2016–17 Buffalo Sabres season

The Sabres held their annual development camp during the second weekend of July. After the previous two seasons in which the Sabres held the tournament in the First Niagara Center, this edition was held at HarborCenter.^[2]

The Sabres reprised their hosting of a prospect tournament for 2016, after the success of the first event in 2015. The New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins returned for the tournament, which ran September 16–19, partially opposite the 2016 World Cup of Hockey; in contrast to the previous season, the Sabres lost both prospect tournament games and finished in third place.^[3] The Sabres contributed three players to the World Cup: Jack Eichel for Team North America, Ryan O'Reilly for Canada, and Rasmus Ristolainen for Finland.

On July 16, 2016, the Sabres hired Tom Ward as an assistant coach. Ward had spent the previous 18 seasons as the head coach for the Minnesota High School boys prep team.^[4]

The Sabres also announced that the naming rights to their home arena will change. Due to First Niagara Financial Group, the arena's previous rights holder, being subsumed into KeyBank, the team's arena will be renamed KeyBank Center for the 2016–17 season.^[5] The arena naming rights have passed through a succession of regional banks, having been known as First Niagara Center, HSBC Arena and Marine Midland Arena, through its 20-year history.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	25	17	6	2	16	74	56	+18	36
2	Ottawa Senators	26	15	9	2	12	64	67	−3	32
3	Boston Bruins	26	15	10	1	13	63	58	+5	31
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	27	14	11	2	12	77	72	+5	30
5	Florida Panthers	26	12	11	3	10	63	67	−4	27
6	Detroit Red Wings	26	12	11	3	9	65	69	−4	27
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	24	10	9	5	10	72	77	−5	25
8	Buffalo Sabres	25	9	10	6	8	51	65	−14	24

Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Rangers	26	17	8	1	17	95	65	+30	35
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	26	16	7	3	14	88	80	+8	35
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	15	5	4	14	77	53	+24	34

Source: National Hockey League

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	25	17	6	2	16	74	56	+18	36
2	Ottawa Senators	26	15	9	2	12	64	67	−3	32
3	Boston Bruins	26	15	10	1	13	63	58	+5	31

Source: National Hockey League

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	Washington Capitals	24	14	7	3	14	61	55	+6	31
2	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	27	14	10	3	11	87	85	+2	31

3	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	27	14	11	2	12	77	72	+5	30
4	ME	New Jersey Devils	24	11	7	6	9	63	66	−3	28
5	AT	Florida Panthers	26	12	11	3	10	63	67	−4	27
6	AT	Detroit Red Wings	26	12	11	3	9	65	69	−4	27
7	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	24	10	9	5	10	72	77	−5	25
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	25	10	10	5	9	58	65	−7	25
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	25	9	10	6	8	51	65	−14	24
10	ME	New York Islanders	24	9	10	5	8	62	71	−9	23

Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 26	Minnesota	2–1	Buffalo		Ullmark		0–1–0	Recap
2	September 27	Ottawa	2–3	Buffalo	OT	Lehner	17,868	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 29	Buffalo	1–0	Toronto	SO	—	—	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 30	Toronto	8–1	Buffalo		Kasdorf	17,866	2-2-0	Recap
5	October 4	Carolina	0–2	Buffalo		—	—	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 5	Buffalo	2–3	Carolina	SO	—	—	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 7	Buffalo	4–2	Ottawa		Lehner	14,216	4–2–1	Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log^[6]

October: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 13	Montreal	4–1	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 16	Buffalo	6–2	Edmonton		Lehner	18,347	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 18	Buffalo	3–4	Calgary	OT	Lehner	19,289	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 20	Buffalo	1–2	Vancouver		Lehner	17,809	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 25	Buffalo	3–4	Philadelphia	SO	Nilsson	19,209	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 27	Minnesota	4–0	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,122	1–3–2	4	Recap
7	October 29	Florida	0–3	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,261	2–3–2	6	Recap
8	October 30	Buffalo	3–1	Winnipeg		Lehner	15,294	3–3–2	8	Recap

November: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 1	Buffalo	2–1	Minnesota		Lehner	18,864	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	November 3	Toronto	2–1	Buffalo		Lehner	18,183	4–4–2	10	Recap
11	November 5	Buffalo	2–1	Ottawa		Lehner	16,225	5–4–2	12	Recap
12	November 7	Buffalo	0–4	Boston		Lehner	17,565	5–5–2	12	Recap
13	November 9	Ottawa	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Lehner	17,884	5–5–3	13	Recap
14	November 11	New Jersey	2–1	Buffalo	OT	Nilsson	18,301	5–5–4	14	Recap
15	November 12	Buffalo	2–4	New Jersey		Lehner	16,514	5–6–4	14	Recap
16	November 15	Buffalo	1–4	St. Louis		Lehner	16,884	5–7–4	14	Recap
17	November 17	Tampa Bay	4–1	Buffalo		Lehner	17,870	5–8–4	14	Recap
18	November 19	Pittsburgh	1–2	Buffalo	SO	Nilsson	18,817	6–8–4	16	Recap
19	November 21	Calgary	2–4	Buffalo		Lehner	17,526	7–8–4	18	Recap
20	November 23	Detroit	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Lehner	18,360	7–8–5	19	Recap
21	November 25	Buffalo	1–3	Washington		Nilsson	18,506	7–9–5	19	Recap
22	November 29	Buffalo	5–4	Ottawa		Nilsson	14,259	8–9–5	21	Recap

December: 1–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 1	NY Rangers	3–4	Buffalo		Nilsson	18,047	9–9–5	23	Recap
24	December 3	Boston	2–1	Buffalo		Lehner	19,070	9–10–5	23	Recap
25	December 5	Buffalo	–	Washington				––
26	December 6	Edmonton	–	Buffalo				––
27	December 9	Washington	–	Buffalo				––
28	December 13	Los Angeles	–	Buffalo				––
29	December 16	NY Islanders	–	Buffalo				––
30	December 17	Buffalo	–	Carolina				––
31	December 20	Buffalo	–	Florida				––
32	December 22	Carolina	–	Buffalo				––
33	December 23	Buffalo	–	NY Islanders				––
34	December 27	Buffalo	–	Detroit				––
35	December 29	Boston	–	Buffalo				––
36	December 31	Buffalo	–	Boston				––

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 3	Buffalo	–	NY Rangers				––
38	January 5	Buffalo	–	Chicago				––
39	January 7	Winnipeg	–	Buffalo				––
40	January 10	Philadelphia	–	Buffalo				––
41	January 12	Buffalo	–	Tampa Bay				––
42	January 13	Buffalo	–	Carolina				––
43	January 16	Dallas	–	Buffalo				––
44	January 17	Buffalo	–	Toronto				––
45	January 20	Detroit	–	Buffalo				––
46	January 21	Buffalo	–	Montreal				––
47	January 24	Buffalo	–	Nashville				––
48	January 26	Buffalo	–	Dallas				––
49	January 31	Buffalo	–	Montreal				––

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	NY Rangers	–	Buffalo				––
51	February 4	Ottawa	–	Buffalo				––
52	February 6	Buffalo	–	New Jersey				––
53	February 7	San Jose	–	Buffalo				––
54	February 9	Anaheim	–	Buffalo				––
55	February 11	Buffalo	–	Toronto				––
56	February 12	Vancouver	–	Buffalo				––
57	February 14	Buffalo	–	Ottawa				––
58	February 16	Colorado	–	Buffalo				––
59	February 18	St. Louis	–	Buffalo				––
60	February 19	Chicago	–	Buffalo				––
61	February 25	Buffalo	–	Colorado				––
62	February 26	Buffalo	–	Arizona				––
63	February 28	Nashville	–	Buffalo				––

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 2	Arizona	–	Buffalo				––
65	March 4	Tampa Bay	–	Buffalo				––
66	March 5	Buffalo	–	Pittsburgh				––
67	March 7	Philadelphia	–	Buffalo				––
68	March 10	Buffalo	–	Columbus				––
69	March 11	Columbus	–	Buffalo				––
70	March 14	Buffalo	–	San Jose				––
71	March 16	Buffalo	–	Los Angeles				––
72	March 17	Buffalo	–	Anaheim				––
73	March 20	Buffalo	–	Detroit				––
74	March 21	Pittsburgh	–	Buffalo				––
75	March 25	Toronto	–	Buffalo				––
76	March 27	Florida	–	Buffalo				––
77	March 28	Buffalo	–	Columbus				––

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	NY Islanders	–	Buffalo				––
79	April 3	Toronto	–	Buffalo				––
80	April 5	Montreal	–	Buffalo				––
81	April 8	Buffalo	–	Florida				––
82	April 9	Buffalo	–	Tampa Bay				––

