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Conor Sheary
Buffalo Sabres Left Wing #43
Five foot eight, undrafted, two Stanley Cups, and six hundred and fifty-five games.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 8.6 | 14:06 |
| Career | 655 | 131 | 154 | 285 | +4 | 142 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 1101 | 11.9 | 13:57 |
Last Season
Seven goals and 11 assists in 62 games, plus-one, at 14:06 a night. His five-on-five minutes were played in New York.
The Finesse Game
The quickness is what built the career and it is going. He was a player who arrived in space a half-second before the defence expected him, and at 34 the half-second has closed.
Eighty-one shots and seven goals from a median of 25 feet, with 40 per cent inside twenty. The instincts are intact and the finish is not; 131 goals in 655 games is what he was, and this season was well under it.
The Physical Game
Five foot eight and 180 pounds — the smallest man covered in this edition. Fourteen penalty minutes in 62 games. There is no physical game and there never was; he has spent eleven seasons avoiding the need for one.
The Intangibles
An undrafted forward from Massachusetts who played on Sidney Crosby’s wing for two Stanley Cups, which is not a career anybody projects. The five-on-five results were fine and unremarkable — 49.3 per cent of the expected goals, 47th percentile.
He is 34 and on a young roster that has better options at his position. The value now is a room that contains somebody who has won, and a reminder to every undersized forward on this team that it can be done.