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Buffalo Sabres

Mark Pysyk

#13Defenseman

2021-22 regular season
68
GP
3
G
9
A
12
P
64
SOG
4.7% SH
17:49
TOI/GP

D · BUF · NHL id 8475796

Mark Pysyk has played 68 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2021-22, scoring 3 goals and 9 assists (12 points) on 64 shots while averaging 17:49 a night (15:34 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 2:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Pysyk on the ice (35-41 in goals, 39% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against CHI he was on D3 with Jacob Bryson and off the power play. He is shooting 4.7% this season against 5.4% across the 314 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 29 game vs CHI, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Jacob Bryson
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Owen Power
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D2 · D3

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 8 games, 15:00 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine3333332▲30m3m7m10m13m17m20mMar 20Mar 25Mar 28Apr 1Apr 5Apr 8Apr 12Apr 16Apr 21Apr 28
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
8 games shown, 15:00 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 speed59th6021.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph73rd7437
Hardest shot83rd8397.3 mph
Offensive-zone time4th438.2%
Distance skated59th59166.0 mi
High-danger SOG68th686
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 · 126 attempts, 64 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 126 attempts, 64 on goal, 3 goals, 4.07 expected goals; best chance Mark Pysyk at 0.41 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

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

0246-1.1goals below expected-0.6σOct 14Apr 29
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 62 of 68 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.012
Season net
−0.21xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.17
Attempts
3
0.011

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.89G
Per 60
−0.044
Drawn / taken
3 / 8minors

MethodLeaders
45.7%
44.5%
45.4%
Transition CF/60
5.1
Turnovers won/60
13.8
Turnovers lost/60
12.5

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
64 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point34%6%0
Low Slot8%23%2
Outside R14%4%1
High Slot0%9%0
L Circle3%12%0
R Circle16%11%0
Center Point13%9%0

Role changes

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

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Linemates

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

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

68 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 29vs CHIW 3-200001000—12:5111:57—0:54
Apr 8@ FLAL 3-4101+11001—17:0315:270:011:35
Apr 7@ CARL 3-5000+21000—14:2612:03—1:37
Apr 3vs FLAL 3-5000-10001—14:5213:59—0:53
Apr 1vs NSHW 4-3000-10011—13:3513:35——
Mar 30vs WPGOTL 2-300004000—18:2517:11—1:14
Mar 25vs WSHOTL 3-400001201—14:2514:25——
Mar 23vs PITW 4-300000000—15:1113:52—1:19
Mar 18@ CGYW 1-000000000—13:5113:01—0:50
Mar 17@ EDML 1-6000-10030—16:4714:40—2:07
Mar 13vs TORW 5-2000+11010—13:0611:05—2:01
Mar 7vs FLAL 1-6000-12000—14:2412:31—1:53
Mar 6vs LAKL 0-3000-12010—15:5115:06—0:30
Mar 4vs MINW 5-400002020—19:0417:26—1:19
Mar 2@ TORW 5-1011+21016—18:2116:59—1:22
Feb 27@ DALL 2-4000-10000—16:0512:57—3:08
Feb 25@ STLL 3-500000001—14:4612:10—2:34
Feb 23@ MTLL 0-4000-10010—18:4218:28—0:14
Feb 20@ CBJL 3-7101-11001—15:0513:30—1:06
Feb 19vs COLL 3-5000-20011—18:1416:42—1:11

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations681211:3317:49893124141.8%41.5%503735406438%44.368.229%
Even strength681059:0015:3484298946.0%45.4%464597354245%40.348.539%
5v5681049:2415:2684098346.1%45.5%463593354146%39.948.039%
Power play122:450:1420100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.0100%
Penalty kill63137:252:113623013.5%15.2%281270200%1.416.51%
4v4177:360:271233.3%33.3%11010%0.20.220%
3v3 (OT)12:002:001420.0%20.0%0300—0.20.3100%
5v4122:400:1320100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.0100%
4v563135:182:093622413.8%15.6%281220200%1.415.71%
6v5, own net empty133:400:178466.7%70.0%621233%0.42.0—
5v6, opponent net empty127:390:3851722.7%31.3%4940100%2.11.10%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22BUF683912-416644.7%418517:49
2020-21DAL36314+620515.9%361611:43
2019-20FLA589918+4206414.1%473812:45
2018-19FLA7011011-126641.6%1338918:16
2017-18FLA8231316-8201062.8%10212318:46

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.