2021–22 Buffalo Sabres season

2021–22 Buffalo Sabres
2021–22 Buffalo Sabres
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
2021–22 record	32–39–11
Home record	17–18–6
Road record	15–21–5
Goals for	232
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Kevyn Adams
Coach	Don Granato
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Zemgus Girgensons; Kyle Okposo; Rotating
Arena	KeyBank Center
Average attendance	9,997
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans (AHL); Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tage Thompson (38)
Assists	Rasmus Dahlin (40)
Points	Tage Thompson (68)
Penalty minutes	John Hayden (84)
Plus/minus	Owen Power (+3)
Wins	Craig Anderson (17)
Goals against average	Michael Houser (2.00)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Buffalo Sabres season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[2] The Sabres failed to snap their ten-year playoff drought, having last qualified for the playoffs in the 2010–11 season.

The league returned to its normal October-to-April scheduling, a full 82-game regular season which began on October 12, 2021, but this was contingent on the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Canada reducing its COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions. As a result, the Sabres rejoined the Atlantic Division after a one-season stint in the East Division due to realignment under the league's return to play protocols.^[3]^[4] On April 6, 2022, after the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Sabres were eliminated from playoff contention for the 11th straight season, setting an NHL record.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Florida Panthers	82	58	18	6	42	340	246	+94	122
2	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	54	21	7	45	315	253	+62	115
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	51	23	8	39	287	233	+54	110
4	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
5	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100

3	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

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

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021.^[8]

2021–22 game log

October: 5–2–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 14	Montreal	1–5	Buffalo		Anderson	8,467	1–0–0	2	^[9]
2	October 16	Arizona	1–2	Buffalo	SO	Tokarski	7,872	2–0–0	4	^[10]
3	October 19	Vancouver	2–5	Buffalo		Anderson	7,376	3–0–0	6	^[11]
4	October 22	Boston	4–1	Buffalo		Anderson	7,820	3–1–0	6	^[12]
5	October 23	Buffalo	1–2	New Jersey	OT	Tokarski	13,158	3–1–1	7	^[13]
6	October 25	Tampa Bay	1–5	Buffalo		Anderson	7,417	4–1–1	9	^[14]
7	October 28	Buffalo	4–3	Anaheim	OT	Anderson	12,014	5–1–1	11	^[15]
8	October 31	Buffalo	2–3	Los Angeles		Tokarski	12,101	5–2–1	11	^[16]

November: 3–9–2 (home: 2–5–1; road: 1–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 2	Buffalo	3–5	San Jose		Anderson	10,059	5–3–1	11	^[17]
10	November 4	Buffalo	2–5	Seattle		Tokarski	17,151	5–4–1	11	^[18]
11	November 6	Detroit	4–3	Buffalo	OT	Tokarski	8,171	5–4–2	12	^[19]
12	November 8	Buffalo	3–5	Washington		Tokarski	18,573	5–5–2	12	^[20]
13	November 12	Edmonton	2–3	Buffalo		Tokarski	8,258	6–5–2	14	^[21]
14	November 13	Toronto	5–4	Buffalo		Dell	7,992	6–6–2	14	^[22]
15	November 16	Buffalo	2–1	Pittsburgh		Tokarski	16,366	7–6–2	16	^[23]
16	November 18	Calgary	5–0	Buffalo		Tokarski	7,753	7–7–2	16	^[24]
17	November 21	Buffalo	4–5	NY Rangers		Dell	17,256	7–8–2	16	^[25]
18	November 22	Columbus	7–4	Buffalo		Dell	7,978	7–9–2	16	^[26]
19	November 24	Boston	5–1	Buffalo		Dell	9,416	7–10–2	16	^[27]
20	November 26	Montreal	1–4	Buffalo		Tokarski	9,958	8–10–2	18	^[28]
21	November 27	Buffalo	2–3	Detroit	OT	Tokarski	18,050	8–10–3	19	^[29]
22	November 29	Seattle	7–4	Buffalo		Tokarski	10,004	8–11–3	19	^[30]

