2014–15_Buffalo_Sabres_season

2014–15 Buffalo Sabres
2014–15 Buffalo Sabres
Division	8th Atlantic
Conference	16th Eastern
2014–15 record	23–51–8
Home record	14–22–5
Road record	9–29–3
Goals for	161
Goals against	274
Team information
General manager	Tim Murray
Coach	Ted Nolan
Captain	Brian Gionta
Alternate captains	Josh Gorges; Matt Moulson
Arena	First Niagara Center
Average attendance	18,580; (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Ennis (20)
Assists	Matt Moulson (28)
Points	Tyler Ennis (46)
Penalty minutes	Nicolas Deslauriers (71)
Plus/minus	Mark Pysyk (+4)
Wins	Jhonas Enroth (13)
Goals against average	Michal Neuvirth (2.99)
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2014–15 Buffalo Sabres season

NHL hockey team season

The 2014–15 Buffalo Sabres season was the 45th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[2] The team finished last place overall in the league with 54 points and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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Schedule and results

Regular season

More information 2014–15 Game Log Record: 23–51–8 (Home: 14–22–5 ; Road: 9–29–3), October: 2–8–1 (Home: 0–4–1 ; Road: 2–4–0) ...

2014–15 Game Log
Record: 23–51–8 (Home: 14–22–5 ; Road: 9–29–3)

October: 2–8–1 (Home: 0–4–1 ; Road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Columbus	3–1	Buffalo		Enroth	18,215	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 11	Buffalo	2–6	Chicago		Enroth	22,012	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 13	Anaheim	5–1	Buffalo		Neuvirth	18,912	0–3–0	0	Recap
4	October 14	Buffalo	4–3	Carolina	SO	Enroth	14,930	1–3–0	2	Recap
5	October 17	Florida	1–0	Buffalo		Enroth	17,864	1–4–0	2	Recap
6	October 18	Boston	4–0	Buffalo		Enroth	18,685	1–5–0	2	Recap
7	October 22	Buffalo	1–4	Anaheim		Neuvirth	16,067	1–6–0	2	Recap
8	October 23	Buffalo	0–2	Los Angeles		Enroth	18,230	1–7–0	2	Recap
9	October 25	Buffalo	2–1	San Jose		Neuvirth	17,370	2–7–0	4	Recap
10	October 28	Buffalo	0–4	Toronto		Neuvirth	18,898	2–8–0	4	Recap
11	October 30	Boston	3–2	Buffalo	OT	Enroth	17,477	2–8–1	5	Recap

November: 6–6–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 1	Buffalo	0–5	Pittsburgh		Enroth	18,652	2–9–1	5	Recap
13	November 2	Detroit	2–3	Buffalo	SO	Neuvirth	17,815	3–9–1	7	Recap
14	November 5	Montreal	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Neuvirth	17,837	3–9–2	8	Recap
15	November 7	Edmonton	3–2	Buffalo		Neuvirth	17,490	3–10–2	8	Recap
16	November 8	Pittsburgh	6–1	Buffalo		Enroth	19,070	3–11–2	8	Recap
17	November 11	Buffalo	1–6	St. Louis		Neuvirth	17,570	3–12–2	8	Recap
18	November 13	Buffalo	3–6	Minnesota		Enroth	18,925	3–13–2	8	Recap
19	November 15	Toronto	2–6	Buffalo		Neuvirth	19,070	4–13–2	10	Recap
20	November 18	San Jose	1–4	Buffalo		Enroth	17,435^[8]	5–13–2	12	Recap
–	November 21	NY Rangers		Buffalo	Game rescheduled to February 20 due to hazardous weather in Buffalo.
21	November 22	Buffalo	2–1	Washington		Enroth	18,506	6–13–2	14	Recap
22	November 26	Winnipeg	2–1	Buffalo		Enroth	18,442	6–14–2	14	Recap
23	November 28	Montreal	1–2	Buffalo		Enroth	19,070	7–14–2	16	Recap
24	November 29	Buffalo	4–3	Montreal	SO	Enroth	21,287	8–14–2	18	Recap

