2021–22 Buffalo Sabres season

The 2021–22 Buffalo Sabres season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[2] The Sabres failed to snap their ten-year playoff drought, having last qualified for the playoffs in the 2010–11 season.

2021–22 Buffalo Sabres
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
2021–22 record	32–39–11
Home record	17–18–6
Road record	15–21–5
Goals for	232
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Kevyn Adams
Coach	Don Granato
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Zemgus Girgensons Kyle Okposo Rotating
Arena	KeyBank Center
Average attendance	9,997[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tage Thompson (38)
Assists	Rasmus Dahlin (40)
Points	Tage Thompson (68)
Penalty minutes	John Hayden (84)
Plus/minus	Owen Power (+3)
Wins	Craig Anderson (17)
Goals against average	Michael Houser (2.00)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The league returned to its normal October-to-April scheduling, a full 82-game regular season which began on October 12, 2021, but this was contingent on the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Canada reducing its COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions. As a result, the Sabres rejoined the Atlantic Division after a one-season stint in the East Division due to realignment under the league's return to play protocols.^[3][4] On April 6, 2022, after the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Sabres were eliminated from playoff contention for the 11th straight season, setting an NHL record.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Florida Panthers	82	58	18	6	42	340	246	+94	122
2	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	54	21	7	45	315	253	+62	115
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	51	23	8	39	287	233	+54	110
4	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
5	Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
3	ME	New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021.^[8]

