The Buffalo Sabres used 31 players in the 2012-13 season, with a 21-21-6 record. Thomas Vanek led the team with 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists) in 38 games. Ryan Miller played the most games in goal (40).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Vanek 🇦🇹 LW 29 | 38 | 🔥 3 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 1.08 | 9 | 119 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 18:24 |
| 2 | Cody Hodgson 🇨🇦 C 23 | 48 | 🧊 1 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0.71 | 3 | 114 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 18:23 |
| 3 | Tyler Ennis 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 47 | 🧊 2 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 0.66 | 2 | 108 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 17:52 |
| 4 | Jason Pominville 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 37 | 🧊 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0.68 | 1 | 94 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 20:53 |
| 5 | Steve Ott 🇨🇦 C 30 | 48 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.50 | 2 | 73 | 187 | 21 | 93 | 18:33 |
| 6 | Christian Ehrhoff 🇩🇪 D 30 | 47 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0.47 | 1 | 102 | 38 | 81 | 34 | 25:11 |
| 7 | Drew Stafford 🇺🇸 RW 27 | 46 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0.39 | 0 | 121 | 46 | 9 | 21 | 17:01 |
| 8 | Marcus Foligno 🇺🇸 LW 21 | 47 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.38 | 1 | 55 | 108 | 16 | 41 | 13:37 |
| 9 | Jochen Hecht 🇩🇪 C 35 | 47 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.30 | 0 | 69 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 13:41 |
| 10 | Andrej Sekera 🇸🇰 D 26 | 37 | 🧊 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.32 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 73 | 4 | 21:12 |
| 11 | Brian Flynn 🇺🇸 C 24 | 26 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.42 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 12 | Nathan Gerbe 🇺🇸 C 25 | 42 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.24 | 0 | 64 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 12:30 |
| 13 | Kevin Porter 🇺🇸 C 27 | 31 | 🧊 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.29 | 0 | 37 | 56 | 18 | 10 | 15:13 |
| 14 | Tyler Myers 🇺🇸 D 23 | 39 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.21 | 1 | 48 | 58 | 56 | 32 | 21:18 |
| 15 | Jordan Leopold 🇺🇸 D 32 | 24 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.33 | 0 | 38 | 28 | 49 | 14 | 21:08 |
| 16 | Mike Weber 🇺🇸 D 25 | 42 | 🧊 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.17 | 0 | 25 | 122 | 92 | 70 | 18:21 |
| 17 | Ville Leino 🇫🇮 LW 29 | 8 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.75 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15:48 |
| 18 | Mikhail Grigorenko 🇷🇺 C 18 | 25 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.20 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 19 | Mark Pysyk 🇨🇦 D 21 | 19 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.26 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 20 | Alexander Sulzer 🇩🇪 D 28 | 17 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 16:31 |
| 21 | Adam Pardy 🇨🇦 D 29 | 17 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 16:30 |
| 22 | Robyn Regehr 🇧🇷 D 32 | 29 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 15 | 65 | 50 | 21 | 18:39 |
| 23 | Patrick Kaleta 🇺🇸 RW 26 | 34 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 34 | 86 | 34 | 67 | 10:47 |
| 24 | TJ Brennan 🇺🇸 D 23 | 10 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 14:48 |
| 25 | Luke Adam 🇨🇦 C 22 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9:47 |
| 26 | Cody McCormick 🇨🇦 C 29 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 6:27 |
| 27 | John Scott 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 34 | 🧊 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 69 | 5:26 |
| 28 | Matt Ellis 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6:11 |
| 29 | Chad Ruhwedel 🇺🇸 D 22 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14:11 |
| Team totals · 29 skaters | 48 | 118 | 203 | 321 | 6.69 | 23 | 1339 | 1079 | 718 | 620 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ▼ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Miller 🇺🇸 G 32 | 40 | 17 | 2.70 | 0.915 | 1162 | 108 | — | |
| 2 | Jhonas Enroth 🇸🇪 G 24 | 12 | 4 | 2.25 | 0.919 | 305 | 27 | — |
39% of this roster was born in United States, against 23% across the league. The team leans on Germany: 10% of its players, against 1% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 39% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 |
|
+16 | 91 (28%) | Stafford, Foligno, Flynn, Gerbe +8 |
| Canada | 10 |
|
-21 | 124 (39%) | Hodgson, Ennis, Pominville, Ott +6 |
| Germany | 3 |
|
+9 | 40 (12%) | Ehrhoff, Hecht, Sulzer |
| Austria | 1 |
|
+3 | 41 (13%) | Vanek |
| Brazil | 1 |
|
+3 | 2 (1%) | Regehr |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 6 (2%) | Leino |
| Russia | 1 |
|
even | 5 (2%) | Grigorenko |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+2 | 12 (4%) | Sekera |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-4 | 0 | Enroth |
Thomas Vanek led the Buffalo Sabres in scoring in 2012-13 with 41 points — 20 goals and 21 assists in 38 games. Next came Cody Hodgson (34) and Tyler Ennis (31).
Thomas Vanek scored 20 goals for the Buffalo Sabres in 2012-13, 9 of them on the power play.
The Buffalo Sabres dressed 31 players in 2012-13: 29 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 118 goals.
Ryan Miller played the most games in goal for the Buffalo Sabres in 2012-13: 40 games, 17 wins, a 0.915 save percentage and a 2.70 goals against average. Jhonas Enroth was the backup, in 12 games.
Christian Ehrhoff averaged 25:11 of ice time per game for the Buffalo Sabres in 2012-13, the most on the roster.
The average age was 26.6 years. Mikhail Grigorenko was the youngest at 18, and Jochen Hecht the oldest at 35.
The Buffalo Sabres used 31 players in 2012-13 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 12 in the United States, 10 in Canada and 3 in Germany. The other 6 came from Austria, Brazil, Finland, Russia, Slovakia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 23% of players were born in the United States, against 39% on this roster.