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Buffalo Sabres player cards

2026-27 forecast: projected games played as assumed by the standings simulation, and forecasted total net goals for the season (career per-82 rates, small samples regressed, × projected GP). Projected is the simulation’s own forward value on the same GP basis. Click a player for his card, a column header to sort.

PlayerPosProj GPProjected ▼OverallEV OffEV DefPPPKFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tage ThompsonF77+5.6+4.9+0.7-1.0-0.2-0.1+5.5+0.8-0.8
Jason ZuckerF65+2.3+4.2+0.6+0.7-0.1+0.1+2.0+1.1-0.1
Alex LyonG39+2.2+2.4———————
Josh NorrisF49+2.0+5.7+0.5-0.2+0.3+0.0+4.2+0.7+0.2
Josh DoanF69+1.8+2.0+1.0+0.6-0.2+0.0-0.4+1.1-0.1
Rasmus DahlinD74+1.4-0.1+1.0-0.4+0.1+0.1+0.2-1.1+0.0
Noah OstlundF50+0.6+2.0-0.2+0.6-0.3+0.1+2.2+0.1-0.5
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG44+0.4-1.0———————
Ryan McLeodF77+0.4+1.5+0.2-0.0-0.1+0.2+0.9+0.3-0.1
Konsta HeleniusF20+0.2+0.0———————
Zach BensonF67+0.1-2.1+0.0+0.5+0.1+0.4-3.3+0.3-0.1
Jack QuinnF74-0.2+0.3+0.4-0.4-0.3+0.0-0.3+0.9-0.1
Peyton KrebsF78-0.2-1.7-1.2+0.3-0.3-0.1-0.3+0.4-0.4
Beck MalenstynF76-0.6-1.9-1.5+0.4-0.1-0.1-1.7+1.1-0.0
Mattias SamuelssonD70-0.7-1.7-0.7-0.3-0.2-0.7+0.7-0.5+0.0
Conor TimminsD47-1.1-1.1+0.0+0.3-0.1-0.1-0.5-0.7+0.0
Olen ZellwegerD69-1.1-2.1+0.7-1.6-0.5+0.1-1.0+0.2+0.0
Owen PowerD77-1.2-3.4-0.1-0.6-0.5-0.1-1.8-0.4+0.0
Sam CarrickF72-1.9-2.4-1.4-0.0+0.1-0.4-0.4-0.4+0.2
Louis CrevierD64-3.4-3.6-1.6-0.8-0.1-0.5+1.0-1.6+0.0
Team total+6.6+2.0-1.5-2.1-2.4-1.1+7.0+2.4-1.7
Jason Zucker
LW · #17 · BUF · 34 · Net-front middle-six
Average career stats over an 82-game season
24
G
22
A
46
P
-0
+/−
41
PIM
15:31
TOI/GP
1:42
PP TOI/GP
0:15
SH TOI/GP
'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank8/237/271/2713/231/272/253/284/3015/2620/252/2519/266/251/282/24League rank191/689206/7518/730336/73612/73675/75988/76745/735315/728502/80856/774495/772106/76129/77853/716Age rank7/2114/403/5336/743/7910/727/724/6922/6037/574/5028/487/402/374/37Overall+2.120 GP+2.121 GP+14.251 GP-0.771 GP+12.479 GP+6.382 GP+5.581 GP+9.260 GP-0.338 GP-3.141 GP+8.578 GP-2.869 GP+5.373 GP+11.262 GP+4.7832 GPEV offenseEV defense+1.3+1.210:56-2.1+1.012:02+0.5+0.513:05+0.0+1.414:09+0.3+2.614:25+1.2+1.614:10+1.6+1.214:39-0.4+1.213:56-0.6-1.014:20+0.7+2.113:17+2.7+0.114:02+0.5-0.012:11+0.6-0.213:07+1.6-0.012:15+0.7+0.7Power play-0.10:19-1.00:49+0.40:50-0.40:55-0.00:14+0.82:11-0.12:14-0.52:17-1.01:19+0.31:30-0.71:36-0.81:37+0.22:51+1.03:21-0.1Penalty kill-0.0+0.10:07+0.31:07+0.10:29-0.20:36+0.40:35+0.40:10+0.30:06+0.10:01-0.10:00-0.00:00+0.00:00+0.20:00+0.00:00+0.1Finishing+0.3+2.6+10.1-4.5+6.2+2.6-1.1+7.5+2.9-6.6+4.6-2.3+4.8+7.8+2.0Penalties-0.5+1.5+2.5+2.5+3.6-0.2+3.6+1.3-0.6+0.5+2.0-0.1-0.1+1.2+1.3Faceoffs-0.0+0.0-0.0+0.0-0.0-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.4-0.1
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-0.3-0.9-0.4+0.6+0.3+0.4+0.3+0.1-0.1+0.8+0.1+0.1-0.2+0.1-0.0+0.1Teammates-1.6+1.5+0.3+1.3+1.5+3.1+2.4+0.9+3.0+1.6+0.4-0.4-1.1+2.7+0.8+1.4Johnson 83%Christ. 78%Falk 41%Scande. 31%Setogu. 74%Cullen 70%Brodin 33%Suter 33%Coyle 59%Heatley 49%Suter 41%Brodin 39%Koivu 60%Suter 40%Spurge. 35%Scande. 34%Koivu 63%Suter 47%Spurge. 40%Nieder. 38%Granlu. 63%Koivu 61%Suter 46%Spurge. 41%Granlu. 49%Suter 46%Koivu 45%Staal 45%Staal 70%Suter 51%Granlu. 44%Spurge. 40%Zuccar. 39%Staal 36%Suter 30%Dumba 29%Malkin 45%Marino 42%McCann 35%Kapanen 32%Kapanen 52%Carter 50%Marino 36%Letang 30%Malkin 77%Rust 44%Rakell 38%Petry 34%Cooley 29%Kerfoot 24%Durzi 22%Välimä. 22%Dahlin 44%Tuch 40%Thomps. 38%Byram 34%Quinn 66%McLeod 54%Dahlin 53%Byram 32%Suter 25%Koivu 20%Granlu. 16%Staal 15%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot89.894.889.986.583.294.8Top speed22.922.721.922.421.922.9Bursts/GP1.41.70.80.70.71.7
40-gameform'12'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26+20.3-6.8+10.9
Careernet goals'12'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26+57
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist52%-0.5Snap15%+1.1Slap6%+0.7Backhand15%+0.4Tip-in8%+0.8Deflection2%Other2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$4.75M
CAP HIT 2026-27
4.6%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.98
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Tage Thompson
C · #72 · BUF · 28 · Top-six sniper
Average career stats over an 82-game season
33
G
29
A
63
P
-10
+/−
37
PIM
16:52
TOI/GP
2:28
PP TOI/GP
0:21
SH TOI/GP
'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank20/2521/2726/281/271/258/251/253/283/24League rank561/759623/767694/72881/80818/774228/7723/76185/77872/716Age rank15/1626/3262/636/791/7018/671/657/577/54Overall-3.641 GP-5.065 GP-9.238 GP+7.678 GP+15.078 GP+1.671 GP+18.576 GP+6.881 GP+3.8529 GPEV offenseEV defense-1.4+0.110:48-2.1-0.311:14-0.9-1.412:35+0.5-1.914:23+4.2-2.614:38+0.6-0.314:30+1.9-1.015:46+1.5-1.115:41+0.8-0.9Power play-0.81:06-0.50:51-1.01:15-0.82:38-0.63:21+0.42:42+0.62:54+0.13:30-0.2Penalty kill+0.0-0.00:01-0.20:01+0.00:50+0.10:35-0.70:54-0.10:04-0.10:03-0.1Finishing-2.2-1.6-5.6+11.0+13.6+1.6+17.8+4.5+4.1Penalties+0.9-0.5+0.1+0.7+1.6+1.2+0.4+2.7+0.9Faceoffs-0.2+0.0-0.1-2.0-1.2-1.3-1.1-0.8-0.9
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-0.3+0.2-2.3+1.3+0.6+0.3+0.4+0.3+0.2+0.4Teammates-0.4-2.8-2.6-2.9-2.9+2.0+0.4+2.2+1.9+0.2Sobotka 53%Parayko 42%Pietrangelo 34%Dunn 33%Sobotka 46%Dahlin 35%Ristolainen 35%Bogosian 29%Asplund 89%Girgensons 78%Scandella 47%Jokiharju 43%Mittelstadt 50%Asplund 38%Dahlin 34%Ristolainen 34%Skinner 72%Dahlin 52%Tuch 47%Olofsson 31%Skinner 75%Tuch 68%Dahlin 55%Power 37%Tuch 65%Dahlin 53%Skinner 41%Power 33%Dahlin 51%Peterka 49%Tuch 42%Byram 38%Dahlin 52%Tuch 42%Doan 37%Krebs 34%Dahlin 47%Tuch 42%Skinner 29%Power 11%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot101.6101.7102.1106.097.9106.0Top speed22.622.022.922.822.822.9Bursts/GP1.41.71.51.62.22.2
40-gameform'18'19'20'22'23'24'25'26+30.3-11.5+9.0
Careernet goals'18'19'20'22'23'24'25'26+38
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist56%+5.7Snap19%-0.4Slap14%+2.2Backhand6%Tip-in3%Deflection1%Other1%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$7.14M
CAP HIT 2026-27
6.9%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.54
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Josh Norris
C · #9 · BUF · 27 · Top-six sniper
Average career stats over an 82-game season
30
G
25
A
56
P
-6
+/−
37
PIM
17:29
TOI/GP
3:01
PP TOI/GP
0:46
SH TOI/GP
'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank1/291/284/242/254/281/24League rank43/72813/80889/77215/761107/77834/716Age rank4/363/637/663/5810/536/51Overall+10.556 GP+17.266 GP+6.650 GP+12.556 GP+5.644 GP+6.4283 GPEV offenseEV defense+1.6-0.513:49+0.8-1.214:46-0.6-1.013:46+1.3-0.213:06+1.9+0.812:30+0.9-0.3Power play+0.22:31+0.53:13+1.43:09+0.33:00+1.03:16+0.4Penalty kill-0.20:07-0.70:34+0.70:42+0.52:13+0.20:02+0.0Finishing+7.6+15.2+3.7+9.2+1.7+4.0Penalties+1.2+2.2+2.0+0.4+0.1+1.1Faceoffs+0.5+0.3+0.4+0.9-0.1+0.4
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-1.3+0.7+0.4+0.7+0.6+0.7+0.0+0.5Teammates-4.7-2.1-3.3+2.4+2.1+0.6+2.8-0.3Tkachuk 73%Ryan 56%Chabot 40%Reilly 39%Tkachuk 72%Batherson 47%Chabot 47%Zaitsev 38%Tkachuk 81%Batherson 50%Chabot 48%Zub 32%Giroux 70%DeBrincat 65%Sanderson 40%Chabot 40%Tkachuk 60%Batherson 45%Sanderson 40%Giroux 34%Batherson 58%Sanderson 51%Tkachuk 39%Giroux 34%Doan 53%Dahlin 45%Ostlund 35%Byram 34%Tkachuk 53%Batherson 41%Chabot 22%Sanderson 19%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot95.294.486.887.495.2Top speed23.122.923.823.023.8Bursts/GP2.92.73.12.83.1
