2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season

The 2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[2] The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. The season was the 15th and final season coached by Lindy Ruff, who was fired after a 6–10–1 start. The Sabres failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Division5th Northeast

Conference12th Eastern

2012–13 record21–21–6

Home record11–10–3

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2012–13 Buffalo Sabres
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	12th Eastern
2012–13 record	21–21–6
Home record	11–10–3
Road record	10–11–3
Goals for	125
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff (Oct.–Feb.) Ron Rolston (interim, Feb.–Apr.)
Captain	Jason Pominville (Oct.–Apr.) Vacant (Apr.)
Alternate captains	Steve Ott (Apr.) Drew Stafford Thomas Vanek
Arena	First Niagara Center
Average attendance	18,970 (99.5%)^[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Thomas Vanek (20)
Assists	Thomas Vanek (21) and Tyler Ennis (21)
Points	Thomas Vanek (41)
Penalty minutes	Steve Ott (93)
Plus/minus	Jochen Hecht, Christian Ehrhoff, and Brian Flynn (+6)
Wins	Ryan Miller (17)
Goals against average	Jhonas Enroth (2.60)
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Off-season

Broadcast changes

On June 8, 2012, the Sabres announced that Rick Jeanneret, the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in NHL history,^[3] would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame; Jeanneret will also receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Rob Ray will replace Harry Neale as the full-time color commentator for all Sabres game broadcasts. Neale will join Mike Robitaille, whose role will remain unchanged, and Brian Duff, who will take over as full-time studio host, in the studio.^[4] Kevin Sylvester and Danny Gare, who served as the alternate broadcast team in 2011–12, were not originally going to reprise their roles in 2012–13; Sylvester instead revived the Hockey Hotline, a long-discontinued Sabres call-in talk show, for WGR.^[5] However, due to Jeanneret suffering an illness, Sylvester was pressed into service to call play-by-play for the first four games of the regular season.^[6]

Alumni Plaza

On July 12, 2012, the Sabres announced that the plaza adjacent to First Niagara Center would be re-branded Alumni Plaza. On October 12, 2012, a bronze French Connection statue was added to the plaza.^[7] Other plans included plaques with the name of every player to play a game for the team and fans having to opportunity to buy engraved bricks.

Lockout

On September 13, 2012, Buffalo Sabres owner Terrence Pegula, along with all 28 other league ownership groups (the League still collectively owns the Phoenix Coyotes), authorized NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to lock-out the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on September 15.^[8] The lockout ended at 4:45 am EST on January 6, 2013, lasting 113 days.^[9] The lockout reduced the regular season from 82 to 48 games.

Overseas Sabres

After the announced lockout, players from the team began to sign contracts to play in Europe until resumption of NHL play.

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Overseas Sabres
Player	New team	League
Thomas Vanek	Graz 99ers	Austrian Hockey League^[10]
Tyler Ennis	SCL Tigers	Swiss National League^[11]
Andrej Sekera	Slovan Bratislava	Kontinental Hockey League^[12]
Christian Ehrhoff	Krefeld Pinguine	Deutsche Eishockey Liga^[13]
Jhonas Enroth	Huddinge IK	Swedish Division 1^[14]
Mike Weber	Lorenskog	GET-ligaen.^[15]
Jason Pominville	Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga^[16]
Jochen Hecht	Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga^[17]
Alexander Sulzer	ERC Ingolstadt	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Tyler Myers	Klagenfurt AC	Austrian Hockey League^[18]

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Beyond Blue and Gold

During the abbreviated training camp the team released the first episodes in a new web-series called Beyond Blue and Gold. The series will run through the season with the goal to give fans an "all-access pass to the entire Sabres organization throughout the entire 2012–13 NHL season."^[19]^[20]

Regular season

After the lockout, the Sabres had an abbreviated one-week training camp. During the camp, the Sabres' first pick in the 2012 NHL entry draft, Mikhail Grigorenko, played well on a line with off-season trade acquisitions Steve Ott and Ville Leino. At the end of the camp, Grigorenko was put on the opening day roster.^[21] The Sabres were given five games to decide whether to keep him on the roster (and thus pay him a full season's salary) or send him back to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts; in the end, Grigorenko was kept on the roster after Leino suffered an injury. After several weeks of mediocre play and Leino's return to the active roster, Grigorenko returned to the Remparts. He remained with the Remparts until their elimination from the QMJHL playoffs, whereupon he returned to the Sabres.

