Eastern · Atlantic
2016–17 Buffalo Sabres
33-37-12, 78 pts
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | TOI/GP | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel | C | 61 | 24 | 33 | 57 | -13 | 22 | 10 | 249 | 9.6 | 19:55 | 26 | 35 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 72 | 20 | 35 | 55 | -1 | 10 | 8 | 189 | 10.6 | 21:28 | 21 | 45 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 80 | 17 | 30 | 47 | -11 | 8 | 9 | 178 | 9.6 | 17:00 | 21 | 40 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 79 | 6 | 39 | 45 | -9 | 58 | 1 | 186 | 3.2 | 26:28 | 195 | 161 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 65 | 19 | 26 | 45 | -7 | 24 | 7 | 156 | 12.2 | 18:58 | 53 | 25 |
| Evander Kane | L | 70 | 28 | 15 | 43 | -17 | 113 | 3 | 260 | 10.8 | 19:12 | 109 | 29 |
| Brian Gionta | R | 82 | 15 | 20 | 35 | -11 | 22 | 3 | 149 | 10.1 | 16:36 | 54 | 30 |
| Matt Moulson | L | 81 | 14 | 18 | 32 | -4 | 10 | 11 | 134 | 10.4 | 11:36 | 37 | 18 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 80 | 13 | 10 | 23 | -1 | 73 | 0 | 97 | 13.4 | 15:28 | 279 | 57 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 76 | 3 | 17 | 20 | -7 | 26 | 1 | 79 | 3.8 | 20:42 | 73 | 114 |
| Cody Franson | D | 68 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 34 | 1 | 93 | 3.2 | 18:29 | 87 | 68 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 75 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 18 | 0 | 112 | 6.3 | 13:10 | 120 | 26 |
| Tyler Ennis | L | 51 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 12 | 0 | 89 | 5.6 | 12:50 | 45 | 23 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 56 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -17 | 46 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 | 20:05 | 59 | 97 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 36 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 20 | 1 | 49 | 12.2 | 16:51 | 33 | 23 |
| Justin Falk | D | 52 | 0 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 29 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 | 13:42 | 101 | 40 |
| William Carrier | L | 41 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 21 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 | 9:00 | 112 | 10 |
| Taylor Fedun | D | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +3 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | 13:22 | 7 | 20 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 66 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 50 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 | 18:27 | 143 | 108 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 7.8 | 12:56 | 12 | 12 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | D | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -26 | 26 | 1 | 42 | 4.8 | 21:54 | 60 | 72 |
| Justin Bailey | R | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 | 10:38 | 27 | 14 |
| Nick Baptiste | R | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | 9:14 | 12 | 1 |
| Derek Grant | C | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 | 9:55 | 25 | 25 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | L | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 38 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 | 7:25 | 109 | 5 |
| Cal O'Reilly | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 7:56 | 2 | 3 |
| Hudson Fasching | R | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 10:25 | 17 | 2 |
| Cole Schneider | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 7:09 | 3 | 2 |
| Alex Nylander | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 12:20 | 1 | 2 |
| C.J. Smith | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11:32 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Nelson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 12:36 | 15 | 5 |
| Brady Austin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 16:05 | 6 | 0 |
| Brendan Guhle | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 16:21 | 3 | 8 |
| Erik Burgdoerfer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11:10 | 5 | 0 |
