2020–21 Buffalo Sabres season

Professional ice hockey team season

2020–21 Buffalo Sabres
Division8th East
2020–21 record15–34–7
Home record8–16–4
Road record7–18–3
Goals for138
Goals against199
Team information
General managerKevyn Adams
CoachRalph Krueger (Jan. 14 – Mar. 17)
Don Granato (interim, Mar. 17 – May 8)
CaptainJack Eichel
Alternate captainsJake McCabe
Kyle Okposo
ArenaKeyBank Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Rochester Americans (AHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsSam Reinhart (25)
AssistsVictor Olofsson (19)
PointsSam Reinhart (40)
Penalty minutesRasmus Ristolainen (36)
Plus/minusSteven Fogarty
Jake McCabe (+2)
WinsLinus Ullmark (9)
Goals against averageLinus Ullmark (2.63)

The 2020–21 Buffalo Sabres season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1]

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment the Sabres played this season in the East Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.

With an 18th consecutive loss on March 29, 2021, the Sabres equalled the NHL record for the longest losing streak in a season, tied with the 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins.[2] In that game, the Sabres blew a 3–0 lead and lost 4–3 in overtime.

On April 17, the Sabres were eliminated from playoff contention after a 3–2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, extending their playoff drought to ten seasons, tying an NHL record.[3]

In the Sabres' 18-game losing streak, they were 0–15–3 (two overtime losses and one shootout loss). In the first 34 games, they were 6–23–5 for 17 points. In their final 22 games, they were 9–11–2, ultimately finishing with a 15–34–7 record for 37 points. For the fourth time in eight seasons, the Sabres finished with the worst record in the whole NHL.

Off-season

The Sabres introduced three new jerseys for the season. On August 11, 2020, the Sabres revealed their new uniforms, which was an updated version of the team's original jerseys. The team reintroduced their original royal blue, gold, and white colors, which was worn by the team from 1970 to 1996.[4] On November 16, 2020, the NHL introduced Adidas "Reverse Retro" jerseys for all 31 teams, which feature throwback uniforms with a modern twist.[5] The Sabres' Reverse Retro jersey is a modern update to the team's first third jersey worn in 2000, with the exception being that it was done in the team's current colors on a white template.

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
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GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
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; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[7]

2020–21 game log
January: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 January 14 Washington 6–4 Buffalo Hutton 0 0–1–0 0 [8]
2 January 15 Washington 2–1 Buffalo Ullmark 0 0–2–0 0 [9]
3 January 18 Buffalo 6–1 Philadelphia Hutton 0 1–2–0 2 [10]
4 January 19 Buffalo 0–3 Philadelphia Hutton 0 1–3–0 2 [11]
5 January 22 Buffalo 3–4 Washington SO Ullmark 0 1–3–1 3 [12]
6 January 24 Buffalo 4–3 Washington SO Ullmark 0 2–3–1 5 [13]
7 January 26 NY Rangers 2–3 Buffalo Ullmark 0 3–3–1 7 [14]
8 January 28 NY Rangers 3–2 Buffalo OT Ullmark 0 3–3–2 8 [15]
9 January 30 New Jersey 3–4 Buffalo SO Ullmark 0 4–3–2 10 [16]
10 January 31 New Jersey 5–3 Buffalo Hutton 0 4–4–2 10 [17]
February: 2–6–1 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
— February 2 Buffalo – NY Islanders Postponed due to COVID protocol.[18] Rescheduled for February 22.
— February 4 Buffalo – NY Islanders Postponed due to COVID protocol.[19] Rescheduled for March 4.
— February 6 Buffalo – Boston Postponed due to COVID protocol. Rescheduled for March 27.
— February 8 Buffalo – Boston Postponed due to COVID protocol. Rescheduled for April 13.
— February 11 Washington – Buffalo Postponed due to COVID protocol.[20] Rescheduled for March 15.[21]
— February 13 Washington – Buffalo Postponed due to COVID protocol. Rescheduled for April 9.[21]
11 February 15 NY Islanders 3–1 Buffalo Ullmark 0 4–5–2 10 [22]
12 February 16 NY Islanders 3–0 Buffalo Hutton 0 4–6–2 10 [23]
13 February 18 Buffalo 1–3 Washington Ullmark 0 4–7–2 10 [24]
14 February 20 Buffalo 3–2 New Jersey Ullmark 0 5–7–2 12 [25]
15 February 22 Buffalo 2–3 NY Islanders Ullmark 0 5–8–2 12 [26]
16 February 23 Buffalo 4–1 New Jersey Ullmark 0 6–8–2 14 [27]
17 February 25 New Jersey 4–3 Buffalo OT Hutton 0 6–8–3 15 [28]
18 February 27 Philadelphia 3–0 Buffalo Hutton 0 6–9–3 15 [29]
19 February 28 Philadelphia 3–0 Buffalo Johansson 0 6–10–3 15 [30]
March: 1–13–2 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 0–9–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
20 March 2 Buffalo 2–3 NY Rangers Hutton 1,800 6–11–3 15 [31]
21 March 4 Buffalo 2–5 NY Islanders Johansson 0 6–12–3 15 [32]
22 March 6 Buffalo 2–5 NY Islanders Hutton 0 6–13–3 15 [33]
23 March 7 Buffalo 2–5 NY Islanders Johansson 0 6–14–3 15 [34]
24 March 9 Buffalo 4–5 Philadelphia SO Johansson 2,838 6–14–4 16 [35]
25 March 11 Pittsburgh 5–2 Buffalo Johansson 0 6–15–4 16 [36]
26 March 13 Pittsburgh 3–0 Buffalo Hutton 0 6–16–4 16 [37]
27 March 15 Washington 6–0 Buffalo Hutton 0 6–17–4 16 [38]
28 March 16 Buffalo 2–3 New Jersey Johansson 1,800 6–18–4 16 [39]
29 March 18 Boston 4–1 Buffalo Hutton 0 6–19–4 16 [40]
— March 20 Boston – Buffalo Postponed due to COVID protocol.[41] Rescheduled for April 20.[42]
30 March 22 Buffalo 3–5 NY Rangers Tokarski 1,800 6–20–4 16 [43]
31 March 24 Buffalo 2–5 Pittsburgh Tokarski 2,800 6–21–4 16 [44]
32 March 25 Buffalo 0–4 Pittsburgh Tokarski 2,800 6–22–4 16 [45]
33 March 27 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Ullmark 2,191 6–23–4 16 [46]
34 March 29 Philadelphia 4–3 Buffalo OT Ullmark 0 6–23–5 17 [47]
35 March 31 Philadelphia 1–6 Buffalo Ullmark 0 7–23–5 19 [48]
April: 6–8–2 (Home: 3–5–1 ; Road: 3–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
36 April 1 NY Rangers 3–2 Buffalo OT Tokarski 0 7–23–6 20 [49]
37 April 3 NY Rangers 2–3 Buffalo SO Ullmark 302[50] 8–23–6 22 [51]
38 April 6 Buffalo 5–3 New Jersey Ullmark 3,600 9–23–6 24 [52]
39 April 8 New Jersey 6–3 Buffalo Ullmark 0 9–24–6 24 [53]
40 April 9 Washington 4–3 Buffalo Tokarski —[a] 9–25–6 24 [54]
41 April 11 Buffalo 5–3 Philadelphia Ullmark 3,250 10–25–6 26 [55]
42 April 13 Buffalo 2–3 Boston SO Tokarski 2,191 10–25–7 27 [56]
43 April 15 Buffalo 5–2 Washington Tokarski 0 11–25–7 29 [57]
44 April 17 Pittsburgh 3–2 Buffalo Tokarski —[a] 11–26–7 29 [58]
45 April 18 Pittsburgh 2–4 Buffalo Tokarski 0 12–26–7 31 [59]
46 April 20 Boston 2–0 Buffalo Tokarski 0 12–27–7 31 [60]
47 April 22 Boston 5–1 Buffalo Tokarski 0 12–28–7 31 [61]
48 April 23 Boston 4–6 Buffalo Luukkonen —[a] 13–28–7 33 [62]
49 April 25 Buffalo 3–6 NY Rangers Tokarski 1,800 13–29–7 33 [63]
50 April 27 Buffalo 1–3 NY Rangers Luukkonen 1,796 13–30–7 33 [64]
51 April 29 Buffalo 2–5 Boston Luukkonen 2,191 13–31–7 33 [65]
May: 2–3–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 May 1 Buffalo 2–6 Boston Luukkonen 2,191 13–32–7 33 [66]
53 May 3 NY Islanders 2–4 Buffalo Houser 0 14–32–7 35 [67]
54 May 4 NY Islanders 3–4 Buffalo SO Houser 0 15–32–7 37 [68]
55 May 6 Buffalo 4–8 Pittsburgh Houser 4,672 15–33–7 37 [69]
56 May 8 Buffalo 0–1 Pittsburgh Houser 4,672 15–34–7 37 [70]