December: 6–7–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 0–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 2	Tampa Bay	1–2	Buffalo	SO	Enroth	17,772	9–14–2	20	Recap
26	December 4	Buffalo	0–5	Tampa Bay		Enroth	17,767	9–15–2	20	Recap
27	December 6	Buffalo	2–3	Florida		Neuvirth	8,597	9–16–2	20	Recap
28	December 9	Los Angeles	0–1	Buffalo		Enroth	18,438	10–16–2	22	Recap
29	December 11	Calgary	3–4	Buffalo		Enroth	18,208	11–16–2	24	Recap
30	December 13	Florida	3–4	Buffalo	OT	Enroth	18,450	12–16–2	26	Recap
31	December 15	Ottawa	4–5	Buffalo	SO	Enroth	14,578	13–16–2	28	Recap
32	December 16	Buffalo	1–5	Winnipeg		Neuvirth	15,016	13–17–2	28	Recap
33	December 20	Colorado	5–1	Buffalo		Enroth	18,831	13–18–2	28	Recap
34	December 21	Buffalo	3–4	Boston	OT	Enroth	17,565	13–18–3	29	Recap
35	December 23	Buffalo	3–6	Detroit		Neuvirth	20,027	13–19–3	29	Recap
36	December 27	NY Islanders	3–4	Buffalo	SO	Enroth	19,070	14–19–3	31	Recap
37	December 29	Buffalo	2–5	Ottawa		Enroth	18,284	14–20–3	31	Recap
38	December 31	Tampa Bay	5–1	Buffalo		Enroth	19,070	14–21–3	31	Recap

January: 0–12–0 (Home: 0–4–0 ; Road: 0–8–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 2	Florida	2–0	Buffalo		Neuvirth	19,070	14–22–3	31	Recap
40	January 3	Buffalo	1–6	NY Rangers		Neuvirth	18,006	14–23–3	31	Recap
41	January 6	Buffalo	1–4	New Jersey		Enroth	15,162	14–24–3	31	Recap
42	January 8	Buffalo	2–5	Carolina		Enroth	9,781	14–25–3	31	Recap
43	January 9	Buffalo	1–2	Tampa Bay		Neuvirth	19,204	14–26–3	31	Recap
44	January 13	Detroit	3–1	Buffalo		Neuvirth	19,070	14–27–3	31	Recap
45	January 15	Minnesota	7–0	Buffalo		Enroth	18,963	14–28–3	31	Recap
46	January 17	Philadelphia	4–3	Buffalo		Neuvirth	19,070	14–29–3	31	Recap
47	January 18	Buffalo	4–6	Detroit		Enroth	20,027	14–30–3	31	Recap
48	January 27	Buffalo	1–4	Calgary		Enroth	18,563	14–31–3	31	Recap
49	January 29	Buffalo	2–3	Edmonton		Enroth	16,839	14–32–3	31	Recap
50	January 30	Buffalo	2–5	Vancouver		Hackett	18,570	14–33–3	31	Recap

February: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 3	Buffalo	3–2	Montreal		Enroth	21,286	15–33–3	33	Recap
52	February 5	St. Louis	3–0	Buffalo		Enroth	18,912	15–34–3	33	Recap
53	February 7	Dallas	2–3	Buffalo		Enroth	18,426	16–34–3	35	Recap
54	February 8	NY Islanders	3–2	Buffalo		Neuvirth	18,900	16–35–3	35	Recap
55	February 10	Ottawa	2–1	Buffalo		Enroth	19,070	16–36–3	35	Recap
56	February 15	Philadelphia	2–1	Buffalo		Neuvirth	18,759	16–37–3	35	Recap
57	February 17	Buffalo	1–2	New Jersey	SO	Neuvirth	13,517	16–37–4	36	Recap
58	February 19	Buffalo	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Neuvirth	19,472	17–37–4	38	Recap
59	February 20	NY Rangers	3–1	Buffalo		Neuvirth	19,070	17–38–4	38	Recap
60	February 22	Nashville	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Neuvirth	19,070	17–38–5	39	Recap
61	February 24	Buffalo	4–2	Columbus		Neuvirth	13,671	18–38–5	41	Recap
62	February 26	Vancouver	3–6	Buffalo		Neuvirth	19,070	19–38–5	43	Recap
63	February 28	Buffalo	3–5	Florida		Neuvirth	10,374	19–39–5	43	Recap

