Английская Википедия:2015–16 Buffalo Sabres season
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The 2015–16 Buffalo Sabres season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] The season began its regular games on October 8, 2015 against the Ottawa Senators with a 3–1 loss.[2]
This was originally to be the final season in which Rick Jeanneret serves as the team's play-by-play announcer; he had been in that position since the team's second season in 1971. As he did until 2022, he rotated with Dan Dunleavy in the position.[3] However, Jeanneret agreed to continue indefinitely as part-time announcer as long as his health allowed it.[4]
Off-season
The Sabres fired head coach Ted Nolan on April 12, 2015, amid poor on-ice record and disagreements with general manager Tim Murray. The team then made overtures to Mike Babcock, the most prominent head coach on the free agent market; despite a record-setting offer, Babcock instead sought (and received) the head coaching position for the Sabres' division and regional rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the Sabres failing to land Babcock, the team's second choice, Dan Bylsma, was subsequently hired on May 28. Bylsma had spent the 2014-15 season out of professional hockey after spending the previous five seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Sabres held the second overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft after finishing last in the league in 2014-15 and losing the draft lottery to the Edmonton Oilers. The Sabres selected Jack Eichel with their pick.
The Sabres fired President Ted Black on July 27, 2015, and replaced him with Russ Brandon. Brandon also serves as President of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League and will continue in that capacity in addition to his duties with the Sabres.
Training camp
As in previous years, the Sabres held a summer development camp from July 6–11, 2015. The highlight of the camp was the "blue and gold" scrimmage on July 10; the scrimmage, which pit a "gold" team led by 2015 second overall pick Jack Eichel against a "blue" team led by 2014 second overall pick Sam Reinhart, drew 17,115 paying fans, nearly double the crowd that attended the 2014 event.[5] An additional 1,500 fans attended the less-publicized 3-on-3 scrimmage, which closed out the camp on July 11.[6]
The Sabres did not participate in the Detroit Red Wings' annual prospect tournament in Traverse City, Michigan as they have in recent years and instead launched their own "Prospect Challenge" beginning this season. For the first year, the Sabres, New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins prospects faced each other in a single round-robin mini-tournament.[7] Buffalo won both of their games and the tournament.[8]
Standings
Шаблон:2015–16 NHL Atlantic Division standings Шаблон:2015–16 NHL Eastern Conference Wild Card standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)[9] | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 21 | Buffalo | 3–2 | Minnesota | Lieuwen | 17,217 | 1–0–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 23 | Ottawa | 5–2 | Buffalo | Lehner | 17,298 | 1–1–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 25 | Buffalo | 6–4 | Toronto | Lieuwen | 17,403 | 2–1–0 | Recap | |
4 | September 26 | Buffalo | 6–4 | Ottawa | Johnson | 16,738 | 3–1–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 29 | Toronto | 0–4 | Buffalo | Lehner | 17,357 | 4–1–0 | Recap | |
6 | October 1 | Buffalo | 1–6 | Minnesota | Johnson | 17,214 | 4–2–0 | Recap | |
7 | October 2 | Columbus | 6–4 | Buffalo | Lehner | 17,578 | 4–3–0 | Recap |
Regular season
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Player stats
Final stats
Skaters
Player | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Шаблон:Sortname | 71 | 21 | 39 | 60 | −16 | 8 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 81 | 24 | 32 | 56 | −16 | 22 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 79 | 23 | 19 | 42 | −8 | 8 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 82 | 9 | 32 | 41 | −21 | 33 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 65 | 20 | 15 | 35 | −14 | 91 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 79 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −5 | 12 |
Шаблон:Sortname‡ | 63 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −10 | 10 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 64 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −11 | 68 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 75 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 79 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 81 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −5 | 16 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 71 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 74 | 10 | 7 | 17 | −4 | 27 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 59 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −5 | 26 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 79 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −4 | 14 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 77 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 51 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 70 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −14 | 59 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −7 | 72 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −9 | 11 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 55 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 32 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −11 | 10 |
Шаблон:Sortname‡ | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 32 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname‡ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Goaltenders
Player | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr |
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Шаблон:Sortname | 45 | 40 | 2591:05 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 102 | 2.36 | 1270 | .920 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 21 | 21 | 1164:05 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 2.47 | 634 | .924 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 20 | 20 | 1130:40 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 49 | 2.60 | 565 | .913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 30 | .867 | 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.
Awards and honours
Awards
Player | Award | Awarded |
---|---|---|
Шаблон:Sortname | NHL All-Star game selection[13] | January 6, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | NHL Third Star of the Week[14] | February 1, 2016 |
Milestones
Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal |
October 8, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Goal | October 15, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Goal | October 17, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game | October 24, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 200th Career NHL Game | October 27, 2015 |
L. Ullmark | 1st Career NHL Win | October 30, 2015 |
J. Eichel | 1st Career NHL Assist | November 7, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 500th Career NHL Game | December 4, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Hat Trick | December 10, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 100th Career NHL Goal | December 12, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 400th Career NHL Game | December 19, 2015 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 100th Career NHL Game | December 26, 2015 |
S. Reinhart | 1st Career NHL Hat Trick | January 10, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game | February 6, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game | February 11, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal |
March 26, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist |
March 26, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game | April 8, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game | April 8, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 1st Career NHL Game | April 8, 2016 |
E. Rodrigues | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist |
April 9, 2016 |
H. Fasching | 1st Career NHL Assist | April 9, 2016 |
Шаблон:Sortname | 100th Career NHL Assist | April 9, 2016 |
Transactions
The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
Trades
Date | Шаблон:Center | Ref | |
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Шаблон:Start date | To Ottawa Senators
NYI's 1st-round pick in 2015 |
To Buffalo Sabres
Robin Lehner David Legwand |
[15] |
Шаблон:Start date | To Colorado Avalanche
Nikita Zadorov Mikhail Grigorenko J. T. Compher 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
To Buffalo Sabres
Ryan O'Reilly Jamie McGinn |
[16] |
Шаблон:Start date | To Washington Capitals
Mike WeberШаблон:Ref label |
To Buffalo Sabres
3rd-round pick in 2017 |
[17] |
Шаблон:Start date | To Ottawa Senators
Phil Varone Jason Akeson Jerome Leduc |
To Buffalo Sabres
Cole Schneider Eric O'Dell Alex Guptill Michael Sdao |
[18] |
Шаблон:Start date | To Anaheim Ducks
Jamie McGinn |
To Buffalo Sabres
conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016Шаблон:Ref label |
[19] |
Шаблон:Start date | To Nashville Predators
MIN's 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
To Buffalo Sabres
Jimmy Vesey (rights) |
[20] |
Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
- Notes
- Шаблон:Note labelBuffalo to retain 50% ($1.67 million) of salary as part of trade.
