2025–26 Buffalo Sabres season

2025–26 Buffalo Sabres
2025–26 Buffalo Sabres
Division	Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
2025–26 record	44–20–7
Home record	22–9–3
Road record	22–11–4
Goals for	251
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Kevyn Adams (Oct. 9 – Dec. 15); Jarmo Kekalainen (Dec. 15 – pres.)
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Rasmus Dahlin
Alternate captains	Mattias Samuelsson; Tage Thompson; Alex Tuch
Arena	KeyBank Center
Minor league affiliates	Rochester Americans (AHL); Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tage Thompson (36)
Assists	Rasmus Dahlin (50)
Points	Tage Thompson (72)
Penalty minutes	Peyton Krebs (76)
Plus/minus	Mattias Samuelsson (+35)
Wins	Alex Lyon (20)
Goals against average	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2.54)

The 2025–26 Buffalo Sabres season is the 56th season of play for the Sabres in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is their second season since head coach Lindy Ruff returned to the team. The Sabres look to snap a 14-year playoff drought, the longest in the NHL and tied for the longest in professional North American sports.

On December 15, 2025, after an 14–14–4 start to the season, the Sabres fired general manager Kevyn Adams after more than five seasons and replaced him with Jarmo Kekalainen.^[1] The Sabres would embark on a string of sustained success following the firing, with separate win streaks of 10 and 8 games, clinching just their second winning season since the beginning of the drought and going from last place in the Atlantic Division in December to first place by March.^[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Buffalo Sabres	71	44	20	7	37	251	207	+44	95
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	69	43	21	5	34	251	192	+59	91
3	Montreal Canadiens	69	38	21	10	26	244	228	+16	86
4	Boston Bruins	70	39	23	8	29	234	217	+17	86
5	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	24	8	27	205	208	−3	84
6	Ottawa Senators	70	37	24	9	30	236	214	+22	83
7	Florida Panthers	69	34	32	3	27	206	229	−23	71
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	71	29	29	13	21	221	250	−29	71

Updated to game(s) played on March 23, 2026. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Boston Bruins	70	39	23	8	29	234	217	+17	86
2	ME	New York Islanders	71	40	26	5	26	206	202	+4	85

3	AT	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	24	8	27	205	208	−3	84
4	AT	Ottawa Senators	70	37	24	9	31	236	214	+22	83
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	69	34	23	12	21	202	211	−9	80
6	ME	Washington Capitals	71	35	27	9	30	220	208	+12	79
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	69	35	32	2	23	187	209	−22	72
8	AT	Florida Panthers	69	34	32	3	27	206	229	−23	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	71	29	29	13	21	221	250	−29	71
10	ME	New York Rangers	71	28	34	9	19	199	226	−27	65

Updated to game(s) played on March 23, 2026. Source: National Hockey League^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 24, 2025.^[5]

2025 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Buffalo	4–0	Columbus		Georgiev	9,778	1–0	^[6]
2	September 23	Columbus	1–2	Buffalo		Levi	9,903	2–0	^[7]
3	September 25	Buffalo	2–5	Detroit		Georgiev	16,347	2–1	^[8]
4	September 27	Detroit	2–5	Buffalo		Lyon	11,872	3–1	^[9]
5	October 1	Pittsburgh	5–3	Buffalo		Georgiev	11,591	3–2	^[10]
6	October 3	Buffalo	4–5	Pittsburgh	OT	Georgiev	11,528	3–3	^[11]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 16, 2025.^[12]

