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Buffalo SabresGame Notes

Thu, Oct 8, 2015 NHL Game #6

Buffalo SabresTeam Game: 1Home Game: 1

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Ottawa SenatorsTeam Game: 1Road Game: 1

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# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%31 Chad Johnson - - - - - -40 Robin Lehner - - - - - -

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%29 Matthew O'Connor - - - - - -41 Craig Anderson - - - - - -

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM3 D Mark Pysyk - - - - - -6 D Mike Weber - - - - - -9 L Evander Kane - - - - - -

12 R Brian Gionta - - - - - -15 C Jack Eichel - - - - - -17 C David Legwand - - - - - -22 L Johan Larsson - - - - - -23 C Sam Reinhart - - - - - -25 D Carlo Colaiacovo - - - - - -26 L Matt Moulson - - - - - -28 C Zemgus Girgensons - - - - - -29 D Jake McCabe - - - - - -44 L Nicolas Deslauriers - - - - - -46 D Cody Franson - - - - - -55 D Rasmus Ristolainen - - - - - -63 C Tyler Ennis - - - - - -65 D Matt Donovan - - - - - -82 L Marcus Foligno - - - - - -88 L Jamie McGinn - - - - - -90 C Ryan O'Reilly - - - - - -

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM2 D Jared Cowen - - - - - -3 D Marc Methot - - - - - -5 D Cody Ceci - - - - - -6 R Bobby Ryan - - - - - -7 C Kyle Turris - - - - - -9 L Milan Michalek - - - - - -

10 L Shane Prince - - - - - -15 C Zack Smith - - - - - -16 L Clarke MacArthur - - - - - -25 R Chris Neil - - - - - -27 R Curtis Lazar - - - - - -44 C Jean-Gabriel Pageau - - - - - -45 D Chris Wideman - - - - - -46 D Patrick Wiercioch - - - - - -61 R Mark Stone - - - - - -65 D Erik Karlsson - - - - - -68 L Mike Hoffman - - - - - -74 D Mark Borowiecki - - - - - -90 R Alex Chiasson - - - - - -93 C Mika Zibanejad - - - - - -

Owner/CEO Terry PegulaPresident/Alternate Governor Russ BrandonGeneral Manager Tim MurrayHead Coach Dan BylsmaCoaching Staff Terry Murray, Dave Barr, Dan

Lambert, Andrew Allen

General manager and president ofhockey ops.

Bryan Murray

Assistant general managers Pierre Dorion, Randy LeeHead coach Dave CameronAssistant coaches Jason Smith, Andre Tourigny,

Rick WamsleyVideo coach Tim Pattyson

Tonight's Officials

Referees Frederick L'Ecuyer (17), Dan O'Rourke (9) Linesmen Ryan Galloway (82), Bryan Pancich (94)

Supervisor Video JudgeNtl. Anthem Kevin Kennedy Officiating Manager Bill McCreary

Today's ScheduleWPG @ BOS : 7:00 OTT @ BUF : 7:00 MIN @ COL : 7:00 CAR @ NSH : 7:00 EDM @ STL : 7:00 PIT @ DAL : 7:30PHI @ TBL : 7:30

Buffalo Sabres: RosterActive (22 Players)# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place3 Mark Pysyk D 6' 1" 200 Jan 11, 1992 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN6 Mike Weber D 6' 2" 217 Dec 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 201 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA17 David Legwand C 6' 2" 207 Aug 17, 1980 Detroit, MI, USA22 Johan Larsson L 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 189 Nov 6, 1995 North Vancouver, BC, CAN25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 6' 1" 202 Jan 27, 1983 Toronto, ON, CAN26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 212 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 1" 203 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA29 Jake McCabe D 6' 0" 214 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA31 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 196 Jun 10, 1986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN40 Robin Lehner G 6' 5" 240 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 212 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN46 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 234 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 207 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 160 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN65 Matt Donovan D 6' 1" 205 May 9, 1990 Edmond, OK, USA82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 226 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA88 Jamie McGinn L 6' 1" 205 Aug 5, 1988 Fergus, ON, CAN90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN

22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 205 Age: 26.0

Injured Reserve List (6 Players)4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 203 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 228 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN24 Bobby Sanguinetti D 6' 3" 188 Feb 29, 1988 Trenton, NJ, USA35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 212 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE45 Brendan Guhle D 6' 2" 186 Jul 29, 1997 Edmonton, AB, CAN47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 219 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA

Goal StreaksNo active streaks

Assist StreaksNo active streaks

Point StreaksNo active streaks

Ottawa Senators: RosterActive (22 Players)# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place2 Jared Cowen D 6' 5" 238 Jan 25, 1991 Saskatoon, SK, CAN3 Marc Methot D 6' 3" 228 Jun 21, 1985 Ottawa, ON, CAN5 Cody Ceci D 6' 3" 205 Dec 21, 1993 Ottawa, ON, CAN6 Bobby Ryan R 6' 2" 209 Mar 17, 1987 Cherry Hill, NJ, USA7 Kyle Turris C 6' 1" 190 Aug 14, 1989 New Westminster, BC, CAN9 Milan Michalek L 6' 2" 220 Dec 7, 1984 Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE10 Shane Prince L 5' 11" 185 Nov 16, 1992 Rochester, NY, USA15 Zack Smith C 6' 2" 209 Apr 5, 1988 Maple Creek, SK, CAN16 Clarke MacArthur L 6' 0" 195 Apr 6, 1985 Lloydminster, AB, CAN25 Chris Neil R 6' 1" 206 Jun 18, 1979 Flesherton, ON, CAN27 Curtis Lazar R 6' 0" 209 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN29 Matthew O'Connor G 6' 6" 205 Feb 14, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN41 Craig Anderson G 6' 2" 184 May 21, 1981 Park Ridge, IL, USA44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 5' 10" 180 Nov 11, 1992 Ottawa, ON, CAN45 Chris Wideman D 5' 10" 180 Jan 7, 1990 St. Louis, MO, USA46 Patrick Wiercioch D 6' 5" 202 Sep 12, 1990 Burnaby, BC, CAN61 Mark Stone R 6' 3" 205 May 13, 1992 Winnipeg, MB, CAN65 Erik Karlsson D 6' 0" 191 May 31, 1990 Landsbro, SWE68 Mike Hoffman L 6' 1" 180 Nov 24, 1989 Kitchener, ON, CAN74 Mark Borowiecki D 6' 2" 205 Jul 12, 1989 Ottawa, ON, CAN90 Alex Chiasson R 6' 3" 208 Oct 1, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN93 Mika Zibanejad C 6' 2" 222 Apr 18, 1993 Huddinge, SWE

22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 202 Age: 26.4

Injured Reserve List (2 Players)4 Chris Phillips D 6' 3" 219 Mar 9, 1978 Calgary, AB, CAN30 Andrew Hammond G 6' 1" 220 Feb 11, 1988 Surrey, BC, CAN

Goal StreaksNo active streaks

Assist StreaksNo active streaks

Point StreaksNo active streaks

Ottawa Senators @ Buffalo SabresTeam Records

Ottawa Senators Buffalo SabresLast game: - -Next game: **NONE** **NONE**

Overall record/streak: 0 - 0 - 0 / 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 / 0 / 0Home record/streak: 0 - 0 - 0 / 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 / 0 / 0Road record/streak: 0 - 0 - 0 / 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 / 0 / 0

Last 5 Games: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Last 10 Games: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 01-Goal Games: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 02-Goal Games 0 - 0 0 - 03-Goal Games 0 - 0 0 - 0

Scoring first 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Opponent scoring first 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Leading after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Trailing after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Tied after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Leading after 2 periods 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Tied after 2 periods 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0OT Record - This Season: 0 - 0 0 - 0

OT Record - Franchise: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Shootout Record - This Season: 0 - 0 0 - 0

Shootout Record - Franchise: 0 - 0 0 - 0Outshooting opponent: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Outshot by opponent: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0vs. Atlantic: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

vs. Metropolitan: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

vs. Central: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0vs. Pacific: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

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Month by Month RecordOttawa Senators Buffalo Sabres

W-L-OT Points W-L-OT PointsTotals: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0

Ottawa Senators @ Buffalo SabresSituations

Goals by Period1 2 3 OT T Avg

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Buffalo Sabres: 0 0 0 0 0 0Opponents: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shots by Period1 2 3 OT T Avg

Ottawa Senators: 0 0 0 0 0 0Opponents: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres: 0 0 0 0 0 0Opponents: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Power PlayOttawa Senators Buffalo Sabres

G Att % G Att %Overall: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Home: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Road: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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G Att % G Att %Overall: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Home: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Road: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal SituationsOttawa Senators Buffalo Sabres

For Against For Against5 on 5: 0 0 0 05 on 4: 0 0 0 05 on 3: 0 0 0 04 on 4: 0 0 0 04 on 3: 0 0 0 03 on 3: 0 0 0 03 on 4: 0 0 0 03 on 5: 0 0 0 04 on 5: 0 0 0 0

Empty Net: 0 0 0 0Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0

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LAST GAMEN/A CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 0)Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missedZach Bogosian (lower body, Oct. 9; injured reserve) – 0 gamesJosh Gorges (lower body, Oct. 9; injured reserve) – 0 gamesBrendan Guhle (upper body, Oct. 9; injured reserve0 – 0 gamesCody McCormick (blood clot, Oct. 9; injured reserve) – 0 gamesBobby Sanguinetti (lower body, Oct. 9; injured reserve) – 0 gamesLinus Ullmark (lower body, Oct. 9; injured reserve) – 0 games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS10/2: Assigned F William Carrier, F Evan Rodrigues, F Tim Schaller, D Jerome Leduc (pending waivers), D Chad Ruhwedel(pending waivers) and G Nathan Lieuwen to Rochester (AHL); Released F Matt Ellis and F Patrick Kaleta from PTOs.10/3: Assigned F Jason Akeson to Rochester (AHL).10/4: Assigned F Cal O’Reilly to Rochester (AHL).10/6: Placed F Cody McCormick, D Zach Bogosian, D Josh Gorges, D Brendan Guhle, D Bobby Sanguinetti and G LinusUllmark on IR. UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, Oct. 10: Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Monday, Oct. 12: Columbus at Buffalo, 3:00 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 15: Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 17: Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT’S GAMESENATORS at SABRES

This is the first of four meetings between the Sabres and Senators this season.

