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Washington CapitalsGame Notes

Fri, Nov 25, 2016 NHL Game #306

Washington CapitalsTeam Game: 20Home Game: 11

12 - 5 - 2 (26 pts)7 - 3 - 0 (Home)5 - 2 - 2 (Road)

Buffalo SabresTeam Game: 21Road Game: 11

7 - 8 - 5 (19 pts)3 - 4 - 3 (Home)4 - 4 - 2 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%31 Philipp Grubauer 4 2 1 1 2.00 .92570 Braden Holtby 15 10 4 1 2.05 .923

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%31 Anders Nilsson 5 2 1 2 1.74 .95140 Robin Lehner 15 5 7 3 2.38 .922

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM2 D Matt Niskanen 19 0 9 9 2 64 D Taylor Chorney 2 0 1 1 1 08 L Alex Ovechkin 19 12 4 16 0 109 D Dmitry Orlov 19 1 6 7 7 10

10 R Brett Connolly 11 1 0 1 0 1014 R Justin Williams 19 2 1 3 -3 1219 C Nicklas Backstrom 19 5 13 18 1 1020 C Lars Eller 18 2 0 2 -2 1826 L Daniel Winnik 12 2 1 3 3 627 D Karl Alzner 19 2 2 4 6 843 R Tom Wilson 19 1 0 1 2 1644 D Brooks Orpik 19 0 5 5 8 465 L Andre Burakovsky 19 2 7 9 0 274 D John Carlson 19 0 8 8 3 077 R T.J. Oshie 17 8 4 12 10 1082 C Zachary Sanford 17 0 1 1 0 483 C Jay Beagle 19 4 4 8 5 288 D Nate Schmidt 17 0 5 5 1 490 L Marcus Johansson 19 7 6 13 5 492 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 19 3 6 9 6 10

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM4 D Josh Gorges 20 0 0 0 -2 216 D Cody Franson 20 1 4 5 -1 89 L Evander Kane 9 0 2 2 -6 10

10 L Cole Schneider 4 0 1 1 2 012 R Brian Gionta 20 4 4 8 0 619 C Cal O'Reilly 3 0 0 0 0 021 R Kyle Okposo 19 6 6 12 0 622 C Johan Larsson 20 3 4 7 -4 1023 C Sam Reinhart 20 3 6 9 -2 426 L Matt Moulson 20 7 2 9 -3 227 C Derek Grant 20 0 2 2 -3 1728 C Zemgus Girgensons 20 1 3 4 -5 429 D Jake McCabe 20 0 3 3 -2 1238 D Taylor Fedun 4 0 4 4 -1 041 D Justin Falk 7 0 0 0 -2 247 D Zach Bogosian 9 0 0 0 -2 648 L William Carrier 10 1 0 1 2 255 D Rasmus Ristolainen 20 0 9 9 -2 1277 D Dmitry Kulikov 12 0 0 0 -4 1082 L Marcus Foligno 20 4 2 6 2 890 C Ryan O'Reilly 14 4 5 9 -1 4

Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellanHead Coach Barry TrotzAssociate Coach/Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden/Blaine Forsythe,

Lane LambertGoaltending Coach Mitch KornVideo Coach/Analyst Brett Leonhardt/Tim Ohashi

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

Tom Ward, Andrew Allen(Goaltending Coach), Adam

Nightingale (Video Coach)

Tonight's Officials

Referees Kelly Sutherland (11), Jon McIsaac (2) Linesmen Kory Nagy (97), David Brisebois (96)

Supervisor Video Judge Mike Jukoski

Ntl. Anthem Caleb Green

Today's ScheduleCHI @ ANA : 1:00 NYR @ PHI : 1:00 NYI @ SJS : 1:00 PIT @ MIN : 3:00 WPG @ NSH : 5:00 BUF @ WSH : 5:00EDM @ ARI : 7:00 CGY @ BOS : 7:30 VAN @ DAL : 7:30 DET @ NJD : 7:30 CBJ @ TBL : 7:30

Washington Capitals: RosterActive (22 Players)# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place2 Matt Niskanen D 6' 1" 200 Dec 6, 1986 Virginia, MN, USA4 Taylor Chorney D 6' 0" 191 Apr 27, 1987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 239 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 212 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS10 Brett Connolly R 6' 3" 194 May 2, 1992 Campbell River, BC, CAN14 Justin Williams R 6' 1" 188 Oct 4, 1981 Cobourg, ON, CAN19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 213 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK26 Daniel Winnik L 6' 2" 206 Mar 6, 1985 Toronto, ON, CAN27 Karl Alzner D 6' 3" 219 Sep 24, 1988 Burnaby, BC, CAN31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 182 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 217 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN44 Brooks Orpik D 6' 3" 219 Sep 26, 1980 San Francisco, CA, USA65 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 205 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT70 Braden Holtby G 6' 2" 217 Sep 16, 1989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA77 T.J. Oshie R 6' 0" 189 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA82 Zachary Sanford C 6' 4" 203 Nov 9, 1994 Salem, MA, USA83 Jay Beagle C 6' 3" 215 Oct 16, 1985 Calgary, AB, CAN88 Nate Schmidt D 6' 1" 194 Jul 16, 1991 St. Cloud, MN, USA90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 204 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 2" 192 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS

22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 205 Age: 27.8

Goal StreaksALEX OVECHKIN (4 / 2 Games)

Assist StreaksNICKLAS BACKSTROM (2 / 2 Games)

Point StreaksNICKLAS BACKSTROM (1-2-3 / 2 Games)ALEX OVECHKIN (4-0-4 / 2 Games)

Buffalo Sabres: RosterActive (23 Players)# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 204 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN6 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 224 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 211 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN10 Cole Schneider L 6' 1" 200 Aug 26, 1990 Williamsville, NY, USA12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA19 Cal O'Reilly C 6' 0" 193 Sep 30, 1986 Toronto, ON, CAN21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 218 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 200 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN27 Derek Grant C 6' 3" 212 Apr 20, 1990 Abbotsford, BC, CAN28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 200 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA29 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 209 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA31 Anders Nilsson G 6' 6" 229 Mar 19, 1990 Lulea, SWE38 Taylor Fedun D 6' 1" 198 Jun 4, 1988 Edmonton, AB, CAN40 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 239 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE41 Justin Falk D 6' 5" 222 Oct 11, 1988 Snowflake, MB, CAN47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 228 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA48 William Carrier L 6' 2" 212 Dec 20, 1994 LaSalle, QC, CAN55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 203 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN77 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 228 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN

23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 209 Age: 26.8

Injured Reserve List (4 Players)8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 222 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 196 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 216 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN63 Tyler Ennis L 5' 9" 175 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN

Goal StreaksNo active streaks

Assist StreaksNo active streaks

Point StreaksNo active streaks

Washington Capitals: Season StatisticsPos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 19 5 13 18 1 10 0 0 1 40 12.5 18:28 54.78 19 7L 8 Alex Ovechkin 19 12 4 16 0 10 4 0 4 80 15.0 18:18 0.00 50 5L 90 Marcus Johansson 19 7 6 13 5 4 2 0 3 35 20.0 17:28 50.00 9 0R 77 T.J. Oshie 17 8 4 12 10 10 2 1 1 37 21.6 17:11 48.93 18 10C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 19 3 6 9 6 10 0 0 0 30 10.0 17:16 41.13 10 5L 65 Andre Burakovsky 19 2 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 36 5.6 14:49 0.00 8 7D 2 Matt Niskanen 19 0 9 9 2 6 0 0 0 34 0.0 22:44 0.00 24 25C 83 Jay Beagle 19 4 4 8 5 2 0 1 2 27 14.8 12:39 58.74 11 10D 74 John Carlson 19 0 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 45 0.0 23:02 0.00 15 27D 9 Dmitry Orlov 19 1 6 7 7 10 0 0 0 30 3.3 19:10 0.00 29 23D 44 Brooks Orpik 19 0 5 5 8 4 0 0 0 15 0.0 16:54 0.00 40 32D 88 Nate Schmidt 17 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 17 0.0 14:49 0.00 14 9D 27 Karl Alzner 19 2 2 4 6 8 0 0 0 22 9.1 20:17 0.00 21 27R 14 Justin Williams 19 2 1 3 -3 12 1 0 0 38 5.3 15:46 66.66 5 10L 26 Daniel Winnik 12 2 1 3 3 6 0 0 1 8 25.0 10:21 50.00 4 5C 20 Lars Eller 18 2 0 2 -2 18 0 0 0 23 8.7 13:54 49.02 12 4R 10 Brett Connolly 11 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 12 8.3 10:01 0.00 24 1R 43 Tom Wilson 19 1 0 1 2 16 0 0 0 20 5.0 13:19 0.00 39 5D 4 Taylor Chorney 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 12:58 0.00 1 1C 82 Zachary Sanford 17 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 0.0 10:25 56.25 9 5

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM31 Philipp Grubauer 4 240 2.00 2 1 1 1 8 99 .925 0 0 070 Braden Holtby 15 906 2.05 10 4 1 1 31 372 .923 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres: Season StatisticsPos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

R 21 Kyle Okposo 19 6 6 12 0 6 2 0 0 55 10.9 19:21 52.11 16 6L 26 Matt Moulson 20 7 2 9 -3 2 6 0 1 48 14.6 14:40 0.00 11 8C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 14 4 5 9 -1 4 2 0 1 48 8.3 21:50 59.50 2 6C 23 Sam Reinhart 20 3 6 9 -2 4 2 0 1 48 6.3 17:16 39.82 4 8D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 20 0 9 9 -2 12 0 0 0 44 0.0 26:09 0.00 45 35R 12 Brian Gionta 20 4 4 8 0 6 0 0 1 47 8.5 17:24 46.66 15 9C 22 Johan Larsson 20 3 4 7 -4 10 1 0 2 28 10.7 17:52 50.33 23 18L 82 Marcus Foligno 20 4 2 6 2 8 0 0 0 36 11.1 16:27 0.00 70 15D 6 Cody Franson 20 1 4 5 -1 8 1 0 0 29 3.4 18:11 0.00 15 19C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 20 1 3 4 -5 4 0 0 0 34 2.9 12:46 51.51 27 9D 38 Taylor Fedun 4 0 4 4 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 15:43 0.00 1 1D 29 Jake McCabe 20 0 3 3 -2 12 0 0 0 14 0.0 20:40 0.00 21 21L 63 Tyler Ennis 12 1 1 2 -6 0 0 0 0 29 3.4 13:43 0.00 5 3L 9 Evander Kane 9 0 2 2 -6 10 0 0 0 19 0.0 18:35 50.00 20 4C 27 Derek Grant 20 0 2 2 -3 17 0 0 0 18 0.0 11:24 52.00 15 11L 48 William Carrier 10 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 17 5.9 08:20 50.00 40 2L 10 Cole Schneider 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 07:08 0.00 3 2D 4 Josh Gorges 20 0 0 0 -2 21 0 0 0 9 0.0 19:25 0.00 49 38C 19 Cal O'Reilly 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 11:31 44.44 0 0D 41 Justin Falk 7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 13:04 0.00 15 3L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 7 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 6 0.0 08:43 0.00 16 1D 47 Zach Bogosian 9 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 0 13 0.0 18:59 0.00 6 15D 77 Dmitry Kulikov 12 0 0 0 -4 10 0 0 0 6 0.0 22:35 0.00 12 13

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM31 Anders Nilsson 5 310 1.74 2 1 2 1 9 176 .951 0 0 040 Robin Lehner 15 907 2.38 5 7 3 0 36 424 .922 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres @ Washington CapitalsTeam Records

Buffalo Sabres Washington CapitalsLast game: Wednesday VS DETROIT (2-1 O) Wednesday VS ST. LOUIS (4-3 W)Next game: Friday AT WASHINGTON Friday VS BUFFALO

Overall record/streak: 7 - 8 - 5 / OTL 1 12 - 5 - 2 / Win 1 / Undef 1Home record/streak: 3 - 4 - 3 / OTL 1 7 - 3 - 0 / Win 1 / Undef 1Road record/streak: 4 - 4 - 2 / Lost 3 5 - 2 - 2 / OTL 1

Last 5 Games: 2 - 2 - 1 3 - 1 - 1Last 10 Games: 3 - 4 - 3 6 - 3 - 11-Goal Games: 3 - 2 - 5 6 - 1 - 22-Goal Games 2 - 1 3 - 13-Goal Games 2 - 5 3 - 3

Scoring first 5 - 1 - 4 11 - 3 - 2Opponent scoring first 2 - 7 - 1 1 - 2 - 0Leading after 1 period 4 - 0 - 2 9 - 2 - 1Trailing after 1 period 1 - 5 - 0 1 - 1 - 0

Tied after 1 period 2 - 3 - 3 2 - 2 - 1Leading after 2 periods 5 - 0 - 3 9 - 1 - 1Trailing after 2 periods 1 - 7 - 1 0 - 4 - 1

Tied after 2 periods 1 - 1 - 1 3 - 0 - 0OT Record - This Season: 1 - 5 2 - 2

OT Record - Franchise: 170 - 168 - 215 176 - 160 - 185Shootout Record - This Season: 1 - 3 0 - 1

Shootout Record - Franchise: 68 - 61 52 - 60Outshooting opponent: 1 - 4 - 2 10 - 3 - 1

Outshot by opponent: 6 - 4 - 3 2 - 2 - 1Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0vs. Atlantic: 2 - 4 - 2 3 - 0 - 0

vs. Metropolitan: 1 - 1 - 2 2 - 3 - 2vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 3 - 5 - 4 5 - 3 - 2

vs. Central: 2 - 2 - 0 5 - 0 - 0vs. Pacific: 2 - 1 - 1 2 - 2 - 0

vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 4 - 3 - 1 7 - 2 - 0

Month by Month RecordBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

W-L-OT Points W-L-OT PointsOctober: 3-3-2 8 5-2-1 11

November: 4-5-3 11 7-3-1 15Totals: 7-8-5 19 12-5-2 26

Buffalo Sabres @ Washington CapitalsSituations

Goals by Period1 2 3 OT T Avg

Buffalo Sabres: 11 14 12 0 37 ( 1.9 avg.)Opponents: 11 14 20 2 47 ( 2.4 avg.)

Washington Capitals: 21 11 18 2 52 ( 2.7 avg.)Opponents: 8 15 18 1 42 ( 2.2 avg.)

Shots by Period1 2 3 OT T Avg

Buffalo Sabres: 188 207 171 20 586 (29.3 avg.)Opponents: 203 221 209 14 647 (32.4 avg.)

Washington Capitals: 183 201 174 10 568 (29.9 avg.)Opponents: 183 158 168 4 513 (27.0 avg.)

