Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Thu, Dec 12, 2019 NHL Game #487 Buffalo Sabres 15 - 11 - 6 (36 pts) Nashville Predators 14 - 10 - 5 (33 pts) Team Game: 33 9 - 3 - 3 (Home) Team Game: 30 9 - 5 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 16 6 - 8 - 3 (Road) Road Game: 12 5 - 5 - 1 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 35 Linus Ullmark 17 9 6 2 2.83 .915 35 Pekka Rinne 17 10 4 3 2.92 .897 40 Carter Hutton 15 6 5 4 3.05 .901 74 Juuse Saros 15 4 6 2 2.97 .896 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Zach Bogosian 10 0 3 3 2 4 4 D Ryan Ellis 29 4 16 20 10 11 6 D Marco Scandella 24 2 5 7 13 4 5 D Dan Hamhuis 27 0 3 3 3 19 9 C Jack Eichel 32 20 24 44 13 16 7 D Yannick Weber 16 0 1 1 1 4 10 D Henri Jokiharju 32 3 6 9 5 22 8 C Kyle Turris 22 5 6 11 -3 6 13 L Jimmy Vesey 29 3 6 9 10 9 9 L Filip Forsberg 23 11 10 21 -1 14 19 D Jake McCabe 30 2 5 7 -3 16 10 C Colton Sissons 29 6 6 12 0 8 21 R Kyle Okposo 22 3 4 7 1 20 13 C Nick Bonino 29 12 7 19 10 8 22 C Johan Larsson 29 4 8 12 8 16 14 D Mattias Ekholm 29 4 11 15 3 10 23 C Sam Reinhart 32 12 13 25 -2 14 15 R Craig Smith 29 2 7 9 9 10 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 24 1 15 16 2 20 19 C Calle Jarnkrok 29 11 10 21 5 6 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 32 5 4 9 3 8 23 R Rocco Grimaldi 26 3 11 14 8 4 33 D Colin Miller 25 1 4 5 -4 8 26 L Daniel Carr 10 1 0 1 -3 4 37 C Casey Mittelstadt 31 4 5 9 -5 2 32 C Yakov Trenin 2 1 0 1 0 2 43 L Conor Sheary 27 5 4 9 4 4 51 L Austin Watson 29 4 5 9 2 40 53 L Jeff Skinner 32 11 7 18 -3 14 52 D Matt Irwin 13 0 1 1 -6 7 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 32 2 12 14 9 26 57 D Dante Fabbro 29 3 5 8 5 22 62 D Brandon Montour 18 2 7 9 5 10 59 D Roman Josi 29 7 19 26 11 23 68 L Victor Olofsson 32 12 16 28 4 4 64 C Mikael Granlund 27 4 8 12 -2 12 71 L Evan Rodrigues 16 0 2 2 -3 0 92 C Ryan Johansen 29 5 13 18 -3 33 74 C Rasmus Asplund 14 1 2 3 4 4 95 C Matt Duchene 28 7 13 20 -2 8 90 L Marcus Johansson 25 5 8 13 0 12 Owner/CEO Terry Pegula President of Hockey David Poile Owner/President Kim Pegula Operations/General Manager General Manager Jason Botterill Assistant General Managers Brian Poile/Jeff Kealty Head Coach Ralph Krueger Head Coach Peter Laviolette Coaching Staff Mike Bales (Assistant Coach), Associate Coach/Assistant Kevin McCarthy/Dan Muse & Don Granato (Assistant Coaches/Goaltending Coach Dan Lambert/Ben Vanderklok Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Assistant Coach - Video/Video Lawrence Feloney/Andrew Coach), Myles Fee (Video Coordinator Meloche Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Coordinator) Tonight's Officials Referees Francois StLaurent (8), Frederick L'Ecuyer (17) Linesmen Trent Knorr (63), Jonny Murray (95) Supervisor Bill McCreary Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Kevin Kennedy (Canada) & Audio Recording of Tenor Joe Byron (USA) * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule LAK @ ANA : 7:00 CHI @ ARI : 7:00 NSH @ BUF : 7:00 TOR @ CGY : 7:00 NYI @ FLA : 7:00 EDM @ MIN : 7:00 CBJ @ PIT : 7:00 VGK @ STL : 7:00 BOS @ TBL : 7:00 CAR @ VAN : 7:00 WPG @ DET : 7:30 NYR @ SJS : 7:30 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" 212 Feb 23, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 203 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 195 Jun 17, 1999 Oulu, FIN 13 Jimmy Vesey L 6' 3" 202 May 26, 1993 Boston, MA, USA 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 216 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 204 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 194 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 193 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 211 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 193 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 37 Casey Mittelstadt C 6' 1" 199 Nov 22, 1998 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 202 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 43 Conor Sheary L 5' 8" 179 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 195 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 220 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 62 Brandon Montour D 6' 0" 189 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 183 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 71 Evan Rodrigues L 5' 11" 184 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 74 Rasmus Asplund C 5' 11" 190 Dec 3, 1997 Filipstad, SWE 90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 205 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 200 Age: 26.1 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 17 Vladimir Sobotka C 5' 11" 191 Jul 2, 1987 Trebic, CZE 48 Matt Hunwick D 5' 11" 194 May 21, 1985 Warren, MI, USA 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 6" 215 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks JOHAN LARSSON (2 / 2 Games) JIMMY VESEY (2 / 2 Games) JACK EICHEL (12-13-25 / 14 Games) JOHAN LARSSON (2-3-5 / 3 Games) JIMMY VESEY (0-2-2 / 2 Games) Nashville Predators: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Ryan Ellis D 5' 10" 180 Jan 3, 1991 Hamilton, ON, CAN 5 Dan Hamhuis D 6' 1" 204 Dec 13, 1982 Smithers, BC, CAN 7 Yannick Weber D 5' 11" 200 Sep 23, 1988 Morges, CHE 8 Kyle Turris C 6' 1" 190 Aug 14, 1989 New Westminster, BC, CAN 9 Filip Forsberg L 6' 1" 205 Aug 13, 1994 Ostervala, SWE 10 Colton Sissons C 6' 1" 200 Nov 5, 1993 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 13 Nick Bonino C 6' 1" 196 Apr 20, 1988 Hartford, CT, USA 14 Mattias Ekholm D 6' 4" 215 May 24, 1990 Borlange, SWE 15 Craig Smith R 6' 1" 208 Sep 5, 1989 Madison, WI, USA 19 Calle Jarnkrok C 5' 11" 186 Sep 25, 1991 Gävle, SWE 23 Rocco Grimaldi R 5' 6" 180 Feb 8, 1993 Anaheim, CA, USA 26 Daniel Carr L 6' 0" 193 Nov 1, 1991 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 32 Yakov Trenin C 6' 2" 201 Jan 13, 1997 Chelyabinsk, RUS 35 Pekka Rinne G 6' 5" 217 Nov 3, 1982 Kempele, FIN 51 Austin Watson L 6' 4" 204 Jan 13, 1992 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 52 Matt Irwin D 6' 1" 207 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 57 Dante Fabbro D 6' 0" 189 Jun 20, 1998 Coquitlam, BC, CAN 59 Roman Josi D 6' 1" 201 Jun 1, 1990 Bern, CHE 64 Mikael Granlund C 5' 10" 185 Feb 26, 1992 Oulu, FIN 74 Juuse Saros G 5' 11" 180 Apr 19, 1995 Forssa, FIN 92 Ryan Johansen C 6' 3" 218 Jul 31, 1992 Vancouver, BC, CAN 95 Matt Duchene C 5' 11" 195 Jan 16, 1991 Haliburton, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 197 Age: 28.8 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 33 Viktor Arvidsson R 5' 9" 180 Apr 8, 1993 Skellefteå, SWE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks NICK BONINO (2 / 2 Games) CALLE JARNKROK (2 / 2 Games) ROMAN JOSI (0-2-2 / 2 Games) ROMAN JOSI (2 / 2 Games) CRAIG SMITH (0-2-2 / 2 Games) CRAIG SMITH (2 / 2 Games) NICK BONINO (2-1-3 / 2 Games) FILIP FORSBERG (1-2-3 / 2 Games) CALLE JARNKROK (2-2-4 / 3 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Jack Eichel 32 20 24 44 13 16 5 0 4 113 17.7 21:36 47.69 22 20 L 68 Victor Olofsson 32 12 16 28 4 4 7 0 1 79 15.2 18:14 0.00 6 10 C 23 Sam Reinhart 32 12 13 25 -2 14 1 0 0 59 20.3 20:18 36.00 21 9 L 53 Jeff Skinner 32 11 7 18 -3 14 0 0 1 118 9.3 17:25 42.85 13 6 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 24 1 15 16 2 20 0 0 0 33 3.0 18:58 0.00 26 14 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 32 2 12 14 9 26 1 0 0 67 3.0 23:08 0.00 100 40 L 90 Marcus Johansson 25 5 8 13 0 12 1 0 1 23 21.7 17:12 38.96 22 11 C 22 Johan Larsson 29 4 8 12 8 16 0 0 0 32 12.5 14:37 44.54 43 17 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 32 5 4 9 3 8 0 0 1 35 14.3 12:47 50.00 47 6 L 43 Conor Sheary 27 5 4 9 4 4 1 0 1 44 11.4 13:18 0.00 18 15 C 37 Casey Mittelstadt 31 4 5 9 -5 2 1 0 1 34 11.8 12:45 46.48 11 8 D 10 Henri Jokiharju 32 3 6 9 5 22 1 0 0 41 7.3 16:39 0.00 27 28 L 13 Jimmy Vesey 29 3 6 9 10 9 0 1 1 46 6.5 13:27 0.00 14 8 D 62 Brandon Montour 18 2 7 9 5 10 0 0 0 41 4.9 18:16 0.00 15 15 R 21 Kyle Okposo 22 3 4 7 1 20 0 0 1 25 12.0 10:47 56.00 24 4 D 6 Marco Scandella 24 2 5 7 13 4 0 0 0 31 6.5 16:34 0.00 24 27 D 19 Jake McCabe 30 2 5 7 -3 16 0 0 1 38 5.3 20:02 0.00 47 52 D 33 Colin Miller 25 1 4 5 -4 8 0 0 1 38 2.6 17:51 0.00 39 22 C 17 Vladimir Sobotka 16 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 23 4.3 14:15 55.71 26 7 C 74 Rasmus Asplund 14 1 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 23 4.3 11:31 44.18 10 3 D 4 Zach Bogosian 10 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 9 0.0 18:45 0.00 11 12 L 71 Evan Rodrigues 16 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 0 26 0.0 11:33 51.96 9 2 R 72 Tage Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 06:59 0.00 2 0 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 35 Linus Ullmark 17 1019 2.83 9 6 2 1 48 520 .915 0 0 2 40 Carter Hutton 15 906 3.05 6 5 4 2 46 417 .901 0 0 4 Nashville Predators: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks D 59 Roman Josi 29 7 19 26 11 23 3 0 0 100 7.0 25:04 0.00 22 49 L 9 Filip Forsberg 23 11 10 21 -1 14 2 0 0 86 12.8 18:09 0.00 33 4 C 19 Calle Jarnkrok 29 11 10 21 5 6 2 2 1 65 16.9 15:59 40.00 12 6 C 95 Matt Duchene 28 7 13 20 -2 8 3 0 0 59 11.9 17:27 53.58 14 7 D 4 Ryan Ellis 29 4 16 20 10 11 0 0 1 69 5.8 23:29 0.00 26 54 C 13 Nick Bonino 29 12 7 19 10 8 1 0 2 59 20.3 16:55 55.25 7 35 C 92 Ryan Johansen 29 5 13 18 -3 33 2 0 1 47 10.6 18:16 51.84 21 13 R 33 Viktor Arvidsson 22 6 9 15 1 4 2 0 0 50 12.0 17:12 50.00 13 8 D 14 Mattias Ekholm 29 4 11 15 3 10 0 1 1 72 5.6 22:59 0.00 21 47 R 23 Rocco Grimaldi 26 3 11 14 8 4 0 0 1 39 7.7 12:07 33.33 10 4 C 10 Colton Sissons 29 6 6 12 0 8 0 1 2 30 20.0 14:23 52.17 48 17 C 64 Mikael Granlund 27 4 8 12 -2 12 0 0 0 63 6.3 16:53 42.50 17 20 C 8 Kyle Turris 22 5 6 11 -3 6 2 0 2 37 13.5 14:00 49.67 4 3 L 51 Austin Watson 29 4 5 9 2 40 0 0 1 31 12.9 11:54 44.44 64 30 R 15 Craig Smith 29 2 7 9 9 10 0 0 0 68 2.9 13:20 42.85 28 8 D 57 Dante Fabbro 29 3 5 8 5 22 0 0 0 37 8.1 18:59 0.00 23 41 D 5 Dan Hamhuis 27 0 3 3 3 19 0 0 0 19 0.0 14:17 0.00 39 22 L 26 Daniel Carr 10 1 0 1 -3 4 0 0 0 13 7.7 10:40 0.00 10 2 C 32 Yakov Trenin 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 50.0 10:14 0.00 2 1 D 7 Yannick Weber 16 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 11 0.0 11:53 0.00 12 9 D 52 Matt Irwin 13 0 1 1 -6 7 0 0 0 15 0.0 11:05 0.00 20 13 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 35 Pekka Rinne 17 945 2.92 10 4 3 3 46 401 .897 0 2 0 74 Juuse Saros 15 809 2.97 4 6 2 0 40 344 .896 0 0 0 Nashville Predators @ Buffalo Sabres Team Records Nashville Predators Buffalo Sabres Last game: Tuesday VS SAN JOSE (3-1 W) Tuesday VS ST.