December: 2–6–2 (home: 0–3–1; road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 2	Buffalo	4–7	Florida		Dell	11,751	8–12–3	19	^[31]
24	December 4	Buffalo	2–6	Carolina		Subban	18,680	8–13–3	19	^[32]
25	December 7	Anaheim	2–0	Buffalo		Luukkonen	8,133	8–14–3	19	^[33]
26	December 10	NY Rangers	2–1	Buffalo		Luukkonen	9,703	8–15–3	19	^[34]
27	December 11	Washington	3–2	Buffalo	SO	Luukkonen	9,554	8–15–4	20	^[35]
28	December 14	Buffalo	4–2	Winnipeg		Luukkonen	13,484	9–15–4	22	^[36]
29	December 16	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota	SO	Luukkonen	18,022	10–15–4	24	^[37]
30	December 17	Buffalo	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Subban	17,456	10–15–5	25	^[38]
–	December 20	Columbus	–	Buffalo	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[39] Moved to February 10.^[40]
–	December 22	Colorado	–	Buffalo	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[41] Moved to February 19.^[40]
–	December 23	Buffalo	–	Columbus	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[41] Moved to February 20.^[40]
–	December 27	NY Islanders	–	Buffalo	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[42] Moved to February 15.^[40]
31	December 29	New Jersey	4–3	Buffalo		Luukkonen	11,511	10–16–5	25	^[43]
32	December 30	Buffalo	1–4	NY Islanders		Subban	17,255	10–17–5	25	^[44]

January: 4–6–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
33	January 1	Buffalo	3–4	Boston	OT	Luukkonen	17,850	10–17–6	26	^[45]
34	January 6	San Jose	3–2	Buffalo		Luukkonen	8,117	10–18–6	26	^[46]
—	January 8	Buffalo	–	Montreal	Postponed due to attendance restrictions.^[47] Moved to February 13.^[40]
35	January 11	Tampa Bay	6–1	Buffalo		Luukkonen	8,368	10–19–6	26	^[48]
36	January 13	Buffalo	4–1	Nashville		Dell	17,159	11–19–6	28	^[49]
37	January 15	Buffalo	0–4	Detroit		Dell	19,515	11–20–6	28	^[50]
38	January 17	Detroit	3–2	Buffalo	OT	Dell	8,839	11–20–7	29	^[51]
39	January 18	Buffalo	3–1	Ottawa		Houser	0	12–20–7	31	^[52]
40	January 20	Dallas	5–4	Buffalo		Dell	7,808	12–21–7	31	^[53]
41	January 22	Philadelphia	3–6	Buffalo		Houser	9,264	13–21–7	33	^[54]
42	January 25	Buffalo	0–5	Ottawa		Dell	0	13–22–7	33	^[55]
43	January 29	Buffalo	3–1	Arizona		Anderson	12,853	14–22–7	35	^[56]
44	January 30	Buffalo	1–4	Colorado		Tokarski	17,456	14–23–7	35	^[57]

February: 2–7–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
45	February 1	Buffalo	2–5	Vegas		Anderson	18,235	14–24–7	35	^[58]
46	February 10	Columbus	4–3	Buffalo	OT	Tokarski	8,476	14–24–8	36	^[59]
47	February 13	Buffalo	5–3	Montreal		Anderson	500	15–24–8	38	^[60]
48	February 15	NY Islanders	3–6	Buffalo		Tokarski	9,296	16–24–8	40	^[61]
49	February 17	Ottawa	3–1	Buffalo		Anderson	7,026	16–25–8	40	^[62]
50	February 19	Colorado	5–3	Buffalo		Tokarski	10,526	16–26–8	40	^[63]
51	February 20	Buffalo	3–7	Columbus		Anderson	18,608	16–27–8	40	^[64]
52	February 23	Buffalo	0–4	Montreal		Anderson	10,552	16–28–8	40	^[65]
53	February 25	Buffalo	3–5	St. Louis		Tokarski	18,096	16–29–8	40	^[66]
54	February 27	Buffalo	2–4	Dallas		Anderson	18,532	16–30–8	40	^[67]

March: 8–3–3 (home: 4–2–2; road: 4–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
55	March 2	Buffalo	5–1	Toronto		Anderson	17,122	17–30–8	42	^[68]
56	March 4	Minnesota	4–5	Buffalo		Anderson	8,462	18–30–8	44	^[69]
57	March 6	Los Angeles	3–0	Buffalo		Tokarski	10,775	18–31–8	44	^[70]
58	March 7	Florida	6–1	Buffalo		Anderson	7,906	18–32–8	44	^[71]
59	March 10	Vegas	1–3	Buffalo		Anderson	12,437	19–32–8	46	^[72]
60	March 13	Toronto	2–5	Buffalo		Anderson	26,119 (outdoors)	20–32–8	48	^[73]
61	March 17	Buffalo	1–6	Edmonton		Anderson	15,883	20–33–8	48	^[74]
62	March 18	Buffalo	1–0	Calgary	OT	Tokarski	16,685	21–33–8	50	^[75]
63	March 20	Buffalo	3–2	Vancouver	OT	Anderson	18,873	22–33–8	52	^[76]
64	March 23	Pittsburgh	3–4	Buffalo	SO	Anderson	9,399	23–33–8	54	^[77]
65	March 25	Washington	4–3	Buffalo	SO	Tokarski	9,740	23–33–9	55	^[78]
66	March 27	Buffalo	4–5	NY Rangers	OT	Anderson	18,006	23–33–10	56	^[79]
67	March 28	Buffalo	6–5	Chicago		Tokarski	18,648	24–33–10	58	^[80]
68	March 30	Winnipeg	3–2	Buffalo	SO	Anderson	8,055	24–33–11	59	^[81]

April: 8–6–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
69	April 1	Nashville	3–4	Buffalo		Anderson	19,070	25–33–11	61	^[82]
70	April 3	Florida	5–3	Buffalo		Tokarski	11,787	25–34–11	61	^[83]
71	April 5	Carolina	2–4	Buffalo		Anderson	8,984	26–34–11	63	^[84]
72	April 7	Buffalo	3–5	Carolina		Anderson	15,639	26–35–11	63	^[85]
73	April 8	Buffalo	3–4	Florida		Tokarski	17,728	26–36–11	63	^[86]
74	April 10	Buffalo	0–5	Tampa Bay		Anderson	19,092	26–37–11	63	^[87]
75	April 12	Buffalo	5–2	Toronto		Anderson	18,393	27–37–11	65	^[88]
76	April 14	St. Louis	6–2	Buffalo		Anderson	11,565	27–38–11	65	^[89]
77	April 16	Philadelphia	3–4	Buffalo		Anderson	11,046	28–38–11	67	^[90]
78	April 17	Buffalo	5–3	Philadelphia		Tokarski	14,377	29–38–11	69	^[91]
79	April 21	Buffalo	5–2	New Jersey		Anderson	12,014	30–38–11	71	^[92]
80	April 23	NY Islanders	3–5	Buffalo		Tokarski	12,955	31–38–11	73	^[93]
81	April 28	Buffalo	0–5	Boston		Tokarski	17,850	31–39–11	73	^[94]
82	April 29	Chicago	2–3	Buffalo	OT	Tokarski	16,505	32–39–11	75	^[95]

