The Buffalo Sabres have announced the team's opening night roster for the 2022-23 season.Buffalo opens the season on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators. **[Tickets are on sale now.](https://www.nhl.com/sabres/tickets/individual-tickets)****[PHOTO GALLERY: Meet the team](https://www.nhl.com/sabres/photos/meet-the-2022-23-buffalo-sabres-photo-gallery/g-336111898/p-336234334)**The active roster features 14 forwards:Captain Kyle Okposo Alternate captain Zemgus Girgensons Rasmus Asplund Anders Bjork Dylan Cozens Vinnie Hinostroza Peyton Krebs Casey Mittelstadt Victor Olofsson JJ Peterka Jack Quinn Jeff Skinner Tage Thompson Alex TuchSeven defensemen:Alternate captain Rasmus Dahlin Jacob Bryson Casey Fitzgerald Henri Jokiharju Ilya Lyubushkin Owen Power Mattias SamuelssonTwo goaltenders:Craig Anderson Eric ComrieForward Riley Sheahan will start the season on injured reserve. Forward Matej Pekar has been placed on the non-roster injured reserve.The team assigned forward Olivier Nadeau to Gatineau, his junior team in the QMJHL, on Monday.Buffalo also assigned defenseman Lawrence Pilut and goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to the Rochester Americans of the AHL.On Sunday, the Sabres assigned defensemen Kale Clague, Jeremy Davies and Chase Priskie to Rochester after they cleared waivers.