Next meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 26 in Ottawa

The Sabres are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Senators; 5-2-3 at home

This is the 125th game all-time between Buffalo and Ottawa; Buffalo has a 59-48-17 series record.

The Sabres are 33-21-7 at home against the Senators all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY

The Sabres are 4-5-3 all-time on October 8.

October 8, 1972: Tim Horton makes his Sabres debut in a 5-3 win at home against the Atlanta Flames.

October 8, 1992: Dominik Hasek makes his first Sabres appearance, starting in the team’s season-opener at home, a 5-4 loss to the

Quebec Nordiques.

October 8, 2010: The Sabres opened their season with a 2-1 win at Ottawa. Derek Roy scored both goals for the Sabres, with Tyler

Ennis logging two assists. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

The Sabres are opening the season with three consecutive home games for the second time in franchise history (1975-76).

Dan Bylsma makes his Sabres coaching debut tonight. The Sabres have an all-time record of 10-6-1 in the first game with a new

head coach.

Buffalo and Ottawa have had 11 of their last 14 matchups decided by a single goal.

Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes

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Seven of the last eight meetings between the teams in Buffalo have been decided by one goal; five have gone to overtime.

The Sabres are 8-4 all-time in shootouts against the Senators. Their 12 shootouts against Ottawa tie their totals against Boston and

New Jersey for most against a single opponent.

Brian Gionta leads all Sabres with 30 points (18+12) in 45 career games against the Senators.

Mike Weber has seven points (1+6) in 23 career games against the Senators, his highest total against any team. OPENING NIGHT

Tonight marks the 45th season-opener in Buffalo Sabres franchise history

The Sabres are 24-16-4 all-time in season-openers; 17-7-4 when opening at home

Buffalo is 21-17-6 all-time in home-openers

The Sabres have opened their season against the Senators twice in franchise history. Both games (1995-96 and 2010-11) were

Sabres wins in Ottawa.

The Sabres have opened their home schedule against Ottawa once in franchise history, a 1-0 loss on Oct. 4, 2013. A NEW LOOK

As many as 10 players could make their Sabres regular-season debuts tonight: Carlo Colaiacovo, Matt Donovan, Jack Eichel,

Cody Franson, Chad Johnson, Evander Kane, David Legwand, Robin Lehner, Jamie McGinn, Ryan O’Reilly

Barring any late roster moves, at least six of these players will appear in tonight’s game. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the

last time the Sabres had at least six players make their Sabres debut in the team’s season-opener was in 1986-87 (Christian

Ruuttu, Clark Gillies, Jim Korn, Ken Priestlay, Scott Arniel, Shawn Anderson and Wilf Paiement).

Only nine of the 20 Sabres players who dressed for the first game of the 2014-15 season appear on the team’s 2015-16 opening day

roster. Only five players on this year’s opening day roster suited up for the team in the season-opener two years ago: Tyler Ennis,

Zemgus Girgensons, Mark Pysyk, Rasmus Ristolainen, Mike Weber OPENING HIS ACCOUNT EARLYZemgus Girgensons has scored the Sabres’ first goal of the season in each of his first two NHL seasons. He is the only player inSabres history to accomplish that feat. With a goal tonight, he would be the third player in franchise history to score in at least threeconsecutive season-openers, joining Dave Andreychuk (1982-83 to 1985-86) and Gilbert Perreault (1983-84 to 1986-87), who eachscored in four straight. A FRESH FACEIf he dresses for tonight’s game, Jack Eichel will become the eighth 18-year-old ever to dress for the Sabres and the fifth to do so onopening day. The Sabres have had an 18-year-old in the opening day lineup each of the last three years (2014-15: Sam Reinhart;2013-14: Rasmus Ristolainen; 2012-13: Mikhail Grigorenko). YOUNGEST SABRES DEBUTS

Player Season Age First Game

Pierre Turgeon 1987-88 18 years, 41 days 10/8/87 vs. Minnesota

Nikita Zadorov 2013-14 18 years, 187 days 10/19/13 vs. Colorado

Jay McKee 1995-96 18 years, 215 days 4/10/96 vs. Ottawa

Mikhail Grigorenko 2012-13 18 years, 249 days 1/20/13 vs. Philadelphia

Wayne Primeau 1994-95 18 years, 333 days 5/3/95 vs. New Jersey

Sam Reinhart 2014-15 18 years, 338 days 10/9/14 vs. Columbus

Rasmus Ristolainen 2013-14 18 years, 340 days 10/2/13 at Detroit

Jack Eichel* 2015-16 18 years, 346 days 10/8/15 vs. Ottawa

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ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?The 22 players on the Sabres’ opening day roster have combined to play 5,914 NHL games, 56 more than last year’s 23-man openingday roster had between them. The average Sabres skater entering the 2015-16 season has played 14 more NHL games than hiscounterpart from last season and 46 more games than his 2013-14 counterpart. 2015 PRESEASON

Buffalo finished the preseason with a 4-3-0 record; 1-2-0 at home and 3-1-0 on the road

Jack Eichel led all Sabres and tied for ninth in the league with six points (2+4) in four preseason games, including a league-high two

shorthanded goals.

Sam Reinhart tied for fifth in the league with five assists in five games.

The Sabres ranked fourth in the league with 26 goals, including a league-high five shorthanded goals. 2015-16 ROSTER NOTES Of the 22 players on Buffalo’s opening night roster:

Nine were originally drafted by the Sabres -- six were first-round Buffalo selections (Ennis, 2008; Pysyk, 2010; Girgensons, 2012;

Ristolainen, 2013; Reinhart, 2014; Eichel, 2015), two were second-round picks (Weber, 2006; McCabe, 2012) and one was a

fourth-round pick (Foligno, 2009)

Eight were acquired in trades: Deslauriers, Johnson, Kane, Larsson, Legwand, Lehner, McGinn, O’Reilly

Five were signed as free agents: Colaiacovo, Donovan, Franson, Gionta, Moulson

12 played in Buffalo at some point last season

Eight are new to the Sabres this season: Colaiacovo, Donovan, Eichel, Franson, Legwand, Lehner, McGinn, O’Reilly

Two are opening the season on an NHL roster for the first time in their careers: Eichel, McCabe BUF-OTT CONNECTIONSFormer Sabres:

Clarke MacArthur played for the Sabres from 2006-2010. While with the team, MacArthur appeared in 187 games and recorded 79

points (41+38). Former Senators:

David Legwand and Robin Lehner were both acquired via trade from the Senators on June 26, 2015. Lehner was drafted by the

Senators in the second round (46th overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft and went 30-36-13 with a .914 save percentage and a 2.88 goals-

against average in 86 games played for Ottawa. Legwand spent one season (2014-15) with the Senators and had 27 points (9+18)

and a plus-1 rating in 80 games. Carlo Colaiacovo:

Represented Team Canada alongside Marc Methot at the 2011 World Championship. Nicolas Deslauriers:

Played with Jean-Gabriel Pageau for the Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) during the 2010-11 season. Matt Donovan:

Played at the University of Denver (WCHA) with Patrick Wiercioch during the 2009-2010 season. Jack Eichel:

Played with Matt O’Connor at Boston University during the 2014-15 season.

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Marcus Foligno:

Played with Jared Cowen for Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior Championship held in Buffalo. The Canadian squad was

coached by Ottawa head coach Dave Cameron. Cody Franson:

Played with Clarke MacArthur for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2011-2013. Johan Larsson:

Represented Team Sweden alongside Erik Karlsson at the 2012 World Championship. Jamie McGinn:

Played with Milan Michalek for the San Jose Sharks during the 2008-09 season. Mark Pysyk:

Played with Curtis Lazar for the Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) from 2010-2012. Ryan O’Reilly:

Played alongside Craig Anderson for the Colorado Avalanche from 2009-2011. Sam Reinhart:

Represented Team Canada alongside Curtis Lazar at the 2014 and 2015 World Junior Championships. Reinhart tied for the

tournament lead with 11 points (5+6) and Lazar served as team captain as Canada took the gold medal at the tournament. SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERSHits: N/ABlocked Shots: N/AShots: N/A SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK]1-10: 0-0-0 (0), 0/0, 0/0, 0/0 OVERTIME RESULTS (0-0; 98-101 all-time)N/A SHOOTOUT RESULTS (0-0; 65-51 all-time)N/A MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player … Needs … Milestone)Games PlayedNicolas Deslauriers … 1 game … 100 career games playedMarcus Foligno … 8 games … 200 career games playedGoalsRyan O’Reilly … 10 goals … 100 career goalsAssistsZach Bogosian … 6 assists … 100 career assistsJosh Gorges … 10 assists … 100 career assists RECENT MILESTONESN/A

Dan Bylsma is currently in his first year as head coach of the Sabres after being hired as the 17th head coach in franchise history on May 28,2015.Bylsma joined the Sabres after spending six seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he led the team to a 252-117-32overall regular-season record and became the winningest head coach in Penguins history. He began the 2015-16 season with the best pointspercentage (.668) of any head coach in NHL history with at least three full seasons coached.The Grand Haven, Michigan native began his coaching career in 2004-05 as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL). He alsoserved as an assistant for the New York Islanders in 2005-06, and for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins from 2006-07 to 2007-08 beforebeing named head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the 2008-09 season.For a full Dan Bylsma bio, please visit www.sabresdigitalpressbox.com/media-information/danbylsma

Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player BiosHead Coach: Dan Bylsma

#31: Chad Johnson (G) 6' 3", 196 lbs. / Jun 10, 1986 (29 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 5th Round (125th Overall) of 2006 NHL DraftAcquired: From the New York Islanders with a third-round pick in the 2016 NHLDraft on March 2, 2015 in exchange for Michal NeuvirthLast Win: FEB 24, 2015 vs ARIZONA (1)Last SO: MAR 21, 2014 @ COLORADO (23)Career Shootouts: 12/18 (.667), 2-4

GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Season - ----- -Career 56 28-14-7 3 2.41 .914

Career vs. Opp 2 1-1-0 0 1.84 .935

Season Highs: Shots Saves- -

2014-15:• Won his first three decisions of the season (10/11-10/25), his first as a member of the Islanders• Compiled a 2-2-1 record with a .935 save percentage and a 2.20 goals-against average in five games during the month of February• Suffered an ankle injury during morning skate before his first start with the Sabres and missed the final 18 games of the season.

