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NHL hockey team season

The 2018–19 Buffalo Sabres season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[2]

After experiencing a ten-game winning streak in November that put them atop the NHL standings, the Sabres regressed sharply the rest of the season and were officially eliminated from playoff contention on March 23, 2019, after suffering a 7–4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens,[3] joining the 2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers as the only teams in NHL history to win 10 consecutive games and be eliminated from playoff contention.[citation needed]

With the Carolina Hurricanes clinching a playoff berth in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Sabres became the team with the longest active postseason appearance drought in the NHL at eight consecutive seasons,[4] about 1.5 years after their football counterparts, the Buffalo Bills, ended what was the longest active postseason appearance drought in the NFL at 17 consecutive seasons.[5][6] On April 7, 2019, the Sabres fired Phil Housley,[7] who became the fifth head coach to be fired since the Pegulas bought the team from Tom Golisano in February 2011.[8][9]

Standings[edit]

Source: National Hockey League[10]
p – Clinched Presidents’ Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot
Source: National Hockey League[11]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results[edit]

Preseason[edit]

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[12]

Regular season[edit]

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[13]

2018–19 game log

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

Player statistics[edit]

As of April 6, 2019[14]

Skaters[edit]

Goaltenders[edit]

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carter Hutton 50 48 2,839 18 25 5 142 3.00 1541 .908 0 0 1 2
Linus Ullmark 37 34 2,102 15 14 5 109 3.11 1146 .905 2 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[edit]

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades[edit]

Free agents[edit]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) Adam Wilcox to Rochester Americans (AHL) 1-year [24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Seth Griffith to Winnipeg Jets 1-year [25]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Carter Hutton from St. Louis Blues 3-year [26]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Chad Johnson to St. Louis Blues 1-year [27]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Scott Wedgewood from Los Angeles Kings 1-year [28]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Viktor Antipin to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) 3-year [29]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Mike Sislo to New York Islanders 1-year [30]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Jordan Nolan to St. Louis Blues 1-year [31]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24) Adam Wilcox from Rochester Americans (AHL) 1-year [32]
May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08) Arttu Ruotsalainen from Ilves (Liiga) 3-year [33]

Waivers[edit]

Signings[edit]

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Brandon Hickey 2-year [38]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Scott Wilson 2-year [39]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) Rasmus Dahlin 3-year [40]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Sean Malone 1-year [41]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Justin Bailey 1-year [42]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Nicholas Baptiste 1-year [43]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Danny O’Regan 1-year [43]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) C. J. Smith 1-year [44]
September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) Sam Reinhart 2-year [45]
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) Matej Pekar 3-year [46]
March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26) Casey Fitzgerald 2-year [47]
April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15) Jacob Bryson 3-year [48]
June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) Jeff Skinner 8-year [49]

Draft picks[edit]

Below are the Buffalo Sabres’ selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Notes:

  1. The Minnesota Wild’s fourth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 30, 2017 that sent Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno and a third-round pick to Minnesota in exchange for Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella and this pick.[50]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  3. ^ Farrell, Sean (March 23, 2019). “Canadiens defeat Sabres, pad lead for second wild card in East”. NHL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019. Sam Reinhart, Alexander Nylander, Marco Scandella and Jack Eichel scored for Buffalo (31-34-9), which was eliminated from playoff contention.
  4. ^ Kaplan, Emily (April 5, 2019). “Canes clinch playoff berth, snap 10-year drought”. ESPN.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019. The Buffalo Sabres now hold the NHL’s longest postseason drought. The Sabres have not made the playoffs since the 2010-11 season.
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  13. ^ “Sabres announce 2018-19 regular-season schedule”. NHL.com. June 21, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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  29. ^ “Металлург” подписал контракт с Виктором Антипиным”. NHL.com (in Russian). July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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