Buffalo Sabres Game Notes
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Buffalo Sabres Game Notes
Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Thu, Oct 27, 2011 NHL Game #126 Buffalo Sabres 5 - 3 - 0 (10 pts) Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 7 - 1 (3 pts) Team Game: 9 Home Game: 4 1 - 2 - 0 (Home) 4 - 1 - 0 (Road) Team Game: 10 Road Game: 5 1 - 3 - 1 (Home) 0 - 4 - 0 (Road) # 1 30 # 3 6 8 9 10 17 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 36 37 42 44 55 57 63 72 Goalie Jhonas Enroth Ryan Miller P D D C C D D R R C D L C R R L L D C D L C GP 1 7 Player Jordan Leopold Mike Weber Cody McCormick Derek Roy (A) Christian Ehrhoff Marc-Andre Gragnani Drew Stafford (A) Brad Boyes Ville Leino Robyn Regehr Thomas Vanek (A) Paul Gaustad (A) Jason Pominville (C) Patrick Kaleta Matt Ellis Nathan Gerbe Andrej Sekera Jochen Hecht Tyler Myers Tyler Ennis Luke Adam Owner President General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff GP 8 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 8 8 0 8 7 8 W 1 4 G 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 L OT GAA SV% 0 0 2.00 .935 3 0 2.01 .933 A 1 0 1 3 4 3 2 2 1 0 4 1 8 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 4 P 2 0 1 4 5 3 5 3 2 0 11 2 10 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 7 +/2 0 -1 2 -5 5 0 3 -3 -1 3 2 3 -2 1 4 6 0 0 2 -1 PIM 0 0 9 6 6 2 8 0 0 6 10 14 2 7 0 4 0 0 2 2 2 Terry Pegula Ted Black Darcy Regier Lindy Ruff James Patrick (Assistant), Kevyn Adams (Assistant), Teppo Numminen (Assistant), Jim Corsi (Goaltender) # 1 30 Goalie Steve Mason Curtis Sanford 41 Allen York # 3 4 5 8 10 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 26 28 32 50 51 61 P D D D L D D R C L C D L C C L C C D R Player Marc Methot John Moore Aaron Johnson Maksim Mayorov Kris Russell Grant Clitsome Derek Dorsett Derick Brassard RJ Umberger (A) Ryan Johansen James Wisniewski (A) Vinny Prospal Derek MacKenzie Samuel Pahlsson Alexandre Giroux Cody Bass Antoine Vermette (A) Fedor Tyutin Rick Nash (C) Executive VP & General Manager Assistant General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Goaltending Coach/Video Assistant Coach GP 9 1 W 1 0 1 0 GP 6 2 5 7 8 9 9 9 9 6 1 9 9 9 5 4 9 9 9 G 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 L OT GAA SV% 7 1 3.25 .889 0 0 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 .000 A 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 P 0 1 4 1 3 5 1 3 3 3 0 8 2 0 1 1 3 2 8 +/-2 1 0 -2 1 -1 -2 -4 -1 2 1 0 3 -2 -1 1 -1 -1 -1 PIM 4 0 2 2 8 4 16 4 2 2 0 10 2 2 2 5 2 4 4 Scott Howson Chris MacFarland Scott Arniel Brad Berry, Dan Hinote & Todd Richards Ian Clark/Dan Singleton Tonight's Officials Referees 18 Greg Kimmerly, 5 Chris Rooney Ntl. Anthem Linesmen 67 Pierre Champoux, 71 Brad Kovachik John Galipeau Video Judge Today's Schedule MTL @ BOS : 7:00 CBJ @ BUF : 7:00 TOR @ NYR : 7:00 NYI @ PIT : 7:00 TBL @ NSH : 7:00 NJD @ PHX : 7:00 WPG @ PHI : 7:00 FLA @ OTT : 7:30 LAK @ DAL : 7:30 WSH @ EDM : 7:30 ANA @ MIN : 7:00 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name 1 3 6 8 9 10 17 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 36 37 42 44 55 57 63 72 Jhonas Enroth Jordan Leopold Mike Weber Cody McCormick Derek Roy Christian Ehrhoff Marc-Andre Gragnani Drew Stafford Brad Boyes Ville Leino Robyn Regehr Thomas Vanek Paul Gaustad Jason Pominville Ryan Miller Patrick Kaleta Matt Ellis Nathan Gerbe Andrej Sekera Jochen Hecht Tyler Myers Tyler Ennis Luke Adam 23 Players Total Pos Ht. Wt. Born G D D C C D D R R C D L C R G R L L D C D L C 5' 10" 6' 1" 6' 2" 6' 3" 5' 9" 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 0" 6' 1" 6' 3" 6' 2" 6' 5" 6' 0" 6' 2" 6' 1" 6' 0" 5' 5" 6' 0" 6' 1" 6' 8" 5' 9" 6' 2" 166 206 211 221 184 203 201 214 204 190 225 205 212 185 175 206 212 178 201 198 227 157 203 Jun 25, 1988 Aug 3, 1980 Dec 16, 1987 Apr 18, 1983 May 4, 1983 Jul 6, 1982 Mar 11, 1987 Oct 30, 1985 Apr 17, 1982 Oct 6, 1983 Apr 19, 1980 Jan 19, 1984 Feb 3, 1982 Nov 30, 1982 Jul 17, 1980 Jun 8, 1986 Aug 31, 1981 Jul 24, 1987 Jun 8, 1986 Jun 21, 1977 Feb 1, 1990 Oct 6, 1989 Jun 18, 1990 Avg: 6' 0" 199 Age: 27.3 Birth Place Stockholm, SWE Golden Valley, MN, USA Pittsburgh, PA, USA London, ON, CAN Ottawa, ON, CAN Moers, DEU Montreal, QC, CAN Milwaukee, WI, USA Mississauga, ON, CAN Savonlinna, FIN Recife, BRA Vienna, AUT Fargo, ND, USA Repentigny, QC, CAN East Lansing, MI, USA Buffalo, NY, USA Welland, ON, CAN Oxford, MI, USA Bojnice, SVK Mannheim, DEU Houston, TX, USA Edmonton, AB, CAN St. John's, NL, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Columbus Blue Jackets: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born 1 3 4 5 8 10 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 26 28 30 32 41 50 51 61 Steve Mason Marc Methot John Moore Aaron Johnson Maksim Mayorov Kris Russell Grant Clitsome Derek Dorsett Derick Brassard RJ Umberger Ryan Johansen James Wisniewski Vinny Prospal Derek MacKenzie Samuel Pahlsson Alexandre Giroux Curtis Sanford Cody Bass Allen York Antoine Vermette Fedor Tyutin Rick Nash G D D D L D D R C L C D L C C L G C G C D R 6' 4" 6' 3" 6' 3" 6' 1" 6' 2" 5' 10" 5' 11" 6' 0" 6' 1" 6' 2" 6' 3" 6' 0" 6' 2" 5' 11" 6' 0" 6' 3" 5' 11" 6' 0" 6' 3" 6' 1" 6' 2" 6' 4" 217 227 202 204 198 172 215 192 202 220 203 208 191 180 202 208 187 205 188 198 216 219 May 29, 1988 Jun 21, 1985 Nov 19, 1990 Apr 30, 1983 Mar 26, 1989 May 2, 1987 Apr 14, 1985 Dec 20, 1986 Sep 22, 1987 May 3, 1982 Jul 31, 1992 Feb 21, 1984 Feb 17, 1975 Jun 11, 1981 Dec 17, 1977 Jun 16, 1981 Oct 5, 1979 Jan 7, 1987 Jun 17, 1989 Jul 20, 1982 Jul 19, 1983 Jun 16, 1984 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 202 Age: 27.0 D C L G R D 6' 2" 6' 4" 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 1" 210 199 184 185 219 200 Aug 31, 1976 Jan 1, 1985 Nov 10, 1978 May 10, 1986 May 13, 1986 Feb 14, 1989 Birth Place Oakville, ON, CAN Ottawa, ON, CAN Winnetka, IL, USA Port Hawkesbury, NS, CAN Leninogorsk, RUS Caroline, AB, CAN Gloucester, ON, CAN Kindersley, SK, CAN Hull, QC, CAN Pittsburgh, PA, USA Vancouver, BC, CAN Canton, MI, USA Ceské Budejovice, CZE Sudbury, ON, CAN Ange, SWE Quebec City, QC, CAN Owen Sound, ON, CAN Owen Sound, ON, CAN Wetaskiwin, AB, CAN St. Agapit, QC, CAN Izhevsk, RUS Brampton, ON, CAN Injured Reserve List (6 Players) 2 7 20 31 40 49 Radek Martinek Jeff Carter Kristian Huselius Mark Dekanich Jared Boll Theo Ruth Havlicko Brod, CZE London, ON, CAN Osterhaninge, SWE N. Vancouver, BC, CAN Charlotte, NC, USA Naperville, IL, USA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks ANTOINE VERMETTE (3 / 3 Games) RYAN JOHANSEN (2 / 2 Games) ANTOINE VERMETTE (0-3-3 / 3 Games) RYAN JOHANSEN (1-2-3 / 2 Games) KRIS RUSSELL (1-1-2 / 2 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player L R C R L D C R D D C C D D L C R L D 26 29 72 21 42 10 9 22 17 3 23 28 57 44 37 8 36 63 24 Thomas Vanek Jason Pominville Luke Adam Drew Stafford Nathan Gerbe Christian Ehrhoff Derek Roy Brad Boyes Marc-Andre Gragnani Jordan Leopold Ville Leino Paul Gaustad Tyler Myers Andrej Sekera Matt Ellis Cody McCormick Patrick Kaleta Tyler Ennis Robyn Regehr # Player 30 1 Ryan Miller Jhonas Enroth GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 8 8 7 8 7 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 4 2 3 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 10 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 -1 0 4 -5 2 3 5 2 -3 2 0 6 1 -1 -2 2 -1 10 2 2 8 4 6 6 0 2 0 0 14 2 0 0 9 7 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 23 18 20 20 16 13 11 4 8 5 14 11 8 1 9 9 12 6 20.6 8.7 16.7 15.0 10.0 6.2 7.7 9.1 0.0 12.5 20.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17:24 17:49 14:59 16:01 14:33 24:20 17:04 12:07 16:04 21:46 14:28 14:26 21:43 16:33 6:49 8:28 13:56 12:44 19:28 0.0 46.8 42.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 58.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 35.6 53.8 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 4 4 3 8 14 8 3 5 0 4 1 9 12 7 1 12 16 2 21 2 7 3 5 1 12 3 0 6 9 2 7 10 5 1 2 4 1 16 GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 7 1 417 60 2.01 2.00 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 14 2 194 29 .933 .935 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus Blue Jackets: Season Statistics Pos # Player L R D D C D C L C C C D R D L D L C C D D 22 61 14 5 16 10 19 18 50 7 24 51 15 4 28 2 8 32 26 21 3 Vinny Prospal Rick Nash Grant Clitsome Aaron Johnson Derick Brassard Kris Russell Ryan Johansen RJ Umberger Antoine Vermette Jeff Carter Derek MacKenzie Fedor Tyutin Derek Dorsett John Moore Alexandre Giroux Radek Martinek Maksim Mayorov Cody Bass Samuel Pahlsson James Wisniewski Marc Methot # Player 1 30 41 Steve Mason Curtis Sanford Allen York GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks 9 9 9 5 9 8 6 9 9 5 9 9 9 2 5 7 7 4 9 1 6 3 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 8 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 -4 1 2 -1 -1 1 3 -1 -2 1 -1 -3 -2 1 -2 1 -2 10 4 4 2 4 8 2 2 2 4 2 4 16 0 2 0 2 5 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 27 18 11 16 10 10 19 19 20 8 16 8 1 9 10 5 4 2 1 5 12.0 11.1 0.0 18.2 12.5 20.0 10.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 100.0 11.1 10.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18:29 19:43 23:23 18:52 14:52 18:35 11:44 18:43 19:41 19:56 9:21 23:53 12:15 11:28 13:44 19:26 11:50 8:37 13:07 27:21 18:33 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 41.9 0.0 43.5 44.0 52.4 57.3 46.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.8 0.0 0.0 9 15 16 13 15 8 1 16 10 4 23 19 23 2 9 5 10 7 17 2 11 2 0 11 3 0 9 2 9 7 4 3 14 5 2 0 7 3 3 5 4 10 GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 9 1 1 517 18 3 3.25 0.00 0.00 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 224 3 0 .889 1.000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Buffalo Sabres Team Records Last game: Next game: Overall record/streak: Home record/streak: Road record/streak: Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: 1-Goal Games: 2-Goal Games 3-Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after 1 period Trailing after 1 period Tied after 1 period Leading after 2 periods Trailing after 2 periods Tied after 2 periods OT Record - This Season: OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Northeast: vs. Atlantic: vs. Southeast: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. Northwest: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Tuesday VS DETROIT (4-1 W) Tuesday VS TAMPA BAY (4-3 L) Saturday AT CHICAGO Saturday VS FLORIDA 1 - 7 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1 5 - 3 - 0 / Lost 2 1 - 3 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1 1 - 2 - 0 / Lost 2 0 - 4 - 0 / Lost 4 4 - 1 - 0 / Lost 1 1-4-0 3-2-0 1-7-1 5-3-0 0-4-1 1-2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-2-0 4-2-0 0-5-1 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-2-1 0-0-0 0-5-0 3-3-0 1-1-0 5-0-0 0-4-0 0-3-0 0-2-1 0-0-0 0-1 0-0 69 - 80 - 33 124 - 117 - 215 0-1 0-0 29 - 42 36 - 30 1-4-1 1-2-0 0-2-0 4-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 0-1-0 3-3-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 0-2-1 0-0-0 1-6-1 2-0-0 Month by Month Record Columbus Blue Jackets October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals: Buffalo Sabres W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points 1-7-1 3 5-3-0 10 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 1-7-1 3 5-3-0 10 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Buffalo Sabres Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Columbus Blue Jackets: Opponents: 6 7 8 0 21 ( 2.3 avg.) 9 8 12 0 29 ( 3.2 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: Opponents: 8 9 6 0 23 ( 2.9 avg.) 4 7 6 0 17 ( 2.1 avg.) Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Columbus Blue Jackets: Opponents: 91 99 73 2 265 (29.4 avg.) 67 90 97 2 256 (28.4 avg.) Buffalo Sabres: Opponents: 79 99 64 0 242 (30.3 avg.) 80 83 77 0 240 (30.0 avg.) Power Play Columbus Blue Jackets Overall: Home: Road: Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % 5 45 11.1 (26th NHL) 4 25 16.0 (15th NHL) 2 26 7.7 (28th NHL) 2 13 15.4 (T-14th NHL) 3 19 15.8 (T-13th NHL) 2 12 16.7 (12th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL) 2 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-27th NHL) Penalty Killing Columbus Blue Jackets Overall: Home: Road: Buffalo Sabres G Att % G Att % 10 31 67.7 (30th NHL) 2 25 92.0 (3rd NHL) 2 16 87.5 (T-13th NHL) 1 14 92.9 (5th NHL) 8 15 46.7 (30th NHL) 1 11 90.9 (7th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-5th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-17th NHL) Penalties Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 9 87 9.7 (T-6th NHL) 8 82 10.3 (T-8th NHL) Goal Situations Columbus Blue Jackets 5 on 5: 5 on 4: 5 on 3: 4 on 4: 4 on 3: 3 on 3: 3 on 4: 3 on 5: 4 on 5: Empty Net: Penalty Shots: Total: Buffalo Sabres For Against For Against 15 17 17 11 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 29 23 17 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Buffalo Sabres Situations Individual Leaders Columbus Blue Jackets Points: Goals: Assists: PP Goals: SH Goals: GW Goals: 3+ Goals: PIM: Shots: +/-: Buffalo Sabres V. PROSPAL (8),R. NASH (8),G. CLITSOME (5) T. VANEK (11),J. POMINVILLE (10),L. ADAM (7) V. PROSPAL (3),R. NASH (3),A. JOHNSON (2) T. VANEK (7),D. STAFFORD (3),L. ADAM (3) V. PROSPAL (5),R. NASH (5),G. CLITSOME (5) J. POMINVILLE (8),C. EHRHOFF (4),T. VANEK (4) V. PROSPAL (1),A. JOHNSON (1),R. NASH (1) T. VANEK (3),D. STAFFORD (1) D. MACKENZIE (1) R. JOHANSEN (1) T. VANEK (2),P. GAUSTAD (1),D. STAFFORD (1) D. DORSETT (16),V. PROSPAL (10),K. RUSSELL (8) P. GAUSTAD (14),T. VANEK (10),C. MCCORMICK (9) R. NASH (27),V. PROSPAL (25),J. CARTER (20) T. VANEK (34),J. POMINVILLE (23),D. STAFFORD (20) D. MACKENZIE (+3),R. JOHANSEN (+2),J. WISNIEWSKI (+1) A. SEKERA (+6),M. GRAGNANI (+5),N. GERBE (+4) Shootout Columbus Blue Jackets Shooter Rick Nash Vinny Prospal Jeff Carter Goaltender Steve Mason Buffalo Sabres G/S % GDG 1/1 0/1 0/1 100.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 Rec. G/S % 0-1 2/2 .000 G A P 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 G A P 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 Shooter G/S % GDG Goaltender Rec. G/S % G A P 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 A P Power Play Columbus Blue Jackets Player Vinny Prospal Rick Nash Fedor Tyutin Derick Brassard Ryan Johansen Aaron Johnson Kris Russell Antoine Vermette Grant Clitsome Buffalo Sabres Player Thomas Vanek Jason Pominville Drew Stafford Derek Roy Christian Ehrhoff Marc-Andre Gragnani Nathan Gerbe Luke Adam Short Handed Columbus Blue Jackets Player Derek MacKenzie RJ Umberger Grant Clitsome Buffalo Sabres Player G Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Tuesday, October 25 Tampa Bay 4 @ Buffalo 3 Goals: Vanek, Boyes, Gerbe Goalie: Miller (19 saves/23 shots) PP: 0/3; PK: 3/3; Shots: Tampa Bay 23 –Buffalo 39 CURRENT INJURIES –(Man Games Lost: 9) Jochen Hecht (head, Oct. 7; day-to-day) –8 games Tyler Ennis (ankle, Oct. 25; week-to-week) –1 game TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS N/A UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Oct. 29 Wednesday, Nov. 2 Friday, Nov. 4 Saturday, Nov. 5 Tuesday, Nov. 8 Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Buffalo, 7 p.m. TONIGHT’S GAME BLUE JACKETS at SABRES -First of two meetings between the Sabres and Blue Jackets this season. -These two teams met twice last year; Buffalo went 2-0-0; 1-0-0 at home. -The Sabres are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Blue Jackets; 3-4-0 at home. -This is the 13th game all-time between Buffalo and Columbus; Buffalo leads the series with a 4-7-1 record. -Buffalo is 3-4-0 at home against the Blue Jackets all-time. -The two teams will face each other again on Nov. 25 in Columbus to finish out the regular season series. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Tonight is Buffalo’s second game of a season-high five-game home stretch… The Sabres have not lost at home to the Blue Jackets since Nov. 14, 2008… Buffalo is 2-0-0 vs. Western Conference opponents this season… Ryan Miller is 10 wins from overtaking Dominik Hasek’s franchise record of 234… Buffalo has killed 23 of 25 penalties (92%) in 2011-12… Jason Pominville has 20 points (6+14) in his last 17 regular season games, dating back to 3/25/11 vs. FLA… Buffalo is 21-7-4 since Terry Pegula purchased the team. HOW THEY STACK UP (Sabres’ league rankings before 10/26 games) Vanek: 3 PPG (T-2nd), 34 S (3rd), 2 GWG (T-3rd), 7 G (3rd), 11 P (4th) Pominville: 8 A (T-1st), 10 P (T-6th) Sekera: plus-6 (T-4th) Adam: 4 A (T-1st, rookies), 7 P (2nd, rookies), 3 G (T-3rd, rookies) Gragnani: 3 A (T-3rd, rookies), plus-5 (T-10th) Miller: 4 W (T-5th) CENTER OF ATTENTION Derek Roy went 14-for-21 on the draw (67%) on Tuesday vs. TBL. Entering Wednesday’s games, Roy was ranked 11th in the league in faceoff percentage this season, going 76-for-131 (58%). 500 AND COUNTING… Brad Boyes became the 20th player in NHL history to dress for 500 consecutive games on Tuesday vs. TBL. Boyes notched two points (1+1) in the loss, scoring his first goal since Mar. 19 vs. ATL. Boyes leads all Sabres skaters with 21 points (9+12) in 27 career games against the Blue Jackets. Boyes has the NHL’s third-longest active ironman streak, and has never missed a game due to injury in his NHL career. He trails only Calgary’s Jay Bouwmeester and Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin. KILLING TIME After killing off all three penalties Tuesday vs. TBL, Buffalo’s penalty kill is ranked third in the league at 92.0% (23-for-25). The team ended the 2010-11 season by going 48-for-52 (92.3%) on the kill in their last 17 games to finish 13th in the league at 83.0%. Ryan Miller has a save percentage of .940 while shorthanded this season. A HELPING HAND With an assist Tuesday vs. TBL, Jason Pominville entered play Wednesday tied for the league lead with eight assists. Pominville now has 20 points in his last 17 regular season games, dating back to Mar. 25 vs. FLA. VANEK MOVING UP THE CHARTS Thomas Vanek’s 211 career goals tie Alexander Mogilny’s total for 10th-most all-time by a Sabre. Vanek needs five more goals to tie Don Luce for ninth. His 36 game-winners are fifth-most in Sabres history, two behind Dave Andreychuk for fourth-most by a Sabre alltime. MR. CONSISTENT Vanek has scored 32 points (16+16) in his last 26 regular season games, dating back to Mar. 5. In those 26 games, he has not gone more than one game without recording a point. Entering Wednesday night, Vanek tied Jarome Iginla for second-most goals during that stretch (trailing only Corey Perry) and tied Martin St. Louis for fourth in points behind Daniel Sedin, Jason Spezza and Perry. HOME COOKING The Sabres are back home after wrapping up a road trip that saw them pick up six of a possible eight points (3-1-0). Tonight’s game is the second in a five-game home stretch ending with a matchup with Calgary on Nov. 4. The home stand is the first of two five-game stints at home this season, the longest such stretches for the team in 2011-12. The next one will take place between Dec. 7 vs. PHI and Dec. 16 vs. TOR. OUTSTANDING IN OCTOBER Since the lockout, October has been Buffalo’s second-best month (trailing only April). The Sabres have a 44-23-6 (.644) record in 73 October games during that period. The Sabres play 10 games in October (5 home, 5 away) this season. They have just one break of three days or more during the month (10/9-10/13) and two sets of back-to-back games. They play seven games against Eastern Conference opponents and three against teams from the West. LINDY’S LONGEVITY Since Lindy Ruff was named Buffalo's head coach on July 21, 1997, there have been 163 coaching changes in the NHL. Ruff is the third-longest tenured coach in the four major professional sports leagues. Tony LaRussa (St. Louis Cardinals) and Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs) both began coaching their teams in 1996. THE ARBOUR CLUB Lindy Ruff has 531 wins as head coach of the Sabres, second-most by a head coach with a single franchise, trailing only Al Arbour (740). Ruff has more wins than any other coach with his first NHL team. SABRES REAL-TIME STATS LEADERS Blocked Shots: Regehr (16), Ehrhoff (12), Myers (10) Hits: Regehr (21), Kaleta (16), Gerbe (14) Takeaways: Adam (7), Leino/Pominville (5), Sekera (4) Shots: Vanek (34), Pominville (23), Stafford/Gerbe (20) 2011-12 ROSTER NOTES Of the 23 players on Buffalo’s opening night roster: *15 were originally drafted by the Sabres -- four were first-round Buffalo selections (Thomas Vanek, 2003; Drew Stafford, 2004; Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis, 2008) *Four were acquired in trades: Hecht, Boyes, Regehr, Ehrhoff *Three were signed as free agents: McCormick, Leopold, Leino *One was acquired from waivers: Ellis *20 played in Buffalo at some point last season *Three are new to the Sabres this season: Ville Leino was signed as a UFA on July 1 after spending last season with Philadelphia; Ehrhoff’s rights were acquired in a trade from NYI on July 1 after he played with Vancouver last season; Regehr was acquired in a trade with CGY on June 25 after spending 11 seasons with the Flames. *Two players (Luke Adam, Marc-Andre Gragnani) opened the season on an NHL roster for the first time in their careers. SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK] 1-10: 5-3-0 (10), 23/17, 4/25, 23/25 OVERTIME RESULTS (0-0; 88-86 all-time) N/A SHOOTOUT RESULTS (0-0; 36-30 all-time) N/A MILESTONES APPROACHING (Player …Needs …Milestone) Games Played Tyler Ennis …1 game …100 career NHL games Nathan Gerbe …8 games …100 career NHL games Goals Drew Stafford …3 goals …100 career goals Points Thomas Vanek …3 points …400 career points RECENT MILESTONES REACHED (Player …Milestone …Date) Brad Boyes …500th career NHL game …Oct. 22 Buffalo Sabres: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 10/07/2011 10/08/2011 10/14/2011 10/15/2011 10/18/2011 10/20/2011 10/22/2011 10/25/2011 10/27/2011 10/29/2011 11/02/2011 11/04/2011 11/05/2011 11/08/2011 11/11/2011 11/12/2011 11/14/2011 11/16/2011 11/18/2011 11/19/2011 11/23/2011 11/25/2011 11/26/2011 11/29/2011 12/02/2011 12/03/2011 12/07/2011 12/09/2011 12/10/2011 12/13/2011 12/16/2011 12/17/2011 12/20/2011 12/22/2011 12/26/2011 12/28/2011 12/30/2011 12/31/2011 01/03/2012 01/06/2012 01/07/2012 01/10/2012 01/13/2012 01/14/2012 01/16/2012 01/18/2012 01/19/2012 01/21/2012 01/24/2012 01/31/2012 02/01/2012 02/04/2012 02/08/2012 02/10/2012 02/11/2012 02/14/2012 02/16/2012 02/17/2012 02/19/2012 02/21/2012 02/24/2012 02/25/2012 02/29/2012 03/01/2012 03/03/2012 03/05/2012 03/07/2012 03/08/2012 03/10/2012 03/12/2012 03/14/2012 03/17/2012 03/19/2012 03/21/2012 03/23/2012 03/24/2012 03/27/2012 03/30/2012 03/31/2012 04/03/2012 04/05/2012 04/07/2012 Anaheim Ducks @ Los Angeles Kings Carolina Hurricanes @ Pittsburgh Penguins @ Montréal Canadiens @ Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Columbus Blue Jackets Florida Panthers Philadelphia Flyers Calgary Flames @ Ottawa Senators Winnipeg Jets Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins @ Montréal Canadiens New Jersey Devils @ Carolina Hurricanes Phoenix Coyotes Boston Bruins @ Columbus Blue Jackets Washington Capitals New York Islanders Detroit Red Wings @ Nashville Predators Philadelphia Flyers Florida Panthers New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs @ Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators @ Toronto Maple Leafs Washington Capitals @ New Jersey Devils @ Washington Capitals Ottawa Senators Edmonton Oilers @ Carolina Hurricanes Winnipeg Jets @ Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs @ New York Islanders @ Detroit Red Wings @ Chicago Blackhawks @ Winnipeg Jets @ St Louis Blues @ New Jersey Devils @ Montréal Canadiens New York Rangers @ New York Islanders Boston Bruins Dallas Stars Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey Devils @ Philadelphia Flyers Montréal Canadiens Pittsburgh Penguins New York Islanders Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers @ Anaheim Ducks @ San Jose Sharks @ Vancouver Canucks @ Winnipeg Jets Carolina Hurricanes @ Boston Bruins @ Ottawa Senators Montréal Canadiens Colorado Avalanche @ Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning Montréal Canadiens @ New York Rangers Minnesota Wild @ Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins @ Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs @ Philadelphia Flyers @ Boston Bruins W W L W W W L L 01-00-00 02-00-00 02-01-00 03-01-00 04-01-00 05-01-00 05-02-00 05-03-00 4-1 4-2 3-4 3-2 3-1 3-0 0-3 3-4 26p,23,29,26p 72,72,28,21p 26,9,21 42,72,21 3,26,10 26,29,26p 23 28 53 21 26 26 13 12 2-4 1-4 0-6 0-1 0-1 1-3 0-3 0-3 5-5 1-2 5-6 2-2 5-5 1-1 1-1 3-3 25-30 26-33 42-34 28-31 23-41 38-22 21-26 39-23 30 / 1 30 / 45 30 / 30 1 / 29 30 / 31 30 / 60 32 / 30 32 / 30 13349 14300+ 18690+ 18562+ 21273+ 14811 19204 18690+ 26,22,42 Buffalo Sabres: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. LEOPOLD #3 MCCORMICK #8 ROY #9 EHRHOFF #10 GRAGNANI #17 STAFFORD #21 BOYES #22 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 20 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs ANA @ L.A Vs CAR @ PIT @ MTL @ FLA @ T.B Vs T.B 0-0 