#35: Linus Ullmark (G) (*Injured) 6' 4", 212 lbs. / Jul 31, 1993 (22 years and 2 months)

Last Win: -Last SO: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (.000), 0-0

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#40: Robin Lehner (G) 6' 5", 240 lbs. / Jul 24, 1991 (24 years and 2 months)

Drafted: 2009 - Ottawa's second second-round pick (46th overall)Acquired: Acquired from Ottawa with David legwand in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft on June 26, 2015.Last Win: FEB 14, 2015 vs EDMONTON (1)Last SO: JAN 14, 2014 @ MINNESOTA (41)Career Shootouts: 34/54 (.630), 7-9


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2014-15:• Missed 31 games due to injury, appearing in 25 games while healthy• Began the season 3-0-1 in a four-game stretch (10/11-10/28) in which he posted a .939 SV% and a 2.18 GAA• Stopped 35 of 36 shots in a win at BUF (2/10)• Went 6-1-0 in games in which he faced at least 35 shots, posting a .943 SV% and a 2.12 GAA in those contests.

#3: Mark Pysyk (D) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Jan 11, 1992 (23 years and 8 months)

MAHRK PEH-sickDrafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (23rd overall) of 2010 Entry DraftLast Goal: FEB 24, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1)Last Assist: FEB 26, 2015 vs VANCOUVERCareer Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason - ----- - -Career 70 4-11-15 -14 18

Career vs. Opp 5 1-1-2 1 2

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: four – upper body (10/9-10/14)

• Had two blocked shots in 19:58 of ice time in his season debut at BOS (12/21)

• Scored his first NHL goal of the season and was a plus-2 at OTT (12/29)

• Scored a goal and finished with a career-high plus-3 rating at CBJ (2/24)

• Appeared in 54 games for Rochester, tallying three goals and tying a career high with 14 assists in his third AHL season.

#4: Josh Gorges (D) (*Injured) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Aug 14, 1984 (31 years and 1 month)

Acquired: From Montreal on July 1, 2014 in exchange for a 2nd-round pick in 2016Last Goal: OCT 12, 2013 @ VANCOUVER (107)Last Assist: DEC 27, 2014 vs NY ISLANDERS (19)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason - ----- - -Career 606 14-90-104 8 265

Career vs. Opp 37 0-7-7 -2 27


2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: 36; 27 – knee (2/15-4/11), seven – lower body (11/13-11/28), two – undisclosed (12/16-12/20)

• Played in his 600th NHL game at EDM (1/29)

• Registered his 100th NHL point with an assist vs. TBL (12/2)

• Ranked second in the NHL with 148 blocked shots at the time of his season-ending knee injury.

#6: Mike Weber (D) 6' 2", 217 lbs. / Dec 16, 1987 (27 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (57th overall) of 2006 NHL DraftLast Goal: JAN 13, 2015 vs DETROIT (29)Last Assist: MAR 30, 2015 @ ARIZONA (1)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


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2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: 15; six – lower body (12/13-12/17), five – hernia (4/3-4/11), two – undisclosed (1/17-1/18), two – upper body (2/22-2/24)

• Recorded a three-game point streak (0+3) from 11/15-11/22

• Skated a career-high 28:18 of ice time at BOS (3/17)

• Appeared in his 300th career NHL game vs. NJD (3/20).

#8: Cody McCormick (C) (*Injured) 6' 2", 228 lbs. / Apr 18, 1983 (32 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 5th round (144th overall) of 2001 NHL Draft.Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014Last Goal: JAN 9, 2015 @ TAMPA BAYLast Assist: NOV 18, 2014 vs SAN JOSE (13)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


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2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: 49; 39 – lower body (1/13-4/11), six – lower body (12/13-12/27), four – upper body (11/26-12/2) • Scored his first career

shorthanded goal at TBL (1/9)

• Played in his 400th NHL game vs. TBL (12/31)

• Notched an assist in consecutive games (11/15 vs. TOR and 11/18 vs. SJS).

#9: Evander Kane (L) 6' 2", 204 lbs. / Aug 2, 1991 (24 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Thrashers in 1st round (4th overall) of 2009 NHL DraftAcquired: From Winnipeg with Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf on Feb. 11, 2015 inexchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a first-round pick in the 2015 NHL DraftLast Goal: JAN 21, 2015 vs COLUMBUS (4)Last Assist: JAN 27, 2015 @ PITTSBURGH (3)Career Shootouts: 3/16 (19%), 2 GDG


Career vs. Opp 17 4-3-7 -3 2


2014-15:

• Did not play for the Sabres after being acquired on 2/11 due to a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the last 27games of the season

• Scored his 100th career NHL goal, adding an assist and a fight vs. PIT (11/6)

• Scored two power-play goals at CBJ (11/25)

• Missed two games (12/9-12/11) due to suspension

• Scored a goal in three straight games (1/11-1/15)

• Tied his career high with three assists at PIT (1/27).

#12: Brian Gionta (R) 5' 7", 178 lbs. / Jan 18, 1979 (36 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in 3rd round (82nd overall) of 1998 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014Last Goal: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1)Last Assist: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1)Career Shootouts: 22/61 (36%), 7 GDG


Career vs. Opp 45 18-12-30 11 26


2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: 13 – upper body (12/23-1/18)

• Recorded his first point as a Sabre with an assist at CAR (10/14)

• Notched an assist in his 800th career NHL game vs. SJS (11/18)

• Recorded the 500th point of his career with a goal at PHI (2/19)

• Scored 16 points (6+10) in his last 14 games of the season, including six two-point efforts in a nine-game span

• Scored a shorthanded goal at ARI (3/30), his first since 3/17/11 vs. TBL.

#15: Jack Eichel (C) 6' 2", 201 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (18 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (second overall) of the 2015 NHL DraftLast Goal: -Last Assist: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

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2014-15:

• Led all NCAA Division I skaters with 71 points (26+45) in 40 games at Boston University

• Won the Hobey Baker Award, becoming the second freshman ever to earn the award (Paul Kariya, 1992-93)

• Earned several other end-of-year accolades, including Hockey East Player of the Year, Hockey East Rookie of the Year, the Tim Taylor Award as the

nation’s outstanding freshman and was the only unanimous first-team Hockey East All-Star selection

• Was named Most Valuable Player at the Hockey East Tournament after leading the Terriers to a conference title with 11 points (6+5) in four

tournament games

• Recorded five points (2+3) in four NCAA Tournament games

• Won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2015 IIHF World Championship, ranking third on the team with seven points (2+5) in 10 games

• Served as captain for Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Championship, recording four points (1+3) in five tournament games.

#17: David Legwand (C) 6' 2", 207 lbs. / Aug 17, 1980 (35 years and 1 month)

Drafted: 1998 - Nashville's first-round pick (second overall)Acquired: Acquired from Ottawa with Robin Lehner in exchange for a first-round pickin the 2015 NHL Draft on June 26, 2015Last Goal: MAR 19, 2015 vs BOSTON (12)Last Assist: MAR 28, 2015 @ TORONTO (8)Career Shootouts: 10/33 (30%), 4 GDG


Career vs. Opp 13 1-1-2 -6 10


2014-15:

• Tied for the team lead with six power-play goals and two shorthanded points (0+2)

• Appeared in his 1,000th NHL game at TBL (11/29), becoming the 33rd American player to reach that milestone

• Had points in five straight games (1+4) from 1/8-1/17

• Recorded his 600th NHL point (assist) vs. CGY (3/8)

• 2015 Playoffs: Appeared in three playoff games for the Senators.

#22: Johan Larsson (L) 5' 11", 200 lbs. / Jul 25, 1992 (23 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in 2nd round (56th overall) of 2010 NHL DraftAcquired: From Minnesota with Matt Hackett, a first-round selection in the 2013 NHLDraft and a second-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft on April 3, 2013 inexchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 2014 NHL DraftLast Goal: APR 6, 2015 vs CAROLINA (2)Last Assist: APR 6, 2015 vs CAROLINA (2)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:

• Scored his first career NHL goal vs. COL (12/20)

• Notched an assist at BOS (12/21)

• Recalled for the third time this season on 2/15

• Had 37 points (14+23) in 41 games for Rochester at the time of his recall

• Tallied an assist at FLA (2/28)

• Scored a goal and had a game-high five hits at WSH (3/7)

• Recorded his first career three-point game with a goal and two assists at TOR (3/11)

• Scored a goal and went 15-for-24 on faceoffs vs. WSH (3/16)

• Notched an assist and a team-high six hits at BOS (3/17)

• Registered an assist at DAL (3/23)

• Tallied an assist and went 11-for-18 on faceoffs vs. ARI (3/26)

• Had an assist at COL (3/28)

• Collected an assist vs. TOR (4/1)

• Scored a goal and went 10-for-17 on faceoffs vs. CHI (4/3)

• Tallied two points (1+1) and had a plus-2 rating vs. CAR (4/6)

#23: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' 1", 189 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (19 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st Round (2nd overall) of 2014 Entry DraftLast Goal: -Last Assist: OCT 25, 2014 @ SAN JOSE (2)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:

• Logged 13:37 of ice time in his first career NHL game vs. CBJ (10/9); became the third-youngest player (18 years, 338 days) ever to dress for the

Sabres on opening day

• Recorded his first NHL point with an assist at SJS (10/25)

• Notched two assists in his AHL debut vs. Utica (4/17)

• Had an assist at Adirondack (4/19) • Named a WHL Second Team All-Star

• Scored the game-winning goal for Team Canada in the gold medal game at the 2015 World Junior Championship

• Tied for the tournament lead in both goals (5) and points (11) at the 2015 World Junior Championship

• Named to the tournament All-Star Team at the 2015 World Junior Championship

• Led the Kootenay Ice (WHL) in points per game (1.38).

#24: Bobby Sanguinetti (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", 188 lbs. / Feb 29, 1988 (27 years and 7 months)

Last Goal: -Last Assist: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

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#25: Carlo Colaiacovo (D) 6' 1", 202 lbs. / Jan 27, 1983 (32 years and 8 months)

Drafted: 1st round (17th overall) by Toronto in 2001Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent, July 3, 2015Last Goal: APR 7, 2015 vs NY ISLANDERS (2)Last Assist: MAR 25, 2015 vs CHICAGO (6)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:

• Made his season debut vs. EDM (11/4)

• Recorded his first point of the season (assist) vs. FLA (11/6)

• Logged a season-high 23:04 at STL (3/12)

• Broke a 38-game goal drought at PIT (4/1) and scored again three games later vs. NYI (4/7).