2021–22 game log
October: 5–2–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Montreal 1–5 Buffalo Anderson 8,467 1–0–0 2 [9] 2 October 16 Arizona 1–2 Buffalo SO Tokarski 7,872 2–0–0 4 [10] 3 October 19 Vancouver 2–5 Buffalo Anderson 7,376 3–0–0 6 [11] 4 October 22 Boston 4–1 Buffalo Anderson 7,820 3–1–0 6 [12] 5 October 23 Buffalo 1–2 New Jersey OT Tokarski 13,158 3–1–1 7 [13] 6 October 25 Tampa Bay 1–5 Buffalo Anderson 7,417 4–1–1 9 [14] 7 October 28 Buffalo 4–3 Anaheim OT Anderson 12,014 5–1–1 11 [15] 8 October 31 Buffalo 2–3 Los Angeles Tokarski 12,101 5–2–1 11 [16]
November: 3–9–2 (home: 2–5–1; road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Buffalo 3–5 San Jose Anderson 10,059 5–3–1 11 [17] 10 November 4 Buffalo 2–5 Seattle Tokarski 17,151 5–4–1 11 [18] 11 November 6 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo OT Tokarski 8,171 5–4–2 12 [19] 12 November 8 Buffalo 3–5 Washington Tokarski 18,573 5–5–2 12 [20] 13 November 12 Edmonton 2–3 Buffalo Tokarski 8,258 6–5–2 14 [21] 14 November 13 Toronto 5–4 Buffalo Dell 7,992 6–6–2 14 [22] 15 November 16 Buffalo 2–1 Pittsburgh Tokarski 16,366 7–6–2 16 [23] 16 November 18 Calgary 5–0 Buffalo Tokarski 7,753 7–7–2 16 [24] 17 November 21 Buffalo 4–5 NY Rangers Dell 17,256 7–8–2 16 [25] 18 November 22 Columbus 7–4 Buffalo Dell 7,978 7–9–2 16 [26] 19 November 24 Boston 5–1 Buffalo Dell 9,416 7–10–2 16 [27] 20 November 26 Montreal 1–4 Buffalo Tokarski 9,958 8–10–2 18 [28] 21 November 27 Buffalo 2–3 Detroit OT Tokarski 18,050 8–10–3 19 [29] 22 November 29 Seattle 7–4 Buffalo Tokarski 10,004 8–11–3 19 [30]
December: 2–6–2 (home: 0–3–1; road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 Buffalo 4–7 Florida Dell 11,751 8–12–3 19 [31] 24 December 4 Buffalo 2–6 Carolina Subban 18,680 8–13–3 19 [32] 25 December 7 Anaheim 2–0 Buffalo Luukkonen 8,133 8–14–3 19 [33] 26 December 10 NY Rangers 2–1 Buffalo Luukkonen 9,703 8–15–3 19 [34] 27 December 11 Washington 3–2 Buffalo SO Luukkonen 9,554 8–15–4 20 [35] 28 December 14 Buffalo 4–2 Winnipeg Luukkonen 13,484 9–15–4 22 [36] 29 December 16 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota SO Luukkonen 18,022 10–15–4 24 [37] 30 December 17 Buffalo 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Subban 17,456 10–15–5 25 [38] – December 20 Columbus – Buffalo Postponed due to COVID-19.[39] Moved to February 10.[40] – December 22 Colorado – Buffalo Postponed due to COVID-19.[41] Moved to February 19.[40] – December 23 Buffalo – Columbus Postponed due to COVID-19.[41] Moved to February 20.[40] – December 27 NY Islanders – Buffalo Postponed due to COVID-19.[42] Moved to February 15.[40] 31 December 29 New Jersey 4–3 Buffalo Luukkonen 11,511 10–16–5 25 [43] 32 December 30 Buffalo 1–4 NY Islanders Subban 17,255 10–17–5 25 [44]
January: 4–6–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 1 Buffalo 3–4 Boston OT Luukkonen 17,850 10–17–6 26 [45] 34 January 6 San Jose 3–2 Buffalo Luukkonen 8,117 10–18–6 26 [46] — January 8 Buffalo – Montreal Postponed due to attendance restrictions.[47] Moved to February 13.[40] 35 January 11 Tampa Bay 6–1 Buffalo Luukkonen 8,368 10–19–6 26 [48] 36 January 13 Buffalo 4–1 Nashville Dell 17,159 11–19–6 28 [49] 37 January 15 Buffalo 0–4 Detroit Dell 19,515 11–20–6 28 [50] 38 January 17 Detroit 3–2 Buffalo OT Dell 8,839 11–20–7 29 [51] 39 January 18 Buffalo 3–1 Ottawa Houser 0 12–20–7 31 [52] 40 January 20 Dallas 5–4 Buffalo Dell 7,808 12–21–7 31 [53] 41 January 22 Philadelphia 3–6 Buffalo Houser 9,264 13–21–7 33 [54] 42 January 25 Buffalo 0–5 Ottawa Dell 0 13–22–7 33 [55] 43 January 29 Buffalo 3–1 Arizona Anderson 12,853 14–22–7 35 [56] 44 January 30 Buffalo 1–4 Colorado Tokarski 17,456 14–23–7 35 [57]
February: 2–7–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 45 February 1 Buffalo 2–5 Vegas Anderson 18,235 14–24–7 35 [58] 46 February 10 Columbus 4–3 Buffalo OT Tokarski 8,476 14–24–8 36 [59] 47 February 13 Buffalo 5–3 Montreal Anderson 500 15–24–8 38 [60] 48 February 15 NY Islanders 3–6 Buffalo Tokarski 9,296 16–24–8 40 [61] 49 February 17 Ottawa 3–1 Buffalo Anderson 7,026 16–25–8 40 [62] 50 February 19 Colorado 5–3 Buffalo Tokarski 10,526 16–26–8 40 [63] 51 February 20 Buffalo 3–7 Columbus Anderson 18,608 16–27–8 40 [64] 52 February 23 Buffalo 0–4 Montreal Anderson 10,552 16–28–8 40 [65] 53 February 25 Buffalo 3–5 St. Louis Tokarski 18,096 16–29–8 40 [66] 54 February 27 Buffalo 2–4 Dallas Anderson 18,532 16–30–8 40 [67]
