C · BUF · NHL id 8484797
Konsta Helenius has played 1 game for the Buffalo Sabres in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 2 shots while averaging 15:09 a night (12:51 at even strength, 2:10 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 89% of his 5v5 minutes with Peyton Krebs and 88% with Ryan McLeod in his only game so far, and the Sabres have controlled 31% of shot attempts with Helenius on the ice (1-0 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against CBJ he was on L3 with Ryan McLeod and Peyton Krebs and on PP2.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data
- +2:10 PP TOI
- 27% of team PP time (was 0%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 15:01 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2026-27 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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
2026-27 · 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal, 0.12 expected goals; best chance Konsta Helenius at 0.07 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 9 GP · 4 points vs 3.2 expected
- 6.7%
- 100.0
- 80.0%
- G vs xG
- 1 / 1.0
- • Only 9 games: treat the meter as a hint.
- 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.
- Konsta Helenius is a rookie: 13 NHL games before this season.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played9
- Goals1
- Assists3
- Points4
- Shots on goal15
- Hits10
- Blocked shots3
- Plus/minus+1
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)58.4%
- Fenwick (FF%)58.0%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)58.6%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.001
- Faceoff win %41.7%
- Draw Equity /100−0.018
Usage
- Ice time per game11:55
- Offensive-zone start %60.9%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1000
- Luck Meter+9302nd of 828
- Ascension score56107th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot83.3
- Offensive-zone time41.5%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2026-27 regular season · 1 of 1 games through the sequence engine
- +0.000
- Season net
- +0.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How the goals happened
4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 @ CBJ | Point shot | — | 0 | 7.8 | — | |
| May 16, 2026 @ MTL | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 58.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| May 14, 2026 vs MTL | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 52.7 | 4-on-2 | |
| Jan 20, 2026 @ NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 66.9 | 3-on-2 |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Helenius
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Helenius apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 10:52 | 89% | 26.7% | — (0-0) | 100.0% 1:18 | 50.0% 3:36 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 10:42 | 88% | 26.7% | 100% (1-0) | 100.0% 1:28 | 66.7% 1:44 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 5:07 | 42% | 33.3% | 100% (1-0) | 28.6% 7:03 | 69.6% 15:38 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | 1 | 4:36 | 38% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 27.3% 7:34 | 50.0% 8:45 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 4:35 | 38% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 10.0% 7:35 | 57.1% 6:12 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 4:18 | 35% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 41.7% 7:52 | 69.2% 15:23 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 3:51 | 32% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 45.5% 8:19 | 66.7% 12:54 |
| Louis Crevier | D | 1 | 1:46 | 15% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 35.7% 10:24 | 66.7% 12:05 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 105 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
78th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
23rd percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Favourable spot: strong linemates against weaker opponents.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Helenius's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Helenius's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ CBJ | L 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 15:09 | 12:51 | 2:10 | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 15:09 | 15:09 | 9 | 13 | 40.9% | 31.3% | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Even strength | 1 | 12:51 | 12:51 | 6 | 12 | 33.3% | 23.1% | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0.1 | 0.5 | 25% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 12:10 | 12:10 | 5 | 11 | 31.3% | 18.2% | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.1 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Power play | 1 | 2:10 | 2:10 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 1 | 2:10 | 2:10 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BUF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 50.0% | 2 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | BUF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 10 | 20.0% | 5 | 4 | 13:28 |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7% | 10 | 3 | 11:55 |
Konsta Helenius news
- Sabres' Konsta Helenius: Scores in season openerCBS Sports
- 3 Takeaways From the Sabres’ 6-3 Loss to the Blue JacketsThe Hockey Writers
- Konsta Helenius bringing quiet confidence to Sabres for opening nightniagara-gazette.com
- Confidence, special ability to meet big moments make Sabres rookie Konsta Helenius unique talentBuffalo Hockey Beat
- Sabres Announce the 2026-27 Opening Night RosterThe Hockey Writers
- Konsta Helenius is making himself at home in Buffalo. Can he be the Sabres' breakout star?The New York Times
- GOOD NEWS on Buffalo Sabres injuries as Noah Östlund and Konsta Helenius impress in DetroitWNEP
- Konsta Helenius HomeNHL.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.