#26: Matt Moulson (L) 6' 1", 212 lbs. / Nov 1, 1983 (31 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 9th round (263rd overall) of 2003 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014Last Goal: APR 1, 2015 vs TORONTO (3)Last Assist: APR 6, 2015 vs CAROLINA (2)Career Shootouts: 15/37 (41%), 6 GDG


Career vs. Opp 21 5-9-14 0 4


2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: five; three – illness (12/20-12/23), two – illness (4/3-4/4)

• Recorded an assist in his 400th NHL game vs. ANA (10/13)

• Scored a goal vs. NYR (2/20) for his 300th career NHL point

• Had three separate three-game point streaks (11/11-11/15, 2/19-2/22, 3/30-4/6)

• Notched two assists and tied his career high with a plus-4 rating vs. VAN (2/26).

#28: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (21 years and 9 months)

ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhnsDrafted: Selected by Buffalo in first round (14th overall) of 2012 NHL DraftLast Goal: FEB 24, 2015 @ COLUMBUSLast Assist: FEB 24, 2015 @ COLUMBUSCareer Shootouts: 3/12 (25%), 3 GDG


Career vs. Opp 7 2-0-2 -2 4


2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: 21– ankle (2/26-4/11)

• Elected by the fans to play in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game with a league-high 1,574,896 votes

• Led all Sabres and tied for fifth in the NHL with three shorthanded goals

• Scored the Sabres' only goal in the season opener vs. CBJ (10/9), becoming the first player in franchise history to score the team’s first goal in

consecutive seasons

• Tied his career-best three-game point streak (2+1) from 11/28-12/2

• Scored his first career power-play goal vs. PHI (1/17).

#29: Jake McCabe (D) 6' 0", 214 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (21 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in second round (44th overall) of 2012 Entry DraftLast Goal: -Last Assist: APR 13, 2014 vs NY ISLANDERS (2)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:

• Recalled from Rochester on Feb. 22

• Had 25 points (4+21) in 49 games at the time of his recall

• Recorded three hits and one block in 10:00 of ice time during his season debut vs. NSH (2/22)

#44: Nicolas Deslauriers (L) 6' 1", 212 lbs. / Feb 22, 1991 (24 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in 3rd round (84th overall) of 2009 NHL DraftAcquired: From Los Angeles with Hudson Fasching on March 5, 2014 in exchange forBrayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, a second-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft and asecond-round pick in the 2015 NHL DraftLast Goal: FEB 19, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIA (24)Last Assist: MAR 30, 2015 @ ARIZONA (6)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:

• The only player to appear in all 82 games for the Sabres

• Scored his first career game-winning goal at SJS (10/25)

• Tied a career best with points in three straight games (2+2) from 12/21-12-27

• Registered his first career multi-point game with a goal and an assist in 17:51 of ice time vs. NYI (12/27).

#45: Brendan Guhle (D) (*Injured) 6' 2", 186 lbs. / Jul 29, 1997 (18 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected in the second round (51st overall) in 2015 NHL DraftLast Goal: -Last Assist: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




#46: Cody Franson (D) 6' 5", 234 lbs. / Aug 8, 1987 (28 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Nashville Predators - 3rd Round (79th Overall, 2005)Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on Sept. 10, 2015Last Goal: MAR 31, 2015 vs VANCOUVER (3)Last Assist: MAR 9, 2015 @ ARIZONA (13)Career Shootouts: 1/5 (20%), 1 GDG


Career vs. Opp 15 2-9-11 6 6


2014-15:

• Set career-best marks in assists (29) and points (36) for the second consecutive season

• Tied for 15th among NHL defensemen with 17 power-play points (5+12)

• Set a career-high with five power-play goals • Recorded six multi-point games

• Had career-best nine-game point streak (2+9) from 11/4-11/20

• Played a career-high 26:14 vs. DET (11/22)

• At the time of his trade, led all Toronto defensemen with 32 points and tied for team lead with 26 assists

• Appeared in his 400th NHL game vs. MIN (4/9).

#47: Zach Bogosian (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Jul 15, 1990 (25 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Selected by Atlanta in 1st round (3rd overall) of 2008 NHL DraftAcquired: From Winnipeg with Evander Kane and Jason Kasdorf on Feb. 11, 2015 inexchange for Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford and a first-round pick in the 2015 NHL DraftLast Goal: JAN 16, 2015 @ CHICAGO (31)Last Assist: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1)Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG


Career vs. Opp 18 2-4-6 -3 8


2014-15:

• Recorded a plus-5 rating vs. FLA (1/13)

• Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal and played 25:28 of ice time at CHI (11/2)

• Totaled 13 points (3+10) and a plus-1 rating in 41 games with Winnipeg

• Made his Sabres debut vs. PHI (2/15) and recorded a game-high 11 hits

• Logged a career-high 32:23 of ice time and led the Sabres with seven blocks and six hits at PHI (2/19)

• Recorded his first Sabres point (assist) at CBJ (2/24)

• Recorded a season-high seven shots and skated 26:54 of ice time at TBL (3/3)

• Tallied an assist and skated a team-high 25:16 of ice time at OTT (3/6)

• Skated a game-high 30:53 and had six hits at TOR (3/11)

• Recorded his first multi-point (0+2) game as a member of the Sabres vs. CAR (4/6)

• Led the Sabres in ice time in 16 of his 21 games with the team, averaging 26:39 per game.

#55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 207 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (20 years and 11 months)

RAZ-muhs rihs-toh-LIGH-nehnDrafted: Selected by Buffalo in first round (8th overall) of 2013 NHL DraftLast Goal: MAR 30, 2015 @ ARIZONA (5)Last Assist: APR 3, 2015 vs CHICAGO (4)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:• Games missed due to injury: three; two – illness (12/29-12/31), one – flu (4/1)• Led the team in ice time in 12 games, averaging 20:36 for the season• Scored his first goal of the season at MIN (11/13)• Scored his second goal of the season and was named the game's third star vs. OTT (12/15)• Scored a power-play goal and skated a team-high 26:46 of ice time at BOS (12/21)• Set a new career high with 28:36 of ice time vs. NYR (3/14)• Scored a power-play goal and had 28:23 TOI at BOS (3/17)• Had two points (1+1) and finished with a plus-1 rating at COL (3/28)• Tallied a career-high three assists vs. CHI (4/3)• Recorded points in a career-best four straight games from 3/26-4/3 (3+4).

#63: Tyler Ennis (C) 5' 9", 160 lbs. / Oct 6, 1989 (26 years)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (26th overall) of 2008 NHL DraftLast Goal: APR 6, 2015 vs CAROLINA (2)Last Assist: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1)Career Shootouts: 14/39 (36%), 6 GDG


Career vs. Opp 21 8-6-14 4 6


2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: four; two – lower body (2/26-2/28), two – upper body (3/28-3/30)

• Tied his best single-game point total four times, with three points on 11/15 vs. TOR, 12/11 vs. CGY, 1/18 at DET and 3/11 at TOR • Scored his first

career shorthanded goal at CHI (10/11)

• Notched his 100th career assist vs. MTL (11/5)

• Earned his first NHL fighting major at STL (11/11)

• Named the NHL's First Star of the Week for the week of Dec. 8-14 after scoring five points (1+4) in three games

• Tallied his 200th career point with a goal at OTT (3/6).

#65: Matt Donovan (D) 6' 1", 205 lbs. / May 9, 1990 (25 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by the New Yoark Islanders (4th Round, 96th Overall) in the 2008NHL Entry DraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as a free agent July 1, 2015Last Goal: MAR 27, 2014 @ TAMPA BAY (21)Last Assist: DEC 11, 2014 @ ST. LOUIS (6)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




#82: Marcus Foligno (L) 6' 3", 226 lbs. / Aug 10, 1991 (24 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 4th round (104th overall) of 2009 NHL DraftLast Goal: APR 3, 2015 vs CHICAGO (4)Last Assist: APR 10, 2015 @ COLUMBUS (1)Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 11 2-1-3 -2 12


2014-15:

• Games missed due to injury: 25; 19 – undisclosed (12/23-2/8), four – upper body (11/2-11/8), one – upper body (10/13), 1 – upper body (11/13)

• Set a personal best with 20 points (8+12) on the season

• Tallied his first two goals of the season at CAR (10/14)

• Scored in a career-high three consecutive games from 12/11 vs. CGY to 12/15 vs. OTT

• Notched two points (1+1) vs. NYI (2/8) in his return from an injury that sidelined him for 19 games

• Scored twice and finished with a plus-2 rating vs. CHI (4/3).

#88: Jamie McGinn (L) 6' 1", 205 lbs. / Aug 5, 1988 (27 years and 2 months)

Drafted: San Jose's 2nd choice (2nd round, 36th overall) in 2006 Entry DraftAcquired: Acquired from Colorado with Ryan O'Reilly in exchange for Nikita Zadorov,Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft onJune 26, 2015Last Goal: NOV 4, 2014 vs VANCOUVER (5)Last Assist: OCT 30, 2014 vs NY ISLANDERS (8)Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG




2014-15:

• Was placed on injured reserve 11/ 21 (retroactive to 11/15) and missed the final 63 games of the season with a back injury

• Scored Colorado’s first goal of the season at BOS (10/13)

• Scored in consecutive games 10/24 vs. VAN and 10/26 at WPG.

#90: Ryan O'Reilly (C) 6' 1", 210 lbs. / Feb 7, 1991 (24 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Colorado's 2nd selection (2nd round, 33rd overall) in 2009 Entry DraftAcquired: Acquired from Colorado with Jamie McGinn in exchange for Nikita Zadorov,Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher, and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft onJune 26, 2015.Last Goal: APR 7, 2015 vs NASHVILLE (2)Last Assist: MAR 28, 2015 vs BUFFALO (7)Career Shootouts: 10/23 (43%), 6 GDG




2014-15:

• Appeared in all 82 games for the Avalanche for the first time in his career

• Tied for the league lead with 98 takeaways, marking his third time leading the NHL in that category

• Led Colorado skaters in faceoff percentage (53.3%) and shorthanded points (1+1)

• Ranked first among Avalanche forwards and 14th among NHL forwards in average ice time (19:43)

• Recorded his 200th NHL point with (assist) vs. TOR (11/6)

• Appeared in his 400th NHL game vs. NYR (2/12)

• Won a career-high 20 faceoffs vs. LAK (2/18), going 20-for-26 (76.9%)

• Tied his career high with a three-game goal streak from 3/14-3/20

• Had a career-best eight-game point streak (5+8) from 3/14-3/30

• Scored his fourth career shorthanded goal at ANA (3/20)

• Equaled his career best with three points (1+2) at EDM (3/25)

• Named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for 3/23-3/29 after leading the league with eight points (1+7) in 4 games

• Led the team with 17 points (5+12) in March, his personal high for a single month.