Power PlayBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

G Att % G Att %Overall: 14 66 21.2 (9th NHL) 9 56 16.1 (T-18th NHL)Home: 8 35 22.9 (T-10th NHL) 7 38 18.4 (16th NHL)Road: 6 31 19.4 (11th NHL) 2 18 11.1 (23rd NHL)

0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL)

Penalty KillingBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

G Att % G Att %Overall: 13 67 80.6 (22nd NHL) 11 60 81.7 (T-16th NHL)Home: 3 26 88.5 (7th NHL) 6 30 80.0 (T-23rd NHL)Road: 10 41 75.6 (25th NHL) 5 30 83.3 (14th NHL)

0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-28th NHL) 2 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-6th NHL)

PenaltiesBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank20 166 8.3 (10th NHL) 19 150 7.9 (T-4th NHL)

Goal SituationsBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

For Against For Against6 on 5: 0 2 0 36 on 4: 0 0 0 06 on 3: 0 0 0 05 on 5: 23 29 38 235 on 4: 13 0 6 15 on 3: 1 0 1 04 on 4: 0 1 0 14 on 3: 0 0 2 03 on 3: 0 1 1 13 on 4: 0 0 0 03 on 5: 0 1 0 03 on 6: 0 0 0 04 on 5: 0 12 3 114 on 6: 0 0 0 05 on 6: 0 0 1 2

Empty Net: 0 2 2 3Penalty Shots: 0 1 0 0

Total: 37 47 52 42

Buffalo Sabres @ Washington CapitalsSituations

Individual LeadersBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

Points: K. OKPOSO (12),M. MOULSON (9),R. O'REILLY (9) N. BACKSTROM (18),A. OVECHKIN (16),M. JOHANSSON (13)Goals: M. MOULSON (7),K. OKPOSO (6),B. GIONTA (4) A. OVECHKIN (12),T. OSHIE (8),M. JOHANSSON (7)

Assists: R. RISTOLAINEN (9),K. OKPOSO (6),S. REINHART (6) N. BACKSTROM (13),M. NISKANEN (9),J. CARLSON (8)PP Goals: M. MOULSON (6),K. OKPOSO (2),R. O'REILLY (2) A. OVECHKIN (4),T. OSHIE (2),M. JOHANSSON (2)SH Goals: T. OSHIE (1),J. BEAGLE (1)

GW Goals: J. LARSSON (2),B. GIONTA (1),M. MOULSON (1) A. OVECHKIN (4),M. JOHANSSON (3),J. BEAGLE (2)3+ Goals: A. OVECHKIN(1)

PIM: J. GORGES (21),D. GRANT (17),J. MCCABE (12) L. ELLER (18),T. WILSON (16),J. WILLIAMS (12)Shots: K. OKPOSO (55),M. MOULSON (48),R. O'REILLY (48) A. OVECHKIN (80),J. CARLSON (45),N. BACKSTROM (40)

+/-: M. FOLIGNO (+2),C. SCHNEIDER (+2),W. CARRIER (+2) T. OSHIE (+10),B. ORPIK (+8),D. ORLOV (+7)

ShootoutBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

Shooter G/S % GDGSam Reinhart 2 / 3 66.7 0Cal O'Reilly 1 / 2 50.0 1Brian Gionta 0 / 1 0.0 0Kyle Okposo 0 / 4 0.0 0Ryan O'Reilly 0 / 1 0.0 0

Shooter G/S % GDGT.J. Oshie 1 / 1 100.0 0Nicklas Backstrom 1 / 1 100.0 0Alex Ovechkin 0 / 1 0.0 0Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 / 1 0.0 0

Goaltender Rec. G/S %Anders Nilsson 1 - 1 2/6 .667Robin Lehner 0 - 2 4/4 .000

Goaltender Rec. G/S %Braden Holtby 0 - 1 3/4 .250

Power PlayBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

Player G A PMatt Moulson 6 2 8Kyle Okposo 2 6 8Rasmus Ristolainen 0 7 7Ryan O'Reilly 2 3 5Sam Reinhart 2 3 5Taylor Fedun 0 3 3Evander Kane 0 2 2Cody Franson 1 0 1Johan Larsson 1 0 1

Player G A PNicklas Backstrom 0 8 8Alex Ovechkin 4 1 5Marcus Johansson 2 2 4T.J. Oshie 2 2 4John Carlson 0 2 2Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 1 1Matt Niskanen 0 1 1Dmitry Orlov 0 1 1Justin Williams 1 0 1

Short HandedBuffalo Sabres Washington Capitals

Player G A P

No players to display

Player G A PJay Beagle 1 1 2T.J. Oshie 1 1 2Matt Niskanen 0 1 1

LAST GAMEWashington 4, St. Louis 3November 23, 2016 * Verizon Center * Washington, D.C.Washington Goals: Alex Ovechkin (3), Evgeny KuznetsovShots: WSH: 25; STL: 21Power Plays: WSH: 1-4; STL: 1-5Three Stars: 1. Ovechkin (WSH), 2. Kuznetsov (WSH), 3. Tarasenko (STL) RECENT TRANSACTIONSNov. 21: Re-assigned Paul Carey to Hershey (AHL)Nov. 19: Recalled Paul Carey from Hershey (AHL) CAPITALS MILESTONES WITHIN REACHAlex Ovechkin – One power-play goal shy of becoming the 18th player in NHL history to score 200 power-play goalsEvgeny Kuznetsov – Two games shy of 200 NHL/Capitals games playedT.J. Oshie – Three games shy of 100 Capitals games playedBarry Trotz – Three wins shy of passing Mike Keenan (672) for eighth place on the NHL coaching wins list CAPITALS MILESTONES RECENTLY ACHIEVEDJustin Williams – Played in his 100th Capitals game, Nov. 20 vs. CBJ INJURIES/ILLNESSEST.J. Oshie, missed two games (11/20-11/23)Lars Eller, missed one game (11/20)Total Man Games Lost: 3 TONIGHT’S GAMEThe Capitals complete their season-long five-game homestand on Friday against the Buffalo Sabres at Verizon Center. Friday alsomarks the first game of a back-to-back set for Washington. The Capitals play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at Air CanadaCentre. UPCOMING GAMES

* All times are Eastern NOTE OF THE NIGHTIt’s Tricky – Alex Ovechkin scored three goals on Wednesday against St. Louis, marking his 16th career hat trick. Ovechkin ranks firstamong active NHL players in hat tricks and second in franchise history in career hat tricks, trailing Peter Bondra (19). In addition,Ovechkin ranks first in the NHL in hat tricks since 1996-97 and third in NHL history in hat tricks by Russian-born NHL players (PavelBure: 20, Alexander Mogilny: 17). Wednesday marked the first time in Ovechkin’s career he has registered a hat trick in less than 16minutes of time on ice (15:29) and his second hat trick in as many games against the Blues. (4/9 at STL: 3g). The Moscow native isonly the second player in the NHL in the last five years to register a hat trick in two consecutive games against the same team (MikkelBoedker vs. OTT, 2015). In addition, Ovechkin is the third player in Capitals history to register consecutive hat tricks versus one team.The others were Peter Bondra against the Islanders in February/March 1996 and Alexander Semin against Tampa Bay in November

Washington Capitals: Media Notes

DATE OPPONENT TIME TV AUDIO

Nov. 25 Buffalo 5 p.m. CSNWFED 1500/Caps Radio

24/7

Nov. 26 at Toronto 7 p.m. CSN+ Caps Radio 24/7

Dec. 1 NY Islanders 7 p.m. CSNWFED 1500/Caps Radio

24/7

Dec. 3 at Tampa Bay 7 p.m. CSNWFED 1500/Caps Radio

24/7

Dec. 5 Buffalo 7 p.m. CSN Caps Radio 24/7

2010. TOP FIVE CAPS FACTSBuffalo Hunters – The Capitals have earned a point in 21 of their last 27 games against the Sabres (17-6-4) and in 12 of their last 14home games against Buffalo (10-2-2). Alex Ovechkin has earned 41 points (26g, 15a) in 39 career games against the Sabres and hasearned nine points (6g, 3a) in his last seven games against Buffalo. Nicklas Backstrom has recorded 26 points (8g, 18a) in 31 gamescareer games against the Sabres and Braden Holtby has posted a 7-3-1 record in his career against Buffalo. Home Cookin’ – The Capitals complete their season-long five-game homestand on Friday against Buffalo. Washington has posted a 7-3-0 record at home this season and a 3-1-0 record during its current homestand. Alex Ovechkin (10g, 3a) and Nicklas Backstrom (4g,9a) lead the Capitals with 13 points each in 10 home games this season. In addition, Ovechkin ranks tied for first in the NHL in homegoals this season. Dating back to last season, Braden Holtby has posted a 9-3-2 record with one shutout, a 2.05 goals-against averageand a .916 save percentage in his last 14 home games. Getting Defensive – The Capitals allowed two shots in the first period on Wednesday against St. Louis, marking their fewest shotsagainst in a period since Dec. 13, 2014 against Tampa Bay (1st: 2 shots). Washington ranks third in the NHL in goals against per game(2.21) and shots against per game (27.0) this season. In addition, Capitals goaltender have combined for two shutouts this season andrank third in the NHL in goals-against average (2.19), trailing Minnesota (1.89) and San Jose (2.15). Washington is one of just fiveteams in the NHL this season to have two goaltenders record a shutout (Colorado, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg). Attacking the Atlantic – The Capitals have earned a point in 39 of their last 44 games against Atlantic Division foes (12/9/14-11/18/16:36-5-3) dating back to the 2014-15 season. The Capitals are 3-0-0 against the Atlantic Division this season and posted a 19-5-0 recordlast season. Clutch Performers – Alex Ovechkin scored the game-winning goal on Wednesday against St. Louis, marking his 92nd career game-winning goal. Ovechkin ranks tied for 13th in NHL history in game-winning goals with Mark Messier, Mike Modano and Jeremy Roenick.Ovechkin ranks second in League in game-winning goals this season (4) and Marcus Johansson ranks tied for third (3). Since 2010-11,Ovechkin (51) and Johansson (18) rank first and second among Capitals skaters in game-winning goals. ADDITIONAL CAPITALS NOTESLast We Met – The Capitals won the season series against the Sabres last season with a 2-1-0 record, including a 5-2 victory on Dec.30, 2015 in Buffalo’s lone visit to Verizon Center. Alex Ovechkin (3g) and Marcus Johansson (2g, 1a) led Washington with three pointseach in three games against the Sabres in 2015-16 and Braden Holtby posted a 2-1-0 record with one shutout, a 2.04 goals-againstaverage and a .932 save percentage. Back to Back – The Capitals begin their fourth back-to-back set of the season on Friday against the Buffalo Sabres at Verizon Center.Washington plays the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at Air Canada Centre. The Capitals are 4-1-1 in back-to-back games thisseason and will play 16 back-to-back sets. Washington posted a 22-7-1 record in back-to-back games last season, outscoringopponents 91-65. The Capitals posted a .750 point percentage in back-to-back games in 2015-16, marking the highest pointpercentage in back-to-back games in franchise history. Holt-beast – Braden Holtby has posted an 8-2-0 record in his last 10 games (10/30-11/23) with one shutout, a 1.89 goals-againstaverage and a.929 save percentage. The Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, native ranks tied for fifth in the NHL in wins (10), ninth in goals-against average (2.05) and tied for 12th in save percentage (.923) this season (min. 7 GP). Holtby stopped all 25 shots he faced onNov. 18 against Detroit to earn his 24th career shutout and first of the season. Holtby ranks second in franchise history in careershutouts (Olie Kolzig: 35) and ranks tied for third in the NHL in shutouts since 2012-13 (21), trailing Carey Price (22) and Tuukka Rask(22). Another Gr8 Milestone – Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored three goals against St. Louis on Wednesday and now sits just 18points shy of 1,000 career NHL points (537g, 445a). Ovechkin is aiming to become the 37th player in NHL history to record 1,000 pointswith one franchise. The Moscow native ranks tied for second in the NHL in goals (12), second in shots (80) and has scored five goals inhis last four games (11/16-11/23). O From D – Capitals defensemen have earned a point in 17 of the team’s 19 games this season and have combined to register 39points (3g, 36a). Washington ranks fifth in the NHL in assists by defensemen this season (36), trailing the NY Rangers (46),Philadelphia (42), Montreal (40) and Chicago (37). In addition, the Capitals are one of just four teams in the NHL this season to playseven defensemen or fewer (Colorado, New Jersey, San Jose) and all seven defensemen to play for the Capitals this season have

registered a point. Five defensemen earned a point for the Capitals on Nov. 16 against Pittsburgh, marking the most Washingtondefensemen to register a point in a game since Nov. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado (6). Saint Nick – Nicklas Backstrom tallied an assist on Wednesday against St. Louis, marking his ninth point in his last five games (11/15-11/23: 4g, 5a). Backstrom leads the Capitals in points (18) and assists (13) and ranks 12th in the NHL in faceoff win percentage(54.8%) this season (min. 200 faceoffs). Power Surge – Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal on Wednesday against St. Louis, marking his 199th career power-play goal.Ovechkin now sits one power-play goal shy of becoming the 18th player in NHL history to score 200 power-play goals. In addition,Washington is 6-1-0 this season in games when they score a power-play goal. First Things First – The Capitals have scored first in 16 of their 19 games this season and rank tied for first in the NHL in games whenscoring first (16) and second in wins when scoring first (11). Last season, the Capitals posted a 34-2-2 record when scoring first,marking the highest win percentage (.895) when scoring first in an 82-game season in NHL history. Under head coach Barry Trotz(2014-16), Washington has posted an 82-7-8 record when scoring first, ranking first in the NHL in win percentage when scoring first(.845) during that span. Starting Strong – Washington has scored a goal in the first period in 14 of their 19 games this season and has outscored opponents21-8 in the first period this season. In addition, the Capitals have not allowed a first period goal in five consecutive games (11/15-11/23). The Capitals rank third in the NHL in first period goals (21) and tied for first in first period goals allowed (8). Last season,Washington ranked tied for 21st in the League in first period goals (55). Backstrom Named “Third Star” of Week – Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has been named the NHL’s “Third Star” forthe week ending Nov. 20. Backstrom led the NHL with eight points (four goals, four assists) in four games, including five points (2g, 3a)against Pittsburgh on Nov. 16, tying his career high.

Washington Capitals: Game By Game Summary* = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout

# Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend.1 10/13/2016 @ Pittsburgh Penguins O** 00-00-01 2-3 65,65 81 0-3 1-2 41-30 29 / 70 18630+2 10/15/2016 New York Islanders W 01-00-01 2-1 26,26 26 0-5 1-2 28-22 70 / 1 18506+3 10/18/2016 Colorado Avalanche W 02-00-01 3-0 8p,77p,77 8 2-5 3-3 40-18 31 / 1 18506+4 10/20/2016 @ Florida Panthers W 03-00-01 4-2 14,92,8,90 8 0-1 3-4 29-28 70 / 1 124405 10/22/2016 New York Rangers L 03-01-01 2-4 20,8 26 0-2 2-3 28-26 30 / 70 18506+6 10/26/2016 @ Edmonton Oilers L 03-02-01 1-4 8 67 0-3 3-4 35-29 33 / 70 183477 10/29/2016 @ Vancouver Canucks W 04-02-01 5-2 90,43,90p,77,27 90 1-2 3-3 35-25 31 / 25 183388 10/30/2016 @ Calgary Flames W 05-02-01 3-1 10,90p,90 90 1-2 2-2 29-22 70 / 1 184549 11/01/2016 @ Winnipeg Jets W 06-02-01 3-2 27,90,83 83 0-3 4-4 27-45 70 / 37 15294+

10 11/03/2016 Winnipeg Jets W* 07-02-01 4-3 19,77,8,8p 8 1-5 2-2 32-27 70 / 34 18506+11 11/05/2016 Florida Panthers W 08-02-01 4-2 77,8,77,20 77 0-4 1-2 36-24 70 / 1 18506+12 11/08/2016 San Jose Sharks L 08-03-01 0-3 44 0-3 2-2 24-23 31 / 70 18506+13 11/11/2016 @ Chicago Blackhawks W* 09-03-01 3-2 83s,83,90 90 0-0 1-2 28-34 70 / 50 22075+14 11/12/2016 @ Carolina Hurricanes L 09-04-01 1-5 92 86 0-2 5-6 21-38 30 / 31 1243615 11/15/2016 @ Columbus Blue Jackets O* 09-04-02 1-2 19 13 0-2 3-3 22-27 72 / 31 1173816 11/16/2016 Pittsburgh Penguins W 10-04-02 7-1 77s,19,77p,9,14p,8,19 19 2-7 4-4 39-26 70 / 30 18506+17 11/18/2016 Detroit Red Wings W 11-04-02 1-0 83 83 0-2 4-4 28-25 70 / 35 18506+18 11/20/2016 Columbus Blue Jackets L 11-05-02 2-3 19,8p 10 1-1 1-3 21-23 72 / 70 18506+19 11/23/2016 St. Louis Blues W 12-05-02 4-3 8p,8,92,8 8 1-4 4-5 25-21 70 / 40 18506+20 11/25/2016 Buffalo Sabres21 11/26/2016 @ Toronto Maple Leafs22 12/01/2016 New York Islanders23 12/03/2016 @ Tampa Bay Lightning24 12/05/2016 Buffalo Sabres25 12/07/2016 Boston Bruins26 12/09/2016 @ Buffalo Sabres27 12/11/2016 Vancouver Canucks28 12/13/2016 @ New York Islanders29 12/16/2016 @ Carolina Hurricanes30 12/17/2016 Montréal Canadiens31 12/21/2016 @ Philadelphia Flyers32 12/23/2016 Tampa Bay Lightning33 12/27/2016 @ New York Islanders34 12/29/2016 New Jersey Devils35 12/31/2016 @ New Jersey Devils36 01/01/2017 Ottawa Senators37 01/03/2017 Toronto Maple Leafs38 01/05/2017 Columbus Blue Jackets39 01/07/2017 @ Ottawa Senators40 01/09/2017 @ Montréal Canadiens41 01/11/2017 Pittsburgh Penguins42 01/13/2017 Chicago Blackhawks43 01/15/2017 Philadelphia Flyers44 01/16/2017 @ Pittsburgh Penguins45 01/19/2017 @ St. Louis Blues46 01/21/2017 @ Dallas Stars47 01/23/2017 Carolina Hurricanes48 01/24/2017 @ Ottawa Senators49 01/26/2017 @ New Jersey Devils50 01/31/2017 @ New York Islanders51 02/01/2017 Boston Bruins52 02/04/2017 @ Montréal Canadiens53 02/05/2017 Los Angeles Kings54 02/07/2017 Carolina Hurricanes55 02/09/2017 Detroit Red Wings56 02/11/2017 Anaheim Ducks57 02/18/2017 @ Detroit Red Wings58 02/19/2017 @ New York Rangers59 02/22/2017 @ Philadelphia Flyers60 02/24/2017 Edmonton Oilers61 02/25/2017 @ Nashville Predators62 02/28/2017 @ New York Rangers63 03/02/2017 New Jersey Devils64 03/04/2017 Philadelphia Flyers65 03/06/2017 Dallas Stars66 03/09/2017 @ San Jose Sharks67 03/11/2017 @ Los Angeles Kings68 03/12/2017 @ Anaheim Ducks69 03/14/2017 Minnesota Wild70 03/16/2017 Nashville Predators71 03/18/2017 @ Tampa Bay Lightning72 03/21/2017 Calgary Flames73 03/23/2017 Columbus Blue Jackets74 03/25/2017 Arizona Coyotes75 03/28/2017 @ Minnesota Wild76 03/29/2017 @ Colorado Avalanche77 03/31/2017 @ Arizona Coyotes78 04/02/2017 @ Columbus Blue Jackets79 04/04/2017 @ Toronto Maple Leafs80 04/05/2017 New York Rangers81 04/08/2017 @ Boston Bruins82 04/09/2017 Florida Panthers

