Sabres RW Thomas Vanek missed his sixth straight game with an upper body injury.
Miller, leading scorer Thomas Vanek and captain Jason Pominville have all been mentioned in trade speculation.
Thomas Vanek and Christian Ehrhoff added goals for the Sabres, who won their second straight game.
For Buffalo, Thomas Vanek scored in the first period, with assists from Christian Ehrloff and Tyler Ennis.
The Sabres were without leading scorer Thomas Vanek, who has been bothered by a nagging upper-body injury.
And they're getting very little offense from anyone beyond their top line that features winger Thomas Vanek.
Miller, captain Jason Pominville and leading scorer Thomas Vanek each have one more season left on their contracts.
"I wouldn't be surprised if there's a few more (trades), " leading scorer Thomas Vanek said earlier in the day.
Regier hasn't specifically discussed his intentions regarding Miller or leading scorer Thomas Vanek, who also has one year left on his contract.
Sabres leading scorer Thomas Vanek (upper body) missed his second straight game.
Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec then preserved the victory by stopping 24 shots, including a huge glove save on Thomas Vanek with 5:45 left.
The status of Buffalo's two best players, goalie Ryan Miller and leading scorer Thomas Vanek, is in question as the Sabres begin the rebuilding process.
"It was a close game and then really, you look at it, two minutes of the whole game killed us, " the Sabres' Thomas Vanek said.
Both goaltenders were sharp as Miller made a quality save on Toronto's Leo Komarov while Scrivens twice denied Thomas Vanek with a nice split-pad save.
Buffalo's Thomas Vanek leads the NHL in scoring with 19 points but he was held off the score sheet for the first time in nine games.
Thomas Vanek scored twice, Ryan Miller stopped 40 shots and Buffalo edged Pittsburgh 4-2 on Tuesday night for its second win at Consol Energy Center in as many visits.
Drew Stafford scored the only shootout goal after Cody Hodgson tipped in Thomas Vanek's pass on a power play to tie the game with 26.6 seconds left in regulation.
Sabres scoring leader Thomas Vanek limped to the bench after taking a Christian Ehrhoff point shot off the hip during a power play eight minutes into the middle period and did not return.
"It was a different voice, obviously, " said Thomas Vanek, who is tied for the NHL lead in goals (12) and points (25) and has been one of Buffalo's few bright spots this season.
Mason's best stop came a few minutes later when he got his glove up to stop Thomas Vanek's hard shot from the right circle, and recovered in time to stop Vanek's attempt to cash in the rebound.
And Regier said it was too early to tell whether his start-from-scratch plans will include keeping goalie Ryan Miller and leading scorer Thomas Vanek or trade one or both before their contracts expire at the end of next season.
Buffalo's Thomas Vanek scored the lone goal in the shootout and Ryan Miller made 30 saves before the tiebreaker to lead the Sabres in a 2-1 victory over the Islanders on Friday night in the final regular season game for both teams.
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