| 2019 Buffalo Bandits | |
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| East Division Champions | |
| League | NLL |
| Division | 1st East |
| 2019 record | 14–4 |
| Home record | 7–2 |
| Road record | 7–2 |
| Goals for | 244 |
| Goals against | 186 |
| General Manager | Steve Dietrich |
| Coach | John Tavares Rich Kilgour |
| Captain | Steve Priolo |
| Arena | KeyBank Center |
The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019 season is their 28th season in the NLL
Reference: [1]
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
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| 1 | Buffalo Bandits –xyz | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 244 | 186 | +58 | 13.56 | 10.33 |
| 2 | Georgia Swarm –x | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.0 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 230 | 210 | +20 | 12.78 | 11.67 |
| 3 | Toronto Rock –x | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.0 | 8–1 | 4–5 | 213 | 207 | +6 | 11.83 | 11.50 |
| 4 | New England Black Wolves –x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.0 | 7–2 | 2–7 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 11.83 | 12.39 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 8.0 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 212 | 226 | −14 | 11.78 | 12.56 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Wings | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 10.0 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 218 | 246 | −28 | 12.11 | 13.67 |
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
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| 1 | Saskatchewan Rush –xy | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 222 | 202 | +20 | 12.33 | 11.22 |
| 2 | San Diego Seals –x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 1.0 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 208 | 217 | −9 | 11.56 | 12.06 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks –x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 1.0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 212 | 201 | +11 | 11.78 | 11.17 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth –x | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.0 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 181 | 193 | −12 | 10.06 | 10.72 |
| 5 | Vancouver Warriors | 18 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 6.0 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 179 | 221 | −42 | 9.94 | 12.28 |
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game
Reference: [2]
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
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| 1 | December 15, 2018 | @ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) | Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) | W 17–15 | 11,023 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | December 21, 2018 | Toronto Rock | KeyBank Center | L 12–17 | 10,370 | 1–1 | |
| 3 | December 28, 2018 | Vancouver Warriors | KeyBank Center | W 16–10 | 12,005 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | January 5, 2019 | Rochester Knighthawks | KeyBank Center | W 13–4 | 12,480 | 3–1 | |
| 5 | January 19, 2019 | Philadelphia Wings (2018–) | KeyBank Center | W 14–10 | 10,509 | 4–1 | |
| 6 | January 26, 2019 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 13–18 | 8,337 | 4–2 | |
| 7 | January 27, 2019 | @ New England Black Wolves | Mohegan Sun Arena | W 15–5 | 5,098 | 5–2 | |
| 8 | February 2, 2019 | Colorado Mammoth | KeyBank Center | W 15–12 | 10,766 | 6–2 | |
| 9 | February 9, 2019 | @ Georgia Swarm | Infinite Energy Arena | W 19–9 | 7,767 | 7–2 | |
| 10 | February 16, 2019 | Calgary Roughnecks | KeyBank Center | W 12–10 | 13,085 | 8–2 | |
| 11 | February 22, 2019 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 16–9 | 6,672 | 9–2 | |
| 12 | March 8, 2019 | @ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) | Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) | W 12–11 | OT | 10,805 | 10–2 |
| 13 | March 9, 2019 | Georgia Swarm | KeyBank Center | L 9–14 | 15,061 | 10–3 | |
| 14 | March 16, 2019 | @ Saskatchewan Rush | SaskTel Centre | W 12–11 | OT | 13,291 | 11–3 |
| 15 | March 23, 2019 | Toronto Rock | KeyBank Center | W 8–6 | 16,580 | 12–3 | |
| 16 | April 5, 2019 | @ Toronto Rock | Scotiabank Arena | L 11–12 | OT | 9,565 | 12–4 |
| 17 | April 20, 2019 | New England Black Wolves | KeyBank Center | W 12–6 | 16,559 | 13–4 | |
| 18 | April 27, 2019 | @ San Diego Seals | Valley View Casino Center | W 18–7 | 8,357 | 14–4 |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
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| Eastern division semi-Final | May 4, 2019 | New England Black Wolves | KeyBank Center | W 13–6 | 11,776 | 1–0 | |
| Eastern division Final | May 11, 2019 | Toronto Rock | KeyBank Center | W 12–8 | 11,635 | 2–0 | |
| NLL Final (game 1) | May 18, 2019 | Calgary Roughnecks | KeyBank Center | L 7–10 | 15,747 | 2–1 | |
| NLL Final (game 2) | May 25, 2019 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 13–14 | 17,038 | 2–2 |
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Equipment Manager
Roster updated 2019-01-06 | ||||||
The 2018 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 25, 2018. [3] The Bandits made the following selections:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
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| 1 | 3 | Matt Gilray | |
| 1 | 4 | Ian MacKay | |
| 4 | 43 | Devlin Shanahan | |
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