Sabres assign 5 players to Amerks

The Buffalo Sabres have assigned forward Lukas Rousek and defenseman Ryan Johnson to the Rochester Americans, the team announced Saturday.

Forward Brandon Biro and defensemen Kale Clague and Riley Stillman have also been assigned to Rochester pending waiver clearance.

The Sabres’ training camp roster now consists of 25 players. That count includes forwards Jack Quinn, who will miss the start of the regular season after having offseason surgery to repair an injured Achilles, and Matt Savoie, who returned to practice Friday after missing the preseason with an upper-body injury.

The deadline for NHL teams to submit their 23-man rosters for the regular season is Monday at 5 p.m.

The remaining roster is as follows:

Forwards (15)

9 Zach Benson

24 Dylan Cozens

28 Zemgus Girgensons

12 Jordan Greenway

17 Tyson Jost

19 Peyton Krebs

37 Casey Mittelstadt

21 Kyle Okposo

71 Victor Olofsson

77 JJ Peterka

22 Jack Quinn

93 Matt Savoie

53 Jeff Skinner

72 Tage Thompson

89 Alex Tuch

Defensemen (7)

78 Jacob Bryson

75 Connor Clifton

26 Rasmus Dahlin

6 Erik Johnson

10 Henri Jokiharju

25 Owen Power

23 Mattias Samuelsson

Goaltenders (3)

31 Eric Comrie

27 Devon Levi

1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen