Girgensons gets a 1-year, $2.5 million contract to return to the Sabres for a 10th season

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Checking-line forward Zemgus Girgensons is returning to the Buffalo Sabres for a 10th season after signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract. The 29-year-old Girgensons is the team’s longest-serving active player and was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next month Buffalo finished with 42 wins, its most since 2010-11, despite extending its NHL-record postseason drought to a 12th consecutive season. The Sabres also signed forward Lukas Rousek to a two-year, $1.55 million contract. Rousek was a pending restricted free agent.