via the NHL PR department,
The Sabres became the first NHL team in more than 17 years to dress four teenagers in a game when Zemgus Girgensons (19), Mikhail Grigorenko (19), Rasmus Ristolainen (18) and Nikita Zadorov (18) all skated in the team’s 3-1 victory over the Panthers. While each player had already appeared in a game this season, Friday marked the first time all four dressed for the same contest.
The last time any NHL team had four teenagers in its lineup was on March 10, 1996, when the original incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets played 19-year-olds Shane Doan, Chad Kilger, Deron Quint and Oleg Tverdovsky in a 5-2 loss to the Red Wings. The Sabres last dressed four teenagers for the same game during the 1982-83 season, when Dave Andreychuk, Paul Cyr, Phil Housley and Hannu Virta played in 21 contests together.
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