C · BUF · NHL id 8482896
Tyson Kozak has played 46 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists (6 points) on 30 shots while averaging 11:17 a night (10:01 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 0:56 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 67% of his 5v5 minutes with Jordan Greenway and 64% with Beck Malenstyn over the last 10 games, and the Sabres have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Kozak on the ice (12-13 in goals, 29% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against MTL he was on L3 with Jordan Greenway and Beck Malenstyn and off the power play. He is shooting 6.7% this season against 10.6% across the 73 games in our data.
Right now
From the May 8 game vs MTL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 12 games, 10:59 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 5 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
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 · 70 attempts, 36 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 70 attempts, 36 on goal, 2 goals, 3.97 expected goals; best chance Tyson Kozak at 0.34 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 46 GP · 6 points vs 8.2 expected
Last 20 games: -25. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.7%
- 101.0
- 42.9%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 2.8
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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 played46
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists4620th of 715
- Points6639th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal30647th of 715
- Hits120128th of 715
- Blocked shots37368th of 715
- Plus/minus−1343rd of 715
- Penalty minutes2701st of 715
- Faceoffs won187139th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)41.9%703rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)41.7%701st of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)41.5%681st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)41.3%682nd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)44.2%603rd of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)40.8%691st of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.05279th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.118680th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.38100th of 719
- Faceoff win %48.3%131st of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.030142nd of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game11:17634th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:03581st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %29.4%685th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.12214th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1010238th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.8433rd of 715
- Luck Meter−36643rd of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.449th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts106180th of 715
- Hardest shot81.1654th of 715
- Offensive-zone time35.9%712th of 715
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 · 46 of 46 games through the sequence engine
- −0.032
- Season net
- −0.24xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.030
- Season
- −0.11G
- 48.3%387 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 30-28 · NZ 71-66 · DZ 86-106
- Per 60
- 1.05
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.036
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved down to L4 from L3Jan 31, 2025 alerts →
How the goals happened
5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 vs DET | Rush | carry | 2 | 29.7 | one-timer | |
| Oct 20, 2025 @ MTL | Rebound | — | 2 | 17.0 | rebound | |
| Mar 27, 2025 vs PIT | Rush | carry | 1* | 19.6 | — | |
| Mar 23, 2025 @ WPG | Rebound | — | 0 | 25.9 | rebound | |
| Dec 7, 2024 vs UTA | Deflection | carry | 3 | 29.2 | 3-on-2, deflection |
* 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 Kozak
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Kozak apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Malenstyn | LW | 42 | 260:30 | 50% | 37.9% | 70% (7-3) | 46.3% 136:08 | 46.4% 101:01 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 47 | 214:09 | 41% | 41.3% | 56% (9-7) | 43.0% 267:18 | 51.6% 663:14 |
| Jordan Greenway | LW | 22 | 187:30 | 36% | 39.7% | 45% (5-6) | 50.0% 50:19 | 27.9% 41:19 |
| Owen Power | D | 49 | 182:40 | 35% | 42.5% | 29% (2-5) | 42.3% 315:52 | 53.0% 687:44 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 49 | 176:05 | 34% | 41.7% | 56% (5-4) | 43.3% 326:10 | 49.4% 695:27 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 46 | 163:53 | 32% | 44.3% | 64% (7-4) | 41.5% 293:58 | 56.8% 696:02 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 32 | 104:12 | 20% | 36.5% | 33% (1-2) | 47.7% 243:12 | 45.4% 381:17 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 20 | 102:04 | 20% | 37.6% | 83% (5-1) | 44.6% 98:35 | 48.1% 145:55 |
| Zach Benson | LW | 13 | 80:09 | 15% | 47.4% | 0% (0-3) | 43.2% 70:09 | 54.9% 80:15 |
