Buffalo Sabres center Tyson Jost.
The Sabres returned center Tyson Jost and goaltender Dustin Tokarski to the AHL’s Rochester Americans on Friday, per a team statement. In doing so, Buffalo is back below the 23-player roster limit after bringing both players up on emergency loans.
Jost, 25, was recalled on Monday amid fears of an injury to top-line winger Jeff Skinner, who departed practice with an undisclosed injury that required imaging.
Skinner didn’t miss any time and played in both of the Sabres’ games this week against the Panthers and Lightning, so Jost did not play for the first time since being waived in late December.
Buffalo had Tokarski join the team in Tampa for precautionary measures while an illness was running through the group, allowing them to have a third goalie on hand in case Eric Comrie or Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen became unavailable.
He did not dress for last night’s overtime win, though; only veteran defenseman Erik Johnson could not dress due to illness.
Both players have struggled in the minors after previously holding full-time roles for Buffalo in recent years. Jost had just four points in 29 NHL games with a -7 rating after signing a one-year, $2M deal to remain in Buffalo last summer. He has three goals and 13 points in 23 games for Rochester since his reassignment.
While solid, it’s not the type of production the Sabres were hoping for from a player selected with the 10th overall pick in 2016.
Tokarski has settled firmly into an AHL role after making some noise as Buffalo’s backup goalie a few seasons ago. The 34-year-old Saskatchewan native has a 3.32 GAA, .892 SV percent, and 7-7-3 record in 18 games for Rochester and has not seen NHL action this season.
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