Buffalo, NY -- (Sports Network) - The Buffalo Sabres signed left wing Mathieu Darche on Thursday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Darche, 31, played in 73 games last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning, posting career highs with seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points. Prior to last season, Darche had notched just a goal and an assist in 28 games over parts of four seasons with Columbus, Nashville and San Jose.

The 6-foot-1, 217-pounder has 165 goals and 187 assists in 440 games in the American Hockey league, including five seasons of 20-plus goals at the minor league level.