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Sabres' Conor Sheary: Goes on waivers
Sheary (undisclosed) was placed on waivers Tuesday to be loaned to AHL Rochester.
Sheary suffered an injury in Buffalo's preseason opener against Pittsburgh on Sept. 21. He moved to injured reserve ahead of Monday's NHL roster deadline to be cap compliant for the 2026-27 campaign. However, Sheary returned to the ice for Tuesday's practice and is ready to play.
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Sabres' Conor Timmins: No timeline for return
Timmins (lower body) doesn't have a timeline for his return yet, according to Heather Engel of NHL.com on Tuesday.
After getting hurt in Saturday's preseason finale against Pittsburgh, Timmins is on injured reserve for the beginning of the 2026-27 campaign. He registered eight assists, 44 shots on goal, 81 blocked shots and 29 hits in 39 regular-season appearances with Buffalo in 2025-26.
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Sabres' Alex Lyon: Likely to miss a couple days
Head coach Lindy Ruff stated that Lyon (upper body) is expected to miss a couple of days, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
Lyon suffered the upper-body injury during Thursday's preseason outing against the Red Wings. The 33-year-old netminder had a solid showing in the 2025-26 regular season, where he posted a 20-10-4 record, a 2.77 GAA, a .906 save percentage and three shutouts across 36 outings. He's currently in jeopardy of missing the team's Opening Night contest, where the Sabres appear to be planning for Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to start. If Lyon can't suit up for the opener, Colten Ellis will be the backup.
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Sabres' Mattias Samuelsson: Could be nearing return
Head coach Lindy Ruff stated that Samuelsson (lower body) could return to practice Wednesday, per Joe Yerdon of Bleacher Report.
Samuelsson suffered his lower-body injury early in the preseason, but he appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery, given his initial timetable for return of week-to-week. The 26-year-old blueliner had a breakout season in 2025-26, where he posted 13 goals, 41 points, 109 shots on net, 132 hits and 154 blocked shots across 78 regular-season contests. While he might take a step back in the goal-scoring department in 2026-27, he remains a well-rounded defensemen that is a valuable player to have in category-based fantasy formats. If he can log full practice ahead of his eligible return date from IR, Samuelsson might only miss a handful of games to start the upcoming season.
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Sabres' Topias Leinonen: Moves to non-roster list
Leinonen (lower body) was placed on the injured non-roster list Monday.
Leinonen will probably report to AHL Rochester when he's ready to return to game action. He sustained the injury during the offseason.
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Sabres' Jack Rathbone: Placed on non-roster injured reserve
Rathbone was placed on injured reserve by the Sabres on Monday for an undisclosed reason.
The nature of Rathbone's injury isn't yet clear, but he'll be sidelined for the start of the regular season. Across 49 regular-season appearances with AHL Rochester last year, he recorded five goals, 13 assists and 26 PIM.
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Sabres' Mattias Samuelsson: Shifted to IR
Samuelsson (lower body) was moved to injured reserve by the Sabres on Monday.
Samuelsson should probably be expected to miss the first two games of the season, though it could still be longer. Even with these early injury concerns, the 26-year-old blueliner should be capable of reproducing the 40-plus points he did in 2025-26.
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Sabres' Conor Sheary: Lands on injured reserve
Sheary was placed on injured reserve by the Sabres on Monday with an undisclosed injury.
Even when healthy, Sheary was far from a lock to play on a nightly basis and will likely serve as a healthy scratch periodically once given the all-clear. In his 62 regular-season tilts last year for the Rangers, the 34-year-old winger notched seven goals, 11 assists and 81 shots while averaging 14:06 of ice time.
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Sabres' Conor Timmins: Lands on injured reserve
Timmins was placed on injured reserve by the Sabres for an undisclosed reason Monday.
It's not yet clear what injury Timmins is dealing with, but he'll be forced to miss the start of the regular season after being placed on injured reserve. The 28-year-old defenseman appeared in 39 regular-season games with Buffalo during the 2025-26 campaign and recorded no goals, eight assists, 81 blocked shots, 29 hits and 18 PIM while averaging 18:46 of ice time.
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Sabres' Jason Zucker: Placed on injured reserve
Zucker (abdomen) was placed on injured reserve by the Sabres on Monday.
General manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced in mid-September that Zucker wouldn't be ready for the start of the season while recovering from sports hernia surgery, so his move to injured reserve isn't very surprising. Kekalainen said that Zucker could miss "a couple of weeks," so the 34-year-old could be in the mix to return as early as mid-October.
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Sabres' Jiri Kulich: Back at practice Saturday
Kulich (undisclosed) participated in Saturday's practice.
