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Buffalo Sabres

Josh Dunne

#44Center27 years oldShoots L6'4"207 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
34
GP
1
G
3
A
4
P
29
SOG
3.4% SH
9:29
TOI/GP

C · BUF · NHL id 8482623

Josh Dunne has played 34 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 29 shots while averaging 9:29 a night (9:15 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:06 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Beck Malenstyn and 52% with Jordan Greenway over the last 10 games, and the Sabres have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Dunne on the ice (6-12 in goals, 24% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against BOS he was on L4 with Jordan Greenway and Beck Malenstyn and off the power play. He is shooting 3.4% this season against 2.4% across the 52 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 21 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Jordan GreenwayBeck Malenstyn
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 5 games, 8:31 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine444440m3m7m10m13mMar 10Mar 14Mar 19Mar 22Mar 27Mar 31Apr 4Apr 8Apr 13Apr 19
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
5 games shown, 8:31 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed10th1021.1 mph
Bursts 20+ mph20th2013
Hardest shot20th2180.1 mph
Offensive-zone time50th5142.1%
Distance skated28th2850.1 mi
High-danger SOG29th2912
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 · 64 attempts, 30 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 64 attempts, 30 on goal, 1 goal, 2.95 expected goals; best chance Josh Dunne at 0.26 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 34 GP · 4 points vs 5.5 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold(softened from Buy low by the sustainability check)

Last 20 games: -46. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

3.5%
94.2
66.7%
G vs xG
1 / 2.6
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
01234-1.6goals below expected-1.0σ10/134/15
  • 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

  • Games played34
  • Goals1634th
  • Assists3651st
  • Points4675th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal29654th
  • Hits40463rd
  • Blocked shots16630th
  • Plus/minus−7501st
  • Penalty minutes38205th
  • Faceoffs won66200th

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

2025-26 regular season · 34 of 34 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.035
Season net
−0.18xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.010
Season
+0.01G
54.1%122 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 9-11 · NZ 32-20 · DZ 25-25

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.53
Attempts
8
0.022

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.41G
Per 60
−0.076
Drawn / taken
17 / 19minors

MethodLeaders
47.1%
59.2%
47.8%
Transition CF/60
4.2
Turnovers won/60
21.7
Turnovers lost/60
20.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
29 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot41%23%1
R Circle0%12%0
Outside L14%4%0
L Circle7%13%0
R Point0%6%0
Center Point3%9%0
L Net Side7%3%0

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Oct 28, 2025 vs CBJDeflection—15.1deflection

* 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 Dunne

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Dunne apartCF% mate apart
Beck MalenstynLW35279:0284%49.5%41% (7-10)47.4% 44:4337.5% 61:45
Mattias SamuelssonD34125:4338%54.1%60% (3-2)44.9% 186:3846.5% 513:27
Peyton KrebsC16110:4734%49.3%29% (2-5)47.9% 38:4832.9% 92:17
Jordan GreenwayLW15105:2132%53.6%40% (2-3)47.8% 37:4840.7% 43:20
Bowen ByramD35104:0732%39.1%27% (3-8)53.6% 218:3648.3% 515:34
Owen PowerD34101:5631%48.9%50% (2-2)47.6% 211:1451.8% 473:58
Rasmus DahlinD3198:0730%58.9%100% (2-0)46.5% 180:3651.9% 475:25
Conor TimminsD2162:0819%47.3%25% (2-6)54.2% 123:1144.2% 252:37
Michael KesselringD1955:3017%47.1%0% (0-1)50.2% 138:4048.2% 203:31
Zach MetsaD1242:1513%43.8%33% (1-2)50.0% 78:0943.8% 86:47
Jacob BrysonD1338:3912%39.1%33% (1-2)46.4% 72:1043.1% 98:35
Tyson KozakC732:1310%45.9%0% (0-2)58.5% 31:3443.2% 42:25
Noah OstlundC821:226%48.8%100% (3-0)54.7% 57:3350.8% 71:25
Logan StanleyD518:196%54.3%0% (0-1)52.9% 23:5355.6% 38:43

Game log

36 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 21POvs BOSL 2-4000+1000020%7:297:29——
Apr 19POvs BOSW 4-30000102250%8:208:160:04—
Apr 15vs DALOTL 3-4000-1101164%11:5211:34—0:18
Apr 6vs TBLW 4-20000120250%7:587:36——
Apr 2@ OTTL 1-4000-1002157%7:177:17——
Mar 5@ PITW 5-100001020100%8:377:37—1:00
Feb 27@ FLAW 3-20000121075%8:548:270:06—
Feb 25@ NJDW 2-1000-11000—11:1510:11——
Jan 12vs FLAL 3-400001530100%7:137:13——
Jan 3@ CBJL 1-5000-1102088%8:158:15——
Dec 31@ DALW 4-10000201033%11:1511:15——
Dec 29@ STLW 4-20000002243%13:0812:33——
Dec 27vs BOSW 4-10000201040%12:0612:06——
Dec 23@ OTTW 3-2011+1102050%13:1313:13——
Dec 21@ NJDW 3-100001000100%13:0912:30——
Dec 20vs NYIW 3-20000101160%10:2010:20——
Dec 11@ VANW 3-2000-10000100%6:215:370:44—
Dec 9@ EDMW 4-30000001140%7:457:45——
Dec 3@ PHIL 2-500001201—7:327:07—0:25
Nov 29@ MINW 3-2011+100400%10:2010:20——

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations34322:109:2926429447.3%48.5%13012261430%8.911.626%
Even strength34314:399:1526327349.1%50.4%13011561233%8.99.725%
5v534314:359:1526227349.0%50.3%13011561233%8.99.724%
Power play41:070:17010.0%—0000—0.00.067%
Penalty kill53:110:380110.0%0.0%03010%0.00.50%
4v553:110:380110.0%0.0%03010%0.00.50%
5v6, opponent net empty42:260:37090.0%0.0%04010%0.01.4—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsBUF2000+1010.0%227:55
2025-26BUF34134-738293.4%40169:29
2024-25BUF2000-3510.0%527:06
2022-23CBJ8000-6640.0%1949:58
2020-21CBJ6000-1470.0%12710:23

Josh Dunne 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.