posted a career-high three assists at BOS (12/16). • Logged his third career hat trick WSH (2/23).

2019-20: • Recorded an assist in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Scored his first two goals of the season vs. NJD (10/5) • Tallied an assist at CBJ (10/7) • Extended his season-opening point streak to four games (2+3) with an assist vs. MTL (10/9) • Scored a goal vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded an assist at ANA (10/16) • Scored a goal vs. SJS (10/22)

#26: Rasmus Dahlin (D) 6' 3", 193 lbs. / Apr 13, 2000 (19 years and 6 months)

RAS-muhs dah-LEEN GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (1st overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft Season 10 1-9-10 1 12 Last Goal: OCT 3, 2019 @ PITTSBURGH (9) Career 92 10-44-54 -12 46 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 3 0-1-1 -2 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 4 21:03 4 3 +2 10/3 vs PIT 10/5 vs NJD 10/5 vs NJD 10/7 vs CBJ 10/16 vs ANA 10/19 vs SJS 10/7 vs CBJ 2 times

2018-19: • Earned NHL All-Rookie honors, becoming the third defenseman ever to do so in his age-18 season. • Led rookie defensemen and ranked third among all NHL rookies with 44 points. • Finished the season with the second-most assists (35), points (44) and multi-point games (8) ever recorded by an 18-year-old defenseman in NHL history, trailing only Phil Housley in all three categories. • Recorded a five-game point streak (1+4) from Jan. 8 to Jan. 16, tying the longest point streak by an 18-year-old defenseman in league history.

2019-20: • Scored in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Posted his first career three-assist game vs. NJD (10/5) • Earned an assist at CBJ (10/7) • Recorded two assists vs. MTL (10/9), extending his point streak to four games (1+6) • Notched an assist vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded an assist at LAK (10/17) • Tallied an assist vs. SJS (10/22), becoming the sixth different Sabres defenseman to record at least 10 points in the team’s first 10 games #28: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' 2", 211 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (25 years and 9 months)

ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhnz GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (14th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Season 10 1-3-4 -1 2 Last Goal: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career 430 50-73-123 -53 122 Last Assist: OCT 11, 2019 vs FLORIDA (5) Career Shootouts: 4/14 (29%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 17 4-1-5 -2 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 15:32 3 2 +1 10/19 vs SJS 10/11 vs FLA 10/11 vs FLA 10/3 vs PIT 10/17 vs LAK 2 times 4 times 2 times

2018-19: • Led all Sabres forwards with 172:58 of shorthanded ice time, logging a career-high 2:24 of penalty kill time per game. • Recorded assists in consecutive games for the eighth time of his career at LAK (10/20) and ANA (10/21). • Tied his career high with two points (1+1) vs. OTT (11/3). • Appeared in his 400th NHL game and recorded an assist at FLA (2/19).

2019-20: • Recorded three shots in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Tallied his first point (assist) of the season vs. NJD (10/5) • Earned two assists vs. FLA (10/11), his first multi-point game of the season • Scored the game-winning goal at SJS (10/19)

#33: Colin Miller (D) 6' 1", 193 lbs. / Oct 29, 1992 (26 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 2012 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 10 0-4-4 5 4 Acquired: From Vegas in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft Career 260 22-81-103 1 195 and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft on June 28, 2019 Last Goal: FEB 28, 2019 vs FLORIDA (25) Career vs. Opp 8 0-5-5 2 8 Last Assist: OCT 17, 2019 @ LOS ANGELES (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 20:33 2 4 +2 10 times 4 times 4 times 2 times 10/16 vs ANA 5 times 10/22 vs SJS 2 times

2018-19: • Averaged a career-high 19:39 of ice time per game and tied his previous career high with 64 blocked shots. • Appeared in his 200th NHL game at TOR (11/6). • Recorded his second career three-point game at EDM (11/18), also setting a new career high with three assists. • Tallied two assists in consecutive games vs. PIT (1/19) and vs. MIN (1/21). • Tied his single-game career high with seven shots and scored a goal vs. FLA (2/28).

2019-20: • Recorded his 100th NHL point with an assist in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Notched an assist at CBJ (10/7) • Assisted on Marcus Johansson's overtime goal vs. MTL (10/9) • Led the team with six shot attempts (2 SOG) vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded an assist at LAK (10/17) #37: Casey Mittelstadt (C) 6' 1", 199 lbs. / Nov 22, 1998 (20 years and 11 months)

KAY-see MIH-tuhl-stat GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (8th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft Season 10 3-4-7 6 2 Last Goal: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career 93 16-21-37 -12 14 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career Shootouts: 3/6 (50%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-1 0 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 3 2 14:53 3 2 +2 10/17 vs LAK 10/3 vs PIT 10/17 vs LAK 10/3 vs PIT 10/16 vs ANA 2 times 10/22 vs SJS 10/17 vs LAK

2018-19: • Appeared in 77 games during his first full professional season. • His 12 goals trailed only Jack Eichel’s and Sam Reinhart’s 2015-16 totals for most by a Sabres rookie since 2011-12. • Recorded his first NHL multi-point game (1+1) and a career-high 18:06 of ice time vs. OTT (11/3). • Scored on two of five shootout attempts, including the game-deciding goal on his first career attempt vs. VAN (11/10). • Set a new career-best point streak with points (1+3) in four straight games from 2/1-9. • Scored his first career game-winning goal vs. DET (2/9).

2019-20: • Recorded his third career multi-point game with a career-best two assists in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Tallied career-high totals in goals (2) and points (3) at LAK (10/17) • Scored for the second consecutive game at SJS (10/19), marking the first two-game goal streak of his career • Assisted on Jack Eichel's overtime goal vs. SJS (10/22) to extend his point streak to three games

#43: Conor Sheary (L) 5' 8", 179 lbs. / Jun 8, 1992 (27 years and 4 months)

KAH-nuhr SHAIR-ee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Undrafted Season 6 3-1-4 3 2 Acquired: From Pittsburgh with Matt Hunwick in exchange for a fourth-round pick in Career 268 65-66-131 10 54 the 2019 NHL Draft on June 27, 2018 Last Goal: OCT 17, 2019 @ LOS ANGELES (2) Career vs. Opp 14 7-2-9 3 0 Last Assist: OCT 7, 2019 @ COLUMBUS (3) Career Shootouts: 1/3 (33%), 1 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 2 14:23 3 2 +2 10/3 vs PIT 10/7 vs CBJ 10/3 vs PIT 10/5 vs NJD 10/22 vs SJS 10/3 vs PIT 2 times 10/17 vs LAK

2018-19: • The Sabres were 20-7-2 in games in which he recorded a point and 10-2-0 when he scored a goal. • Tied for third among all Sabres with three game-winning goals and tied for second with four lasting-lead goals. • Recorded his 100th NHL point as part of a multi-point game (1+1) vs. OTT (11/3). • Topped his previous career-best goal streak with goals in three straight games from 11/3-8. • Scored the game-deciding goal on his first career shootout attempt at WPG (11/16).

2019-20: • Logged his 10th career multi-goal game (2+0) in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Notched an assist at CBJ (10/7) • Missed four games with an upper-body injury from 10/9 to 10/16 • Scored and posted a plus-2 rating in his return from injury at LAK (10/17)

#48: Matt Hunwick (D) (*Injured) 5' 11", 194 lbs. / May 21, 1985 (34 years and 5 months)

MAT HUHN-wihk GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Boston in the seventh round (224th overall) of the 2004 NHL Season ------Draft Career 535 25-94-119 -19 207 Acquired: From Pittsburgh with Conor Sheary in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft on June 27, 2018 Career vs. Opp 15 2-2-4 -2 4 Last Goal: FEB 27, 2018 vs NEW JERSEY (18) Last Assist: MAR 16, 2019 @ CAROLINA Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

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2018-19: • Began the season on injured reserve, missing 32 games with a neck injury before making his Sabres debut with 18:24 of ice time and two shots on Dec. 16 at Boston. • Recorded his first point as a member of the Sabres with an assist on Feb. 23 vs. Washington. • Skated a season-high 21:11 on March 14 vs. Pittsburgh. #53: Jeff Skinner (L) 5' 11", 195 lbs. / May 16, 1992 (27 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Selected by Carolina in the first round (10th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Carolina in exchange for , a second-round pick in the 2019 Season 10 6-2-8 4 2 NHL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 Career 671 250-200-450 -92 306 NHL Draft on August 2, 2018 Last Goal: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career vs. Opp 33 14-10-24 -21 10 Last Assist: OCT 16, 2019 @ ANAHEIM (3) Career Shootouts: 6/36 (17%), 3 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 20:29 9 1 +2 6 times 2 times 10/5 vs NJD 10/16 vs ANA 10/11 vs FLA 2 times 2 times 2 times