2025–26 game log

October: 4–4–3: 11 points (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 0–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	NY Rangers	4–0	Buffalo		Lyon (0–1–0)	Main	19,070	0–1–0	0	^[13]
2	October 11	Buffalo	1–3	Boston		Lyon (0–2–0)	Main	17,850	0–2–0	0	^[14]
3	October 13	Colorado	3–1	Buffalo		Lyon (0–3–0)	Main	16,462	0–3–0	0	^[15]
4	October 15	Ottawa	4–8	Buffalo		Lyon (1–3–0)	Main	13,993	1–3–0	2	^[16]
5	October 18	Florida	0–3	Buffalo		Lyon (2–3–0)	Main	16,015	2–3–0	4	^[17]
6	October 20	Buffalo	2–4	Montreal		Lyon (2–4–0)	Main	20,962	2–4–0	4	^[18]
7	October 22	Detroit	2–4	Buffalo		Ellis (1–0–0)	Main	15,104	3–4–0	6	^[19]
8	October 24	Toronto	3–5	Buffalo		Lyon (3–4–0)	Alt	17,211	4–4–0	8	^[20]
9	October 25	Buffalo	3–4	Toronto	OT	Luukkonen (0–0–1)	Main	18,792	4–4–1	9	^[21]
10	October 28	Columbus	4–3	Buffalo	OT	Lyon (3–4–1)	Main	15,059	4–4–2	10	^[22]
11	October 30	Buffalo	3–4	Boston	OT	Lyon (3–4–2)	Main	17,850	4–4–3	11	^[23]

November: 6–7–1: 13 points (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 1	Washington	3–4	Buffalo	SO	Luukkonen (1–0–1)	Main	19,070	5–4–3	13	^[24]
13	November 4	Utah	2–1	Buffalo	OT	Lyon (3–4–3)	Main	16,202	5–4–4	14	^[25]
14	November 6	St. Louis	3–0	Buffalo		Luukkonen (1–1–1)	Main	16,020	5–5–4	14	^[26]
15	November 8	Buffalo	3–6	Carolina		Lyon (3–5–3)	Alt	18,299	5–6–4	14	^[27]
16	November 12	Buffalo	2–5	Utah		Ellis (1–1–0)	Main	12,478	5–7–4	14	^[28]
17	November 13	Buffalo	3–6	Colorado		Luukkonen (1–2–1)	Main	18,101	5–8–4	14	^[29]
18	November 15	Buffalo	5–4	Detroit	OT	Ellis (2–1–0)	Main	19,515	6–8–4	16	^[30]
19	November 17	Edmonton	1–5	Buffalo		Ellis (3–1–0)	Main	16,394	7–8–4	18	^[31]
20	November 19	Calgary	6–2	Buffalo		Ellis (3–2–0)	Main	15,213	7–9–4	18	^[32]
21	November 21	Chicago	3–9	Buffalo		Luukkonen (2–2–1)	Main	17,058	8–9–4	20	^[33]
22	November 23	Carolina	1–4	Buffalo		Luukkonen (3–2–1)	Main	18,027	9–9–4	22	^[34]
23	November 26	Buffalo	2–4	Pittsburgh		Luukkonen (3–3–1)	Alt	17,543	9–10–4	22	^[35]
24	November 28	New Jersey	5–0	Buffalo		Lyon (3–6–3)	Alt	19,070	9–11–4	22	^[36]
25	November 29	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota	SO	Ellis (4–2–0)	Main	17,233	10–11–4	24	^[37]

December: 11–3–0: 22 points (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 7–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 1	Winnipeg	1–5	Buffalo		Luukkonen (4–3–1)	Main	15,758	11–11–4	26	^[38]
27	December 3	Buffalo	2–5	Philadelphia		Ellis (4–3–0)	Alt	17,116	11–12–4	26	^[39]
28	December 5	Buffalo	1–4	Winnipeg		Luukkonen (4–4–1)	Main	13,682	11–13–4	26	^[40]
29	December 8	Buffalo	4–7	Calgary		Luukkonen (4–5–1)	Main	16,278	11–14–4	26	^[41]
30	December 9	Buffalo	4–3	Edmonton	OT	Lyon (4–6–3) ^[A]	Main	17,622	12–14–4	28	^[42]
31	December 11	Buffalo	3–2	Vancouver		Lyon (5–6–3)	Main	18,606	13–14–4	30	^[43]
32	December 14	Buffalo	3–1	Seattle		Lyon (6–6–3)	Main	17,151	14–14–4	32	^[44]
33	December 18	Philadelphia	3–5	Buffalo		Lyon (7–6–3)	Alt	16,055	15–14–4	34	^[45]
34	December 20	NY Islanders	2–3	Buffalo	SO	Lyon (8–6–3)	Main	19,070	16–14–4	36	^[46]
35	December 21	Buffalo	3–1	New Jersey		Luukkonen (5–5–1)	Main	16,886	17–14–4	38	^[47]
36	December 23	Buffalo	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Lyon (9–6–3)	Main	17,753	18–14–4	40	^[48]
37	December 27	Boston	1–4	Buffalo		Luukkonen (6–5–1)	Alt	19,070	19–14–4	42	^[49]
38	December 29	Buffalo	4–2	St. Louis		Lyon (10–6–3)	Main	18,096	20–14–4	44	^[50]
39	December 31	Buffalo	4–1	Dallas		Luukkonen (7–5–1)	Main	18,532	21–14–4	46	^[51]