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

Player stats

As of November 1, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season^[7]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly	9	4	4	8	0	0
Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo	8	4	3	7	3	4
Ristolainen, RasmusRasmus Ristolainen	9	0	7	7	−1	10
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta	9	3	3	6	4	4
Moulson, MattMatt Moulson	9	4	1	5	0	2
Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson	9	2	2	4	−1	6
Reinhart, SamSam Reinhart	9	1	3	4	−1	2
Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno	9	1	2	3	2	6
Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons	9	1	2	3	−2	0
Franson, CodyCody Franson	9	0	3	3	3	2
Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis	9	1	1	2	−4	0
McCabe, JakeJake McCabe	9	0	2	2	0	4
Baptiste, NicholasNicholas Baptiste	4	1	0	1	1	2
Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges	9	0	0	0	−1	10
Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian	9	0	0	0	−2	6
Grant, DerekDerek Grant	9	0	0	0	−3	2
Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov	8	0	0	0	−1	6
Deslauriers, NicolasNicolas Deslauriers	7	0	0	0	−3	4
Fasching, HudsonHudson Fasching	6	0	0	0	−2	2
Kane, EvanderEvander Kane	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bailey, JustinJustin Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson, CaseyCasey Nelson	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[8]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner	6	6	359	3	2	1	14	2.34	177	.921	0	0	0	0
Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson	3	3	185	1	1	1	6	1.96	95	.937	1	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.

Roster

Updated December 5, 2016.^[9]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
47	United States !	Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian	2.0 !D	R	26	2015	Massena, New York
46	United States !	Burgdoerfer, ErikErik Burgdoerfer	2.0 !D	R	27	2016	Setauket-East Setauket, New York
48	Canada !	Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier	6.0 !LW	L	21	2014	Pierrefonds, Quebec
44	Canada !	Deslauriers, NicolasNicolas Deslauriers	6.0 !LW	L	25	2014	LaSalle, Quebec
15	United States !	Eichel, JackJack Eichel	4.0 !C	R	20	2015	North Chelmsford, Massachusetts
63	Canada !	Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis	4.2 !C/LW	L	27	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
41	Canada !	Falk, JustinJustin Falk	2.0 !D	L	28	2016	Snowflake, Manitoba
82	United States !	Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno	6.0 !LW	L	25	2009	Buffalo, New York
46	Canada !	Franson, CodyCody Franson	2.0 !D	R	29	2015	Sicamous, British Columbia
12	United States !	Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta (C)	7.0 !RW	R	37	2014	Rochester, New York
28	Latvia !	Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons	4.0 !C	L	22	2012	Riga, Latvia
4	Canada !	Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges (A)	2.0 !D	L	32	2014	Kelowna, British Columbia
27	Canada !	Grant, DerekDerek Grant	4.0 !C	L	26	2016	Abbotsford, British Columbia
45	Canada !	Guhle, BrendanBrendan Guhle	2.0 !D	L	19	2015	Edmonton, Alberta
9	Canada !	Kane, EvanderEvander Kane	6.0 !LW	L	25	2015	Vancouver, British Columbia
77	Russia !	Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov	2.0 !D	L	26	2016	Lipetsk, Soviet Union
22	Sweden !	Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson	6.0 !LW	L	24	2013	Lau, Sweden
40	Sweden !	Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner	1.0 !G	L	25	2015	Gothenburg, Sweden
29	United States !	McCabe, JakeJake McCabe	2.0 !D	L	23	2014	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
26	Canada !	Moulson, MattMatt Moulson	6.0 !LW	L	33	2014	North York, Ontario
31	Sweden !	Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson	1.0 !G	L	26	2016	Luleå, Sweden
21	United States !	Okposo, KyleKyle Okposo	7.0 !RW	R	28	2016	St. Paul, Minnesota
90	Canada !	O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly (A)	4.0 !C	L	25	2015	Clinton, Ontario
23	Canada !	Reinhart, SamSam Reinhart	4.0 !C	R	21	2014	North Vancouver, British Columbia
55	Finland !	Ristolainen, RasmusRasmus Ristolainen	2.0 !D	R	22	2013	Turku, Finland

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Florida Panthers Mark Pysyk 2nd-round pick in 2016 STL's 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Buffalo Sabres Dmitry Kulikov VAN's 2nd-round pick in 2016	^[10]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	To St. Louis Blues 5th-round pick in 2017	To Buffalo Sabres Anders Nilsson	^[11]