Kulich is no longer listed on Buffalo's injury report, indicating he should be available for Thursday's season opener against Columbus. Head coach Lindy Ruff said Kulich "was doing pretty good" following Saturday's on-ice session.
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Sabres' Colten Ellis: Opportunity could be knocking
Ellis stopped all six shots he faced after replacing Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (lower body) in the third period of Saturday's 3-1 preseason loss to the Penguins.
The Sabres could be facing an early goaltending crisis. This is the second time this preseason Ellis has been needed in relief of an injured teammate, after Alex Lyon (upper body) left Thursday's contest. If the issues for Luukkonen and Lyon sideline them for any length of time, Ellis would get the start for Buffalo's opener Thursday against Columbus. In that scenario, Matt Villalta would be the most likely candidate to be recalled from AHL Rochester to back Ellis up.
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Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Sustains undisclosed injury
Luukkonen left Saturday's 3-1 preseason loss against Pittsburgh because of an undisclosed injury, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
Luukkonen's issue was described as a "tweak" and the decision to pull him precautionary, so it's still possible that he'll be available for Buffalo's season opener in Columbus on Thursday. However, the timing is especially bad for the Sabres, who were already missing Alex Lyon (upper body). If Lyon and Luukkonen are both unavailable for the start of 2026-27, then Colten Ellis would likely be leaned on heavily at the beginning of the campaign.
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Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Guarding home crease
Luukkonen will defend the home goal in Saturday's preseason contest against the Penguins, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
Luukkonen will get the nod to play in the Sabres' preseason finale before Buffalo opens their season on Thursday. The 27-year-old backstop looked sharp in his lone preseason outing, where he stopped all of the 13 shots he saw in a 5-1 win over Columbus. He played just two periods in that game, so Luukkonen could be in line to play all of Saturday's contest as a ramp-up outing ahead of the regular season. He is expected to serve in a time share alongside Alex Lyon and potentially Colten Ellis to begin the 2026-27 season.
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Sabres' Matt Villalta: Put on waivers
Villalta was placed on waivers by Buffalo on Friday.
Villalta posted a 3.10 GAA and an .895 save percentage in 33 regular-season appearances with AHL Tucson in 2025-26. While he's likely to get plenty of work with AHL Rochester if he clears waivers, he's behind Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Alex Lyon (upper body) and Colten Ellis for Buffalo's organizational goaltending depth chart.
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Sabres' Carson Meyer: Placed on waivers by Buffalo
Meyer was placed on waivers by the Sabres for the purpose of assignment to AHL Rochester on Friday.
Meyer spent the entire 2025-26 campaign in the AHL, where he recorded 14 goals, 17 assists and 24 PIM across 55 regular-season appearances with Rochester. He'll likely spend most, or all, of the 2026-27 season in the minors, assuming he clears waivers.
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Sabres' Jason Polin: Placed on waivers
Polin was put on waivers by Buffalo on Friday.
Polin had 10 goals and 21 points in 46 regular-season outings with AHL Colorado in 2025-26. He also appeared in four regular-season games for the Avalanche last campaign, posting a plus-1 rating, 11 hits and three blocks. The 27-year-old is expected to start 2026-27 in the minors, provided he clears waivers.
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Sabres' Aidan McDonough: Hits waivers
McDonough was placed on waivers by Buffalo on Friday.
McDonough had 23 goals, 44 points and 24 PIM in 65 regular-season appearances with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2025-26. The 26-year-old last played in the NHL in 2022-23 when he scored a goal in six regular-season outings with the Canucks.
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Sabres' Ryan Johnson: Waived by Buffalo
Johnson was placed on waivers by the Sabres on Friday for the purpose of assignment to AHL Rochester.
Despite making the Sabres' Opening Night roster ahead of the 2025-26 campaign, Johnson appeared in just three games at the NHL level before spending most of the year in the AHL. Assuming he clears waivers, the 25-year-old will head back to Rochester for the start of the regular season after he logged five goals, 14 assists and 40 PIM across 56 regular-season appearances at the AHL level last year.
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Sabres' Trevor Kuntar: Waived Friday
Kuntar was waived by Buffalo on Friday.
Kuntar had 21 goals, 37 points and 85 PIM in 70 regular-season appearances with AHL Rochester in 2025-26. He's expected to spend most, if not all, of the upcoming campaign in the minors.
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Injuries
| Player | Injury |
|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G | Lower Body |
| M. Samuelsson D Mattias Samuelsson D | Lower Body |
| O. Zellweger D Olen Zellweger D | Concussion |
| J. Zucker LW Jason Zucker LW | Abdomen |
| A. Lyon G Alex Lyon G | Upper Body |