After an unsuccessful 6–10–1 start, general manager Darcy Regier announced the firing of head coach Lindy Ruff^[22] Ruff coached the team since 1997 and was the team's most successful coach. It was further announced that Ron Rolston, who was the current coach of the Rochester Americans, would replace Ruff on an interim basis. The Sabres performed better under Rolston but were nonetheless eliminated from playoff contention following an 8–4 home loss to the New York Rangers.^[23]

The Sabres allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with seven.^[24]

Playoffs

The Sabres did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Standings

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Northeast Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	+23	63
2	x – Boston Bruins	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	+22	62
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	+12	57
4	x – Ottawa Senators	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	+12	56
5	Buffalo Sabres	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	−18	48

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Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

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Eastern Conference
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	+46	72
2	NE	y – Montreal Canadiens	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	+23	63
3	SE	y – Washington Capitals	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	+19	57
4	NE	x – Boston Bruins	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	+22	62
5	NE	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	+12	57
6	AT	x – New York Rangers	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	+18	56
7	NE	x – Ottawa Senators	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	+12	56
8	AT	x – New York Islanders	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	0	55

9	SE	Winnipeg Jets	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	−16	51
10	AT	Philadelphia Flyers	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	−8	49
11	AT	New Jersey Devils	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	−17	48
12	NE	Buffalo Sabres	48	21	21	6	14	115	143	−28	48
13	SE	Carolina Hurricanes	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	−32	42
14	SE	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	−2	40
15	SE	Florida Panthers	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	−59	36

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Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division; z – Clinched conference

Schedule and results

Original regular season schedule

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2012–13 Original Schedule (For reference only)

October

Game	October	Opponent	Location/Attendance
1	13	Pittsburgh Penguins	First Niagara Center
2	16	Detroit Red Wings	First Niagara Center
3	19	New York Rangers	First Niagara Center
4	20	@ New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5	24	New Jersey Devils	First Niagara Center
6	26	@ New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center
7	28	Philadelphia Flyers	First Niagara Center
8	30	@ Boston Bruins	TD Garden

November

Game	November	Opponent	Location/Attendance
9	1	Phoenix Coyotes	First Niagara Center
10	3	Carolina Hurricanes	First Niagara Center
11	6	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center
12	8	@ San Jose Sharks	HP Pavilion at San Jose
13	10	@ Phoenix Coyotes	Jobing.com Arena
14	11	@ Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center
15	16	Philadelphia Flyers	First Niagara Center
16	17	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center
17	21	Columbus Blue Jackets	First Niagara Center
18	24	@New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
19	27	Winnipeg Jets	First Niagara Center
20	29	Vancouver Canucks	First Niagara Center

December

Game	December	Opponent	Location/Attendance
21	1	@Boston Bruins	TD Garden
22	3	@Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre
23	4	San Jose Sharks	First Niagara Center
24	6	Montreal Canadiens	First Niagara Center
25	8	@Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre
26	11	Ottawa Senators	First Niagara Center
27	13	Chicago Blackhawks	First Niagara Center
28	15	Montreal Canadiens	First Niagara Center
29	17	@Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre
30	20	@Edmonton Oilers	Rexall Place
31	22	@Calgary Flames	Scotiabank Saddledome
32	23	@Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center
33	26	Washington Capitals	First Niagara Center
34	28	@Minnesota Wild	Xcel Energy Center
35	29	@Winnipeg Jets	MTS Centre
36	31	Ottawa Senators	First Niagara Center

January

Game	January	Opponent	Location/Attendance
37	3	Florida Panthers	First Niagara Center
38	5	Tampa Bay Lightning	First Niagara Center
39	8	@New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden
40	9	Boston Bruins	First Niagara Center
41	11	@Ottawa Senators	Scotiabank Place
42	13	@Chicago Blackhawks	United Center
43	15	@Ottawa Senators	Scotiabank Place
44	17	New York Islanders	First Niagara Center
45	19	Carolina Hurricanes	First Niagara Center
46	21	Tampa Bay Lightning	First Niagara Center
47	29	Toronto Maple Leafs	First Niagara Center
48	31	@Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena

February

Game	February	Opponent	Location/Attendance
49	3	St. Louis Blues	First Niagara Center
50	5	Los Angeles Kings	First Niagara Center
51	6	@Boston Bruins	TD Garden
52	8	Boston Bruins	First Niagara Center
53	10	Ottawa Senators	First Niagara Center
54	12	@Ottawa Senators	Scotiabank Place
55	15	Montreal Canadiens	First Niagara Center
56	17	Pittsburgh Penguins	First Niagara Center
57	18	@New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden
58	21	@Washington Capitals	Verizon Center
59	23	New York Islanders	First Niagara Center
60	26	@Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Times Forum
61	28	@Florida Panthers	BB&T Center

March

Game	March	Opponent	Location/Attendance
62	2	Nashville Predators	First Niagara Center
63	5	@Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena
64	7	@New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center
65	10	@Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center
66	12	Florida Panthers	First Niagara Center
67	14	@Toronto Maple Leafs	First Niagara Center
68	16	@Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center
69	17	@Washington Capitals	Verizon Center
70	19	Toronto Maple Leafs	First Niagara Center
71	21	Winnipeg Jets	First Niagara Center
72	23	@Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center
73	26	@Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Times Forum
74	28	@Florida Panthers	BB&T Center
75	30	Washington Capitals	First Niagara Center

April

Game	April	Opponent	Location/Attendance
76	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	First Niagara Center
77	4	New Jersey Devils	First Niagara Center
78	6	@Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre
79	8	@Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre
80	9	@Winnipeg Jets	MTS Centre
81	11	New York Rangers	First Niagara Center
82	13	Boston Bruins	First Niagara Center

2012–2013 Schedule

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Revised regular season schedule

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2012–13 Game Log
Overall: 21–21–6 (Home: 11–10–3; Away: 10–11–3)

January: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–0)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location/Attendance	Record
1	20	Philadelphia Flyers	5–2	Miller (1–0–0)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	1–0–0
2	21	@Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	Miller (2–0–0)	Air Canada Centre (19,475)	2–0–0
3	24	@Carolina Hurricanes	3–6	Enroth (0–1–0)	PNC Arena (18,081)	2–1–0
4	25	Carolina Hurricanes	1–3	Miller (2–1–0)	First Niagara Center (18,824)	2–2–0
5	27	@Washington Capitals	2–3	Miller (2–2–0)	Verizon Center (18,506)	2–3–0
6	29	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–4 (OT)	Miller (2–2–1)	First Niagara Center (18,801)	2–3–1
7	31	@Boston Bruins	7–4	Miller (3–2–1)	TD Garden (17,565)	3–3–1

February: 5–9–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 3–4–0)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location/Attendance	Record
8	2	@Montreal Canadiens	1–6	Miller (3–3–1)	Bell Centre (21,273)	3–4–1
9	3	Florida Panthers	3–4	Miller (3–4–1)	First Niagara Center (18,831)	3–5–1
10	5	@Ottawa Senators	3–4	Enroth (0–2–0)	Scotiabank Place (18,345)	3–6–1
11	7	Montreal Canadiens	5–4 (SO)	Miller (4–4–1)	First Niagara Center (18,866)	4–6–1
12	9	@New York Islanders	3–2	Miller (5–4–1)	Nassau Coliseum (12,608)	5–6–1
13	10	Boston Bruins	1–3	Miller (5–5–1)	First Niagara Center (18,869)	5–7–1
14	12	@Ottawa Senators	0–2	Miller (5–6–1)	Scotiabank Place (18,429)	5–8–1
15	15	Boston Bruins	4–2	Miller (6–6–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	6–8–1
16	17	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Miller (6–7–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	6–9–1
17	19	Winnipeg Jets	1–2	Miller (6–8–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	6–10–1
18	21	@Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	Miller (6–9–1)	Air Canada Centre (19,473)	6–11–1
19	23	New York Islanders	0–4	Miller (6–10–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	6–12–1
20	26	@Tampa Bay Lightning	2–1	Miller (7–10–1)	Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204)	7–12–1
21	28	@Florida Panthers	4–3 (SO)	Miller (8–10–1)	BB&T Center (15,672)	8–12–1

March: 5–5–5 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 2–4–3)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location/Attendance	Record
22	2	New Jersey Devils	4–3 (SO)	Miller (9–10–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	9–12–1
23	3	@New York Rangers	2–3 (SO)	Miller (9–10–2)	Madison Square Garden (17,200)	9–12–2
24	5	@Carolina Hurricanes	3–4	Miller (9–11–2)	PNC Arena (15,277)	9–13–2
25	7	@New Jersey Devils	2–3 (SO)	Miller (9–11–3)	Prudential Center (17,625)	9–13–3
26	10	@Philadelphia Flyers	2–3	Miller (9–12–3)	Wells Fargo Center (19,687)	9–14–3
27	12	New York Rangers	3–1	Enroth (1–2–0)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	10–14–3
28	16	Ottawa Senators	3–4 (OT)	Miller (9–12–4)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	10–14–4
29	17	@Washington Capitals	3–5	Miller (9–13–4)	Verizon Center (18,506)	10–15–4
30	19	@Montreal Canadiens	3–2 (OT)	Enroth (2–2–0)	Bell Centre (21,273)	11–15–4
31	21	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–4 (SO)	Miller (10–13–4)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	12–15–4
32	23	@Montreal Canadiens	2–1	Miller (11–13–4)	Bell Centre (21,273)	13–15–4
33	26	@Tampa Bay Lightning	1–2	Miller (11–14–4)	Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204)	13–16–4
34	28	@Florida Panthers	4–5 (SO)^{[permanent dead link]}	Miller (11–14–5)	BB&T Center (17,044)	13–16–5
35	30	Washington Capitals	3–4 (SO)	Enroth (2–2–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	13–16–6
36	31	Boston Bruins	0–2	Miller (11–15–5)	First Niagara Center (19,027)	13–17–6

April: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–1–0)

Game	April	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location/Attendance	Record
37	2	@Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	Miller (12–15–5)	Consol Energy Center (18,642)	14–17–6
38	5	Ottawa Senators	4–2	Miller (13–15–5)	First Niagara Center (18,811)	15–17–6
39	7	New Jersey Devils	3–2 (SO)	Miller (14–15–5)	First Niagara Center (18,703)	16–17–6
40	9	@Winnipeg Jets	1–4	Miller (14–16–5)	MTS Centre (15,004)	16–18–6
41	11	Montreal Canadiens	1–5	Miller (14–17–5)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	16–19–6
42	13	Philadelphia Flyers	1–0	Enroth (3–2–1)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	17–19–6
43	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–1	Enroth (4–2–1)	First Niagara Center (18,991)	18–19–6
44	17	@Boston Bruins	3–2 (SO)	Miller (15–17–5)	TD Garden (17,565)	19–19–6
45	19	New York Rangers	4–8	Enroth (4–3–1)	First Niagara Center (19,003)	19–20–6
–	20	@Pittsburgh Penguins	Game rescheduled to April 23 due to effects on Pittsburgh's schedule resulting from the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.^[25]
46	22	Winnipeg Jets	1–2	Enroth (4–4–1)	First Niagara Center (18,654)	19–21–6
47	23	@Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Miller (16–17–5)	Consol Energy Center (18,630)	20–21–6
48	26	New York Islanders	2–1 (SO)	Miller (17–17–5)	First Niagara Center (19,070)	21–21–6