Washington Capitals: Player Game By Game SummarySkaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. NISKANEN# 2

CHORNEY# 4

OVECHKIN# 8

ORLOV# 9

CONNOLLY# 10

WILLIAMS# 14

BACKSTROM# 19

Oct 13 @ PIT 0-1,2/1 24:46 0-0,5/-1 22:28 0-0,2/0 19:59 0-0,0/0 16:15 0-2,5/1 20:37Oct 15 Vs NYI 0-0,2/0 21:02 0-0,3/0 19:07 0-0,2/1 17:07 0-0,1/0 17:50 0-0,2/0 18:34Oct 18 Vs COL 0-0,3/0 22:30 1-1(W),5/1 18:11 0-1,1/0 19:18 0-0,4/0 11:47 0-0,0/0 15:18 0-1,2/0 16:27Oct 20 @ FLA 0-2,1/2 22:48 1-0(W),2/2 16:42 0-0,0/-1 21:55 0-0,2/1 10:23 1-0,4/1 12:56 0-0,2/0 16:21Oct 22 Vs NYR 0-0,1/-2 19:54 1-0,6/0 19:44 0-1,2/1 21:13 DNP 0-0,2/-1 14:47 0-0,1/-2 18:05Oct 26 @ EDM 0-1,1/0 21:55 1-0,4/-2 18:40 0-0,2/-2 17:34 DNP 0-0,0/0 15:30 0-0,1/0 18:02Oct 29 @ VAN 0-1,1/2 20:20 0-0,4/0 15:58 0-0,0/0 19:17 0-0,2/-1 07:50 0-0,1/0 16:29 0-1,4/0 16:59Oct 30 @ CGY 0-0,3/0 21:12 0-1,3/-1 15:05 0-0,3/0 21:30 1-0,1/1 08:34 0-0,3/-1 15:45 0-1,1/-1 16:23Nov 1 @ WPG 0-0,2/0 23:50 0-0,3/-1 18:31 0-0,2/2 18:01 0-0,1/1 08:42 0-0,1/-1 16:27 0-0,0/0 18:12Nov 3 Vs WPG 0-0,1/1 24:53 2-1(W),8/0 19:44 0-0,2/1 20:27 0-0,0/0 07:09 0-1,2/1 16:17 1-2,2/0 20:22Nov 5 Vs FLA 0-0,2/0 21:09 1-1,6/3 19:28 0-0,1/2 16:46 DNP 0-0,2/1 16:40 0-1,4/2 17:24Nov 8 Vs SJS 0-0,0/-2 23:32 0-0,4/-2 21:12 0-0,2/0 19:05 DNP 0-0,4/-1 18:51 0-0,1/-1 19:04Nov 11 @ CHI 0-1,5/1 25:18 0-0,2/0 13:31 0-0,1/0 17:29 0-1,1/2 22:05 DNP 0-0,5/0 15:41 0-0,1/0 19:50Nov 12 @ CAR 0-1,0/-2 19:48 DNP 0-0,5/0 20:30 0-1,2/0 17:24 0-0,0/-1 08:15 0-0,0/-2 09:38 0-0,0/-1 19:09Nov 15 @ CBJ 0-0,0/0 25:29 0-1,1/1 12:25 0-0,4/-2 14:12 0-0,2/-1 21:28 DNP 0-0,1/0 14:13 1-0,2/0 18:07Nov 16 Vs PIT 0-1,3/2 22:13 DNP 1-0,3/0 18:38 1-0,3/0 17:29 0-0,1/0 09:21 1-0,4/0 13:43 2-3(W),4/3 17:49Nov 18 Vs DET 0-0,4/0 25:29 DNP 0-0,4/0 19:00 0-1,2/1 17:08 0-0,0/0 15:04 0-0,3/0 21:33 0-0,3/0 22:50Nov 20 Vs CBJ 0-1,1/1 23:13 DNP 1-0,5/0 17:44 0-0,0/-1 19:10 0-0,0/0 10:56 0-0,3/0 15:37 1-1,3/0 16:59Nov 23 Vs STL 0-0,2/-2 22:51 DNP 3-0(W),5/3 15:29 0-1,1/2 17:14 0-0,1/-1 12:20 0-0,2/0 16:14 0-1,2/0 19:55

Date Opp. ELLER# 20

WINNIK# 26

ALZNER# 27

CAREY# 28

WILSON# 43

ORPIK# 44

BURAKOVSKY# 65

Oct 13 @ PIT 0-0,4/0 18:37 0-0,1/0 07:32 0-0,3/1 20:46 0-0,0/0 05:31 0-0,1/0 15:41 2-0,2/2 18:30Oct 15 Vs NYI 0-0,0/0 15:17 2-0(W),3/2 12:02 0-1,0/1 19:16 0-0,1/2 11:26 0-1,0/1 16:50 0-0,3/0 17:16Oct 18 Vs COL 0-0,1/0 14:05 0-0,0/0 10:49 0-0,3/0 18:59 0-0,1/0 11:44 0-0,1/1 16:29 0-0,3/0 16:22Oct 20 @ FLA 0-0,1/1 14:30 0-0,1/0 12:12 0-1,0/2 21:45 0-0,1/1 14:01 0-0,0/2 15:44 0-0,3/-1 14:24Oct 22 Vs NYR 1-0,2/0 13:42 0-0,0/0 10:18 0-0,1/-1 18:12 0-0,1/0 11:39 0-1,2/1 16:50 0-0,1/-1 15:10Oct 26 @ EDM 0-0,3/0 13:39 0-0,0/0 10:33 0-0,3/0 19:26 0-0,2/0 13:33 0-0,0/0 17:16 0-1,3/-2 16:00Oct 29 @ VAN 0-0,2/0 16:12 DNP 1-0,1/2 20:09 1-0,2/2 16:25 0-0,2/0 19:33 0-1,3/0 14:19Oct 30 @ CGY 0-0,2/0 15:46 DNP 0-0,1/0 20:04 0-0,1/0 16:09 0-0,0/1 16:59 0-0,1/0 15:47Nov 1 @ WPG 0-0,2/-1 13:40 DNP 1-0,1/0 21:10 0-0,3/1 12:07 0-0,1/0 17:25 0-0,1/0 13:46Nov 3 Vs WPG 0-0,2/1 13:22 DNP 0-0,0/1 21:03 0-0,1/-1 15:57 0-0,1/0 15:51 0-1,2/1 15:35Nov 5 Vs FLA 1-0,2/1 15:43 0-0,0/0 10:35 0-0,0/0 20:14 0-0,0/0 12:30 0-1,1/1 15:25 0-1,3/1 15:42Nov 8 Vs SJS 0-0,0/-1 13:32 0-0,0/0 10:24 0-0,2/-1 19:04 0-0,3/-1 12:04 0-0,1/-1 15:16 0-0,3/-2 15:44Nov 11 @ CHI 0-0,0/-1 16:20 0-1,1/1 08:06 0-0,0/0 23:15 0-0,1/-1 18:26 0-0,0/0 15:40 0-0,1/0 14:01Nov 12 @ CAR 0-0,0/-1 12:38 DNP 0-0,1/-1 19:15 0-0,0/-1 11:41 0-0,3/-1 18:58 0-0,2/-1 13:21Nov 15 @ CBJ 0-0,0/0 15:28 0-0,0/0 10:21 0-0,2/0 21:25 0-0,0/0 14:49 0-1,0/1 14:46 0-0,1/0 13:02Nov 16 Vs PIT 0-0,1/0 12:19 DNP 0-0,2/2 17:24 0-0,2/0 13:05 0-1,1/2 18:16 0-1,0/0 17:05Nov 18 Vs DET 0-0,0/0 00:45 DNP 0-0,1/0 20:01 0-0,1/1 16:29 0-0,1/0 18:37 0-0,1/0 05:09Nov 20 Vs CBJ DNP 0-0,2/0 10:37 0-0,0/1 22:17 0-0,1/0 12:08 0-0,0/0 14:35 0-0,0/0 16:57 0-0,0/0 14:55Nov 23 Vs STL 0-0,1/-1 14:49 0-0,0/0 10:46 0-0,1/-1 21:48 MIN 0-0,0/-1 10:55 0-0,0/0 18:45 0-2,3/3 15:23

Date Opp. CARLSON# 74

OSHIE# 77

SANFORD# 82

BEAGLE# 83

SCHMIDT# 88

JOHANSSON# 90

KUZNETSOV# 92

Oct 13 @ PIT 0-0,5/0 24:34 0-0,3/-1 20:02 0-0,1/0 14:46 0-0,2/0 07:37 0-0,2/0 14:55 0-1,2/2 19:49 0-0,1/0 20:02Oct 15 Vs NYI 0-1,6/1 22:06 0-0,0/0 17:40 0-0,0/0 10:35 0-1,1/2 12:42 0-0,1/0 15:33 0-0,1/0 17:49 0-0,2/0 15:25Oct 18 Vs COL 0-0,2/1 23:42 2-0,6/1 15:39 DNP 0-0,2/0 13:19 0-0,1/0 12:38 0-2,1/0 16:55 0-1,4/1 17:48Oct 20 @ FLA 0-0,1/0 24:40 0-0,2/2 17:11 DNP 0-0,2/0 14:03 0-1,0/1 11:27 1-0,4/0 15:33 1-0,3/2 15:59Oct 22 Vs NYR 0-0,3/0 24:45 0-0,1/0 18:21 0-0,2/0 10:23 0-0,0/0 11:15 0-0,1/0 16:47 0-0,0/-1 15:40 0-1,2/0 20:01Oct 26 @ EDM 0-0,4/-2 23:19 0-0,5/0 15:25 0-0,2/0 11:32 0-0,2/0 11:15 0-0,1/0 15:47 0-0,1/0 17:04 0-0,1/-2 16:47Oct 29 @ VAN 0-0,2/0 23:27 1-1,3/1 17:20 0-0,0/-1 07:24 0-0,1/0 12:26 0-1,2/0 15:10 2-1(W),4/2 16:35 0-1,1/2 16:07Oct 30 @ CGY 0-0,2/1 23:47 0-0,1/1 17:20 0-1,1/1 10:31 0-2,2/2 13:23 0-0,1/0 14:09 2-0(W),2/1 17:43 0-0,1/0 15:53Nov 1 @ WPG 0-1,3/1 22:17 0-0,0/0 21:11 0-0,0/0 08:44 1-0(W),3/0 15:53 0-0,0/-1 13:49 1-1,3/3 13:43 0-2,1/2 14:36Nov 3 Vs WPG 0-2,2/-1 23:40 1-0,3/0 18:19 0-0,1/0 09:08 0-0,0/0 11:20 0-0,2/-1 13:50 0-0,2/-2 19:36 0-0,1/-1 20:30Nov 5 Vs FLA 0-1,4/2 23:59 2-0(W),4/2 19:29 0-0,1/0 10:46 0-0,1/0 12:21 0-2,1/1 14:51 0-0,3/-1 18:22 0-0,1/0 16:19Nov 8 Vs SJS 0-0,1/0 23:35 0-0,1/-2 18:00 0-0,0/0 08:58 0-0,1/0 10:26 0-0,1/-1 13:23 0-0,0/-1 18:25 0-0,0/0 17:27Nov 11 @ CHI 0-1,2/0 23:34 0-1,1/2 18:20 0-0,0/1 07:21 2-0,4/2 09:59 DNP 1-0(W),2/0 18:17 0-0,1/0 16:46Nov 12 @ CAR 0-0,2/0 22:20 0-0,1/-1 18:32 0-0,1/-1 11:33 0-0,0/-1 11:58 0-0,1/-1 17:53 0-0,2/-1 17:54 1-0,1/0 16:55Nov 15 @ CBJ 0-0,1/-2 22:51 0-0,3/1 19:30 0-0,1/0 10:12 0-0,2/-1 13:21 DNP 0-0,1/1 19:17 0-0,1/-1 14:45Nov 16 Vs PIT 0-1,4/-1 24:14 2-2,3/4 17:22 0-0,0/0 10:33 0-1,1/1 12:21 0-1,2/3 14:22 0-1,4/3 15:46 0-0,1/0 18:16Nov 18 Vs DET 0-0,0/1 19:40 0-0,0/0 02:34 0-0,2/1 13:11 1-0(W),2/1 20:01 0-0,1/0 16:22 0-0,1/0 18:47 0-0,2/0 19:20Nov 20 Vs CBJ 0-0,1/-1 19:36 DNP 0-0,1/0 10:49 0-0,1/0 15:10 0-0,0/0 16:40 0-0,1/0 17:05 0-0,2/0 19:21Nov 23 Vs STL 0-1,0/3 21:47 DNP 0-0,2/-1 10:47 0-0,0/-1 11:36 0-0,0/0 14:27 0-0,1/-1 17:36 1-1,4/3 15:53

Washington Capitals: Player Game By Game SummarySkaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. GRUBAUER# 31

HOLTBY# 70

Oct 13 @ PIT DND 2/30 O 64:44Oct 15 Vs NYI DND 1/22 W 59:42Oct 18 Vs COL 0/18 W 60:00 DNDOct 20 @ FLA DND 2/28 W 60:00Oct 22 Vs NYR DND 3/25 L 58:29Oct 26 @ EDM DND 4/29 L 60:00Oct 29 @ VAN 2/25 W 60:00 DNDOct 30 @ CGY DND 1/22 W 60:00Nov 1 @ WPG DND 2/45 W 59:56Nov 3 Vs WPG DND 3/27 W 63:21Nov 5 Vs FLA DND 2/24 W 59:45Nov 8 Vs SJS DND 2/22 L 58:31Nov 11 @ CHI DND 2/34 W 62:20Nov 12 @ CAR 4/37 L 59:33 DNDNov 15 @ CBJ 2/27 O 60:37 DNDNov 16 Vs PIT DND 1/26 W 59:54Nov 18 Vs DET DND 0/25 W 60:00Nov 20 Vs CBJ DND 3/23 L 59:18Nov 23 Vs STL DND 3/21 W 60:00

- In his third season as Washington's head coach- Became the 17th head coach in Washington Capitals history on May 26, 2014- Record as NHL head coach: 669-528-60-121- Won the Jack Adams Trophy in 2016 as the NHL's top head coach.- Became the 10th coach in NHL history to reach 1,300 games coached on Nov. 27 vs. TB- Passed Jacques Martin (1,294) for 10th on the NHL's all-time games coached list on Nov. 18, 2015 at DET- Passed Ron Wilson (648) for ninth place on the NHL's all-time wins list on March 2 vs. TOR- Earned his 600th NHL win on April 2, 2015 at MTL- Spent 15 seasons as head coach of the Nashville Predators- Ranks fourth among active coaches on the NHL's all-time wins list (669)- Ranks third all-time in both games coached (1,196) and wins (557) with a single franchise- One of just six coaches in all four major North American sports leagues to have coached or managed a team's first 15 seasons of existence

Washington Capitals: Head Coach and Player BiosHead Coach: Barry Trotz

#31: Philipp Grubauer (G) 6' 1", 182 lbs. / Nov 25, 1991 (25 years)

groo-BAHW-uhrDrafted: Capitals fourth-round choice, 112th overall, in the 2010 NHL DraftLast Win: OCT 29, 2016 @ VANCOUVER (2)Last SO: OCT 18, 2016 vs COLORADO (3)Career Shootouts: 21/32 (.656), 3-4

GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Season 4 2-1-1 1 2.00 .925Career 46 17-16-7 1 2.34 .921

Career vs. Opp 3 0-0-2 0 1.11 .951

Season Highs: Shots Saves3737

3311/12 vs CAR

2016-17 Regular SeasonStopped 25 of 27 shots at CBJ (11/15) ... Made 33 saves at CAR (11/12) ... Stopped 23 of 25 shots in win at VAN (10/29) ... Stopped all 18shots he faced to earn his first NHL shutout vs. COL (10/18) ... Served as backup in 15 games (10/13-10/15, 10/20-10/26, 10/30-11/11, 11/16-11/23).