0/1 24:45 0-0 2/-1 23:30 0-1 1/2 21:22 0-0 0/1 21:25 1-0 1/0 22:12 0-0 0/1 22:18 0-0 1/-2 22:27 0-0 3/0 16:15 0-0 0/-1 5:43 0-0 1/0 11:16 0-0 0/0 8:00 0-0 3/0 13:37 0-0 1/-1 5:50 0-0 2/0 10:52 0-0 0/0 5:44 0-1 2/1 6:45 0-0 0/0 15:40 0-1 1/-1 15:35 1-0 2/2 16:11 0-0 1/1 16:45 0-2 0/2 16:16 0-0 4/0 17:43 0-0 2/-1 18:21 0-0 3/-1 20:05 0-1 2/0 24:35 0-0 0/-1 23:57 0-1 6/-2 26:18 0-2 1/0 24:10 1-0 3/1 24:27 0-0 2/1 24:56 0-0 1/-3 22:31 0-0 1/-1 23:51 0-0 0/0 13:52 0-1 0/3 13:11 0-0 1/-1 19:31 0-0 1/0 14:02 0-1 1/1 14:45 0-1 0/0 17:14 0-0 1/0 18:42 0-0 0/2 17:18 0-0 3/0 16:00 1-0 2/-1 15:48 1-1 4/0 14:05 1-0 (W) 1/2 16:01 0-1 3/1 17:09 0-0 2/0 16:42 0-0 4/-1 16:04 0-0 1/-1 16:21 0-1 1/1 13:04 0-0 1/1 12:42 0-0 2/0 11:49 0-0 2/0 13:51 0-0 1/-1 11:08 0-0 1/0 13:05 0-0 2/0 9:08 1-1 1/2 12:16 Date Opp. LEINO #23 REGEHR #24 VANEK #26 GAUSTAD #28 POMINVILLE #29 KALETA #36 ELLIS #37 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 20 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs ANA @ L.A Vs CAR @ PIT @ MTL @ FLA @ T.B Vs T.B 1-0 (W) 1/1 16:59 0-0 1/0 12:49 0-0 1/0 13:40 0-0 0/-1 15:00 0-0 0/-1 9:40 0-1 1/1 14:13 0-0 1/-1 17:34 0-0 0/-2 15:56 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 9/1 16:01 0-2 1/1 16:02 1-0 8/-1 18:35 0-1 2/0 14:19 1-0 (W) 2/2 16:42 2-0 (W) 5/2 16:04 0-0 3/-2 22:33 1-0 4/0 19:00 0-0 0/-1 13:01 1-0 (W) 3/1 16:04 0-0 2/0 12:09 0-0 2/0 14:36 0-0 2/1 16:57 0-0 1/1 13:33 0-0 1/0 15:35 0-1 3/0 13:33 1-2 4/1 15:45 0-1 2/2 15:40 0-0 4/-1 19:48 0-1 2/0 15:44 0-1 2/2 18:08 1-2 3/2 16:27 0-0 2/-2 19:34 0-1 4/-1 21:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DND DND DND DND DND DND DND 0-1 1/1 6:49 Date Opp. GERBE #42 SEKERA #44 MYERS #57 ENNIS #63 ADAM #72 HECHT # WEBER # Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 20 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs ANA @ L.A Vs CAR @ PIT @ MTL @ FLA @ T.B Vs T.B 0-0 1/0 14:00 0-2 3/1 16:10 0-0 2/2 11:19 1-1 3/1 16:41 0-0 0/0 15:06 0-0 4/0 14:28 0-0 1/-1 15:22 1-0 6/1 13:19 0-1 0/0 14:54 0-0 1/3 15:43 0-1 1/1 14:05 0-0 3/-1 16:23 0-0 0/2 16:09 0-0 1/1 15:21 0-0 1/0 20:17 0-0 1/0 19:33 0-0 0/1 23:00 0-0 1/0 22:18 0-1 3/0 21:10 0-0 0/1 22:05 0-0 0/0 22:25 0-1 4/1 21:04 0-0 1/-1 19:36 0-0 2/-2 22:08 0-0 3/1 17:15 0-0 2/0 13:03 0-0 1/0 14:15 0-0 1/0 13:09 0-0 4/1 15:00 0-0 1/0 15:53 0-0 0/0 0:35 DND 0-2 0/1 9:47 2-0 3/2 14:58 0-0 3/-2 16:51 1-1 4/1 13:09 0-0 2/0 13:14 0-0 2/0 15:34 0-0 0/-2 20:30 0-1 4/-1 15:56 DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND Date Opp. ENROTH #1 MILLER #30 MACINTYRE # Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 20 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs ANA @ L.A Vs CAR @ PIT @ MTL @ FLA @ T.B Vs T.B DNP DNP DNP 2/31W 60 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1/30W 60 2/33W 60 4/34L 59 DNP 1/41W 60 0/22W 60 2/25L 60 4/23L 59 DND DND MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN 1/0 19:25 0/0 21:21 0/-1 17:44 1/1 21:55 1/0 20:01 3/0 19:07 0/0 16:27 0/-1 19:46 0/-1 12:14 2/0 14:48 1/0 13:08 1/-1 14:46 0/0 15:04 2/0 13:38 0/0 15:26 3/0 12:30 Buffalo Sabres: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Lindy Ruff Please refer to pgs. 13-14 of the 2011-12 Buffalo Sabres media guide for a complete Lindy Ruff bio, along with his career coaching stats and NHL rankings. #1: Jhonas Enroth (G) 5' 10", 166 lbs. / Jun 25, 1988 (23 years and 4 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (46th overall) of 2006 Entry Draft. 3rd NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Win: OCT 15, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH Last SO: MAR 30, 2011 vs NY RANGERS (6) Career Shootouts: 14/19 (.737), 3-0 Season Highs: Shots 31 10/15 vs. PIT Season Career Career vs. Opp GP 1 16 1 W-L-OT 1-0-0 10-3-2 1-0-0 SO 0 1 0 GAA 2.00 2.77 6.21 SV% .935 .908 .800 Saves 29 10/15 vs. PIT 2011-12: Made 29 saves on 31 shots in a 3-2 win @ PIT (10/15)... 2010-11: Went 9-2-2 in five recalls… Made 23 saves in first career NHL shutout vs. NYR (3/30)… Became first goaltender in NHL history to record each of his first three wins in a shootout… First career NHL win @ TOR (11/6)… Was 20-17-2 with a .912 SV% and a 2.78 GAA in Portland (AHL)… 2011 Playoffs: Made NHL playoff debut in relief of Ryan Miller in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24). #30: Ryan Miller (G) 6' 2", 175 lbs. / Jul 17, 1980 (31 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 5th round (138th overall) of 1999 Entry Draft. 9th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Win: OCT 20, 2011 @ FLORIDA (2) Last SO: OCT 20, 2011 @ FLORIDA (2) Career Shootouts: 123/175 (.703), 31-20 Season Highs: Shots 41 10/18 vs. MTL Season Career Career vs. Opp GP 7 406 6 W-L-OT 4-3-0 225-129-42 2-2-0 SO 1 23 1 GAA 2.01 2.56 2.11 SV% .933 .915 .915 Saves 40 10/18 vs. MTL 2011-12: Posted his 23rd career shutout with 22 saves @ FLA (10/20)... Made a season-high 40 saves on 41 shots @ MTL (10/18)... Played 400th career game and made 29 saves on 30 shots vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: 11; five –lower body (11/3-11/11), four –upper body (3/30-4/5), two –lower body (11/20-11/24)… Tied career high with five shutouts for third consecutive season; passed Martin Biron for second all-time by a Sabres goaltender (22)… Named NHL's First Star of the Week for week ending Mar. 27... Recorded consecutive shutouts vs. CBJ (12/3) and @ OTT (12/4); career-best shutout streak of 161:35... 2011 Playoffs: Became the third goaltender in franchise history to post two shutouts in one series, joining Bob Sauve (1983 vs. MTL) and Dominik Hasek (1994 vs. NJD); also joined the same duo as the only players to record two shutouts in one playoff year: Sauve (1980, 1983); Hasek (1994, 1999). #3: Jordan Leopold (D) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Aug 3, 1980 (31 years and 2 months) Drafted: Selected by Anaheim in 2nd round (44th overall) of 1999 draft. Acquired: Signed as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2010. 9th NHL / 2nd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 18, 2011 @ MONTREAL (3) Last Assist: OCT 14, 2011 vs CAROLINA (5) Career Shootouts: 1/2 (50%), 1 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/18 vs. MTL A 1 10/14 vs. CAR P 1 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI 24:45 10/7 vs. ANA Shots 3 10/25 vs. TBL GP 8 515 20 Hits 1 4x G-A-P 1-1-2 54-118-172 2-6-8 +/2 -26 0 PIM 0 226 12 +/+2 10/14 vs. CAR 2011-12: Scored his first goal of the season @ MTL (10/18)... Registered an assist and +2 rating vs. CAR (10/14)... Led team with 28 shifts @ LAK (10/8)... Logged a team-high 24:45 TOI vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: 11; eight –hand (3/26-4/9), three –upper body (2/26-3/3)… Set career highs in goals (13) and points (35)… 13 goals were most by a Sabres defenseman since Alexei Zhitnik scored 15 in 1997-98… Averaged a team-high 23:19 TOI per game… 2011 Playoffs: Missed two games with hand injury… Played 14:48 in for Game 3 return vs. PHI (4/18); first game since 3/25 vs. FLA… #6: Mike Weber (D) 6' 2", 211 lbs. / Dec 16, 1987 (23 years and 10 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (57th overall) of 2006 Entry Draft. 3rd NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 12, 2011 @ TORONTO (14) Last Assist: APR 2, 2011 @ WASHINGTON (4) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI - Shots - GP 0 81 2 Hits - G-A-P 0-0-0 4-16-20 0-0-0 +/0 22 2 PIM 0 102 6 +/- 2011-12: Healthy scratch for the first eight games... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: one –upper body (1/8)… Led Sabres with 158 hits in only 58 games… Career-best three-game point streak (2+3) from 12/27-1/1… Scored first two career goals, added an assist for first career three-point game @ EDM (12/28)… Recorded first point of season (assist) @ CGY (12/27)… 2011 Playoffs: Led Sabres with 16 blocked shots… Appeared in first career NHL playoff game @ PHI (4/14)… Recorded first career playoff point (assist) and tied to lead both teams with three blocked shots in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… Tied to lead both teams in hits (6) and blocked shots (3) in 17:58 TOI in Game 2 @ PHI (4/16). #8: Cody McCormick (C) 6' 3", 221 lbs. / Apr 18, 1983 (28 years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 5th round (144th overall) of 2001 Entry Draft. Acquired: Signed as free agent on August 1, 2009. 8th NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: FEB 25, 2011 vs OTTAWA (30) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 10/25 vs. TBL P 1 10/25 vs. TBL PIM 5 10/18 vs. MTL Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 13:37 10/15 vs. PIT Shots 3 10/15 vs. PIT GP 8 279 11 Hits 3 2x G-A-P 0-1-1 17-34-51 0-1-1 +/-1 -1 0 PIM 9 401 37 +/+1 10/25 vs. TBL 2011-12: Registered an assist and three hits vs. TB (10/25)... Had a season-high 13:37 TOI @ PIT (10/15)... TOI increased from 05:43 on 10/7 vs. ANH to 11:16 on 10/8 @ LAK... 2010-11: Registered career-best numbers in games played (81), goals (8), assists (12), points (20) and penalty minutes (142)… Scored a career-best three points (1+2) vs. SJS (12/9); the goal was his first game-winner since 12/23/07… Played in 200th career NHL game @ ATL (10/29)… Scored in consecutive games 10/16-10/20 and 1/11-1/13… Missed one game as a healthy scratch (10/9)… 2011 Playoffs: Scored first career playoff goal in Game 2 @ PHI (4/16)… Tied to lead all skaters with three hits in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24). #9: Derek Roy (C) 5' 9", 184 lbs. / May 4, 1983 (28 years and 5 months) ROY Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (32nd overall) of 2001 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 8th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 14, 2011 vs CAROLINA (5) Last Assist: OCT 18, 2011 @ MONTREAL (3) Career Shootouts: 8/24 (33%), 3 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/14 vs. CAR A 2 10/18 vs. MTL P 2 10/18 vs. MTL PIM 2 3x Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 20:05 10/25 vs. TBL Shots 4 10/20 vs. FLA GP 8 477 6 Hits 1 3x G-A-P 1-3-4 145-242-387 1-4-5 +/2 48 -3 PIM 6 283 4 +/+2 2x 2011-12: Won 14/21 faceoffs (67%) vs. TB (10/25)... Led Sabres forwards in TOI (17:43) @ FLA (10/20)... Recorded two assists @ MTL (10/18)... Scored a goal and posted +2 rating vs. CAR (10/14)... Registered PP assist @ LAK (10/8)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: 47 –torn quadriceps (12/27-4/9)… Placed on IR with torn quadriceps 12/28; had 35 points (10+25) in 35 games at time of injury… Tied career high with three assists vs. Boston (12/15)… Seven-game point streak 11/6-11/19 (3+7)… Led Sabres in scoring through December with 35 points (10+25) and 12 multi-point games… Three-game goal streak 10/8-10/11 (@ OTT, vs. NYR, vs. CHI)… Three-game assist streak 10/23-10/29 (@ NJD, @ PHI, @ ATL)… 2011 Playoffs: Returned from injury to appear in Game 7 @ PHI (4/26); recorded an assist in 20:01 TOI. #10: Christian Ehrhoff (D) 6' 2", 203 lbs. / Jul 6, 1982 (29 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by San Jose in 4th round (106th overall) of 2001 Entry Draft. Acquired: Rights traded from NYI on June 29, 2011 in exchange for a 4th-rd pick in 2012 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 1st BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 18, 2011 @ MONTREAL (3) Last Assist: OCT 15, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH (4) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/18 vs. MTL A 2 10/15 vs. PIT P 2 10/15 vs. PIT PIM 4 10/7 vs. ANA Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 26:18 10/14 vs. CAR Shots 6 10/14 vs. CAR GP 8 508 24 Hits 2 3x G-A-P 1-4-5 54-177-231 7-7-14 +/-5 69 5 PIM 6 344 25 +/+1 2x 2011-12: Has led team in TOI in six of eight games... Scored EN goal @ MTL (10/18)... Recorded two assists @ PIT (10/15)... 2010-11: Led Canucks defensemen, tied for fourth on the team and tied for seventh in the league among defensemen in scoring (50)… Set new career highs for assists (36) and points (50)… Led Canucks defensemen and tied for fourth in the league among defensemen in power play scoring (6+22)… Collected assists in four consecutive games (0+7) from 3/8-3/14… Recorded 200th career point @ WSH (1/14)… 2011 Playoffs: Registered four points (1+3) in seven first-round games against CHI… Picked up five points (1+4) in six games against NSH in the WCSF… Recorded two assists in three games against SJS in the WCF… Registered one assist against BOS in the SCF to finish playoffs ranked second in scoring among all NHL defensemen with a career-best 12 points (2+10). #17: Marc-Andre Gragnani (D) 6' 2", 201 lbs. / Mar 11, 1987 (24 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 3rd round (87th overall) of 2005 Entry Draft. 