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Buffalo Sabres

23 reports in the 2026-27 edition.

6

Zach Benson

LW · Buffalo Sabres

Five foot ten, a hundred and seventy-seven pounds, and he does his shooting from thirteen feet.

Sam Carrick

Sam Carrick

#10

C · Buffalo Sabres

Six goals in his last ten games, at thirty-four, in ten minutes a night.

46

Louis Crevier

D · Buffalo Sabres

Six foot eight, and the fifth percentile in expected goals while he was on the ice.

Rasmus Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

#26

D · Buffalo Sabres

Seventy-four points, twenty-four minutes a night, and the numbers finally agree with the pedigree.

Josh Doan

Josh Doan

#91

RW · Buffalo Sabres

The best on-ice rate on the roster, and he gets it by shooting from seventeen feet.

92

Colten Ellis

G · Buffalo Sabres

Sixteen games, a .903, and not enough of either to say much.

48

Tyson Kozak

C · Buffalo Sabres

Fourth percentile in shot attempts, which is nearly the bottom of the league.

19

Peyton Krebs

C · Buffalo Sabres

A first-round pick who has become a hard, useful, entirely ordinary bottom-six centre.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

#1

G · Buffalo Sabres

Finished the season stopping .922, which is the number this club has been waiting six years for.

Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

#34

G · Buffalo Sabres

Undrafted, thirty-three, and finished the season going the wrong way.

29

Beck Malenstyn

LW · Buffalo Sabres

Fourteen points, and he takes his shots from closer than most of the men who scored forty.

Ryan McLeod

Ryan McLeod

#71

C · Buffalo Sabres

Fifty-four points, plus twenty-five, and a five-on-five record that tells a different story.

73

Zach Metsa

D · Buffalo Sabres

Five foot nine, undrafted, and an NHL debut at twenty-six.

Josh Norris

Josh Norris

#9

C · Buffalo Sabres

On for thirty-three goals and ten against, in five hundred and thirty-five minutes he was fit for.

86

Noah Ostlund

C · Buffalo Sabres

Eleven goals on sixty shots, and the underlying numbers of a player who belongs.

Owen Power

Owen Power

#25

D · Buffalo Sabres

First overall, six foot six, fifteen hundred minutes, and twenty-nine points.

Jack Quinn

Jack Quinn

#22

RW · Buffalo Sabres

Fifty-one points and a hundred and ninety-one shots, and still shooting from too far out.

Mattias Samuelsson

Mattias Samuelsson

#23

D · Buffalo Sabres

The best plus-minus in the league, and a shot-attempt share in the twenty-sixth percentile.

Conor Sheary

Conor Sheary

#43

LW · Buffalo Sabres

Five foot eight, undrafted, two Stanley Cups, and six hundred and fifty-five games.

Tage Thompson

Tage Thompson

#72

C · Buffalo Sabres

Six foot six, forty goals, and a shot chart that says he is doing it the hard way.

Conor Timmins

Conor Timmins

#21

D · Buffalo Sabres

Seventy shots, no goals, and the longest average shot distance in this edition.

Olen Zellweger

Olen Zellweger

#51

D · Buffalo Sabres

Five foot ten, and the eighty-third percentile in shot attempts on a bad team.

Jason Zucker

Jason Zucker

#17

LW · Buffalo Sabres

Thirty-four years old, twenty-four goals, and the second-shortest average shot in the league.

How they were used

2025-26 · 82 games

Measured from shift charts at five-on-five, not projected. Units are built from the strongest partnership outward and ordered by how much they were used; the percentage is the share of the first player’s five-on-five ice time spent alongside each linemate. A low number means the club never settled on a combination. Players who have gone are marked — either to another club, or off an NHL roster altogether, which covers retirement and an unsigned summer alike.

Forwards

First line

R Alex Tuch now WSH 48%

Second line

Third line

Fourth line

C Josh Dunne now WSH 38%
L Jordan Greenway now CHI 31%

Defence

First pair

D Bowen Byram now CHI 1538m

Second pair

Third pair

D Logan Stanley off the roster 19%

Goaltending

By games played