#70: Braden Holtby (G) 6' 2", 217 lbs. / Sep 16, 1989 (27 years and 2 months)

HOHLT-beeDrafted: Capitals' fourth-round choice, 93rd overall, in the 2008 NHL DraftLast Win: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISLast SO: NOV 18, 2016 vs DETROIT (2)Career Shootouts: 73/108 (.676), 17-10


Career vs. Opp 11 7-3-1 1 2.69 .902


4311/1 vs WPG

2016-17 Regular SeasonEarned his 10th win of the season vs. STL (11/23) ... Made 20 saves vs. CBJ (11/20) ... Earned his 24th career shutout vs. DET (11/18) ...Stopped 25 of 26 shots in win vs. PIT (11/16) ... Stopped 32 of 34 shots in win at CHI (11/11) ... Made 20 saves vs. SJ (11/8) ... Made 22 savesvs. FLA (11/5) to earn his fourth consecutive victory ... Stopped 24 shots vs. WPG (11/3) ... Stopped 43 of 45 shots in win at WPG (11/1) ...Stopped 21 of 22 shots in win at CGY (10/30) ... Stopped 25 of 29 shots at EDM (10/26) ... Made 22 saves vs. NYR (10/22) ... Stopped 26 of 28shots in win at FLA (10/20) ... Stopped 21 of 22 shots in win vs. NYI (10/15) ... Stopped 28 of 30 shots at PIT (10/13) ... Served as backup infour games (10/18, 10/29, 11/12-11/15).

#2: Matt Niskanen (D) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Dec 6, 1986 (29 years and 11 months)

NIHS-kah-nehnDrafted: Dallas' first-round choice, 28th overall, in the 2005 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2014Last Goal: MAR 5, 2016 @ BOSTON (36)Last Assist: NOV 20, 2016 vs COLUMBUS (1)Career Shootouts: 1/4 (25%), 1 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason 19 0-9-9 2 6Career 674 44-195-239 58 357

Career vs. Opp 21 2-9-11 2 12

Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-0

19 times2

10/20 vs FLA2

10/20 vs FLA4

11/12 vs CAR25:29

2 times5

11/11 vs CHI3

10/18 vs COL+2

3 times

2016-17 Regular Season

Earned an assist and led WSH in ice time (23:13) vs. CBJ (11/20) ... Led WSH in ice time (25:29) vs. DET (10/18) ... Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ...

Tallied an assist at CAR (11/12) ... Earned an assist at CHI (11/11) ... Led WSH in ice time (24:05) vs. SJ (11/8) ... Led WSH in ice time (24:53) vs. WPG

(11/3) ... Led WSH in ice time (23:50) at WPG (11/1) ... Logged 21:12 of ice time at CGY (10/30) ... Tallied an assist at VAN (10/29) ... Earned an assist

at EDM (10/26) ... Registered two hits and two blocked shots vs. NYR (10/22) ... Tallied two assists at FLA (10/20) ... Recorded three hits in 22:30 of ice

time vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 21:02 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Earned an assist and led WSH in ice time (24:46) at PIT (10/13).

#4: Taylor Chorney (D) 6' 0", 191 lbs. / Apr 27, 1987 (29 years and 6 months)

CHOHR-neeDrafted: Oilers' second-round choice, 36th overall, in the 2005 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2015Last Goal: MAR 2, 2016 vs TORONTO (9)Last Assist: NOV 15, 2016 @ COLUMBUSCareer Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason 2 0-1-1 1 0Career 125 2-12-14 -23 37

Career vs. Opp 4 0-0-0 1 6


2 times1

11/15 vs CBJ1

11/15 vs CBJ0

2 times13:31

11/11 vs CHI2

11/11 vs CHI1

11/11 vs CHI+1

11/15 vs CBJ


Earned his first point of the season with an assist at CBJ (11/15) ... Logged 13:31 of ice time in his season debut at CHI (11/11) ... Served as a healthy

extra in 17 games (10/13-11/8, 11/12, 11/16-11/23).

#8: Alex Ovechkin (L) 6' 3", 239 lbs. / Sep 17, 1985 (31 years and 2 months)

oh-VEHCH-kihnDrafted: Capitals' first-round choice, first overall, in the 2004 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISLast Assist: NOV 5, 2016 vs FLORIDA (8)Career Shootouts: 29/95 (31%), 10 GDG


Career vs. Opp 39 26-15-41 -5 63


11/23 vs STL1

4 times3

2 times6

10/18 vs COL22:28

10/13 vs PIT8

11/3 vs WPG6

11/8 vs SJS+3

2 times


Recorded his 16th career hat trick (3g) vs. STL (11/23) ... Scored a PPG vs. CBJ (11/20) ... Scored a goal vs. PIT (11/16) ... Led all skaters in hits (6) vs.

SJ (11/8) ... Tallied two points (1g, 1a) vs. FLA (11/5) ... Registered three points (2g, 1a), including the game-winning goal in OT vs. WPG (11/3) ...

Earned an assist at CGY (10/30) ... Recorded four shots at VAN (10/29) ... Scored a goal at EDM (10/26) ... Scored a goal vs. NYR (10/22) ... Scored a

goal at FLA (10/20) ... Recorded two points (1g, 1a) vs. COL (10/18) ... Tallied three shots in 19:07 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Registered five shots in

22:28 of ice time at PIT (10/13).

#9: Dmitry Orlov (D) 5' 11", 212 lbs. / Jul 23, 1991 (25 years and 4 months)

ohr-LAWFDrafted: Capitals' second-round choice, 55th overall, in the 2009 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (3)Last Assist: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISCareer Shootouts: 0/2 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 10 0-1-1 -1 2


11/16 vs PIT1

6 times1

7 times4

11/1 vs WPG22:05

11/11 vs CHI3

2 times3

4 times+2

4 times


Earned an assist vs. STL (11/23) ... Tallied an assist vs. DET (11/18) ... Scored a goal vs. PIT (11/16) ... Tallied an assist at CAR (11/12) ... Earned an

assist on Johansson's GWG in OT at CHI (11/11) ... Led WSH in blocked shots (3) vs. SJ (11/8) ... Led WSH with three hits and was (+2) vs. FLA (11/5)

... Was (+1) in 20:27 of ice time vs. WPG (11/3) ... Registered 4 PIM at WPG (11/1) ... Led WSH in blocked shots (3) at CGY (10/30) ... Tallied three hits

at EDM (10/26) ... Earned an assist vs. NYR (10/22) ... Logged 21:55 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Earned an assist vs. COL (10/18) ... Was (+1) in

17:07 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Logged 19:59 of ice time at PIT (10/13).

#10: Brett Connolly (R) 6' 3", 194 lbs. / May 2, 1992 (24 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Lightning's first-round choice, sixth overall, in the 2010 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2016Last Goal: OCT 30, 2016 @ CALGARY (7)Last Assist: MAR 1, 2016 vs CALGARY (21)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




10/30 vs CGY0

11 times1

10/30 vs CGY4

11/20 vs CBJ15:04

11/18 vs DET4

10/18 vs COL4

3 times+1

3 times


Tallied three hits vs. WPG (11/3) ... Led WSH with four hits at WPG (11/1) ... Scored his first Capitals goal at CGY (10/30) ... Registered two shots in

7:50 of ice time at VAN (10/29) ... Was (+1) in 10:23 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Made his Capitals debut and led the team in hits (4) vs. COL (10/18) ...

Served as a healthy extra in eight games (10/13-10/15, 10/22-10/26, 11/5-11/11, 11/15).

#14: Justin Williams (R) 6' 1", 188 lbs. / Oct 4, 1981 (35 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Flyers' first-round choice, 28th overall, in the 2000 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2015Last Goal: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (3)Last Assist: NOV 3, 2016 vs WINNIPEG (9)Career Shootouts: 8/25 (32%), 4 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason 19 2-1-3 -3 12Career 1019 251-386-637 104 622

Career vs. Opp 34 7-11-18 -2 19


2 times1

11/3 vs WPG1

3 times4

11/18 vs DET21:33

11/18 vs DET5

11/11 vs CHI1

5 times+1

3 times


Scored a goal vs. PIT (11/16) ... Led WSH in shots (4) vs. SJ (11/8) ... Won 3 of 3 faceoffs vs. FLA (11/5) ... Earned an assist vs. WPG (11/3) ... Won 3

of 4 faceoffs at CGY (10/30) ... Won 6 of 6 faceoffs at VAN (10/29) ... Logged 15:30 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Logged 14:47 of ice time vs. NYR

(10/22) ... Scored a goal at FLA (10/20) ... Won 2 of 2 faceoffs in 15:18 of ice time vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 17:50 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ...

Registered three blocked shots at PIT (10/13).

#19: Nicklas Backstrom (C) 6' 1", 213 lbs. / Nov 23, 1987 (29 years)

Drafted: Capitals' forst-round choice, fourth overall, in the 2006 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 20, 2016 vs COLUMBUS (1)Last Assist: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISCareer Shootouts: 21/57 (37%), 9 GDG


Career vs. Opp 31 8-18-26 4 12


11/16 vs PIT3

11/16 vs PIT5

11/16 vs PIT4

11/20 vs CBJ22:50

11/18 vs DET5

10/13 vs PIT5

11/18 vs DET+3

11/16 vs PIT


Tallied an assist vs. STL (11/23) ... Earned two points (1g, 1a) vs. CBJ (11/20) ... Led all skaters in hits (5) vs. DET (11/18) ... Tied his career high with

five points (2g, 3a) vs. PIT (11/16) ... Scored a goal at CBJ (11/15) ... Won 11 of 16 faceoffs vs. SJ (11/8) ... Tallied an assist vs. FLA (11/5) ... Earned

three points (1g, 2a) vs. WPG (11/3) ... Won 10 of 15 faceoffs at WPG (11/1) ... Tallied an assist at CGY (10/30) ... Earned an assist at VAN (10/29) ...

Logged 18:02 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Won 8 of 13 faceoffs vs. NYR (10/22) ... Tallied two shots in 16:21 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Earned an

assist and won 13 of 17 faceoffs (76.5%) vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 18:34 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Tallied two assists at PIT (10/13).

#20: Lars Eller (C) 6' 2", 207 lbs. / May 8, 1989 (27 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Blues' first-round choice, 13th overall, in the 2007 NHL DraftAcquired: From Montreal in exchange for Washington's second-round pick in the2017 and 2018 NHL Draft, June 24, 2016Last Goal: NOV 5, 2016 vs FLORIDA (7)Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 vs TAMPA BAY (18)Career Shootouts: 6/17 (35%), 3 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason 18 2-0-2 -2 18Career 460 75-83-158 -35 319

Career vs. Opp 29 2-4-6 -7 6


2 times0

18 times1

2 times2

9 times18:37

10/13 vs PIT4

10/13 vs PIT3

11/23 vs STL+1

3 times


Missed game vs. CBJ (11/20) due to injury ... Scored a goal vs. FLA (11/5) ... Was (+1) in 13:22 of ice time vs. WPG (11/3) ... Won 9 of 17 faceoffs at

WPG (11/1) ... Logged 15:46 of ice time at CGY (10/30) ... Won 5 of 6 faceoffs at EDM (10/26) ... Scored his first Capitals goal vs. NYR (10/22) ... Won 9

of 13 faceoffs (69.2%) at FLA (10/20) ... Tallied 2 PIM vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 15:17 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Made his Capitals debut at PIT

(10/13).

#26: Daniel Winnik (L) 6' 2", 206 lbs. / Mar 6, 1985 (31 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Coyotes' ninth-round choice, 265th overall, in the 2004 NHL DraftAcquired: From Toronto with a fifth-round selection in the 2016 NHL Draft inexchange for Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and a second-round selection in the 2016NHL Draft, Feb. 28, 2016Last Goal: OCT 15, 2016 vs NY ISLANDERS (10)Last Assist: NOV 11, 2016 @ CHICAGO (3)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




10/15 vs NYI1

11/11 vs CHI2

10/15 vs NYI2

3 times12:12

10/20 vs FLA3

10/15 vs NYI2

10/15 vs NYI+2

10/15 vs NYI


Earned an assist at CHI (11/11) ... Logged 10:35 of ice time vs. FLA (11/5) ... Logged 10:33 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Logged 10:18 of ice time vs.

NYR (10/22) ... Logged 12:12 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Logged 10:49 of ice time vs. COL (10/18) ... Scored two goals vs. NYI (10/15) ... Logged 7:32

of ice time at PIT (10/13) ... Served as a healthy extra in seven games (10/29-11/3, 11/12, 11/16-11/18).

#27: Karl Alzner (D) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Sep 24, 1988 (28 years and 2 months)

ALZ-nuhrDrafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fifth overall, in teh 2007 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 1, 2016 @ WINNIPEG (10)Last Assist: OCT 20, 2016 @ FLORIDA (15)Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 23 1-1-2 -1 0


2 times1

2 times1

4 times2

4 times23:15

11/11 vs CHI3

3 times3

2 times+2

3 times


Led all skaters in blocked shots (4) vs. CBJ (11/20) ... Was (+1) in 21:03 of ice time vs. WPG (11/3) ... Scored a goal at WPG (11/1) ... Logged 20:04 of

ice time at CGY (10/30) ... Scored a goal at VAN (10/29) ... Led the team in blocked shots (3) at EDM (10/26) ... Tallied two blocked shots in 18:12 of ice

time vs. NYR (10/22) ... Earned an assist at FLA (10/20) ... Tallied three shots in 18:59 of ice time vs. COL (10/18) ... Earned an assist vs. NYI (10/15) ...

Was (+1) in 20:46 of ice time at PIT (10/13).

#43: Tom Wilson (R) 6' 4", 217 lbs. / Mar 29, 1994 (22 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Capitals first-round choice, 16th overall, in the 2012 NHL DraftLast Goal: OCT 29, 2016 @ VANCOUVER (12)Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 @ ST. LOUIS (20)Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG




10/29 vs VAN0

19 times1

10/29 vs VAN5

2 times18:26

11/11 vs CHI3

2 times4

2 times+2

2 times


Led all skaters with four hits vs. CBJ (11/20) ... Led WSH in hits (3) vs. FLA (11/5) ... Earned two hits vs. WPG (11/3) ... Tallied three hits at WPG (11/1)

... Led WSH in hits (3) vs. CGY (10/30) ... Scored a goal at VAN (10/29) ... Logged 13:33 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Recorded four hits vs. NYR

(10/22) ... Was (+1) in 14:01 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Earned 5 PIM vs. COL (10/18) ... Was (+2) in 11:26 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Registered

three hits and five penalty minutes at PIT (10/13).

#44: Brooks Orpik (D) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Sep 26, 1980 (36 years and 1 month)

OHR-pihkDrafted: Penguins' first-round choice, 18th overall, in the 2000 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2014Last Goal: FEB 26, 2016 vs MINNESOTA (40)Last Assist: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (3)Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 38 0-6-6 1 26


19 times1

5 times1

5 times2

2 times19:33

10/29 vs VAN3

11/12 vs CAR6

10/22 vs NYR+2

2 times


Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ... Tallied an assist at CBJ (11/15) ... Earned an assist vs. FLA (11/5) ... Led WSH in hits (5) and blocked shots (3) vs.

WPG (11/3) ... Registered three hits at WPG (11/1) ... Logged 16:59 of ice time at CGY (10/30) ... Logged 19:33 of ice time at VAN (10/29) ... Logged

17:16 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Tallied an assist and led WSH in hits (6) and blocked shits (3) vs. NYR (10/22) ... Was (+2) in 15:44 of ice time at

FLA (10/20) ... Led WSH with three blocked shots vs. COL (10/18) ... Earned an assist vs. NYI (10/15) ... Registered three blocked shots and three hits

at PIT (10/13).

#65: Andre Burakovsky (L) 6' 3", 205 lbs. / Feb 9, 1995 (21 years and 9 months)

buhr-a-KAWV-skeeDrafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 23rd overall, in the 2013 NHL DraftLast Goal: OCT 13, 2016 @ PITTSBURGH (18)Last Assist: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISCareer Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG




10/13 vs PIT2

11/23 vs STL2

2 times2

11/23 vs STL18:30

10/13 vs PIT3

8 times1

8 times+3

11/23 vs STL


Registered two assists vs. STL (11/23) ... Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ... Tallied an assist vs. FLA (11/5) ... Earned an assist vs. WPG (11/3) ...

Tallied an assist at VAN (10/29) ... Earned an assist at EDM (10/26) ... Logged 15:10 of ice time vs. NYR (10/22) ... Tallied three shots at FLA (10/20) ...

Recorded three shots in 16:22 of ice time vs. COL (10/18) ... Tallied three shots vs. NYI (10/15) ... Scored two goals at PIT (10/13).

#74: John Carlson (D) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / Jan 10, 1990 (26 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL DraftLast Goal: APR 9, 2016 @ ST. LOUIS (19)Last Assist: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISCareer Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 18 0-3-3 -4 4


19 times2

11/3 vs WPG2

11/3 vs WPG0

19 times24:45

10/22 vs NYR6

10/15 vs NYI2

3 times+3

11/23 vs STL


Recorded an assist vs. STL (11/23) ... Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ... Tallied an assist at CHI (11/11) ... Earned an assist vs. FLA (11/5) ... Tallied

two assists vs. WPG (11/3) ... Earned an assist at WPG (11/1) ... Led WSH in ice time at CGY (10/30) ... Led WSH in ice time (23:27) at VAN (10/29) ...

