2012–13 Buffalo Sabres season

Off-season

Broadcast changes

On June 8, 2012, the Sabres announced that Rick Jeanneret, the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in NHL history, would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame; Jeanneret will also receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Rob Ray will replace Harry Neale as the full-time color commentator for all Sabres game broadcasts. Neale will join Mike Robitaille, whose role will remain unchanged, and Brian Duff, who will take over as full-time studio host, in the studio. Kevin Sylvester and Danny Gare, who served as the alternate broadcast team in 2011–12, were not originally going to reprise their roles in 2012–13; Sylvester instead revived the Hockey Hotline, a long-discontinued Sabres call-in talk show, for WGR. However, due to Jeanneret suffering an illness, Sylvester was pressed into service to call play-by-play for the first four games of the regular season.

Alumni Plaza

On July 12, 2012, the Sabres announced that the plaza adjacent to First Niagara Center would be re-branded Alumni Plaza. On October 12, 2012, a bronze French Connection statue was added to the plaza. Other plans included plaques with the name of every player to play a game for the team and fans having to opportunity to buy engraved bricks.

Lockout

On September 13, 2012, Buffalo Sabres owner Terrence Pegula, along with all 28 other league ownership groups (the League still collectively owns the Phoenix Coyotes), authorized NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to lock-out the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) upon the expiration of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on September 15. The lockout ended at 4:45 am EST on January 6, 2013, lasting days.{{cite news |url-status=dead The lockout reduced the regular season from 82 to 48 games.

Overseas Sabres

After the announced lockout, players from the team began to sign contracts to play in Europe until resumption of NHL play.

''Beyond Blue and Gold''

During the abbreviated training camp the team released the first episodes in a new web-series called Beyond Blue and Gold. The series will run through the season with the goal to give fans an "all-access pass to the entire Sabres organization throughout the entire 2012–13 NHL season."

Regular season

After the lockout, the Sabres had an abbreviated one-week training camp. During the camp, the Sabres' first pick in the 2012 NHL entry draft, Mikhail Grigorenko, played well on a line with off-season trade acquisitions Steve Ott and Ville Leino. At the end of the camp, Grigorenko was put on the opening day roster. The Sabres were given five games to decide whether to keep him on the roster (and thus pay him a full season's salary) or send him back to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts; in the end, Grigorenko was kept on the roster after Leino suffered an injury. After several weeks of mediocre play and Leino's return to the active roster, Grigorenko returned to the Remparts. He remained with the Remparts until their elimination from the QMJHL playoffs, whereupon he returned to the Sabres.

After an unsuccessful 6–10–1 start, general manager Darcy Regier announced the firing of head coach Lindy Ruff Ruff coached the team since 1997 and was the team's most successful coach. It was further announced that Ron Rolston, who was the current coach of the Rochester Americans, would replace Ruff on an interim basis. The Sabres performed better under Rolston but were nonetheless eliminated from playoff contention following an 8–4 home loss to the New York Rangers.

The Sabres allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with seven.