2018-19: • Was one of three players to appear in all 82 games for the Sabres, marking his fourth 82-game season in his eight full NHL seasons. • Scored a career-high 40 goals, tying for 12th-most in the NHL. He also ranked fifth in the league in even-strength goals (32). • His 40 goals marked the third-highest total ever recorded by a first-year Sabre and his 32 even-strength tallies were the highest total by a player in his first year with the team. • Tied his career high with 63 points (40+23), topping the 20-goal and 20-assist marks for the fourth consecutive season and the seventh time in his eight full NHL seasons.

2019-20: • Scored a goal and added an assist vs. NJD (10/5) • Tallied his second goal of the season at CBJ (10/7) • Scored vs. MTL (10/9) to extend his goal streak to three games • Scored a goal vs. DAL (10/14) • Logged an assist and a team-high nine shots at ANA (10/16) • Scored a goal and led the team with nine shots at SJS (10/19) • Scored a goal vs. SJS (10/22)

#55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 220 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (24 years and 11 months)

RAS-muhs rihs-toh-LIGH-nehn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (8th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft Season 10 0-5-5 0 4 Last Goal: JAN 5, 2019 @ BOSTON (46) Career 434 36-163-199 -143 213 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 17 2-3-5 -13 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 2 26:08 5 7 +1 10 times 10/22 vs SJS 10/22 vs SJS 2 times 10/22 vs SJS 2 times 10/19 vs SJS 4 times

2018-19: • Became just the third defenseman in Sabres history to record 40 points in at least four consecutive seasons. • Ended the season ranked among the franchise’s top 15 defensemen in goals (13th), assists (9th), points (9th), and game-winning goals (T-10th). • With his fourth career overtime goal on Nov. 8 at Montreal, he passed Phil Housley and Tyler Myers for most ever by a Sabres defenseman. • Recorded 10 points (1+9) in 10 games from 12/4 vs. TOR to 12/27 at STL and later recorded points in nine of 10 games (0+9) from 1/14 at EDM to 2/9 vs. DET.

2019-20: • Tied for the team lead in shot attempts (6) and shots on goal (5), and recorded five hits in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Notched his first assist of the season and had a plus-1 rating vs. NJD (10/5) • Tallied an assist vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded an assist at LAK (10/17) • Posted two assists and a team-high nine shot attempts vs. SJS (10/22)

#58: John Gilmour (D) 6' 0", 188 lbs. / May 17, 1993 (26 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Selected by Calgary in the seventh round (198th overall) of the 2013 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season ------Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2019 Career 33 2-3-5 -14 18 Last Goal: FEB 28, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (23) Last Assist: MAR 22, 2018 @ PHILADELPHIA (13) Career vs. Opp ------Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

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2018-19: • Ranked second among AHL defensemen and led the Harford Wolf Pack (AHL) with a career-high 54 points (20+34) in 70 games; his efforts earned him a selection to the AHL First All-Star Team and a spot in the 2019 AHL All-Star Classic. • His 34 assists also led all Hartford skaters and his 20 goals, which established a franchise record for Hartford defensemen, ranked him second among league blueliners. #62: Brandon Montour (D) (*Injured) 6' 0", 189 lbs. / Apr 11, 1994 (25 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by Anaheim in the second round (55th overall) of the 2014 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season ------Acquired: From Anaheim in exchange for and a first-round pick in the Career 189 19-54-73 7 112 2019 NHL Draft on Feb. 24, 2019 Last Goal: APR 6, 2019 @ DETROIT Career vs. Opp 5 0-1-1 3 2 Last Assist: APR 2, 2019 vs NASHVILLE (2) Career Shootouts: 2/4 (50%), 0 GDG

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2018-19: • Appeared in 82 games for the first time in his career, averaging a career-high 22:27 of ice time per game. • Also set career-high totals in assists (27) and points (35). • Spent the first 62 games of the season with Anaheim, leading all Ducks defensemen and ranking fifth on the team with 25 points (5+20) during that stretch. • Joined the Sabres for the team’s last 20 games of the season and ranked behind only Jack Eichel for the team lead with 10 points (3+7) in those games. • Recorded points in a career-best four straight games from 11/18 vs. COL to 11/25 at NSH (1+5). • Tallied the first four-point game of his career (1+3) vs. DAL (12/12), also setting a new single-game high in assists.