5th NHL / 5th BUF Season Last Goal: APR 3, 2011 @ CAROLINA (11) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2011 @ FLORIDA (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 3x P 1 3x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/18 vs. MTL TOI 19:31 10/14 vs. CAR Shots 1 4x GP 8 23 1 G-A-P 0-3-3 1-5-6 0-1-1 Hits - +/5 5 -1 PIM 2 10 0 +/+3 10/8 vs. LAK 2011-12: Notched an assist @ FLA (10/20)... Assisted on GWG @ MTL (10/18)... Registered an assist and +3 rating @ LAK (10/8)... 2010-11: Scored first career NHL goal in overtime @ CAR (4/3)… Got first career NHL point (assist) vs. NYR (3/30)… Led all AHL defensemen in assists (48) and points (60) at time of recall; now owns Portland single-season franchise records in both categories… Won Eddie Shore Award (AHL's Most Outstanding Defenseman)… Tied Portland franchise record with five assists in single game on Jan. 15 vs. Worcester… 2011 Playoffs: Led Sabres with seven points (1+6) in seven games; first Sabres defenseman to lead team in playoff scoring since Alexei Zhitnik and Jason Woolley tied with 15 points (1999 playoffs)…First Sabres rookie and first Sabres defsenseman to get an assist in each of the first three games of the postseason since Richard Smehlik (1992 Playoffs)… Scored first career playoff goal in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… #21: Drew Stafford (R) 6' 2", 214 lbs. / Oct 30, 1985 (25 years and 11 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (13th overall) of 2004 Entry Draft. 6th NHL / 6th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 15, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: OCT 18, 2011 @ MONTREAL (3) Career Shootouts: 10/29 (34%), 2 GDG Season Highs: G 1 3x A 1 2x P 2 10/14 vs. CAR Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 4x TOI 17:09 10/18 vs. MTL Shots 4 2x GP 8 325 4 G-A-P 3-2-5 97-104-201 2-1-3 Hits 4 10/25 vs. TBL +/0 28 2 PIM 8 190 7 +/+2 10/15 vs. PIT 2011-12: Dished out four hits vs. TB (10/25)... Added an assist @ MTL (10/18)... Scored a goal in three straight games (10/8-10/15)... Notched two points (1+1) vs. CAR (10/14)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: 20; 11 –upper body (11/6-11/27), four –upper body (12/4-12/11), three –groin (1/21-1/23), two –lower body (3/12-3/13)… Played second-fewest games (62) by a 30-goal scorer behind Sidney Crosby (41); tied for fifth in NHL with 0.50 goals per game… Tied for team lead with career-best 11 power play goals… Recorded career highs in goals (31), points (52) and plus/minus (plus-13)… Tied Alexander Semin with league-high four hat tricks… Became first NHL player since Thomas Vanek (2/12/08-4/5/08) to score four hat tricks in 60 days and first to score four hat tricks within a span of 24 team games since Pavel Bure (2/10/013/17/01)… 2011 Playoffs: Led or tied to lead team in shots in six of seven games… Scored three points (1+2) in seven games… #22: Brad Boyes (R) 6' 0", 204 lbs. / Apr 17, 1982 (29 years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by Toronto in 1st round (24th overall) of 2000 Entry Draft. Acquired: From STL on Feb. 27, 2011 in exchange for 2nd-rd pick in 2011 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 2nd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 24/52 (46%), 8 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/25 vs. TBL A 1 2x P 2 10/25 vs. TBL PIM - Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 13:51 10/15 vs. PIT Shots 2 3x GP 8 501 27 G-A-P 1-2-3 151-201-352 9-12-21 Hits 1 5x +/3 -10 -4 PIM 0 169 24 +/+2 10/25 vs. TBL 2011-12: Scored his first goal and an assist vs. TB (10/25)... Has played in 500 consecutive games (3rd in NHL behind Bouwmeester and H. Sedin)... Played 500th career game @ TB (10/22)... Won four of five faceoffs (80%) @ FLA (10/20)... Registered 200th career assist (350th career point) in season opener vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Eighth player since the lockout to play 83 games in a season… Recorded six points (3+3) in his first six games in Buffalo; ended the season with 14 points (5+9) in 21 games as a Sabre… Scored in his first game with Buffalo (3/1 @ NYR)… Had 41 points (12+29) in 62 games with STL… Tied career-high with three assists @ COL (1/24) and @ CBJ (4/9)… 2011 Playoffs: Went 20-for-46 on the draw (56.5%) in first-round series against PHI; scored a power play goal in Game 7 @ PHI (4/26). #23: Ville Leino (C) 6' 1", 190 lbs. / Oct 6, 1983 (28 years) Drafted: N/A Acquired: Signed as unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011. 4th NHL / 1st BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 7, 2011 vs ANAHEIM (7) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2011 @ FLORIDA (2) Career Shootouts: 2/7 (29%), 1 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/7 vs. ANA A 1 10/20 vs. FLA P 1 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI 17:34 10/22 vs. TBL Shots 1 5x GP 8 157 4 Hits 1 10/20 vs. FLA G-A-P 1-1-2 31-44-75 2-0-2 +/-3 8 0 PIM 0 38 0 +/+1 2x 2011-12: Recorded his first assist of the season @ FLA (10/20)... Scored GWG on his first shot with the Sabres vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Finished the season with career highs in points (53), goals (19), assists (34), power play goals (5), plus/minus (plus-14) and penalty minutes (22)… Had a three-point game (2+1) @ PIT (3/29)… Recorded first career hat trick vs. ATL (3/12)… Had a two-goal game vs. NSH (2/3)… Had a four-game point streak (2+4) from 1/11-1/16… Had a three-assist game vs. NJD (1/6)… Played in his 100th NHL game vs. PIT (12/14)… Recorded points in seven of eight games (2+6) from 10/21-11/4… 2011 Playoffs: Finished the ECQF and ECSF with five points (3+2)… Had a power play goal in Game 2 vs. BUF (4/16)…Had the game winning overtime goal in Game 6 (4/24). #24: Robyn Regehr (D) 6' 3", 225 lbs. / Apr 19, 1980 (31 years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by Colorado in 1st round (19th overall) of 1998 Entry Draft. Acquired: From CGY along with Ales Kotalik and a 2nd-rd pick in 2012 on June 25, 2011 in exchange for Chris Butler and Paul Byron. 12th NHL / 1st BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 1, 2011 @ ST. LOUIS (25) Last Assist: MAR 23, 2011 @ SAN JOSE (14) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - PIM 4 10/7 vs. ANA Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 21:55 10/15 vs. PIT Shots 3 10/20 vs. FLA GP 8 834 39 G-A-P 0-0-0 29-134-163 1-11-12 Hits 5 10/7 vs. ANA +/-1 29 7 PIM 6 808 53 +/+1 10/15 vs. PIT 2011-12: Recorded four hits @ TB (10/22)... Had two hits and two blocked shots @ FLA (10/20)... Blocked a team-best four shots @ MTL (10/18)... Recorded game-high six blocked shots and five hits vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Had a pair of assists and was a team-high plus-3 @ CBJ (10/22)… Missed 11/22 game with an injury… Registered 150th career point (assist) and tied a team high plus/minus rating (plus-3) vs. Buffalo (12/27)… Missed two games (1/14-1/15) with a lower body injury; returned 1/17 @ MTL and led the team in hits (4)… Led the team in blocked shots (4) and scored his first goal of the season vs. LAK (2/5)… Played his 800th career game and registered two assists vs. OTT (2/9)… Had a five game point streak (1+6) 2/3-2/11… Had his third multi-assist game of the season and was a team high plus-4 @ COL (2/14)… Played in 804th career game vs. DAL (2/16), passing Al MacInnis for most by a Calgary defenseman… #26: Thomas Vanek (L) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Jan 19, 1984 (27 years and 9 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (5th overall) of 2003 Entry Draft. 7th NHL / 7th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Last Assist: OCT 15, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH (4) Career Shootouts: 13/40 (32%), 4 GDG Season Highs: G 2 2x A 2 10/8 vs. LAK P 3 10/7 vs. ANA Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 4 10/18 vs. MTL TOI 22:33 10/22 vs. TBL Shots 9 10/7 vs. ANA GP 8 477 5 G-A-P 7-4-11 211-186-397 1-2-3 Hits 2 10/20 vs. FLA +/3 44 -4 PIM 10 296 4 +/+2 2x 2011-12: Tied Alexander Mogilny for 10th-most goals in Sabres history (211) with a goal vs. TB (10/25)... Six-game point streak snapped @ TB (10/22)... Leads team with six goals... Scored twice, including GWG, @ FLA (10/20)... Scored GWG @ MTL (10/18)... Assist @ PIT (10/15)... Goal vs. CAR (10/14)... Registered two assists @ LAK (10/8)... Scored two PP goals and an assist vs. ANH (10/7)... Vanek passed Danny Gare for fifth in team history with 36 GWG... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: one –flu (3/8)… Became only player in Sabres history to lead team in goals (32) for five consecutive seasons... Also led team in assists (41) and points (73); tied for lead with 11 power play goals and five game-winning goals… Scored 48 points (19+29) in 45 games from January through the end of the season (1.07 PTS/GM)… Set career high with a seven-game point streak (4+5) from 11/10-11/2… Sabres were 18-2-1 when he recorded two or more points… 2011 Playoffs: Led team with five goals in seven games… #28: Paul Gaustad (C) 6' 5", 212 lbs. / Feb 3, 1982 (29 years and 8 months) GAW-stad Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 7th round (220th overall) of 2000 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 8th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 2011 @ LOS ANGELES (6) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/8 vs. LAK A 1 10/25 vs. TBL P 1 2x PIM 5 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 16:57 10/18 vs. MTL Shots 3 2x GP 8 431 6 Hits 3 10/22 vs. TBL G-A-P 1-1-2 65-101-166 1-1-2 +/2 17 -2 PIM 14 529 8 +/+1 3x 2011-12: Registered an assist vs. TB (10/25)... Recorded three hits @ TB (10/22)... Won half of his season-high 28 faceoffs @ MTL (10/18).. Scored GWG and won a team-high 11 faceoffs @ LAK (10/8)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: one –upper body (3/12)… Ranked third in the NHL with a faceoff percentage of 59.8 percent… Scored career-best 12 goals for third consecutive season… Topped career high with three GWG… Recorded 100th career NHL assist @ CBJ (4/9)… Appeared in 400th career NHL game vs. WSH (2/20)… Scored in consecutive games 2/4 @ PIT and 2/5 vs. TOR (GWG)… Tied career highs with two goals and three points vs. SJS (12/9)… Went 11-for-11 on the draw vs. BOS (11/3)… 2011 Playoffs: Team-best faceoff percentage of 54.9 percent… Recorded an assist and went 17-for-24 on the draw (71%) in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… Led Sabres forwards with 19:08 TOI in Game 1 @ PHI (4/14), including 5:21 on the penalty kill; also recorded an assist and two blocked shots. #29: Jason Pominville (R) 6' 0", 185 lbs. / Nov 30, 1982 (28 years and 10 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (55th overall) of 2001 Entry Draft. 8th NHL / 8th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 20, 2011 @ FLORIDA (2) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 9/26 (35%), 3 GDG Season Highs: G 1 2x A 2 2x P 3 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/14 vs. CAR TOI 21:29 10/25 vs. TBL Shots 4 3x GP 8 467 6 G-A-P 2-8-10 147-221-368 3-1-4 Hits 2 10/7 vs. ANA +/3 50 -4 PIM 2 129 2 +/+2 3x 2011-12: Added an assist vs. TB (10/25)... Leads team with two three-point games... Scored a goal and two assists @ FLA (10/20)... Notched an assist @ MTL (10/18) and @ PIT (10/15)... Registered an assist and +2 rating @ LAK (10/8)... Scored GWG and two assists vs. ANH (10/7) ... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: nine –concussion (10/13-10/30)… Recorded 200th career NHL assist @ OTT (1/25)… Five-game assist streak from 12/23-1/4… Tied career best with four points (2+2) vs. BOS (1/1)… Appeared in 400th career NHL game vs. PIT (11/24)… Ironman streak snapped at 336 games when he was injured (concussion) in the first period vs. CHI (10/11)… Sabres were 10-2-0 in his multipoint games… 2011 Playoffs: Scored the game's only goal in a 1-0 win in Game 4 vs. PHI (4/20)… Picked up an assist and registered more than 20 minutes of TOI in both Games 2 and 3… Recorded an assist in 4:29 TOI in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22) before leaving the game with a severed leg tendon; missed Games 6 and 7. #36: Patrick Kaleta (R) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Jun 8, 1986 (25 years and 4 months) KAH-letta Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 6th round (176th overall) of 2004 Entry Draft. 