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Buffalo Sabres

Justin Danforth

#15Right Wing5'8"192 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
4
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
2
SOG
0.0% SH
11:42
TOI/GP

RW · BUF · NHL id 8479941

Justin Danforth has played 4 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 11:42 a night (8:45 at even strength, 0:08 on the power play and 2:37 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 42% of his 5v5 minutes with Conor Timmins and 39% with Jack Quinn over the last 4 games, and the Sabres have controlled 38% of shot attempts with Danforth on the ice (0-2 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against OTT he was on L4 with Beck Malenstyn and Tyson Kozak and off the power play.

Right now

From the Oct 15 game vs OTT, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Beck MalenstynTyson Kozak
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2F
Beck Malenstyn
Last 4: L4 · L3 · L2 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 4 games, 11:30 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine43▲2▲4▼0m3m7m10m13m17m20mOct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
4 games shown, 11:30 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 4 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed68th6922.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph88th89163
Hardest shot60th6187.2 mph
Offensive-zone time13th1339.0%
Distance skated49th50139.1 mi
High-danger SOG63rd6338
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.05 expected goals; best chance Justin Danforth at 0.05 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.1goals below expected-0.2σOct 9Oct 15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 61 of 61 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.023
Season net
−0.28xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.014
Season
−0.09G
49.5%661 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 79-68 · NZ 110-99 · DZ 138-167

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.33
Attempts
16
0.089

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.13G
Per 60
−0.077
Drawn / taken
3 / 9minors

MethodLeaders
46.6%
54.2%
46.7%
Transition CF/60
5.2
Turnovers won/60
20.1
Turnovers lost/60
19.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
94 shots on goal, 9 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot28%21%3
Crease10%3%3
L Point0%6%0
R Point1%6%0
Center Point4%8%0
L Circle10%13%0
R Circle16%13%2

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

19 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 8, 2025 vs OTTRushcarry060.3—
Mar 21, 2025 @ PITRebound—14.5rebound
Mar 9, 2025 @ NYRReboundcarry013.4rebound
Mar 1, 2025 vs DETRushcarry014.1—
Feb 8, 2025 vs NYRDeflectioncarry027.83-on-2, deflection
Feb 6, 2025 vs UTAReboundcarry028.4rebound
Nov 18, 2024 @ BOSOdd-man rushcarry134.42-on-0, one-timer
Oct 30, 2024 vs NYIRushcarry265.9—
Oct 22, 2024 vs TORRushcarry052.6—
Mar 4, 2024 vs VGKCycle—011.7—
Dec 27, 2023 @ NJDDeflection—2*33.8deflection
Dec 23, 2023 vs TORPoint shot—03.3—
Dec 14, 2023 @ TORRebound—027.5rebound
Nov 27, 2023 vs BOSDump and chasedump1*45.8—
Nov 18, 2023 @ WSHForecheck turnover—023.6—
Nov 12, 2023 @ NYRDeflection—045.9rebound
Oct 21, 2023 @ MINRebound—11.9rebound
Oct 20, 2023 vs CGYRebound—1*40.9one-timer, rebound
Oct 14, 2023 vs NYROdd-man rushloose1*31.51-on-0, one-timer

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Danforth

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Danforth apartCF% mate apart
Conor TimminsD414:3842%50.0%0% (0-1)31.7% 20:0041.2% 40:04
Jack QuinnRW313:3339%24.1%0% (0-1)42.1% 13:0843.2% 21:38
Bowen ByramD412:2436%24.0%0% (0-1)47.4% 22:1457.4% 64:17
Peyton KrebsC312:0335%45.0%0% (0-1)47.1% 10:1348.9% 25:00
Jiri KulichC211:4534%36.0%0% (0-1)33.3% 10:5441.4% 13:02
Rasmus DahlinD29:3928%29.4%0% (0-1)39.1% 13:0059.0% 29:03
Beck MalenstynLW39:2927%44.4%0% (0-1)47.4% 12:4714.3% 10:39
Owen PowerD39:0526%43.8%— (0-0)25.0% 17:3645.2% 37:53
Jacob BrysonD48:1524%37.5%— (0-0)38.3% 26:2345.3% 36:32
Mattias SamuelssonD27:1421%53.8%0% (0-1)56.3% 11:0048.7% 19:23
Ryan JohnsonD36:5120%28.6%— (0-0)37.1% 17:3045.5% 19:10
Josh DoanRW14:5214%71.4%— (0-0)28.6% 5:2566.7% 7:35
Tyson KozakC34:3313%20.0%— (0-0)32.6% 22:0847.9% 20:53
Mason GeertsenD13:3110%60.0%— (0-0)60.0% 4:260.0% 0:55

Game log

4 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 15vs OTTW 8-40000000133%6:144:02—2:12
Oct 13vs COLL 1-3000-1000055%17:3512:350:304:26
Oct 11@ BOSL 1-30000003171%13:2710:17—2:25
Oct 9vs NYRL 0-4000-1220250%9:338:07—1:26

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations446:4911:42276230.3%26.3%929020%0.52.645%
Even strength435:018:45243938.1%32.5%819020%0.31.853%
5v5434:388:40243938.1%32.5%819020%0.31.857%
Power play10:300:3000——0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill410:292:370220.0%0.0%01000—0.00.817%
4v5410:292:370220.0%0.0%01000—0.00.817%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26BUF4000-2220.0%3411:42
2024-25CBJ6191221-618949.6%1264914:23
2023-24CBJ71101626-10268611.6%1094614:16
2022-23CBJ6213-341020.0%7113:23
2021-22CBJ4510414-5107213.9%852212:34

Justin Danforth news

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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.