Playoffs

The Sabres did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Standings

Schedule and results

Original regular season schedule

|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 1 || 13 || Pittsburgh Penguins || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 2 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 3 || 19 || New York Rangers || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 4 || 20 || @ New York Islanders || || || Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 5 || 24 || New Jersey Devils || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 6 || 26 || @ New Jersey Devils || || || Prudential Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 7 || 28 || Philadelphia Flyers || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 8 || 30 || @ Boston Bruins || || || TD Garden || |- |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 9 || 1 || Phoenix Coyotes || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 10 || 3 || Carolina Hurricanes || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 11 || 6 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || || || Wells Fargo Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 12 || 8 || @ San Jose Sharks || || || HP Pavilion at San Jose || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 13 || 10 || @ Phoenix Coyotes || || || Jobing.com Arena || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 14 || 11 || @ Anaheim Ducks || || || Honda Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 15 || 16 || Philadelphia Flyers || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 16 || 17 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || || || Wells Fargo Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 17 || 21 || Columbus Blue Jackets || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 18 || 24 || @New York Islanders || || || Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 19 || 27 || Winnipeg Jets || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 20 || 29 || Vancouver Canucks || || || First Niagara Center || |- |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 21 || 1 || @Boston Bruins || || || TD Garden || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 22 || 3 || @Toronto Maple Leafs || || || Air Canada Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 23 || 4 || San Jose Sharks || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 24 || 6 || Montreal Canadiens || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 25 || 8 || @Montreal Canadiens || || || Bell Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 26 || 11 || Ottawa Senators || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 27 || 13 || Chicago Blackhawks || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 28 || 15 || Montreal Canadiens || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 29 || 17 || @Montreal Canadiens || || || Bell Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 30 || 20 || @Edmonton Oilers || || || Rexall Place || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 31 || 22 || @Calgary Flames || || || Scotiabank Saddledome || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 32 || 23 || @Colorado Avalanche || || || Pepsi Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 33 || 26 || Washington Capitals || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 34 || 28 || @Minnesota Wild || || || Xcel Energy Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 35 || 29 || @Winnipeg Jets || || || MTS Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 36 || 31 || Ottawa Senators || || || First Niagara Center || |- |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 37 || 3 || Florida Panthers || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 38 || 5 || Tampa Bay Lightning || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 39 || 8 || @New York Rangers || || || Madison Square Garden || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 40 || 9 || Boston Bruins || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 41 || 11 || @Ottawa Senators || || || Scotiabank Place || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 42 || 13 || @Chicago Blackhawks || || || United Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 43 || 15 || @Ottawa Senators || || || Scotiabank Place || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 44 || 17 || New York Islanders || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 45 || 19 || Carolina Hurricanes || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 46 || 21 || Tampa Bay Lightning || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 47 || 29 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 48 || 31 || @Carolina Hurricanes || || || PNC Arena || |- |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 49 || 3 || St. Louis Blues || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 50 || 5 || Los Angeles Kings || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 51 || 6 || @Boston Bruins || || || TD Garden || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 52 || 8 || Boston Bruins || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 53 || 10 || Ottawa Senators || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 54 || 12 || @Ottawa Senators || || || Scotiabank Place || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 55 || 15 || Montreal Canadiens || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 56 || 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 57 || 18 || @New York Rangers || || || Madison Square Garden || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 58 || 21 || @Washington Capitals || || || Verizon Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 59 || 23 || New York Islanders || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 60 || 26 || @Tampa Bay Lightning || || || Tampa Bay Times Forum || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 61 || 28 || @Florida Panthers || || || BB&T Center || |- |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 62 || 2 || Nashville Predators || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 63 || 5 || @Carolina Hurricanes || || || PNC Arena || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 64 || 7 || @New Jersey Devils || || || Prudential Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 65 || 10 || @Pittsburgh Penguins || || || Consol Energy Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 66 || 12 || Florida Panthers || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 67 || 14 || @Toronto Maple Leafs || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 68 || 16 || @Pittsburgh Penguins || || || Consol Energy Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 69 || 17 || @Washington Capitals || || || Verizon Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 70 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 71 || 21 || Winnipeg Jets || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 72 || 23 || @Dallas Stars || || || American Airlines Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 73 || 26 || @Tampa Bay Lightning || || || Tampa Bay Times Forum || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 74 || 28 || @Florida Panthers || || || BB&T Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 75 || 30 || Washington Capitals || || || First Niagara Center || |- |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 76 || 2 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 77 || 4 || New Jersey Devils || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 78 || 6 || @Montreal Canadiens || || || Bell Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 79 || 8 || @Toronto Maple Leafs || || || Air Canada Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 80 || 9 || @Winnipeg Jets || || || MTS Centre || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 81 || 11 || New York Rangers || || || First Niagara Center || |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor= | 82 || 13 || Boston Bruins || || || First Niagara Center ||