SEASON-OPENER: The Senators will open a campaign on the road for a fifth consecutive occasion when the team meets the Sabreson Thursday at Buffalo's First Niagara Center. The contest will mark the fourth time that Ottawa has opposed the Sabres in a season-opener and the Senators' second season-opening visit to the Queen City over the last three years. Erik Karlsson scored the night's onlygoal while Craig Anderson made 35 saves to earn his ninth shutout with Ottawa in a 1-0 Senators' win in Buffalo on 10/4/13. ClarkeMacArthur and Bobby Ryan each made their respective Senator debuts in that contest. BROADCAST INFORMATION: The Senators’ season-opening game against the Sabres will be broadcast regionally on TSN5 andRDS. On the radio, the game will be available via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French). OPENING GAME RECORDS: Thursday's contest in western New York represents the 23rd season-opening game for the Senators ...Ottawa has a record of 8-3-4 in 15 season-opening games played on the road following last season's 3-2 setback at Nashville on10/9/14 ... The Senators have outscored their opponents 67-59 through 22 season-opening games. WHAT'S NEXT: Ottawa's season-opening two-game road trip concludes when the club visits Toronto on Saturday at 7 p.m. ... Thegame will be televised nationally on CBC as part of Hockey Night in Canada. INJURY REPORT: G Andrew Hammond and D Chris Phillips are on injured reserve and did not accompany the team on its season-opening two-game road trip. Total man-games lost: 0. RECENT TRANSACTIONS: None. OTTAWA vs. BUFFALO - History: 2015-16 (0-0-0): Oct. 8 @ Buffalo, Jan. 26 @ Ottawa, Feb. 16 @ Ottawa, March 18 @ Buffalo 2014-15 (3-0-1): 12/15/14 @ Buffalo (5-4 SOL), 12/29/14 @ Ottawa (5-2 win), 2/10/15 @ Buffalo (2-1 win), 3/6/15 @ Ottawa (3-2 win) Series record: Overall: 55-45-10-14, Home: 30-18-7-8, Away: 25-27-3-6 Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 3/6/15 (3-2); @ Buffalo: 2/10/15 (2-1) Last Buffalo win: @ Ottawa: 3/10/12 (4-3 SO); @ Buffalo: 12/15/14 (5-4 SO) Last OT result: 3/16/13 (4-3 OT win) @ Buffalo Last shootout: 12/15/14 (5-4 SO loss) @ Buffalo Most goals, game: Scored: 10, (11/2/05, 10-4 win); Allowed: 12, (10/20/92, 12-3 loss); Both teams: 15, (10/20/92, 12-3 loss) Last Game: 3/6/15, 3-2 win @ Ottawa: OTT Goals: Karlsson, Zibanejad, Stone; BUF Goals: Varone, Ennis; OTT Scratches: Cowen,Greening; OTT Injuries: Lehner, MacArthur, Neil, Phillips, Smith; OTT Goalie: Hammond; BUF Goalie: Lindback; OTT PP: 0-3; BUFPP: 0-0; Shots: 37-26. Career vs. Buffalo: Phillips leads all players in career games played (84); Karlsson leads in goals (10), Neil leads in assists (15),points (24) and penalty minutes (150) against Buffalo. HERITAGE JERSEY: The Senators are scheduled to wear the heritage jersey on 11 occasions this season and will do so for thefirst time when they host New Jersey on Oct. 22 ... Ottawa wore the heritage jersey 11 times last season and earned a record of 5-4-2while wearing its alternate threads ... The Senators hold a record of 87-56-7-19 when wearing an alternate jersey; 14-6-2-1 whenwearing a red alternate, 72-49-5-17 when wearing a black alternate and 1-1-1 when wearing a cream alternate. ATTENDANCE REPORT: The Senators averaged 18,247 patrons through their 41 home games last season while attracting 11 selloutcrowds ... The club also averaged 16,731 fans over three 2015-16 pre-season contests ... With the addition of Canadian Tire Centre'snew Club Bell at the west end of the arena this season, venue capacity is now 18,694. HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa earned a record of 23-13-5 through its 41 home games last season ... Hoffman led the club with 16home goals while Karlsson earned the assist lead with 26 at Canadian Tire Centre in 2014-15 ... Karlsson, with 12 goals and 26 assists,was the team-leader in having recorded 38 points in Ottawa ... The Senators registered a record of 18-17-6 through 41 home contestsin 2013-14. ROAD SCHOLARS: The Senators registered a record of 19-14-7 through 41 road contests last season ... Stone was the club-leader inhaving scored 12 goals on the road in 2014-15 while Turris led the club in assists recorded outside of Ottawa with 23 ... Turris (11goals, 23 assists) was the Senators' leading scorer with 34 points on the road last season ... The Senators registered a record of 19-14-8 through 41 road contests in 2013-14.

Ottawa Senators: Media Notes

FRANCHISE RECORD: Ottawa has posted an all-time record of 784-725-115-116 over 1,740 games ... The Senators are 424-327-60-59 through 870 all-time home games and 360-399-55-56 through 870 all-time road games. BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 14 occasions this season and is first scheduled to do so when theteam visits Toronto on Saturday before welcoming Montreal in its home-opener the following evening ... The Senators played back-to-back games on 13 occasions last season and earned a record of 5-4-5 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights while posting a6-6-1 record in the second half of games in back-to-back sets. ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators were 47-for-280 (16.8%) on the power play last season. The team’s efficiency rating saw it tiefor 21st in the NHL ... Karlsson, Legwand and MacArthur shared the team-lead with six power-play markers each while Karlsson led theclub with 30 points on the power play ... The club tallied multiple power-play goals on nine occasions last season. ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa overcame 213 of 257 (82.9%) shorthanded situations last season and concluded the campaignranked 11th in the NHL ... Condra, Michalek, Pageau (twice), Stone and Turris scored the team's six shorthanded goals in 2014-15. INDIVIDUAL NOTES COACH CAMERON: A native of Kildare Capes, P.E.I., Dave Cameron made his NHL head coaching debut on 12/11/14 against LosAngeles (5-3 loss) after being appointed the 11th head coach in franchise history three days earlier. Now in the midst of his fifth seasonwith the Senators (after three-plus campaigns as an assistant coach), he was originally hired by the club on 6/23/11. He presently ranksseventh among all-time Ottawa coaches with 32 head coaching victories to his credit. SECOND SEASON AS CAPTAIN FOR EK65: Erik Karlsson was appointed the ninth captain in Senators franchise history on 10/2/14.A native of Landsbro, Sweden, Karlsson succeeded Jason Spezza who served in the role in 2013-14. A two-time Norris Trophyrecipient and a First Team NHL All-Star last season, Karlsson is assisted by alternates Chris Neil and Chris Phillips and ranks secondamong franchise defencemen and 10th among all-time Senators with 303 points for his NHL career. SENATORS DEBUTS: Ottawa's season-opening roster features only two players who have yet to make their respective Senators (andNHL) debuts -- goaltender Matt O'Connor and defenceman Chris Wideman. Heading into Saturday's season-opener at Buffalo,defenceman Cody Ceci (12/12/13) is the most recent Senator to make his league debut against the Sabres while Roman Wick(2/26/11) was the last to do so at First Niagara Center. ALL-TIME LEADERS: Chris Phillips is the Senators' all-time leader in games played (1,179) ... Daniel Alfredsson leads in goals (426),assists (682) and points (1,108) ... Following Phillips in games played is Alfredsson (1,178), Neil (893), Wade Redden (838), RadekBonk (689), Jason Spezza (686) and Mike Fisher (675) ... Neil leads in penalty minutes (2,294) while former goaltender Patrick Lalimeholds the lead in games played (283), wins (146) and shutouts (30). MILESTONES WITHIN REACH: Karlsson - Three games from 400 Methot - Four points from 100 Michalek - Three games from 700 Neil - Seven games from 900; Six penalty minutes from 2,300 Ryan - Nine points from 400 Turris - Two games from 400

HOW THE SENATORS WERE BUILT (24): Draft (15): Borowiecki, Ceci, Cowen, Hoffman, Karlsson, Lazar, Neil, Pageau, Phillips, Prince, Smith, Stone, Wideman, Wiercioch,Zibanejad Trade (6): Anderson, Chiasson, Methot, Michalek, Ryan, Turris Free Agency (3): Hammond, MacArthur, O'Connor B-SENS: The Binghamton Senators (AHL) will open their 14th season as Ottawa’s primary affiliate when they host Albany on Saturdayat Broome County, New York's Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. Last season, Shane Prince (28 goals, 37 assists) led theteam in scoring with 65 points while Darren Kramer led the club with 284 penalty minutes. COMMUNICATIONS: Brian Morris is the Senators communications contact for Oct. 8 ... Follow the Senators on Twitter via@Senators and @Media_Sens for practice day and in-game updates.

When opposing the Sabres: Holds a career regular-season NHL head coaching record of 3-0-1 (0.875, four games) against Buffalo.NHL Career: Holds a career regular-season NHL head coaching record of 32-15-8 (0.655, 55 games) and a post-season record of 2-4 (0.333, sixgames); Was named Ottawa's 11th head coach on 12/8/14 after spending the previous three-plus seasons as an assistant coach with the Senators;Earned the first win of his NHL head coaching career on 12/13/14 at Boston (3-2 SO win); Led the Binghamton Senators (AHL) to a record of 105-106-29 over 240 games in his only previous professional head coaching experience from 2004-05 to 2006-07.

