Cody Eakin

#20Center

2021-22 regular season

SOG

5.4% SH

13:35

TOI/GP

C · BUF · NHL id 8475236

Cody Eakin has played 69 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2021-22, scoring 4 goals and 8 assists (12 points) on 74 shots while averaging 13:35 a night (12:00 at even strength, 0:07 on the power play and 1:16 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 41% of shot attempts with Eakin on the ice (20-34 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against STL he was on L4 with Kyle Okposo and Zemgus Girgensons and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 5.4% this season against 11.5% across the 349 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Line

Kyle Okposo Zemgus Girgensons

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L2 · L4 · L2 · L4

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

18 games shown, 13:58 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed35th3521.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph39th3932

Hardest shot54th5488.0 mph

Offensive-zone time1st136.5%

Distance skated60th61152.6 mi

High-danger SOG42nd4221

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

2021-22 · 117 attempts, 74 on goal, 4 goals

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

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 69 of 69 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.005
Season net: −0.07xG

Offensive TK/600.44 (6)

Offensive GV/600.44 (6)

Neutral TK/600.22 (3)

Neutral GV/600.15 (2)

Defensive TK/600.73 (10)

Defensive GV/600.88 (12)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.078
Season: +0.67G
: 56.0%860 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 117-92 · NZ 149-100 · DZ 216-186

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.73
Attempts: 10
: 0.021

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.53G
Per 60: −0.034
Drawn / taken: 8 / 11minors

Method Leaders

: 39.2%
: 43.6%
: 39.2%
Transition CF/60: 2.9
Turnovers won/60: 12.7
Turnovers lost/60: 12.2

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

74 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
L Circle	3%	12%
Outside L	11%	4%
High Slot	3%	9%
L Point	3%	6%
R Net Side	1%	4%
R Point	4%	6%
L Corner	3%	1%

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Eakin

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

69 games in 2021-22, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 14	vs STL	L 2-6	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	73%	11:12	9:51	—	0:33
Apr 8	@ FLA	L 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	64%	15:54	13:16	0:12	2:00
Apr 7	@ CAR	L 3-5	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	59%	12:15	11:02	—	1:12
Apr 5	vs CAR	W 4-2	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50%	15:51	12:12	—	2:30
Apr 3	vs FLA	L 3-5	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	75%	14:55	12:45	—	2:09
Apr 1	vs NSH	W 4-3	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	56%	15:06	13:40	0:05	0:54
Mar 30	vs WPG	OTL 2-3	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	56%	14:08	13:30	—	0:38
Mar 28	@ CHI	W 6-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42%	13:45	13:00	—	0:33
Mar 27	@ NYR	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	47%	15:51	14:31	—	1:20
Mar 25	vs WSH	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52%	14:38	14:21	—	0:17
Mar 23	vs PIT	W 4-3	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	53%	16:27	15:28	0:10	0:49
Mar 20	@ VAN	W 3-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	53%	15:48	13:01	0:23	2:24
Mar 18	@ CGY	W 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58%	14:44	13:45	0:21	0:38
Mar 17	@ EDM	L 1-6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	47%	14:45	13:39	0:19	0:47
Mar 13	vs TOR	W 5-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	40%	11:37	9:13	1:01	1:13
Mar 10	vs VGK	W 3-1	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	62%	13:10	10:49	—	1:58
Mar 7	vs FLA	L 1-6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	73%	11:06	10:08	—	0:58
Mar 6	vs LAK	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	13:46	13:33	—	0:13
Mar 4	vs MIN	W 5-4	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	75%	10:49	10:17	—	—
Mar 2	@ TOR	W 5-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	15:55	14:33	—	1:22

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	69	937:30	13:35	602	952	38.7%	38.7%	345	538	25	52	32%	26.5	48.8	36%
Even strength	69	827:46	12:00	541	769	41.3%	41.3%	305	433	20	35	36%	22.4	34.6	40%
5v5	69	820:47	11:54	538	762	41.4%	41.4%	303	430	20	34	37%	22.2	34.4	40%
Power play	29	8:35	0:18	8	3	72.7%	70.0%	6	2	2	0	100%	1.0	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	62	87:36	1:25	23	162	12.4%	14.6%	20	91	1	14	7%	0.9	12.5	4%
4v4	8	3:39	0:27	0	4	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	0	0	—	0.0	0.1	0%
3v3 (OT)	10	3:20	0:20	3	3	50.0%	40.0%	2	2	0	1	0%	0.2	0.1	71%
5v4	28	8:14	0:18	8	3	72.7%	70.0%	6	2	2	0	100%	1.0	0.0	100%
4v5	62	87:36	1:25	23	162	12.4%	14.6%	20	91	1	14	7%	0.9	12.5	4%
6v5, own net empty	13	5:24	0:25	24	2	92.3%	88.2%	11	2	1	2	33%	1.0	1.0	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	12	6:54	0:35	2	16	11.1%	14.3%	1	10	1	1	50%	1.0	0.7	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2021-22	BUF	69	4	8	12	-15	22	74	5.4%	33	29	13:35
2020-21	BUF	46	3	4	7	-9	14	39	7.7%	33	20	12:56
2019-20	WPG, VGK	49	5	10	15	-3	16	61	8.2%	49	16	14:35
2018-19Playoffs	VGK	7	2	0	2	+1	17	13	15.4%	18	7	17:02
2018-19	VGK	78	22	19	41	+19	16	120	18.3%	88	35	15:23
2017-18Playoffs	VGK	20	3	1	4	+3	4	19	15.8%	62	14	14:29
2017-18	VGK	80	11	16	27	-6	22	107	10.3%	63	45	14:32

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season