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

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Player statistics

Final regular season stats^[26]

Skaters

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Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Thomas Vanek	38	20	21	41	−1	20
Cody Hodgson	48	15	19	34	−4	20
Tyler Ennis	47	10	21	31	−14	16
Jason Pominville^‡	37	10	15	25	1	8
Steve Ott	48	9	15	24	3	93
Christian Ehrhoff	47	5	17	22	6	34
Marcus Foligno	47	5	13	18	−4	41
Drew Stafford	46	6	12	18	−16	21
Jochen Hecht	47	5	9	14	6	18
Andrej Sekera	37	2	10	12	−2	4
Brian Flynn	26	6	5	11	6	0
Nathan Gerbe	42	5	5	10	−3	14
Kevin Porter	31	4	5	9	−1	10
Jordan Leopold^‡	24	2	6	8	−6	14
Tyler Myers	39	3	5	8	−8	32
Mike Weber	42	1	6	7	3	70
Ville Leino	8	2	4	6	0	6
Mikhail Grigorenko	25	1	4	5	−1	0
Mark Pysyk	19	1	4	5	−7	0
Alexander Sulzer	17	3	1	4	3	10
Adam Pardy	17	0	4	4	4	14
Robyn Regehr^‡	29	0	2	2	−4	21
Luke Adam	4	1	0	1	1	2
Patrick Kaleta	34	1	0	1	−4	67
T. J. Brennan^‡	10	1	0	1	−1	6
Cody McCormick	8	0	0	0	−2	10
Matt Ellis	6	0	0	0	0	0
John Scott	34	0	0	0	−1	69
Chad Ruhwedel	7	0	0	0	0	0
Totals*	48	118	203	321	−46	630

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*Totals include goaltenders (G/A/Pts/PIM) and bench minors (PIM)

Goaltenders

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Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Ryan Miller	40	39	2302:14	17	17	5	108	2.81	1270	.915	0	2
Jhonas Enroth	12	9	623:26	4	4	1	27	2.60	332	.919	1	0
Totals		48	2925:40	21	21	6	135	2.77	1602	.916	1	2

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^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

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Player	Award	Awarded
Thomas Vanek	NHL Third Star of the Month	February 1, 2013^[27]
Thomas Vanek	NHL First Star of the Week	February 4, 2013^[28]

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Milestones

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Player	Milestone	Reached
Mikhail Grigorenko	1st Career NHL Game	January 20, 2013
Drew Stafford	400th Career NHL Game	January 24, 2013
Mikhail Grigorenko	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 29, 2013
Mikhail Grigorenko	1st Career NHL Assist	January 31, 2013
Cody Hodgson	100th Career NHL Game	February 3, 2013
Tyler Ennis	100th Career NHL Point	February 7, 2013
Alexander Sulzer	100th Career NHL Game	February 9, 2013
Jordan Leopold	600th Career NHL Game	February 12, 2013
Jochen Hecht	800th Career NHL Game	February 12, 2013
Brian Flynn	1st Career NHL Game	March 2, 2013
	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	March 7, 2013
	1st Career NHL Assist	March 12, 2013
Mark Pysyk	1st Career NHL Game	March 17, 2013
Jordan Leopold	200th Career NHL Point	March 19, 2013
Ville Leino	100th Career NHL Point	March 19, 2013
Steve Ott	600th Career NHL Game	March 28, 2013
Christian Ehrhoff	600th Career NHL Game	March 30, 2013
Mark Pysyk	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	April 2, 2013
Ryan Miller	492nd Career NHL Game (Sabres Goalie Franchise Record)	April 2, 2013
Ryan Miller	Sabres Career Saves Record	April 5, 2013
Chad Ruhwedel	1st Career NHL Game	April 13, 2013
Patrick Kaleta	300th Career NHL Game	April 17, 2013
Mark Pysyk	1st Career NHL Goal	April 19, 2013
Ryan Miller	500th Career NHL Game	April 26, 2013

