Tyson Kozak
Buffalo Sabres Center
Fourth percentile in shot attempts, which is nearly the bottom of the league.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | 11:17 |
| Career | 67 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12.2 | 11:02 |
Last Season
Two goals and four assists in 46 games, minus-one, at 11:17 a night. Two penalty minutes all season.
The Finesse Game
Not there. Thirty shots on goal in 46 games produced two goals from a median of 23 feet. Eleven points in 67 career games.
He is a defensive-minded fourth-line centre and the offence is not going to arrive; the question is only whether the defending is good enough to carry a roster spot.
The Physical Game
Five foot eleven, 185, and two penalty minutes in 46 games is a startling number for a player in this role. He is not initiating anything. He forechecks with his feet and finishes very little.
The Intangibles
The on-ice numbers are among the worst in this book: 45.1 per cent of the expected goals, 14th percentile, and 43.1 per cent of the shot attempts, fourth percentile. In 466 minutes the puck went the other way almost whenever he was out there.
The goals read 32-20 in his favour, which against expected goals of 16.5 to 20.1 is a fifteen-goal gap and is entirely the club’s shooting and goaltending.
A hundred and ninety-third overall pick who has reached the league at 23, which is an achievement. This season has to show something the numbers can see.