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[96]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tage Thompson	78	38	30	68	−17	37
Jeff Skinner	80	33	30	63	−14	42
Rasmus Dahlin	80	13	40	53	−22	68
Victor Olofsson	72	20	29	49	−16	6
Kyle Okposo	74	21	24	45	−15	43
Dylan Cozens	79	13	25	38	−19	55
Alex Tuch^†	50	12	26	38	−3	14
Rasmus Asplund	80	8	19	27	−5	10
Vinnie Hinostroza	62	13	12	25	−11	24
Peyton Krebs^†	48	7	15	22	−20	20
Casey Mittelstadt	40	6	13	19	−14	4
Henri Jokiharju	60	3	16	19	−8	20
Zemgus Girgensons	56	10	8	18	−7	27
Colin Miller	38	2	12	14	−2	21
Cody Eakin	69	4	8	12	−15	22
Mark Pysyk	68	3	9	12	−4	16
Jacob Bryson	73	1	9	10	−9	12
Mattias Samuelsson	42	0	10	10	−10	16
Anders Bjork	58	5	3	8	−14	10
Will Butcher	37	2	6	8	−10	0
Robert Hagg^‡	48	1	7	8	−9	25
Brett Murray	19	2	4	6	−3	23
Casey Fitzgerald	36	0	6	6	−19	36
Mark Jankowski	19	2	3	5	+2	4
Drake Caggiula	18	2	3	5	−4	4
John Hayden	55	2	2	4	−12	84
Arttu Ruotsalainen	18	2	2	4	−1	6
Owen Power	8	2	1	3	+3	2
Jack Quinn	2	1	1	2	0	0
Ethan Prow	4	1	0	1	−1	0
Ryan MacInnis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Wolanin^‡	1	0	0	0	−2	0
Brandon Biro	1	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Peterka	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[97]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Craig Anderson	31	31	1,867:15	17	12	2	97	3.12	945	.897	0	1	0
Dustin Tokarski	29	28	1,671:26	10	12	5	91	3.27	900	.899	1	0	0
Michael Houser	2	2	120:00	2	0	0	4	2.00	77	.948	0	0	0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	9	9	503:04	2	5	2	23	2.74	277	.917	0	0	0
Aaron Dell	12	9	565:23	1	8	1	38	4.03	354	.893	0	0	2
Malcolm Subban^†	4	3	210:28	0	2	1	17	4.85	132	.871	0	0	0

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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded

Milestones

Records

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rasmus Ristolainen	To Buffalo Sabres Robert Hagg 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2023	^[98]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart	To Buffalo Sabres Devon Levi 1st-round pick in 2022	^[99]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To New Jersey Devils 5th-round pick in 2022	To Buffalo Sabres Will Butcher	^[100]
November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)	To Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 or 2024	To Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Alex Tuch Conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 2024	^[101]
November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)	To New York Islanders Future considerations	To Buffalo Sabres Johnny Boychuk	^[102]
December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Buffalo Sabres Malcolm Subban	^[103]
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	To Florida Panthers Robert Hagg	To Buffalo Sabres CGY 6th-round pick in 2022	^[104]
June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)	To Dallas Stars Future considerations	To Buffalo Sabres Ben Bishop 7th-round pick in 2022	^[105]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Craig Anderson	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[106]
	Aaron Dell	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	^[107]
	John Hayden	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[108]
	Vinnie Hinostroza	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	^[108]
	Sean Malone	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	^[108]
	Ethan Prow	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	^[109]
	Mark Pysyk	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free agency	^[110]
	Jimmy Schuldt	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	Free agency	^[106]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Ryan MacInnis	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	^[111]
October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Washington Capitals		Waivers	^[112]
October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)	Christian Wolanin	Los Angeles Kings		Waivers	^[113]
January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12)	Michael Houser	Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[114]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	William Borgen	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	^[115]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Jean-Sebastien Dea	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	^[116]
	Matt Irwin	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[117]
	Steven Fogarty	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	^[118]
	Carter Hutton	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[119]
	Jake McCabe	Chicago Blackhawks	4-year	Free agency	^[120]
	C. J. Smith	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	^[121]
	Linus Ullmark	Boston Bruins	4-year	Free agency	^[118]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Stefanos Lekkas	Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)	Unknown	Free agency	^[122]
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)	Michael Houser	Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[123]
September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)	Riley Sheahan	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	^[124]
October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Washington Capitals		Waivers	^[125]
October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)	Tobias Rieder	Växjö Lakers (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[126]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	Drake Caggiula	1-year	Re-signing	^[127]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Brandon Davidson	1-year	Re-signing	^[128]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Rasmus Asplund	2-year	Re-signing	^[129]
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)	Casey Fitzgerald	2-year	Re-signing	^[130]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)	Henri Jokiharju	3-year	Re-signing	^[131]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)	Casey Mittelstadt	3-year	Re-signing	^[132]
September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)	Rasmus Dahlin	3-year	Re-signing	^[133]
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	Owen Power	3-year	Entry-level	^[134]
April 18, 2022 (2022-04-18)	Josh Bloom	3-year	Entry-level	^[135]
May 11, 2022 (2022-05-11)	Aleksandr Kisakov	3-year	Entry-level	^[136]
May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)	Olivier Nadeau	3-year	Entry-level	^[137]
May 31, 2022 (2022-05-31)	Isak Rosen	3-year	Entry-level	^[138]
June 13, 2022 (2022-06-13)	Filip Cederqvist	2-year	Entry-level	^[139]
June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29)	Sean Malone	1-year	Extension	^[140]
June 30, 2022 (2022-06-30)	Craig Anderson	1-year	Extension	^[141]

Draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Owen Power	D	Canada	University of Michigan (Big Ten)
1	14¹	Isak Rosen	RW	Sweden	Leksands IF (SHL)
2	33	Prokhor Poltapov	RW	Russia	HC CSKA Moscow (KHL)
2	53²	Aleksandr Kisakov	LW	Russia	MHC Dynamo Moscow (MHL)
3	88³	Stiven Sardarian	RW	Russia	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
3	95⁴	Joshua Bloom	LW	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4	97	Olivier Nadeau	RW	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
5	159⁴	Viljami Marjala	LW	Finland	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	161	William von Barnekow-Lofberg	C	Sweden	Malmo Redhwaks U20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	188⁵	Nikita Novikov	D	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (MHL)
7	193	Tyson Kozak	C	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

Notes:

The Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on July 23, 2021, that sent Rasmus Ristolainen to Philadelphia in exchange for Robert Hagg, a second-round pick in 2023 and this pick.^[142]
The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on April 11, 2021, that sent Taylor Hall and Curtis Lazar to Boston in exchange for Anders Bjork and this pick.^[143]
The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on April 10, 2021, that sent Brandon Montour to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[144]
The Montreal Canadiens' third- and fifth-round picks went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 26, 2021, that sent Eric Staal to Montreal in exchange for these picks.^[145]
The Colorado Avalanche's sixth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 20, 2021, that sent Jonas Johansson to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[146]

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v t e Buffalo Sabres
Founded in 1970 Based in Buffalo, New York
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Terry Pegula General manager Kevyn Adams Head coach Lindy Ruff Team captain Rasmus Dahlin Current roster
Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium KeyBank Center
Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Jacksonville Icemen
Media	TV MSG Western New York Bell Satellite TV Radio Sabres Hockey Network WGR 550
Culture and lore	The French Connection Seymour and Northrup Knox Ted Darling Rick Jeanneret Taro Tsujimoto Ronan Tynan Ryan Vinz Hockey Night Live! LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo Bandits Sabretooth "Sabre Dance" Empire Sports Network The Fog Game No Goal 2008 NHL Winter Classic 2011 NHL Premiere 2018 NHL Winter Classic 2022 Heritage Classic
Category Commons

v t e Buffalo Sabres seasons
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 2021–22 NHL season
Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Seattle Vancouver Vegas
Central	Arizona Chicago Colorado Dallas Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg
Atlantic	Boston Buffalo Detroit Florida Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto
Metropolitan	Carolina Columbus New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
See also	Entry draft Expansion draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Heritage Classic Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines