Alex Tuch

22.8

#89Right Wing6'4"223 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

195

SOG

16.9% SH

19:00

TOI/GP

RW · BUF · NHL id 8477949

Alex Tuch has played 79 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, scoring 33 goals and 33 assists (66 points) on 195 shots while averaging 19:00 a night (14:20 at even strength, 1:38 on the power play and 2:20 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 67% of his 5v5 minutes with Tage Thompson and 62% with Peyton Krebs over the last 10 games, and the Sabres have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Tuch on the ice (66-41 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against MTL he was on L2 with Ryan McLeod and Josh Doan and on PP2; dropped to L2 (from L1) in the last game. He is shooting 16.9% this season against 12.8% across the 668 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 18 game vs MTL, detected from shift data

Line

Ryan McLeod Josh Doan

Power play

PP2

Jason Zucker Josh Norris Ryan McLeod Bowen Byram

Penalty kill

PK1F

Beck Malenstyn

Dropped to L2 (from L1) in the last gamePromoted to PP1 (from PP2) in the last gameLast 5: L1/PP2 · L2/PP2 · L2 · L1/PP2 · L2/PP1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

20 games shown, 19:18 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 speed77th7722.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph82nd83137

Hardest shot79th8089.3 mph

Offensive-zone time24th2440.2%

Distance skated91st91234.3 mi

High-danger SOG89th8966

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

Last 10 games · 64 attempts, 37 on goal, 2 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 79 GP · 66 points vs 54.5 expected

Luck Meter →

Hold(softened from Sell high by the sustainability check)

Luck meter+77

Last 20 games: +59. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+8.2 G

On-ice SH%+14.2 G

On-ice SV%+4.9 G

IPP+3.4 G

Points vs expected+11.5 P

: 16.9%
: 104.4
: 66.7%
G vs xG: 33 / 24.8

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:05 a game, 3 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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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 played79
Goals3328th of 715
Assists33107th of 715
Points6661st of 715
Power-play points9182nd of 715
Shorthanded points47th of 715
Shots on goal19559th of 715
Hits82240th of 715
Blocked shots90114th of 715
Plus/minus+2430th of 715
Penalty minutes5786th of 715
Faceoffs won46226th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)51.2%225th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)52.2%173rd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)52.1%214th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)52.1%209th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)53.6%177th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.2%316th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.44124th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.007138th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26432nd of 719
Faceoff win %46.9%
Draw Equity /100−0.057

Usage

Ice time per game19:00180th of 715
Power-play time per game1:38236th of 715
Power-play share36.3%279th of 713
Ice-time share31.4%172nd of 715
Offensive-zone start %59.1%169th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.40532nd of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO104427th of 719
Goals above expected+8.24th of 715
Luck Meter+7710th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.8173rd of 715
20+ mph bursts137115th of 715
Hardest shot89.3291st of 715
Offensive-zone time40.2%521st of 715

Compare head to head

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 · 79 of 79 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.015
Season net: −0.27xG

Offensive TK/600.55 (10)

Offensive GV/601.22 (22)

Neutral TK/600.33 (6)

Neutral GV/600.83 (15)

Defensive TK/600.61 (11)

Defensive GV/600.72 (13)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.057
Season: −0.06G
: 46.9%98 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 16-18 · NZ 12-9 · DZ 18-25

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.44
Attempts: 26
: 0.121

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

Method Leaders

Season: −2.04G
Per 60: −0.081
Drawn / taken: 18.5 / 28.5minors

Method Leaders

: 52.1%
: 53.6%
: 52.1%
Transition CF/60: 4.4
Turnovers won/60: 21.3
Turnovers lost/60: 20.2

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

195 shots on goal, 33 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Circle	24%	12%	5
Low Slot	27%	23%	17
L Point	2%	5%	0
L Circle	9%	13%	1
Center Point	5%	9%	3
Outside R	7%	4%	0
Outside L	2%	4%	0

Role changes

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

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Dropped off PP1 to PP2May 12, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 15, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 27, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Feb 4, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to PP1Dec 21, 2024 alerts →
Played 8:29 more than his 5-game averageMar 9, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 30, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 19, 2022 alerts →

How his goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
May 1, 2026 @ BOS	Rebound	carry	3	17.2	rebound
Apr 26, 2026 @ BOS	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	32.9	one-timer
Apr 23, 2026 @ BOS	Forecheck turnover	—	0	57.3	—
Apr 19, 2026 vs BOS	Odd-man rush	loose	0	63.6	1-on-0
Apr 15, 2026 vs DAL	Odd-man rush	pass	4*	19.5	3-on-2
Apr 13, 2026 @ CHI	Odd-man rush	pass	2	53.1	2-on-0
Apr 8, 2026 @ NYR	Deflection	—	1	59.9	deflection
Apr 6, 2026 vs TBL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	73.5	3-on-2
Mar 22, 2026 @ ANA	Forecheck turnover	pass	0	37.1	—
Mar 10, 2026 vs SJS	Deflection	—	3*	41.9	deflection
Mar 8, 2026 vs TBL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	25.8	1-on-0
Mar 8, 2026 vs TBL	Deflection	—	4	51.5	—
Mar 5, 2026 @ PIT	Deflection	—	1	31.3	deflection
Feb 28, 2026 @ TBL	Forecheck turnover	—	1	55.9	—
Feb 27, 2026 @ FLA	Forecheck turnover	—	0	43.8	—
Jan 29, 2026 vs LAK	Rush	carry	3	69.8	—
Jan 29, 2026 vs LAK	Deflection	carry	3	30.7	4-on-2, deflection
Jan 29, 2026 vs LAK	Forecheck turnover	—	1	36.8	—
Jan 27, 2026 @ TOR	Rush	carry	2*	39.8	—
Jan 24, 2026 @ NYI	Deflection	—	2*	33.5	deflection
Jan 17, 2026 vs MIN	Dump and chase	dump	3*	51.5	3-on-2
Jan 15, 2026 vs MTL	Odd-man rush	carry	2	61.1	4-on-3
Jan 12, 2026 vs FLA	Cycle	—	0	2.2	—
Jan 8, 2026 @ NYR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	80.1	3-on-2
Jan 6, 2026 vs VAN	Rebound	—	1*	43.3	rebound
Dec 29, 2025 @ STL	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	63.3	3-on-2
Dec 9, 2025 @ EDM	Rush	carry	0	42.4	—
Dec 8, 2025 @ CGY	Deflection	—	4*	32.1	deflection
Dec 1, 2025 vs WPG	Rebound	carry	0	40.6	2-on-1, rebound
Nov 23, 2025 vs CAR	Forecheck turnover	—	0	50.0	one-timer
Nov 15, 2025 @ DET	Forecheck turnover	—	0	12.6	—
Nov 8, 2025 @ CAR	Odd-man rush	carry	2	67.3	2-on-1
Nov 1, 2025 vs WSH	Odd-man rush	pass	0	62.0	2-on-1
Oct 30, 2025 @ BOS	Off the faceoff	—	0	49.1	—
Oct 24, 2025 vs TOR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	18.9	2-on-1
Oct 22, 2025 vs DET	Deflection	—	6*	24.6	—
Oct 15, 2025 vs OTT	Cycle	—	1	4.1	—
Apr 17, 2025 vs PHI	Deflection	dump	0	24.9	3-on-2
Apr 13, 2025 @ TBL	Deflection	—	5	33.2	one-timer
Apr 8, 2025 vs CAR	Odd-man rush	pass	2	33.8	1-on-0

* 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 Tuch

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Tuch apart	CF% mate apart
Tage Thompson	C	70	708:01	56%	50.8%	58% (41-30)	48.9% 268:29	49.8% 305:51
Bowen Byram	D	92	517:30	41%	52.2%	61% (30-19)	51.0% 746:06	48.8% 1135:58
Owen Power	D	91	499:11	40%	53.6%	62% (28-17)	49.9% 750:29	51.5% 1126:59
Mattias Samuelsson	D	87	470:58	37%	48.9%	63% (25-15)	52.4% 727:49	48.9% 1155:00
Rasmus Dahlin	D	86	461:40	37%	55.1%	56% (24-19)	49.4% 725:20	52.1% 1135:23
Peyton Krebs	C	58	413:21	33%	51.9%	67% (26-13)	51.7% 386:45	48.2% 367:38
Josh Doan	RW	35	310:14	25%	55.4%	58% (21-15)	49.7% 157:36	48.6% 131:16
Ryan McLeod	C	52	259:21	21%	53.9%	62% (21-13)	48.4% 441:40	49.9% 398:54
Conor Timmins	D	50	197:02	16%	46.9%	54% (13-11)	56.4% 485:52	44.7% 535:32
Josh Norris	C	20	162:26	13%	47.2%	63% (10-6)	52.1% 119:06	45.6% 82:25
Noah Ostlund	C	28	154:42	12%	52.9%	60% (9-6)	53.4% 228:45	53.3% 193:17
Zach Benson	LW	33	148:08	12%	53.0%	56% (5-4)	51.1% 321:14	50.3% 305:53
Michael Kesselring	D	32	125:07	10%	46.1%	53% (8-7)	50.7% 314:05	49.6% 281:57
Zach Metsa	D	36	91:07	7%	46.7%	100% (6-0)	50.4% 410:35	47.0% 298:00