January: 10–4–1: 21 points (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 5–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 3	Buffalo	1–5	Columbus		Luukkonen (7–6–1)	Main	18,809	21–15–4	46	^[52]
41	January 6	Vancouver	3–5	Buffalo		Luukkonen (8–6–1)	Main	17,036	22–15–4	48	^[53]
42	January 8	Buffalo	5–2	NY Rangers		Ellis (5–3–0)	Main	18,006	23–15–4	50	^[54]
43	January 10	Anaheim	3–5	Buffalo		Luukkonen (9–6–1)	Alt	19,070	24–15–4	52	^[55]
44	January 12	Florida	4–3	Buffalo		Ellis (5–4–0)	Main	16,343	24–16–4	52	^[56]
45	January 14	Philadelphia	2–5	Buffalo		Luukkonen (10–6–1)	Main	16,363	25–16–4	54	^[57]
46	January 15	Montreal	3–5	Buffalo		Ellis (6–4–0)	Alt	19,070	26–16–4	56	^[58]
47	January 17	Minnesota	5–4	Buffalo	OT	Luukkonen (10–6–2)	Main	19,070	26–16–5	57	^[59]
48	January 19	Buffalo	1–2	Carolina		Luukkonen (10–7–2)	Main	18,321	26–17–5	57	^[60]
49	January 20	Buffalo	5–3	Nashville		Lyon (11–6–3)	Main	17,159	27–17–5	59	^[61]
50	January 22	Buffalo	4–2	Montreal		Luukkonen (11–7–2)	Main	20,962	28–17–5	61	^[62]
51	January 24	Buffalo	5–0	NY Islanders		Lyon (12–6–3)	Main	17,255	29–17–5	63	^[63]
52	January 27	Buffalo	7–4	Toronto		Ellis (7–4–0) ^[B]	Main	18,996	30–17–5	65	^[64]
53	January 29	Los Angeles	1–4	Buffalo		Lyon (13–6–3)	Alt	19,070	31–17–5	67	^[65]
54	January 31	Montreal	4–2	Buffalo		Lyon (13–7–3)	Main	19,070	31–18–5	67	^[66]

February: 4–1–1: 9 points (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 4–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
55	February 2	Buffalo	5–3	Florida		Lyon (14–7–3)	Main	19,474	32–18–5	69	^[67]
56	February 3	Buffalo	3–4	Tampa Bay	OT	Ellis (7–4–1)	Main	19,092	32–18–6	70	^[68]
57	February 5	Pittsburgh	5–2	Buffalo		Lyon (14–8–3)	Alt	19,070	32–19–6	70	^[69]
58	February 25	Buffalo	2–1	New Jersey		Luukkonen (12–7–2)	Main	16,514	33–19–6	72	^[70]
59	February 27	Buffalo	3–2	Florida		Lyon (15–8–3)	Main	19,783	34–19–6	74	^[71]
60	February 28	Buffalo	6–2	Tampa Bay		Luukkonen (13–7–2)	Main	19,092	35–19–6	76	^[72]

