Buffalo Sabres Game Notes

Sat, Jan 30, 2021 NHL Game #124

Buffalo Sabres 3 - 3 - 2 (8 pts) New Jersey Devils 3 - 3 - 1 (7 pts) Team Game: 9 1 - 2 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 8 2 - 2 - 1 (Home) Home Game: 5 2 - 1 - 1 (Road) Road Game: 3 1 - 1 - 0 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 35 Linus Ullmark 5 2 1 2 2.51 .915 1 Eric Comrie ------40 Carter Hutton 3 1 2 0 2.65 .899 29 Mackenzie Blackwood 3 2 0 1 1.90 .948 31 Gilles Senn ------41 Scott Wedgewood 4 1 3 0 2.80 .900

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 L Taylor Hall 8 1 6 7 -4 2 5 D Connor Carrick ------9 C Jack Eichel 8 2 7 9 -4 2 7 D Matt Tennyson 7 0 1 1 7 2 10 D Henri Jokiharju 6 1 0 1 -1 0 8 D Will Butcher ------12 C Eric Staal 8 2 2 4 -3 0 11 L Andreas Johnsson 7 0 1 1 2 2 13 L Tobias Rieder 8 2 0 2 0 0 14 R Nathan Bastian 7 1 1 2 2 2 15 C Riley Sheahan 8 1 1 2 1 0 17 C Yegor Sharangovich 7 1 1 2 0 0 19 D Jake McCabe 8 1 1 2 1 9 19 C Travis Zajac 7 2 0 2 -1 2 20 C Cody Eakin 8 0 0 0 -1 0 20 C Michael McLeod 7 1 0 1 1 2 21 R Kyle Okposo 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 R Kyle Palmieri 7 0 3 3 1 4 23 R Sam Reinhart 8 3 3 6 -7 0 22 D Ryan Murray 7 0 1 1 1 0 24 C Dylan Cozens 7 2 1 3 2 0 23 L Mikhail Maltsev ------26 D Rasmus Dahlin 8 0 1 1 -7 2 24 D Ty Smith 7 1 5 6 2 4 27 C Curtis Lazar 8 2 1 3 1 0 28 D Damon Severson 7 1 1 2 0 6 33 D Colin Miller 8 1 1 2 -5 4 37 C Pavel Zacha 7 2 0 2 -1 2 44 D Matt Irwin 2 0 1 1 1 2 39 R Nicholas Merkley 2 0 1 1 1 0 53 L Jeff Skinner 8 0 1 1 1 4 44 L Miles Wood 7 3 2 5 3 9 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 8 1 3 4 3 6 45 D Sami Vatanen ------62 D Brandon Montour 8 0 1 1 -5 4 59 C Janne Kuokkanen 7 0 1 1 1 4 68 L Victor Olofsson 8 3 4 7 -4 0 63 L Jesper Bratt 1 0 0 0 0 0 72 R Tage Thompson 4 0 1 1 -2 2 70 D Dmitry Kulikov 7 0 1 1 1 0 76 D P.K. Subban 7 0 1 1 -5 10 86 C Jack Hughes 7 3 4 7 1 0 90 C Jesper Boqvist 4 0 0 0 0 2 97 L Nikita Gusev 7 0 1 1 -4 0

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

Tonight's Officials Referees Furman South (44), Chris Rooney (5) Linesmen James Tobias (61), Kory Nagy (97) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Emerson Adams * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule NJD @ BUF : 1:00 TOR @ EDM : 5:00 STL @ ANA : 6:00 DAL @ CAR : 7:00 FLA @ DET : 7:00 COL @ MIN : 7:00 CGY @ MTL : 7:00 PIT @ NYR : 7:00 NYI @ PHI : 7:00 NSH @ TBL : 7:00 BOS @ WSH : 7:00 VAN @ WPG : 9:00 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Taylor Hall L 6' 1" 206 Nov 14, 1991 Calgary, AB, CAN 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 213 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 199 Jun 17, 1999 Oulu, FIN 12 Eric Staal C 6' 4" 195 Oct 29, 1984 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 13 Tobias Rieder L 5' 11" 189 Jan 10, 1993 Landshut, DEU 15 Riley Sheahan C 6' 2" 216 Dec 7, 1991 St. Catharines, ON, CAN 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 20 Cody Eakin C 6' 0" 196 May 24, 1991 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 220 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 23 Sam Reinhart R 6' 2" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 24 Dylan Cozens C 6' 3" 188 Feb 9, 2001 Whitehorse, YT, CAN 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 207 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 27 Curtis Lazar C 6' 0" 193 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 199 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 208 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 44 Matt Irwin D 6' 2" 189 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 197 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 221 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 62 Brandon Montour D 6' 0" 194 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 182 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 7" 219 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 201 Age: 27.5

Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 28 Zemgus Girgensons L 6' 2" 213 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA

Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks JACK EICHEL (2 / 2 Games) VICTOR OLOFSSON (2 / 2 Games) JACK EICHEL (2-1-3 / 3 Games) VICTOR OLOFSSON (1-3-4 / 4 Games)

New Jersey Devils: Roster Active (28 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Eric Comrie G 6' 1" 175 Jul 6, 1995 Edmonton, AB, CAN 5 Connor Carrick D 5' 11" 192 Apr 13, 1994 Orland Park, IL, USA 7 Matt Tennyson D 6' 2" 205 Apr 23, 1990 Minneapolis, MN, USA 8 Will Butcher D 5' 10" 190 Jan 6, 1995 Sun Prairie, WI, USA 11 Andreas Johnsson L 5' 10" 194 Nov 21, 1994 Gävle, SWE 14 Nathan Bastian R 6' 4" 205 Dec 6, 1997 Kitchener, ON, CAN 17 Yegor Sharangovich C 6' 2" 196 Jun 6, 1998 Minsk, BLR 19 Travis Zajac C 6' 2" 185 May 13, 1985 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 20 Michael McLeod C 6' 2" 188 Feb 3, 1998 Mississauga, ON, CAN 21 Kyle Palmieri R 5' 11" 185 Feb 1, 1991 Smithtown, NY, USA 22 Ryan Murray D 6' 1" 206 Sep 27, 1993 Regina, SK, CAN 23 Mikhail Maltsev L 6' 3" 198 Mar 12, 1998 St. Petersburg, RUS 24 Ty Smith D 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 2000 Lloydminster, AB, CAN 28 Damon Severson D 6' 2" 205 Aug 7, 1994 Melville, SK, CAN 29 Mackenzie Blackwood G 6' 4" 225 Dec 9, 1996 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 31 Gilles Senn G 6' 5" 191 Mar 1, 1996 Bülach, CHE 37 Pavel Zacha C 6' 3" 210 Apr 6, 1997 Brno, CZE 39 Nicholas Merkley R 5' 10" 194 May 23, 1997 Calgary, AB, CAN 41 Scott Wedgewood G 6' 2" 207 Aug 14, 1992 Brampton, ON, CAN 44 Miles Wood L 6' 2" 195 Sep 13, 1995 Buffalo, NY, USA 45 Sami Vatanen D 5' 10" 185 Jun 3, 1991 Jyväskylä, FIN 59 Janne Kuokkanen C 6' 1" 193 May 25, 1998 Oulunsalo, FIN 63 Jesper Bratt L 5' 10" 175 Jul 30, 1998 Stockholm, SWE 70 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 76 P.K. Subban D 6' 0" 210 May 13, 1989 Toronto, ON, CAN 86 Jack Hughes C 5' 11" 176 May 14, 2001 Orlando, FL, USA 90 Jesper Boqvist C 6' 0" 180 Oct 30, 1998 Falun, SWE 97 Nikita Gusev L 5' 9" 163 Jul 8, 1992 Moscow, RUS 28 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 193 Age: 25.9

Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Jack Eichel 8 2 7 9 -4 2 1 0 1 29 6.9 21:06 52.14 5 6 L 68 Victor Olofsson 8 3 4 7 -4 0 2 0 0 25 12.0 17:13 0.00 0 3 L 4 Taylor Hall 8 1 6 7 -4 2 1 0 0 24 4.2 20:21 0.00 10 4 R 23 Sam Reinhart 8 3 3 6 -7 0 2 0 1 19 15.8 20:40 50.00 2 2 C 12 Eric Staal 8 2 2 4 -3 0 1 0 0 15 13.3 15:02 53.33 2 4 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 8 1 3 4 3 6 0 0 0 13 7.7 22:35 0.00 29 10 C 24 Dylan Cozens 7 2 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 7 28.6 12:24 50.00 3 2 C 27 Curtis Lazar 8 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 28.6 12:07 46.66 18 2 L 13 Tobias Rieder 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 13.3 13:24 0.00 9 6 C 15 Riley Sheahan 8 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 11:56 70.45 4 2 D 19 Jake McCabe 8 1 1 2 1 9 0 0 0 9 11.1 19:11 0.00 11 11 D 33 Colin Miller 8 1 1 2 -5 4 1 0 0 9 11.1 17:13 0.00 14 5 D 10 Henri Jokiharju 6 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 17:17 0.00 4 7 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 8 0 1 1 -7 2 0 0 0 25 0.0 19:19 0.00 7 5 D 44 Matt Irwin 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 17:49 0.00 5 1 L 53 Jeff Skinner 8 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 21 0.0 13:43 50.00 2 3 D 62 Brandon Montour 8 0 1 1 -5 4 0 0 0 16 0.0 21:17 0.00 8 9 R 72 Tage Thompson 4 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 5 0.0 14:41 50.00 4 3 C 20 Cody Eakin 8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 14:13 59.82 6 1 R 21 Kyle Okposo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 12:52 0.00 2 0

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 35 Linus Ullmark 5 311 2.51 2 1 2 0 13 140 .915 0 0 0 40 Carter Hutton 3 158 2.65 1 2 0 0 7 62 .899 0 0 0

New Jersey Devils: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 86 Jack Hughes 7 3 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 13 23.1 19:32 36.47 3 3 D 24 Ty Smith 7 1 5 6 2 4 0 0 0 12 8.3 16:47 0.00 7 5 L 44 Miles Wood 7 3 2 5 3 9 1 0 1 15 20.0 14:42 0.00 1 0 R 21 Kyle Palmieri 7 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 19 0.0 18:37 25.00 13 6 C 19 Travis Zajac 7 2 0 2 -1 2 0 0 0 10 20.0 16:47 41.81 8 2 C 37 Pavel Zacha 7 2 0 2 -1 2 0 0 0 13 15.4 16:39 43.02 3 2 R 14 Nathan Bastian 7 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 8 12.5 12:22 37.50 15 0 C 17 Yegor Sharangovich 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 16.7 15:08 25.80 3 4 D 28 Damon Severson 7 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 16 6.3 23:43 0.00 9 12 C 20 Michael McLeod 7 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 12.5 12:10 45.00 14 0 D 7 Matt Tennyson 7 0 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 8 0.0 13:05 0.00 14 5 L 11 Andreas Johnsson 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 13:09 60.00 4 2 D 22 Ryan Murray 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 21:30 0.00 2 8 R 39 Nicholas Merkley 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 11:25 100.00 3 0 C 59 Janne Kuokkanen 7 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 0.0 11:39 0.00 1 1 D 70 Dmitry Kulikov 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 19:38 0.00 13 12 D 76 P.K. Subban 7 0 1 1 -5 10 0 0 0 21 0.0 24:37 0.00 13 6 L 97 Nikita Gusev 7 0 1 1 -4 0 0 0 0 18 0.0 14:13 0.00 1 1 L 63 Jesper Bratt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 20:47 0.00 1 1 C 90 Jesper Boqvist 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 14:06 42.85 2 2

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 1 Eric Comrie ------29 Mackenzie Blackwood 3 190 1.90 2 0 1 0 6 109 .948 0 0 0 41 Scott Wedgewood 4 235 2.80 1 3 0 1 11 99 .900 0 0 0 New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres Team Records New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres Last game: Thursday VS PHILADELPHIA (3-1 L) Thursday VS NY RANGERS (3-2 L) Next game: Saturday AT BUFFALO Saturday VS NEW JERSEY Overall record/streak: 3 - 3 - 1 / Lost 2 3 - 3 - 2 / OTL 1 Home record/streak: 2 - 2 - 1 / Lost 2 1 - 2 - 1 / OTL 1 Road record/streak: 1 - 1 - 0 / Lost 1 2 - 1 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Last 5 Games: 2 - 3 - 0 2 - 1 - 2 Last 10 Games: 3 - 3 - 1 3 - 3 - 2 1-Goal Games: 2 - 0 - 1 2 - 1 - 2 2-Goal Games 1 - 2 0 - 1 3-Goal Games 0 - 1 1 - 1 Scoring first 3 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 Opponent scoring first 0 - 2 - 1 2 - 3 - 1 Leading after 1 period 3 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 1 period 0 - 2 - 1 2 - 1 - 0 Tied after 1 period 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 Leading after 2 periods 2 - 0 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 3 - 1 Tied after 2 periods 1 - 2 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 OT Record - This Season: 1 - 1 1 - 2 OT Record - Franchise: 221 - 203 - 205 204 - 207 - 215 Shootout Record - This Season: 0 - 1 1 - 1 Shootout Record - Franchise: 78 - 80 78 - 72 Outshooting opponent: 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 2 - 2 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Atlantic: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Metropolitan: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Central: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Pacific: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Month by Month Record New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points January: 3-3-1 7 3-3-2 8 Totals: 3-3-1 7 3-3-2 8 New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg New Jersey Devils: 5 6 3 1 15 ( 2.1 avg.) Opponents: 5 4 9 0 18 ( 2.6 avg.)

Buffalo Sabres: 5 10 7 0 22 ( 2.8 avg.) Opponents: 7 8 7 1 23 ( 2.9 avg.)

Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg New Jersey Devils: 63 65 60 8 196 (28.0 avg.) Opponents: 68 77 76 5 226 (32.3 avg.)

Buffalo Sabres: 77 103 72 6 258 (32.3 avg.) Opponents: 77 72 75 9 233 (29.1 avg.)