| Josh Doan | RW | 12 | 70:34 | 14% | 59.0% | 25% (1-3) | 40.9% 77:54 | 47.1% 90:02 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 20 | 55:12 | 11% | 38.7% | 0% (0-1) | 37.7% 139:14 | 50.4% 174:00 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 19 | 51:28 | 10% | 53.0% | 67% (2-1) | 40.1% 160:05 | 48.9% 141:42 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 6 | 45:52 | 9% | 53.7% | 67% (2-1) | 34.5% 28:25 | 48.1% 26:29 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 18 | 45:17 | 9% | 31.0% | 67% (2-1) | 42.1% 129:04 | 49.4% 134:16 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 457 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards
teammates' average xGF%
49th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
36th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Middle-of-the-lineup deployment: average linemates and opposition.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Kozak's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Kozak'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
52 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8PO | vs MTL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45% | 10:02 | 6:40 | — | 3:22 |
| May 6PO | vs MTL | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 10:56 | 10:47 | — | — |
| May 1PO | @ BOS | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 45% | 11:01 | 10:36 | 0:09 | — |
| Apr 28PO | vs BOS | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 50% | 16:55 | 16:55 | — | — |
| Apr 26PO | @ BOS | W 6-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 10:59 | 10:59 | — | — |
| Apr 23PO | @ BOS | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67% | 8:35 | 6:55 | 0:14 | 0:40 |
| Apr 15 | vs DAL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 45% | 13:34 | 12:24 | — | 1:10 |
| Apr 13 | @ CHI | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 33% | 10:49 | 8:59 | — | 1:50 |
| Apr 9 | vs CBJ | W 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63% | 9:38 | 9:14 | — | 0:15 |
| Apr 8 | @ NYR | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25% | 10:50 | 10:00 | — | 0:27 |
| Apr 4 | @ WSH | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33% | 12:15 | 11:42 | 0:15 | 0:18 |
| Mar 28 | vs SEA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7:51 | 7:30 | — | 0:21 |
| Mar 17 | @ VGK | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 11:10 | 9:22 | — | 1:48 |
| Mar 3 | vs VGK | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60% | 8:34 | 8:00 | — | 0:34 |
| Feb 28 | @ TBL | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38% | 13:04 | 11:32 | 0:07 | 1:14 |
| Feb 27 | @ FLA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22% | 10:45 | 7:51 | 0:08 | 2:23 |
| Feb 25 | @ NJD | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 71% | 12:04 | 9:12 | 0:07 | 1:41 |
| Feb 5 | vs PIT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 10:38 | 7:34 | 0:40 | 2:24 |
| Feb 3 | @ TBL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57% | 12:25 | 10:26 | — | 1:41 |
| Feb 2 | @ FLA | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 55% | 11:14 | 8:08 | — | 2:25 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 46 | 518:40 | 11:17 | 372 | 617 | 37.6% | 37.5% | 179 | 268 | 14 | 20 | 41% | 15.1 | 29.0 | 25% |
| Even strength | 46 | 460:33 | 10:01 | 358 | 496 | 41.9% | 41.7% | 170 | 214 | 12 | 13 | 48% | 14.2 | 20.1 | 29% |
| 5v5 | 46 | 457:01 | 9:56 | 357 | 496 | 41.9% | 41.7% | 170 | 214 | 12 | 13 | 48% | 14.2 | 20.1 | 29% |
| Power play | 9 | 2:03 | 0:14 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 75% |
| Penalty kill | 40 | 43:17 | 1:05 | 6 | 82 | 6.8% | 7.7% | 5 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 17% | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 7 | 3:32 | 0:30 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 9 | 2:03 | 0:14 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 75% |
| 4v5 | 40 | 43:17 | 1:05 | 6 | 82 | 6.8% | 7.7% | 5 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 17% | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 14 | 11:10 | 0:48 | 1 | 38 | 2.6% | 4.0% | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.3 | 2.6 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | BUF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 12 | 4 | 11:25 |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 46 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 30 | 6.7% | 120 | 37 | 11:17 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 | 11 | 27.3% | 26 | 23 | 10:29 |
Tyson Kozak news
- Tyson Kozak StatsNHL.com
- Tyson Kozak HomeNHL.com
- Tyson Kozak Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #11 Tyson KozakDie by the Blade
- Tyson KozakDobberProspects
- Buffalo Sabres 2025-26 Player Grades: Tyson KozakThe Hockey Writers
- Minnesota Wild trade tiers, and the Buffalo Sabres may need to shed salaryNHLRumors.com
- With Sabres' Tyson Kozak playing well, Sam Carrick has extra time to recover from injuryBuffalo Hockey Beat
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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.