Ottawa Senators: Head Coach and Player BiosHead Coach: Dave Cameron

#29: Matthew O'Connor (G) 6' 6", 205 lbs. / Feb 14, 1992 (23 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Not draftedAcquired: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa on 5/9/15Last Win: -Last SO: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (.000), 0-0

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Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... A collegiate free agent at the conclusion of the2014-15 season, he is in the midst of the first of a two-year entry-level contract he signed with Ottawa on May 9.2014-15: Concluded his collegiate career with the Boston University Terriers (Hockey East) establishing new career highs in wins (25), shutout victories(one), goals-against-average (2.18) and games (35) ... Concluded his BU career ranking second among all-time Terriers in save percentage (.921) andfifth in goals-against average (2.55) ... Appeared in 35 of his team’s 41 contests, helping the Terriers reach the Frozen Four’s National Championshipgame ... Was presented with BU’s Regina Eilberg Scholarship as the team’s top scholar athlete after graduating from Boston University’s QuestromSchool in Business with a degree in business administration and management.2015-16 Season highs: Shots: None; Saves: None

#30: Andrew Hammond (G) (*Injured) 6' 1", 220 lbs. / Feb 11, 1988 (27 years and 7 months)

AN-droo HAM-uhndDrafted: Not draftedAcquired: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa on 3/20/13Last Win: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIALast SO: APR 9, 2015 @ NY RANGERS (1)Career Shootouts: 12/19 (.632), 2-2


Career vs. Opp 1 1-0-0 0 2.00 .923


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15season, he is in the midst of the first of a three-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on May 20.2014-15: Recorded the first win (42 saves) of his NHL career on Feb. 18 vs. Montreal (4-2 win) in his first career start and became the oldest goaltender(27 years, eight days) in Senators franchise history to register a win in his first career start in the same contests ... Became the first goaltender infranchise history to win each of his first five starts (while doing so in five consecutive team games) ... Became only the second goaltender in NHL historyto yield two or fewer goals in each of his first 12 career starts.2014-15 Season highs: Shots: 44, Feb. 18 vs Montreal (4-2 win); Saves: 42, Feb. 18 vs Montreal (4-2 win)Career game highs: Shots: 44, Feb. 18 vs Montreal (4-2 win); Saves: 42, Feb. 18 vs Montreal (4-2 win)

#41: Craig Anderson (G) 6' 2", 184 lbs. / May 21, 1981 (34 years and 4 months)

KRAYG AN-duhr-suhnDrafted: 2001 - Chicago's third-round pick (73rd overall)Acquired: Trade from Colorado in exchange for B. Elliott on 2/18/1112th NHL / 5th OTT SeasonLast Win: MAR 8, 2015 vs CALGARY (3)Last SO: DEC 17, 2014 @ NEW JERSEY (16)Career Shootouts: 99/149 (.664), 21-20


Career vs. Opp 16 11-3-1 2 2.26 .931


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15season, he is in the midst of the first of a three-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 8/25/14.2014-15: Made 28 saves to earn a victory on Oct. 16 vs. Colorado (5-3 win), ensuring him of at least one career win against each NHLclub ... Was named the NHL’s Second Star of the Week on Nov. 10 after earning a record of 2-0-1, one shutout, a 0.65 goals-against averageand a .981 save percentage over three consecutive starts from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8. ... Sustained a right hand injury on Jan. 21 vs. Toronto (4-3win) which caused him to miss a total of 19 regular-season games. 2014-15 Season highs: Shots: 46 (2x) last: March 8 vs Calgary (5-4 SO win); Saves: 43 (2x) last: Nov. 28 at Florida (3-2 loss) Career game highs: Shots: 53 (2x) last: 1/14/06 vs N.Y. Islanders (with Florida); Saves: 53, 1/14/06 vs N.Y. Islanders (with Florida)

#2: Jared Cowen (D) 6' 5", 238 lbs. / Jan 25, 1991 (24 years and 8 months)

JAIR-ehd KOW-ehnDrafted: 2009 - Ottawa's first-round pick (ninth overall)5th NHL / 5th OTT SeasonLast Goal: JAN 13, 2015 @ DALLAS (19)Last Assist: JAN 6, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIA (22)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 12 1-0-1 2 15


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... An RFA at the conclusion of the 2012-13 campaign, he is in

the midst of the third of a four-year contract he signed with Ottawa on 9/14/13.

2014-15: Ranked sixth among Senators in averaging 23.2 shifts and 18:09 time-on-ice per game ... Scored his first goal of the season which was the

eventual fourth game-winning goal of his career on Nov. 20 vs. Nashville (3-2 win) ... Became only the 15th defenceman in franchise history to appear in

200 games for the club when he accomplished the feat on Feb. 3 at New Jersey (2-1 loss) ... Incurred a three-game suspension for interference of the

Panthers’ Jussi Jokinen on Feb. 21 vs. Florida (4-1 win).

2014-15 Season high: Blocked shots: 4, 1/3/15 at Boston (3-2 OT win)

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (15x) last: 1/13/15 at Dallas (5-4 loss); Assists: 3, 12/16/11 vs Pittsburgh (6-4 win); Points: 4, (1-3), 12/16/11 vs

Pittsburgh (6-4 win)

#3: Marc Methot (D) 6' 3", 228 lbs. / Jun 21, 1985 (30 years and 3 months)

MAHRK meh-THAWTDrafted: 2003 - Columbus' sixth-round pick (168th overall)Acquired: Trade from Columbus in exchange for N. Foligno on 7/1/129th NHL / 3rd OTT SeasonLast Goal: MAR 12, 2015 @ MONTREAL (16)Last Assist: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIACareer Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 13 2-1-3 1 12


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, he

is in the midst of the first of a four-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 2/16/15.

2014-15: Missed 37 regular-season games in addition to the team’s pre-season schedule after sustaining a back/left hip injury during the team’s training

camp in September ... Established a new career high for assists and points in one game (three respectively) on Jan. 31 vs. Arizona (7-2 win) ... Led the

Senators in plus/minus (+22, which was a career high) despite appearing in only 45 of the club’s 82 regular-season games ... Ranked second among

Senators in averaging 22:40 time-on-ice per game.

2014-15 Season high: Blocked shots: 5 (2x) last: 3/17/15 at Carolina (2-1 OT win)

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (16x) last: 3/12/15 at Montreal (5-2 win); Assists: 3, 1/31/15 vs Arizona (7-2 win); Points: 3, (0-3), 1/31/15 vs Arizona (7-2

win)

#4: Chris Phillips (D) (*Injured) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Mar 9, 1978 (37 years and 6 months)

KRIHS FIHL-ihpsDrafted: 1996 - Ottawa's first-round pick (first overall)17th NHL / 17th OTT SeasonLast Goal: NOV 27, 2013 @ WASHINGTON (82)Last Assist: DEC 29, 2014 vs BUFFALO (9)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 84 4-10-14 14 78


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... The Senators are 52-11-4 (ties) all-time when he has scored

at least one goal; Thirteen (13) of his 71 career goals have been game-winning markers ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season, he

is in the midst of the second of a two-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 3/5/14.

2014-15: Became the Senators’ all-time leader in games played when he appeared in the 1,179th game of his career (and for the club) to surpass

Daniel Alfredsson on Feb. 5 vs. Washington (2-1 loss) ... Was limited to only 36 regular-season contests, primarily on account of injury, which were the

fewest since his second NHL season (1998-99).

2014-15 Season high: Blocked shots: 5 (2x) last: 11/4/14 vs Detroit (3-1 win)

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (4x) last: 2/9/12 vs Nashville (4-3 win); Assists: 2 (19x) last: 4/18/13 vs Washington (3-1 win); Points: 2 (30x) last: (1-1),

11/27/13 at Washington (6-4 win)

#5: Cody Ceci (D) 6' 3", 205 lbs. / Dec 21, 1993 (21 years and 9 months)

KOH-dee SEE-SEEDrafted: 2012 - Ottawa's first round pick (15th overall)2nd NHL / 2nd OTT SeasonLast Goal: FEB 16, 2015 vs CAROLINA (27)Last Assist: MAR 23, 2015 vs SAN JOSE (10)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... An Ottawa native, he was the fourth Senators draft choice

(Colbert, Cowick, Prince) ever selected from the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's.

2014-15: Established new professional highs in goals (five), assists (16), points (21) and games (81) ... Led the Senators with 113 blocked

shots ... Ranked fourth among Senators in averaging 19:17 time-on-ice per game ... Recorded the first power-play goal of his NHL career on Jan. 10 at

Arizona (5-1 win) ... His six penalty minutes were a league low for players who appeared in 81 or more games.

2014-15 Season high: Blocked shots: 5 (2x) last: 4/9/15 at N.Y. Rangers (3-0 win)

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (8x) last: 2/16/15 vs Carolina (6-3 loss); Assists: 2, 12/28/13 vs Boston (4-3 win); Points: 2, (0-2), 12/28/13 vs Boston (4-3

win)

#6: Bobby Ryan (R) 6' 2", 209 lbs. / Mar 17, 1987 (28 years and 6 months)

BAW-bee RIGH-uhnDrafted: 2005 - Anaheim's first-round pick (second overall)Acquired: Trade from Anaheim in exchange for J. Silfverberg, S. Noesen and a first-round pick in 2014 on 7/5/138th NHL / 2nd OTT SeasonLast Goal: MAR 19, 2015 vs BOSTON (12)Last Assist: APR 4, 2015 vs WASHINGTON (4)Career Shootouts: 11/39 (28%), 8 GDG


Career vs. Opp 13 6-2-8 1 20


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... The Senators have an all-time record of 16-2-6 in games

in which he has recorded at least two points ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, he is in the midst of the first of a seven-year

contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 10/2/14.

2014-15: Matched a career high with five game-winning goals ... Registered the GWG in consecutive games for the first time in his NHL career from

Dec. 29 vs. Buffalo (5-2 win) to Jan. 3 at Boston (3-2 OT win) ... Contributed two points (one goal, one assist) for Team Foligno at the 60th NHL All-Star

Game in Columbus ... Became only the second Senators player in franchise history (Alexandre Daigle) to record two game-winning goals against Boston

in one season.

Career game highs: Goals: 3 (4x) last: 12/29/14 vs Buffalo (5-2 win); Assists: 3 (6x) last: 3/23/15 vs San Jose (5-2 win); Points: 4 (3x) last: (2-2), 2/9/13

at St. Louis (with Anaheim)

#7: Kyle Turris (C) 6' 1", 190 lbs. / Aug 14, 1989 (26 years and 1 month)

KIGHL TUH-rihsDrafted: 2007 - Phoenix's first-round pick (third overall)Acquired: Trade from Arizona in exchange for D. Rundblad and a second-round pickin 2012 on 12/17/117th NHL / 4th OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 9, 2015 @ NY RANGERS (1)Last Assist: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIACareer Shootouts: 13/36 (36%), 3 GDG


Career vs. Opp 18 2-11-13 10 8


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Has helped the Senators to a record of 80-30-20 in games in

which he has registered at least one point following a 12/17/11 trade from Arizona. Ranks third in franchise history in having appeared in 261

consecutive games since the date of the trade.