6th NHL / 6th BUF Season Last Goal: DEC 27, 2010 @ CALGARY (24) Last Assist: MAR 5, 2011 @ PHILADELPHIA (10) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - PIM 5 10/25 vs. TBL Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 15:26 10/22 vs. TBL Shots 3 10/25 vs. TBL GP 8 212 2 Hits 5 10/22 vs. TBL G-A-P 0-0-0 21-19-40 0-0-0 +/-2 1 0 PIM 7 325 17 +/- 2011-12: Recorded three hits and led team in SH TOI (3:20) vs. TB (10/25)... Registered game-high five hits @ TB (10/22)... Posted seasonhigh 15:04 TOI and 23 shifts @ MTL (10/18)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: 29; 15 –lower body (3/8-4/5), seven –upper body (1/11/15), six –upper body (1/23-2/10), one –upper body (11/17)… Tied career high with five assists for third consecutive season… Finished third among Sabres with 126 hits in only 51 games… Appeared in 200th career NHL game @ NYR (3/1)… 2011 Playoffs: Appeared in six of seven games; missed Game 7 with broken hand suffered in Game 6… Led team with 21 hits… Recorded an assist and tied to lead all Sabres with five hits in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… Recorded five hits and an assist in 8:49 TOI in Game 2 @ PHI (4/16)… Scored GWG in Game 1 @ PHI (4/14); first career playoff GWG... Tied for team lead with five blocked shots in Game 1 @ PHI (4/14). #37: Matt Ellis (L) 6' 0", 212 lbs. / Aug 31, 1981 (30 years and 1 month) Drafted: Signed with Detroit as undrafted free agent (5/10/02). Acquired: Claimed off waivers from Los Angeles on Oct. 1, 2008. 6th NHL / 4th BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 16, 2010 @ ATLANTA (29) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 10/25 vs. TBL P 1 10/25 vs. TBL Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI 6:49 10/25 vs. TBL Shots 1 10/25 vs. TBL GP 1 202 4 Hits 1 10/25 vs. TBL G-A-P 0-1-1 13-21-34 0-0-0 +/1 2 -1 PIM 0 56 0 +/+1 10/25 vs. TBL 2011-12: Recorded an assist in his first game of the season vs. TB (10/25)... 2010-11: Recalled from Portland (AHL) 4/23; reassigned 4/27… Returned on loan to Portland 4/13/11… Appeared in 200th career NHL game vs. PHI (4/8)… Recalled to Buffalo 3/30… Recalled to Buffalo 1/22; reassigned to Portland 1/28… Registered 100th AHL assist 11/28 @ Providence…Recalled to the Sabres 11/6; reassigned to Portland 11/20/10… Recorded an assist in his 300th career AHL game vs. Manchester (10/19)… Selected the 13th captain in Portland Pirates franchise history… Missed 13 AHL games due to injury (2/13-3/12)… 2011 Playoffs: Played 11:32 in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24). #42: Nathan Gerbe (L) 5' 5", 178 lbs. / Jul 24, 1987 (24 years and 3 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 5th round (142nd overall) of 2005 Entry Draft. 4th NHL / 4th BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Last Assist: OCT 15, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH (4) Career Shootouts: 1/1 (100%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 2x A 2 10/8 vs. LAK P 2 2x PIM 2 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 16:41 10/15 vs. PIT Shots 6 10/25 vs. TBL GP 8 92 2 G-A-P 2-3-5 20-22-42 0-0-0 Hits 5 10/20 vs. FLA +/4 19 0 PIM 4 46 0 +/+2 10/14 vs. CAR 2011-12: Scored a goal on a game-high six shots vs. TB (10/25)... Registered four shots and five hits @ FLA (10/20)... Scored two points (1+1) @ PIT (10/15)... Registered two assists @ LAK (10/8)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: eight –fractured jaw (10/30-11/15)… Sabres were 10-1-2 when he scored a goal; 19-2-4 when he recorded a point; 5-1-0 in his multi-point games… Three-game goal streaks 1/20-1/23 and 3/19-3/22… Scored two goals just :05 apart in 3rd period vs. NYI (1/21); new Sabres franchise record for fastest two goals by one player, and one second shy of the NHL record… 2011 Playoffs: Led team with 18 PIM; tied for second among Sabres skaters with 20 hits… Scored second career playoff goal and tied to lead all skaters with three hits in Game 3 vs. PHI (4/18)… Tied for team lead with five hits in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… Scored a goal in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24). #44: Andrej Sekera (D) 6' 0", 201 lbs. / Jun 8, 1986 (25 years and 4 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 3rd round (71st overall) of 2004 Entry Draft. 6th NHL / 6th BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 2011 @ PHILADELPHIA (24) Last Assist: OCT 14, 2011 vs CAROLINA (5) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 2x P 1 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI 20:17 10/22 vs. TBL Shots 3 10/15 vs. PIT GP 8 241 4 Hits 2 2x G-A-P 0-2-2 12-57-69 0-0-0 +/6 11 -2 PIM 0 80 4 +/+3 10/8 vs. LAK 2011-12: Blocked three shots @ TB (10/22)... Posted a +2 rating @ MTL (10/18)... Notched an assist vs. CAR (10/14)... Recorded +3 rating @ LAK (10/8)... Registered an assist vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: three; two –upper body (4/8-4/9), one –upper body (10/26)… Registered career highs in games played (76), assists (26), points (29) and plus/minus (plus-11)… Averaged a career-high 21:05 TOI per game… Recorded at least two points in five consecutive games 2/26-3/6; joined John Van Boxmeer (1/24/81-2/1/81) as the second defenseman in franchise history to register five straight multi-point games… Healthy scratch 2/20-2/25; recorded ten points (2+8) in first five games back… Played 200th career game @ NYI (1/15)… 2011 Playoffs: Appeared in one game; missed time with an oblique strain… Scored a goal and tied to lead all players with three blocked shots in Game 2 @ PHI (4/16). #55: Jochen Hecht (C) 6' 1", 198 lbs. / Jun 21, 1977 (34 years and 4 months) HESHT, yoh-KIN Drafted: Selected by St. Louis in 2nd round (49th overall) of 1995 Entry Draft. Acquired: From EDM on June 22, 2002 in exchange for 31st and 36th overall picks in 2002 Entry Draft. 13th NHL / 9th BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 12, 2011 @ TORONTO (3) Last Assist: MAR 29, 2011 @ TORONTO Career Shootouts: 4/7 (57%), 2 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - PIM - Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI - Shots - GP 0 764 13 Hits - G-A-P 0-0-0 177-264-441 3-3-6 +/0 93 3 PIM 0 434 21 +/- 2011-12: Games missed due to injury: eight –concussion (10/7-10/25)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: 15; six –concussion (3/30-4/9), five –upper body (3/15-3/25), four –upper body (3/5-3/10)… Tied career high with four GWG… Six-game point streak (3+4) from 12/23-1/6… Appeared in 700th career NHL game vs. CHI (10/11)… 2011 Playoffs: Missed Games 1-6 with concussion… Returned to record an assist in 15.22 TOI in Game 7 @ PHI (4/26). #57: Tyler Myers (D) 6' 8", 227 lbs. / Feb 1, 1990 (21 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (12th overall) of 2008 Entry Draft. 3rd NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: MAR 1, 2011 @ NY RANGERS (28) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2011 @ FLORIDA (2) Career Shootouts: 1/4 (25%), 1 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 2x P 1 2x PIM 2 10/14 vs. CAR Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 23:00 10/7 vs. ANA Shots 4 10/20 vs. FLA GP 8 170 3 Hits 4 10/15 vs. PIT G-A-P 0-2-2 21-66-87 0-1-1 +/0 13 -1 PIM 2 74 0 +/+1 3x 2011-12: Had three hits, four shots and assisted on GWG @ FLA (10/20)... Dished out a game-high four hits @ PIT (10/15)... Recorded an assist vs. CAR (10/14)... Registered +1 rating vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: two –flu (12/27-12/28)… Tied for team lead with five GWG… Recorded three assists vs. ATL (3/19)… Three-game assist streak 12/11-12/17… Played 100th career NHL game vs. WSH (11/13)… Three-point game (1+2) @ NJD (11/10)… Scored in consecutive games 10/23-10/26 and 2/10-2/13… 2011 Playoffs: Led Buffalo skaters with 23:52 TOI per game… Recorded first career multi-point playoff game (0+3) in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/22), followed it up with two points (1+1) in Game 7… Picked up an assist while playing a team-high 27:48 TOI in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… Led all skaters with five hits in Game 4 vs. PHI (4/20)… Tied for team lead with five hits in 22:20 TOI in Game 1 @ PHI (4/14). #63: Tyler Ennis (L) 5' 9", 157 lbs. / Oct 6, 1989 (22 years) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 1st round (26th overall) of 2008 Entry Draft. 3rd NHL / 3rd BUF Season Last Goal: APR 9, 2011 @ COLUMBUS (7) Last Assist: APR 3, 2011 @ CAROLINA (10) Career Shootouts: 3/4 (75%), 2 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - PIM 2 10/18 vs. MTL Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 17:15 10/7 vs. ANA Shots 4 10/18 vs. MTL GP 7 99 2 Hits 1 2x G-A-P 0-0-0 23-35-58 2-2-4 +/2 3 4 PIM 2 38 2 +/+1 2x 2011-12: Games missed due to injury: one –ankle (10/25)...Suffered ankle injury @ TB (10/22), listed as week-to-week... Recorded a team-high four shots @ MTL (10/18)... Registered +1 rating vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Appeared in all 82 games… Ranked fourth in rookie scoring with 49 points (20+29)… First Sabres rookie to score 20 goals since Thomas Vanek (25, 2005-06)… Most points by a Sabres rookie since Derek Plante (56, 1993-94)… Scored two goals, including the game-winner, vs. ANA (12/21)… Scored three goals in four games from 11/10-11/15… Scored game-deciding goal on first career shootout attempt @ TOR (11/6), again vs. BOS (1/1)… Sabres were 14-2-2 when Ennis scored at least one goal, 12-1-1 in his multi-point games… 2011 Playoffs: Recorded an assist and two hits in Game 4 vs. PHI (4/20)… Registered first career multi-goal playoff game (2+0), including OT goal in Game 5 @ PHI (4/22)… Extended his point streak to three games with an assist in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24). #72: Luke Adam (C) 6' 2", 203 lbs. / Jun 18, 1990 (21 years and 4 months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in 2nd round (44th overall) of 2008 Entry Draft. 2nd NHL / 2nd BUF Season Last Goal: OCT 15, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 2 10/8 vs. LAK A 2 10/7 vs. ANA P 2 3x PIM 2 10/22 vs. TBL Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 20:30 10/22 vs. TBL Shots 4 2x GP 8 27 1 Hits 1 3x G-A-P 3-4-7 6-5-11 0-0-0 +/-1 -7 0 PIM 2 14 0 +/+2 10/8 vs. LAK 2011-12: His seven points (3+4) in eight games ranks near the top of the rookie scoring lead... Added an assist vs. TB (10/25)... Leads Sabres with three multi-point games... Scored a goal and an assist @ PIT (10/15)... Registered first career two-goal game (scored 2:20 apart) @ LAK (10/8)... Recorded first career multi-point game vs. ANH (10/7)... 2010-11: Games missed due to injury: one –flu (1/11)… Recorded four points (3+1) in five recalls… Scored first career NHL goal at BOS (12/7)… Recorded first career NHL point (assist) vs. TOR (11/26)… Played in first career NHL game 10/26 at PHI… Named AHL’s Outstanding Rookie… Named to 2010-11 AHL All-Rookie Team… Tied for first among all AHL rookies in goals (29), points (62) and plus/minus (+22) in just 57 games with Portland… Had an 11-game scoring streak from Feb. 26 to Mar. 22 in Portland… Scored four points (2+2) in his AHL debut 10/9 at MAN. Columbus Blue Jackets: Media Notes Last Game –at CBJ 4, DET 1 The Blue Jackets used goals from four players to earn their first win of the season, defeating Detroit at Nationwide Arena (15,100). R.J. Umberger scored 21 seconds into the game to give Columbus a 1-0 lead. Darren Helm answered at 4:54, but Ryan Johansen scored the first goal of his NHL career at 8:56 of the opening frame to give the Jackets a 2-1 lead. John Moore also scored the first goal of his NHL career at 14:16 of the second, while Derek MacKenzie capped the scoring with an empty net, shorthanded tally at 19:06. Steve Mason stopped 30-of-31 shots and Columbus outshot Detroit 32-31 on the night. Recent Transactions 10/26: Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL). 10/22: Placed D Radek Martinek on injured reserve. Recalled D John Moore from Springfield (AHL). 10/20: Added G Allen York to the roster on emergency recall from Springfield (AHL). 10/19: Assigned G Mathieu Corbeil to Saint John (QMJHL). 