BUFFALO, N.Y. (April 7, 2019) — Buffalo Sabres General Manager Jason Botterill has announced that Head Coach Phil Housley has been relieved of his duties.
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Post-Game Report: 4/4 vs. Ottawa
Final Score
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | SOG | |
| Senators (29-46-6) |
2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 23 |
| Sabres (32-39-10) |
1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 40 |
Top Notes
- The Sabres finished the season with 21 wins at home, marking their highest total since the 2011-12 season.
- With his 217th goal as a Sabre, Jason Pominville passed Don Luce for sole possession of 10th-most goals in franchise history.
- With three points (1+2) tonight, Jack Eichel became the first Sabre to record 80 points in a season since Derek Roy (81) and Pominville (80) both did so in 2007-08.
- Eichel recorded seven points (1+6) in four games against Ottawa this season.
- Eichel now has 19 points (5+14) in 13 career games against the Senators. It’s his best per-game output against any opponent.
- Victor Olofsson (1+1) recorded his first career multi-point NHL game.
- Sam Reinhart’s two-point night (1+1) gives him seven points (2+5) in his last six games against Ottawa.
Tonight’s Goaltenders
| Tonight’s Stats |
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| Team | Goaltender | Decision | SV% | GAA |
| Senators |
Daccord | L | .875 | 5.00 |
| Sabres | Hutton | W | .913 | 2.00 |
| Updated Season Stats | ||||
| Team | Goaltender | Record | SV% | GAA |
| Senators | Daccord | 0-1-0 | .875 | 5.00 |
| Sabres | Hutton | 18-25-5 | .908 | 3.00 |
Post-Game Audio
Sabres head coach Phil Housley
Sabres forward Jason Pominville
Sabres forward Jack Eichel
Sabres forward Victor Olofsson
Senators head coach Marc Crawford
Senators forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Senators forward Brady Tkachuk
Senators goaltender Joey Daccord
Post-Game Report: 4/2 vs. Nashville
Final Score
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | SOG | |
| Predators (44-29-6) |
1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 35 |
| Sabres (31-38-10) |
1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 28 |
Top Notes
- With his 38th goal of the season, Jeff Skinner set a new single-season career high. He also tied Gilbert Perreault (1970-71) and Ray Sheppard (1987-88) for the third-most goals scored by a first-year Sabre.
- His 30 even-strength goals are already the most ever recorded by player in his first year with the Sabres.
- Skinner is now two points from tying his career high of 63 set as a rookie in 2010-11 and matched in 2016-17.
- With his goal, Kyle Okposo now has 12 points (7+5) in 13 career games against the Predators, including six points (5+1) in his six meetings with Nashville as a member of the Sabres.
- Evan Rodrigues recorded his 19th and 20th assists of the season, surpassing his previous single-season high of 18.
- With his assist on Okposo’s goal, Rasmus Ristolainen has totaled 40 points (5+35) this season.
- Ristolainen becomes just the third defenseman in Sabres history to record 40 points in at least four consecutive seasons, joining Phil Housley and Jerry Korab.
- Brandon Montour also recorded an assist tonight and now has nine points (2+7) in 18 games with the team.
- Jack Eichel set a new career high with 26:14 of ice time, topping his previous high of 25:57. Eichel’s previous career high in a game that ended in regulation was 25:45 (Oct. 6, 2018 vs. NYR).
Tonight’s Goaltenders
| Tonight’s Stats |
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| Team | Goaltender | Decision | SV% | GAA |
| Predators |
Rinne | W | .929 | 2.00 |
| Sabres | Hutton | L | .914 | 3.10 |
| Updated Season Stats | ||||
| Team | Goaltender | Record | SV% | GAA |
| Predators | Rinne | 27-19-4 | .917 | 2.44 |
| Sabres | Hutton | 17-25-5 | .908 | 3.02 |
Post-Game Audio
Sabres head coach Phil Housley
Sabres forward Jeff Skinner
Sabres forward Kyle Okposo
Sabres goaltender Carter Hutton
Predators head coach Peter Laviolette
Predators forward Ryan Johansen
Predators defenseman P.K. Subban
Post-Game Report: 3/31 vs. Columbus
Final Score
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | SOG | |
| Blue Jackets (45-30-4) |
3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 36 |
| Sabres (31-38-10) |
0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 38 |
Tonight’s Goaltenders
| Tonight’s Stats |
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| Team | Goaltender | Decision | SV% | GAA |
| Blue Jackets |
Bobrovsky | W | 1.000 | 0.00 |
| Sabres | Ullmark | L | .889 | 4.00 |
| Updated Season Stats | ||||
| Team | Goaltender | Record | SV% | GAA |
| Blue Jackets | Bobrovsky | 36-23-1 | .914 | 2.55 |
| Sabres | Ullmark | 14-14-5 | .904 | 3.17 |
Post-Game Audio
Sabres head coach Phil Housley
Sabres forward Kyle Okposo
Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe
Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella
Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno
Blue Jackets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois
Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski
Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky
Post-Game Report: 3/28 vs. Detroit
Final Score
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | SOG | |
| Red Wings (29-38-10) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 34 |
| Sabres (31-36-10) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 39 |
Top Notes
- Victor Olofsson, who made his NHL debut tonight, has become the 500th player ever to play for the Sabres in the regular season or playoffs.
- Olofsson recorded his first career point with an assist on Jack Eichel’s third-period goal.
- Eichel’s goal was the 100th of his NHL career. He now has nine points (4+5) in nine games against Detroit since the beginning of the 2016-17 season. In his career, he has tallied seven points (4+3) in seven games against the Red Wings on home ice.
- With a goal and an assist tonight, Casey Mittelstadt has four points (2+2) in his last four games and four points (3+1) in four career games against the Red Wings.
- With his tally tonight, Kyle Okposo now has a goal in each of his last two games against Detroit.
Tonight’s Goaltenders
| Tonight’s Stats |
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| Team | Goaltender | Decision | SV% | GAA |
| Red Wings |
Howard | W | .897 | 3.86 |
| Sabres | Ullmark | O | .853 | 4.82 |
| Updated Season Stats | ||||
| Team | Goaltender | Record | SV% | GAA |
| Red Wings |
Howard | 21-20-5 | .908 | 3.04 |
| Sabres | Ullmark | 14-13-5 | .904 | 3.15 |
Post-Game Audio
Sabres head coach Phil Housley
Sabres forward Jack Eichel
Sabres forward Casey Mittelstadt
Sabres forward Victor Olofsson
Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill
Red wings forward Dylan Larkin
Red wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi
