Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Sat, Dec 29, 2018 NHL Game #587 Buffalo Sabres 21 - 12 - 5 (47 pts) Boston Bruins 20 - 14 - 4 (44 pts) Team Game: 39 12 - 4 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 39 13 - 5 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 19 9 - 8 - 3 (Road) Road Game: 21 7 - 9 - 4 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Scott Wedgewood - - - - - - 40 Tuukka Rask 18 8 8 2 2.72 .911 35 Linus Ullmark 13 8 1 3 2.71 .922 41 Jaroslav Halak 22 12 6 2 2.28 .928 40 Carter Hutton 26 13 11 2 2.64 .916 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Zach Bogosian 33 2 5 7 -3 38 14 R Chris Wagner 35 4 2 6 -3 27 6 D Marco Scandella 29 1 4 5 -2 18 17 C Ryan Donato 25 5 2 7 -10 2 9 C Jack Eichel 38 15 34 49 10 10 20 C Joakim Nordstrom 37 5 2 7 -3 11 17 C Vladimir Sobotka 35 3 2 5 -8 14 23 C Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson 17 3 2 5 -2 2 19 D Jake McCabe 28 2 8 10 1 25 25 D Brandon Carlo 29 1 2 3 -1 21 21 R Kyle Okposo 38 5 10 15 -5 24 26 C Colby Cave 17 1 4 5 -1 6 22 C Johan Larsson 32 3 2 5 -8 21 27 D John Moore 35 1 5 6 -1 16 23 C Sam Reinhart 38 8 29 37 8 8 33 D Zdeno Chara 19 3 1 4 3 14 24 D Lawrence Pilut 9 0 3 3 3 2 37 C Patrice Bergeron 22 12 19 31 5 10 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 38 4 16 20 4 10 42 R David Backes 33 3 7 10 -5 8 29 R Jason Pominville 33 9 9 18 4 2 43 C Danton Heinen 36 4 6 10 2 8 37 C Casey Mittelstadt 38 5 5 10 -5 6 44 D Steven Kampfer 25 2 1 3 -6 20 43 L Conor Sheary 34 7 7 14 -5 8 46 C David Krejci 38 7 23 30 0 10 48 D Matt Hunwick 2 0 0 0 -1 0 47 D Torey Krug 27 4 18 22 -6 21 53 L Jeff Skinner 38 26 12 38 19 16 48 D Matt Grzelcyk 36 1 8 9 2 42 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 38 4 21 25 -9 16 52 C Sean Kuraly 37 2 6 8 2 24 71 L Evan Rodrigues 32 2 8 10 -5 16 55 C Noel Acciari 31 0 1 1 -6 19 72 R Tage Thompson 31 4 3 7 -7 8 63 L Brad Marchand 38 12 29 41 5 78 81 L Remi Elie 11 0 1 1 -2 0 74 L Jake DeBrusk 29 10 3 13 -4 8 82 D Nathan Beaulieu 23 3 3 6 2 30 86 D Kevan Miller 12 0 2 2 6 13 88 R David Pastrnak 38 23 24 47 4 18 Owner/CEO Terry Pegula President: Cam Neely President Kim Pegula General Manager: Don Sweeney General Manager Jason Botterill Assistant General Manager: Scott Bradley Head Coach Phil Housley Head Coach: Bruce Cassidy Coaching Staff Davis Payne (Associate Assistant Coaches: Joe Sacco, Jay Pandolfo, Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Kevin Dean, Bob Essensa Coach), Chris Hajt (Assistant (Goaltending), J.P. Buckley Coach), Tom Ward (Assistant (Video Coordinator) Coach), Andrew Allen (Goaltending Coach), Mat Myers (Video Coach) Tonight's Officials Referees Steve Kozari (40), Kyle Rehman (10) Linesmen Scott Cherrey (50), Mark Shewchyk (92) Supervisor Don VanMassenhoven Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Doug Allen * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule VGK @ LAK : 1:00 CAR @ NJD : 1:00 SJS @ EDM : 2:00 MIN @ WPG : 3:00 ARI @ ANA : 7:00 BOS @ BUF : 7:00 CHI @ COL : 7:00 DET @ DAL : 7:00 PHI @ FLA : 7:00 NYR @ NSH : 7:00 WSH @ OTT : 7:00 PIT @ STL : 7:00 MTL @ TBL : 7:00 NYI @ TOR : 7:00 VAN @ CGY : 8:00 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 226 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 6 Marco Scandella D 6' 3" 210 Feb 23, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 200 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 17 Vladimir Sobotka C 5' 11" 189 Jul 2, 1987 Trebic, CZE 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 206 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 219 