10/18: Placed C Jeff Carteron injured reserve; added G Mathieu Corbeil to the roster on emergency recall from Saint John (QMJHL). OhioHealth Injury Report RW Jared Boll(hand, Sept. 30 at Carolina –preseason) is out at least 4-6 weeks. C Jeff Carter(foot, Oct. 15 at Dallas) is listed as week-to-week. G Mark Dekanich(lower body, Sept. 20 vs. Winnipeg –preseason) is out 2-4 weeks. LW Kristian Huselius(upper body, off-season) is out indefinitely. D Radek Martinek (upper body, Oct. 22 at Detroit) is out at least one week. D Marc Methot (hand, Oct. 21 at Detroit) is listed as day-to-day. D Theo Ruth (lower body, Sept. 21 vs. Washington –preseason) is out 2-4 weeks. G Curtis Sanford (lower body) is out 2-4 weeks. Total Man Games Lost: 49 Storylines For Tonight’s Game • Columbus Looks to Build Off First Win: The Blue Jackets won their first game of the season Tuesday to snap an eight-game winless skid. It was the deepest Columbus had gone into the season without a win. Previously, the club had gone six games into the season without a win, going 0-2-4-0 to start the 2001-02 campaign. The Jackets will look to build off of Tuesday’s win when they take on the Sabres tonight in Buffalo. • The Wiz is Free, Makes Blue Jackets Debut: D James Wisniewski made his Blue Jackets debut Tuesday against Detroit and had one shot on goal, a game-high four blocked shots and was +1 in a game-high 27:21 of action. The Canton, Michigan native signed with the Blue Jackets as a free agent on July 1, 2011 and missed the season’s first eight games due to suspension. Last season he set career highs in goals (10), assists (41), points (51) and power play goals (7) en route to ranking fifth among NHL defensemen in points and seventh in assists. • Nash First Blue Jacket to Play 600 Games; Three Points Shy of 500; One Shot Shy of 2,000: LW Rick Nash, in his ninth NHL season, became the first Blue Jacket to play in 600 games with the club Oct. 22 at Ottawa. He had points in three-straight games Oct. 18-22 to push his career totals to 262-234-497 and 1,999 shots in 601 games, leaving him four points shy of 500 and one shot shy of 2,000. He is the Blue Jackets all-time leader in games played, goals, assists, points, power play goals (78), power play points (165), game-winning goals (42), shorthanded goals (12), hat tricks (5), shots on goal, multi-goal games (41) and multi-point games (125). He has scored at least 30 goals in five of the last six seasons, eclipsed the 30 assist mark in five-straight and has recorded 65-or-more points in four-straight campaigns. • Ironman Umberger Scores First of the Year: LW R.J. Umberger scored his first goal of the season this past Tuesday against Detroit. It was his first goal in 11 games as he last scored Apr. 3, 2011 vs. St. Louis. With 75 goals as a Blue Jacket, he is one goal shy of tying Nikolai Zherdev (76 goals) for fourth on the Blue Jackets all-time goal scoring list. He also had an assist against the Red Wings for his first multi-point game of the season. He has set the franchise record for consecutive games played, playing in 255consecutive games, a streak that began Oct. 10, 2008. He broke Jason Chimera’s record of 243, which was set Oct. 9, 2005-Apr. 5, 2008. Umberger has played in 258-straight games overall, dating back to Apr. 2, 2008 vs. Pittsburgh (with Philadelphia). • Tonight’s Opponent –Buffalo: Tonight marks first of two meetings overall and lone meeting at First Niagara Center this season between the Blue Jackets and Sabres. Columbus is 7-4-1 all-time against Buffalo, including a 4-3-0 mark at First Niagara Center. The Jackets have won three of the past four meetings in Buffalo. Pair of Firsts: For the first time in franchise history, the Blue Jackets had two players score the first goal of their NHL career in the same game. C Ryan Johansen and D John Moore each got their first tally in the NHL. Johansen’s goal came in his sixth NHL game and also was the game-winner. He added an assist for his first NHL multi-point game. Moore’s goal came in his fourth NHL game. Vermette Est Magnifique: C Antoine Vermette has points in three-straight games after recording an assist on Umberger’s goal this past Tuesday against Detroit. He has 0-3-3 during that stretch after opening the season pointless the first six games. He has played in 189 consecutive games, the fourth longest streak in franchise history. He trails David Vyborny, who is third on the list at 194 games set Oct. 17, 2002-Dec. 20, 2005. My Cousin Vinny: LW Vinny Prospal recorded his second multi-point game of the season Oct. 22 at Ottawa with a pair of assists, which gave him points in back-to-back games. He has collected 3-5-8 in nine games this season and is tied for the team lead in points with Rick Nash (3-5-8 in eight games). He has points in six of the nine games and has at least one shot on goal in eight of those games. Dating back to last season, he has 12-19-31 and is +4 his last 38 games. Johnson Bolsters Blueline: D Aaron Johnson leads all club defensemen and is fourth overall in scoring with 2-2-4 in five games. In his last three games, he has notched 2-1-3 with a +1 plus/minus rating and logged 67:18 of ice time. He tallied 1-1-2 and a season-high 25:21 TOI Oct. 21 at Detroit and scored a goal and was +1 in 24:18 of action at Ottawa the following night. Johnson, who was the club’s fourth pick, 85th overall in the 2001 Entry Draft and spent the 2003-07 with the club, rejoined the Jackets as a free agent last July. His goal at Detroit was his first with the club since Mar. 29, 2007 vs. Anaheim. Brassard Bounces Back: After being held without a point and logging less than 13:00 TOI per game in his first five outings this season, C Derick Brassard has tallied points in three of his last four games with 2-1-3 and averaged just under 18:00 TOI during that span. He scored his first goal of the season vs. Dallas on Oct. 18, added a goal at Detroit on Oct. 21 and picked up an assist at Ottawa on Oct. 22. Tyutin His Own Horn to 500 NHL Games: LW Rick Nash is not the only player to hit a games played milestone, as D Fedor Tyutin played the 500th game of his NHL career Oct. 22 at Ottawa. In 501 career games, he has collected 37-124-161 and 325 penalty minutes, including 22-73-95 and 164 penalty minutes in 251 games with the Blue Jackets. He had an assist at Ottawa and has played in 21-or-more minutes in every game this season, including 25-plus the last three games. Special Teams Notes: Power Play: Columbus ranks 26th in the NHL in power play percentage (11.1 percent). The club has scored with the man advantage in 5-of-9 games. Five players lead the team with one power play goal each. Penalty Kill: The Jackets rank 30th in the NHL in penalty kill percentage, killing off 67.7 percent of opponent’s chances. The club is 1-1-1 in which it shuts out its opponents on the power play. The club has scored one shorthanded goal, ranking fifth in the NHL. Attendance at Nationwide Arena: The Blue Jackets are averaging 12,136 fans (60,678 total) per game in five home games at Nationwide Arena (capacity –18,144) this season. In 414 home games since joining the NHL in 2000, the Blue Jackets have averaged 16,290 fans per game (6,744,057 total), which is 90.1 percent of capacity at Nationwide Arena. There have been 143 sellouts. Slap Shots * The Blue Jackets have scored a power play goal in five straight games (5-of-25) after opening the season 0-for-20 with the man advantage the first four games. The club record for consecutive games with a power play goal is eight, set Oct. 10-Nov. 12, 2002. * D Grant Clitsome had three assists Oct. 25 vs. Detroit, the first three-assist and three-point game of his NHL career. * C Cody Bass picked up his first in 17 games with an assist Oct. 25 vs. Detroit. He last had a point with a goal and assist Apr. 3, 2008 at Toronto as a member of the Ottawa Senators. * C Derek MacKenzie scored his first goal of the season, an empty netter, Oct. 25 vs. Detroit. It was his first goal in 17 games, as he last scored Mar. 22, 2011 at Colorado. * G Allen York made his NHL debut in the first period Oct. 25 vs. Detroit, playing in 2:33 of action (0 shots against), in relief of Steve Mason. Upcoming Player Milestones • LW Rick Nash is four points shy of 500 for his NHL career (262-234-496 in 601 games). • LW Vinny Prospal is 13 games shy of 1,000 and 12 points shy of 700 for his NHL career (230-458-688 in 987 games). • C Antoine Vermette is six points shy of 300 for his NHL career (133-161-294 in 549 games). Recently Achieved Player Milestones • LW Rick Nash played the 600th game of his NHL career Oct. 22 at Ottawa. • D Fedor Tyutin played the 500th game of his NHL career Oct. 22 at Ottawa. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 10/07/2011 10/08/2011 10/10/2011 10/12/2011 10/15/2011 10/18/2011 10/21/2011 10/22/2011 10/25/2011 10/27/2011 10/29/2011 10/30/2011 11/03/2011 11/05/2011 11/10/2011 11/12/2011 11/15/2011 11/17/2011 11/19/2011 11/21/2011 11/23/2011 11/25/2011 11/27/2011 11/29/2011 12/01/2011 12/02/2011 12/06/2011 12/08/2011 12/10/2011 12/13/2011 12/15/2011 12/17/2011 12/18/2011 12/22/2011 12/26/2011 12/27/2011 12/29/2011 12/31/2011 01/05/2012 01/07/2012 01/08/2012 01/10/2012 01/13/2012 01/14/2012 01/17/2012 01/19/2012 01/21/2012 01/23/2012 01/24/2012 01/31/2012 02/01/2012 02/03/2012 02/07/2012 02/09/2012 02/11/2012 02/12/2012 02/14/2012 02/18/2012 02/19/2012 02/21/2012 02/24/2012 02/26/2012 02/28/2012 03/01/2012 03/03/2012 03/06/2012 03/08/2012 03/10/2012 03/11/2012 03/14/2012 03/17/2012 03/18/2012 03/20/2012 03/23/2012 03/25/2012 03/26/2012 03/28/2012 03/30/2012 03/31/2012 04/03/2012 04/05/2012 04/07/2012 Nashville Predators @ Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks Colorado Avalanche @ Dallas Stars Dallas Stars @ Detroit Red Wings @ Ottawa Senators Detroit Red Wings @ Buffalo Sabres @ Chicago Blackhawks Anaheim Ducks Toronto Maple Leafs @ Philadelphia Flyers Chicago Blackhawks Winnipeg Jets Minnesota Wild @ Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators Calgary Flames @ New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres St Louis Blues @ Vancouver Canucks @ Calgary Flames @ Edmonton Oilers @ Montréal Canadiens Nashville Predators Boston Bruins Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings Tampa Bay Lightning @ St Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators @ Chicago Blackhawks Calgary Flames @ Dallas Stars Washington Capitals @ San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings @ Anaheim Ducks @ Chicago Blackhawks Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks Edmonton Oilers Nashville Predators @ Detroit Red Wings @ Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning @ San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings @ Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild Dallas Stars @ Minnesota Wild Anaheim Ducks St Louis Blues Chicago Blackhawks @ New York Rangers San Jose Sharks Colorado Avalanche @ Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings @ Colorado Avalanche @ Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles Kings @ St Louis Blues St Louis Blues @ Edmonton Oilers @ Vancouver Canucks @ Calgary Flames Chicago Blackhawks Carolina Hurricanes Edmonton Oilers @ Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers @ St Louis Blues @ Phoenix Coyotes @ Colorado Avalanche New York Islanders L L L O** L L L L W 00-01-00 00-02-00 00-03-00 00-03-01 00-04-01 00-05-01 00-06-01 00-07-01 01-07-01 2-3 2-4 2-3 2-3 2-4 2-3 2-5 3-4 4-1 22,61 15,8 13,22 61,2 22p,28 16p,10 16,5p 5,10,61p 18,19p,4,24s 24 15 14 9 44 73 13 9 19 0-5 0-6 0-5 0-4 1-5 1-5 1-4 1-4 1-7 2-3 2-4 3-4 4-4 3-4 2-2 2-5 0-2 3-3 34-31 31-26 25-25 33-32 15-33 40-18 34-33 21-27 32-31 35 / 1 32 / 1 35 / 1 1/1 32 / 1 32 / 1 35 / 1 41 / 1 1 / 29 18247+ 19040+ 9187 8986 8305 9158 20066+ 18867 15100 Columbus Blue Jackets: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. MARTINEK #2 METHOT #3 MOORE #4 JOHNSON #5 CARTER #7 MAYOROV #8 RUSSELL #10 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs NSH @ MIN Vs VAN Vs COL @ DAL Vs DAL @ DET @ OTT Vs DET 0-0 2/0 21:59 0-0 3/0 21:38 0-0 1/0 22:03 1-0 3/0 26:43 0-0 0/-2 20:56 0-0 1/-1 21:49 0-0 0/0 0:56 INJ INJ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 INJ 0-0 INJ INJ MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN 0-0 0/0 9:35 1-0 1/1 13:22 DND 0-1 1/0 12:43 DND DND DND 0-0 1/-1 14:22 1-1 6/0 25:21 1-0 1/1 24:18 0-0 2/0 17:39 0-2 6/1 20:40 0-1 5/-1 19:19 0-0 2/0 17:32 0-0 4/1 21:50 0-0 3/0 20:19 INJ INJ INJ INJ DND 1-0 2/0 9:11 0-0 1/0 12:49 DND 0-0 0/-1 12:20 0-0 2/-1 11:38 0-0 0/0 10:17 0-0 0/0 12:52 0-0 0/0 13:49 0-0 1/0 17:55 DND 0-0 1/-1 16:28 0-0 1/0 15:32 0-0 1/0 17:46 1-0 3/0 17:30 0-0 0/1 19:44 1-0 1/2 24:40 0-1 2/-1 19:09 Date Opp. CALVERT #11 ATKINSON #13 CLITSOME #14 DORSETT #15 BRASSARD #16 UMBERGER #18 JOHANSEN #19 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs NSH @ MIN Vs VAN Vs COL @ DAL Vs DAL @ DET @ OTT Vs DET 0-0 0/0 8:55 0-1 0/1 10:30 0-0 0/0 7:16 0-0 1/0 8:06 0-0 0/0 7:52 MIN MIN MIN MIN 0-0 2/-2 17:36 0-0 2/-1 16:52 1-0 2/0 7:25 0-0 1/-1 13:16 MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN 0-0 3/0 24:29 0-1 0/0 24:08 0-1 4/0 20:51 0-0 4/0 25:14 0-0 3/0 21:33 0-0 1/0 24:07 0-0 0/-1 28:00 0-0 2/-1 25:22 0-3 1/1 16:44 0-0 0/0 10:54 1-0 4/0 10:03 0-0 0/0 15:41 0-0 0/0 13:22 0-0 0/-1 12:22 0-0 