- Шаблон:Note labelConditional 3rd-round pick will become 2nd-round pick in 2017 NHL Entry Draft if Ducks advance to 2016 Western Conference Finals and McGinn plays in 50% of playoff games in first two rounds.
Free agents acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
Ref |
Шаблон:Start date | Jason Akeson | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 year (2-way), $575,000 | [21] |
Шаблон:Start date | Matt Donovan | New York Islanders | 1 year (2-way), $825,000 | [21] |
Шаблон:Start date | Bobby Sanguinetti | Vancouver Canucks | 1 year (2-way), $600,000 | [22] |
Шаблон:Start date | Cal O'Reilly | Utica Comets | 2 years, $1,400,000 | [23] |
Шаблон:Start date | Carlo Colaiacovo | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 year, $900,000 | [24] |
Шаблон:Start date | Cody Franson | Nashville Predators | 2 years, $6.65 million | [25] |
Шаблон:Start date | Casey Nelson | Minnesota State University | entry-level contract | [26] |
Free agents lost
Date | Player | New team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
Ref |
Шаблон:Start date | Anders Lindback | Arizona Coyotes | 1 years, $875,000 | [27] |
Шаблон:Start date | Matt Hackett | Anaheim Ducks | 2 years, $1.2 million | [28] |
Шаблон:Start date | Zac Dalpe | Minnesota Wild | 1 year, $600,000 | [29] |
Шаблон:Start date | Cody Hodgson | Nashville Predators | 1 year, $1.05 million | [30] |
Шаблон:Start date | Tyson Strachan | Minnesota Wild | 1 year, $650,000 | [31] |
Шаблон:Start date | Andre Benoit | St. Louis Blues | 1 year, $750,000 | [32] |
Шаблон:Start date | Andrey Makarov | Spartak Moscow | 2 years | [33] |
Шаблон:Col-end Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Claimed via waivers
Player | Previous team | Date claimed off waivers | Ref |
Lost via waivers
Player | New team | Date claimed off waivers | Ref |
Шаблон:Col-end Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Lost via retirement
Player | Ref |
Cody McCormick | [34] |
Players released
Date | Player | Via | Ref |
Шаблон:Start date | Cody Hodgson | Buyout | [35] |
Player signings
Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
Ref |
Шаблон:Start date | Jack Eichel | 3 years, entry-level contract | [36] |
Шаблон:Start date | Ryan O'Reilly | 7 years, $52.5 million contract extension | [37] |
Шаблон:Start date | Phil Varone | 1 year, $600,000, two-way contract | [38] |
Шаблон:Start date | Mark Pysyk | 2 years, $2.25 million | [39] |
Шаблон:Start date | Johan Larsson | 1 year, $800,000 | [40] |
Шаблон:Start date | Jerry D'Amigo | 1 year, $700,000, two-way contract | [41] |
Шаблон:Start date | Brendan Guhle | 3 years, entry-level contract | [42] |
Шаблон:Start date | Jason Kasdorf | entry-level contract | [43] |
Шаблон:Start date | Hudson Fasching | entry-level contract | [44] |
Шаблон:Start date | Eric Cornel | entry-level contract | [45] |
Шаблон:Start date | Johan Larsson | 1 year | [46] |
Шаблон:Start date | Brycen Martin | 3 years, entry-level contract | [47] |
Шаблон:Start date | Vaclav Karabacek | 3 years, entry-level contract | [48] |
Шаблон:Start date | Nicolas Deslauriers | 2 years, contract extension | [49] |
Draft picks
Шаблон:See also Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 2 | Jack Eichel | C | Шаблон:USA | Boston University (Hockey East) |
2 | 51Шаблон:Ref label | Brendan Guhle | D | Шаблон:CAN | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
4 | 92 | William Borgen | D | Шаблон:USA | Moorhead Spuds (HS-Minnesota) |
5 | 122 | Devante Stephens | D | Шаблон:CAN | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
6 | 152 | Georgio Estephan | C | Шаблон:CAN | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
7 | 182 | Ivan Chukarov | D | Шаблон:USA | Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) |
- Draft notes[50]
- The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 (39th overall), Colorado's second-round pick in 2016 and Colorado's sixth-round pick in 2017 to Colorado in exchange for this pick.[51]
- Colorado previously acquired this pick from as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Ryan O'Reilly and Jamie McGinn to Buffalo in exchange for Nikita Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and this pick.[52]
- Шаблон:Note label The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on October 27, 2013 that sent Thomas Vanek to New York in exchange for Matt Moulson, a conditional first-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[53]
- The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Michal Neuvirth and Rostislav Klesla to Buffalo in exchange for Jaroslav Halak and this pick.[54]
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