Report: Sabres interviewed Boughner for head coaching job

Buffalo general manager Jason Botterill has reportedly interviewed San Jose Sharks assistant coach Bob Boughner for the Sabres' vacant head coaching position, according to Pierre LeBrun of TSN.

Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News adds that Buffalo is most interested in Nashville assistant Phil Housley, who won't be available for an interview until after the Predators' championship series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Boughner is also believed to be in the running for the Florida Panthers' job.

Hired by the Sharks in 2015, he helped San Jose reach the Stanley Cup Final last year. Prior to that, he won two Memorial Cups as head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires - a team he also partly owns - in 2009 and 2010.

Boughner also served as an assistant with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2010-11, and had stints as bench boss in Windsor from 2006-10 and 2011-15 sandwiching that previous NHL experience.