2014-15: Established new NHL highs in assists (40) and points (64) ... Became only the seventh player in franchise history to play in 200 consecutive

games for the club on Nov. 25 at St. Louis (3-2 SO win) ... Posted consecutive multi-goal games for the first time in his NHL career ... Was recognized

as the NHL’s Second Star of the Week on March 23 after leading NHL players with four goals.

2014-15 Season high: Face-offs: 21/27 (78%), 2/12/15 vs Pittsburgh (5-4 SO loss)

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (12x) last: 3/21/15 vs Toronto (5-3 win); Assists: 2 (15x) last: 4/5/15 at Toronto (3-2 SO loss); Points: 4 (2x) last: (2-2),

4/1/12 at N.Y. Islanders (5-1 win)

#9: Milan Michalek (L) 6' 2", 220 lbs. / Dec 7, 1984 (30 years and 10 months)

MEE-lan mih-KHAL-ihkDrafted: 2003 - San Jose's first-round pick (sixth overall)Acquired: Trade from San Jose along with J. Cheechoo and a second-round pick in2010 in exchange for D. Heatley and a fifth-round pick in 2010 on 9/12/0911th NHL / 6th OTT SeasonLast Goal: MAR 19, 2015 vs BOSTON (1)Last Assist: MAR 19, 2015 vs BOSTON (1)Career Shootouts: 8/29 (28%), 1 GDG


Career vs. Opp 28 9-6-15 4 12


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... A UFA at the conclusion of last season, he is in the midst of

the second of a three-year contract he signed with Ottawa on 7/1/14.

2014-15: In conjunction with his brother Zbynek, became one of two brothers to score a goal in an NHL game for the first time since 11/12/11 (Jordan

and Eric Staal for Pittsburgh and Carolina respectively) on Jan. 31 vs. Arizona (7-2 win). The contest marked the first time since 12/28/83 that two

unrelated sets of brothers (Mark/Michael Stone) faced one another in an NHL game ... Scored the 200th goal of his NHL career on March 19 vs. Boston

(6-4 win) ... Missed the regular season’s final 11 contests after incurring a head injury on March 21 vs. Toronto (5-3 win).

Career game highs: Goals: 3 (2x) last: 3/6/12 at Tampa Bay (7-3 win); Assists: 3 (4x) last: 3/5/09 vs Minnesota (with San Jose); Points: 4, (3-1), 3/6/12

at Tampa Bay (7-3 win)

#10: Shane Prince (L) 5' 11", 185 lbs. / Nov 16, 1992 (22 years and 10 months)

SHAYN PRIHNSDrafted: 2011 - Ottawa's second round pick (61st overall)Last Goal: -Last Assist: FEB 16, 2015 vs CAROLINA (1)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Ahead of the 2015-16 season, he ranked fourth among all-

time B-Sens with 67 goals ... An RFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 campaign, he signed a one-year, two-way contract with Ottawa on July 15.

2014-15: Established new professional career highs in all offensive categories; games (72), goals (28), assists (37) and points (65) with Binghamton ...

Represented the B-Sens in the 2014-15 AHL All-Star Classic, scoring three goals and earning one assist in the Eastern Conference’s 14-12 loss to the

Western Conference ... Played in two NHL games after initially making his debut on Feb. 16 vs Carolina (6-3 loss), appearing in 13:03 time-on-ice, in a

game in which he recorded the first point (an assist) of his NHL career ... Was named to the AHL’s Second All-Star Team (Left wing).

Career game highs: Goals: None; Assists: 1, 2/16/15 vs Carolina (6-3 loss); Points: 1, (0-1), 2/16/15 vs Carolina (6-3 loss)

#15: Zack Smith (C) 6' 2", 209 lbs. / Apr 5, 1988 (27 years and 6 months)

ZAK SMIHTHDrafted: 2008 - Ottawa's third-round pick (79th overall)7th NHL / 7th OTT SeasonLast Goal: OCT 28, 2014 @ COLUMBUS (29)Last Assist: NOV 24, 2014 @ DETROIT (17)Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 20 2-4-6 -6 11


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Ranks 10th in franchise history with 167 consecutive games

played for the club from 3/6/12 to 11/28/15 ... A pending RFA at the conclusion of the 2012-13 season, he is in the midst of the third of a four-year

contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 9/5/12.

2014-15: Was limited to only 37 regular-season games primarily on account of sustaining a dislocated left wrist on Dec. 13 at Boston (3-2 SO win) and

missing more than three consecutive months of action ... Played in the 300th game of his NHL career on Nov. 20 vs. Nashville (3-2 win) ... Reached 400

penalty minutes for his NHL career on Oct. 18 vs. Columbus (3-2 win).

2014-15 Season high: Face-offs: 6/9 (67%), Oct. 13 at Florida (1-0 win)

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (3x) last: 4/4/14 vs Montreal (7-4 loss); Assists: 2, 1/30/13 vs Montreal (5-1 win); Points: 2 (6x) last: (2-0), 4/4/14 vs

Montreal (7-4 loss)

#16: Clarke MacArthur (L) 6' 0", 195 lbs. / Apr 6, 1985 (30 years and 6 months)

KLAHRK muh-KAR-thuhrDrafted: 2003 - Buffalo's third-round pick (74th overall)Acquired: Signed as a free agent with Ottawa on 7/5/139th NHL / 2nd OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 9, 2015 @ NY RANGERS (1)Last Assist: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIACareer Shootouts: 0/14 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 23 4-9-13 8 10


Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, he

is in the midst of the first of a five-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 8/19/14.

2014-15: Tied for the team lead with six power-play goals ... Recorded the 18th game-winning goal of his career on Oct. 13 at Florida (1-0

win) ... Matched two individual game career highs in one contest when he scored twice and recorded three points on Oct. 28 at Columbus (5-2

win) ... Sustained a concussion on Feb. 16 vs Carolina (6-3 loss) which caused him to miss the team’s next 18 regular season games ... Concluded the

season having recorded at least one point in seven consecutive games ... Recorded the 300th point of his career on April 5 at Toronto (3-2 SO loss).

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (11x) last: 10/28/14 at Columbus (5-2 win); Assists: 3, 11/16/10 vs Nashville (with Toronto); Points: 3 (9x) last: (2-1),

10/28/14 at Columbus (5-2 win)

#25: Chris Neil (R) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Jun 18, 1979 (36 years and 3 months)

KRIHS NEELDrafted: 1998 - Ottawa's sixth-round pick (161st overall)13th NHL / 13th OTT SeasonLast Goal: NOV 28, 2014 @ FLORIDA (16)Last Assist: NOV 28, 2014 @ FLORIDA (16)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


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Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... The Senators franchise leader in penalty minutes (2,294), he

is tied for 34th (D. Schultz) among all-time NHL players ... A pending UFA at the conclusion of the 2012-13 campaign, he is in the midst of the third of a

three-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 7/12/12.

2014-15: Was limited to only 38 regular season games, the fewest of his 13-season NHL career ... Registered the third “Gordie Howe” hat-trick of his

NHL career on Nov. 28 at Florida (2-1 loss) ... Sustained an MCL (right knee) injury on Dec. 11 vs. Los Angeles (5-3 loss) causing him to miss 16 regular

season games ... Was forced to miss the regular season’s final 28 contests after sustaining a fractured left thumb on Feb. 14 vs. Edmonton (7-2 win).

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (4x) last: 2/1/14 at Toronto (6-3 loss); Assists: 2 (9x) last: 10/18/14 vs Columbus (3-2 win); Points: 3 (2x) last: (2-1),

2/1/14 at Toronto (6-3 loss)

#27: Curtis Lazar (R) 6' 0", 209 lbs. / Feb 2, 1995 (20 years and 8 months)

KUHR-tihs lah-ZAHRDrafted: 2013 - Ottawa's first round pick (17th overall)1st NHL / 1st OTT SeasonLast Goal: MAR 28, 2015 @ TORONTO (8)Last Assist: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIACareer Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Recorded four points (two goals, two assists) including the

overtime winner in the tournament’s semi-final against Val d’Or to help Edmonton reach (and ultimately win) the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup.

2014-15: Became the 21st teenager in franchise history to make his debut for the Senators on Oct. 9 at Nashville (3-2 loss) ... Scored his first NHL goal

on Dec. 15 at Buffalo (5-4 SO loss) ... Was loaned to Hockey Canada on Dec. 18 and served as Team Canada’s captain, recording nine points (five

goals, four assists) over each of the team’s seven games en route to helping Canada capture the gold medal at the 2015 IIHF WJC in Toronto and

Montreal ... Led Senators forwards (and was third overall) with 167 hits.

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (6x) last: 3/28/15 at Toronto (4-3 OT loss); Assists: 1 (9x) last: 4/11/15 at Philadelphia (3-1 win); Points: 1 (15x) last: (0-1),

4/11/15 at Philadelphia (3-1 win)

#44: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (C) 5' 10", 180 lbs. / Nov 11, 1992 (22 years and 10 months)

ZHAWN-ga-BREE-ehl pah-ZHOHDrafted: 2011 - Ottawa's fourth round pick (96th overall)Last Goal: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIALast Assist: MAR 28, 2015 @ TORONTO (8)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Ahead of the 2015-16 season, he was tied for fourth among

all-time B-Sens with eight shorthanded goals ... An RFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 campaign, he is in the midst of the first of a two-year contract

he signed with Ottawa on June 18.

2014-15: Registered 21 points (11 goals, 10 assists) over 27 games with the B-Sens and was recalled to Ottawa on two occasions ... Appeared in a

new NHL season high of 50 games while establishing new NHL career highs in goals (10), assists (nine) and points (19) ... Was the only Senator to

record multiple shorthanded goals (two) ... Concluded the regular season with a goal in three consecutive games.

2014-15 Season high: Face-offs: 5/6 (83%), 2/7/15 vs Columbus (4-1 loss)

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (13x) last: 4/11/15 at Philadelphia (3-1 win); Assists: 1 (11x) last: 3/28/15 at Toronto (4-3 OT loss); Points: 2 (2x) last: (1-

1), 1/15/15 vs Montreal (4-1 win)

#45: Chris Wideman (D) 5' 10", 180 lbs. / Jan 7, 1990 (25 years and 9 months)

KRIHS WIGHD-muhnDrafted: 2009 - Ottawa's fourth-round pick (100th overall)Last Goal: -Last Assist: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Ahead of the 2015-16 season, he ranked fifth among all-time

B-Sens with 100 assists ... An RFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 campaign, he signed a one-year, two-way contract extension with Ottawa on June

29.