Revised regular season schedule

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || 20 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–2 || Miller (1–0–0) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 1–0–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 || 21 || @Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || Miller (2–0–0) || Air Canada Centre (19,475) || 2–0–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || 24 || @Carolina Hurricanes || 3–6 ||Enroth (0–1–0) || PNC Arena (18,081) || 2–1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || 25 || Carolina Hurricanes ||1–3 || Miller (2–1–0) || First Niagara Center (18,824) || 2–2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || 27 || @Washington Capitals || 2–3 || Miller (2–2–0) || Verizon Center (18,506) || 2–3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | 6 || 29 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–4 (OT) || Miller (2–2–1) || First Niagara Center (18,801) || 2–3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || 31 || @Boston Bruins || 7–4 || Miller (3–2–1) || TD Garden (17,565) || 3–3–1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || 2 || @Montreal Canadiens || 1–6 || Miller (3–3–1) || Bell Centre (21,273) || 3–4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || 3 || Florida Panthers || 3–4 || Miller (3–4–1) || First Niagara Center (18,831) || 3–5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || 5 || @Ottawa Senators || 3–4 || Enroth (0–2–0) || Scotiabank Place (18,345) || 3–6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–4 (SO)|| Miller (4–4–1) || First Niagara Center (18,866) || 4–6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 || 9 || @New York Islanders || 3–2 || Miller (5–4–1) || Nassau Coliseum (12,608) || 5–6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || 10 || Boston Bruins || 1–3|| Miller (5–5–1) || First Niagara Center (18,869) || 5–7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || 12 || @Ottawa Senators || 0–2 || Miller (5–6–1) || Scotiabank Place (18,429) || 5–8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 || 15 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || Miller (6–6–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 6–8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 || Miller (6–7–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 6–9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || 19 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–2 || Miller (6–8–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 6–10–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || 21 || @Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–3 || Miller (6–9–1) || Air Canada Centre (19,473) || 6–11–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || 23 || New York Islanders || 0–4 || Miller (6–10–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 6–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 || 26 || @Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–1 || Miller (7–10–1) || Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204) || 7–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 || 28 || @Florida Panthers || 4–3 (SO) || Miller (8–10–1) || BB&T Center (15,672) || 8–12–1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 || 2 || New Jersey Devils || 4–3 (SO) || Miller (9–10–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 9–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | 23 || 3 || @New York Rangers || 2–3 (SO) || Miller (9–10–2) || Madison Square Garden (17,200) || 9–12–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || 5 || @Carolina Hurricanes || 3–4 || Miller (9–11–2) || PNC Arena (15,277) || 9–13–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | 25 || 7 || @New Jersey Devils || 2–3 (SO) || Miller (9–11–3) || Prudential Center (17,625) || 9–13–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || 10 || @Philadelphia Flyers || 2–3 || Miller (9–12–3) || Wells Fargo Center (19,687) || 9–14–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 || 12 || New York Rangers || 3–1 || Enroth (1–2–0) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 10–14–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | 28 || 16 || Ottawa Senators || 3–4 (OT)|| Miller (9–12–4) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 10–14–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || 17 || @Washington Capitals || 3–5 || Miller (9–13–4) || Verizon Center (18,506) || 10–15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 || 19 || @Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 (OT) || Enroth (2–2–0) || Bell Centre (21,273) || 11–15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 || 21 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–4 (SO) || Miller (10–13–4) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 12–15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 || 23 || @Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || Miller (11–13–4) || Bell Centre (21,273) || 13–15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || 26 || @Tampa Bay Lightning || 1–2 || Miller (11–14–4) || Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204) || 13–16–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | 34 || 28 || @Florida Panthers || 4–5 (SO) || Miller (11–14–5) || BB&T Center (17,044) || 13–16–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | 35 || 30 || Washington Capitals || 3–4 (SO) || Enroth (2–2–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 13–16–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || 31 || Boston Bruins || 0–2 || Miller (11–15–5) || First Niagara Center (19,027) || 13–17–6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 || 2 || @Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || Miller (12–15–5) || Consol Energy Center (18,642) || 14–17–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 || 5 || Ottawa Senators || 4–2 || Miller (13–15–5) || First Niagara Center (18,811) || 15–17–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 || 7 || New Jersey Devils || 3–2 (SO) || Miller (14–15–5) || First Niagara Center (18,703) || 16–17–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || 9 || @Winnipeg Jets || 1–4 || Miller (14–16–5) || MTS Centre (15,004) || 16–18–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || 11 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–5 || Miller (14–17–5) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 16–19–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 || 13 || Philadelphia Flyers || 1–0|| Enroth (3–2–1) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 17–19–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 || 14 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 3–1|| Enroth (4–2–1) || First Niagara Center (18,991) || 18–19–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 || 17 || @Boston Bruins || 3–2 (SO)|| Miller (15–17–5) || TD Garden (17,565) || 19–19–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || 19 || New York Rangers || 4–8 || Enroth (4–3–1) || First Niagara Center (19,003) || 19–20–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || 20 || @Pittsburgh Penguins ||colspan="4" | Game rescheduled to April 23 due to effects on Pittsburgh's schedule resulting from the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || 22 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–2|| Enroth (4–4–1) || First Niagara Center (18,654) || 19–21–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 || 23 || @Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || Miller (16–17–5) || Consol Energy Center (18,630) || 20–21–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 || 26 || New York Islanders || 2–1 (SO) || Miller (17–17–5) || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 21–21–6

Player statistics

Final regular season stats ;Skaters

*Totals include goaltenders (G/A/Pts/PIM) and bench minors (PIM)

;Goaltenders

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.

‡Traded mid-season

Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Records

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Milestones

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

Free agents signed

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Player signings

Draft picks

Buffalo Sabres' picks at the 2012 NHL entry draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.

;Draft notes

• The Calgary Flames's first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick and a 2012 second-round pick to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick to the Sabres in exchange for a 2012 first-round pick this pick.
• The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 25, 2011, trade that sent Chris Butler and Paul Byron to the Flames in exchange for Robyn Regehr, Ales Kotalik and this pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Christian Ehrhoff to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
• The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 29, 2011, trade that sent Steve Montador to the Blackhawks in exchange for this pick.

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