March: 2–8–3 (Home: 0–2–2 ; Road: 2–6–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 3	Buffalo	0–3	Tampa Bay		Lindback	18,922	19–40–5	43	Recap
65	March 6	Buffalo	2–3	Ottawa		Lindback	18,241	19–41–5	43	Recap
66	March 7	Buffalo	1–6	Washington		Hackett	18,506	19–42–5	43	Recap
67	March 11	Buffalo	3–4	Toronto	SO	Lindback	18,844	19–42–6	44	Recap
68	March 14	NY Rangers	2–0	Buffalo		Lindback	19,070	19–43–6	44	Recap
69	March 16	Washington	4–3	Buffalo	SO	Lindback	19,070	19–43–7	45	Recap
70	March 17	Buffalo	2–1	Boston	SO	Lindback	17,565	20–43–7	47	Recap
71	March 20	New Jersey	3–1	Buffalo		Lindback	19,070	20–44–7	47	Recap
72	March 21	Buffalo	0–3	Nashville		Hackett	17,113	20–45–7	47	Recap
73	March 23	Buffalo	3–4	Dallas		Lindback	18,113	20–46–7	47	Recap
74	March 26	Arizona	4–3	Buffalo	OT	Hackett	19,070	20–46–8	48	Recap
75	March 28	Buffalo	3–5	Colorado		Hackett	18,007	20–47–8	48	Recap
76	March 30	Buffalo	4–1	Arizona		Lindback	13,612	21–47–8	50	Recap

April: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
77	April 1	Toronto	3–4	Buffalo		Lindback	19,070	22–47–8	52	Recap
78	April 3	Chicago	3–4	Buffalo		Lindback	19,070	22–48–8	52	Recap
79	April 4	Buffalo	0–3	NY Islanders		Makarov	16,170	22–49–8	52	Recap
80	April 6	Carolina	3–4	Buffalo		Lindback	19,070	23–49–8	54	Recap
81	April 10	Buffalo	2–4	Columbus		Lindback	17,855	23–50–8	54	Recap
82	April 11	Pittsburgh	2–0	Buffalo		Lindback	19,070	23–51–8	54	Recap

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

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Jhonas Enroth^‡	37	35	2204	13	21	2	120	3.27	1237	0.903	1	0
Michal Neuvirth^‡	27	27	1544	6	17	3	77	2.99	941	0.918	0	0
Anders Lindback^†	16	15	891	4	8	2	41	2.76	542	0.924	0	4
Matt Hackett	5	4	250	0	4	1	18	4.32	155	0.884	0	0
Andrey Makarov	1	1	60	0	1	0	3	3.00	36	0.917	0	0

June 28, 2014	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2014	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2014	^[12]
July 1, 2014	To Montreal Canadiens MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Buffalo Sabres Josh Gorges	^[13]
July 9, 2014	To Winnipeg Jets Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015	To Buffalo Sabres Jordan Samuels-Thomas	^[14]
December 16, 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets Luke Adam	To Buffalo Sabres Jerry D'Amigo	^[15]
February 11, 2015	To Winnipeg Jets Tyler Myers Drew Stafford Brendan Lemieux Joel Armia 1st-round pick in 2015	To Buffalo Sabres Evander Kane Zach Bogosian Jason Kasdorf	^[16]
February 11, 2015	To Dallas Stars Jhonas Enroth	To Buffalo Sabres Anders Lindback conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	^[17]
March 2, 2015	To Montreal Canadiens Brian Flynn	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2016	^[18]
March 2, 2015	To New York Islanders Michal Neuvirth	To Buffalo Sabres Chad Johnson 3rd-round pick in 2016	^[19]
March 2, 2015	To Montreal Canadiens Torrey Mitchell	To Buffalo Sabres Jack Nevins 7th-round pick in 2016	^[20]
March 2, 2015	To Minnesota Wild Chris Stewart	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2017	^[21]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Sam Reinhart	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
2	31	Brendan Lemieux	LW	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	44^[a]	Eric Cornel	C	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	49^[b]	Vaclav Karabacek	RW	Czech Republic	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
3	61	Jonas Johansson	G	Sweden	Brynas IF (J20 SuperElit)
3	74	Brycen Martin	D	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	121	Max Willman	C	United States	Williston Northampton Wildcats (NEPSAC)
6	151	Christopher Brown	C	United States	Cranbrook Kingswood
7	181	Victor Olofsson	RW	Sweden	MODO Hockey (SHL)

2014–15_Buffalo_Sabres_season

2014–15 Buffalo Sabres season

Off-season

Summer sessions

Training camp

Standings

Suspensions/fines

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Player stats

Notable achievements

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Players released

Player signings

Coaching changes

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
5	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
6	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98

3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54