Notes

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016	Kyle Okposo	New York Islanders	7 years, $42 million contract	^[12]
July 1, 2016	Taylor Fedun	Utica Comets	1 year, $600,000 two-way contract	^[13]
July 1, 2016	Justin Falk	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $650,000, two-way contract	^[13]
July 2, 2016	Derek Grant	Stockton Heat	1 year, $650,000, two-way contract	^[14]
July 21, 2016	Erik Burgdoerfer	Hershey Bears	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract	^[15]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016	Chad Johnson	Calgary Flames	1 year, $1.7 million	^[13]
July 1, 2016	Chad Ruhwedel	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000	^[13]
July 1, 2016	Tim Schaller	Boston Bruins	1 year, $600,000	^[16]
July 19, 2016	Nathan Lieuwen	San Antonio Rampage	1 year, amount undisclosed	^[17]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref
Matt Ellis	^[18]

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	Casey Nelson	2 years, $1.3 million	^[19]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Jake McCabe	3 years, $4.8 million	^[20]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Cole Schneider	1 year, $600,000	^[21]
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Marcus Foligno	1 year, $2.25 million	^[22]^[23]
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Alexander Nylander	3 years, entry-level contract	^[24]
July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16)	Dan Catenacci	1 year, $575,000, two-way contract	^[4]
July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)	Jason Kasdorf	2 years, $1.15 million, two-way contract	^[25]
October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)	Rasmus Ristolainen	6 years, $32.4 million	^[26]

Draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Alexander Nylander	LW	Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
2	33^[a]	Rasmus Asplund	C	Sweden	Farjestad BK (SHL)
3	69	Cliff Pu	C	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
3	86^[b]	Casey Fitzgerald	D	United States	Boston College Eagles (HE)
4	99	Brett Murray	LW	Canada	Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL)
5	129	Philip Nyberg	D	Sweden	Linköpings HC (SHL)
5	130^[c]	Vojtech Budik	D	Czech Republic	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	159	Brandon Hagel	LW	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	189	Austin Osmanski	D	United States	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
7	190^[d]	Vasily Glotov	C	Russia	Lvy St. Petersburg (MHL)

Notes

^[a] The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Mark Pysyk, a second-round pick and St. Louis’ third-round pick both in 2016 (38th and 89th overall) to Florida in exchange for Dmitry Kulikov and this pick.^[27]

Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016 that sent Erik Gudbranson and the Islanders fifth-round pick in 2016 to Vancouver in exchange for Jared McCann, a fourth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[28]

The Buffalo Sabres’ second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Dmitri Kulikov and Vancouver’s second-round pick in 2016 (33rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Mark Pysyk, St. Louis’ third-round pick in 2016 (89th overall) and this pick.^[27]
^[b] The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on February 11, 2015 that sent Jhonas Enroth to Dallas in exchange for Anders Lindback and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[29] The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Enroth wins fewer than four playoff games for the Stars in 2015 – was converted on April 6, 2015 when the Stars were eliminated from playoff contention.^[30]
^[c] The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick will go to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brian Flynn to Montreal in exchange for this pick.^[31]
^[d] The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Torrey Mitchell to Montreal in exchange for Jack Nevins and this pick.^[32]

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Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Terrence Pegula President Russ Brandon General Manager Tim Murray Head coach Dan Bylsma Team captain Brian Gionta Current roster

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium HarborCenter (practice) KeyBank Center

Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Elmira Jackals

Owners	Knox/Knox/Swados/Strawbridge Rigas Golisano/Quinn Pegula

General managers	Imlach Anderson Bowman Meehan Muckler Regier LaFontaine (de facto) Murray

Head coaches	Imlach Smith Crozier Smith Pronovost Inglis Bowman Neilson Roberts Bowman Schoenfeld Bowman Ramsay Sator Dudley Muckler Nolan Ruff Rolston Nolan Bylsma

Media	Sabres Hockey Network WGR 550 MSG Western New York Broadcasters

Culture and lore	"The French Connection" Ted Darling Rick Jeanneret The Fog Game No Goal 2008 NHL Winter Classic 2011 NHL Premiere Taro Tsujimoto Ronan Tynan Ryan Vinz Hockey Night Live! HarborCenter Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo Bandits Sabretooth Sabre Dance

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 1999–2000

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

2016–17 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Heritage Classic Centennial Classic Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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