Buffalo Sabres Top 10 Prospects Rankings

1. Joel Armia, RW - 2011 1st Round Pick Rochester AHL
2. Nikita Zadorov, D - 2013 1st Round Pick London OHL
3. Brayden McNabb, D - 2009 2nd Round Pick Rochester AHL
4. Dan Catenacci, C - 2011 3rd Round Pick Rochester AHL
5. Jake McCabe, D - 2012 2nd Round Pick University of Wisconsin
6. J.T. Compher, C - 2013 2nd Round Pick University of Michigan
7. Gustav Possler, F - 2013 5th Round Pick MODO (SHL) Sweden
8. Connor Hurley, C - 2013 2nd Round Pick Muskegon USHL
9. Justin Bailey, LW - 2013 2nd Round Pick Kitchener OHL
10. Justin Kea, C - 2012 3rd Round Pick Saginaw OHL

Others:

Nicolas Baptiste, RW - 2013 3rd Round Pick Sudbury OHL
Logan Nelson, C - 2012 4th Round Pick Victoria WHL
Linus Ullmark, G - 2012 6th Round Pick MODO (SHL) Sweden

Buffalo Sabres Actual Opening Night Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines

Thomas Vanek, Cody Hodgson, Drew Stafford
Ville Leino, Steve Ott, Tyler Ennis
Brian Flynn, Mikhail Grigorenko, Zemgus Girgensons
Patrick Kaleta, Cody McCormick, Kevin Porter

Other Lines

Drew Stafford, Steve Ott, Tyler Ennis

Defensive Pairings

Mark Pysyk, Chris Ehrhoff
Tyler Myers, Henrik Tallinder
Mike Weber, Rasmus Ristolainen

Starting Goaltender: Ryan Miller Backup: Jhonas Elroth

Scratched: D Jamie McGinn, LW Johan Larsson, LW John Scott