| Sean Malone | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12:12 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Lehner | 59 | 58 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1910 | .920 | 2.68 | 2 |
| Anders Nilsson | 26 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 857 | .923 | 2.67 | 1 |
| Linus Ullmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | .917 | 3.06 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13 | vs MTL | L 1–4 | Final |
| Oct 16 | @ EDM | W 6–2 | Final |
| Oct 18 | @ CGY | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 20 | @ VAN | L 1–2 | Final |
| Oct 25 | @ PHI | L 3–4 | Final/SO |
| Oct 27 | vs MIN | L 0–4 | Final |
| Oct 29 | vs FLA | W 3–0 | Final |
| Oct 30 | @ WPG | W 3–1 | Final |
| Nov 1 | @ MIN | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 3 | vs TOR | L 1–2 | Final |
| Nov 5 | @ OTT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 7 | @ BOS | L 0–4 | Final |
| Nov 9 | vs OTT | L 1–2 | Final/SO |
| Nov 11 | vs NJD | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 12 | @ NJD | L 2–4 | Final |
| Nov 15 | @ STL | L 1–4 | Final |
| Nov 17 | vs TBL | L 1–4 | Final |
| Nov 19 | vs PIT | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Nov 21 | vs CGY | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 23 | vs DET | L 1–2 | Final/SO |
| Nov 25 | @ WSH | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 29 | @ OTT | W 5–4 | Final |
| Dec 1 | vs NYR | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 3 | vs BOS | L 1–2 | Final |
| Dec 5 | @ WSH | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Dec 6 | vs EDM | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Dec 9 | vs WSH | L 1–4 | Final |
| Dec 13 | vs LAK | W 6–3 | Final |
| Dec 16 | vs NYI | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 17 | @ CAR | L 1–2 | Final/SO |
| Dec 20 | @ FLA | L 3–4 | Final/SO |
| Dec 22 | vs CAR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Dec 23 | @ NYI | L 1–5 | Final |
| Dec 27 | @ DET | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 29 | vs BOS | L 2–4 | Final |
| Dec 31 | @ BOS | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 3 | @ NYR | W 4–1 | Final |
| Jan 5 | @ CHI | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 7 | vs WPG | W 4–3 | Final |
| Jan 10 | vs PHI | W 4–1 | Final |
| Jan 12 | @ TBL | L 2–4 | Final |
| Jan 13 | @ CAR | L 2–5 | Final |
| Jan 16 | vs DAL | W 4–1 | Final |
| Jan 17 | @ TOR | L 3–4 | Final |
| Jan 20 | vs DET | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 21 | @ MTL | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 24 | @ NSH | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 26 | @ DAL | L 3–4 | Final |
| Jan 31 | @ MTL | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 2 | vs NYR | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Feb 4 | vs OTT | W 4–0 | Final |
| Feb 6 | @ NJD | L 1–2 | Final |
| Feb 7 | vs SJS | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Feb 9 | vs ANA | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 11 | @ TOR | W 3–1 | Final |
| Feb 12 | vs VAN | L 2–4 | Final |
| Feb 14 | @ OTT | W 3–2 | Final |
| Feb 16 | vs COL | W 2–0 | Final |
| Feb 18 | vs STL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Feb 19 | vs CHI | L 1–5 | Final |
| Feb 25 | @ COL | L 3–5 | Final |
| Feb 26 | @ ARI | L 2–3 | Final |
| Feb 28 | vs NSH | L 4–5 | Final/OT |
| Mar 2 | vs ARI | W 6–3 | Final |
| Mar 4 | vs TBL | L 1–2 | Final/SO |
| Mar 5 | @ PIT | L 3–4 | Final |
| Mar 7 | vs PHI | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 10 | @ CBJ | L 3–4 | Final |
| Mar 11 | vs CBJ | W 5–3 | Final |
| Mar 14 | @ SJS | L 1–4 | Final |
| Mar 16 | @ LAK | L 0–2 | Final |
| Mar 17 | @ ANA | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Mar 20 | @ DET | W 2–1 | Final |
| Mar 21 | vs PIT | L 1–3 | Final |
| Mar 25 | vs TOR | W 5–2 | Final |
| Mar 27 | vs FLA | W 4–2 | Final |
| Mar 28 | @ CBJ | L 1–3 | Final |
| Apr 2 | vs NYI | L 2–4 | Final |
| Apr 3 | vs TOR | L 2–4 | Final |
| Apr 5 | vs MTL | W 2–1 | Final |
| Apr 8 | @ FLA | L 0–3 | Final |
| Apr 9 | @ TBL | L 2–4 | Final |