0/-1 13:17 0-0 1/0 9:30 0-0 1/0 12:48 0-0 2/0 12:20 0-0 3/0 10:00 0-0 1/0 14:19 0-0 0/0 16:21 0-0 1/-1 14:49 0-0 0/0 8:42 1-0 4/-1 18:42 1-0 3/-1 18:02 0-1 2/0 16:29 0-0 2/-1 16:32 0-0 2/-1 18:11 0-0 2/0 18:42 0-0 2/0 19:19 0-0 3/0 17:49 0-1 0/-1 16:58 0-0 3/-1 20:01 0-0 0/0 20:02 0-0 2/0 19:00 1-1 5/2 18:25 0-0 0/0 8:46 DND DND 0-0 1/0 8:26 DND 0-0 1/0 7:42 0-0 3/0 11:21 0-1 2/1 17:14 1-1 (W) 3/1 16:55 Date Opp. WISNIEWSKI #21 PROSPAL #22 MACKENZIE #24 PAHLSSON #26 GIROUX #28 BASS #32 VERMETTE #50 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs NSH @ MIN Vs VAN Vs COL @ DAL Vs DAL @ DET @ OTT Vs DET SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS 0-0 1/1 27:21 1-1 1/1 20:17 0-0 2/0 19:41 1-0 3/0 17:33 0-1 4/1 18:20 1-0 2/0 17:53 0-0 5/0 20:01 0-1 7/-1 18:31 0-2 0/0 17:35 0-0 1/-1 16:35 0-0 1/0 9:40 0-0 1/1 10:27 0-1 1/0 8:45 0-0 1/0 11:25 0-0 0/0 9:45 0-0 0/0 7:13 0-0 2/0 7:49 0-0 1/0 9:49 1-0 1/2 9:20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 MIN MIN MIN MIN 1-0 1/-1 14:55 0-0 4/0 18:59 0-0 3/-1 17:36 0-0 0/0 10:34 0-0 1/1 6:40 MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN 0-0 0/0 6:25 0-0 2/0 10:20 0-0 1/0 8:28 0-1 1/1 9:15 0-0 4/-1 20:24 0-0 0/0 21:14 0-0 2/0 21:18 0-0 2/-1 17:51 0-0 0/-1 18:45 0-0 4/0 19:37 0-1 4/0 18:35 0-1 0/1 19:20 0-1 3/1 20:10 Date Opp. TYUTIN #51 SAVARD #58 NASH #61 BOLL # RUTH # MASON #1 SANFORD #30 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs NSH @ MIN Vs VAN Vs COL @ DAL Vs DAL @ DET @ OTT Vs DET 0-0 2/0 23:14 0-0 0/1 21:43 0-0 2/1 22:41 0-0 1/0 21:26 0-1 1/0 21:39 0-0 4/-1 24:37 0-0 2/-2 27:22 0-1 1/-2 26:27 0-0 3/2 25:48 0-0 2/0 16:31 0-0 3/0 18:07 0-0 1/0 20:35 0-0 2/0 13:44 0-1 1/-1 18:19 0-1 3/-1 17:35 DND 0-0 1/0 9:38 DND 1-1 3/2 20:53 0-0 4/-1 20:12 0-1 1/0 17:38 1-1 4/1 20:23 0-0 2/0 20:24 0-1 4/-1 21:18 0-1 0/-1 20:13 1-0 6/0 18:44 0-0 3/-1 17:50 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 3/31L 59 4/23L 40 3/25L 58 2/32O 65 4/33L 60 3/18L 58 4/32L 59 4/27L 60 1/31W 57 DNP 0/3 18 DNP DNP DNP INJ INJ INJ INJ Date Opp. YORK #41 DEKANICH # Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 18 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 25 Vs NSH @ MIN Vs VAN Vs COL @ DAL Vs DAL @ DET @ OTT Vs DET MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN DNP DNP 0/0 3 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 2/0 15:33 1/-1 17:16 1/0 16:18 0/0 25:37 1/-1 19:50 0/0 16:46 0/0 10:42 0/1 10:07 1/0 14:42 0/0 16:07 0/-1 12:17 0/-1 12:40 1/0 10:55 0/-1 14:24 0/0 16:12 Columbus Blue Jackets: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Scott Arniel * Named fifth head coach in Blue Jackets history on June 8, 2010 and led club to a 34-35-13 record his first season. * Club set records for road wins (17), road points (42) and longest road streak earning at least a point, going 6-0-2 Jan. 15-Feb. 18, 2011. * Also led the team to its best start in franchise history, going 14-6-0 the first 20 games of the season. * Joined the Blue Jackets after spending four seasons as the head coach of the Manitoba Moose (AHL) * Led the Moose to a 181-106-33 record (.617) from 2006-10 and four appearances in the Calder Cup Playoffs * Named 2008-09 AHL Coach of the Year after guiding the Moose to a 50-23-7 record * Prior to his stint in Manitoba, served as an assistant coach with the Buffalo Sabres for four seasons between 2002 and 2006 * Was Winnipeg’s second pick, 22nd overall, in the 1981 Entry Draft * Played parts of 11 seasons in the NHL from 1981-92, registering 149-189-338 and 599 penalty minutes in 730 career games with Buffalo, Winnipeg &Boston #1: Steve Mason (G) 6' 4", 217 lbs. / May 29, 1988 (23 years and 4 months) Drafted: Columbus' 2nd pick, 69th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft 4th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Win: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Last SO: FEB 22, 2011 vs NASHVILLE (24) Career Shootouts: 59/92 (.641), 10-18 Season Highs: Shots 33 10/15 vs. DAL Season Career Career vs. Opp GP 9 182 2 W-L-OT 1-7-1 78-74-24 1-1-0 SO 0 18 1 GAA 3.25 2.79 2.54 SV% .889 .905 .914 Saves 30 2x •Notched his first win of the season, stopping 30-of-31 shot, Oct. 25 vs. Detroit; first win since Mar. 29, 2011 vs. Florida. #30: Curtis Sanford (G) 5' 11", 187 lbs. / Oct 5, 1979 (32 years) Drafted: Not drafted Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 1, 2011 5th NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Win: DEC 28, 2008 vs OTTAWA (4) Last SO: DEC 28, 2008 vs OTTAWA (4) Career Shootouts: 18/35 (.514), 3-8 Season Highs: Shots 3 10/8 vs. MIN Season Career Career vs. Opp GP 1 109 1 W-L-OT 0-0-0 37-37-11 0-1-0 SO 0 5 0 GAA 0.00 2.75 5.00 SV% 1.000 .901 .839 Saves 3 10/8 vs. MIN •Is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a lower body injury. #31: Mark Dekanich (G) (*Injured) Drafted: Nashville's 3rd pick, 146th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 1, 2011 1st NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Win: Last SO: Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0-0 Season Highs: Shots - 6' 2", 185 lbs. / May 10, 1986 (25 years and 5 months) Season Career Career vs. Opp GP 0 1 - W-L-OT 0-0-0 0-0-0 ----0 SO 0 0 - GAA 0.00 3.60 - SV% .000 .880 - Saves - •Suffered a lower body injury Sept. 20 vs. Winnipeg (preseason) and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. #41: Allen York (G) 6' 3", 188 lbs. / Jun 17, 1989 (22 years and 4 months) Drafted: Columbus' 6th pick, 158th overall, in the 2007 Entry Draft 1st NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Win: Last SO: Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0-0 Season Highs: Shots - Season Career Career vs. Opp GP 1 1 - W-L-OT 0-0-0 0-0-0 ----0 SO 0 0 - GAA 0.00 0.00 - Saves - •Recalled from Springfield (AHL) Oct. 20; made his NHL debut Oct. 25 vs. Detroit, playing 2:33 of action in relief of Steve Mason. •Enters his first full professional season after appearing in four games with Springfield in 2010-11. SV% .000 - #2: Radek Martinek (D) (*Injured) 6' 2", 210 lbs. / Aug 31, 1976 (35 years and 1 month) Drafted: NY Islanders' 12th pick, 228th overall, in the 1999 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 6, 2011 10th NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 12, 2011 vs COLORADO (3) Last Assist: MAR 31, 2011 vs NY RANGERS (11) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/12 vs. COL A - P 1 10/12 vs. COL Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI 26:43 10/12 vs. COL Shots 3 2x GP 7 460 23 G-A-P 1-0-1 22-82-104 0-2-2 Hits 2 10/15 vs. DAL +/-3 -13 2 PIM 0 272 22 +/- •Was placed on injured reserve on Oct. 22; is going to miss at least one week. #3: Marc Methot (D) 6' 3", 227 lbs. / Jun 21, 1985 (26 years and 4 months) muh-THAHT Drafted: Columbus' 8th pick, 200th overall, in 2003 Entry Draft 6th NHL / 6th CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 15, 2010 vs EDMONTON (92) Last Assist: JAN 11, 2011 vs PHOENIX (42) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 2x TOI 25:37 10/12 vs. COL Shots 2 10/7 vs. NSH GP 6 235 3 G-A-P 0-0-0 6-38-44 0-0-0 Hits 4 10/8 vs. MIN +/-2 3 1 PIM 4 188 0 +/- •Was injured Oct. 21 at Detroit; is listed as day-to-day with a hand injury. #4: John Moore (D) 6' 3", 202 lbs. / Nov 19, 1990 (20 years and 11 months) Drafted: 1st pick, 21st overall, in 2009 Entry Draft 1st NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Last Assist: Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/25 vs. DET A - Season Career Career vs. Opp P 1 10/25 vs. DET PIM - TOI 13:22 10/25 vs. DET Shots 1 10/25 vs. DET GP 2 4 - G-A-P 1-0-1 1-0-1 ----- Hits 2 10/25 vs. DET +/1 1 - PIM 0 0 - +/+1 10/25 vs. DET •Scored the first goal of his NHL career Oct. 25 vs. Detroit; goal was his first NHL point, as well. •Was recalled from Springfield (AHL) Oct. 22; made his season debut and had 9:35 TOI Oct. 22 at Ottawa. #5: Aaron Johnson (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Apr 30, 1983 (28 years and 5 months) Drafted: Columbus' 4th pick, 85th overall, in the 2001 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 5, 2011 7th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (1) Last Assist: OCT 21, 2011 @ DETROIT (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 2x A 1 2x P 2 10/21 vs. DET Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/21 vs. DET TOI 25:21 10/21 vs. DET Shots 6 10/21 vs. DET GP 5 230 1 Hits 4 2x G-A-P 2-2-4 16-34-50 0-0-0 +/0 13 1 PIM 2 193 2 +/+1 10/22 vs. OTT •Leads all club defensemen and is fourth overall in scoring with 2-2-4 in five games; had goals in back-to-back games Oct. 21-22. •Has 2-1-3 with a +1 plus/minus rating and logged 67:18 of ice time the last three games. •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 21 at Detroit; was his first goal in 12 games (Mar. 21, 2010 vs. San Jose with Edmonton). #7: Jeff Carter (C) (*Injured) 6' 4", 199 lbs. / Jan 1, 1985 (26 years and 9 months) Drafted: Philadelphia's 1st pick, 11th overall, in the 2003 Entry Draft Acquired: From Philadelphia in exchange for Jakub Voracek, a 1st round pick (Sean Couturier) and 3rd round pick (Nick Cousins) in the 2011 Entry Draft on June 23, 2011 7th NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 1, 2011 @ NEW JERSEY (9) Last Assist: OCT 8, 2011 @ MINNESOTA (3) Career Shootouts: 3/20 (15%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 2 10/7 vs. NSH P 2 10/7 vs. NSH PIM 2 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 21:50 10/12 vs. COL •Was placed on injured reserve Oct. 18; listed as week-to-week with a foot injury. Shots 6 10/7 vs. NSH GP 5 466 23 Hits 2 10/7 vs. NSH G-A-P 0-3-3 181-165-346 12-7-19 +/+1 2x +/1 52 7 PIM 4 292 16 #8: Maksim Mayorov (L) 6' 2", 198 lbs. / Mar 26, 1989 (22 years and 7 months) Drafted: Columbus' 5th pick, 94th overall, in the 2007 Entry Draft 1st NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 2011 @ MINNESOTA (6) Last Assist: Career Shootouts: 1/2 (50%), 1 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/8 vs. MIN A - P 1 10/8 vs. MIN Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/8 vs. MIN TOI 13:49 10/25 vs. DET Shots 2 2x GP 7 19 Hits 3 10/21 vs. DET G-A-P 1-0-1 2-0-2 ----- +/-2 -3 - PIM 2 2 - +/- •Was unsuccessful against Vancouver’s Cory Schneider in the first penalty shot attempt of his NHL career Oct. 10 vs. Vancouver. •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 8 at Minnesota; was second goal of his NHL career (scored first Apr. 1, 2011 vs. Chicago). #10: Kris Russell (D) 5' 10", 172 lbs. / May 2, 1987 (24 years and 5 months) Drafted: Columbus' 3rd pick, 67th overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (1) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 2x A 1 10/25 vs. DET P 1 3x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 4x TOI 24:40 10/22 vs. OTT Shots 3 10/18 vs. DAL GP 8 284 3 Hits 3 10/7 vs. NSH G-A-P 2-1-3 18-61-79 0-1-1 +/1 -27 0 PIM 8 119 2 +/+2 10/22 vs. OTT •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 18 vs. Dallas; was his first goal in 13 games (last scored Mar. 19, 2011 at Minnesota). •Has points in three of the past four games after picking up an assist Oct. 25 vs. Detroit. #14: Grant Clitsome (D) 5' 11", 215 lbs. / Apr 14, 1985 (26 years and 6 months) Drafted: Columbus' 12th pick, 271st overall, in the 2004 Entry Draft 2nd NHL / 2nd CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 15, 2011 vs BOSTON (14) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 3 10/25 vs. DET P 3 10/25 vs. DET Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 2x TOI 28:00 10/21 vs. DET Shots 4 2x GP 9 51 1 Hits 3 3x G-A-P 0-5-5 5-22-27 0-1-1 +/-1 1 0 PIM 4 26 0 +/+1 10/25 vs. DET •Had three assists Oct. 25 vs. Detroit for the first three-assist and three-point game of his NHL career. •Played in a career high 28:00 of ice time Oct. 21 at Detroit; had two hits and two blocked shots in the game. •Has played in 21-or-more minutes in all but one game this season; had assists in back-to-back games Oct. 8-10. #15: Derek Dorsett (R) 6' 0", 192 lbs. / Dec 20, 1986 (24 years and 10 months) DOHRS-it Drafted: Columbus' 9th pick, 189th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft 4th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 2011 @ MINNESOTA (7) Last Assist: MAR 29, 2011 vs FLORIDA (15) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/8 vs. MIN A - P 1 10/8 vs. MIN Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 7 10/12 vs. COL TOI 15:41 10/10 vs. VAN Shots 4 10/8 vs. MIN GP 9 188 2 Hits 5 10/18 vs. DAL G-A-P 1-0-1 13-24-37 1-0-1 +/-2 -12 1 PIM 16 455 7 +/- •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 8 at Minnesota; had four shots and two hits in the game. #16: Derick Brassard (C) 6' 1", 202 lbs. / Sep 22, 1987 (24 years and 1 month) bruh-SAHRD Drafted: Columbus' 1st pick, 6th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 21, 2011 @ DETROIT (2) Last Assist: OCT 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (1) Career Shootouts: 1/4 (25%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 2x A 1 10/22 vs. OTT P 1 3x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 2x TOI 18:42 10/18 vs. DAL Shots 4 10/18 vs. DAL •Had goals in back-to-back games after scoring his second goal of the season Oct. 21 at Detroit. •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 18 vs. Dallas; goal was the 2,000th in Blue Jackets history. •Had points (2-1-3) in three-straight games after recording an assist Oct. 22 at Ottawa. GP 9 210 4 Hits 4 10/21 vs. DET G-A-P 2-1-3 39-74-113 1-2-3 +/- +/-4 -24 0 PIM 4 130 0 #18: RJ Umberger (L) 6' 2", 220 lbs. / May 3, 1982 (29 years and 5 months) Drafted: Vancouver's 1st pick, 16th overall, in the 2001 Entry Draft Acquired: From Philadelphia with a 4th round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft (Drew Olson) in exchange for a 1st round pick (Luca Sbisa) and 3rd round pick (Marc-Andre Bourdon) in the 2008 Entry Draft on June 20, 2008 7th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Career Shootouts: 0/5 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/25 vs. DET A 1 2x P 2 10/25 vs. DET PIM 2 10/21 vs. DET Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 20:02 10/21 vs. DET Shots 5 10/25 vs. DET GP 9 483 16 G-A-P 1-2-3 124-153-277 5-4-9 Hits 5 10/22 vs. OTT +/-1 -47 -7 PIM 2 211 26 +/+2 10/25 vs. DET •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 25 vs. Detroit; first goal in 11 games (last scored Apr. 3, 2011 vs. St. Louis). •Also had an assist against the Red Wings for his first multi-point game of the season. •With 75 goals as a Blue Jacket, is one goal shy of tying Nikolai Zherdev (76 goals) for fourth on the Blue Jackets all-time list. •Has played in a franchise record 255-straight consecutive games with Columbus, a streak that began Oct. 10, 2008. #19: Ryan Johansen (C) 6' 3", 203 lbs. / Jul 31, 1992 (19 years and 2 months) Drafted: Columbusâ first pick, 4th overall in the 2010 Entry Draft 1st NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/25 vs. DET A 1 2x P 2 10/25 vs. DET Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/18 vs. DAL TOI 17:14 10/22 vs. OTT Shots 3 2x GP 6 6 - G-A-P 1-2-3 1-2-3 ----- Hits 1 10/22 vs. OTT +/2 2 - PIM 2 2 - +/+1 2x •Scored the first goal/game-winning goal of his NHL career Oct. 25 vs. Detroit; added an assist for his first NHL multi-point game. •Recorded the first point of his NHL career with an assist (Kris Russell goal) Oct. 22 at Ottawa. •Also played in a career high 17:14 of TOI in the game; made his NHL debut Oct. 7 vs. Nashville. #20: Kristian Huselius (L) (*Injured) 6' 2", 184 lbs. / Nov 10, 1978 (32 years and 11 months) hoo-SAY-lee-uhs Drafted: Florida's 2nd pick, 47th overall, in the 1997 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 2, 2008 10th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 9, 2011 vs BUFFALO Last Assist: FEB 18, 2011 @ CHICAGO (4) Career Shootouts: 12/36 (33%), 5 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI - Shots - GP 0 660 18 G-A-P 0-0-0 190-261-451 7-6-13 Hits - +/0 -14 1 PIM 0 254 6 +/- •Expected to miss 4-6 months due to a torn pectoral injury suffered during the offseason. #21: James Wisniewski (D) 6' 0", 208 lbs. / Feb 21, 1984 (27 years and 8 months) Wiz-NOO-skee Drafted: Chicago's 5th pick, 156th overall, in the 2002 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2011 6th NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 20, 2011 @ MINNESOTA (10) Last Assist: APR 7, 2011 @ OTTAWA (2) Career Shootouts: 2/5 (40%), 2 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI 27:21 10/25 vs. DET Shots 1 10/25 vs. DET GP 1 330 7 Hits 2 10/25 vs. DET G-A-P 0-0-0 27-121-148 1-2-3 +/1 6 2 +/+1 10/25 vs. DET •Made his Blue Jackets debut Oct. 25 vs. Detroit after missing the first eight games of the season due to suspension. •Had one shot on goal, a game-high four blocked shots, two hits and was +1 in a game-high 27:21 of action against the Red Wings. •Ranked fifth among NHL defensemen in points (51) and was seventh in assists (41) during the 2010-11 season. •Set career highs in goals (10), assists, points, power-play goals (7), game-winning goals (2), shots (158) and games played (75). PIM 0 302 4 #22: Vinny Prospal (L) 6' 2", 191 lbs. / Feb 17, 1975 (36 years and 8 months) Drafted: Philadelphia's 2nd pick, 71st overall, in the 1993 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed by Columbus as a free agent July 23, 2011 16th NHL / 2nd CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 15, 2011 @ DALLAS (4) Last Assist: OCT 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (1) Career Shootouts: 6/16 (38%), 3 GDG Season Highs: G 1 3x A 2 10/22 vs. OTT P 2 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 4 10/15 vs. DAL TOI 20:17 10/7 vs. NSH Shots 7 10/21 vs. DET GP 9 987 50 G-A-P 3-5-8 230-458-688 12-18-30 Hits 4 10/15 vs. DAL +/0 -49 -24 PIM 10 523 30 +/+1 2x •Recorded his second multi-point game of the season Oct. 22 at Ottawa with a pair of assists to give him points in back-to-back games. •Has collected 3-5-8 in eight games this season and is tied for the team lead in points with Rick Nash (3-5-8 in eight games). •Has points in six of the eight games and has at least one shot on goal in seven of those games; ranks 20th (tied) in the NHL in points. #24: Derek MacKenzie (C) 5' 11", 180 lbs. / Jun 11, 1981 (30 years and 4 months) Drafted: Atlanta's 6th pick, 128th overall, in the 1999 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 11, 2007 6th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Last Assist: OCT 10, 2011 vs VANCOUVER (6) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/25 vs. DET A 1 10/10 vs. VAN P 1 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/21 vs. DET TOI 11:25 10/12 vs. COL Shots 2 10/21 vs. DET GP 9 136 3 Hits 6 10/21 vs. DET G-A-P 1-1-2 13-20-33 0-1-1 +/3 17 0 PIM 2 54 2 +/+2 10/25 vs. DET •Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 25 vs. Detroit; first goal in 17 games (last scored Mar. 22, 2011 at Colorado). •Had a game-high six hits Oct. 21 at Detroit; picked up his first point of the season with an assist Oct. 10 vs. Vancouver. #26: Samuel Pahlsson (C) 6' 0", 202 lbs. / Dec 17, 1977 (33 years and 10 months) PAWL-suhn Drafted: Colorado's 10th pick, 176th overall, in the 1996 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2009 11th NHL / 3rd CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 1, 2011 vs CHICAGO (13) Last Assist: APR 9, 2011 vs BUFFALO (9) Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/25 vs. DET TOI 16:12 10/25 vs. DET Shots 1 2x GP 9 727 9 Hits 4 10/25 vs. DET G-A-P 0-0-0 64-118-182 0-2-2 +/-2 -70 -1 PIM 2 324 2 +/+1 10/8 vs. MIN •Was one of three players to play in all 82 games (R.J. Umberger, Antoine Vermette) in 2010-11. •Was second (tied) on the club in face-off percentage (52.0) and third in hits (162) last season. #28: Alexandre Giroux (L) 6' 3", 208 lbs. / Jun 16, 1981 (30 years and 4 months) Drafted: Ottawaâs 7th pick, 213th overall, in the 1999 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 11, 2011 2nd NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 15, 2011 @ DALLAS (4) Last Assist: MAR 13, 2011 @ PITTSBURGH (8) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G 1 10/15 vs. DAL A - P 1 10/15 vs. DAL Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 10/15 vs. DAL TOI 18:59 10/18 vs. DAL Shots 4 10/18 vs. DAL GP 5 44 4 Hits 3 2x G-A-P 1-0-1 6-6-12 0-0-0 +/-1 -1 -2 PIM 2 20 0 +/+1 10/25 vs. DET •Made his Blue Jackets debut and scored his first goal with the club Oct 15 at Dallas; recalled from Springfield (AHL) on Oct. 13. #32: Cody Bass (C) 6' 0", 205 lbs. / Jan 7, 1987 (24 years and 9 months) Drafted: Ottawa's 3rd pick, 95th overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 13, 2011 3rd NHL / 3rd CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 3, 2008 @ TORONTO (18) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 10/25 vs. DET P 1 10/25 vs. DET Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 5 10/18 vs. DAL TOI 10:20 10/21 vs. DET Shots 2 10/21 vs. DET GP 4 38 3 Hits 2 3x G-A-P 0-1-1 2-3-5 1-0-1 +/1 -2 1 +/+1 10/25 vs. DET •Made his Blue Jackets debut Oct. 18 vs. Dallas; had five penalty minutes and two hits in the game; recalled from Springfield Oct. 17. PIM 5 39 4 #40: Jared Boll (R) (*Injured) 6' 2", 219 lbs. / May 13, 1986 (25 years and 5 months) Drafted: Columbus' 4th pick, 101st overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft 4th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 9, 2011 vs BUFFALO Last Assist: MAR 9, 2011 vs ST. LOUIS (16) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM - TOI - Shots - GP 0 291 5 G-A-P 0-0-0 20-23-43 1-1-2 Hits - +/0 -20 2 PIM 0 737 27 +/- •Has 6-5-11 the past 68 games after being held to 1-2-3 the previous 52 games. •Has set a career high in goals, one better than his previous best of five set in 75 games in 2007-08. •Ranks seventh in the NHL in penalty minutes, with 182 to his credit; has over 100 penalty minutes in all four of his NHL seasons. #49: Theo Ruth (D) (*Injured) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Feb 14, 1989 (22 years and 8 months) Drafted: Washington's 2nd pick, 46th overall, in the 2007 Entry Draft Acquired: From Washington in exchange for Sergei Fedorov on Feb. 26, 2008 1st NHL / 1st CBJ Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Season Highs: G - A - P - PIM - Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI - Shots - GP 0 0 - G-A-P 0-0-0 0-0-0 ----- Hits - +/0 0 - PIM 0 0 - +/- •Suffered an injury Sept. 21 vs. Washington (preseason) and is expected to be out 2-4 weeks. #50: Antoine Vermette (C) 6' 1", 198 lbs. / Jul 20, 1982 (29 years and 3 months) AN-twuhn vuhr-MEHT Drafted: Ottawa's 3rd pick, 55th overall, in the 2000 Entry Draft Acquired: From Ottawa in exchange for Pascal Leclaire and 2nd round pick (Robin Lehner) in the 2009 Entry Draft on Mar. 4, 2009 8th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 31, 2011 @ WASHINGTON (14) Last Assist: OCT 25, 2011 vs DETROIT Career Shootouts: 7/31 (23%), 2 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 3x P 1 3x PIM 2 10/12 vs. COL Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 21:18 10/10 vs. VAN Shots 4 3x GP 9 549 35 G-A-P 0-3-3 133-162-295 6-10-16 Hits 3 2x +/-1 17 4 PIM 2 307 16 +/+1 2x •Has assists/points in three-straight games after picking up a helper Oct. 25 vs. Detroit. •Has not missed a game since making his debut with the club Mar. 7, 2009; streak of 189 games (fourth longest streak in club history). #51: Fedor Tyutin (D) 6' 2", 216 lbs. / Jul 19, 1983 (28 years and 3 months) FEH-dohr TOO-tihn Drafted: NY Rangers' 2nd pick, 40th overall, in the 2001 Entry Draft Acquired: From NY Rangers with Christian Backman in exchange for Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche on July 2, 2008 8th NHL / 4th CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 31, 2011 @ WASHINGTON (14) Last Assist: OCT 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (1) Career Shootouts: 4/10 (40%), 1 GDG Season Highs: G - A 1 2x P 1 2x PIM 2 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp TOI 27:22 10/21 vs. DET Shots 4 10/18 vs. DAL GP 9 501 15 G-A-P 0-2-2 37-124-161 2-3-5 Hits 5 10/25 vs. DET +/-1 -25 -4 PIM 4 325 6 +/+2 10/25 vs. DET •Played the 500th game of his NHL career and had an assist Oct. 22 at Ottawa; played in 21-or-more minutes in every game this season. •Notched his first point of the season with an assist Oct. 15 at Dallas; was his first assist in 19 games (Mar. 11, 2011 vs. Los Angeles). #61: Rick Nash (R) 6' 4", 219 lbs. / Jun 16, 1984 (27 years and 4 months) Drafted: Columbus' 1st pick, 1st overall, in the 2002 Entry Draft 9th NHL / 9th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (1) Last Assist: OCT 21, 2011 @ DETROIT (2) Career Shootouts: 23/59 (39%), 6 GDG Season Highs: G 1 3x A 1 5x P 2 2x Season Career Career vs. Opp PIM 2 2x TOI 21:18 10/18 vs. DAL Shots 6 10/22 vs. OTT GP 9 601 8 Hits 3 2x •Had points (1-2-3) in three-straight games Oct. 18-22, including his third goal of the season Oct. 22 at Ottawa. •Picked up 1-1-2 Oct. 12 vs. Colorado for the 125th multi-point game of his NHL career. •Has points in six-of-nine games this season; leads the team (tied) and ranks 23rd (tied) in the NHL in points. G-A-P 3-5-8 262-234-496 4-2-6 +/-1 -53 -1 +/+2 10/7 vs. NSH PIM 4 532 2
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