40-gameform'20'22'23'25'26+24.5+0.5+4.1
Careernet goals'20'22'23'25'26+36
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist50%+4.1Snap18%+2.5Slap13%Backhand6%Tip-in9%Deflection3%Other2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$7.95M
CAP HIT 2026-27
7.6%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.80
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Conor Sheary
LW · #43 · BUF · 34 · Complementary skill winger
Average career stats over an 82-game season
16
G
19
A
36
P
+1
+/−
18
PIM
13:57
TOI/GP
1:11
PP TOI/GP
0:21
SH TOI/GP
'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank4/325/303/279/2719/305/235/3016/2624/2719/295/24League rank60/73646/73688/759360/767375/73560/72889/808411/774602/772485/778158/716Age rank7/748/7911/7235/7234/695/604/5725/5034/4823/3711/37Overall+7.344 GP+7.861 GP+5.679 GP-0.978 GP-1.163 GP+9.152 GP+7.171 GP-1.782 GP-4.657 GP-2.762 GP+2.0655 GPEV offenseEV defense+0.5+1.58:59+4.1-2.314:08+1.2+0.112:44-0.3-0.512:53-1.1+0.911:54+0.7+2.312:40+0.0+0.713:10+1.1-0.912:57-2.0+0.510:28-1.3+0.712:38+0.3+0.1Power play-0.40:45-0.11:47-0.81:11-0.11:42-0.91:11-0.31:02+0.01:43-0.61:07-0.10:12+0.00:53-0.2Penalty kill-0.00:00-0.10:00-0.10:00+0.00:01-0.00:01+0.30:00+0.30:23-0.51:40-0.30:24-0.40:33-0.1Finishing+3.7+5.4+3.5-0.9-0.8+5.2+4.3-1.5-2.3-2.9+0.9Penalties+2.1+0.9+1.6+0.9+0.8+1.0+1.9+0.7-0.4+1.2+1.0Faceoffs-0.1+0.0-0.0+0.0-0.0-0.1-0.1+0.0-0.0+0.0-0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-0.5+0.4+0.1-0.1-0.2-0.2-0.3+0.4-0.4+0.5+0.2-0.0Teammates+1.0+3.9+1.3-2.7-1.1+2.9+2.6-0.2+0.4-1.1-1.3+0.6Daley 35%Cole 29%Dumoulin 27%Porter 26%Crosby 79%Schultz 45%Dumoulin 32%Cole 26%Crosby 48%Letang 39%Maatta 37%Dumoulin 33%Mittelstadt 43%Ristolainen 38%Dahlin 37%Okposo 33%Skinner 28%Ristolainen 27%Rodrigues 26%Montour 25%Eller 41%Orlov 34%Schultz 31%Dillon 30%Carlson 37%Orlov 33%Ovechkin 31%Fehérváry 29%Ovechkin 41%Strome 35%Jensen 30%van Riemsdyk 30%Eyssimont 39%Perbix 36%Paul 35%Motte 33%Girgensons 50%Eyssimont 44%Perbix 44%Geekie 33%Miller 43%Gavrikov 40%Laba 34%Schneider 34%Crosby 14%Ovechkin 10%Dumoulin 9%Schultz 7%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot85.290.993.480.093.4Top speed22.622.522.422.522.6Bursts/GP1.71.61.20.81.7
40-gameform'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25+14.4-10.7+1.6
Careernet goals'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25+28+18
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist61%+0.1Snap15%+0.4Slap4%Backhand10%-0.5Tip-in8%Deflection2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$0.85M
CAP HIT 2026-27
0.8%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+2.30
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Ryan McLeod
C · #71 · BUF · 26 · Complementary skill winger
Average career stats over an 82-game season
14
G
25
A
39
P
+10
+/−
16
PIM
15:10
TOI/GP
0:51
PP TOI/GP
1:45
SH TOI/GP
'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank8/2610/287/278/257/2516/286/24League rank201/728314/808202/774218/772108/761351/778205/716Age rank13/3624/6319/6617/6613/5826/5312/51Overall+2.410 GP-0.071 GP+2.457 GP+1.781 GP+5.279 GP-0.581 GP+1.1379 GPEV offenseEV defense-0.3+2.611:01-0.5+0.410:51-0.0+0.811:37+0.2+0.312:27-0.1-0.414:01+1.5-1.313:35+0.2-0.0Power play-0.30:40+0.10:46-0.10:55-0.30:32+0.10:29-0.21:35-0.1Penalty kill-0.41:05-0.21:07+0.71:37+0.91:14+0.32:18-0.32:26+0.1Finishing-0.9-0.2+2.0-0.7+4.3+0.5+0.6Penalties+1.6+0.8-0.7+1.1+0.4-0.1+0.3Faceoffs+0.1-0.3-0.3+0.1+0.6-0.6-0.1
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-1.3+0.3+0.3+0.1+0.6+0.7+0.4Teammates-0.0+0.3-0.5+1.0+0.9+1.6+0.8Larsson 41%Neal 36%Kulikov 36%Chiasson 35%Bouchard 34%Ceci 32%Foegele 31%Nurse 30%Foegele 45%Nurse 40%Bouchard 33%Kulak 32%Foegele 48%Nurse 42%Ceci 37%Kulak 34%Byram 38%Power 32%Dahlin 30%Tuch 29%Quinn 55%Byram 43%Tuch 37%Samuelsson 37%Foegele 21%Byram 20%Nurse 19%Tuch 16%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot80.180.486.682.086.086.6Top speed23.223.323.822.923.223.8Bursts/GP4.14.24.62.63.94.6
40-gameform'21'23'24'25'26+10.0-6.2-1.5
Careernet goals'21'23'24'25'26+10+8
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist52%+2.7Snap24%-1.3Slap2%Backhand10%Tip-in8%Deflection2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$5.00M
CAP HIT 2026-27
4.8%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.22
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Josh Doan
RW · #91 · BUF · 24
Average career stats over an 82-game season
21
G
24
A
46
P
+0
+/−
19
PIM
14:45
TOI/GP
2:05
PP TOI/GP
0:01
SH TOI/GP
'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank1/2622/267/284/24League rank6/772543/761127/778139/716Age rank1/3330/4211/526/46Overall+18.711 GP-3.451 GP+4.882 GP+2.3144 GPEV offenseEV defense+0.2+1.512:14+1.6+1.612:03+1.6+0.413:04+1.1+0.4Power play-0.20:03-0.51:24-0.12:46-0.1Penalty kill+0.0+0.20:02-0.10:00+0.0Finishing+14.4-6.5+1.0-0.2Penalties+2.9+0.5+2.3+1.2Faceoffs-0.1-0.2-0.1-0.1
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+0.1-0.2+0.1+0.0Teammates-1.4-0.2+2.1+1.1Maccelli 79%McBain 75%Kesselring 35%Brown 34%Crouse 54%McBain 46%Kesselring 32%Cole 29%Dahlin 46%Thompson 45%Byram 34%Power 32%Dahlin 28%Thompson 27%Byram 21%McBain 20%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot88.689.189.1Top speed22.322.222.3Bursts/GP1.41.91.9
40-gameform'24'25'26+8.0-6.3+6.0
Careernet goals'24'25'26+5
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist40%+1.5Snap29%Slap4%Backhand8%Tip-in15%Deflection4%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$6.95M
CAP HIT 2026-27
6.7%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.33
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Jack Quinn
RW · #22 · BUF · 24 · Complementary skill winger
Average career stats over an 82-game season
19
G
28
A
47
P
-7
+/−
19
PIM
14:54
TOI/GP
2:01
PP TOI/GP
0:21
SH TOI/GP
'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank7/252/2511/2522/287/24League rank212/77493/772281/761508/778245/716Age rank16/418/5425/5944/6220/58Overall+2.275 GP+6.527 GP+0.474 GP-3.182 GP+0.7260 GPEV offenseEV defense+1.1-0.611:38-0.4-0.212:40-0.5-0.512:32+1.2-0.813:16+0.4-0.3Power play-0.81:38-0.01:50-0.52:13+0.22:14-0.2Penalty kill-0.40:33+0.81:07-0.00:06+0.20:08+0.0Finishing-0.0+7.4+1.1-4.4-0.1Penalties+3.1-1.0+0.8+0.5+1.0Faceoffs-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+2.0+0.2+0.0-0.2+0.1+0.0Teammates-2.1-1.0-1.0+0.9+2.0+0.5Cozens 68%Dahlin 46%Hinostroza 44%Skinner 38%Peterka 57%Cozens 46%Power 40%Dahlin 36%Cozens 64%Peterka 44%Power 43%Dahlin 38%Peterka 40%Dahlin 38%Power 36%Byram 34%McLeod 62%Zucker 50%Byram 40%Dahlin 39%Dahlin 38%Peterka 31%Power 26%Byram 23%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot86.286.483.087.787.7Top speed22.421.921.823.023.0Bursts/GP1.11.10.92.52.5
40-gameform'22'24'25'26+9.6-9.7-2.3
Careernet goals'22'24'25'26+6+2
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist60%+1.9Snap21%-1.3Slap8%Backhand5%Tip-in4%Deflection1%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$3.38M
CAP HIT 2026-27
3.2%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+0.20
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Rasmus Dahlin
D · #26 · BUF · 26 · Franchise No. 1 defenseman
Average career stats over an 82-game season
14
G
46
A
61
P
-6
+/−
64
PIM
23:23
TOI/GP
3:11
PP TOI/GP
0:41
SH TOI/GP
'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank11/2721/2721/289/2712/253/258/259/2811/24League rank391/767532/735649/728403/808473/774106/772121/761215/778342/716Age rank2/48/1220/2118/3628/474/544/5312/5315/49Overall-1.382 GP-3.759 GP-6.856 GP-1.580 GP-2.578 GP+5.681 GP+4.473 GP+1.977 GP-0.2586 GPEV offenseEV defense+0.9-0.318:08-0.7+0.515:50-0.6-1.318:27-1.5-1.820:01+3.7-1.120:55+1.7+0.121:13+1.9+0.520:22+2.7-0.319:54+1.0-0.4Power play+0.82:51+0.13:21-0.13:04-1.03:05-0.33:34+1.33:01-0.23:09+0.53:28+0.1Penalty kill+0.10:09+0.00:05-0.10:05+0.20:54-0.61:17+0.71:11-0.00:42+0.20:48+0.0Finishing-2.0-2.1-4.5+4.7-0.1+1.9+2.5-0.6+0.1Penalties-0.9-1.6-0.1-2.0-4.1-0.0-0.3-0.7-1.1Faceoffs+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-0.1-0.3+0.9+0.6+0.6+0.5+0.1+0.2+0.3Teammates-0.8+1.9-1.2-2.5+2.1-0.6+3.3+2.7+0.6Reinhart 38%Skinner 38%Eichel 37%Bogosian 34%Eichel 45%Reinhart 44%Miller 32%Olofsson 31%Reinhart 42%Olofsson 40%Jokiharju 38%Hall 26%Skinner 38%Thompson 38%Jokiharju 37%Tuch 25%Thompson 40%Tuch 39%Skinner 37%Samuelsson 35%Tuch 38%Thompson 33%Skinner 30%Cozens 28%Thompson 41%Byram 40%Peterka 38%Tuch 33%Samuelsson 48%Thompson 43%Doan 32%Zucker 28%Thompson 27%Skinner 20%Tuch 19%Reinhart 12%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot97.798.2100.799.396.2100.7Top speed21.421.621.421.822.522.5Bursts/GP0.40.30.30.50.80.8
40-gameform'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26+10.8-9.8+8.1
Careernet goals'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26+1-0
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS DEFENSEMEN (MAP)Wrist56%+0.2Snap14%-0.8Slap26%+0.8Backhand3%Tip-in1%Deflection0%net goals/82shot-mix share vs defensemen (±0.35pp)
$11.00M
CAP HIT 2026-27
10.6%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.02
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Olen Zellweger
D · #51 · BUF · 22 · Top-pair puck-mover
Average career stats over an 82-game season
8
G
18
A
26
P
-0
+/−
29
PIM
18:05
TOI/GP
1:32
PP TOI/GP
0:27
SH TOI/GP
'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank7/2716/2616/2415/24League rank430/772624/761467/778449/716Age rank14/1826/3322/4522/35Overall-1.726 GP-4.662 GP-2.476 GP-1.0164 GPEV offenseEV defense-1.7-1.417:22+1.8-3.616:28+1.4-1.715:20+0.8-1.2Power play+0.21:45-0.92:24-1.00:45-0.3Penalty kill+0.30:09-0.00:04+0.20:52+0.0Finishing+0.1-2.6-1.2-0.5Penalties+0.7+0.7-0.1+0.3Faceoffs+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+0.0-0.2-0.1-0.1Teammates-3.7-3.3-0.3-2.0Fowler 71%Terry 40%Vatrano 31%Killorn 28%Killorn 33%Terry 31%Vatrano 30%Carlsson 30%Trouba 37%Gudas 31%Sennecke 30%Killorn 27%Killorn 30%Terry 19%Vatrano 17%Trouba 16%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot89.290.090.0Top speed23.022.523.0Bursts/GP1.42.22.2
40-gameform'24'25'26+2.8-7.8-4.0
Careernet goals'24'25'26+0-6
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS DEFENSEMEN (MAP)Wrist54%-1.5Snap27%Slap14%Backhand4%Tip-in1%net goals/82shot-mix share vs defensemen (±0.35pp)
$3.10M
CAP HIT 2026-27
3.0%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.31
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Justin Danforth
RW · #15 · BUF · 33 · Shutdown/PK center
Average career stats over an 82-game season
14
G
14
A
28
P
-11
+/−
26
PIM
13:49
TOI/GP
0:26
PP TOI/GP
1:11
SH TOI/GP
'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank1/2524/3225/2714/24League rank91/808652/772708/761447/717Age rank7/6143/5143/4629/44Overall+7.045 GP-5.771 GP-7.261 GP-0.9187 GPEV offenseEV defense-0.4+0.911:48-0.4-0.712:34+0.2-0.112:19-0.1-0.1Power play-0.30:17-0.00:29-0.10:23-0.0Penalty kill+0.30:29-2.01:12-0.91:39-0.2Finishing+3.3-2.5-4.8-0.7Penalties+2.9+0.1-1.4+0.2Faceoffs+0.3-0.1-0.1-0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+0.4+1.3+0.6+0.6+3.1+0.6Teammates-2.8-2.7-3.7-1.4-0.8-2.6Gavrikov 41%Kuraly 39%Peeke 37%Bean 29%Werenski 44%Gaudreau 36%Sillinger 36%Gudbranson 33%Provorov 40%Kuraly 39%Gudbranson 34%Gaudreau 29%Olivier 50%Aston-Reese 50%Provorov 42%Werenski 35%Timmins 45%Malenstyn 41%Power 37%Byram 33%Provorov 30%Kuraly 24%Olivier 17%Aston-Reese 17%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot84.983.487.287.2Top speed22.922.922.622.9Bursts/GP3.83.02.73.8
40-gameform'22'23'25'26+11.3-13.2-3.8
Careernet goals'22'23'25'26+6-6
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist45%-1.4Snap19%Slap5%Backhand13%Tip-in13%Deflection2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$1.80M
CAP HIT 2026-27
1.7%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.52
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Beck Malenstyn
LW · #29 · BUF · 28 · Shutdown/PK center
Average career stats over an 82-game season
6
G
9
A
15
P
-5
+/−
32
PIM
11:47
TOI/GP
0:01
PP TOI/GP
1:50
SH TOI/GP
'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank13/3022/2516/2513/2818/24League rank244/808661/772470/761296/778484/716Age rank19/7960/6738/6526/5733/54Overall+1.512 GP-6.081 GP-2.476 GP+0.481 GP-1.2262 GPEV offenseEV defense-1.6+1.98:18-2.7+0.011:36-1.7+0.79:03-1.4+0.79:25-1.6+0.3Power play-0.0-0.20:01-0.10:01-0.20:00-0.1Penalty kill+0.50:44-0.92:36+0.21:26+0.21:47-0.0Finishing+2.1-3.6-2.5-0.9-1.0Penalties-1.1+1.5+1.0+2.1+1.2Faceoffs-0.3-0.0+0.0-0.0-0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+0.2-0.8+2.1+1.1+0.1+0.5+0.6Teammates+1.1+1.4+0.1-1.7-0.7-0.7-0.9Leipsic 57%Siegenthaler 41%Gudas 40%Carlson 34%Leason 59%Orlov 37%Jensen 36%Fehérváry 34%Dowd 50%Fehérváry 45%Hathaway 42%Jensen 40%Dowd 67%Aube-Kubel 48%Carlson 45%Jensen 39%Lafferty 49%Byram 37%Krebs 36%Clifton 31%Samuelsson 40%Power 37%Krebs 33%Byram 33%Dowd 26%Byram 19%Krebs 19%Aube-Kubel 18%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot84.785.586.586.5Top speed23.622.824.924.9Bursts/GP3.01.62.43.0
40-gameform'20'23'24'25'26+2.4-9.2+2.4
Careernet goals'20'23'24'25'26+0-8
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist46%-0.1Snap14%Slap5%Backhand17%Tip-in11%Deflection3%Other4%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$2.92M
CAP HIT 2026-27
2.8%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.43
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Mattias Samuelsson
D · #23 · BUF · 26 · Shot-blocking PK defenseman
Average career stats over an 82-game season
6
G
18
A
24
P
+12
+/−
33
PIM
21:00
TOI/GP
0:02
PP TOI/GP
2:42
SH TOI/GP
'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank18/2823/2725/2521/259/258/2821/24League rank573/728723/808734/774598/772244/761155/778517/716Age rank16/2135/3645/4741/5412/535/5335/49Overall-4.812 GP-7.142 GP-8.355 GP-4.541 GP+1.062 GP+3.778 GP-1.5290 GPEV offenseEV defense-0.8-0.116:13-3.0-0.517:38-0.1-1.919:19-0.1+0.517:40-1.4-0.116:30-0.4-0.319:51-0.8-0.3Power play-0.1-0.30:02-0.50:04-0.50:02-0.30:00-0.10:03-0.2Penalty kill-3.81:48-0.62:17-2.42:45-0.42:47+0.22:46-0.62:55-0.3Finishing-1.3-3.7-1.9-1.1+2.5+5.8+0.5Penalties+1.4+0.9-1.6-2.8+0.2-0.7-0.6Faceoffs+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+1.4+1.6+1.0+0.8+0.9+0.9+1.0Teammates-3.4-2.7+0.9+0.3+1.9+1.6+0.6Ristolainen 89%Bjork 36%Mittelstadt 28%Asplund 27%Fitzgerald 30%Tuch 26%Cozens 25%Thompson 25%Dahlin 58%Thompson 28%Girgensons 26%Okposo 26%Dahlin 54%Mittelstadt 29%Cozens 26%Greenway 26%McLeod 30%Dahlin 30%Tuch 29%Power 29%Dahlin 50%Tuch 33%McLeod 30%Thompson 29%Dahlin 40%Tuch 19%Thompson 17%McLeod 15%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot89.692.898.198.1Top speed22.022.522.822.8Bursts/GP0.70.51.21.2
40-gameform'21'22'23'24'25'26+7.9-12.2+3.1
Careernet goals'21'22'23'24'25'26-0-9
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS DEFENSEMEN (MAP)Wrist61%+1.6Snap27%Slap8%Backhand1%Tip-in2%Deflection0%net goals/82shot-mix share vs defensemen (±0.35pp)
$4.29M
CAP HIT 2026-27
4.1%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.36
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Zach Benson
LW · #6 · BUF · 21 · Net-front middle-six
Average career stats over an 82-game season
13
G
26
A
39
P
+9
+/−
54
PIM
15:02
TOI/GP
1:23
PP TOI/GP
0:51
SH TOI/GP
'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank15/2521/2521/2816/24League rank514/772586/761434/778473/716Age rank3/45/614/2815/19Overall-3.171 GP-4.175 GP-1.865 GP-1.1211 GPEV offenseEV defense-0.5+0.912:41-0.2+0.712:30+0.9+0.513:13+0.0+0.4Power play-0.31:03+0.11:24+0.41:43+0.0Penalty kill+0.20:45+0.70:53+0.80:56+0.1Finishing-2.8-5.9-5.8-2.0Penalties-0.5+0.6+1.4+0.4Faceoffs-0.1-0.1-0.0-0.1
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+0.2+0.2+0.1+0.2Teammates-0.5+0.9+1.6+0.6Cozens 43%Dahlin 39%Peterka 38%Power 36%Byram 41%Power 39%J.Kulich 32%Dahlin 30%Thompson 40%Dahlin 38%Byram 38%Power 36%Power 37%Dahlin 35%Byram 27%Cozens 14%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot84.383.280.984.3Top speed21.521.522.122.1Bursts/GP0.30.71.11.1
40-gameform'24'25'26+3.6-11.8-1.3
Careernet goals'24'25'26+0-8
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist47%-2.5Snap14%Slap3%Backhand14%Tip-in14%Deflection3%Other4%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$7.50M
CAP HIT 2026-27
7.2%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.15
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Peyton Krebs
C · #19 · BUF · 25 · Checking-line energy forward
Average career stats over an 82-game season
9
G
20
A
29
P
-4
+/−
60
PIM
13:38
TOI/GP
0:45
PP TOI/GP
0:22
SH TOI/GP
'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank11/2716/2522/2510/2515/2820/24League rank475/808524/774615/772245/761336/778512/716Age rank19/3231/4142/5422/5935/6244/58Overall-2.757 GP-3.474 GP-4.980 GP+1.081 GP-0.382 GP-1.5378 GPEV offenseEV defense-2.7-0.912:24-1.7+0.812:10-1.0+0.811:34-1.4+0.412:52-0.7+0.413:33-1.3+0.3Power play-0.32:04-0.50:58-0.30:32-0.80:30-0.20:05-0.3Penalty kill-0.10:06-0.50:41-0.00:23-0.10:32-0.10:07-0.0Finishing+1.8-0.4-2.8+1.0-0.9-0.2Penalties+0.1-0.5-1.2+2.0+1.7+0.4Faceoffs-0.7-0.6-0.5-0.1-0.6-0.4
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+1.2+0.4+0.3-0.1+0.1+0.3+0.2Teammates+3.8-3.0-2.9-1.0-0.1+1.6-0.9Roy 46%Tuch 45%Stone 42%Stephenson 42%Dahlin 36%Cozens 34%Jokiharju 27%Olofsson 26%Okposo 54%Girgensons 51%Power 41%Dahlin 31%Power 35%Dahlin 34%Okposo 32%Clifton 31%Byram 36%Power 34%Dahlin 30%Benson 28%Thompson 47%Samuelsson 41%Dahlin 38%Power 35%Dahlin 33%Power 30%Okposo 17%Thompson 10%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot80.588.084.983.885.588.0Top speed22.722.122.422.623.323.3Bursts/GP1.21.31.11.62.02.0
40-gameform'21'23'24'25'26+6.5-14.2+5.3
Careernet goals'21'23'24'25'26+1-9
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist56%-1.0Snap16%Slap5%Backhand10%Tip-in8%Deflection2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$4.50M
CAP HIT 2026-27
4.3%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.34
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Sam Carrick
C · #10 · BUF · 34 · Physical enforcer
Average career stats over an 82-game season
9
G
10
A
19
P
-7
+/−
92
PIM
11:17
TOI/GP
0:13
PP TOI/GP
1:08
SH TOI/GP
'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank19/285/288/2916/2521/2527/3111/2822/24League rank577/730238/728339/808707/774529/772667/761288/778593/716Age rank45/5317/6024/5744/5030/4835/4014/3730/37Overall-4.416 GP+1.213 GP-0.564 GP-7.352 GP-3.377 GP-5.479 GP+0.673 GP-2.2393 GPEV offenseEV defense-0.6+0.06:19-2.2-0.612:03-1.5+0.210:28-2.9-1.29:38-2.0-0.69:21-1.4+0.310:44-1.3+0.89:27-1.5-0.0Power play+0.1+0.70:42+0.20:09+0.00:10+0.20:34-0.20:01-0.10:00+0.0Penalty kill-0.10:10+0.10:08+0.30:50-1.10:44-1.62:17-0.01:09-0.30:59-0.2Finishing-2.4+0.5+1.4-1.5-0.5-2.6+1.0-0.3Penalties-0.7+2.4-1.1-0.4+0.5-2.1-0.1-0.5Faceoffs-0.8+0.2-0.1-0.1+0.6+0.6+0.6+0.3
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition-0.3-0.3+0.0+0.0+0.4+0.3+0.4+0.4+0.1-0.0+0.2Teammates-2.4-2.3-4.6-1.4-3.3-4.1-7.0-4.6-1.4-1.6-3.4Gardiner 37%Panik 33%Rielly 32%Lindstrom 28%Froese 87%Boyes 53%Rielly 38%Marincin 37%Lindholm 45%Montour 35%Larsson 33%Street 31%Henrique 44%Fowler 43%Getzlaf 43%Gudbranson 41%Jones 72%Fowler 40%Shattenki. 35%Drysdale 28%Deslaurie. 43%Shattenki. 38%Fowler 34%Grant 33%Benoit 36%Fowler 33%Comtois 33%Kulikov 30%Johnston 33%Leason 31%Fowler 29%Gudas 29%Edstrom 40%Schneider 38%Miller 30%Vesey 28%Raddysh 30%Schneider 30%Gavrikov 29%Edstrom 26%Fowler 19%Schneider 14%Edstrom 13%Shattenki. 8%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot92.590.891.192.085.192.5Top speed21.721.722.221.622.122.2Bursts/GP0.60.30.90.50.50.9
40-gameform'15'16'21'22'23'24'25'26+8.6-10.1+8.2
Careernet goals'15'16'21'22'23'24'25'26+0-15
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS FORWARDS (MAP)Wrist50%-0.2Snap12%Slap8%Backhand13%Tip-in11%Deflection4%net goals/82shot-mix share vs forwards (±0.35pp)
$1.00M
CAP HIT 2026-27
1.0%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-2.16
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Owen Power
D · #25 · BUF · 23 · Mobile shutdown D
Average career stats over an 82-game season
7
G
29
A
35
P
+4
+/−
22
PIM
22:20
TOI/GP
1:30
PP TOI/GP
1:35
SH TOI/GP
'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGETeam rank23/2523/2517/2517/2823/24League rank698/774656/772504/761365/778623/716Age rank7/816/1821/3318/4534/35Overall-7.079 GP-5.876 GP-3.079 GP-0.881 GP-2.4324 GPEV offenseEV defense+1.7-2.320:43-0.6-0.219:27-0.8-0.718:13-0.6+0.418:51-0.1-0.5Power play-1.11:58-1.31:35+0.51:36-0.30:55-0.3Penalty kill-0.51:05-0.51:51+0.21:28+0.21:52-0.0Finishing-4.8-2.0-1.9-0.2-1.1Penalties-0.0-1.3-0.3-0.3-0.4Faceoffs+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
ON-ICE CONTEXT — TOI-WEIGHTED OPPONENT / TEAMMATE NET GOALS/82Competition+0.5+0.4+0.7+0.2+0.6+0.5Teammates-3.4+1.4-0.3+2.2+1.5+1.1Jokiharju 74%Cozens 32%Thompson 28%Girgensons 26%Jokiharju 40%Mittelstadt 29%Thompson 28%Skinner 28%Peterka 31%Jokiharju 31%Cozens 28%Tuch 27%Tuch 33%Benson 26%McLeod 26%Thompson 25%Byram 40%Tuch 32%McLeod 29%Thompson 26%Tuch 22%Thompson 20%Jokiharju 20%McLeod 13%
NHL EDGE (2021+)Hardest shot87.689.187.592.992.9Top speed21.621.321.422.322.3Bursts/GP0.40.30.60.50.6
40-gameform'22'24'25'26+1.5-10.9+0.9
Careernet goals'22'24'25'26+1-14
SHOT MIX — TYPE (BARS) & LOCATION VS DEFENSEMEN (MAP)Wrist63%-0.6Snap19%Slap11%Backhand5%Tip-in2%net goals/82shot-mix share vs defensemen (±0.35pp)
$8.35M
CAP HIT 2026-27
8.0%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.29
NET GOALS/82 PER $M
Alex Lyon
G · #34 · BUF · 33
Career shot-quality totals
4,069
Shots faced
395
GA
406.5
xGA
+11.5
GSAx
0.9029
Sv%
0.9001
xSv%
8.9
Reb/100
'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGEGSAx/82-5.911 G-134.52 G-22.73 G-37.06 G+66.02 G+36.815 G-4.244 G-0.730 G+30.336 G+2.7149 GReb/1009.68.39.410.69.3
40-gameform'18'19'21'22'24'25'26+45.0-27.8+19.4
Careernet goals'18'19'21'22'24'25'26+17+12
SAVE MAP — SV% ABOVE LOCATION-EXPECTED (±6PP)
$1.50M
CAP HIT 2026-27
1.4%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
+4.23
GSAX/82 PER $M
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · #1 · BUF · 27
Career shot-quality totals
5,372
Shots faced
538
GA
532.6
xGA
-5.4
GSAx
0.8999
Sv%
0.9008
xSv%
8.7
Reb/100
'21'22'23'24'25'26CAREERWEIGHTEDAVERAGEGSAx/82-2.94 G-1.89 G-23.833 G+18.654 G-27.355 G+24.835 G-1.1190 GReb/1007.68.99.49.18.8
40-gameform'21'23'24'25'26+31.1-46.2+11.8
Careernet goals'21'23'24'25'26+7-5
SAVE MAP — SV% ABOVE LOCATION-EXPECTED (±6PP)
$4.75M
CAP HIT 2026-27
4.6%
SHARE OF TEAM CAP
-0.49
GSAX/82 PER $M