Power Play New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: 2 18 11.0 (26th NHL) 9 30 30.0 (9th NHL) Home: 1 15 6.0 (27th NHL) 4 16 25.0 (T-14th NHL) Road: 1 3 33.0 (T-2nd NHL) 5 14 35.0 (1st NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-16th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL)

Penalty Killing New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % Overall: 8 25 68.0 (30th NHL) 3 15 80.0 (12th NHL) Home: 4 16 75.0 (T-22nd NHL) 1 8 87.0 (T-8th NHL) Road: 4 9 55.0 (29th NHL) 2 7 71.0 (18th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-13th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-13th NHL)

Penalties New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 7 57 8.0 (T-14th NHL) 8 39 4.0 (1st NHL)

Goal Situations New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres For Against For Against 6 on 5: 0 1 1 2 6 on 4: 0 0 0 0 6 on 3: 0 0 0 0 5 on 5: 12 8 12 16 5 on 4: 2 1 9 0 5 on 3: 0 0 0 0 4 on 4: 0 0 0 1 4 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 3: 1 0 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 8 0 3 4 on 6: 0 0 0 0 5 on 6: 0 0 0 0 Empty Net: 0 1 0 2 Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 15 18 22 23 New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres Situations Individual Leaders New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres Points: J. HUGHES (7),T. SMITH (6),M. WOOD (5) J. EICHEL (9),T. HALL (7),V. OLOFSSON (7) Goals: M. WOOD (3),J. HUGHES (3),T. ZAJAC (2) S. REINHART (3),V. OLOFSSON (3),E. STAAL (2) Assists: T. SMITH (5),J. HUGHES (4),K. PALMIERI (3) J. EICHEL (7),T. HALL (6),V. OLOFSSON (4) PP Goals: M. WOOD (1),J. HUGHES (1) S. REINHART (2),V. OLOFSSON (2),E. STAAL (1) SH Goals: GW Goals: M. WOOD (1),E. SHARANGOVICH (1),J. HUGHES (1) S. REINHART (1),J. EICHEL (1) 3+ Goals: PIM: P. SUBBAN (10),M. WOOD (9),D. SEVERSON (6) J. MCCABE (9),R. RISTOLAINEN (6),J. SKINNER (4) Shots: P. SUBBAN (21),K. PALMIERI (19),N. GUSEV (18) J. EICHEL (29),V. OLOFSSON (25),R. DAHLIN (25) +/-: M. TENNYSON (+7),M. WOOD (+3),A. JOHNSSON (+2) R. RISTOLAINEN (+3),D. COZENS (+2),M. IRWIN (+1)

Shootout New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Nikita Gusev 0 / 1 0.0 0 Jack Eichel 1 / 2 50.0 1 Jesper Boqvist 0 / 1 0.0 0 Taylor Hall 0 / 1 0.0 0 Jack Hughes 0 / 1 0.0 0 Sam Reinhart 0 / 1 0.0 0 Dylan Cozens 0 / 1 0.0 0

Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Mackenzie Blackwood 0 - 1 1/3 .667 Linus Ullmark 1 - 1 1/7 .857

Power Play New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Player G A P Jack Hughes 1 1 2 Jack Eichel 1 4 5 Kyle Palmieri 0 2 2 Victor Olofsson 2 3 5 Ty Smith 0 1 1 Taylor Hall 1 3 4 Miles Wood 1 0 1 Sam Reinhart 2 1 3 Rasmus Ristolainen 0 3 3 Colin Miller 1 1 2 Eric Staal 1 1 2 Dylan Cozens 1 0 1 Rasmus Dahlin 0 1 1

Short Handed New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Player G A P No players to display No players to display Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes

LAST GAME Thursday, January 28 NY Rangers 3 at Buffalo 2 (OT) Goals: Eichel, Reinhart Goalie: Ullmark (36 saves/39 shots) PP: 1/4; PK: 3/3; Shots: NY Rangers 39 – Buffalo 25

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 17) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Zemgus Girgensons (hamstring, Jan. 14; injured reserve) – 8 games Henri Jokiharju (undisclosed, Jan. 26) – 2 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 1/24: Recalled F Casey Mittelstadt from the taxi squad; Activated F Kyle Okposo from IR; Loaned F Dylan Cozens to the taxi squad 1/25: Loaned G Jonas Johansson to the taxi squad; Reassigned F Rasmus Asplund and G Dustin Tokarski from the taxi squad to Rochester (AHL) 1/26: Recalled F Dylan Cozens from the taxi squad; Loaned F Casey Mittelstadt to the taxi squad

UPCOMING GAMES Sunday, Jan. 31: New Jersey at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2: Buffalo at NY Islanders, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4: Buffalo at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6: Buffalo at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.

TODAY’S GAME DEVILS at SABRES

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

• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated New Jersey 7-1 in Buffalo on Dec. 2, 2019

• Next meeting: Saturday, Jan. 31 in Buffalo

• The Sabres are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Devils; 4-5-1 at home.

• This is the 160th game all-time between Buffalo and New Jersey; Buffalo has a 78-55-26 series record.

• The Sabres are 43-27-11 at home against the Devils all-time.

THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY

• The Sabres are 10-7-3 all-time on January 30.

• January 30, 2007: Daniel Briere scores his second of two hat tricks as a member of the Sabres as the Sabres defeat the Bruins 7-1 in Buffalo.

• January 30, 2008: Ryan Miller stops all 32 Florida shots and Thomas Vanek scores the lone Buffalo goal as the Sabres defeat the Panthers 1-0 in

Florida.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

• The Sabres won both meetings with the Devils last season. They scored seven goals in each game, both of which took place in Buffalo.

• The home team has won the last five meetings between these teams. Since the Devils’ last win at KeyBank Center on Jan. 30, 2018, the Sabres have

won three straight games at home against New Jersey, outscoring them 19-4 in those contests.

• A victory today would give the Sabres wins in three consecutive matchups with the Devils for the first time since Oct. 23, 2010 to March 26, 2011.

• Entering play Friday, only Edmonton’s Ethan Bear and Darnell Nurse (8 GF) have been on the ice for more 5-on-5 goals as a pair than Jake McCabe

and Rasmus Ristolainen’s seven goals.

HOT AGAINST NEW JERSEY

• Jack Eichel has recorded 12 points (6+6) in his 11 career games against the Devils, including three points (1+2) in each of his last two meetings.

• Rasmus Dahlin has totaled five assists in four career games against New Jersey.

• Taylor Hall has posted seven points (3+4) in seven career games against the Devils.

• Jeff Skinner has totaled 10 points (6+4) in his last 10 matchups with New Jersey, including two points (1+1) in both meetings last season.

• Victor Olofsson has tallied two points in both of his career meetings with the Devils, totaling four points (3+1) in those games.

• Sam Reinhart has scored four goals and recorded 14 shots in his last four games against New Jersey, scoring at least a goal in three of those

contests.

• Jake McCabe has points in five of his last six games against the Devils (2+3), including a point in four straight matchups in Buffalo dating back to Jan.

30, 2018.

GOOD DAY FOR A MATINEE

• Today’s game is the second of 11 afternoon games for the Sabres this season. They won the first one on Jan. 14 at Washington.

• Buffalo went 7-2-2 in afternoon games during the 2019-20 season, including a 6-2-0 record at home and a 1-0-2 mark on the road.

BACK-TO-BACK Tonight’s game opens Buffalo’s third of eight sets of back-to-back games this season, which continues tomorrow afternoon vs. New Jersey. The Sabres are 1-1-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 0-2-0 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 (1).

EVEN-STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT The Sabres have seen a positive trend at even strength through the team’s first eight games of the season. So far, Buffalo’s 5-on-5 numbers have improved on the team’s per-60 rates from last season in several meaningful categories, including shot differential, shot attempt differential, scoring chance differential, high-danger scoring chance differential and expected goal differential.

Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5 (via NaturalStatTrick.com)

SF% CF% SCF% HDCF% xGF%

2019-20 48.13 (23rd) 49.13 (19th) 48.73 (20th) 48.19 (25th) 47.56 (25th)

2020-21 51.22 (12th) 52.08 (13th) 53.76 (10th) 61.11 (4th) 55.39 (6th)

Through eight games this season, the team has led its opponent at 5-on-5 in…

• shots: four times

• shot attempts: six times

• scoring chances: six times

• high-danger scoring chances: seven times

• expected goals: seven times

POWER UP

• Buffalo enters play Friday with the ninth-ranked power play in the league. The team has scored on nine of its 30 power play opportunities this season

for a 30.0 percent conversion rate.

• Entering play Friday, the Sabres tied for the league lead with seven different players with at least one goal on the power play, led by Victor Olofsson

and Sam Reinhart (two power-play goals each).

• The Sabres have 10 players with at least one power-play point this season, tying for third-most in the league before Friday’s games.

OUT OF THE BOX

• Entering play Friday, the Sabres have been the least-penalized team in the NHL at 4:52 of penalty time per game.

• At plus-15 (33 drawn/18 taken), the Sabres have the best penalty differential in the league entering Friday games.

BRICK WALL

• Linus Ullmark stopped all three Washington shooters on Jan. 24 to improve to 5-3 in shootouts in his career with 27 saves on 32 career shots faced

(.844). His five career shootout wins rank him third in franchise history behind Ryan Miller (49) and Jhonas Enroth (10).

• Entering play Friday, Ullmark’s shootout save percentage of .844 ranks fourth all-time among NHL goaltenders with at least 20 shots faced. Tampa

Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy (.852) is the only qualifying active goaltender with a better career save percentage in the shootout.

RISTO IN THE RECORD BOOK

• With his goal on Jan. 15 vs. Washington, Rasmus Ristolainen broke a tie with Bill Hajt for the 10th-most goals by a defenseman in Sabres history. He

now trails Tyler Myers and Jim Schoenfeld by two goals for eighth-most.

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

defenseman. He currently trails Bill Hajt by 13 points for sixth-most.

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

game-winning goals.

• Ristolainen’s career per-game output ranks him among the franchise’s top 15 defensemen in every major scoring category (min. 82 GP): .09 G/GP

(14th), .38 A/GP (12th), .46 PTS/GP (11th)

WE LIKE EICH

• With seven assists through his first eight games of the season, Jack Eichel entered play Friday tied for ninth in the NHL in assists.

• Eichel’s goal on Thursday vs. NY Rangers moved him past Jochen Hecht for sole possession of the 19th-most goals in franchise history (139). He now

trails Drew Stafford by six goals for 18th.

• Eichel’s career per-game output ranks in the franchise’s top 15 in every major scoring category (min. 82 GP): .38 G/GP (14th), .57 A/GP (10th), .96

PTS/GP (11th)

SABRES AMONG LEAGUE-LEADERS (Sabres’ league rankings before 1/29 games)

• Buffalo Sabres:0% FOW% (3rd), 30.0% PP% (9th), 32.3 S/GP (9th)

• Eichel: 7 A (T-9th), 5 PPP (T-9th)

• Ristolainen: 29 hits (9th)

SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Hits: Ristolainen (29), Lazar (18), Miller (14) Blocked Shots: McCabe (11), Ristolainen (10), Montour (9) Shots: Eichel (29), Dahlin (25), Hall (25)

SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 1-10: 3-3-2 (8), 23/24, 9/30, 12/15

OVERTIME RESULTS (0-1; 126-135 all-time) Jan. 28 vs. NYR: L, 3-2 (GDG-Lafrenière)

SHOOTOUT RESULTS (1-1; 78-72 all-time) Jan. 22 at.WSH: L, 4-3 (GDG-Carlson) Jan. 24 at WSH: W, 4-3 (GDG-Eichel)

MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player … Needs … Milestone) Games Played Cody Eakin … 6 games … 600 career games played Curtis Lazar … 8 games … 300 career games played Goals Rasmus Ristolainen … 2 goals … 45 career goals (T-8th in franchise history, defensemen) Kyle Okposo … 4 goals … 200 career goals Assists Riley Sheahan … 1 assist … 100 career assists Points Brandon Montour … 8 points … 100 career points Wins Carter Hutton … 6 wins … 100 career wins