March: 9–1–1: 19 points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
61	March 3	Vegas	2–3	Buffalo		Lyon (16–8–3)	Main	19,070	36–19–6	78	^[73]
62	March 5	Buffalo	5–1	Pittsburgh		Luukkonen (14–7–2)	Main	17,572	37–19–6	80	^[74]
63	March 7	Nashville	2–3	Buffalo		Lyon (17–8–3)	Main	19,070	38–19–6	82	^[75]
64	March 8	Tampa Bay	7–8	Buffalo		Luukkonen (15–7–2)	Alt	19,070	39–19–6	84	^[76]
65	March 10	San Jose	3–6	Buffalo		Lyon (18–8–3)	Main	19,070	40–19–6	86	^[77]
66	March 12	Washington	2–1	Buffalo		Luukkonen (15–8–2)	Alt	19,070	40–20–6	86	^[78]
67	March 14	Toronto	2–3	Buffalo	SO	Lyon (19–8–3)	Main	19,070	41–20–6	88	^[79]
68	March 17	Buffalo	2–0	Vegas		Luukkonen (16–8–2)	Main	17,844	42–20–6	90	^[80]
69	March 19	Buffalo	5–0	San Jose		Lyon (20–8–3)	Main	17,435	43–20–6	92	^[81]
70	March 21	Buffalo	4–1	Los Angeles		Luukkonen (17–8–2)	Main	18,145	44–20–6	94	^[82]
71	March 22	Buffalo	5–6	Anaheim	OT	Lyon (20–8–4)	Main	16,817	44–20–7	95	^[83]
72	March 25	Boston	–	Buffalo
73	March 27	Detroit	–	Buffalo
74	March 28	Seattle	–	Buffalo
75	March 31	NY Islanders	–	Buffalo

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Team Logo	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
76	April 2	Buffalo	–	Ottawa
77	April 4	Buffalo	–	Washington
78	April 6	Tampa Bay	–	Buffalo
79	April 8	Buffalo	–	NY Rangers
80	April 9	Columbus	–	Buffalo
81	April 13	Buffalo	–	Chicago
82	April 15	Dallas	–	Buffalo

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of games played on March 19, 2026

Skaters

Regular season^[84]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tage Thompson	69	35	36	71	−5	29
Rasmus Dahlin	65	14	48	62	+11	64
Alex Tuch	66	28	30	58	+18	49
Ryan McLeod	69	12	37	49	+28	12
Josh Doan	69	22	24	46	−6	23
Jack Quinn	69	16	28	44	+8	14
Mattias Samuelsson	66	12	26	38	+34	22
Jason Zucker	50	20	17	37	−3	21
Bowen Byram	69	10	25	35	+13	46
Peyton Krebs	69	9	23	32	+6	76
Zach Benson	52	7	23	30	+21	24
Noah Ostlund	57	11	15	26	+9	14
Josh Norris	31	10	14	24	+3	6
Owen Power	68	7	17	24	+6	14
Beck Malenstyn	68	6	5	11	−2	34
Isak Rosen‡	16	3	4	7	−3	0
Conor Timmins	33	0	6	6	−11	16
Sam Carrick†	7	4	1	5	+3	7
Jordan Greenway	33	1	4	5	−9	23
Jacob Bryson‡	35	2	3	5	−1	8
Jiri Kulich	12	3	2	5	−4	4
Zach Metsa	36	2	3	5	+19	6
Josh Dunne	31	1	3	4	−5	36
Tyson Kozak	39	2	2	4	−3	2
Konsta Helenius	9	1	3	4	+1	0
Logan Stanley†	5	0	2	2	+1	9
Michael Kesselring	32	0	2	2	−3	50
Luke Schenn†	2	0	0	0	−2	9
Tanner Pearson†	1	0	0	0	+1	2
Mason Geertsen	5	0	0	0	−1	12
Justin Danforth	4	0	0	0	−2	2
Ryan Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Trevor Kuntar	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[85]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Alex Lyon	33	31	1,866:55	20	8	3	79	2.54	922	.915	3	1	2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	27	26	1,543:57	16	8	2	67	2.60	727	.909	1	0	4
Colten Ellis	13	12	732:12	7	4	1	38	3.11	367	.896	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key:

† Contract is entry-level.
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Connor Clifton 2nd-round pick in 2025	To Buffalo Sabres Isaac Belliveau Conor Timmins	^[86]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	To Chicago Blackhawks Sam Lafferty	To Buffalo Sabres 6th-round pick in 2026	^[87]
January 24, 2026 (2026-01-24)	To Carolina Hurricanes Viktor Neuchev	To Buffalo Sabres Gavin Bayreuther	^[88]
March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05)	To Winnipeg Jets Jacob Bryson Isak Rosen conditional BUF or EDM 4th-round pick in 2026¹ 2nd-round pick in 2027	To Buffalo Sabres Luke Schenn* Logan Stanley	^[89]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06)	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2026 CHI 6th-round pick in 2026	To Buffalo Sabres Sam Carrick	^[90]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06)	To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2026	To Buffalo Sabres Tanner Pearson	^[91]

Notes

Winnipeg will receive the higher of Buffalo's or Edmonton's 4th-round pick. Winnipeg also retains 50% of Schenn's contract

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Justin Danforth	Columbus Blue Jackets	2-year	Free agency	^[92]
	Mason Geertsen	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	Free agency	^[93]
	Alex Lyon	Detroit Red Wings	2-year	Free agency	^[94]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Riley Fiddler-Schultz	Rochester Americans	2-year‡	Free agency	^[95]
	Zac Jones	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[95]
	Zach Metsa	Rochester Americans	2-year	Free agency	^[95]
	Carson Meyer	Rochester Americans	2-year	Free agency	^[95]
July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16)	Jake Leschyshyn	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[96]
September 11, 2025 (2025-09-11)	Alexandar Georgiev	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency	^[97]
October 6, 2025 (2025-10-06)	Colten Ellis	St. Louis Blues		Waivers	^[98]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Jacob Bernard-Docker	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	^[99]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Kale Clague	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	^[100]
July 24, 2025 (2025-07-24)	Aleksandr Kisakov	HC Dynamo Moscow (KHL)		Free agency	^[101]
September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24)	Felix Sandstrom	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)		Free agency	^[102]
November 24, 2025 (2025-11-24)	Alexandar Georgiev			Contract termination	^[103]
January 12, 2026 (2026-01-12)	James Reimer	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	^[104]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27)	Jack Quinn	2-year	^[105]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Ryan Johnson	3-year	^[106]
	Tyson Kozak	3-year	^[107]
	Ryan McLeod	4-year	^[108]
	Jack Rathbone	2-year	^[109]
July 14, 2025 (2025-07-14)	Bowen Byram	2-year	^[110]
July 15, 2025 (2025-07-15)	Radim Mrtka	3-year†	^[111]
July 27, 2025 (2025-07-27)	Conor Timmins	2-year	^[112]
July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	Devon Levi	2-year	^[113]
January 21, 2026 (2026-01-21)	Josh Doan	7-year	^[114]

Draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	Team (league)
1	9	Radim Mrtka	D	Czechia	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	71	David Bedkowski	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
4	103	Matous Kurcharcik	C	Czechia	HC Slavia Praha U20 (Czechia U20)
4	116^[C]	Samuel Meloche	G	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	135	Noah Laberge	D	Canada	Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
6	167	Ashton Schultz	C	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
7	195^[D]	Melvin Novotny	LW	Sweden	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
	199	Yevgeni Prokhorov	G	Belarus	Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk (MHL)
	219^[E]	Ryan Rucinski	C	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)

Notes

^ Ellis was the starter, but he left in the first period due to an upper body injury.
^ Luukkonen was the starter, but he left in the first period due to a lower-body injury.
^ The Minnesota Wild's fourth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on August 18, 2023, that sent Ilya Lyubushkin to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.^[115]
^ The Nashville Predators' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 3, 2023, that sent Rasmus Asplund to Nashville in exchange for this pick.^[116]
^ The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 8, 2024, that sent Devin Cooley to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[117]

References

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[42] Ellis was the starter, but he left in the first period due to an upper body injury.

[65] Luukkonen was the starter, but he left in the first period due to a lower-body injury.

[118] The Minnesota Wild's fourth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on August 18, 2023, that sent Ilya Lyubushkin to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.^[115]

[120] The Nashville Predators' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 3, 2023, that sent Rasmus Asplund to Nashville in exchange for this pick.^[116]

[122] The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 8, 2024, that sent Devin Cooley to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[117]

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