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[71]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Sam Reinhart 54 25 15 40 −28 10
Victor Olofsson 56 13 19 32 −23 6
Rasmus Dahlin 56 5 18 23 −36 26
Casey Mittelstadt 41 10 12 22 −10 10
Taylor Hall‡ 37 2 17 19 −21 24
Rasmus Ristolainen 49 4 14 18 −18 36
Jack Eichel 21 2 16 18 −9 6
Tage Thompson 38 8 6 14 −6 17
Jeff Skinner 53 7 7 14 −11 14
Brandon Montour‡ 38 5 9 14 −13 24
Riley Sheahan 53 4 9 13 −8 8
Dylan Cozens 41 4 9 13 −15 16
Kyle Okposo 35 2 11 13 −1 0
Colin Miller 48 4 8 12 −20 27
Rasmus Asplund 28 7 4 11 +1 0
Eric Staal‡ 32 3 7 10 −20 8
Curtis Lazar‡ 33 5 4 9 −4 0
Jacob Bryson 38 1 8 9 −1 12
Henri Jokiharju 46 3 5 8 −11 4
Tobias Rieder 44 5 2 7 −9 2
Cody Eakin 46 3 4 7 −9 14
Arttu Ruotsalainen 17 5 1 6 −9 8
Anders Bjork† 15 3 3 6 −5 4
Drake Caggiula† 11 2 1 3 −5 4
Jake McCabe 13 1 2 3 +2 9
Steven Fogarty 9 1 2 3 +2 8
Mattias Samuelsson 12 0 2 2 −8 4
Matt Irwin 24 0 2 2 −10 19
Will Borgen 10 0 0 0 −4 4
Brandon Davidson 6 0 0 0 −4 4
C. J. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jean-Sebastien Dea 1 0 0 0 −1 2
Brett Murray 2 0 0 0 +1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[72]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Linus Ullmark 20 20 1,117:05 9 6 3 49 2.63 591 .917 0 0 0 0
Dustin Tokarski 13 10 729:26 2 8 2 43 3.54 447 .904 0 0 1 0
Michael Houser 4 4 243:02 2 2 0 14 3.46 141 .901 0 0 0 0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 4 4 216:42 1 3 0 14 3.88 149 .906 0 0 0 0
Carter Hutton 13 12 674:43 1 10 1 39 3.47 341 .886 0 0 0 0
Jonas Johansson‡ 7 6 379:53 0 5 1 24 3.79 207 .884 0 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.

Transactions

Trades

Date Details Ref
September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16) To Minnesota Wild
Marcus Johansson 		To Buffalo Sabres
Eric Staal 		[73]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To San Jose Sharks
2nd-round pick in 2020
4th-round pick in 2020 		To Buffalo Sabres
2nd-round pick in 2020 		[74]
March 20, 2021 (2021-03-20) To Colorado Avalanche
Jonas Johansson 		To Buffalo Sabres
6th-round pick in 2021 		[75]
March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26) To Montreal Canadiens
Eric Staal 		To Buffalo Sabres
3rd-round pick in 2021
5th-round pick in 2021 		[76]
April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10) To Florida Panthers
Brandon Montour 		To Buffalo Sabres
3rd-round pick in 2021 		[77]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Boston Bruins
Taylor Hall
Curtis Lazar 		To Buffalo Sabres
Anders Bjork
2nd-round pick in 2021 		[78]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09) Drake Caggiula from Arizona Coyotes [79]

Free agents

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 8 Jack Quinn RW  Canada Ottawa 67s (OHL)
2 341 John-Jason Peterka LW  Germany EHC Red Bull Munchen (DEL)
5 131 Matteo Costantini C  Canada Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL)
7 193 Albert Lyckasen D  Sweden Vita Hasten (HockeyAllsvenskan)
7 2162 Jakub Konečný C  Czech Republic Sparta Jr. (U20 Extraliga)

Notes:

  1. The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a second and fourth-round pick both in 2020 (38th and 100th overall) to San Jose in exchange for this pick.[80]
  2. The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on November 10, 2018, that sent Taylor Fedun to Dallas in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[81] The condition – Buffalo will receive a seventh-round pick in 2020 if Fedun plays in 25 games during the 2018–19 NHL season and 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs combined[81] – was converted on January 17, 2019.

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