Led WSH in ice time (23:19) at EDM (10/26) ... Led WSH in ice time (24:45) vs. NYR (10/22) ... Led WSH in ice time (24:40) at FLA (10/20) ... Led WSH

in ice time (23:42) vs. COL (10/18) ... Earned an assist vs. NYI (10/15) ... Recorded five shots in 24:34 of ice time at PIT (10/13).

#77: T.J. Oshie (R) 6' 0", 189 lbs. / Dec 23, 1986 (29 years and 11 months)

OH-sheeDrafted: Blues' first-round choice, 24th overall, in the 2005 NHL DraftAcquired: From St. Louis in exhange for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, July 2, 2015Last Goal: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (1)Last Assist: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (1)Career Shootouts: 36/66 (55%), 17 GDG




3 times2

11/16 vs PIT4

11/16 vs PIT4

10/26 vs EDM21:11

11/1 vs WPG6

10/18 vs COL3

10/20 vs FLA+4

11/16 vs PIT


Missed two games (11/20-11/23) due to injury ... Tied his career high with four points (2g, 2a) vs. PIT (11/16) ... Earned an assist at CHI (11/11) ... Won

4 of 4 faceoffs vs. SJ (11/8) ... Scored two goals vs. FLA (11/5) ... Scored a goal vs. WPG (11/3) ... Logged 21:11 of ice time at WPG (11/1) ...

Registered two points (1g, 1a) at VAN (10/29) ... Led WSH in shots (5) at EDM (10/26) ... Logged 18:21 of ice time vs. NYR (10/22) ... Led WSH in hits

(3) and was (+2) in 17:11 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Scored two goals vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 17:40 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Logged 20:02 of

ice time and scored a goal in the shootout at PIT (10/13).

#82: Zachary Sanford (C) 6' 4", 203 lbs. / Nov 9, 1994 (22 years)

Drafted: Capitals' second-round selection, 61st overall, in the 2013 NHL DraftLast Goal: -Last Assist: OCT 30, 2016 @ CALGARY (11)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


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17 times1

10/30 vs CGY1

10/30 vs CGY2

2 times14:46

10/13 vs PIT2

4 times1

9 times+1

3 times


Earned his first NHL point with an assist at CGY (10/30) ... Logged 7:24 of ice time at VAN (10/29) ... Logged 11:32 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Logged

10:23 of ice time vs. NYR (10/22) ... Served as a healthy extra in two games (10/18-10/20) ... Earned 2 PIM vs. NYI (10/15) ... Made his Capitals debut

at PIT (10/13).

#83: Jay Beagle (C) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / Oct 16, 1985 (31 years and 1 month)

Acquired: Signed as a free agent, March 26, 2008Last Goal: NOV 18, 2016 vs DETROIT (2)Last Assist: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (3)Career Shootouts: 0/2 (0%), 0 GDG




11/11 vs CHI2

10/30 vs CGY2

2 times2

10/26 vs EDM20:01

11/18 vs DET4

11/11 vs CHI2

11/3 vs WPG+2

3 times


Scored his eighth career game-winning goal vs. DET (11/18) ... Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ... Scored two goals in the first period at CHI (11/11) ...

Scored the game-winning goal with 30 seconds left in regulation at WPG (11/1) ... Earned two assists at CGY (10/30) ... Won 9 of 14 faceoffs (64.3%) at

VAN (10/29) ... Logged 11:15 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Won 6 of 7 faceoffs vs. NYR (10/22) ... Logged 14:03 of ice time at FLA (10/20) ... Won 6 of

9 faceoffs (66.7%) vs. COL (10/18) ... Tallied an assist vs. NYI (10/15) ... Logged 7:37 of ice time at PIT (10/13).

#88: Nate Schmidt (D) 6' 1", 194 lbs. / Jul 16, 1991 (25 years and 4 months)

Acquired: Signed as a free agent, April 2, 2013Last Goal: JAN 7, 2016 @ NY ISLANDERS (54)Last Assist: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (3)Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG




17 times2

11/5 vs FLA2

11/5 vs FLA2

2 times17:53

11/12 vs CAR2

4 times2

10/13 vs PIT+3

11/16 vs PIT


Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ... Recorded two assists vs. FLA (11/5) ... Earned an assist at VAN (10/29) ... Logged 15:47 of ice time at EDM (10/26)

... Registered two hits in 16:47 of ice time vs. NYR (10/22) ... Earned an assist at FLA (10/20) ... Logged 12:38 of ice time vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged

15:33 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Logged 14:55 of ice time at PIT (10/13) ... Served as a healthy extra in two games (11/11, 11/15).

#90: Marcus Johansson (L) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 6, 1990 (26 years and 1 month)

yoh-HAHN-suhnDrafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 24th overall, in the 2009 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 11, 2016 @ CHICAGO (6)Last Assist: NOV 16, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (3)Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 19 5-5-10 -1 2


2 times2

10/18 vs COL3

10/29 vs VAN2

2 times19:49

10/13 vs PIT4

3 times1

9 times+3

2 times


Earned an assist vs. PIT (11/16) ... Scored the game-winning goal in OT at CHI (11/11) ... Earned two points at WPG (11/1) ... Scored two goals at CGY

(10/30) ... Tied his career high with three points (2g, 1a) at VAN (10/29) ... Logged 17:04 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Logged 15:40 of ice time vs. NYR

(10/22) ... Scored a goal at FLA (10/20) ... Tallied two assists vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 17:49 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Earned an assist at PIT

(10/13).

#92: Evgeny Kuznetsov (C) 6' 2", 192 lbs. / May 19, 1992 (24 years and 6 months)

ehv-GEH-nee kooz-neht-SAWFDrafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 26th overall, in the 2010 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISLast Assist: NOV 23, 2016 vs ST. LOUISCareer Shootouts: 9/22 (41%), 3 GDG


Career vs. Opp 6 1-2-3 -1 0


3 times2

11/1 vs WPG2

2 times2

5 times20:30

11/3 vs WPG4

2 times2

2 times+3

11/23 vs STL


Earned two points (1g, 1a) vs. STL (11/23) ... Scored a goal at CAR (11/12) ... Won 10 of 15 faceoffs vs. WPG (11/3) ... Tallied two assists at WPG

(11/1) ... Earned an assist at VAN (10/29) ... Logged 16:47 of ice time at EDM (10/26) ... Earned an assist vs. NYR (10/22) ... Scored a goal at FLA

(10/20) ... Earned an assist vs. COL (10/18) ... Logged 15:25 of ice time vs. NYI (10/15) ... Logged 20:02 of ice time at PIT (10/13).

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LAST GAMEWednesday, November 23Detroit 2 at Buffalo 1 (SO)Goals: GiontaGoalie: Lehner (23 saves/24 shots)PP: 0/3; PK: 2/2; Shots: Buffalo 33 – Detroit 24 CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 104)Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missedCody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 20 gamesJack Eichel (high-ankle sprain, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 20 gamesNicolas Deslauriers (knee, Oct. 30; injured reserve) – 13 gamesZach Bogosian (MCL sprain, Nov. 3) – 11 gamesTyler Ennis (groin, Nov. 9; injured reserve) – 8 gamesDmitry Kulikov (lower back, Nov. 11) – 7 games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS11/19: Recalled F Cal O’Reilly and F Cole Schneider from Rochester (AHL) UPCOMING GAMESTuesday, Nov. 29: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 1: NY Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec 3: Boston at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Monday, Dec. 5: Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 6: Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT’S GAMESABRES at CAPITALS

This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Capitals this season.

Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Washington, 4-1, in Buffalo on Jan. 16

Next meeting: 4-3-3 in their last 10 games vs. the Capitals; 3-6-1 on the road.

This is the 153rd game all-time between Buffalo and Washington; Buffalo has an 87-46-19 series record.

The Sabres are 41-25-10 on the road against the Capitals all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY

The Sabres are 8-9-2 all-time on November 25.

November 25, 1970: The Sabres acquire Eddie Shack and Dick Duff from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Mike McMahon.

November 25, 2000: Vladimir Tsyplakov scores 10 seconds after the opening faceoff to open the scoring in a 5-3 Sabres win at

Montreal. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

The Sabres have won on the day after Thanksgiving in each of the last three seasons.

Zemgus Girgensons has three points (1+2) in his last three games against the Capitals.

Evander Kane has six career two-point games against Washington, including a goal and an assist in his last meeting with the

Capitals on Jan. 16.

Kyle Okposo has 10 points (5+5) in 12 career visits to Washington.

Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes

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Buffalo’s goaltenders had the second-best combined save percentage* (.930) in the league entering play Thursday. According to

Corsica, they also have the fifth-best save percentage during 5-on-5 play (.940).

The Sabres last finished a season with a combined save percentage* above .920 in the 2009-10 season (.922, Ryan Miller/Patrick

Lalime/Jhonas Enroth) and have not hit the .930 mark in a season since 1998-99 (.930, Dominik Hasek/Dwayne Roloson/Martin

Biron).

In his last three games, Anders Nilsson is 2-0-1 with a .976 save percentage and a 0.97 goals-against average. During that stretch,

Nilsson has stopped 93 of 95 shots faced at even strength (.979) and 25 of 26 shots while the team was shorthanded (.962).

*Combined save percentage excludes empty net goals SABRES IN THE TOP 10

Buffalo was ranked fourth in the NHL in team faceoff percentage (51.9%) and ninth in power play percentage (21.2%) entering play

Thursday.

Anders Nilsson entered play Thursday leading the NHL in save percentage (.951) and ranked fifth in goals-against average (1.74).

Ryan O’Reilly ranked second among all NHL forwards with an average ice time of 21:50 per game before Thursday’s games.

O’Reilly finished the 2015-16 season ranked first among forwards with 21:44 of ice time per game and has averaged 20:45 per

game since the beginning of the 2014-15 season, leading all NHL forwards during that time frame.

O’Reilly also ranked fifth in the NHL among players with at least 150 faceoffs in faceoff percentage (59.5%). entering play Thursday.

Matt Moulson entered play Thursday ranked second in the NHL with six power-play goals.

Rasmus Ristolainen ranked fifth among all NHL skaters in average ice time per game (26:09) before Thursday’s games and was

tied for third among all NHL defensemen with seven power-play points. BUF-WSH CONNECTIONSFormer Capitals:

Terry Murray played for Washington during the 1981-82 campaign, his final season in the NHL. He went on to serve as a Capitals

assistant coach from 1983 to 1988 before being named Washington’s head coach. Murray posted a 163-134-28 record as bench

boss in Washington from 1989 to 1994. Local Players:

Brooks Orpik grew up in Amherst, New York and attended Nichols High School. Dan Bylsma:

Coached Matt Niskanen for the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2010-2014 and Brooks Orpik from 2009-2014.

Top Five NHL Goaltending Tandems by Save Percentage* (as of 11/24)

Team GP GA SA SV SV%

Minnesota Wild 19 35 572 537 .939

Buffalo Sabres 20 45 645 600 .930

Columbus Blue

Jackets18 39 548 509 .929

Montreal Canadiens 20 45 628 583 .928

Tampa Bay Lightning 21 48 636 588 .925

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Marcus Foligno:

Played with Brett Connolly for Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior Championship held in Buffalo. Cody Franson:

Teammates with Karl Alzner for Team Canada at the 2007 World Junior Championship. Brian Gionta:

Played with Brooks Orpik at Boston College from 1998-2001. The Golden Eagles won the NCAA National Championship in 2001.

Teammates with Lars Eller for the Washington Capitals from 2010-2014. Josh Gorges:

Teammates with Lars Eller for the Washington Capitals from 2010-2014. Dmitry Kulikov:

Played with Dmitry Orlov for Russia at the 2008 World U-18 Championship.

Teammates with Alex Ovechkin for Russia at the 2010, 2011 and 2015 World Championships. Johan Larsson:

Played with Nicklas Backstrom for Team Sweden at the 2012 World Championship. Anders Nilsson:

Represented Sweden alongside Marcus Johansson at the 2010 World Junior Championship. Kyle Okposo:

Represented the United States alongside Taylor Chorney at the 2007 World Junior Championship and the 2010 World

Championship.

Played with T.J. Oshie for the United States at the 2009 and 2010 World Championships. Matt Niskanen was also a part of the

team in 2009. Cal O’Reilly:

Teammates with Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik for the Pittsburgh Penguins during part of the 2011-12 season. Ryan O’Reilly:

Teammates with Brett Connolly for Canada at the 2009 World U18 Championship.

Teammates with Daniel Winnick for the Colorado Avalanche from 2010-2012. NHL Draft:

Evander Kane (4th overall) and Marcus Johansson (24th overall) were both first-round picks in the 2009 NHL Draft.

Ryan O’Reilly (33rd overall), Robin Lehner (46th overall) and Dimitry Orlov (55th overall) were second-round picks in the 2009

NHL Draft.

Zemgus Girgensons (14th overall) and Tom Wilson (16th overall) were both chosen in the first round of the 2012 NHL Draft.

Rasmus Ristolainen, (8th overall) and Andre Burakovsky (23rd overall) were both first-round picks in 2013. SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERSHits: Foligno (70), Gorges (49), Ristolainen (45)Blocked Shots: Gorges (38), Ristolainen (35), McCabe (21)Shots: Okposo (55), Moulson/O’Reilly/Reinhart (48), Gionta (47)

SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK]1-10: 4-4-2 (10), 23/24, 8/35, 26/3111-20: 3-4-3 (9), 15/26, 6/31, 28/36 OVERTIME RESULTS (0-2; 102-107 all-time)Oct. 18 at EDM: L, 4-3 (GWG-Monahan)Nov. 11 vs. NJD: L, 2-1 (GWG-Greene) SHOOTOUT RESULTS (1-3; 68-61 all-time)Oct. 25 at PHI: L, 4-3 (GDG-Giroux)Nov. 9 vs. OTT: L, 2-1 (GDG-Ryan)Nov. 19 vs. PIT: W, 2-1 (GDG-C. O’Reilly)Nov. 23 vs. DET: L, 2-1 (GDG-Vanek) MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player … Needs … Milestone)WinsDan Bylsma … 6 wins … 300 NHL winsPointsMarcus Foligno … 1 point … 100 NHL pointsCody Franson … 9 points … 200 NHL points RECENT MILESTONESWilliam Carrier … 1st NHL point (goal) … Nov. 19 vs. PIT

Buffalo Sabres: Game By Game Summary* = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout

# Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend.1 10/13/2016 Montréal Canadiens L 00-01-00 1-4 26p 17 1-5 2-2 31-24 35 / 40 19070+2 10/16/2016 @ Edmonton Oilers W 01-01-00 6-2 21,90p,90,12,12,26p 90 2-6 1-1 24-33 40 / 33 183473 10/18/2016 @ Calgary Flames O* 01-01-01 3-4 28,90p,82 23 1-5 6-6 21-34 31 / 40 19289+4 10/20/2016 @ Vancouver Canucks L 01-02-01 1-2 73 22 0-5 4-5 27-20 25 / 40 178095 10/25/2016 @ Philadelphia Flyers O** 01-02-02 3-4 63,26p,26p 28 2-4 1-4 25-41 35 / 31 192096 10/27/2016 Minnesota Wild L 01-03-02 0-4 14 0-2 2-2 38-22 40 / 31 181227 10/29/2016 Florida Panthers W 02-03-02 3-0 22,21p,23p 22 2-4 4-4 25-33 31 / 1 182618 10/30/2016 @ Winnipeg Jets W 03-03-02 3-1 21,12,21 12 0-1 6-6 28-38 40 / 34 15294+9 11/01/2016 @ Minnesota Wild W 04-03-02 2-1 90,22 22 0-1 0-1 24-28 40 / 40 18864+

10 11/03/2016 Toronto Maple Leafs L 04-04-02 1-2 82 16 0-2 0-0 43-29 31 / 40 1818311 11/05/2016 @ Ottawa Senators W 05-04-02 2-1 21,23 23 0-1 3-4 32-33 40 / 41 1622512 11/07/2016 @ Boston Bruins L 05-05-02 0-4 63 0-3 5-8 32-42 40 / 40 17565+13 11/09/2016 Ottawa Senators O** 05-05-03 1-2 73 9 0-2 3-3 32-29 1 / 40 1788414 11/11/2016 New Jersey Devils O* 05-05-04 1-2 26p 6 1-2 6-6 26-43 1 / 31 1830115 11/12/2016 @ New Jersey Devils L 05-06-04 2-4 82,26 21 0-1 5-5 23-27 35 / 40 16514+16 11/15/2016 @ St. Louis Blues L 05-07-04 1-4 23p 17 1-4 0-1 24-31 34 / 40 1688417 11/17/2016 Tampa Bay Lightning L 05-08-04 1-4 6p 17 1-5 1-3 33-38 30 / 40 1787018 11/19/2016 Pittsburgh Penguins W** 06-08-04 2-1 48 19 0-4 1-2 33-47 31 / 29 1881719 11/21/2016 Calgary Flames W 07-08-04 4-2 21p,22p,26p,82 26 3-6 2-2 32-31 40 / 1 1752620 11/23/2016 Detroit Red Wings O** 07-08-05 1-2 12 62 0-3 2-2 33-24 35 / 40 1836021 11/25/2016 @ Washington Capitals22 11/29/2016 @ Ottawa Senators23 12/01/2016 New York Rangers24 12/03/2016 Boston Bruins25 12/05/2016 @ Washington Capitals26 12/06/2016 Edmonton Oilers27 12/09/2016 Washington Capitals28 12/13/2016 Los Angeles Kings29 12/16/2016 New York Islanders30 12/17/2016 @ Carolina Hurricanes31 12/20/2016 @ Florida Panthers32 12/22/2016 Carolina Hurricanes33 12/23/2016 @ New York Islanders34 12/27/2016 @ Detroit Red Wings35 12/29/2016 Boston Bruins36 12/31/2016 @ Boston Bruins37 01/03/2017 @ New York Rangers38 01/05/2017 @ Chicago Blackhawks39 01/07/2017 Winnipeg Jets40 01/10/2017 Philadelphia Flyers41 01/12/2017 @ Tampa Bay Lightning42 01/13/2017 @ Carolina Hurricanes43 01/16/2017 Dallas Stars44 01/17/2017 @ Toronto Maple Leafs45 01/20/2017 Detroit Red Wings46 01/21/2017 @ Montréal Canadiens47 01/24/2017 @ Nashville Predators48 01/26/2017 @ Dallas Stars49 01/31/2017 @ Montréal Canadiens50 02/02/2017 New York Rangers51 02/04/2017 Ottawa Senators52 02/06/2017 @ New Jersey Devils53 02/07/2017 San Jose Sharks54 02/09/2017 Anaheim Ducks55 02/11/2017 @ Toronto Maple Leafs56 02/12/2017 Vancouver Canucks57 02/14/2017 @ Ottawa Senators58 02/16/2017 Colorado Avalanche59 02/18/2017 St. Louis Blues60 02/19/2017 Chicago Blackhawks61 02/25/2017 @ Colorado Avalanche62 02/26/2017 @ Arizona Coyotes63 02/28/2017 Nashville Predators64 03/02/2017 Arizona Coyotes65 03/04/2017 Tampa Bay Lightning66 03/05/2017 @ Pittsburgh Penguins67 03/07/2017 Philadelphia Flyers68 03/10/2017 @ Columbus Blue Jackets69 03/11/2017 Columbus Blue Jackets70 03/14/2017 @ San Jose Sharks71 03/16/2017 @ Los Angeles Kings72 03/17/2017 @ Anaheim Ducks73 03/20/2017 @ Detroit Red Wings74 03/21/2017 Pittsburgh Penguins75 03/25/2017 Toronto Maple Leafs76 03/27/2017 Florida Panthers77 03/28/2017 @ Columbus Blue Jackets78 04/02/2017 New York Islanders79 04/03/2017 Toronto Maple Leafs80 04/05/2017 Montréal Canadiens81 04/08/2017 @ Florida Panthers82 04/09/2017 @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game SummarySkaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. GORGES# 4

FRANSON# 6

KANE# 9

SCHNEIDER# 10

GIONTA# 12

O'REILLY# 19

OKPOSO# 21

Oct 13 Vs MTL 0-0,1/-2 18:06 0-0,1/-1 18:56 0-0,3/0 12:43 0-0,0/-1 15:52Oct 16 @ EDM 0-0,0/0 15:44 0-1,2/-1 14:22 DNP 2-0,3/2 17:04 1-1,1/2 19:13Oct 18 @ CGY 0-0,1/-2 17:44 0-0,2/2 15:50 DNP 0-1,2/0 17:01 0-1,2/0 17:28Oct 20 @ VAN 0-0,1/1 17:29 0-0,0/0 15:40 DNP 0-0,3/0 17:18 0-0,6/0 21:12Oct 25 @ PHI 0-0,0/0 21:33 0-1,2/1 15:01 INJ 0-0,2/0 19:13 0-1,0/0 19:15Oct 27 Vs MIN 0-0,0/0 21:21 0-0,1/-2 11:08 DNP 0-0,1/0 16:53 0-0,3/-2 19:06Oct 29 Vs FLA 0-0,0/0 21:26 0-0,2/1 14:42 DNP 0-1,5/1 17:19 1-0,2/0 17:13Oct 30 @ WPG 0-0,0/1 21:43 0-1,1/2 11:19 DNP 1-0(W),4/1 14:13 2-0,2/2 17:11Nov 1 @ MIN 0-0,0/1 22:42 0-0,2/1 15:20 INJ 0-1,0/1 14:34 0-0,1/1 22:42Nov 3 Vs TOR 0-0,1/-1 14:04 0-0,2/0 21:18 INJ 0-0,2/-1 18:28 0-0,2/0 21:27Nov 5 @ OTT 0-0,0/1 19:43 0-0,0/1 19:34 INJ 0-0,3/0 17:59 1-0,5/1 17:18Nov 7 @ BOS 0-0,0/0 16:42 0-0,6/-1 20:58 INJ 0-0,4/-1 15:43 0-0,5/0 18:21Nov 9 Vs OTT 0-0,0/1 19:33 0-0,1/0 17:28 0-0,2/0 22:09 0-1,1/1 07:39 0-0,1/-1 19:19 0-0,2/0 21:35Nov 11 Vs NJD 0-0,0/0 21:05 0-0,1/0 22:37 0-0,2/0 16:07 DNP 0-0,4/-1 19:00 0-1,0/0 16:11Nov 12 @ NJD 0-0,0/-2 21:38 0-1,1/0 21:45 0-0,1/-3 13:35 0-0,3/0 07:58 0-1,1/0 17:10 0-0,1/0 20:08Nov 15 @ STL 0-0,0/0 17:40 0-0,1/-2 22:59 0-0,0/-2 18:36 MIN 0-0,2/0 16:55 0-1,5/-2 19:48Nov 17 Vs TBL 0-0,0/0 19:21 1-0,3/-1 21:55 0-1,3/-1 18:29 MIN 0-0,0/0 16:33 0-0,7/-1 17:46Nov 19 Vs PIT 0-0,0/0 21:54 0-0,1/0 23:31 0-0,2/0 21:30 0-0,0/1 04:27 0-0,3/0 20:14 0-0,1/0 12:38 0-0,4/0 21:41Nov 21 Vs CGY 0-0,2/0 16:46 0-0,0/-1 20:06 0-1,4/-1 22:34 0-0,2/0 08:30 0-0,5/0 17:08 0-0,0/0 13:01 1-1,4/-1 20:06Nov 23 Vs DET 0-0,3/0 22:18 0-0,0/0 19:16 0-0,2/1 21:36 DNP 1-0,2/0 20:05 0-0,0/0 08:54 0-0,3/0 20:02

Date Opp. LARSSON# 22

REINHART# 23

MOULSON# 26

GRANT# 27

GIRGENSONS# 28

MCCABE# 29

NELSON# 34

Oct 13 Vs MTL 0-0,1/-1 17:36 0-1,3/-1 21:02 1-0,4/-1 11:29 0-0,0/-1 13:55 0-0,1/-1 11:39 0-0,0/-1 22:11 0-0,0/-1 11:47Oct 16 @ EDM 0-1,0/1 20:09 0-1,1/2 18:20 1-0,3/0 13:19 0-0,2/-1 09:04 0-0,2/-2 12:12 0-1,0/3 19:24 DNPOct 18 @ CGY 0-1,0/-2 18:46 0-0,3/-1 15:59 0-0,0/0 12:19 0-0,0/0 15:15 1-0,2/0 10:02 0-0,0/-2 21:12 DNPOct 20 @ VAN 0-0,1/0 11:44 0-0,2/0 22:12 0-0,4/0 13:42 0-0,0/0 12:06 0-0,1/0 13:20 0-0,0/-1 18:36 DNPOct 25 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 20:49 0-0,2/1 14:08 2-0,4/0 15:06 0-0,1/0 12:45 0-1,2/1 11:54 0-0,0/1 14:06 DNPOct 27 Vs MIN 0-0,0/-1 18:03 0-0,2/-2 15:43 0-0,4/-1 18:14 0-0,1/-1 10:36 0-0,1/-1 13:26 0-0,0/-2 14:24 DNPOct 29 Vs FLA 1-0(W),2/1 17:32 1-1,5/0 14:52 0-1,2/0 14:19 0-0,0/0 10:45 0-0,1/0 12:17 0-0,0/1 15:36 DNPOct 30 @ WPG 0-0,1/0 15:58 0-0,1/0 14:39 0-0,5/1 12:46 0-0,1/0 13:03 0-1,2/1 12:49 0-1,1/1 15:46 DNPNov 1 @ MIN 1-0(W),2/1 15:06 0-0,3/0 13:51 0-0,1/1 20:52 0-0,1/0 09:26 0-0,4/0 12:10 0-0,0/0 22:21 DNPNov 3 Vs TOR 0-1,3/0 17:03 0-1,3/0 16:32 0-0,5/0 16:52 0-0,1/0 07:30 0-0,4/-1 13:43 0-0,0/1 19:53 0-0,2/-1 14:05Nov 5 @ OTT 0-1,2/1 17:22 1-0(W),3/1 13:20 0-0,1/0 16:01 0-0,1/0 12:51 0-1,2/1 13:07 0-1,2/1 20:35 0-0,1/0 13:06Nov 7 @ BOS 0-0,1/-1 16:02 0-0,3/0 17:03 0-0,2/0 16:57 0-0,0/0 11:37 0-0,1/0 12:49 0-0,1/0 18:01 0-0,1/0 14:47Nov 9 Vs OTT 0-0,0/-1 18:26 0-0,3/0 20:52 0-0,3/0 13:27 0-1,1/1 12:09 0-0,3/-1 12:44 0-0,4/0 22:51 0-0,2/1 11:27Nov 11 Vs NJD 0-0,0/-1 16:07 0-0,0/0 15:51 1-0,2/0 13:25 0-0,2/0 15:05 0-0,1/0 14:26 0-0,1/0 25:33 0-0,0/-1 11:17Nov 12 @ NJD 0-0,0/-1 21:05 0-0,0/0 18:11 1-0,2/-1 10:12 0-1,1/1 10:52 0-0,4/-2 10:45 0-0,0/0 23:07 0-0,1/0 11:44Nov 15 @ STL 0-0,0/0 17:08 1-0,2/-2 21:34 0-1,0/-1 15:38 0-0,0/-1 08:34 0-0,3/0 13:52 0-0,1/-1 25:54 0-0,0/-2 10:12Nov 17 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 17:11 0-0,4/-1 18:09 0-0,3/0 15:30 0-0,1/-1 10:54 0-0,0/0 14:43 0-0,1/-1 23:58 MINNov 19 Vs PIT 0-0,3/0 22:26 0-0,3/0 19:59 0-0,1/0 13:56 0-0,2/1 11:51 0-0,0/0 13:10 0-0,3/0 24:22 MINNov 21 Vs CGY 1-0,6/-1 19:49 0-2,2/1 16:08 1-0(W),2/0 12:58 0-0,1/-1 12:18 0-0,0/0 13:13 0-0,0/-2 24:35 MINNov 23 Vs DET 0-0,4/1 19:01 0-0,3/0 17:08 0-0,0/-1 16:28 0-0,2/0 07:30 0-0,0/0 13:12 0-0,0/0 20:55 MIN

Date Opp. FEDUN# 38

FALK# 41

DESLAURIERS# 44

BOGOSIAN# 47

CARRIER# 48

RISTOLAINEN# 55

ENNIS# 63

Oct 13 Vs MTL 0-0,4/-1 11:24 0-0,3/-1 22:21 0-1,5/-2 23:17 0-0,2/-2 17:37Oct 16 @ EDM 0-0,0/0 12:39 0-0,0/3 19:02 0-3,2/1 26:43 0-0,3/-1 14:56Oct 18 @ CGY 0-0,0/-1 09:16 0-0,0/-1 19:54 0-1,0/-2 26:04 0-1,1/-1 10:39Oct 20 @ VAN 0-0,0/0 05:04 0-0,1/-1 18:52 0-0,0/1 23:28 0-0,2/0 13:05Oct 25 @ PHI 0-0,1/0 08:04 0-0,2/0 22:23 0-1,0/0 25:16 1-0,4/1 16:11Oct 27 Vs MIN 0-0,1/-1 07:51 0-0,6/-1 21:40 0-0,5/-1 26:43 0-0,9/-1 14:18Oct 29 Vs FLA 0-0,0/0 06:47 0-0,0/0 19:33 0-1,1/0 24:02 0-0,1/0 12:39Oct 30 @ WPG DNP 0-0,1/-1 21:24 0-0,3/1 26:23 0-0,1/0 16:14Nov 1 @ MIN DNP 0-0,0/0 05:45 0-0,1/1 25:18 0-0,1/0 14:50Nov 3 Vs TOR DNP DNP 0-0,3/0 25:29 0-0,4/-1 15:37Nov 5 @ OTT DNP DNP 0-0,2/1 06:26 0-1,0/1 25:54 0-0,1/0 11:04Nov 7 @ BOS DNP DNP 0-0,1/0 07:45 0-0,0/0 21:16 0-0,0/-1 07:33Nov 9 Vs OTT INJ DNP 0-0,2/0 09:53 0-0,4/-1 29:57 DNPNov 11 Vs NJD 0-0,1/-1 12:24 INJ DNP 0-0,2/0 07:19 0-0,2/0 24:48 INJNov 12 @ NJD 0-0,1/0 14:45 INJ DNP 0-0,3/1 11:57 0-0,2/-2 27:15 INJNov 15 @ STL 0-0,1/-1 15:52 INJ DNP 0-0,2/0 10:28 0-0,2/0 27:37 INJNov 17 Vs TBL 0-1,1/-1 14:02 0-0,0/-1 10:51 INJ DNP 0-0,0/-1 09:16 0-0,4/0 29:53 INJNov 19 Vs PIT 0-1,1/1 15:21 0-0,1/1 09:56 INJ DNP 1-0,2/1 05:50 0-0,4/0 29:56 INJNov 21 Vs CGY 0-2,1/0 17:15 0-0,0/0 14:17 INJ DNP 0-0,0/0 06:22 0-1,1/0 24:57 INJNov 23 Vs DET 0-0,0/-1 16:14 0-0,0/0 13:25 INJ DNP 0-0,3/0 08:09 0-0,5/1 29:02 INJ

Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game SummarySkaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. KULIKOV# 77

FOLIGNO# 82

O'REILLY# 90

NILSSON# 31

LEHNER# 40

Oct 13 Vs MTL 0-0,1/-1 14:57 0-0,1/-1 22:44 DND 4/24 L 57:56Oct 16 @ EDM 0-0,1/-2 19:11 0-1,2/1 17:58 2-2(W),2/2 20:32 DND 2/33 W 60:00Oct 18 @ CGY 0-0,0/2 19:35 1-0,3/0 15:26 1-0,5/-1 24:16 DND 4/34 O 62:08Oct 20 @ VAN 0-0,0/0 21:35 0-0,2/0 15:35 0-0,4/0 25:23 DND 2/20 L 58:46Oct 25 @ PHI 0-0,0/0 25:08 0-0,0/0 17:40 0-1,4/0 21:21 3/41 O 64:44 DNPOct 27 Vs MIN 0-0,1/-2 22:44 0-0,0/0 15:43 0-0,1/-2 19:45 3/21 L 59:30 DNPOct 29 Vs FLA 0-0,1/0 21:56 0-1,0/1 17:01 0-0,3/0 20:44 0/33 W 59:58 DNDOct 30 @ WPG 0-0,1/0 22:43 0-0,1/0 16:40 0-1,0/1 23:29 DND 1/38 W 60:00Nov 1 @ MIN 0-0,0/1 27:40 0-0,0/1 15:01 1-0,5/1 23:27 DND 1/28 W 60:00Nov 3 Vs TOR 0-0,0/-1 22:35 1-0,4/0 17:58 0-0,7/0 22:12 DND 2/29 L 58:32Nov 5 @ OTT 0-0,0/0 20:35 0-0,3/1 15:46 0-0,5/0 22:12 DND 1/33 W 60:00Nov 7 @ BOS 0-0,2/-1 23:34 0-0,1/0 16:34 0-0,3/0 21:18 DND 4/42 L 60:00Nov 9 Vs OTT 0-0,0/-1 23:44 0-0,2/0 17:16 DNP DND 1/29 O 65:00Nov 11 Vs NJD DNP 0-0,4/-1 14:57 0-1,3/0 15:41 2/43 O 60:29 DNDNov 12 @ NJD DNP 1-0,2/0 16:44 DNP DND 4/27 L 60:00Nov 15 @ STL DNP 0-0,3/-1 17:56 DNP DND 3/30 L 59:47Nov 17 Vs TBL DNP 0-0,3/0 16:45 DNP DND 4/38 L 59:49Nov 19 Vs PIT DNP 0-0,2/0 20:09 DNP 1/47 W 65:00 DNDNov 21 Vs CGY DNP 1-0,2/1 14:06 DNP DND 2/31 W 59:51Nov 23 Vs DET DNP 0-0,1/0 14:57 0-0,5/-1 22:48 DND 1/24 O 65:00

Dan Bylsma is in his second season as head coach of the Sabres after being hired as the 17th head coach in franchise history on May 28,2015. In his first season with the team in 2015-16, Bylsma guided the Sabres to a 27-point improvement. Buffalo finished 35-36-11 overall andenjoyed the second-largest points percentage improvement in franchise history. 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. The Grand Haven, Mich. 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. Visit www.sabresdigitalpressbox.com/media-information/danbylsma for a full bio.

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

#31: Anders Nilsson (G) 6' 6", 229 lbs. / Mar 19, 1990 (26 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Selected by New York Islanders in 3rd round (62nd overall) of the 2009NHL DraftAcquired: Acquired by Buffalo on July 2, 2016 from St. Louis in exchange for afifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL DraftLast Win: NOV 19, 2016 vs PITTSBURGHLast SO: OCT 29, 2016 vs FLORIDA (2)Career Shootouts: 17/22 (.773), 7-1


Career vs. Opp 4 0-2-1 0 3.83 .874


4611/19 vs PIT

2016-17:• Made his Sabres debut at PHI (10/25), making 38 saves on 41 shots in a shootout loss• Recorded a shutout vs. FLA (10/29), stopping 33 shots• Turned away 41 of 43 shots vs. NJD (11/11)• Made 46 saves, the second-highest total of his career, in a shootout win vs. PIT (11/19)2015-16:• Appeared in a career-high 29 NHL games with Edmonton and St. Louis• Started in 24 of his 26 appearances for Edmonton, posting a career-high 10 wins• Set career highs in both shots faced (51) and saves (48) at DAL (10/13)• Started and won all five games in a five-game homestand from 12/2-12/11, posting a .927 SV%• Made three relief appearances for St. Louis• Played two games with Bakersfield (AHL), winning both games and posting a .935 SV%

#40: Robin Lehner (G) 6' 4", 239 lbs. / Jul 24, 1991 (25 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in 2nd round (46th overall) of the 2009 NHL DraftAcquired: From Ottawa on with David Legwand June 26, 2015 in exchange for afirst-round pick in the 2015 NHL DraftLast Win: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Last SO: FEB 19, 2016 @ COLUMBUS (24)Career Shootouts: 36/64 (.562), 7-13


Career vs. Opp 1 0-1-0 0 2.02 .931


3811/7 vs BOS

2016-17:• Turned aside 31 shots in a 6-2 win at EDM (10/16)• Saved 27 of 28 shots at MIN (11/1)• Allowed one goal on 33 shots at OTT (11/5)• Made a season-high 38 saves on 42 shots at BOS (11/7)• Made 23 of 24 saves vs. DET (11/23)2015-16:• Games missed due to injury: 50; 39 – high ankle sprain (10/10-1/5), 11 – high ankle (3/18-4/9)• Ranked fourth among NHL goalies with at least 20 games played in save percentage (.924)• Recorded 34 saves and an assist to earn his first win as a member of the Sabres at OTT (1/26)• Made 38 saves to earn his third career shutout at CBJ (2/19), breaking his personal record for most saves in a shutout• Set a new career-best shutout streak (126:59) from 2/16 at OTT to 2/21 vs. PIT• Played in his 100th career NHL game at ANA (2/25)• Appeared in three games for Rochester (AHL) during a conditioning stint in January.

#4: Josh Gorges (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Aug 14, 1984 (32 years and 3 months)

Acquired: From Montreal on July 1, 2014 in exchange for a 2nd-round pick in the2016 NHL DraftLast Goal: FEB 12, 2016 vs MONTREAL (46)Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 @ NY ISLANDERS (20)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 25 2-3-5 -10 8


20 times0

20 times0

20 times5

11/15 vs STL22:42

11/1 vs MIN3

11/23 vs DET5

4 times+1

5 times

2016-17

• Finished with a plus-1 rating in 21:43 of ice time at WPG (10/30)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: five; three – upper body (1/22-1/26), two – upper body (1/16-1/18)

• Set a new career high with 72 penalty minutes (previous high: 39)

• Recorded his first point of the season with an assist vs. TBL (10/10)

• Scored his first goal as a member of the Sabres and was a plus-3 vs. CAR (11/27); the goal was his first since Oct. 12, 2013 at VAN and the plus-3

was his best rating since he posted a plus-3 on Oct. 26, 2011 vs. PHI

• Registered an assist and a plus-3 rating vs. COL (2/14)

• Recorded his 100th NHL assist at NYI (4/9)

#6: Cody Franson (D) 6' 5", 224 lbs. / Aug 8, 1987 (29 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Nashville in 3rd Round (79th Overall) of the 2005 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on Sept. 10, 2015Last Goal: NOV 17, 2016 vs TAMPA BAY (3)Last Assist: NOV 12, 2016 @ NEW JERSEY (5)Career Shootouts: 1/5 (20%), 1 GDG


Career vs. Opp 17 4-4-8 1 10


11/17 vs TBL1

4 times1

5 times2

4 times23:31

11/19 vs PIT6

11/7 vs BOS2

3 times+2

2 times

2016-17:

• Recorded an assist at EDM (10/16)

• Recorded an assist at PHI (10/25)

• Finished with a plus-1 rating in 14:42 of ice time vs. FLA (10/29)

• Scored his first goal of the season vs. TBL (11/17)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 23 – upper body (2/21-4/9)

• Tallied his first points as a Sabre with two assists vs. MTL (10/23)

• Had a three-game point streak (0+4) from 10/23 vs. MTL to 10/27 at PHI

• Scored in back-to-back games at TBL (11/10) and at FLA (11/12) for the first time since Feb. 2011

#8: Cody McCormick (C) (*Injured) 6' 2", 222 lbs. / Apr 18, 1983 (33 years and 7 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: -Last Assist: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason - ----- - -Career 405 21-44-65 -24 550


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

2015-16:

• Missed entire season due to injury (blood clots).

#9: Evander Kane (L) 6' 2", 211 lbs. / Aug 2, 1991 (25 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Thrashers in 1st round (4th overall) of the 2009 NHLDraftAcquired: 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: MAR 22, 2016 @ CAROLINA (11)Last Assist: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Career Shootouts: 3/20 (15%), 2 GDG


Career vs. Opp 24 11-6-17 -3 30


9 times1

2 times1

2 times4

2 times22:34

11/21 vs CGY4

11/21 vs CGY4

2 times+1

11/23 vs DET

2016-17:

• Missed 11 games due to cracked ribs

• Led all forwards with 22:09 of ice time in his first game back from injury vs. OTT (11/9)

• Tallied an assist vs. TBL (11/17)

• Notched an assist vs. CGY (11/21)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 16; 10 – knee (10/27-11/17), six – upper body (3/29-4/9)

• Ranked second among all NHL forwards in average ice time per game (21:02), trailing only teammate Ryan O'Reilly (21:44)

• Led all Sabres in shots (271), penalty minutes (91) and even-strength goals (17) despite missing 16 games to injury

• Ranked third in the NHL with 4.2 shots per game, ranking fourth in franchise history behind only Alexander Mogilny (4.68 in 1992-93), Rick Martin (4.43

in 1974-75) and Dave Andreychuk (4.21 in 1991-92)

• The Sabres went 12-3-2 in games in which he scored a goal and 19-5-3 when he recorded a point

• Logged eight multi-point games; the Sabres had a 7-0-1 record in these games

#10: Cole Schneider (L) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Aug 26, 1990 (26 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Not draftedAcquired: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa on 3/14/12Last Goal: -Last Assist: NOV 9, 2016 vs OTTAWA (3)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




4 times1

11/9 vs OTT1

11/9 vs OTT0

4 times8:30

11/21 vs CGY3

11/12 vs NJD1

3 times+1

2 times

2016-17:

• Recorded four points (2+2) vs. Hershey (10/14)

• Recalled for the first time of the season on Nov. 9

• Tallied his first career point with an assist vs. OTT (11/9)

• Was tied for second in the AHL with 17 points (7+10) in 13 games at the time of his recall on Nov. 19

2015-16:

• Earned his first-ever NHL recall from the Sabres on 4/6 and became the sixth Buffalo-born player to appear in a regular-season game for the Sabres

when he made his NHL debut vs. CBJ (4/8)

• Reached the 20-goal mark for the third straight year with his 20th goal of the season vs. Grand Rapids (4/3)

#12: Brian Gionta (R) 5' 7", 178 lbs. / Jan 18, 1979 (37 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Selected by New Jersey in 3rd round (82nd overall) of the 1998 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014Last Goal: NOV 23, 2016 vs DETROITLast Assist: NOV 12, 2016 @ NEW JERSEY (5)Career Shootouts: 22/63 (35%), 7 GDG


Career vs. Opp 41 11-15-26 9 16


10/16 vs EDM1

4 times2

10/16 vs EDM2

3 times20:14

11/19 vs PIT5

2 times4

11/3 vs TOR+2

10/16 vs EDM

2016-17:

• Scored two goals at EDM (10/16)

• Recorded an assist at CGY (10/18)

• Tallied a goal at WPG (10/30)

• Added an assist at MIN (11/1)

• Contributed a goal vs. DET (11/23)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: three – lower body (10/8-10/12)

• Became the 51st American-born player to appear in 900 career NHL regular-season games at OTT (2/16)

• Tallied his 49th career game-winner at NYI (4/9), tying Phil Housley for 14th-most career game-winning goals by an American player.

#15: Jack Eichel (C) (*Injured) 6' 2", 196 lbs. / Oct 28, 1996 (20 years)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (2nd overall) of the 2015 NHL DraftLast Goal: APR 5, 2016 @ NEW JERSEY (2)Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 @ NY ISLANDERSCareer Shootouts: 1/6 (17%), 0 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason - ----- - -Career 81 24-32-56 -16 22


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

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: one – flu (3/19)

• Scored 24 goals, seventh-most by a rookie in franchise history, and became the first Sabres rookie to lead the team in goals since Ray Sheppard

(1987-88)

• Tied Derek Plante for seventh-most points by a Sabres rookie (56)

• Tied to lead all Sabres with five game-winning goals, tying Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin and Ray Sheppard for second-most by a Sabres rookie;

became the fourth Sabres rookie ever to lead the team in a season, joining Perreault (1970-71), Martin (1971-72) and Donald Audette (1991-92)

• Tied for team lead with 12 multi-point games

• Became the third-youngest player in Sabres history to score in his debut vs. OTT (10/8)

• Set a career high with four points (2+2) at BOS (12/26), becoming the second-youngest player to record four points in one game for the Sabres (Phil

Housley vs. EDM, 10/17/82)

• Became the youngest Sabre ever to hit the 20-goal mark (19 yrs, 131 days) with his goal at TOR (3/7)

#19: Cal O'Reilly (C) 6' 0", 193 lbs. / Sep 30, 1986 (30 years and 1 month)

Acquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 3, 2015Last Goal: MAR 31, 2016 vs TORONTO (5)Last Assist: APR 2, 2016 @ NY RANGERS (4)Career Shootouts: 6/14 (43%), 3 GDG




3 times0

3 times0

3 times0

3 times13:01

11/21 vs CGY1

11/19 vs PIT0

3 times+0

3 times

2016-17:

• Recorded three assists at Hershey (11/6)

• Recalled from Rochester for the first time this season on Nov. 19

• Currently leading the AHL in points with 18 (3+15) in 15 games

• Scored the lone goal in a shootout win vs. PIT (11/19) in his first game of the season with Buffalo

2015-16:

• Recorded his first point as a member of the Buffalo Sabres with an assist vs. ANA (12/17)

• Scored his first goal as a Sabre vs. EDM (3/1). The goal was his first in the NHL since Dec. 21, 2011.

• Had assists in two straight games vs. MIN (3/5) and at TOR (3/7)

• Netted the first two-goal game of his career and his first multi-point game since Nov. 7, 2010 vs. TOR (3/31)

• He and brother Ryan became the first pair of brothers in Sabres history to combine on a goal

#21: Kyle Okposo (R) 6' 0", 218 lbs. / Apr 16, 1988 (28 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by New York Islanders in 1st Round (7th Overall) of the 2006 NHLDraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2016Last Goal: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Last Assist: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Career Shootouts: 14/41 (34%), 9 GDG


Career vs. Opp 25 8-10-18 4 14


10/30 vs WPG1

6 times2

3 times4

10/30 vs WPG22:42

11/1 vs MIN7

11/17 vs TBL3

2 times+2

2 times

2016-17:

• Scored a goal on his first shot and added an assist to tally two points in his Sabres' debut at EDM (10/16)

• Had an assist at CGY (10/18)


• Contributed a goal vs. FLA (10/29)

• Had his first multi-goal game as a member of the Sabres when he scored two goals at WIN (10/30)

• Scored a goal at OTT (11/5)

• Logged an assist vs. NJD (11/11)

• Contributed a goal and an assist vs. CGY (11/21)

2015-16:

• Led the Islanders with a career-high 42 assists and finished second in points (64)

• Led the team with 23 power-play points (7+16)

• Finished second on the team in penalty minutes (51) and tied for third with four game-winning goals

• Recorded 13 multi-point games

• Recorded his 200th career assist vs. ARI (11/16)

• Recorded a season-high 10 shots on goal at PIT (1/2)

• Recorded his second career hat trick vs. EDM (2/7)

• Recorded a six-game point streak (1+7) from 11/12-11/25

#22: Johan Larsson (C) 5' 11", 200 lbs. / Jul 25, 1992 (24 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Minnesota in 2nd round (56th overall) of the 2010 NHL DraftAcquired: From Minnesota on April 3, 2013 with Matt Hackett, a first-round selectionin the 2013 NHL Draft and a second-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft inexchange for Jason Pominville and a fourth-round selection in the 2014 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Last Assist: NOV 5, 2016 @ OTTAWA (9)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




3 times1

4 times1

7 times2

5 times22:26

11/19 vs PIT6

11/21 vs CGY4

2 times+1

5 times

2016-17:

• Had an assist at EDM (10/16)

• Tallied an assist at CGY (10/18)

• Scored his first goal of the season with the game-winner vs. FLA (10/29)

• Had the game-winning goal at MIN (11/1)

• Recorded an assist vs. TOR (11/3)

• Brought his point streak to three games by adding an assist at OTT (11/5)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: five; four – lower body (2/9-2/14), one – lower body (4/9)

• Set career highs in games played (74), goals (10) and points (17)

• The team logged a 7-1-1 record in games in which he scored and an 11-1-2 record when he recorded a point

• Five of his 10 goals were game-winners, tying Jack Eichel for the Sabres’ team lead

• Tallied his first points of the season in his third career multi-point game (0+2) at PHI (10/27)

• Scored his first career game-winning goal at DET (12/14)

• Played in his 100th NHL game at BOS (12/26)

• Recorded the first multi-goal game of his career with two goals vs. TOR (3/31)

• Logged a career-best four-game point streak (3+3) from 3/29 to 4/5

#23: Sam Reinhart (C) 6' 1", 193 lbs. / Nov 6, 1995 (21 years)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st Round (2nd overall) of the 2014 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 15, 2016 @ ST. LOUIS (4)Last Assist: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Career Shootouts: 3/5 (60%), 1 GDG




3 times2

11/21 vs CGY2

2 times2

2 times22:12

10/20 vs VAN5

10/29 vs FLA2

11/9 vs OTT+2

10/16 vs EDM

2016-17:

• Recorded an assist at EDM (10/16)

• Had his first multi-point game of the season (1+1) vs. FLA (10/29)

• Contributed an assist vs. TOR (11/3)

• Scored the game-winning goal at OTT (11/5)

• Played in his 100th game at BOS (11/7)

• Scored a power-play goal at STL (11/15)

• Tallied two assists vs. CGY (11/21)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 3 – upper body (1/22-1/26)

• His 23 goals were the eighth-most by a rookie in Sabres franchise history and tied for third-most among all NHL rookies in 2015-16

• Ranked second among all Sabres skaters in goals (23) and third in points (42)

• Led all regular Sabres forwards in CF%/SAT%

• Sabres were 6-1-0 when he recorded a multi-point game

• Scored his first NHL goal at TBL (10/17)

• Had the first multi-goal game of his career (2+0) at NSH (11/28)

• Scored his first career hat trick with three goals at WPG (1/10), becoming the first Sabres rookie to record a hat trick since Jason Pominville vs. LAK

(1/14/06)

#26: Matt Moulson (L) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Nov 1, 1983 (33 years)

Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in 9th round (263rd overall) of the 2003 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014Last Goal: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Last Assist: NOV 15, 2016 @ ST. LOUIS (4)Career Shootouts: 16/40 (40%), 7 GDG


Career vs. Opp 23 5-7-12 2 2


10/25 vs PHI1

2 times2

10/25 vs PHI2

10/30 vs WPG20:52

11/1 vs MIN5

2 times3

10/20 vs VAN+1

2 times

2016-17:

• Scored in Buffalo's season-opener vs. MTL (10/13), giving him a point in three straight games (2+1) dating back to last season and four goals in his last

seven regular-season contests

• Scored a goal at EDM (10/16) to push his consecutive point streak to four games (2+2)

• Notched two power-play goals at PHI (10/25), giving him four goals (all PPG) in the team's first five games of the season

• Tallied an assist vs. FLA (10/29)

• Logged 20:52 of ice time at MIN (11/1), topping 20 minutes for the first time since April 1, 2015 vs. TOR (20:01)

• Scored his fifth PPG of the season vs. NJD (11/11)

• Recorded a goal at NJD (11/12)

• Brought his point streak to three games by adding an assist at STL (11/15)

• Scored a PPG vs. CGY (11/21)

2015-16:

• Recorded three points (1+2) vs. CBJ (10/12)

• Played in his 500th NHL game vs. ARI (12/4)

• Ended a 45-game goal drought by scoring his fifth goal of the season at OTT (2/16)

#27: Derek Grant (C) 6' 3", 212 lbs. / Apr 20, 1990 (26 years and 7 months)

Drafted: Selected by Ottawa in 4th round (119th overall) of the 2008 NHL DraftAcquired: Signed by Buffalo as unrestricted free agent on July 2, 2016Last Goal: -Last Assist: NOV 12, 2016 @ NEW JERSEY (5)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




20 times1

2 times1

2 times9

11/7 vs BOS15:15

10/18 vs CGY2

4 times5

10/20 vs VAN+1

3 times

2016-17

• Had a season-high two shots at EDM (10/16)

• Went 9-for-12 on faceoffs at MIN (11/1), winning 75 percent of his draws for the first time this season

• Recorded his first point in a Buffalo uniform with an assist vs. OTT (11/9)

• Tallied an assist at NJD (11/12)

2015-16:

• Recorded AHL career-high totals in goals (27), assists (18) and points (45) despite appearing in just 36 games with Stockton

• Named the Heat's Team MVP and best offensive player

• Tied for the team lead in goals

• Led all Heat players with 1.25 points per game

• Tied for sixth in the AHL in goals

• Led the Heat with a plus-7 rating and five game winning goals

• Named to the AHL All-Star Classic in Syracuse, marking his first career AHL All-Star Game appearance

#28: Zemgus Girgensons (C) 6' 2", 200 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (22 years and 10 months)

ZEHM-guhz GEER-gehn-suhnsDrafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (14th overall) of the 2012 NHL DraftLast Goal: OCT 18, 2016 @ CALGARY (17)Last Assist: NOV 5, 2016 @ OTTAWA (9)Career Shootouts: 3/13 (23%), 3 GDG




10/18 vs CGY1

3 times1

4 times4

11/7 vs BOS14:43

11/17 vs TBL4

3 times5

11/7 vs BOS+1

3 times

2016-17:

• Scored a goal at CGY (10/18)


• Registered an assist at WPG (10/30)

• Added an assist at OTT (11/5)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 11; four – upper body (11/17-11/23) , four – upper body (1/16-1/22), three – lower body (2/9-2/12)

• Scored all seven of his goals on the road

• Notched his first point of the season with his first career overtime goal at PHI (10/27)

• Recorded points in consecutive games, including his first multi-point game of the season, with two points (1+1) at DET (12/1) and an assist vs. ARI

(12/4)

• Tied his career high with two goals at NYR (1/25)

• Appeared in his 200th NHL game at NJD (4/5)

• Represented Latvia at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia.

#29: Jake McCabe (D) 6' 1", 209 lbs. / Oct 12, 1993 (23 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (44th overall) of the 2012 NHL DraftLast Goal: MAR 29, 2016 @ PITTSBURGH (25)Last Assist: NOV 5, 2016 @ OTTAWA (9)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMSeason 20 0-3-3 -2 12Career 106 4-14-18 1 78



20 times1

3 times1

3 times4

11/7 vs BOS25:54

11/15 vs STL4

11/9 vs OTT4

11/23 vs DET+3

10/16 vs EDM

2016-17:

• Had an assist and finished with a plus-3 rating at EDM (10/16)

• Registered an assist at WPG (10/30)


• Played in 100th career game vs. NJD (11/11)

• Led the Sabres with a season-high 25:33 of ice tine vs. NJD (11/11)

• Set a career high with 25:54 of ice time at STL (11/15)

2015-16:

• Averaged 19:07 of ice time per game, the seventh-highest average ice time by a Sabres rookie since the league began tracking time on ice in the

1997-98 season

• Scored his first NHL goal at FLA (10/15)

• Had a career-best three-game point streak, tallying three points (1+2) in that span (12/17-12/26)

• Skated a career-high 25:42 vs. MIN (3/5)

• Tallied two points (1+1) in eight games for the United States at the 2016 IIHF World Championship

#38: Taylor Fedun (D) 6' 1", 198 lbs. / Jun 4, 1988 (28 years and 5 months)

Drafted: n/aAcquired: Signed as a Free Agent, July 1, 2015Last Goal: NOV 7, 2013 @ TAMPA BAY (14)Last Assist: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




4 times2

11/21 vs CGY2

11/21 vs CGY0

4 times17:15

11/21 vs CGY1

3 times1

11/19 vs PIT+1

11/19 vs PIT

2016-17:

• Recalled to Buffalo for the first time on Nov. 17

• Had 12 points (2+10) in 14 games played at the time of his recall

• Tallied an assist in his first career game as a Sabre vs. TBL (11/17)

• Had points in each of his first two games after recording an assist vs. PIT (11/19)

• Had his first multi-point game as a Sabre with two assists vs. CGY (11/21)

• Had a three game point streak from 11/17 vs. TB - 11/21 vs. CGY

2015-16:

• Played 63 games for the Utica Comets, racking up 33 points (8+25) and earning a plus-3 rating in that span

• Appeared in four postseason games for Utica

• Had an assist in his lone game with VAN in a 3-2 win at CAR (1/15)

#41: Justin Falk (D) 6' 5", 222 lbs. / Oct 11, 1988 (28 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Minnesota’s second pick, 110th overall, in the 2007 Draft.Acquired: Acquired by Columbus along with a 2015 fifth round pick from Minnesotafor Jordan Leopold on March 2, 2015.Last Goal: MAR 6, 2015 @ NEW JERSEY (34)Last Assist: JAN 25, 2016 vs MONTREAL (13)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 7 0-0-0 -3 21


7 times0

7 times0

7 times2

11/23 vs DET15:52

11/15 vs STL1

4 times3

3 times+1

11/19 vs PIT

2016-17:

• Recalled for the first time of the season on Nov. 11

• In nine games with the Rochester Americans, had seven games with an even or positive plus-minus rating (+3 overall)

• Recalled by Buffalo for the second time of the season on Nov. 15

2015-16:

• Had nine points (2+7) in 32 regular-season games with the Lake Erie Monsters

• Contributed four assists in 17 postseason games to help Lake Erie win the Calder Cup

• Appeared in 24 games for Columbus, totaling four assists in his time with the Blue Jackets

#44: Nicolas Deslauriers (L) (*Injured) 6' 1", 216 lbs. / Feb 22, 1991 (25 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles in 3rd round (84th overall) of the 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: MAR 18, 2016 vs OTTAWA (17)Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 @ NY ISLANDERS (7)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




7 times0

7 times0

7 times4

10/18 vs CGY12:39

10/16 vs EDM4

10/13 vs MTL6

10/13 vs MTL+0

4 times

2016-17:

• Recorded a team-high three hits at CGY (10/18)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 11 – lower body (1/5-1/26)

• Played in his 100th NHL game vs. OTT (10/8)

• Scored his second career game-winning goal vs. OTT (3/18), logging his sixth goal of the season and topping his previous career-high

#47: Zach Bogosian (D) 6' 3", 228 lbs. / Jul 15, 1990 (26 years and 4 months)

Drafted: Selected by Winnipeg in 1st round (3rd overall) of the 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: MAR 29, 2016 @ PITTSBURGH (13)Last Assist: APR 2, 2016 @ NY RANGERS (11)Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 1 GDG


Career vs. Opp 30 3-7-10 -7 25


9 times0

9 times0

9 times2

3 times22:23

10/25 vs PHI6

10/27 vs MIN1

6 times+3

10/16 vs EDM

2016-17

• Recorded a season-high six shots vs MIN (10/27)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 18; 17 – upper body (10/8-11/14), one – lower body (4/9)

• Netted his first goal as a member of the Sabres at DET (12/1)

• Contributed two assists vs. WSH (1/16), including the 100th assist of his career

• Tied career highs with his fourth career three-point game (2+1) and third career two-goal game vs. PIT (2/21), including his first power play goal since

Dec. 31, 2011

• Tied a career high with three power-play goals

• Finished the season with an average ice time of 23:24 per game in his 85 games played with the Sabres, the third-highest average career ice time ever

recorded by a Sabres player, trailing only Alexei Zhitnik (531 GP, 25:32) and Christian Ehrhoff (192 GP, 23:55).

#48: William Carrier (L) 6' 2", 212 lbs. / Dec 20, 1994 (21 years and 11 months)

Acquired: Acquired by Buffalo from St. Louis with Chris Stewart, Jaroslav Halak, afirst-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft inexcahnge for Ryan Miller and Steve Ott on February 28, 2014.Last Goal: NOV 19, 2016 vs PITTSBURGH (2)Last Assist: -Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




11/19 vs PIT0

10 times1

11/19 vs PIT2

11/21 vs CGY11:57

11/12 vs NJD3

2 times8

11/9 vs OTT+1

3 times

2016-17:

• Scored a goal vs. Syracuse (10/16)

• Had a two goal outing in a win at St. John's (10/29)

• Received his first career recall to the Sabres on Nov. 4, 2016

• Made his NHL debut at OTT (11/5), finishing with a plus-1 rating in 6:26 of ice time

• Eight hits vs. OTT (11/9) set a new team benchmark for the season

• Scored the first goal of his NHL career vs. PIT (11/19)

#55: Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 6' 4", 203 lbs. / Oct 27, 1994 (22 years)

RAZ-muhs rihs-toh-LIGH-nehnDrafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (8th overall) of the 2013 NHL DraftLast Goal: MAR 3, 2016 vs CALGARY (37)Last Assist: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG




20 times3

10/16 vs EDM3

10/16 vs EDM2

6 times29:57

11/9 vs OTT5

3 times5

10/27 vs MIN+1

6 times

2016-17:

• Tallied an assist vs. MTL (10/13)

• Tied a career high for points in a game with three (0+3) at EDM (10/16)

• Contributed an assist at PHI (10/25)

• Played in his 200th game vs MIN (10/27)

• Recorded an assist vs. FLA (10/29)


• Set a season high with 29:57 of ice time vs. OTT (11/9)

2015-16:

• Registered career-high totals in goals (9), assists (32) and points (41), ranking third among all Sabres in assists and fourth in points

• Ranked 10th in the NHL with an average ice time of 25:16 per game; only Alexei Zhitnik (four times) has averaged more minutes per game in a full

season with the Sabres

• Ranked third among all Sabres and ninth among all NHL defensemen with 202 shots, becoming the first Sabres defenseman to record 200 shots in a

season since Phil Housley (1989-90)

• Registered the first hat trick of his career at CGY (12/10)

#63: Tyler Ennis (L) (*Injured) 5' 9", 175 lbs. / Oct 6, 1989 (27 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (26th overall) of the 2008 NHL DraftLast Goal: OCT 25, 2016 @ PHILADELPHIA (7)Last Assist: OCT 18, 2016 @ CALGARY (9)Career Shootouts: 15/42 (36%), 6 GDG


Career vs. Opp 16 3-9-12 2 6


10/25 vs PHI1

10/18 vs CGY1

2 times0

12 times17:37

10/13 vs MTL9

10/27 vs MIN2

10/30 vs WPG+1

10/25 vs PHI

2016-17:

• Contributed an assist at CGY (10/18)

• Tallied a goal at PHI (10/25)

• Tied a career high with nine shots vs. MIN (10/27)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 59; 45 – concussion (12/31-4/9), 12 – upper body (11/25-12/17), two – lower body (10/29-10/30)

• Recorded an assist and a team-high seven shots at TBL (10/17), tying his second-highest career single-game shot total

• Led all Sabres skaters with 24:36 of ice time vs TOR (10/21) , the second-highest total of his career

• Logged assists in four straight games from 11/5-11/12.

#77: Dmitry Kulikov (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Oct 29, 1990 (26 years)

Drafted: Selected by Florida in 1st round (14th overall) of the 2009 NHL DraftAcquired: Acquired by Buffalo from Florida with a second-round pick in the 2016 NHLDraft on June 25, 2016 in exchange for Mark Pysyk, a second-round pick in the 2016NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL DraftLast Goal: DEC 17, 2015 @ NEW JERSEY (62)Last Assist: APR 9, 2016 vs CAROLINA (12)Career Shootouts: 2/8 (25%), 1 GDG


Career vs. Opp 26 2-10-12 8 14


12 times0

12 times0

12 times4

11/5 vs OTT27:40

11/1 vs MIN2

11/7 vs BOS3

2 times+2

10/18 vs CGY

2016-17:

• Made his Sabres debut at EDM (10/16)

2015-16:

• Recorded points in back-to-back games (0+2) from 10/24-10/27

• Played in his 400th NHL game at LAK (11/7)

• Recorded his first multi-point game of the season (0+2), including his 100th career assist, vs. MIN (1/3)

• Logged highest ice time by a Panthers skater this season (27:44) vs. EDM (1/18)

• Recorded two assists and led Panthers with six blocked shots vs. WPG (2/20)

• Logged points in three consecutive games (0+4) from 2/20-2/27

• Registered an assist and 25:25 TOI vs. PHI (3/12)

• Earned points in consecutive games (0+2) from 3/21-3/24

2016 Playoffs:

• Scored first career playoff goal and registered an assist in Game 2 of ECQF vs. NYI (4/15)

• Recorded points in Games 1-3 of ECQF (1+2).

#82: Marcus Foligno (L) 6' 3", 228 lbs. / Aug 10, 1991 (25 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 4th round (104th overall) of the 2009 NHL DraftLast Goal: NOV 21, 2016 vs CALGARY (1)Last Assist: OCT 29, 2016 vs FLORIDA (13)Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG


Career vs. Opp 12 1-4-5 3 27


4 times1

2 times1

6 times2

4 times20:09

11/19 vs PIT4

2 times7

2 times+1

5 times

2016-17:

• Had an assist at EDM (10/16)

• Scored his first goal of the season at CGY (10/18)

• Tallied an assist vs. FLA (10/29)

• Recorded a goal vs. TOR (11/3)

• Had a team-high seven hits vs. NJD (11/11)

• Scored a goal at NJD (11/12)

• Contributed a goal vs. CGY (11/21)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: six; four – upper body (12/15-12/26), one – lower body (10/24), one – upper body (2/6)

• Recorded career-high totals in games played (75), goals (10) and points (23), and tied his career high in assists (13)

• The team logged an 8-0-1 record in games in which he scored and a 14-4-1 record when he recorded a point

• Played in his 200th NHL game at PHI (10/28)

• Tallied a career-high three points (2+1) vs. MTL (2/12) and became the first Sabre to score a penalty shot goal since 3/13/14 (Tyler Ennis)

• Tied his career high with three points (1+2) vs. CGY (3/3).

#90: Ryan O'Reilly (C) 6' 1", 210 lbs. / Feb 7, 1991 (25 years and 9 months)

Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 2009 NHL DraftAcquired: From Colorado with Jamie McGinn on June 26, 2015 in exchange for NikitaZadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and a second-round pick in the 2015 NHLDraftLast Goal: NOV 1, 2016 @ MINNESOTA (5)Last Assist: NOV 11, 2016 vs NEW JERSEY (1)Career Shootouts: 10/30 (33%), 6 GDG


Career vs. Opp 10 0-2-2 -2 0


10/16 vs EDM2

10/16 vs EDM4

10/16 vs EDM4

11/7 vs BOS25:23

10/20 vs VAN7

11/3 vs TOR1

2 times+2

10/16 vs EDM

2016-17

• Set a career high with four points (2+2) in the 500th NHL game of his career at EDM (10/16)

• Scored a goal at CGY (10/18)

• Tallied a goal at MIN (11/1)

• Recorded 200th career assist vs. NJD (11/11)

2015-16:

• Games missed due to injury: 11 – lower body (2/21-3/12)

• Named an NHL All-Star for the first time in his career

• Set a new career high with his 39 assists on the season

• Led all NHL forwards in time on ice per game (21:44) and finished the season with the highest average career ice time by a Sabres forward

• Led all Sabres with 60 points (21+39)

• Tied for team lead with 12 multi-point games

• Ranked third in the NHL with 1,024 faceoff wins

• Became the 13th Sabres player to record at least 60 points in his first season with the team and the first since Pat LaFontaine (1991-92)

• Matched his career high with goals in three straight games from 11/14-11/19

• Tied a career high with an eight-game point streak, tallying 11 points (4+7) in that span (11/28-12/14)

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