G · BUF · NHL id 8481551
Colten Ellis has appeared in 16 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, starting 14, with a 8-4-2 record and .903 save percentage on 455 shots (44 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 129 of 141 (.915), starting 3 of them.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 16 appearances, oldest first
- Start.935DET · W
- Start.889UTA · L
- Start.857DET · W
- Start.970EDM · W
- Start.829CGY · L
- Start.917MIN · W
- Start.857PHI · L
- Start1.000EDM
- Start.938NYR · W
- Start.903FLA · L
- Start.870MTL · W
- Relief.889TOR · W
- Start.886TBL · O
- Relief.870WSH
- Start1.000CBJ · W
- Start.893DAL · O
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among goalies
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shots against
Last 10 games · 393 unblocked attempts faced, 268 on goal, 25 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 393 attempts, 268 on goal, 25 goals, 27.83 expected goals; best chance Anton Lundell at 0.66 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among goalies. Each stat links to its explainer.
Goaltending
- Games played16
- Games started1468th of 98
- Wins862nd of 72
- Overtime losses254th of 72
- Shutouts130th of 72
- Save %.90323rd of 72
- Goals-against average2.9038th of 72
- Goals against444th of 72
- Saves41166th of 72
- Goals saved above expected+0.635th of 72
- High-danger save %.81829th of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100−0.4643rd of 72
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 16 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | .792 | .842 | −5.0 pts | |
| 51 | .941 | .920 | +2.1 pts | |
| Cycle | 166 | .916 | .899 | +1.7 pts |
| Off the draw | 24 | 1.000 | .950 | +5.0 pts |
Unblocked save % .934 vs .932 expected from his shot mix: +0.20 pts (±1.89)
- Prevented /100
- −0.46
- Rebounds
- 52vs 50.1 exp.
- Rate
- 12.7%of 411 saves
A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.
Game log
16 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | vs DAL | OTL 3-4 | O | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 65:00 |
| Apr 9 | vs CBJ | W 5-0 | W | 37 | 37 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Apr 4 | @ WSH | L 2-6 | RL | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 54:08 |
| Feb 3 | @ TBL | OTL 3-4 | O | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 64:24 |
| Jan 27 | @ TOR | W 7-4 | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 47:46 |
| Jan 15 | vs MTL | W 5-3 | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:47 |
| Jan 12 | vs FLA | L 3-4 | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 57:28 |
| Jan 8 | @ NYR | W 5-2 | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |
| Dec 9 | @ EDM | W 4-3 | — | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 19:01 |
| Dec 3 | @ PHI | L 2-5 | L | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 60:00 |
| Nov 29 | @ MIN | W 3-2 | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 65:00 |
| Nov 19 | vs CGY | L 2-6 | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 60:00 |
| Nov 17 | vs EDM | W 5-1 | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 60:00 |
| Nov 15 | @ DET | W 5-4 | W | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 61:02 |
| Nov 12 | @ UTA | L 2-5 | L | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 57:50 |
| Oct 22 | vs DET | W 4-2 | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 59:54 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GA | CA/60 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 16 | 911:20 | 56:58 | 455 | 44 | .903 | 60.4 |
| Even strength | 16 | 754:17 | 47:09 | 366 | 34 | .907 | 60.6 |
| 5v5 | 16 | 731:53 | 45:45 | 357 | 31 | .913 | 61.1 |
| Power play | 16 | 84:15 | 5:16 | 12 | 1 | .917 | 12.1 |
| Penalty kill | 14 | 57:54 | 4:08 | 54 | 8 | .852 | 95.3 |
| 4v4 | 6 | 9:31 | 1:35 | 6 | 2 | .667 | 50.4 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 4 | 12:53 | 3:13 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 41.9 |
| 5v4 | 16 | 81:03 | 5:04 | 12 | 1 | .917 | 12.6 |
| 4v5 | 14 | 56:03 | 4:00 | 51 | 7 | .863 | 95.3 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 10 | 11:22 | 1:08 | 15 | 1 | .933 | 153.1 |
| 4v3 | 2 | 2:29 | 1:15 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
| 4v6, opponent net empty | 2 | 3:29 | 1:45 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 292.8 |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | GS | W-L-OTL | SA | SV | GA | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | BUF | 16 | 14 | 8-4-2 | 455 | 411 | 44 | .903 | 2.90 |
Colten Ellis news
- Colten Ellis News: Opportunity could be knockingRotoWire
- Sabres' Colten Ellis: Opportunity could be knockingCBS Sports
- Sabres' Colten Ellis: Decent in unplanned relief appearanceCBS Sports
- Standouts From Sabres’ First 2026-27 Preseason GameThe Hockey Writers
- Colten EllisESPN
- Colten Ellis News: Could be part of timeshare earlyRotoWire
- Colten Ellis News: Could be part of timeshare early in seasonRotoWire
- Sabres' Colten Ellis: Could be part of timeshare earlyCBS Sports
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.