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 202 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 192 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 24 Lawrence Pilut D 5' 11" 180 Dec 30, 1995 Tingsryd, SWE 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 190 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 29 Jason Pominville R 5' 11" 180 Nov 30, 1982 Repentigny, QC, CAN 31 Scott Wedgewood G 6' 2" 195 Aug 14, 1992 Brampton, ON, CAN 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 213 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 37 Casey Mittelstadt C 6' 1" 202 Nov 22, 1998 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 198 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 43 Conor Sheary L 5' 8" 176 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 48 Matt Hunwick D 5' 11" 194 May 21, 1985 Warren, MI, USA 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 187 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 71 Evan Rodrigues L 5' 10" 176 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 6" 205 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA 81 Remi Elie L 6' 1" 215 Apr 16, 1995 Cornwall, ON, CAN 82 Nathan Beaulieu D 6' 2" 200 Dec 5, 1992 Strathroy, ON, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 198 Age: 26.4 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 8 Casey Nelson D 6' 1" 185 Jul 18, 1992 Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA 20 Scott Wilson L 5' 11" 186 Apr 24, 1992 Oakville, ON, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 211 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks RASMUS RISTOLAINEN (3 / 3 Games) JACK EICHEL (1-2-3 / 2 Games) SAM REINHART (3 / 2 Games) RASMUS RISTOLAINEN (1-3-4 / 4 Games) SAM REINHART (0-3-3 / 2 Games) Boston Bruins: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 14 Chris Wagner R 6' 0" 198 May 27, 1991 Walpole, MA, USA 17 Ryan Donato C 6' 0" 193 Apr 9, 1996 Boston, MA, USA 20 Joakim Nordstrom C 6' 1" 194 Feb 25, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 23 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C 6' 1" 184 Oct 31, 1996 Stockholm, SWE 25 Brandon Carlo D 6' 5" 212 Nov 26, 1996 Colorado Springs, CO, USA 26 Colby Cave C 6' 1" 200 Dec 26, 1994 Battleford, SK, CAN 27 John Moore D 6' 2" 210 Nov 19, 1990 Winnetka, IL, USA 33 Zdeno Chara D 6' 9" 250 Mar 18, 1977 Trencin, SVK 37 Patrice Bergeron C 6' 1" 195 Jul 24, 1985 Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN 40 Tuukka Rask G 6' 3" 176 Mar 10, 1987 Savonlinna, FIN 41 Jaroslav Halak G 5' 11" 185 May 13, 1985 Bratislava, SVK 42 David Backes R 6' 3" 215 May 1, 1984 Minneapolis, MN, USA 43 Danton Heinen C 6' 1" 188 Jul 5, 1995 Langley, BC, CAN 44 Steven Kampfer D 5' 11" 198 Sep 24, 1988 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 46 David Krejci C 6' 0" 188 Apr 28, 1986 Sternberk, CZE 47 Torey Krug D 5' 9" 186 Apr 12, 1991 Livonia, MI, USA 48 Matt Grzelcyk D 5' 9" 174 Jan 5, 1994 Charlestown, MA, USA 52 Sean Kuraly C 6' 2" 213 Jan 20, 1993 Dublin, OH, USA 55 Noel Acciari C 5' 10" 205 Dec 1, 1991 Johnston, RI, USA 63 Brad Marchand L 5' 9" 181 May 11, 1988 Halifax, NS, CAN 74 Jake DeBrusk L 6' 0" 188 Oct 17, 1996 Edmonton, AB, CAN 86 Kevan Miller D 6' 2" 210 Nov 15, 1987 Los Angeles, CA, USA 88 David Pastrnak R 6' 0" 194 May 25, 1996 Havirov, CZE 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 197 Age: 28.2 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 73 Charlie McAvoy D 6' 0" 208 Dec 21, 1997 Long Beach, NY, USA 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 38 15 34 49 10 10 4 0 1 163 9.2 20:12 47.31 33 21 L 53 Jeff Skinner 38 26 12 38 19 16 6 0 6 114 22.8 18:11 50.87 11 14 C 23 Sam Reinhart 38 8 29 37 8 8 1 0 0 77 10.4 18:26 31.11 7 24 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 38 4 21 25 -9 16 1 0 2 98 4.1 25:34 0.00 118 65 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 38 4 16 20 4 10 2 0 2 71 5.6 20:39 0.00 40 35 R 29 Jason Pominville 33 9 9 18 4 2 1 0 2 65 13.8 13:05 47.05 9 10 R 21 Kyle Okposo 38 5 10 15 -5 24 2 0 2 77 6.5 14:08 48.35 50 10 L 43 Conor Sheary 34 7 7 14 -5 8 3 0 1 62 11.3 14:40 60.00 6 18 C 37 Casey Mittelstadt 38 5 5 10 -5 6 1 0 0 54 9.3 13:20 38.46 10 5 D 19 Jake McCabe 28 2 8 10 1 25 0 0 0 29 6.9 18:45 0.00 48 52 L 71 Evan Rodrigues 32 2 8 10 -5 16 1 0 1 69 2.9 14:57 49.34 10 15 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 35 3 5 8 -2 9 0 0 0 36 8.3 13:49 50.00 62 14 R 72 Tage Thompson 31 4 3 7 -7 8 1 0 0 47 8.5 12:11 44.44 33 5 D 4 Zach Bogosian 33 2 5 7 -3 38 0 0 0 49 4.1 21:45 0.00 44 63 D 82 Nathan Beaulieu 23 3 3 6 2 30 0 0 0 26 11.5 14:19 0.00 24 23 C 17 Vladimir Sobotka 35 3 2 5 -8 14 0 0 0 37 8.1 14:51 49.08 39 14 C 22 Johan Larsson 32 3 2 5 -8 21 0 0 0 45 6.7 14:24 49.67 35 22 D 6 Marco Scandella 29 1 4 5 -2 18 0 0 1 35 2.9 18:52 0.00 28 32 D 8 Casey Nelson 22 1 4 5 6 4 0 0 0 17 5.9 14:42 0.00 17 20 D 24 Lawrence Pilut 9 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 7 0.0 17:59 0.00 6 7 L 81 Remi Elie 11 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 10:47 100.00 19 3 D 48 Matt Hunwick 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 16:52 0.00 1 1 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Scott Wedgewood - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Linus Ullmark 13 774 2.71 8 1 3 2 35 415 .922 0 1 0 40 Carter Hutton 26 1523 2.64 13 11 2 0 67 728 .916 0 0 2 Boston Bruins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 88 David Pastrnak 38 23 24 47 4 18 10 0 1 147 15.6 19:15 0.00 22 14 L 63 Brad Marchand 38 12 29 41 5 78 7 0 5 113 10.6 19:58 42.85 24 10 C 37 Patrice Bergeron 22 12 19 31 5 10 3 1 1 74 16.2 18:55 56.17 16 22 C 46 David Krejci 38 7 23 30 0 10 1 0 1 63 11.1 17:50 48.84 12 16 D 47 Torey Krug 27 4 18 22 -6 21 1 0 2 72 5.6 22:30 0.00 24 30 L 74 Jake DeBrusk 29 10 3 13 -4 8 3 0 2 70 14.3 16:25 21.73 27 7 D 73 Charlie McAvoy 17 1 10 11 4 14 0 0 0 15 6.7 21:01 0.00 34 26 C 43 Danton Heinen 36 4 6 10 2 8 1 0 1 61 6.6 13:48 33.33 31 13 R 42 David Backes 33 3 7 10 -5 8 1 0 0 65 4.6 13:50 56.58 61 14 D 48 Matt Grzelcyk 36 1 8 9 2 42 0 0 0 42 2.4 20:13 0.00 26 34 C 52 Sean Kuraly 37 2 6 8 2 24 0 0 0 60 3.3 12:33 53.46 85 16 C 17 Ryan Donato 25 5 2 7 -10 2 3 0 0 53 9.4 12:41 42.85 8 8 C 20 Joakim Nordstrom 37 5 2 7 -3 11 0 0 2 65 7.7 14:34 40.38 50 33 R 14 Chris Wagner 35 4 2 6 -3 27 0 0 0 55 7.3 12:10 47.82 113 15 D 27 John Moore 35 1 5 6 -1 16 1 0 1 57 1.8 20:02 0.00 48 53 C 23 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson 17 3 2 5 -2 2 0 0 0 14 21.4 12:04 39.21 10 7 C 26 Colby Cave 17 1 4 5 -1 6 0 0 0 17 5.9 13:58 46.98 19 5 D 33 Zdeno Chara 19 3 1 4 3 14 1 0 2 31 9.7 21:22 0.00 17 24 D 44 Steven Kampfer 25 2 1 3 -6 20 0 0 0 23 8.7 14:34 0.00 35 24 D 25 Brandon Carlo 29 1 2 3 -1 21 0 0 0 47 2.1 20:53 0.00 69 31 D 86 Kevan Miller 12 0 2 2 6 13 0 0 0 16 0.0 18:36 0.00 23 22 C 55 Noel Acciari 31 0 1 1 -6 19 0 0 0 40 0.0 11:47 50.00 93 19 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 40 Tuukka Rask 18 1016 2.72 8 8 2 0 46 472 .911 0 0 4 41 Jaroslav Halak 22 1263 2.28 12 6 2 3 48 617 .928 0 2 0 Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres Team Records Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Last game: Thursday VS NEW JERSEY (5-2 L) Thursday AT ST.