March: 8–3–3 (home: 4–2–2; road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 March 2 Buffalo 5–1 Toronto Anderson 17,122 17–30–8 42 [68] 56 March 4 Minnesota 4–5 Buffalo Anderson 8,462 18–30–8 44 [69] 57 March 6 Los Angeles 3–0 Buffalo Tokarski 10,775 18–31–8 44 [70] 58 March 7 Florida 6–1 Buffalo Anderson 7,906 18–32–8 44 [71] 59 March 10 Vegas 1–3 Buffalo Anderson 12,437 19–32–8 46 [72] 60 March 13 Toronto 2–5 Buffalo Anderson 26,119 (outdoors) 20–32–8 48 [73] 61 March 17 Buffalo 1–6 Edmonton Anderson 15,883 20–33–8 48 [74] 62 March 18 Buffalo 1–0 Calgary OT Tokarski 16,685 21–33–8 50 [75] 63 March 20 Buffalo 3–2 Vancouver OT Anderson 18,873 22–33–8 52 [76] 64 March 23 Pittsburgh 3–4 Buffalo SO Anderson 9,399 23–33–8 54 [77] 65 March 25 Washington 4–3 Buffalo SO Tokarski 9,740 23–33–9 55 [78] 66 March 27 Buffalo 4–5 NY Rangers OT Anderson 18,006 23–33–10 56 [79] 67 March 28 Buffalo 6–5 Chicago Tokarski 18,648 24–33–10 58 [80] 68 March 30 Winnipeg 3–2 Buffalo SO Anderson 8,055 24–33–11 59 [81]
April: 8–6–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 69 April 1 Nashville 3–4 Buffalo Anderson 19,070 25–33–11 61 [82] 70 April 3 Florida 5–3 Buffalo Tokarski 11,787 25–34–11 61 [83] 71 April 5 Carolina 2–4 Buffalo Anderson 8,984 26–34–11 63 [84] 72 April 7 Buffalo 3–5 Carolina Anderson 15,639 26–35–11 63 [85] 73 April 8 Buffalo 3–4 Florida Tokarski 17,728 26–36–11 63 [86] 74 April 10 Buffalo 0–5 Tampa Bay Anderson 19,092 26–37–11 63 [87] 75 April 12 Buffalo 5–2 Toronto Anderson 18,393 27–37–11 65 [88] 76 April 14 St. Louis 6–2 Buffalo Anderson 11,565 27–38–11 65 [89] 77 April 16 Philadelphia 3–4 Buffalo Anderson 11,046 28–38–11 67 [90] 78 April 17 Buffalo 5–3 Philadelphia Tokarski 14,377 29–38–11 69 [91] 79 April 21 Buffalo 5–2 New Jersey Anderson 12,014 30–38–11 71 [92] 80 April 23 NY Islanders 3–5 Buffalo Tokarski 12,955 31–38–11 73 [93] 81 April 28 Buffalo 0–5 Boston Tokarski 17,850 31–39–11 73 [94] 82 April 29 Chicago 2–3 Buffalo OT Tokarski 16,505 32–39–11 75 [95]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[96]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tage Thompson	78	38	30	68	−17	37
Jeff Skinner	80	33	30	63	−14	42
Rasmus Dahlin	80	13	40	53	−22	68
Victor Olofsson	72	20	29	49	−16	6
Kyle Okposo	74	21	24	45	−15	43
Dylan Cozens	79	13	25	38	−19	55
Alex Tuch†	50	12	26	38	−3	14
Rasmus Asplund	80	8	19	27	−5	10
Vinnie Hinostroza	62	13	12	25	−11	24
Peyton Krebs†	48	7	15	22	−20	20
Casey Mittelstadt	40	6	13	19	−14	4
Henri Jokiharju	60	3	16	19	−8	20
Zemgus Girgensons	56	10	8	18	−7	27
Colin Miller	38	2	12	14	−2	21
Cody Eakin	69	4	8	12	−15	22
Mark Pysyk	68	3	9	12	−4	16
Jacob Bryson	73	1	9	10	−9	12
Mattias Samuelsson	42	0	10	10	−10	16
Anders Bjork	58	5	3	8	−14	10
Will Butcher	37	2	6	8	−10	0
Robert Hagg‡	48	1	7	8	−9	25
Brett Murray	19	2	4	6	−3	23
Casey Fitzgerald	36	0	6	6	−19	36
Mark Jankowski	19	2	3	5	+2	4
Drake Caggiula	18	2	3	5	−4	4
John Hayden	55	2	2	4	−12	84
Arttu Ruotsalainen	18	2	2	4	−1	6
Owen Power	8	2	1	3	+3	2
Jack Quinn	2	1	1	2	0	0
Ethan Prow	4	1	0	1	−1	0
Ryan MacInnis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Wolanin‡	1	0	0	0	−2	0
Brandon Biro	1	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Peterka	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[97]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Craig Anderson	31	31	1,867:15	17	12	2	97	3.12	945	.897	0	0	1	0
Dustin Tokarski	29	28	1,671:26	10	12	5	91	3.27	900	.899	1	0	0	0
Michael Houser	2	2	120:00	2	0	0	4	2.00	77	.948	0	0	0	0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	9	9	503:04	2	5	2	23	2.74	277	.917	0	0	0	0
Aaron Dell	12	9	565:23	1	8	1	38	4.03	354	.893	0	0	0	2
Malcolm Subban†	4	3	210:28	0	2	1	17	4.85	132	.871	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded

Milestones

Records

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rasmus Ristolainen	To Buffalo Sabres Robert Hagg 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2023	[98]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart	To Buffalo Sabres Devon Levi 1st-round pick in 2022	[99]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To New Jersey Devils 5th-round pick in 2022	To Buffalo Sabres Will Butcher	[100]
November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)	To Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 or 2024	To Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Alex Tuch Conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 2024	[101]
November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)	To New York Islanders Future considerations	To Buffalo Sabres Johnny Boychuk	[102]
December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Buffalo Sabres Malcolm Subban	[103]
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	To Florida Panthers Robert Hagg	To Buffalo Sabres CGY 6th-round pick in 2022	[104]
June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)	To Dallas Stars Future considerations	To Buffalo Sabres Ben Bishop 7th-round pick in 2022	[105]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Craig Anderson	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	[106]
	Aaron Dell	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[107]
	John Hayden	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	[108]
	Vinnie Hinostroza	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[108]
	Sean Malone	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	[108]
	Ethan Prow	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	[109]
	Mark Pysyk	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free agency	[110]
	Jimmy Schuldt	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	Free agency	[106]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Ryan MacInnis	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	[111]
October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Washington Capitals		Waivers	[112]
October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)	Christian Wolanin	Los Angeles Kings		Waivers	[113]
January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12)	Michael Houser	Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[114]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	William Borgen	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	[115]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Jean-Sebastien Dea	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[116]
	Matt Irwin	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	[117]
	Steven Fogarty	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[118]
	Carter Hutton	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	[119]
	Jake McCabe	Chicago Blackhawks	4-year	Free agency	[120]
	C. J. Smith	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	[121]
	Linus Ullmark	Boston Bruins	4-year	Free agency	[118]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Stefanos Lekkas	Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)	Unknown	Free agency	[122]
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)	Michael Houser	Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[123]
September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)	Riley Sheahan	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[124]
October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Washington Capitals		Waivers	[125]
October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)	Tobias Rieder	Växjö Lakers (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[126]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	Drake Caggiula	1-year	Re-signing	[127]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Brandon Davidson	1-year	Re-signing	[128]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Rasmus Asplund	2-year	Re-signing	[129]
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)	Casey Fitzgerald	2-year	Re-signing	[130]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)	Henri Jokiharju	3-year	Re-signing	[131]
	Casey Mittelstadt	3-year	Re-signing	[132]
September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)	Rasmus Dahlin	3-year	Re-signing	[133]
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	Owen Power	3-year	Entry-level	[134]
April 18, 2022 (2022-04-18)	Josh Bloom	3-year	Entry-level	[135]
May 11, 2022 (2022-05-11)	Aleksandr Kisakov	3-year	Entry-level	[136]
May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)	Olivier Nadeau	3-year	Entry-level	[137]
May 31, 2022 (2022-05-31)	Isak Rosen	3-year	Entry-level	[138]
June 13, 2022 (2022-06-13)	Filip Cederqvist	2-year	Entry-level	[139]
June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29)	Sean Malone	1-year	Extension	[140]
June 30, 2022 (2022-06-30)	Craig Anderson	1-year	Extension	[141]

Draft picks

See also: List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks

Below are the Buffalo Sabres selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Owen Power	D	Canada	University of Michigan (Big Ten)
1	141	Isak Rosen	RW	Sweden	Leksands IF (SHL)
2	33	Prokhor Poltapov	RW	Russia	HC CSKA Moscow (KHL)
2	532	Aleksandr Kisakov	LW	Russia	MHC Dynamo Moscow (MHL)
3	883	Stiven Sardarian	RW	Russia	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
3	954	Joshua Bloom	LW	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4	97	Olivier Nadeau	RW	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
5	1594	Viljami Marjala	LW	Finland	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	161	William von Barnekow-Lofberg	C	Sweden	Malmo Redhwaks U20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	1885	Nikita Novikov	D	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (MHL)
7	193	Tyson Kozak	C	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

Notes:

1. The Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on July 23, 2021, that sent Rasmus Ristolainen to Philadelphia in exchange for Robert Hagg, a second-round pick in 2023 and this pick.^[142]
2. The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on April 11, 2021, that sent Taylor Hall and Curtis Lazar to Boston in exchange for Anders Bjork and this pick.^[143]
3. The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on April 10, 2021, that sent Brandon Montour to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[144]
4. The Montreal Canadiens' third- and fifth-round picks went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 26, 2021, that sent Eric Staal to Montreal in exchange for these picks.^[145]
5. The Colorado Avalanche's sixth-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 20, 2021, that sent Jonas Johansson to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[146]