2009–10 Buffalo Sabres season

2009–10 Buffalo Sabres
Northeast Division Champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2009–10 record	45–27–10
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	20–17–4
Goals for	235
Goals against	207
Team information
General Manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Craig Rivet
Alternate captains	Paul Gaustad Jochen Hecht Jason Pominville Derek Roy
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	Average: 18,529
Team leaders
Goals	Thomas Vanek (28)
Assists	Tim Connolly (48)
Points	Derek Roy (69)
Penalties in minutes	Craig Rivet (100)
Plus/minus	Jochen Hecht (+14)
Wins	Ryan Miller (41)
Goals against average	Ryan Miller (2.22)
<2008–09 2010–11>

The 2009–10 Buffalo Sabres season was the 40th season (39th season of play) of the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League. The season saw the Sabres win the Northeast Division title and return to the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. Ryan Miller won the Vezina Trophy for the first time in his career.^[1] The Vezina win was the League-best eight for the Sabres franchise since 1982, when the trophy began being awarded to the NHL's top goaltender. Tyler Myers became the first Sabre to win the Calder Memorial Trophy,^[2] for Rookie of the Year, since Tom Barasso won it in the 1983–84 season.

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Washington Capitals	3-4	Buffalo Sabres	Enroth	17,597	0-0-1	Recap
2	September 19	Buffalo Sabres	3-1	Detroit Red Wings	Miller	15,924	1-0-1	Recap
3	September 21	Buffalo Sabres	2-1	Washington Capitals	Lalime	18,075	2-0-1	Recap
4	September 23	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-3	Buffalo Sabres	Miller	11,008	3-0-1	Recap
5	September 26	Buffalo Sabres	2-3	Montreal Canadiens	Miller	21,273	3-1-1	Recap
6	September 27	Buffalo Sabres	7-6	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lalime	18,388	4-1-1	Recap

Regular season

Divisional standings

Northeast Division^[3]

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Buffalo Sabres	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
2	Ottawa Senators	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
3	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	38	14	214	263	74

Conference standings

Eastern Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	SE	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
2	y – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
3	y – Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
5	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
7	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

Game log

2009–10 Game Log
October : 8-2-1 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 4-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 1 October 3 Montreal Canadiens 1-2 (OTL) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 0-0-1 2 October 8 Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 1-0-1 3 October 10 Nashville Predators 1-0 Miller Sommet Center - 14,209 2-0-1 4 October 13 Detroit Red Wings 6-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,459 3-0-1 5 October 16 New York Islanders 6-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 4-0-1 6 October 17 Atlanta Thrashers 2-4 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 4-1-1 7 October 21 Florida Panthers 5-2 Miller BankAtlantic Center - 12,607 5-1-1 8 October 24 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 (SOW) Miller St. Pete Times Forum - 15,804 6-1-1 9 October 28 New Jersey Devils 4-1 Miller Prudential Center - 14,182 7-1-1 10 October 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 (OTW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,300 8-1-1 11 October 31 New York Islanders 0-5 Miller Nassau Veterans Mem. Coliseum - 8,889 8-2-1
November: 7-5-1 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 3-3-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 12 November 4 New York Islanders 3-0 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,626 9-2-1 13 November 6 Philadelphia Flyers 2-5 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,525 9-3-1 14 November 7 Boston Bruins 2-4 Enroth TD Garden - 17,565 9-4-1 15 November 11 Edmonton Oilers 3-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,797 10-4-1 16 November 13 Calgary Flames 2-1 (SOW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 11-4-1 17 November 14 Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 Miller Wachovia Center - 19,641 12-4-1 18 November 18 Florida Panthers 2-6 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,546 12-5-1 19 November 20 Boston Bruins 1-2 (OTL) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,291 12-5-2 20 November 21 Ottawa Senators 3-5 Lalime Scotiabank Place - 17,206 12-6-2 21 November 25 Washington Capitals 0-2 Miller Verizon Center - 18,277 12-7-2 22 November 27 Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Miller Wachovia Center - 19,673 13-7-2 23 November 28 Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 14-7-2 24 November 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 Miller Air Canada Centre - 19,110 15-7-2
December: 9-4-2 (Home: 5-2-2; Road: 4-2-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 25 December 3 Montreal Canadiens 6-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 16-7-2 26 December 5 New York Rangers 1-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,301 16-8-2 27 December 7 New Jersey Devils 0-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 16-9-2 28 December 9 Washington Capitals 3-0 Miller HSBC Arena - 17,982 17-9-2 29 December 11 Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,009 18-9-2 30 December 12 New York Rangers 3-2 Miller Madison Square Garden - 18,200 19-9-2 31 December 14 Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Miller Bell Centre - 21,273 20-9-2 32 December 16 Ottawa Senators 0-2 Miller Scotiabank Place - 16,917 20-10-2 33 December 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,159 21-10-2 34 December 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 1-2 (OTL) Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 21-10-3 35 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Miller Air Canada Centre - 19,235 22-10-3 36 December 23 Washington Capitals 2-5 Miller Verizon Center - 18,277 22-11-3 37 December 26 Ottawa Senators 2-3 (OTL) Miller HSBC Arena -18,690 22-11-4 38 December 27 St. Louis Blues 5-3 Lalime Scottrade Center -19,150 23-11-4 39 December 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 Lalime HSBC Arena -18,690 24-11-4
January: 8-3-3 (Home: 5-0-1; Road: 3-3-2) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 40 January 1 Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 25-11-4 41 January 3 Montreal Canadiens 1-0 Miller Bell Centre - 21,273 26-11-4 42 January 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 27-11-4 43 January 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 28-11-4 44 January 9 Colorado Avalanche 3-4 (OTL) Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 28-11-5 45 January 14 Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 Miller Philips Arena - 11,313 29-11-5 46 January 16 New York Islanders 2-3 (SOL) Miller Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 13,635 29-11-6 47 January 18 Phoenix Coyotes 7-2 Miller Jobing.com Arena - 11,309 30-11-6 48 January 19 Anaheim Ducks 4-5 Lalime Honda Center - 15,570 30-12-6 49 January 21 Los Angeles Kings 3-4 (SOL) Miller Staples Center - 16,884 30-12-7 50 January 23 San Jose Sharks 2-5 Miller HP Pavilion - 17,562 30-13-7 51 January 25 Vancouver Canucks 2-3 Miller General Motors Place - 18,810 30-14-7 52 January 27 New Jersey Devils 2-1 (SOW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 31-14-7 53 January 29 Boston Bruins 2-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18690 32-14-7
February: 1-4-2 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 0-2-1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 54 February 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-5 Miller Mellon Arena - 17,029 32-15-7 55 February 3 Ottawa Senators 2-4 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 32-16-7 56 February 5 Carolina Hurricanes 3-4 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 32-17-7 57 February 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 0-4 Lalime Nationwide Arena - 18,576 32-18-7 58 February 9 Boston Bruins 3-4 (OT) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 32-18-8 59 February 11 Carolina Hurricanes 2-3 (OT) Miller RBC Center - 15,527 32-18-9 60 February 13 San Jose Sharks 3-1 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 33-18-9
March: 10-5-1 (Home: 5-3-0; Road: 5-2-1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 61 March 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-3 Lalime Mellon Arena - 17,132 33-19-9 62 March 3 Washington Capitals 1-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 33-20-9 63 March 5 Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 (OT) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 34-20-9 64 March 7 New York Rangers 2-1 (OT) Miller Madison Square Garden - 18,200 35-20-9 65 March 10 Dallas Stars 5-3 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 36-20-9 66 March 12 Minnesota Wild 2-3 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 36-21-9 67 March 13 Detroit Red Wings 2-3 (OT) Miller Joe Louis Arena - 20,066 36-21-10 68 March 16 Atlanta Thrashers 3-4 Lalime Philips Arena - 12,540 36-22-10 69 March 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 Miller St. Pete Times Forum - 16,868 37-22-10 70 March 20 Florida Panthers 3-1 Miller BankAtlantic Center - 18,217 38-22-10 71 March 21 Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 Miller RBC Center - 15,311 39-22-10 72 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 3-2 (SOW) Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 40-22-10 73 March 26 Ottawa Senators 2-4 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 40-23-10 74 March 27 Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1 Lalime HSBC Arena - 18,690 41-23-10 75 March 29 Boston Bruins 3-2 Miller TD Garden - 17,565 42-23-10 76 March 31 Florida Panthers 6-2 Miller HSBC Arena - 18,690 43-23-10
April: 2-4-0 (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 1-4-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location/Attendance Record 77 April 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-4 Miller Air Canada Centre 43-24-10 78 April 3 Montreal Canadiens 0-3 Miller Bell Centre 43-25-10 79 April 6 New York Rangers 5-2 Miller HSBC Arena 44-25-10 80 April 8 Boston Bruins 1-3 Lalime TD Garden 44-26-10 81 April 10 Ottawa Senators 5-2 Miller Scotiabank Place 45-26-10 82 April 11 New Jersey Devils 1-2 Lalime Prudential Center 45-27-10
2009–10 Schedule

Playoffs

The Sabres qualified for the playoffs for the first time in three years. They had not qualified for the playoffs since winning the Presidents' Trophy in the 2006–07 NHL season.

Playoff log

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs #6 Boston Bruins : 2–4 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 0–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Buffalo goals Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Boston Bruins 1 – 2 Buffalo Sabres Recchi Vanek, Rivet Miller 18,690 1–0 2 April 17 Boston Bruins 5 – 3 Buffalo Sabres Ryder (2), Chara (2), Recchi Myers, Ellis, Pominville Miller 18,690 1–1 3 April 19 Buffalo Sabres 1 – 2 Boston Bruins Wideman, Bergeron Grier Miller 17,565 1–2 4 April 21 Buffalo Sabres 2 – 3 Boston Bruins 27:41 Krejci, Bergeron, Satan Kennedy, Montador Miller 17,565 1–3 5 April 23 Boston Bruins 1 – 4 Buffalo Sabres Boychuk Mair, Pominville, Grier, Ennis Miller 18,690 2–3 6 April 26 Buffalo Sabres 3 – 4 Boston Bruins Krejci (2), Recchi, Satan Kaleta, Gerbe, Vanek Miller 17,565 2–4

• Scorer of game-winning goal in italics
• *Denotes if necessary

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Roy, DerekDerek Roy 80 26 43 69 9 48 Connolly, TimTim Connolly 73 17 48 65 10 28 Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 82 24 38 62 13 22 Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 71 28 25 53 9 42 Myers, TylerTyler Myers 82 11 37 48 13 32 Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht 79 21 21 42 14 35 Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford 71 14 20 34 4 35 Kennedy, TimTim Kennedy 78 10 16 26 -3 50 MacArthur, ClarkeClarke MacArthur^‡ 60 13 13 26 -14 47 Montador, SteveSteve Montador 78 5 18 23 0 75 Gaustad, PaulPaul Gaustad 65 12 10 22 -7 82 Grier, MikeMike Grier 73 10 12 22 -4 14 Butler, ChrisChris Butler 59 1 20 21 -15 22 Lydman, ToniToni Lydman 67 4 16 20 10 30 Tallinder, HenrikHenrik Tallinder 82 4 16 20 13 32 Kaleta, PatrickPatrick Kaleta 55 10 5 15 2 89 Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet 78 1 14 15 -6 100 Mair, AdamAdam Mair 69 6 8 14 -2 73 Ellis, MattMatt Ellis 72 3 10 13 -1 12 Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera 49 4 7 11 -1 6 Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis 10 3 6 9 1 6 Torres, RaffiRaffi Torres^† 14 0 5 5 -3 2 Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe 10 2 3 5 1 4 Mancari, MarkMark Mancari 6 1 1 2 3 4 Paetsch, NathanNathan Paetsch^‡ 11 1 1 2 2 6 Paille, DanielDaniel Paille^‡ 2 0 1 1 1 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 6 2 2 4 -1 2 Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis 6 1 3 4 1 0 Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 3 2 1 3 1 2 Kennedy, TimTim Kennedy 6 1 2 3 3 4 Grier, MikeMike Grier 6 2 0 2 0 2 Tallinder, HenrikHenrik Tallinder 6 0 2 2 2 2 Mair, AdamAdam Mair 6 1 1 2 2 4 Torres, RaffiRaffi Torres 4 0 2 2 1 12 Roy, DerekDerek Roy 6 0 2 2 2 4 McCormick, CodyCody McCormick 3 0 2 2 1 14 Kaleta, PatrickPatrick Kaleta 6 1 1 2 4 22 Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe 2 1 1 2 2 0 Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet 6 1 0 1 2 11 Lydman, ToniToni Lydman 6 0 1 1 1 6 Connolly, TimTim Connolly 6 0 1 1 -2 2 Gaustad, PaulPaul Gaustad 6 0 1 1 1 8 Montador, SteveSteve Montador 6 1 0 1 3 4 Ellis, MattMatt Ellis 3 1 0 1 1 0 Myers, TylerTyler Myers 6 1 0 1 0 4 Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford 3 0 0 0 0 0 Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera 6 0 0 0 2 7

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Miller, RyanRyan Miller 69 4047 41 18 8 150 2.22 2098 .929 5 0 0 4 Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime 16 854 4 8 2 40 2.81 432 .907 0 0 0 2 Enroth, JhonasJhonas Enroth 1 58 0 1 0 4 4.14 37 .892 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Miller, RyanRyan Miller 6 384 2 4 15 2.34 204 .926 0 0 0 2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Sabres. Stats reflect time with Sabres only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Sabres only.

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Reached
Tyler Myers[5]	NHL Rookie of the Month	January 2010
Tyler Myers[6]	Calder Memorial Trophy winner	June 23, 2010
Ryan Miller[7]	Vezina Trophy winner	June 23, 2010

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Tyler Myers	1st Career NHL Game	October 3, 2009
Tyler Myers	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 8, 2009
Tim Kennedy	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 10, 2009
Tyler Myers	1st Career NHL Goal	October 16, 2009
Tim Kennedy	1st Career NHL Goal	October 28, 2009
Tyler Ennis	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal	November 13, 2009
Tim Connolly	300th NHL Point	November 27, 2009

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades Date Details October 20, 2009[8] To Boston Bruins Daniel Paille To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2010 conditional 4th-round pick in 2010 March 3, 2010[9] To Columbus Blue Jackets Nathan Paetsch 2nd round pick in 2010 To Buffalo Sabres Raffi Torres March 3, 2010[10] To Atlanta Thrashers Clarke MacArthur To Buffalo Sabres 3rd round pick in 2010 4th round pick in 2010

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Steve Montador[11] Boston Bruins 2 years, $3.1 million Joe DiPenta[12] Frolunda HC 1 year, $550,000 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux[13] Alaska Aces 1 year Cody McCormick[14] Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $522,500 Mike Grier[15] San Jose Sharks 1 year Jeff Cowan[16] Vancouver Canucks Undisclosed

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Mikael Tellqvist[17] Ak Bars Kazan 1 year, $1.3 million Jaroslav Spacek[18] Montreal Canadiens 3 years, $11.5 million Maxim Afinogenov[19] Atlanta Thrashers 1 year, $800,000 Dominic Moore[20] Florida Panthers 1 year

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement Player Teppo Numminen[21] Player signings Player Contract terms Tyler Myers[22] 3 years Paul Byron[23] 3 years Matt Ellis[24] 1 year Patrick Kaleta[25] 1 year, $522,500 Andrej Sekera[26] 2 years, $2 million Clarke MacArthur[27] 1 year, $522,500 Drew Stafford[28] 2 years, $3.8 million Tyler Ennis[29] 3 year entry level contract Mark Mancari[30] 1 year Luke Adam[31] 3 year entry-level contract Nick Crawford[32] 3 year entry-level contract Mike Grier[33] 1 year

Final roster

Updated April 23, 2010.^[34]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34		Butler, ChrisChris Butler	D	L	29	2005	St. Louis, Missouri
19		Connolly, TimTim Connolly	C	R	34	2001	Syracuse, New York
37		Ellis, MattMatt Ellis	C	L	34	2008	Welland, Ontario
63		Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis	LW	L	26	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
1		Enroth, JhonasJhonas Enroth	G	L	27	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
28		Gaustad, PaulPaul Gaustad (A)	C	L	33	2000	Fargo, North Dakota
42		Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe	C	L	28	2005	Oxford, Michigan
25		Grier, MikeMike Grier	RW	R	41	2009	Detroit, Michigan
55		Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht (A)	LW	L	38	2002	Mannheim, West Germany
36		Kaleta, PatrickPatrick Kaleta	RW	R	29	2004	Buffalo, New York
13		Kennedy, TimTim Kennedy	LW	L	29	2005	Buffalo, New York
40		Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime	G	L	41	2008	Saint-Bonaventure, Quebec
5		Lydman, ToniToni Lydman	D	L	38	2005	Lahti, Finland
22		Mair, AdamAdam Mair	C	R	36	2002	Hamilton, Ontario
12		Mancari, MarkMark Mancari	RW	R	30	2004	London, Ontario
8		McCormick, CodyCody McCormick	C	R	32	2009	London, Ontario
30		Miller, RyanRyan Miller	G	L	35	1999	East Lansing, Michigan
4		Montador, SteveSteve Montador	D	R	36	2009	Vancouver, British Columbia
57		Myers, TylerTyler Myers	D	R	25	2008	Katy, Texas
29		Pominville, JasonJason Pominville (A)	RW	R	33	2001	Repentigny, Quebec
52		Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet (C)	D	R	41	2008	North Bay, Ontario
9		Roy, DerekDerek Roy (A)	C	L	32	2001	Ottawa, Ontario
44		Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera	D	L	29	2004	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
21		Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford	RW	R	30	2004	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10		Tallinder, HenrikHenrik Tallinder	D	L	37	1997	Stockholm, Sweden
17		Torres, RaffiRaffi Torres	LW	L	34	2010	Toronto, Ontario
26		Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek	LW	R	32	2003	Vienna, Austria

Draft selections

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was held June 26–27, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

2009 NHL Entry Draft Results - Buffalo Sabres
Round	Overall Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team from	League from
1	13	Zack Kassian	Canada	RW	Peterborough Petes	OHL
3	66	Brayden McNabb	Canada	D	Kootenay Ice	WHL
4	104	Marcus Foligno	United States	LW	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
5	134	Mark Adams	United States	D	Malden Catholic	United States High School
6	164	Connor Knapp	United States	G	Miami University (OH)	CCHA
7	194	Maxime Legault	Canada	RW	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL

Notes

* The Sabres' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on July 4, 2008 that sent Craig Rivet and a seventh-round pick in 2010 to Buffalo in exchange for a second-round pick in 2010 and this pick.^[35]

* The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Sabres as the result of a trade on July 4, 2008 that sent Steve Bernier to the Vancouver Canucks for a second-round pick in 2010 and this pick.^[36]
Vancouver previously acquired in a trade on July 5, 2006 that sent Dan Cloutier to Los Angeles for a second-round pick in 2007 and this pick (being conditional at time of trade). The condition - Dan Cloutier resigning with the Los Angeles Kings - has been verified on September 27, 2006.^[37]

* The Sabres' third-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 20, 2008 that sent a first-round pick in 2008 to Buffalo in exchange for a first-round pick in 2008 and this pick.

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

Farm teams

Portland Pirates

The Portland Pirates remain Buffalo's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2009–10.

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10. SABRES ACQUIRE TORRES, DRAFT PICKS
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12. SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH JOE DIPENTA
13. SABRES SIGN JEAN-PHILIPPE LAMOUREUX
14. SABRES SIGN CODY MCCORMICK
15. SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH MIKE GRIER
16. SABRES SIGN JEFF COWAN
17. TELLQVIST SIGNS WITH RUSSIAN KHL
18. Habs ink Jaroslav Spacek
19. Thrashers Agree to Terms with Unrestricted Free Agent Forward Maxim Afinogenov
20. Panthers Ink Dominic Moore
21. NUMMINEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
22. SABRES SIGN TYLER MYERS
23. SABRES SIGN 2007 DRAFT PICK PAUL BYRON
24. SABRES SIGN MATT ELLIS
25. KALETA ACCEPTS QUALIFYING OFFER
26. SABRES REACH AGREEMENTS WITH MACARTHUR AND SEKERA
27. SABRES REACH AGREEMENTS WITH MACARTHUR AND SEKERA
28. SABRES SIGN DREW STAFFORD
29. SABRES SIGN 2008 FIRST ROUND PICK TYLER ENNIS
30. SABRES SIGN MARK MANCARI
31. SABRES SIGN LUKE ADAM
32. SABRES SIGN NICK CRAWFORD
33. SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD MIKE GRIER
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