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Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

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Date	Details
June 22, 2012^[29]	To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick (21st overall) in 2012 2nd-round pick (42nd overall) in 2012	To Buffalo Sabres 1st-round pick (14th overall) in 2012
July 2, 2012^[30]	To Dallas Stars Derek Roy	To Buffalo Sabres Steve Ott Adam Pardy
March 15, 2013^[31]	To Florida Panthers T. J. Brennan	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013
March 30, 2013^[32]	To St. Louis Blues Jordan Leopold	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2013^[a]
April 1, 2013^[33]	To Los Angeles Kings Robyn Regehr	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 2nd-round pick in 2015
April 3, 2013^[34]	To Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville 4th-round pick in 2014	To Buffalo Sabres Matt Hackett Johan Larsson 1st-round pick in 2013 2nd-round pick in 2014

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[a]
Condition satisfied.

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
John Scott^[35]	New York Rangers	1 year, $600,000
Kevin Porter^[36]	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $1.075 million
Mark Mancari^[36]	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $550,000
Nick Tarnasky^[37]	Vityaz Chekhov	1 year, $525,000
Tim Schaller^[38]	Providence College	2 years, entry-level contract
Chad Ruhwedel^[39]	University of Massachusetts Lowell	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Paul Szczechura^[40]	Lev Praha	1 year, undisclosed
Shaone Morrisonn^[41]	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed
Dennis Persson^[41]	Brynas IF	Undisclosed
Brad Boyes^[42]	New York Islanders	1 year, $1 million
Michael Ryan^[43]	Assat	1 year, Undisclosed

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Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Joe Finley^[44]	New York Islanders	January 14, 2013

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Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Nathan Lieuwen^[45]	May 5, 2012	3 years, $1.715 million entry-level contract
Alexander Sulzer^[46]	May 21, 2012	1 year, $725,000 contract extension
Joel Armia^[47]^[48]	June 16, 2012	3 years, $3.825 million entry-level contract
David Leggio^[36]	July 6, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Zemgus Girgensons^[49]	July 13, 2012	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
T. J. Brennan^[37]	July 17, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Mikhail Grigorenko^[50]	July 18, 2012	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Drew Schiestel^[51]	July 25, 2012	1 year, $577,500
Patrick Kaleta^[52]	July 31, 2012	3 years, $3.75 million
Alex Biega^[53]	August 2, 2012	1 year, $577,500
Tyler Ennis^[54]	September 15, 2012	2 years, $5.625 million
Jochen Hecht^[55]	January 13, 2013	1 year, $1 million
John Scott^[56]	May 20, 2013	1 year, $750,000 contract extension
Colin Jacobs^[57]	May 30, 2013	3 years, $1.775 million entry-level contract
Jhonas Enroth^[58]	June 20, 2013	2 years, 2.5 million
Mike Weber^[59]	June 27, 2013	3 years, $5 million contract extension

Draft picks

Buffalo Sabres' picks at the 2012 NHL entry draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.^[60]

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	Russia	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
1	14^[a]	Zemgus Girgensons	C	Latvia	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
2	44^[b]	Jake McCabe	D	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
3	73	Justin Kea	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	133	Logan Nelson	C	United States	Victoria Royals (WHL)
6	163	Linus Ullmark	G	Sweden	Modo Hockey Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7	193	Brady Austin	D	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
7	204^[c]	Judd Peterson	C/RW	United States	The Marshall School (USHS-MN)

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Draft notes^[61]

^a The Calgary Flames's first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick and a 2012 second-round pick to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick to the Sabres in exchange for a 2012 first-round pick this pick.
^b The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 25, 2011, trade that sent Chris Butler and Paul Byron to the Flames in exchange for Robyn Regehr, Ales Kotalik and this pick.
The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Christian Ehrhoff to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
^c The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Steve Montador to the Blackhawks in exchange for this pick.

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