RECENT MILESTONES Linus Ullmark … 100th NHL game … Jan. 24 at WSH Rasmus Ristolainen … 229 NHL points (sole possession, 7th in franchise history, defensemen) … Jan. 24 at WSH Rasmus Ristolainen … 500th NHL game … Jan. 26 vs. NYR Buffalo Sabres: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 01/14/2021 Washington Capitals L 00-01-00 4-6 4p,13,19,68 13 1-3 1-2 26-28 30 / 40 0 2 01/15/2021 Washington Capitals L 00-02-00 1-2 55 43 0-5 0-0 31-21 41 / 35 0 3 01/18/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 01-02-00 6-1 27,23p,23,27,10,68p 23 2-4 1-1 37-22 40 / 79 0 4 01/19/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 01-03-00 0-3 11 0-3 2-2 40-30 37 / 40 0 5 01/22/2021 @ Washington Capitals O** 01-03-01 3-4 12,24,15 74 0-2 1-1 27-32 41 / 35 0 6 01/24/2021 @ Washington Capitals W** 02-03-01 4-3 33p,68p,12p 9 3-5 1-3 48-31 35 / 41 0 7 01/26/2021 New York Rangers W 03-03-01 3-2 24p,13,9p 9 2-4 3-3 24-30 35 / 40 0 8 01/28/2021 New York Rangers O* 03-03-02 2-3 9,23p 13 1-4 3-3 25-39 31 / 35 0 9 01/30/2021 New Jersey Devils 10 01/31/2021 New Jersey Devils 11 02/02/2021 @ New York Islanders 12 02/04/2021 @ New York Islanders 13 02/06/2021 @ Boston Bruins 14 02/08/2021 @ Boston Bruins 15 02/11/2021 Washington Capitals 16 02/13/2021 Washington Capitals 17 02/15/2021 New York Islanders 18 02/16/2021 New York Islanders 19 02/20/2021 @ New Jersey Devils 20 02/22/2021 @ New Jersey Devils 21 02/26/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 22 02/28/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 23 03/02/2021 @ New York Rangers 24 03/05/2021 @ New York Islanders 25 03/07/2021 @ New York Islanders 26 03/09/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers 27 03/11/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 28 03/13/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 29 03/16/2021 @ New Jersey Devils 30 03/18/2021 Boston Bruins 31 03/20/2021 Boston Bruins 32 03/22/2021 @ New York Rangers 33 03/24/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 34 03/26/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 35 03/29/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 36 03/30/2021 Philadelphia Flyers 37 04/01/2021 New York Rangers 38 04/03/2021 New York Rangers 39 04/06/2021 @ New Jersey Devils 40 04/08/2021 New Jersey Devils 41 04/09/2021 New Jersey Devils 42 04/11/2021 @ Philadelphia Flyers 43 04/13/2021 @ Washington Capitals 44 04/15/2021 @ Washington Capitals 45 04/17/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 46 04/19/2021 Pittsburgh Penguins 47 04/22/2021 Boston Bruins 48 04/23/2021 Boston Bruins 49 04/25/2021 @ New York Rangers 50 04/27/2021 @ New York Rangers 51 04/29/2021 @ Boston Bruins 52 05/01/2021 @ Boston Bruins 53 05/03/2021 New York Islanders 54 05/04/2021 New York Islanders 55 05/06/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 56 05/08/2021 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. HALL EICHEL JOKIHARJU STAAL RIEDER SHEAHAN MCCABE # 4 # 9 # 10 # 12 # 13 # 15 # 19 Jan 14 Vs WSH 1-1,2/0 19:30 0-2,1/0 22:12 0-0,0/-2 14:56 0-0,1/-2 14:45 1-0,3/1 11:36 0-0,1/-1 09:55 1-1,1/0 16:36 Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-1,0/1 21:36 0-1,3/1 23:23 0-0,0/-1 14:15 0-0,2/-1 17:43 0-0,2/-1 12:42 0-0,0/0 08:21 0-0,1/1 17:36 Jan 18 @ PHI 0-3,2/0 18:20 0-3,3/0 18:36 1-0,2/2 18:08 0-1,0/1 15:27 0-0,1/0 12:49 0-1,1/2 13:12 0-0,1/0 18:54 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,6/-2 20:38 0-0,4/-2 20:58 0-0,1/0 19:42 0-0,5/0 15:59 0-0,3/0 12:30 0-0,0/-1 11:21 0-0,0/-1 16:57 Jan 22 @ WSH 0-0,2/0 25:08 0-0,4/0 23:31 0-0,2/0 22:28 1-0,2/0 12:54 0-0,2/0 13:30 1-0,1/1 12:53 0-0,2/2 23:22 Jan 24 @ WSH 0-0,7/-1 22:29 0-1,8/-1 24:28 0-0,2/0 14:13 1-0,5/0 15:50 0-0,1/0 13:08 0-0,0/0 10:31 0-0,0/0 19:33 Jan 26 Vs NYR 0-0,3/-2 18:04 1-0(W),3/-2 17:48 DNP 0-1,0/0 12:47 1-0,3/1 15:47 0-0,0/0 13:03 0-0,2/0 21:50 Jan 28 Vs NYR 0-1,2/0 17:04 1-0,3/0 17:52 DNP 0-0,0/-1 14:53 0-0,0/-1 15:16 0-0,0/0 16:15 0-0,2/-1 18:40

Date Opp. EAKIN OKPOSO REINHART COZENS DAHLIN LAZAR MILLER # 20 # 21 # 23 # 24 # 26 # 27 # 33 Jan 14 Vs WSH 0-0,0/1 13:23 0-1,2/-2 19:34 0-1,1/1 12:09 0-0,4/0 24:20 0-0,2/-1 11:33 0-0,1/-1 15:14 Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-0,0/-1 12:17 0-0,2/1 21:25 0-0,1/-1 12:49 0-0,2/-1 21:31 0-0,0/0 08:47 0-0,3/-1 15:35 Jan 18 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 13:47 2-0(W),6/0 18:38 0-0,0/1 14:29 0-0,3/1 19:56 2-0,2/2 12:17 0-0,0/2 18:40 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 13:37 0-0,2/-2 20:54 0-0,1/0 11:28 0-0,2/-2 18:34 0-0,2/-1 14:09 0-0,1/-1 18:43 Jan 22 @ WSH 0-0,0/-1 16:35 0-0,0/0 22:54 1-0,1/0 13:24 0-0,2/-2 10:08 0-1,0/1 13:12 0-0,0/-1 18:13 Jan 24 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 12:56 0-0,0/0 13:43 0-1,4/-1 24:36 MIN 0-0,6/-1 22:47 0-0,1/0 10:45 1-1,2/-1 17:02 Jan 26 Vs NYR 0-0,0/1 16:54 0-0,1/0 14:42 0-0,1/-2 17:45 1-0,3/1 10:12 0-1,4/-2 17:17 0-0,0/0 12:31 0-0,0/-2 15:50 Jan 28 Vs NYR 0-0,1/-1 14:15 0-0,0/0 10:12 1-1,2/-1 19:41 0-0,0/0 12:17 0-0,2/0 20:05 0-0,0/0 13:45 0-0,2/0 18:29

Date Opp. MITTELSTADT IRWIN SKINNER RISTOLAINEN MONTOUR OLOFSSON THOMPSON # 37 # 44 # 53 # 55 # 62 # 68 # 72 Jan 14 Vs WSH 0-0,2/-1 14:25 0-0,1/1 22:22 0-0,0/-2 20:37 1-1,2/-2 18:10 0-1,2/0 17:08 Jan 15 Vs WSH 0-0,2/0 14:28 1-0,3/1 20:51 0-0,4/-1 19:13 0-0,4/-1 19:51 0-0,2/-1 19:39 Jan 18 @ PHI 0-0,5/2 16:10 0-0,1/1 20:43 0-1,5/0 18:40 1-0,3/1 15:48 0-0,1/0 13:26 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,5/-1 14:33 0-0,3/-1 18:51 0-0,2/-1 23:40 0-0,0/-1 17:11 DNP Jan 22 @ WSH 0-1,1/1 12:15 0-0,2/2 26:39 0-0,2/-1 25:44 0-1,4/-1 14:25 0-0,0/-1 08:34 Jan 24 @ WSH 0-1,0/0 10:02 0-0,3/0 11:47 0-2,1/0 24:13 0-0,2/0 20:48 1-0,5/0 21:25 DNP Jan 26 Vs NYR MIN 0-1,1/1 17:57 0-0,0/0 12:28 0-1,1/0 23:20 0-0,0/1 20:07 0-1,2/0 16:01 DNP Jan 28 Vs NYR MIN 0-0,1/0 17:42 0-0,3/0 13:43 0-0,1/-1 23:41 0-0,1/-1 21:33 0-1,5/0 14:58 DNP

Date Opp. ASPLUND JOHANSSON ULLMARK HUTTON # 74 # 34 # 35 # 40 Jan 14 Vs WSH DND 5/27 L 58:36 Jan 15 Vs WSH 2/21 L 57:58 DND Jan 18 @ PHI DND DNP 1/22 W 60:00 Jan 19 @ PHI 0-0,2/0 07:20 1/9 19:02 DNP 1/20 L 39:53 Jan 22 @ WSH MIN DND 3/32 O 65:00 DNP Jan 24 @ WSH MIN DND 3/31 W 65:00 DNP Jan 26 Vs NYR MIN MIN 2/30 W 60:00 DND Jan 28 Vs NYR MIN MIN 3/39 O 62:47 DND Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Ralph Krueger Ralph Krueger was named the 19th head coach in Buffalo Sabres history on May 15, 2019 and he is currently in his second season behind the bench for the team in 2020-21.

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

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

#35: Linus Ullmark (G) 6' 4", 215 lbs. / Jul 31, 1993 (27 years and 5 months)

LEE-nuhs UHL-mahrk GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the sixth round (163rd overall) of the 2012 NHL Season 5 2-1-2 0 2.51 .915 Draft Career 102 43-42-12 3 2.79 .912 Last Win: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Last SO: OCT 25, 2019 @ DETROIT (34) Career vs. Opp 4 1-3-0 0 2.31 .921 Career Shootouts: 27/32 (.844), 5-3

Season Highs: Shots Saves 39 36 39 1/28 vs NYR 2019-20: •Stopped eight of nine total shootout attempts to go 2-0 in shootouts and finished the season with the best career shootout save percentage in Sabres history (.840) •Posted his third career shutout by stopping all 41 shots faced at DET (10/25) •Tied his previous career high with 44 saves in a 7-1 win vs. NJD (12/2), improving to 4-0-1 when facing at least 40 shots in 2019-20 •Logged eight straight starts for the Sabres from Dec. 21 vs. LAK to Jan. 9 at STL •Allowed just four goals on 122 even-strength shots faced (.967) in five consecutive team games from Jan. 12 at DET to Jan. 28 vs. OTT

2020-21: •Made 19 saves in his first game of the season vs. WSH (1/15) •Earned his first win of the season in his 100th career game at WSH (1/24) •Recorded his first regulation win of the season vs. NYR (1/26) with a 28-save effort

#40: Carter Hutton (G) 6' 0", 208 lbs. / Dec 19, 1985 (35 years and 1 month)

KAHR-tuhr HUH-tuhn GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Undrafted Season 3 1-2-0 0 2.65 .899 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2018 Career 222 94-80-26 13 2.67 .910 Last Win: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (1) Last SO: OCT 17, 2019 @ LOS ANGELES (29) Career vs. Opp 7 4-3-0 0 2.41 .895 Career Shootouts: 45/72 (.625), 11-9

Season Highs: Shots Saves 27 22 27 1/14 vs WSH 2019-20: •Began the season with wins in his first six appearances, becoming the first Sabres goaltender to start a season 6-0-0 since Martin Biron in 2006-07 •Posted a new career-best shutout streak by playing 134:22 without allowing a goal from Oct. 9 to Oct. 22; the four-game stretch included shutouts in consecutive appearances on Oct. 14 vs. DAL and Oct. 17 at LAK that earned him NHL Third Star of the Week honors for the second time in his career •Set a Sabres franchise record for most saves in a shutout (47) in the Oct. 17 win at LAK •Appeared in his 200th NHL game at CHI (11/17)

2020-21: •Made 22 saves in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Made 21 saves and allowed only one goal at PHI (1/18) #4: Taylor Hall (L) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Nov 14, 1991 (29 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected by Edmonton in the first round (1st overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 11, 2020 Season 8 1-6-7 -4 2 Last Goal: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (7) Career 635 219-351-570 -46 352 Last Assist: JAN 28, 2021 vs NY RANGERS Career Shootouts: 8/33 (24%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 7 3-4-7 3 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 25:08 7 3 +1 1/14 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 1/26 vs NYR 1/22 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 2 times 1/15 vs WSH 2019-20: •Registered the seventh 50-point season of his NHL career •Led the New Jersey Devils in points (25), assists (19) and shots (109) through 30 games played before being traded to the Arizona Coyotes on Dec. 16; led or tied to lead the Coyotes in goals (10), assists (17), points (27) and shots (123) in the team’s 35 games following the trade •Tied his previous best assist streak with eight assists in seven games from Oct. 19 vs. VAN to Nov. 7 at CGY •Played in his 600th career NHL game vs. ANA (1/2) •Recorded six points (2+4) in nine postseason contests for the Coyotes

2020-21: •Scored a power-play goal and added an assist in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded an assist vs. WSH (1/15) •Tallied three assists at PHI (1/18), becoming the 20th player in franchise history to begin his Sabres' career on a three-game point streak. •Had a team-high six shots on goal at PHI (1/19) • Notched an assist vs. NYR (1/28)

#9: Jack Eichel (C) 6' 2", 213 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (24 years and 3 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 8 2-7-9 -4 2 Last Goal: JAN 28, 2021 vs NY RANGERS Career 362 139-207-346 -64 138 Last Assist: JAN 24, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career Shootouts: 7/23 (30%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 6-6-12 0 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 24:28 8 2 +1 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 1/28 vs NYR 1/24 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 2 times 1/15 vs WSH 2019-20: •Scored a career-best 36 goals, ranking eighth in the league; tied for 10th in points (78) •Became the fifth player to lead (or tie to lead) the team in all three major scoring categories (goals, assists and points) twice in his career •Ended the season as one of three players in team history to score 20 or more goals in each of his first five NHL seasons •Tied Gilbert Perreault’s record for most consecutive appearances with a point by a Sabre (18), tallying 32 points (16+16) from Nov. 16 to Dec. 21

2020-21: •Tallied two assists in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded an assist vs. WSH (1/15) •Had three assists at PHI (1/18) marking his first three-assist game since Nov. 3, 2018 vs. OTT •Won 17 of 25 faceoffs at WSH (1/22) •Tallied an assist and scored the game-deciding goal in the shootout at WSH (1/24) •Scored his first goal of the season, a power-play tally, vs. NYR (1/26) •Scored a goal in a second consecutive game vs. NYR (1/28) #10: Henri Jokiharju (D) 6' 0", 199 lbs. / Jun 17, 1999 (21 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by Chicago in the first round (29th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Chicago in exchange for Alexander Nylander on July 9, 2019 Season 6 1-0-1 -1 0 Last Goal: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (3) Career 113 5-23-28 -14 48 Last Assist: FEB 23, 2020 vs WINNIPEG (13) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 3 1-1-2 0 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 22:28 2 1 +2 1/18 vs PHI 6 times 1/18 vs PHI 6 times 1/22 vs WSH 3 times 4 times 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •In his first full NHL season, was one of four players to appear in all 69 of Buffalo’s games •Made his Sabres debut at PIT (10/3) •Recorded his first point as a member of the Sabres with an assist vs. DAL (10/14) •Posted his third career multi-point game (0+2) at SJS (10/19) •Led the team with five shots and scored his first NHL goal at WSH (1/1) •Scored his first career power-play goal vs. NJD (12/2) •Led the team with a season-high 22:22 of ice time vs. Detroit (2/11) before topping that ice time with 22:26 in the team’s next game vs. Columbus (2/13) •Recorded an assist in his 100th NHL game vs. WPG (12/23)

2020-21: •Skated 14:56 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first goal of the season, the Sabres' fifth of the night, at PHI (1/18) •Skated a season high 22:28 at WSH (1/22)

#12: Eric Staal (C) 6' 4", 195 lbs. / Oct 29, 1984 (36 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Carolina in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Minnesota in exchange for Marcus Johansson on Sept. 16, 2020 Season 8 2-2-4 -3 0 Last Goal: JAN 24, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career 1248 438-587-1025 -50 818 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Career Shootouts: 6/27 (22%), 5 GDG Career vs. Opp 53 8-19-27 -18 44

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 17:43 5 1 +1 2 times 2 times 4 times 8 times 1/15 vs WSH 2 times 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •Appeared in his sixth career NHL All-Star Game in St. Louis •Tied for the team lead with 14 even-strength goals while leading all Minnesota Wild players in game-winning goals (5) and faceoff wins (495) •Ranked third among Wild skaters in goals (19) and points (47) •Tallied points in six straight games (4+5) from Oct. 26 vs. LA to Nov. 7 at SJS •Became the 113th player in NHL history to appear in 1,200 regular-season NHL games with a multi-point performance (1+1) vs. OTT (11/29) •Recorded his 1,000th NHL point with a goal at CHI (12/15), becoming the 89th player in NHL history to achieve that milestone

2020-21: •Skated 14:45 and won eight faceoffs in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Tallied an assist for his first point as a Sabre at PHI (1/18) •Scored his first goal as a Sabre at WSH (1/22) •Scored a power-play goal, his second goal in as many games, at WSH (1/24) •Extended his point streak to three games with an assist vs. NYR (1/26) #13: Tobias Rieder (L) 5' 11", 189 lbs. / Jan 10, 1993 (28 years)

Drafted: Selected by Edmonton in the fourth round (114th overall) of the 2011 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 8 2-0-2 0 0 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 9, 2020 Career 442 61-79-140 -80 50 Last Goal: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Last Assist: FEB 21, 2020 vs BOSTON (15) Career vs. Opp 12 1-3-4 -7 0 Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 15:47 3 4 +1 2 times 8 times 2 times 8 times 1/26 vs NYR 3 times 1/22 vs WSH 2 times 2019-20: •Notched his fifth career shorthanded goal in his 400th NHL game vs. BUF (12/5) •Tied his longest career point streak with points in three straight games from Dec. 5 vs. BUF to Dec. 9 at COL (1+2) •Scored goals in consecutive games for the second time in his career on Feb. 8 at VAN and Feb. 10 at SJS •Recorded five points (3+2) in 10 playoff contests with the Flames •Scored his first career playoff goal while shorthanded vs. WPG (8/1) •His three shorthanded goals in the playoffs tied an NHL postseason record; he was the seventh player to score three in a single postseason (Derek Sanderson, Bill Barber, Lorne Henning, Wayne Gretzky, Wayne Presley, Todd Marchant) and the first player to do so since 1997.

2020-21: •Scored a goal in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his second goal of the season on a breakaway vs. NYR (1/26)

#15: Riley Sheahan (C) 6' 2", 216 lbs. / Dec 7, 1991 (29 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Selected by Detroit in the first round (21st overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on Jan. 8, 2021 Season 8 1-1-2 1 0 Last Goal: JAN 22, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Career 521 67-99-166 -49 83 Last Assist: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (5) Career Shootouts: 2/5 (40%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 21 4-4-8 -3 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 16:15 1 2 +2 1/22 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 2 times 8 times 1/28 vs NYR 3 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •Ranked second on the Edmonton Oilers in faceoffs taken (834) and led the team in defensive zone draws (455) •Led the team in shorthanded faceoffs (210) and total shorthanded ice time (154:53), helping the Oilers to the league’s second-best penalty kill rate •His 5.42 goals against per 60 minutes on the penalty kill ranked 15th-best among the top 100 NHL forwards in shorthanded ice time •Ranked third among Edmonton forwards with 33 blocked shots •Tallied his third career shorthanded goal vs. PIT (12/20) •Set career-high totals in assists (3) and points (4) vs. ARI (1/18) •Skated in his 500th NHL game at FLA (2/15)

2020-21: •Skated 9:55 in his Sabres debut vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded his first point as a Sabre with an assist and won five of six faceoffs at PHI (1/18) •Won five of eight faceoffs at PHI (1/19) •Scored his first goal as a Sabre at WSH (1/22) •Won four of five faceoffs at WSH (1/24) • Won all six faceoffs he took vs. NYR (1/26) #19: Jake McCabe (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (27 years and 3 months)

JAYK muh-KAYB GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the second round (44th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Season 8 1-1-2 1 9 Last Goal: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (7) Career 348 18-58-76 -29 203 Last Assist: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (7) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 13 2-3-5 -1 8

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 5 23:22 2 3 +2 1/14 vs WSH 1/14 vs WSH 1/14 vs WSH 1/14 vs WSH 1/22 vs WSH 3 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/22 vs WSH 2019-20: •Served as one of the team’s alternate captains for the first time in his career •Led the team with a career-high 2:17 of shorthanded ice time per game, playing 53.5 percent of the Sabres’ penalty-kill time with him in the lineup •Led all Sabres with 90 blocked shots, including a team-high 22 while shorthanded •Finished the season with career-best puck-possession rates at even strength (50.4 SAT% and 50.7 USAT%) despite having the lowest offensive zone start percentage among the team’s regular blueliners (44.0%) •Scored his second career game-winning goal at DET (10/25) •Appeared in his 300th NHL game at TOR (11/30) •Tied the longest point streak of his career with assists in three consecutive games from Feb. 26 at COL to Feb. 29 at ARI

2020-21: •Tallied his eighth career multi-point game with two points (1+1) in the season opener vs. WSH (1/14) • Skated a season-high 23:22 at WSH (1/22) • Led all skaters with 4:49 shorthanded TOI vs. NYR (1/28)

#20: Cody Eakin (C) 6' 0", 196 lbs. / May 24, 1991 (29 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by Washington in the third round (85th overall) of the 2009 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 8 0-0-0 -1 0 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 11, 2020 Career 594 103-134-237 -2 242 Last Goal: MAR 9, 2020 vs ARIZONA (9) Last Assist: MAR 11, 2020 @ EDMONTON (8) Career vs. Opp 13 0-2-2 -4 4 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 16:54 1 2 +1 8 times 8 times 8 times 8 times 1/26 vs NYR 4 times 1/26 vs NYR 2 times 2019-20: •Appeared in 41 games and missed 21 due to injury in his third season with the Vegas Golden Knights before being traded to the Winnipeg Jets •Scored his 100th NHL goal and logged a season-high 18:58 of ice time vs. TOR (11/19), also tying his season high with five shots on goal. •Joined the Jets on Feb. 21 and totaled five points (1+4) in eight regular-season games with the team, including a three-game point streak to end the season •Averaged 17:03 of ice time in Winnipeg’s four playoff games

2020-21: •Skated 13:23 and won six faceoffs in his first game as a Sabre vs. WSH (1/14) •Won 16 of 24 faceoffs at WSH (1/24) •Won 63 percent of his faceoffs (12 for 19) vs. NYR (1/26) • Won 10 of 16 faceoffs vs. NYR (1/28)

#21: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' 0", 220 lbs. / Apr 16, 1988 (32 years and 9 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 3 0-0-0 0 0 Draft Career 803 196-310-506 -113 443 Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2016 Last Goal: FEB 23, 2020 vs WINNIPEG (10) Career vs. Opp 47 9-16-25 1 28 Last Assist: MAR 3, 2020 @ WINNIPEG (6) Career Shootouts: 14/43 (33%), 9 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 14:42 1 1 +0 3 times 3 times 3 times 3 times 1/26 vs NYR 1/26 vs NYR 2 times 3 times 2019-20: •Buffalo was 8-6-1 when he recorded at least a point, including a 3-0-0 record in his multi-point games •Recorded his 500th NHL point with a goal vs. TOR (2/16) •Tallied six points (4+2) during a five-game point streak from Feb. 16 vs. TOR to Feb. 26 at COL •Appeared in his 800th career NHL game vs. WSH (3/9)

2020-21: •Skated 13:43 in his first game of the season at WSH (1/24) #23: Sam Reinhart (R) 6' 2", 193 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (25 years and 2 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 8 3-3-6 -7 0 Last Goal: JAN 28, 2021 vs NY RANGERS Career 408 112-149-261 -76 80 Last Assist: JAN 28, 2021 vs NY RANGERS Career Shootouts: 7/22 (32%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 14 4-1-5 0 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 0 24:36 6 1 +1 1/18 vs PHI 3 times 2 times 8 times 1/24 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 2 times 1/15 vs WSH 2019-20: •Recorded a career-best .32 goals per game, scoring his 20th goal of the season in just his 55th game; it was 14 games quicker than his previous best season (2015-16) •Was one of four players to appear in all 69 games for the Sabres, marking his third consecutive season with no games missed •Scored his 100th NHL goal vs. EDM (1/2) •Tied his career high with three points (1+2) vs. VGK (1/14) •Logged a career-high 25:34 of ice time vs. ANA (2/9) •Appeared in his 400th NHL game on vs. WSH (3/9)

2020-21: •Tallied an assist in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded the 10th multi-goal game of his career with two goals at PHI (1/18) •Tallied an assist and skated a season high 24:36 at WSH (1/24) •Scored a power-play goal and added an assist vs. NYR (1/28)

#24: Dylan Cozens (C) 6' 3", 188 lbs. / Feb 9, 2001 (19 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (7th overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Season 7 2-1-3 2 0 Last Assist: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (6) Career 7 2-1-3 2 0 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 14:29 3 1 +1 2 times 1/14 vs WSH 3 times 7 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/26 vs NYR 3 times 3 times 2019-20: •Set new career highs in goals (38) and points (85) in 51 games as co-captain of the Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) and earned a spot on the WHL Eastern Conference First All-Star Team •Tied for fifth in the WHL in goals and ranked seventh in points; his 1.67 points per game ranked third •Tied to lead the WHL with four shorthanded goals •Logged a shooting percentage over 15 percent for the third consecutive season •Recorded three separate seven-game point streaks and never went more than a single game without recording a point

2020-21: •Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Juniors. Named a Top 3 player on the team and earned All-Tournament honors after leading the tournament in goals (8) •Recorded an assist in his first NHL game vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first NHL goal at WSH (1/22) • Scored a goal in a second consecutive game, the first power-play goal of his career, vs. NYR (1/26) #26: Rasmus Dahlin (D) 6' 3", 207 lbs. / Apr 13, 2000 (20 years and 9 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 8 0-1-1 -7 2 Last Goal: FEB 9, 2020 vs ANAHEIM (21) Career 149 13-72-85 -27 74 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 0-5-5 3 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 24:20 6 1 +1 8 times 1/26 vs NYR 1/26 vs NYR 1/14 vs WSH 1/14 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 7 times 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •With a career-best 36 assists, joined Phil Housley as the second defenseman in franchise history to record at least 30 assists in both of his first two NHL seasons. •His .678 points per game represented the best single-season scoring rate by a Sabres defenseman since Brian Campbell (.683) in 2007-08 •Recorded .596 points per game through his first two NHL seasons, ranking as the 11th-highest career rate among active NHL defensemen with at least 100 career games played •Became the sixth different Sabres defenseman ever to record at least 10 points (1+9) in the team’s first 10 games of a season •Recorded his first career three-point game with three assists vs. NJD (10/5)

2020-21: •Led all skaters with 25:25 TOI in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Had three shots in 19:56 TOI at PHI (1/18) • Tallied an assist for his first point of the season vs. NYR (1/26)

#27: Curtis Lazar (C) 6' 0", 193 lbs. / Feb 2, 1995 (25 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in the first round (17th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2019 Season 8 2-1-3 1 0 Last Goal: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (5) Career 292 22-42-64 -19 68 Last Assist: JAN 22, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 10 1-1-2 -4 4

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 0 14:09 2 4 +2 1/18 vs PHI 1/22 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 8 times 1/19 vs PHI 3 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •Set career-high marks in faceoff percentage (51.3%) and goals per game (.13); tied his career high in points per game (.26) •The Sabres were 5-2-1 when he recorded at least a point •Played 18 games for the Rochester Americans (AHL), leading the team in points per game (.78) and ranking third with a plus-10 rating •Tallied a career-best five points (2+3) in Rochester’s game vs. SYR (10/26) •Scored on his first shot on goal in his Sabres debut vs. CAR (11/14) •Tied his previous career best with three-game point streaks from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 (2+1) and Jan. 12 to 16 (1+3). •Recorded his first career multi-assist game with two assists at DET (1/12)

2020-21: •Skated 11:33 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Recorded the second multi-goal game of his career with two goals at PHI (1/18) •Won five of eight faceoffs at PHI (1/19) •Tallied an an assist at WSH (1/22)

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

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

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------2019-20: •Tied his previous career high with 11 even-strength goals •Was one of four players to appear in all 69 games for the Sabres •With 12 goals and 19 points, logged his highest totals in both categories since his career-best numbers in 2014-15 •Led all Sabres forwards in shorthanded ice time for the second straight season, averaging 2:08 of penalty kill time per game •Tied his career high with two goals at FLA (11/14) •Scored his seventh career shorthanded goal at DET (1/12) •Recorded points in three consecutive games for the fifth time of his career from Feb. 20 at PIT to Feb. 26 at COL (2+2) #33: Colin Miller (D) 6' 1", 199 lbs. / Oct 29, 1992 (28 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 2012 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 8 1-1-2 -5 4 Acquired: From Vegas in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft Career 309 24-88-112 -18 217 and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft on June 28, 2019 Last Goal: JAN 24, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career vs. Opp 10 2-4-6 2 13 Last Assist: JAN 24, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 18:43 3 4 +2 1/24 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 2 times 1/19 vs PHI 1/15 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •The Sabres were 8-0-2 when he recorded at least a point •Recorded his 100th NHL point with an assist in the Buffalo’s season-opener at PIT (10/3) •Scored his first career overtime goal at EDM (12/8), also marking his first goal as a member of the Sabres •Recorded assists in back-to-back games on Feb. 6 vs. DET and Feb. 7 at NYR •Appeared in his 300th NHL game at PHI (3/7)

2020-21: •Skated 15:14 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first goal of the season on the power play and added an assist at WSH (1/24)