#68: Victor Olofsson (L) 5' 11", 183 lbs. / Jul 18, 1995 (24 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected in the seventh round (181st overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 16, 2019 @ ANAHEIM (3) Season 10 6-3-9 -3 2 Last Assist: OCT 22, 2019 vs SAN JOSE Career 16 8-5-13 -2 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 2 20:33 4 1 +1 10/5 vs NJD 3 times 2 times 10/14 vs DAL 10/7 vs CBJ 2 times 10/3 vs PIT 2 times

2018-19: • Made his North American debut, leading the and tying for eighth in the AHL with 30 goals in 66 games; his 63 points also topped all Amerks skaters. • Appeared in five games with the Sabres, recording an assist in his NHL debut vs. DET (3/28) and scoring his first NHL goal the next game at NYI (3/30); he finished his stint with Buffalo with four points (2+2) in six games.

2019-20: • Recorded an assist in the team's season-opener at PIT (10/3) • Scored his first two goals of the season vs. NJD (10/5) • Notched his third power-play goal of the season to tie the game with 1:14 left in the third period at CBJ (10/7) • Scored a power-play goal vs. MTL (10/9) • Tallied two points (1+1) vs. DAL (10/14), including his fifth power-play goal of the season; became the first player in NHL history to score his first seven career goals on the power play • Scored his sixth power-play goal of this season at ANA (10/16) • Recorded an assist vs. SJS (10/22)

#71: Evan Rodrigues (L) 5' 11", 184 lbs. / Jul 28, 1993 (26 years and 2 months)

EH-vuhn rahd-REE-gehz GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Undrafted Season 4 0-0-0 0 0 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on April 22, 2015 Career 158 21-41-62 -22 43 Last Goal: MAR 17, 2019 vs ST. LOUIS (12) Last Assist: APR 2, 2019 vs NASHVILLE (6) Career vs. Opp 6 0-1-1 -1 4 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 10:29 2 1 +0 4 times 4 times 4 times 4 times 10/14 vs DAL 10/16 vs ANA 10/11 vs FLA 4 times

2018-19: • Set career-high marks in games played (74), goals (9), assists (20) and points (29) for the second consecutive season after spending the entire season with Buffalo for the first time in his career. • The Sabres were 16-5-3 in games in which he recorded a point and 6-2-1 when he scored a goal. • Scored goals in four straight games from 1/14-29, topping his previous career-high goal and point streaks. • Tied his previous single-game high in points (2) five times and matched his previous career high in assists (2) three times. • Logged a career-high 22:07 of ice time vs. NYI (12/31). #90: Marcus Johansson (L) 6' 1", 205 lbs. / Oct 6, 1990 (29 years)

Drafted: Selected by Washington in the first round (24th overall) of the 2009 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 10 4-3-7 5 4 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 6, 2019 Career 598 124-217-341 0 88 Last Goal: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Last Assist: OCT 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (1) Career vs. Opp 30 8-10-18 -7 2 Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 19:23 4 2 +2 4 times 3 times 2 times 2 times 10/16 vs ANA 10/19 vs SJS 2 times 3 times

2018-19: • Spent his first 48 games of the season with the New Jersey Devils before being traded to the Boston Bruins in February • Played in 10 regular-season games and a career-high 22 playoff contests with the Bruins, also setting career-high marks in playoff goals (4) and playoff assists (7) while helping Boston to a Final appearance. • Recorded his 200th NHL assist vs. MTL (11/21). • Tallied points in four straight games from 1/19 vs. ANA to 2/2 at MTL (2+3). • Logged a new single-game career high with 24:32 of ice time vs. NYI (2/7). • Scored the game-winning goal in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. TOR (4/23).

2019-20: • Was named an alternate captain on Oct. 2 • Recorded his first point as a Sabre (assist) vs. NJD (10/5) • Scored his first goal as a Sabres player at CBJ (10/7) • Logged two points (1+1), including the game-winning goal in overtime vs. MTL (10/9) • Scored a goal vs. DAL (10/14) • Recorded two points (1+1) at SJS (10/19)