2014-15: Set career highs in games (75), goals (19), points (61) and penalty minutes (116) ... His 61 points were most among AHL defencemen ... Was

named CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 2, after scoring four goals and adding one assist over three games ... Represented the

B-Sens in the 2014-15 AHL All-Star Classic along with teammate Shane Prince ... Following the season, he was presented with the Eddie Shore Award

as the AHL’s best defenceman as selected by league media and players ... Was also named to the AHL’s First All-Star Team as one of two league

defencemen along with Oklahoma City’s Brad Hunt.

2015-16 Season high: Blocked shots: None

#46: Patrick Wiercioch (D) 6' 5", 202 lbs. / Sep 12, 1990 (25 years)

PAT-rihk WEER-kawshDrafted: 2008 - Ottawa's second-round pick (42nd overall)4th NHL / 4th OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 2, 2015 vs TAMPA BAY (5)Last Assist: MAR 21, 2015 vs TORONTO (10)Career Shootouts: 0/2 (0%), 0 GDG





the midst of the third of a three-year contract he signed with Ottawa on 7/22/13.

2014-15: Established a new NHL career high in appearing in 56 regular season games ... Two of his three goals marked the first two game-winning

goals of his NHL career, including the overtime winner on April 2 vs. Tampa Bay (2-1 OT win) ... Averaged more than 18 minutes (18:03) time-on-ice for

the first time in his NHL career ... Ranked second among Senators defencemen (Karlsson) with five power-play points ... Tied for first among Senators in

both goals (two) and points (four) over six ECQF games vs Montreal.

2014-15 Season high: Blocked shots: 4 (2x) last: 3/19/15 vs Boston (6-4 win)

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (12x) last: 4/2/15 vs Tampa Bay (2-1 OT win); Assists: 3, 3/19/13 at N.Y. Islanders (5-3 win); Points: 3, (0-3), 3/19/13 at

N.Y. Islanders (5-3 win)

#61: Mark Stone (R) 6' 3", 205 lbs. / May 13, 1992 (23 years and 4 months)

MAHRK STOHNDrafted: 2010 - Ottawa's sixth-round pick (178th overall)4th NHL / 4th OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 11, 2015 @ PHILADELPHIALast Assist: APR 9, 2015 @ NY RANGERS (1)Career Shootouts: 1/3 (33%), 1 GDG





the midst of the first of a three-year contract he signed with Ottawa on June 25.

2014-15: Tied for the NHL rookie lead in scoring (Johnny Gaudreau) while ranking second among NHL rookies in goals ... Finished the season tied for

the NHL rookie lead (Filip Forsberg, Anders Lee) with six game-winning goals ... Led Senators forwards with a plus/minus rating of plus-21 ... Concluded

the regular season by establishing a new Senators franchise high for rookies by tallying at least one point in nine consecutive games ... Was named one

of three forwards on the NHL’s All-Rookie team ... Finished second to Florida's Aaron Ekblad in Calder Trophy voting.

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (2x) last: 4/11/15 at Philadelphia (3-1 win); Assists: 3, 3/19/15 vs Boston (6-4 win); Points: 3 (2x) last: (0-3), 3/19/15 vs

Boston (6-4 win)

#65: Erik Karlsson (D) 6' 0", 191 lbs. / May 31, 1990 (25 years and 4 months)

AIR-ihk KAHRL-suhnDrafted: 2008 - Ottawa's first-round pick (15th overall)6th NHL / 6th OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 5, 2015 @ TORONTO (3)Last Assist: APR 7, 2015 vs PITTSBURGH (2)Career Shootouts: 3/10 (30%), 3 GDG


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Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Ranks second to Wade Redden (101) among franchise

defencemen with 84 goals as a Senator.

2014-15: Led the Senators in scoring for the second consecutive season, which included a new personal and franchise high for defencemen, 21

goals ... Led NHL defencemen with 30 power play points ... Registered the seventh multi-goal game of his NHL career on Jan. 21 vs. Toronto (5-3 win)

to move past Wade Redden (six) and into sole possession of first place among franchise defencemen in multi-goal contests ... Became the second

defenceman (Redden) in franchise history and the 10th Swedish-born defenceman to record 300 points on April 4 vs. Washington (4-3 OT win).

2014-15 Season highs: Blocked shots: 5, 11/29/14 at Tampa Bay (4-1 loss)

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (8x) last: 3/12/15 at Montreal (5-2 win); Assists: 3 (5x) last: 3/26/12 at Winnipeg (6-4 win); Points: 4, (2-2), 2/20/12 at N.Y.

Islanders (6-0 win)

#68: Mike Hoffman (L) 6' 1", 180 lbs. / Nov 24, 1989 (25 years and 10 months)

MIGHK HAWF-muhnDrafted: 2009 - Ottawa's first fifth-round pick (130th overall)4th NHL / 4th OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2015 vs PITTSBURGH (2)Last Assist: MAR 29, 2015 vs FLORIDA (7)Career Shootouts: 0/5 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... An RFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 campaign, he was

awarded a one-year contract with Ottawa via arbitration on Aug. 3.

2014-15: Led the Senators and NHL rookies with 27 goals ... In tandem with Mark Stone, was among only the second pair of Senators rookies to record

at least 20 goals in one season (Daigle and Yashin in 1993-94) ... Ranked second among NHL rookies with a plus/minus rating of plus-16 ... Was among

six NHL rookies invited to participate in the NHL All-Star weekend in Columbus and finished second in the Fastest Skater skills event (Jonathan

Drouin) ... In tandem with Stone, he was among the first pair of Canadian rookies to score 20 goals since Calgary’s Brett Hull (26) and Joe Nieuwendyk

(51) did so in 1987-88 .

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (4x) last: 2/28/15 at San Jose (4-2 win); Assists: 2, 3/23/15 vs San Jose (5-2 win); Points: 3 (2x) last: (1-2), 3/23/15 vs

San Jose (5-2 win)

#74: Mark Borowiecki (D) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Jul 12, 1989 (26 years and 2 months)

MAHRK BOHR-Vee-YHET-SkeeDrafted: 2008 - Ottawa's fifth-round pick (139th overall)3rd NHL / 3rd OTT SeasonLast Goal: MAR 8, 2015 vs CALGARY (18)Last Assist: APR 9, 2015 @ NY RANGERS (1)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Was the first Ottawa native ever drafted by the Senators ... A

pending RFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, he is in the midst of the first of a three-year contract extension he signed with Ottawa on 8/18/14.

2014-15: Established new NHL career highs in assists (10), points (11), penalty minutes (107) and games (63) ... Registered his first NHL assist on Oct.

9 at Nashville (3-2 loss) ... Led the Senators and tied for 16th among NHL players with 233 hits ... Led the Senators and ranked 12th among NHL

players with 107 penalty minutes ... Ranked second among Senators defencemen (Ceci) with 102 blocked shots.

2014-15 Season high: Blocked shots: 6, Dec. 19 vs Anaheim (6-2 win)

Career game highs: Goals: 1 (2x) last: 3/8/15 vs Calgary (5-4 SO win); Assists: 1 (10x) last: 4/9/15 at N.Y. Rangers (3-0 win); Points: 1 (12x) last: (0-

1), 4/9/15 at N.Y. Rangers (3-0 win)

#90: Alex Chiasson (R) 6' 3", 208 lbs. / Oct 1, 1990 (25 years)

AL-ehx SHE-ay-suhnDrafted: 2009 - Dallas' second-round pick (38th overall)Acquired: Trade from Dallas along with A. Guptill, N. Paul a second-round pick in2015 in exchange for J. Spezza and L. Karlsson on July 13rd NHL / 1st OTT SeasonLast Goal: MAR 23, 2015 vs SAN JOSE (10)Last Assist: MAR 21, 2015 vs TORONTO (11)Career Shootouts: 1/7 (14%), 1 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Became just the sixth player to score nine goals in his first 10

NHL games (since the record was kept beginning in the 1943-44 season) and is the only active NHL player to have accomplished the feat ... An RFA at

the conclusion of the 2014-15 campaign, he was awarded a one-year contract with Ottawa via arbitration on July 26.

2014-15: Made his Senators debut, recording his first goal (and point) for the club, on Oct. 9 at Nashville (3-2 loss) ... Recorded the first shorthanded

point of his NHL career on Oct. 26 at Chicago (2-1 loss) ... Scored what was only Ottawa’s second game-tying goal inside of the last minute over the

past three years in an eventual shootout win on Nov. 25 at St. Louis (3-2 SO win).

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (3x) last: 10/24/13 vs Calgary (with Dallas); Assists: 3, 4/1/14 at Washington (with Dallas); Points: 3 (2x) last: (0-3), 4/1/14

at Washington (with Dallas)

#93: Mika Zibanejad (C) 6' 2", 222 lbs. / Apr 18, 1993 (22 years and 5 months)

MEEKA zih-BAN-ih-jadDrafted: 2011 - Ottawa's first first-round pick (sixth overall)4th NHL / 4th OTT SeasonLast Goal: APR 4, 2015 vs WASHINGTON (4)Last Assist: APR 7, 2015 vs PITTSBURGH (2)Career Shootouts: 9/19 (47%), 3 GDG




Notes: Missed games: Has not missed any 2015-16 regular season games due to injury ... Was the youngest player to ever make his NHL debut for the

Senators (18 years, 172 days) when he did so on 10/7/11 at Detroit (5-3 loss) ... An RFA at the conclusion of the 2014-15 campaign, he is in the midst of

the first of a two-year contract he signed with Ottawa on June 25.

2014-15: Established new statistical career highs in all major categories ... Registered a new career best with four points (two goals, two assists) to help

the Senators recover from a 3-0 deficit on Dec. 7 vs. Vancouver (4-3 OT win) ... Established a new career high when he registered at least one point in

a seventh consecutive contest on March 8 vs. Calgary (5-4 SO win).

2014-15 Season high: Face-offs: 18/23 (78%), April 4 vs Washington (4-3 OT win)

Career game highs: Goals: 2 (2x) last: 3/23/15 vs San Jose (5-2 win); Assists: 2 (7x) last: 2/16/15 vs Carolina (6-3 loss); Points: 4, (2-2), 12/7/14 vs

Vancouver (4-3 OT win)

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