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

Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent on Oct. 9, 2020 Season 2 0-1-1 1 2 Last Goal: DEC 6, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (70) Career 361 22-61-83 10 152 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 0-1-1 1 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 17:57 1 3 +1 2 times 1/26 vs NYR 1/26 vs NYR 1/28 vs NYR 1/26 vs NYR 2 times 1/28 vs NYR 1/26 vs NYR 2019-20: •Appeared in 27 games in his fourth season with the Nashville Predators before joining the Anaheim Ducks for his final nine games of the season •Finished the season with a positive shot-attempt differential at even strength despite the most defensive deployment of his career (47.7 OZ%) •Led the Ducks in ice time per game (22:27), hits (27) and blocked shots (24) in his nine games with the team, also leading Anaheim defensemen with 18 shots on goal in those contests •Logged a career-high 27:42 of ice time at COL (3/4)

2020-21: • Skates 17:57 and tallied an assist in his Sabres debut vs. NYR (1/26)

#53: Jeff Skinner (L) 5' 11", 197 lbs. / May 16, 1992 (28 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by Carolina in the first round (10th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Carolina in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second-round pick in the 2019 Season 8 0-1-1 1 4 NHL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 Career 728 258-208-466 -117 326 NHL Draft on August 2, 2018 Last Goal: FEB 29, 2020 @ ARIZONA (12) Career vs. Opp 36 16-8-24 -7 30 Last Assist: JAN 22, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (3) Career Shootouts: 6/36 (17%), 3 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 16:10 5 1 +2 8 times 1/22 vs WSH 1/22 vs WSH 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 2 times 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •Buffalo was 9-2-3 when he scored a goal and 12-3-4 when he recorded a point •Ranked third on the Sabres with 14 even-strength goals •Scored in three straight games from Oct. 5 vs. NJD to Oct. 9 vs. MTL •Tallied his 200th NHL assist at ANA (10/16) •Recorded two points (1+1) and six shots on goal vs. CAR (11/14), also tying his previous career high with a plus-4 rating •Tallied two points (1+1), including the game-winning goal, and a team-high seven shots vs. NJD (12/2) •Appeared in his 700th NHL game vs. BOS (12/27)

2020-21: •Skated 14:31 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Tallied an assist for his first point of the season at WSH (1/22) #55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 221 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (26 years and 3 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 8 1-3-4 3 6 Last Goal: JAN 15, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (6) Career 501 43-188-231 -142 261 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs NY RANGERS (1) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 18 1-6-7 -2 6

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 26:39 3 8 +2 1/15 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 1/24 vs WSH 3 times 1/22 vs WSH 2 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/22 vs WSH 2019-20: • Appeared in all 69 of Buffalo’s games •Led the team in average time on ice (22:48) and finished in the top five in points (5th, 33) and shots (4th, 128) for the fifth straight season •Logged a career-high 7.74 hits per 60; ranked eighth in the league and led all NHL defensemen with 203 total hits •Became the ninth defenseman to record 200 career points with the Sabres with an assist vs. TBL (11/8) •Recorded points in five straight games (1+5) from Nov. 29 vs. TOR to Dec. 7 at VAN

2020-21: •Skated 22:22 and had three hits in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first goal of the season vs. WSH (1/15) •Led the team with eight hits and skated a team-high 20:43 at PHI (1/18) •Recorded his first multi-point game of the season with two assists at WSH (1/24), passing Jim Schoenfeld for sole possession of the seventh- most career points recorded by a Sabres defenseman (230) • Recorded an assist and led the team with 23:20 TOI in his 500th career game vs. NYR (1/26)

#62: Brandon Montour (D) 6' 0", 194 lbs. / Apr 11, 1994 (26 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Selected by Anaheim in the second round (55th overall) of the 2014 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 8 0-1-1 -5 4 Acquired: From Anaheim in exchange for Brendan Guhle and a first-round pick in the Career 251 24-68-92 15 144 2019 NHL Draft on Feb. 24, 2019 Last Goal: FEB 18, 2020 @ OTTAWA (17) Career vs. Opp 6 2-2-4 0 6 Last Assist: JAN 18, 2021 @ PHILADELPHIA (5) Career Shootouts: 2/4 (50%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 25:44 5 2 +1 8 times 1/18 vs PHI 1/18 vs PHI 2 times 1/22 vs WSH 1/18 vs PHI 3 times 1/26 vs NYR 2019-20: •Scored in back-to-back games for the third time in his career with goals on Nov. 19 vs. MIN and Nov. 21 at BOS •Split time between forward and defense on at FLA (11/24), recording an assist while playing as a forward •Appeared in his 200th NHL game vs. CGY (11/27) •Tied his longest career point streak with assists in four straight games from Nov. 29 vs. TOR to Dec. 5 at CGY •Posted his second career multi-goal game with two tallies at OTT (2/18), adding an assist for his third career game with at least three points

2020-21: •Skated 20:43 in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Tallied an assist for his first point of the season and had five shots at PHI (1/18) •Skated a team high 23:40 at PHI (1/19) •Had a season high 25:44 TOI at WSH (1/22) #68: Victor Olofsson (L) 5' 11", 182 lbs. / Jul 18, 1995 (25 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the seventh round (181st overall) of the 2014 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season 8 3-4-7 -4 0 Last Goal: JAN 24, 2021 @ WASHINGTON (2) Career 68 25-28-53 -4 8 Last Assist: JAN 28, 2021 vs NY RANGERS Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 3-1-4 2 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 0 21:25 5 0 +1 3 times 4 times 1/14 vs WSH 8 times 1/24 vs WSH 2 times 8 times 1/18 vs PHI 2019-20: •Earned a spot on the 2020 NHL All-Rookie Team after tying for second among NHL rookies with 20 goals in 54 games •Named NHL Rookie of the Month for October and December •Became the 16th Sabres rookie ever to record 20 goals in a season despite playing just 54 games •Recorded .78 points per game, marking the highest scoring rate by a Sabres rookie with at least 15 games played since Ray Sheppard (.88) in 1987-88 •His 11 power-play goals tied for 11th-most in the NHL •The Sabres were 10-4-4 when he scored at least one goal •Recorded two separate six-game point streaks from Nov. 19 to 29 (3+3) and Dec. 10 to 21 (4+4)

2020-21: •Scored a goal and added an assist in the first game of the season vs. WSH (1/14) •Scored his first power-play goal of the season at PHI (1/18) •Had an assist at WSH (1/22) •Scored a power-play goal at WSH (1/24) •Recorded an assist vs. NYR (1/26) • Tallied an assist and led the team with five shots vs. NYR (1/28)

#72: Tage Thompson (R) 6' 7", 219 lbs. / Oct 30, 1997 (23 years and 2 months)

TAYJ TAHMP-suhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected by St. Louis in the first round (26th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft Season 4 0-1-1 -2 2 Acquired: From St. Louis with Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka, a first-round pick in Career 111 10-12-22 -36 34 the 2019 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft in exchange for forward Ryan O’Reilly on July 1, 2018 Career vs. Opp 4 0-2-2 0 0 Last Goal: JAN 29, 2019 @ COLUMBUS (28) Last Assist: JAN 14, 2021 vs WASHINGTON (3) Career Shootouts: 1/3 (33%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 19:39 2 3 +0 4 times 1/14 vs WSH 1/14 vs WSH 1/22 vs WSH 1/15 vs WSH 2 times 1/14 vs WSH 2 times 2019-20: •Sustained a season-ending injury in his first NHL game of the 2019-20 season on Nov. 17 at CHI •Was tied for the Rochester Americans’ team lead with 12 points (6+6) and ranked second in the AHL with 67 shots at the time of his recall; had earned a three-star selection in five of the Amerks’ 16 games up to that point •Logged two goals, including the overtime game-winner, in Rochester’s season-opener vs. SYR (10/4) •Scored the game-deciding goal in a 3-2 shootout victory for the Americans at HFD (10/13)

2020-21: •Tallied an assist in 17:08 TOI in the season opener vs. WSH (1/14) New Jersey Devils: Media Notes

LAST GAME vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Scott Wedgewood stopped 14 of 17 shots faced (.823), falling to 1-3-0 on the season. Damon Severson recorded his first goal of the season and 38th of his career. Severson is now three goals away from tying Rob Ramage for seventh in franchise history for goals by a defenseman. Ryan Murry recorded his first assist/point with New Jersey tonight on Damon Severson’s goal. Jesper Bratt made his season debut tonight skating 20:47 and recording two shots. Kyle Palmieri led all Devils players with six shots tonight. Palmieri set a personal season-high for shots in a game.

TODAY’S GAME at. BUFFALO SABRES

Today’s game marks the first of eight games between New Jersey and Buffalo in the 2020-21 regular season series. Today’s game will mark the first back-to-back set Devils will play this season. The Devils will play six back-to-back sets this season, two of which involve the Buffalo Sabres. Last season the Devils were 0-5-4 in the first game and 4-4-1 in the second game.

This season series between the Devils and Sabres will mark the fifth time in franchise history that New Jersey and Buffalo will play consecutive games against each other. This season will also mark the second time in franchise history that New Jersey and Buffalo will play a back-to-back against each other. The last time was Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, 2016. The Devils won both games of the back-to-back home and home set. This weekends back-to-back will be the first time in franchise history the two teams have played a back-to-back in the same location.

The Devils will play the Sabres eight times during the 2020-21 regular season. This will set a new franchise record for games played in a single season between New Jersey and Buffalo. The previous high for games played between New Jersey and Buffalo franchises in a single regular season series was four, which was done 25 times. The last time the Devils and Sabres played each other four times in a regular season series was back in the 2011-12 regular season.

Nico Hischier (1-1-2) led New Jersey in points in the 2019-20 season series against the Sabres.

The Devils were 0-2-0 last season vs the Sabres. New Jersey was 0-0-0 at Prudential Center and 0-2-0 at KeyBank Center.

All-time franchise regular season record vs Buffalo: 64-70-17-8 All-time franchise regular season record vs Buffalo on the road: 30-38-8-5 All-time leader in points vs Buffalo: Patrik Elias (42), John MacLean (30), Bobby Holik (28), Scott Gomez (23), Scott Niedermayer (23) All-time franchise leader in goals vs Buffalo: John MacLean (17), Patrik Elias (12), Petr Sykora (11), Bill Guerin (11) All-time franchise leader in assists vs Buffalo: Patrik Elias (30), Bobby Holik (20), Scott Niedermayer (19), Scott Gomez (16) All-time franchise leader in win vs Buffalo: Martin Brodeur (33), Cory Schneider (10), Chris Terreri (4), Keith Kinkaid (3)

INJURIES

Nico Hischier 7 (Day-to-day) – 7 games missed; Lower-body injury sustained Dec. 29

Total Man-Games Lost to Injury: 7

RUFF

Ruff is one of the most successful coaches in NHL history, ranking third in wins among active coaches and sixth all-time. He is also fourth among active coaches in games coached and seventh all-time. In parts of 19 NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres (1997-98 to 2012-13) and Dallas Stars (2013-14 to 2016-17), Ruff has compiled a career coaching record of 739-556-78-126=1,682 points (.561 points percentage) in 1,499 career regular-season games. He has posted nine 40-plus win seasons, including a career-high 53 wins in 2006-07.

In 2006, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach, and finished second in 2007 and third in 2016. Lindy Ruff is the first coach Jack Adams award winner to coach the Devils since Pat Burns.

Jack Adam Award Winner to Coach NJD franchise (Year Won Award):

Lindy Ruff (2005-06) Pat Burns (1997-98, 1992-93, 1988-89) Jacques Lemaire (1993-94, 2002-03) Don Cherry (1975-76) (Colorado Rockies)

In addition to an appearance in the 1999 Stanley Cup Final with Buffalo, he has posted a 66-54 record (.550 winning percentage) in 120 Stanley Cup Playoff contests. He joins the Devils after spending the past three seasons as an Assistant Coach with the New York Rangers, working under Alain Vigneault (2017-18) and David Quinn (2018-19 &2019-20).

Lindy Ruff became the seventh head coach in NHL history to coach 1,500 games, joining active coaches Joel Quenneville (1708), Barry Trotz (1680), and Paul Maurice (1607) and former coaches Scotty Bowman (2141), Al Arbour (1607), and Ken Hitchcock (1598).

ZAJAC

Travis Zajac (997) needs three games to become the fourth player, and third skater, to play at least 1,000 regular season games with the franchise; he would join Ken Daneyko (1,283), Martin Brodeur (1,259) and Patrik Elias (1,240). Zajac will become the 66th player in NHL history to play 1,000 games with one team. With Zajac reaching 1,000 games played, the Devils will become the seventh NHL franchise and second non-Original Six member to have at least four players skate 1,000 or more regular season games with the club. *credit NHL Stats

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

Zajac (337) needs one assist to overtake Scott Stevens (337) for sole possession of fifth place on the all-time franchise list. A 25-assist campaign would put Zajac ahead of MacLean (354; 4th) and Scott Gomez (361; 3rd).

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

JACK ATTACK

Jack Hughes recorded three-points at NY Rangers on Jan. 19, 2021. With those three points, Hughes totaled six points through New Jersey’s first three games of the season, tying a team record for six points through the teams first three games to start a season (K. Palmieri, J. Bratt, B. Gionta, J. MacLean, M. Bridgman, G. Adams)

Hughes recorded his second three points game of his career (first Oct 25, 2019 vs ARI). Hughes became the seventh player in Devils history to record multiple three-point games as a teenager (P. Sykora x4, K. Muller x4, N. Hischier x3, J. Bratt x2, S. Gomez x2, P. Verbeek x2) *credit NHL Stats

TY SMITH

Jan. 26, 2021, Ty Smith’s franchise record setting point streak came to an end. Smith became just the sixth defenseman in NHL history to record a point streak of five games or longer to start a career.

Player Team Season Point Streak Goals Assists Points

Marek Zidlicky Nashville Predators 2003-04 6 2 5 7

Harry Cameron Toronto Arenas 1917-18 5 9 6 15

Hap Day Toronto St. Patricks 1924-25 5 3 4 7

Larry Murphy Los Angeles Kings 1980-81 5 1 5 6

Cale Makar Colorado Avalanche 2019-20 5 0 6 6

Ty Smith New Jersey Devils 2020-21 5 1 5 6

UPCOMING MILESTONES

*Will Butcher – 5 PTS to 100 NJD/NHL *Travis Zajac – 2 GP to 1,000 NJD/NHL -3 goal to 200 NJD/NHL - 3 power-play points to 150 NJD/NHL - 1 assist to 338 pass Scott Steven for sole possession of fifth place in franchise history for assists. - 2 power play goals to 55 pass Pat Verbeek for fourth place in franchise history *Damon Severson – 3 goals away from tying Rob Ramage (41) for seventh in franchise history for goals by a defenseman *Jesper Bratt – 14 GP to 200 NJD/NHL *Sami Vatanen – 1 assist to 150 NHL - 5 goals to 50 NHL - 6 points to 200 NHL *Nikita Gusev - 5 points to 50 NJD/NHL *PK Subban – 3 power-play goals to 50 NHL *Kyle Palmieri – 9 points to 350 NHL *Ryan Murray – 5 assists to 100 NHL *Dmitry Kulikov – 16 GP to 700 NHL

MILESTONES ACHIEVED

*Yegor Sharangovich – 1st NHL GP (Jan. 15 vs. BOS) *Ty Smith – 1st NHL GP (Jan. 15 vs. BOS) 1st NHL Goal (Jan. 15 vs. BOS) *Miles Wood – 100 points NJD/NHL (1g-1a; Jan. 19 at NYR) Recorded 50th assists NHL/NJD (Jan. 26 vs PHI) *Michael McLeod – recorded 1st NHL/NJD goal/point (Jan. 26 vs PHI) *Janne Kuokanen - recorded 1st NHL/NJD assist/point (Jan. 26 vs PHI) *Lindy Ruff – Coached 1,500 game (Jan. 28 vs PHI)

RECENT HAPPENINGS

Jan. 18: Claimed Aaron Dell off waivers from Toronto Jan. 20: Activated Eric Comrie to NHL roster Assigned Gilles Senn to Binghamton Added Kevin Bahl to the taxi squad. Jan. 21: Placed Mackenzie Blackwood on COVID protocol list Assigned Gilles Senn from Binghamton (AHL) to taxi squad Jan. 24: Recalled Nicholas Merkley from taxi squad Assigned Jesper Boqvist to taxi squad Jan. 25: Assigned Nolan Foote from taxi squad to Binghamton (AHL) Jan 28: Added Jesper Bratt to NHL roster Assigned Nick Merkley to taxi squad.

HOW THEY WERE BUILT

In the System:

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

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

Trade/Waivers: Connor Carrick, Eric Comrie, Nikita Gusev, Andreas Johnsson, Janne Kuokkanen, Nicholas Merkley, Ryan Murray, Kyle Palmieri, P.K. Subban

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

Date Opp. TENNYSON JOHNSSON BASTIAN SHARANGOVICH ZAJAC MCLEOD PALMIERI # 7 # 11 # 14 # 17 # 19 # 20 # 21 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-1,0/2 10:08 0-0,1/0 15:25 0-0,0/0 11:45 0-0,2/1 17:23 0-0,0/0 15:37 0-0,0/0 11:21 0-0,1/2 19:50 Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,2/1 13:49 0-0,0/0 14:19 0-0,1/0 10:07 1-0(W),3/1 17:01 0-0,2/0 15:43 0-0,2/0 11:20 0-1,3/0 22:01 Jan 19 @ NYR 0-0,1/2 11:54 0-0,0/0 08:37 0-0,2/1 12:41 0-1,0/0 18:30 1-0,2/1 17:29 0-0,1/0 13:04 0-1,0/2 17:33 Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,1/1 14:29 0-0,0/-1 12:09 1-0,2/0 14:48 0-0,0/0 14:53 0-0,1/-1 15:27 0-0,1/0 13:34 0-0,1/0 16:39 Jan 24 Vs NYI 0-0,1/0 13:29 0-0,0/0 11:18 0-0,1/0 12:48 0-0,0/0 16:24 0-0,4/0 20:25 0-0,1/0 11:22 0-1,5/0 16:14 Jan 26 Vs PHI 0-0,0/1 14:04 0-1,1/2 09:32 0-1,1/1 11:40 0-0,1/-1 13:25 1-0,1/0 15:26 1-0,1/1 11:19 0-0,3/-2 20:51 Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-0,3/0 13:43 0-0,2/1 20:45 0-0,1/0 12:48 0-0,0/-1 08:26 0-0,0/-1 17:26 0-0,2/0 13:10 0-0,6/-1 17:17

Date Opp. MURRAY SMITH SEVERSON ZACHA MERKLEY WOOD KUOKKANEN # 22 # 24 # 28 # 37 # 39 # 44 # 59 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-0,1/0 22:43 1-0,1/2 17:09 0-0,1/0 24:19 0-0,1/0 18:52 1-0,5/1 13:53 0-0,0/0 10:30 Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,0/0 21:28 0-1,1/1 17:28 0-1,0/1 25:04 0-0,3/-1 19:00 1-0,2/1 14:52 0-0,0/0 09:36 Jan 19 @ NYR 0-0,1/1 22:52 0-1,3/0 12:33 0-0,2/0 26:15 0-0,2/0 14:21 1-1(W),4/2 17:18 0-0,0/0 11:05 Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,1/-1 21:38 0-1,3/1 18:39 0-0,5/-1 21:53 0-0,1/0 14:45 0-0,2/0 16:33 0-0,1/0 12:11 Jan 24 Vs NYI 0-0,0/0 22:43 0-2,1/1 11:48 0-0,1/0 23:05 1-0,1/1 15:04 0-0,3/1 11:08 0-0,2/0 17:26 0-0,2/0 16:19 Jan 26 Vs PHI 0-0,2/1 20:31 0-0,1/-2 20:53 0-0,3/0 20:57 1-0,3/0 17:57 0-1,0/0 11:43 0-1,0/1 11:43 0-1,1/1 11:20 Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-1,0/0 18:40 0-0,2/-1 19:02 1-0,4/0 24:32 0-0,2/-1 16:39 MIN 0-0,0/-2 11:15 0-0,0/0 10:32

Date Opp. BRATT KULIKOV SUBBAN HUGHES BOQVIST GUSEV COMRIE # 63 # 70 # 76 # 86 # 90 # 97 # 1 Jan 14 Vs BOS 0-0,0/0 16:48 0-0,1/0 30:18 0-2,3/2 21:50 0-0,1/0 12:51 0-0,4/0 16:21 Jan 16 Vs BOS 0-0,2/0 18:55 0-0,3/-1 26:23 0-1,2/0 22:38 0-0,0/1 14:17 0-0,5/-1 15:37 Jan 19 @ NYR 0-0,3/1 21:55 0-1,3/0 23:45 2-1,2/1 15:22 0-0,1/-1 15:19 0-0,1/0 09:44 Jan 21 @ NYI 0-0,2/0 20:03 0-0,6/-2 22:40 0-0,0/0 17:16 0-0,0/0 14:00 0-0,4/-1 14:29 DNP Jan 24 Vs NYI 0-0,0/0 24:06 0-0,0/1 23:41 1-0(W),1/0 16:25 MIN 0-1,1/1 12:15 DNP Jan 26 Vs PHI 0-1,2/1 20:01 0-0,3/-1 22:50 0-0,3/-2 20:14 MIN 0-0,0/-2 19:02 DNP Jan 28 Vs PHI 0-0,2/0 20:47 0-0,0/-1 15:42 0-0,5/-2 22:45 0-0,2/0 23:04 MIN 0-0,3/-1 12:06 DND

Date Opp. BLACKWOOD WEDGEWOOD # 29 # 41 Jan 14 Vs BOS 2/37 O 65:00 DNP Jan 16 Vs BOS 1/28 W 64:58 DNP Jan 19 @ NYR 3/50 W 60:00 DNP Jan 21 @ NYI INJ 4/35 L 60:00 Jan 24 Vs NYI INJ 0/28 W 60:00 Jan 26 Vs PHI INJ 4/30 L 58:04 Jan 28 Vs PHI DNP 3/17 L 57:21 New Jersey Devils: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Lindy Ruff Ruff is one of the most successful coaches in NHL history, ranking third in wins among active coaches and sixth all-time. He is also fourth among active coaches in games coached and seventh all-time. In parts of 19 NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres (1997-98 to 2012-13) and Dallas Stars (2013-14 to 2016-17), Ruff has compiled a career coaching record of 736-554-78-125=1,422 points (.561 points percentage) in 1,493 career regular-season games. In 2006, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach, and finished second in 2007 and third in 2016. Ruff skated in 691 career NHL games over 12 seasons, from 1979-80 through 1990-91, with the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. He posted 105 goals and 195 assists for 300 points and 1,264 penalty minutes. Ruff was selected by Buffalo in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. Ruff is 3-3-1 (.429) in his seven-game tenure as Head Coach of the Devils and 739-557-204 (.492) in 1,500-games in his career.

#1: Eric Comrie (G) 6' 1", 175 lbs. / Jul 6, 1995 (25 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2nd Round (59th overall) in 2013 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% NHL Entry Draft Season ------Acquired: Claimed off waivers from Detroit on Dec. 19/19 Career 8 2-5-0 0 4.23 .868 Last Win: MAR 20, 2018 vs LOS ANGELES (5) Last SO: - Career vs. Opp ------Career Shootouts: 0/0 (.000), 0-0

Season Highs: Shots Saves - - 2019-20: - His fourth season with the Jets - Began the season with the Jets before being claimed off waivers by the Arizona Coyotes - Went 4-0-0 with a 2.75 goals-against average and .900 save percentage in four games during a conditioning stint with Tucson in the AHL - Traded by Arizona to Detroit on Nov. 30 in exchange for D - Vili Saarijarvi - Played in three games for Detroit, going 0-2-0 with a 4.28 GAA and .864 SV% - Finished the season with the Manitoba Moose, going 6-9-0 with a 2.51 GAA and .918 SV%

2019-20 Home: 2 GP - 0-1-0 | 3.62 | .889 2019-20 Road: 1 GP - 0-1-0 | 5.01 | .833

Contract Status: Signed through 2020-21 (RFA) Media Guide Page: http://jetsmedia.ca/no-1-eric-comrie-2

#29: Mackenzie Blackwood (G) 6' 4", 225 lbs. / Dec 9, 1996 (24 years and 1 month)

Drafted: New Jersey's 2nd choice (2nd round), 42nd overall, in 2015 NHL Draft. GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Acquired 2nd round pick from Ottawa, for 2015 2nd round (42nd Season 3 2-0-1 0 1.90 .948 overall), and 2016 3rd round (73 overall). Career 73 34-24-9 5 2.68 .917 Last Win: JAN 19, 2021 @ NY RANGERS Last SO: FEB 8, 2020 vs LOS ANGELES (11) Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-0 0 5.42 .830 Career Shootouts: 37/51 (.725), 6-6

Season Highs: Shots Saves 50 47 50 1/19 vs NYR -Became 6th youngest goaltender to start an opening game for the Devils - Recorded 20 saves in 2nd and 3rd period at NYR. Only Devils goalie in franchise history to record multiple 20 save periods in a single game. 2019-20: -Career high stopped 52 of 55 shots 2/ 16 vs. CBJ -Career high SO streak 171:37 -Back to back shutouts (2/6-8) -Recorded 1st NHL/NJD point 2/6 @ PHI (1a) -2nd SO of season; 4th career - Feb. 7 @ PHI -22-14-8 on the season -Stopped 31 of 32 in SoW Nov. 5 @ WPG -1st SO of 2019-20 vs VAN (25 SA) -2 W in last two starts (stopped 54-56, .964 SV%) 10/17-19 -came into relieve Schneider 10/4 vs WPG, stopped 7 of 9 shots in the SOL 2018-19: -Appeared in AHL All-Star Game, representing Binghamton Devils (AHL) -Activated off I.R. Jan. 12 and played that day, stopping 32-34 shots -First shutout on 37 shots faced 12/29 vs CAR -First NHL/Devils win 12/27 @ BOS stopping 40 out of 42 shots -Made first NHL start 12/20 @ CBJ allowing one goal on 38 shots #31: Gilles Senn (G) 6' 5", 191 lbs. / Mar 1, 1996 (24 years and 10 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's sixth choice, 129th overall, in 2017 NHL Draft GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Last Win: - Season ------Last SO: - Career 2 0-1-0 0 3.42 .902 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (.000), 0-0 Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: Shots Saves - - -Assigned to taxi squad on 1/21 -Assigned to Binghamton (AHL) 1/1 -1st NHL start Dec/ 21 @ CBJ, 5-1 L, stopped 33 of 38 -NHL debut 12/20 v WSH -13 GP, 2.95 GAA at time of recall -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 12/16 -First pro season this year -Drafted by NJ in 2017 -Visp, Switzerland native

#41: Scott Wedgewood (G) 6' 2", 207 lbs. / Aug 14, 1992 (28 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in the third round, 84th overall, at the 2010 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% NHL Draft Season 4 1-3-0 1 2.80 .900 Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, October 11, 2020. Career 28 8-13-5 3 3.01 .903 Last Win: JAN 24, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Last SO: JAN 24, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Career vs. Opp ------Career Shootouts: 0/0 (.000), 0-0

Season Highs: Shots Saves 35 31 35 1/21 vs NYI - Made first NHL appearance since Feb 13, 2018 and first appearance with NJ Mar 27, 2016 - Recorded third career shutout and second with New Jersey on Jan 24 vs NYI 2019-20: - Played 26 games for AHL Syracuse, posting a 13-8-2 record w/ a 3.01 GAA, .893 save percentage and 1 shutout - Recorded a 33-save shutout Feb. 12 at Binghamton - Did not see NHL action in 2019-20 - Signed by TBL to a 1-year, 2-way contract on opening day of free agency during 2019 offseason (July 1) 2018-19: - Last NHL appearance came Feb. 13, 2018 at SJS while w/ ARI where he made 28-of-29 saves to earn the win - Ranked 2nd in the AHL for wins (28) and shutouts (5) in 2018-19 w/ Rochester and set career highs for games (48), wins and shutouts Career - Has made 24 NHL appearances over 2 seasons with NJD and ARI, posting a 7-10-5 record to go w/ a 3.05 GAA, .903 save percentage and 2 shutouts

#5: Connor Carrick (D) 5' 11", 192 lbs. / Apr 13, 1994 (26 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Selected by Washington in the fifth round (137th overall) of the 2012 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft Season ------Acquired: Via trade from Dallas in exchange for Ben Lovejoy and a 2019 third round Career 230 12-35-47 -20 152 pick Last Goal: MAR 6, 2020 vs ST. LOUIS (2) Career vs. Opp 15 2-3-5 -1 6 Last Assist: MAR 1, 2020 @ ANAHEIM (4) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------2019-20: -1g 3/6 vs STL -1a 3/1 @ ANA, first since 2/11 vs. FLA (8GP) -1a 2/11 vs FLA -1st action 12/21 @ CBJ since returning from injury -Activated off of I.R. 12/18 prior to game vs ANA (DNP) -Sent to Binghamton (AHL) on conditioning stint Dec. 6 -2019-20 season debut, Oct. 9 @ PHI (14:25 TOI, 1 SOG) 2018-19: -GWG/1st NJD G, 4/1 vs NYR -Led team in TOI 3/19 vs WSH with 21:05 -NJ debut Feb. 25 vs. MTL, notched third career multi-point game with 2A, and first as a Devil -Will wear #5 for NJ -Born in Orland Park, Ill. -182 GP; 10G-26A-36PTS; 13 PIM in NHL Career (WSH, TOR, DAL) #7: Matt Tennyson (D) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Apr 23, 1990 (30 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by DEVILS as a free agent on July 1, 2019 Season 7 0-1-1 7 2 Last Goal: DEC 5, 2015 vs TAMPA BAY (98) Career 151 3-21-24 -17 40 Last Assist: JAN 14, 2021 vs BOSTON (6) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 0-0-0 1 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 14:29 3 5 +2 7 times 1/14 vs BOS 1/14 vs BOS 1/16 vs BOS 1/21 vs NYI 1/28 vs PHI 1/21 vs NYI 2 times -1a 1/14 vs BOS, first point since 10/25/19 vs ARI (1a) 2019-20: -1st NJD game 3/10 vs PIT since 12/3 vs VGK -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 3/10 -Cleared waives 1/6, assigned to Binghamton (AHL) -Activated off I.R. 1/5, placed on waives -Missed 14 GP due to injury -1a Oct. 25 vs ARI -1st career multi-pt game (Oct. 17 vs. NYR - 2A) -1st NJ point Oct. 17 - 1A -Made 2019-20 Devils debut Oct. 14 vs. FLA (13:44 TOI) -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Oct. 11, joined team in BOS -124 NHL GP, posting 3G-17A-20PTS / 32 PIM with SJ (2012-16), CAR (2016-17), and BUF (2017-19) -27G-77A-104PTS / 194 PIM in AHL -275 AHL GP with Worcester, Charlotte, and Rochester from 2011-19 -Singed a two-year, two-way contract July 1 with Devils 2018-19: • Started the season in Buffalo before being reassigned to Rochester on Oct. 16 •Recalled to Buffalo on Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and March 28 •Has recorded 20 points (4+16) in 45 games with the Rochester Americans

#8: Will Butcher (D) 5' 10", 190 lbs. / Jan 6, 1995 (26 years)

Drafted: Colorado's fifth choice, 123rd overall, in 2013 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, August 27, 2017. Season ------Last Goal: DEC 21, 2019 @ COLUMBUS (23) Career 215 13-82-95 -24 32 Last Assist: FEB 13, 2020 vs DETROIT (3) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 0-2-2 -1 2

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

#11: Andreas Johnsson (L) 5' 10", 194 lbs. / Nov 21, 1994 (26 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Toronto - 7th Round (202nd overall, 2013) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for Joey Anderson. Season 7 0-1-1 2 2 Last Goal: FEB 7, 2020 vs ANAHEIM (10) Career 132 30-38-68 14 48 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 1-4-5 -4 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 20:45 2 2 +2 7 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/26 vs PHI 1/26 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/16 vs BOS 1/26 vs PHI -Made NJD debut, 1/14 vs BOS -Recorded first point with NJD, 1/26 vs PHI 2020 Playoffs: Has appeared in the Stanley Cup playoffs on two occasions (2018, 2019) prior to 2020 as a member of the Maple Leafs.

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

#14: Nathan Bastian (R) 6' 4", 205 lbs. / Dec 6, 1997 (23 years and 1 month)

Drafted: New Jersey's second choice, 41st overall, in 2016 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 21, 2021 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Season 7 1-1-2 2 2 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career 14 4-1-5 2 12 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 14:48 2 4 +1 1/21 vs NYI 1/26 vs PHI 2 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/21 vs NYI 2 times 1/19 vs NYR 2 times - Recorded first assist, 1/26 vs PHI - Scored fourth career goal and first of the season at NYI Jan. 22 - First career NHL/Devils goal Feb. 25 vs. MTL - Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 24 - Assigned to Binghamton (AHL) Jan. 20 - Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Jan. 19 - available to make NHL debut vs. ANA - 52 GP 13 G - 6 A - 19 PTS ; 61 PIM in 2018-19 with Binghamton - Leads Bignhamton in shots this season (111) - Entering second season with Devils - 68 GP, 10 G - 8 A - 18 PTS; 45 PIM in 2017-18 with Binghamton - Played with Binghamton F Michael McCleod in Mississagua (OHL), drafted in same class. - 211 GP, 54 G - 82 A - 136 PTS; 121 PIM career in Mississagua (2013-14--2016-17) - Born in Kichener, ONT

#17: Yegor Sharangovich (C) 6' 2", 196 lbs. / Jun 6, 1998 (22 years and 7 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's fourth choice, 141st overall, in 2018 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 16, 2021 vs BOSTON (5) Season 7 1-1-2 0 0 Last Assist: JAN 19, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (4) Career 7 1-1-2 0 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 18:30 3 1 +1 1/16 vs BOS 1/19 vs NYR 2 times 7 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/16 vs BOS 3 times 2 times -Made NHL debut 1/14 vs BOS skated in 17+ minutes and drew three penalties - Scored first career NHL goal 1/16 vs BOS. 2019-20 -Recorded career high in goals with 17, while posting 10 assists for 25 points in 34 games played -Went back to KHL during AHL shortened season, led KHL in goals at one point during his tenure with Minsk -Completed second full season with Binghamton (AHL), recorded 10 goals, 15 assists for 25 points 2018-19: -In first full professional season, Sharangovic posted nine goals and eight assists for 17 points with 14 penalty minutes in 68 games played with Binghamton (AHL) -Signed three year Entry-Level Contract July 17, 2018 #19: Travis Zajac (C) 6' 2", 185 lbs. / May 13, 1985 (35 years and 8 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 20th overall, in 2004 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM 9th NHL / 9th NJD Season Season 7 2-0-2 -1 2 Last Goal: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career 998 197-337-534 -20 340 Last Assist: MAR 6, 2020 vs ST. LOUIS (9) Career Shootouts: 6/29 (21%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 42 6-11-17 -5 16

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 20:25 4 3 +1 2 times 7 times 2 times 1/21 vs NYI 1/24 vs NYI 1/24 vs NYI 1/24 vs NYI 1/19 vs NYR -5 GP from 1,000 NJD/NHL 2019-20: -Passed Z. Parise to move into 4th place for Devils all-time goals (195) with two goals 3/7 @ NYR -1st PPG of season 3/7 @ NYR -5 game point streak (1g-5a; 1/9-16) -5th career four point game 11/28 @ MTL -2 game pt streak (1g-1a; 11/15-16) -Snapped 16 game goal-less streak and 10 game pointless streak Nov. 15 vs PIT (1g) -Passed John MacLean for fifth place in GP in NJD franchise history with 935 (Nov. 5 @ WPG) -Leads team in SH TOI with 44:28 minutes of action (45th NHL) -4 pts in 14 GP (1g-3a)

#20: Michael McLeod (C) 6' 2", 188 lbs. / Feb 3, 1998 (22 years and 11 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 12th overall, in 2016 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Season 7 1-0-1 1 2 Last Assist: DEC 14, 2019 @ ARIZONA (17) Career 40 1-5-6 -3 19 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 13:34 2 6 +1 1/26 vs PHI 7 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/19 vs NYR 1/21 vs NYI 2 times 1/21 vs NYI 1/26 vs PHI -Made season debut 1/14 vs BOS -Recorded first career NHL/NJD goal, 1/26 vs PHI 2019-20: -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 24, met team in DET -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Dec. 10, met team in Dallas -At time of recall- 24 GP-4 G- 9 A- 13 PTS - 33 PIM 2018-19: - Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 24 - Made NHL/Devils debut Nov. 30 @ WSH skated in 5:36 - 52 GP with Binghamton this season - 6G-25A-31PTS, 37 PIM - Second season with Devils/NHL. - Played 4 seasons with Mississagua (OHL) (2014-15--2017-18) - 215 GP, 76G - 131A - 207PTS - 6 GP, 1A in 2017-18 with Binghamton - Born in Mississagua, ONT.

#21: Kyle Palmieri (R) 5' 11", 185 lbs. / Feb 1, 1991 (29 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Anaheim's 1st choice, 26th overall, in 2009 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS by Anaheim for Florida's second-round choice (later Season 7 0-3-3 1 4 traded to NY Rangers-Ryan Gropp) in 2015 Entry Draft and DEVILS' option of Florida Career 568 175-166-341 3 292 or Minnesota's third-round choice in 2016 Entry Draft, June 27, 2015. Last Goal: MAR 7, 2020 @ NY RANGERS (8) Career vs. Opp 15 4-5-9 -1 6 Last Assist: JAN 24, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Career Shootouts: 5/27 (19%), 3 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 22:01 6 5 +2 7 times 3 times 3 times 2 times 1/16 vs BOS 1/28 vs PHI 1/16 vs BOS 2 times - recorded 1a vs BOS on 1/16 - set season-high shots in a game with 6 vs PHI on 1/28 2019-20: -2g 3/7 @ NYR -6 pts in prev. 5 gp (3g-3a) -7 pts in 6 gp (4g-3a; 12/20-29) -Tied season high goal streak - 3 (3GP) -150th NHL Career assist -First hat-trick as a NJD / First hat-trick for the 2019-20 Devils -Tallied teams 1st PPG this season Oct. 17 vs. NYR -3PTS in 4 GP (10/4-10) -1st G of 2019-20 @ BUF 2018-19: -Tallied 9th multi-pt game of season (2g) 12/9 @ ANA -Notched 8th muli-pt game of season (2g) 12/6 @ LA -12th goal through 20 games, first Devil since Z. Parise in 2008-09, and 2009-10 -Tallied 10th goal of the season 11/6 at OTT - first Devil to 10G -Recorded 3A vs NSH, Oct. 25; first time in his career -Posted eight points (7G) through first five games (Oct. 6-Oct. 18), setting a NJ/NHL record -Becomes the third player to score a PP goal in each of his team's first four games in a season since the NHL started tracking the stat in 1993-94.

#22: Ryan Murray (D) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Sep 27, 1993 (27 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Columbus’ first round pick, second overall, in the 2012 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for New Jersey's 2021 5th round draft choice. Season 7 0-1-1 1 0 Last Goal: DEC 9, 2019 @ WASHINGTON (12) Career 354 15-96-111 14 104 Last Assist: JAN 28, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 13 0-6-6 0 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 22:52 2 1 +1 7 times 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 7 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/26 vs PHI 2 times 2 times -Made NJD debut 1/14 vs BOS -recorded first point with NJD on 1/28 vs PHI 2020 PLAYOFFS Skated in 4 of the 5 games vs. TOR in ECQS.

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

Career: Set single-season career highs and finished 3rd among CBJ blueliners in assists and points with 1-28-29 in 56 games in 2018-19 Tallied 1-11-12 in 44 games in 2017-18 and missed 35 games due to injury Notched 2-9-11 in 60 games with the Jackets in 2016-17. #23: Mikhail Maltsev (L) 6' 3", 198 lbs. / Mar 12, 1998 (22 years and 10 months)

Last Goal: - GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Assist: - Season ------Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career ------Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------Assigned to taxi squad on 1/12

#24: Ty Smith (D) 5' 11", 175 lbs. / Mar 24, 2000 (20 years and 10 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 17th overall, in 2018 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 14, 2021 vs BOSTON (6) Season 7 1-5-6 2 4 Last Assist: JAN 24, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Career 7 1-5-6 2 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 20:53 3 2 +2 1/14 vs BOS 1/24 vs NYI 1/24 vs NYI 2 times 1/26 vs PHI 2 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/14 vs BOS - Made NHL debut and recorded first NHL goal on 1/14 vs BOS - Recorded first NHL assist and multi-game point streak on 1/16 vs BOS - Recorded an assist in game on 1/19/21 at NYR. Became the first Devils defenseman in franchise history to collect at least one point in each of his first three games of his career. - Record first multi-point game (0-2-2) on 1/24/21 vs NYI -Became sixth NHL defenseman to record a point streak of five-games to start career. 2018-19: -Completed his second WHL season with Spokane in 2017-18, -Set career highs with 14 G, 59 A for 73 PTS and 30 PIM with a +44 rating in 69 GP -His assist and point totals were the second highest in the WHL among defensemen. -Registered a franchise record with seven points (2g-5a) in a game on February 23, 2018 versus Prince George. -Was named to the WHL First All-Star Team, earned WHL Scholastic Player of the Year honors and served as the Chiefs Alternate Captain.

#28: Damon Severson (D) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Aug 7, 1994 (26 years and 5 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's second choice, 60th overall, in 2012 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 28, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA Season 7 1-1-2 0 6 Last Assist: JAN 16, 2021 vs BOSTON (5) Career 437 38-127-165 -107 270 Career Shootouts: 2/7 (29%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 0-5-5 1 12 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 26:15 5 2 +1 1/28 vs PHI 1/16 vs BOS 2 times 3 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/21 vs NYI 3 times 1/16 vs BOS -Was the third "Alternate" for the first time in his career 1/14 vs BOS -Scored first goal of the season 1/28 vs PHI. 2019-20: -3pts in 2 gp (3A) -8 game pt streak (2g-7a; 1/27-2/13); passes NJD season high (prev. T Hall; 1g-7a) point streak -3pts in 2 gp (1/7-9; 1g-2a) -Leads NJ in TOI/GP (22:21) -1G 11/28 @ MTL, snapped 11 game goalless draught -Led team in TOI 10/10 vs EDM (25:02) 2018-19: -7th goal of the season 1/28 @ PIT -1A 12/31 vs VAN; 2 pts in 3 GP -1G 12/27 @ BOS (fastest goal to start a game this season) -Tallied second PPG of season Dec. 9 @ ANA -Recorded season-high TOI with 26:16 Nov. 17 vs. DET -Has 4 points in three games (1G-3A; Nov. 11-15) -Recorded first multi-point game (2A) of 2018-19 Nov. 11 @ WPG -Had three-game point streak (Oct. 20-27; 2G-1A) -Tallied first goal of the year Oct. 20 @ PHI -Had four-game point streak (4a, Oct. 6-16) -Saw first playoff action of NHL career during 2018 ECQF vs. TB -Signed six-year, $25,000,000 contract with New Jersey, Sept. 11, 2017. #37: Pavel Zacha (C) 6' 3", 210 lbs. / Apr 6, 1997 (23 years and 9 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice, 6th overall, in 2015 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Season 7 2-0-2 -1 2 Last Assist: MAR 10, 2020 vs PITTSBURGH (7) Career 273 39-71-110 -35 80 Career Shootouts: 1/4 (25%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 10 2-3-5 -5 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 19:00 3 2 +1 2 times 7 times 2 times 1/28 vs PHI 1/16 vs BOS 2 times 1/14 vs BOS 1/24 vs NYI 2019-20 -2g 3/1 @ ANA -Recorded Devils ninth SH goal 2/6 @ PHI -2nd 3 point game of career (and season) 1/30 v NSH (2g-1a) -first Devil to tally a power play and short handed goal in a single game since M. Cammalleri (3/31/15) -1A Nov. 7 @ CGY -2nd goal of season 10/25 vs ARI -1st career 3PT game(1g-2a) 10/14 vs FLA -1st goal of 2019-20 10/14 vs FLA 2018-19: -4 points in 3 GP - 3/21-25 (1G-3A) -GDG and first career successful shootout attempt 3/23 vs ARI -Returned to lineup 3/21 vs BOS after missing previous 16 GP (Feb. 15-Mar. 21) -Notched his ninth goal on 2/6, setting a career-high -Tied career-high goals in season 1/28 @PIT (8) -7th PPG 12/31 vs VAN -1g(SH)-1a 12/29 vs CAR -Notched first goal and point of 2018-19 season Nov. 17 vs. DET -Three-game goal streak (3g; Nov. 17-21) -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Nov. 13, and played that night vs. Pit.

#39: Nicholas Merkley (R) 5' 10", 194 lbs. / May 23, 1997 (23 years and 8 months)

Acquired: Traded to DEVILS in exchange for Taylor Hall and Blake Speers GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: FEB 16, 2020 vs COLUMBUS (4) Season 2 0-1-1 1 0 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA Career 7 1-2-3 1 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 11:43 3 2 +1 2 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/26 vs PHI 2 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/24 vs NYI 1/26 vs PHI 1/24 vs NYI -1st NHL/NJD goal, 2/16 vs CBJ; active 2 game pt streak (1g-1a) -1st NHL/NJD point, 1a 2/14 @ CAR -skated 11:35 minutes and recorded 3 shots in NJD debut -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 2/13 -21 GP--7G-11A--18PTS and 8 PIM with Binghamton at time of recall -Apart of trade that sent T. Hall to ARI -26 GP--3G-13A--16PTS and 10 PIM with Tuscon at time of trade -Made NHL debut in 2017-18 for ARI playing in one game tallying 2 PIM -Born May 23, 1997 in Calgary, AB, CAN; 5'10", 195 lbs

#44: Miles Wood (L) 6' 2", 195 lbs. / Sep 13, 1995 (25 years and 4 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's third choice (4th round), 100th overall, in 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 19, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (4) Season 7 3-2-5 3 9 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career 275 51-50-101 -53 327 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 9 4-1-5 1 15 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 5 17:26 5 1 +2 3 times 2 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/16 vs BOS 1/24 vs NYI 1/14 vs BOS 1/24 vs NYI 1/19 vs NYR -1st goal for Devils 2020-21 season, 1/14 vs BOS - 2 game goal streak of 2020-21 season for Devils. Wood is the 2nd Devils player in last three season to score in each of New Jersey's first two games. - Recorded his 100th career point on 1/19 at NYR 2019-20 -1st 2 goal game this season 2/6 @ PHI; active 2 game goal streak (3g) -3 game point streak (2g-1a; 1/11-14) -1g 12/29 @ OTT, snapped 3 game pointless draught -3 points in 3 GP (12/14-12/20; 1G-2A) -1a 11/23 vs. DET -Assisted GWG Nov. 2 @ CAR -1st G of the season Oct. 17 vs NYR -1st 2019-20 point (1a) vs FLA 10/14 -200th NHL/NJD career game Oct. 4 vs WPG 2018-19: - Played in 100th game of NHL/NJD career, Jan. at DAL. - Had first career hat-trick (2PP/1EV) and added one assist for first career, four-point game, Nov. 12 at CHI. - Only Devil to score a hat-trick in 2017-18.

#45: Sami Vatanen (D) 5' 10", 185 lbs. / Jun 3, 1991 (29 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Anaheim 2009. Fourth round, 106th overall. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, January 7, 2021. Season ------Last Goal: APR 14, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY (9) Career 434 45-149-194 -8 192 Last Assist: AUG 3, 2020 vs NY RANGERS (5) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 2-3-5 -4 4

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

#59: Janne Kuokkanen (C) 6' 1", 193 lbs. / May 25, 1998 (22 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Carolina 2016. Hurricanes third pick, 43rd overall, second round. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for Sami Vatanen. Season 7 0-1-1 1 4 Last Goal: - Career 19 0-1-1 -4 8 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 16:19 2 1 +1 7 times 1/26 vs PHI 1/26 vs PHI 2 times 1/24 vs NYI 1/24 vs NYI 1/16 vs BOS 1/26 vs PHI - Recorded first NHL point, 1/26 vs PHI 2019-20: -Made 1st NJD appearance 3/10 vs PIT -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) 3/7, joined team @ NYR -Acquired in the S. Vatanen deal from CAR 2018-19: Has recorded 27 points (11g, 16a) in 29 games with Charlotte (AHL)... Has tallied at least a point in 19 of 29 AHL games... Recalled from Charlotte (12/12)... Made NHL season debut at MTL (12/13). Career: Made NHL debut on 10/7/17 vs. MIN... Has appeared in 89 AHL games with Charlotte since turning pro in 2017 with 67 points (22g, 45a)... Played 62 OHL games with London in 2016-17, registering 62 points (26g, 36a)... Represented Finland at the 2017 and 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships.

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

Drafted: New Jersey's eighth choice (6th round), 162nd overall, in 2016 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: New Jersey's eighth choice (6th round), 162nd overall, in 2016 NHL Draft. Season 1 0-0-0 0 0 Last Goal: MAR 6, 2020 vs ST. LOUIS (3) Career 186 37-63-100 -30 30 Last Assist: MAR 1, 2020 @ ANAHEIM (5) Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 7 3-2-5 -2 0

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 20:47 2 1 +0 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI 1/28 vs PHI -Signed two-year contract on Jan. 10 worth $2.75 AAV -Made season debut on 1/28 vs PHI 2019-20 -set career high in goals in a single season (14), 2/25 @ DET -3rd career 3-pt game 12/27 (1G-2A) -2G 10/30 vs TB -1st 2019-20 goal 10/14 vs FLA -1st 2019-20 point (1A) vs EDM 10/10 2018-19: -Points in 9 of last 11 GP (3G-8A-11PTS) Feb. 2-23 -4 game pt streak (1G-3A) -1G 1/2 @ DAL - first since 11/26 -1st multi-pt game Dec 1 (2a) -Recorded seven points in first 10 games played (2G-6A; Nov. 9-26); Goals in back-to-back games.

-First Devil to wear jersey No. 63 -Set a franchise record and is one of five players in the past 17 seasons to score 5PTS (3G-2A) in the first 2GP of NHL career #70: Dmitry Kulikov (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 29, 1990 (30 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Florida in 1st round (14th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, October 22, 2020. Season 7 0-1-1 1 0 Last Goal: FEB 27, 2020 vs WASHINGTON (12) Career 684 35-136-171 -57 427 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 32 1-3-4 -2 24

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

#76: P.K. Subban (D) 6' 0", 210 lbs. / May 13, 1989 (31 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Montreal's third choice, 43rd overall (second round), in the 2007 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for Steven Santini, Jeremy Davies, 2019 2nd round draft Season 7 0-1-1 -5 10 choice (Bobby Brink) and New Jersey's 2020 2nd round draft choice Career 720 105-322-427 24 807 Last Goal: FEB 20, 2020 vs SAN JOSE (16) Last Assist: JAN 19, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (4) Career vs. Opp 36 4-14-18 3 56 Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 30:18 6 3 +1 7 times 1/19 vs NYR 1/19 vs NYR 1/26 vs PHI 1/14 vs BOS 1/21 vs NYI 2 times 1/24 vs NYI -Skated in 30:18 1/14 vs BOS. Its the first time with New Jersey's he has played over 30 minutes a regular season game, and first since March 2, 2016 Montreal at Anaheim (31:38) 2019-20: -700th NHL GP 2/13 v DET -1a 2/6 @ PHI- first game back after illness -Missed 2/4 game due to illness -6th goal of season 1/14 -2 pts through 3 gp (1/2-7; 2G) -Season high 2-game point streak (1g-1a, 12/31-1/2) -Snapped 23 game goalless draught 12/23 @ CHI (GW) -100th NHL goal (Nov. 2 @ CAR) -1st GW Nov. 2 @ CAR -1st NJD goal Oct. 17 vs NYR -1A 10/14 vs FLA -Made Devils debut tallying 1A, Oct. 4 vs WPG 2018-19: - Reached the 30-point mark for the ninth time in his career. - Had six points (2g-4a) in his final five games of the season. - Recorded his 300th career assist on Jan. 5 at MTL. - Played in his 600th career game on Nov. 13 at SJS. - Winner of the 2013 Norris Trophy as the League’s top defenseman, and an NHL First-Team All-Star in both 2013 and 2014. - Won Olympic Gold with Canada at the 2014 Sochi Games. #86: Jack Hughes (C) 5' 11", 176 lbs. / May 14, 2001 (19 years and 8 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's first choice (1st round), 1st overall, in 2019 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 24, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Season 7 3-4-7 1 0 Last Assist: JAN 19, 2021 @ NY RANGERS (4) Career 68 10-18-28 -25 10 Career Shootouts: 2/10 (20%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 -2 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 3 0 23:04 3 1 +2 1/19 vs NYR 1/14 vs BOS 1/19 vs NYR 7 times 1/28 vs PHI 2 times 3 times 1/14 vs BOS -Tallied 2 assists 1/14 vs BOS, 1st 2-pt game since 12/29/19 vs OTT (1g-1a) - Tallies 1 assist 1/16 vs BOS, extended assist streak to two-games (3a) - Recorded his second career three-point game on 1/19/21 at NYR. Hughes became the 7th teenager in team history to record multiple three- point games. 2019-20: -1a 2/25 @ DET -1a snapping eight game pointless streak -1a after missing prev. 5 GP due to an upper-body injury 1/12 -Day-to-day with Upper-body inj. sustained Dec. 31 -1st GW OT goal 12/29 @ OTT, 4th multi-pt game this season- youngest Devil to score in OT (18 years old) -1g 12/23 @ CHI -Returned after missing 3 GP to LBI, recorded 18:03 TOI and tallied 3 SOG -1a 11/26 vs MIN -9 pts in 8 GP (4G-5A; Oct. 17-Nov.8) -First career 3pt game 10/25 vs ARI (1g-2a) -Goals in consecutive games, 5th time in Devils/Rockies/Scouts history -1st NHL goal Oct. 19 vs VAN -2PTS in 2GP (1g-1a; 10/17-19) -1st NHL point Oct. 17 vs NYR (1A) -Career high 4 SOG 10/10 vs EDM -NHL Debut: Oct. 4 vs WPG - 15:12 + 1 SOG

#90: Jesper Boqvist (C) 6' 0", 180 lbs. / Oct 30, 1998 (22 years and 2 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's second choice (2nd round), 36th overall, in 2017 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JAN 4, 2020 vs COLORADO (12) Season 4 0-0-0 0 2 Last Assist: - Career 39 4-0-4 -11 10 Career Shootouts: 2/4 (50%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 15:19 1 1 +1 4 times 4 times 4 times 1/14 vs BOS 1/19 vs NYR 2 times 2 times 1/16 vs BOS - Assigned to taxi squad on 1/24 2019-20: -Assigned to Binghamton (AHL) 3/6 -1st game since being recalled 3/3 @ VGK -15GP--5G-3A-8PTS-10PIM in Binghamton (AHL) at time of recall -Recalled from Binghamton (AHL) Feb. 29 -Assigned to Binghamton (AHL) Jan. 18 -1 goal 12/14 @ ARI -2 game goal streak Nov. 26-28 -1st career NHL goal, 11/26 vs MIN -Scored in the SoW @ WPG -Made NHL/NJD debut 10/5 @ BUF recording 1 SOG #97: Nikita Gusev (L) 5' 9", 163 lbs. / Jul 8, 1992 (28 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Tampa Bay - 7th round (202nd Overall, 2012) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Traded to DEVILS for New Jersey's 2020 3rd round draft choice, and 2021 Season 7 0-1-1 -4 0 2nd round draft choice from Vegas Career 73 13-32-45 -19 12 Last Goal: MAR 10, 2020 vs PITTSBURGH (7) Last Assist: JAN 24, 2021 vs NY ISLANDERS (2) Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-1 -2 0 Career Shootouts: 6/10 (60%), 2 GDG

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