Game log

92 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 18PO	vs MTL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	+1	5	0	2	2	100%	21:25	18:22	1:08	1:55
May 16PO	@ MTL	W 8-3	0	0	0	-1	4	2	1	1	100%	19:10	15:54	2:20	0:56
May 14PO	vs MTL	L 3-6	0	0	0	-2	2	0	4	2	100%	16:59	13:51	0:17	0:10
May 12PO	@ MTL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	100%	21:58	12:50	1:22	5:49
May 10PO	@ MTL	L 2-6	0	0	0	-2	4	2	6	1	—	20:06	16:21	0:30	2:18
May 8PO	vs MTL	L 1-5	0	0	0	-3	6	0	2	1	0%	20:19	13:48	4:54	1:16
May 6PO	vs MTL	W 4-2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	0%	19:16	12:28	3:05	2:26
May 1PO	@ BOS	W 4-1	1	0	1	+2	2	0	2	2	100%	20:36	16:11	3:17	—
Apr 28PO	vs BOS	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	0%	23:54	17:40	4:30	1:44
Apr 26PO	@ BOS	W 6-1	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	3	60%	18:35	13:33	3:51	1:11
Apr 23PO	@ BOS	W 3-1	1	0	1	+1	2	0	3	0	40%	21:26	10:23	6:24	3:54
Apr 21PO	vs BOS	L 2-4	0	1	1	+1	3	2	3	0	75%	21:42	9:37	4:19	4:29
Apr 19PO	vs BOS	W 4-3	1	1	2	+2	4	0	10	1	100%	21:40	15:47	3:15	1:53
Apr 15	vs DAL	OTL 3-4	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	40%	20:36	13:26	4:03	3:07
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5-1	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	100%	21:23	15:18	2:08	3:57
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	40%	21:16	14:08	1:20	4:01
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5-3	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	63%	19:05	15:35	0:55	1:43
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4-2	1	0	1	0	6	4	2	0	67%	17:59	12:01	1:51	3:30
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2-6	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	2	0%	16:20	11:52	2:36	1:52
Apr 2	@ OTT	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	75%	18:57	14:40	1:32	2:24

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	79	1500:31	19:00	1478	1596	48.1%	48.9%	704	790	99	89	53%	83.4	93.6	45%
Even strength	79	1132:24	14:20	1171	1115	51.2%	52.2%	554	532	68	45	60%	54.6	50.6	58%
5v5	79	1083:06	13:43	1130	1075	51.2%	52.2%	527	506	66	41	62%	51.5	47.3	59%
Power play	72	129:27	1:48	190	21	90.0%	90.6%	95	13	11	1	92%	13.1	1.1	90%
Penalty kill	76	184:49	2:26	38	346	9.9%	11.4%	24	196	5	24	17%	3.0	24.9	0%
4v4	31	28:27	0:55	22	24	47.8%	46.2%	14	16	1	0	100%	1.4	1.6	28%
3v3 (OT)	14	20:51	1:29	19	16	54.3%	57.7%	13	10	1	4	20%	1.7	1.7	100%
5v4	72	124:45	1:44	175	20	89.7%	90.7%	91	12	11	1	92%	12.3	1.1	89%
4v5	76	180:58	2:23	38	336	10.2%	11.6%	24	191	5	23	18%	3.0	23.9	0%
5v3	5	2:59	0:36	12	1	92.3%	83.3%	2	1	0	0	—	0.5	0.0	100%
3v5	3	2:29	0:50	0	6	0.0%	0.0%	0	4	0	0	—	0.0	0.6	0%
6v5, own net empty	26	16:53	0:39	40	22	64.5%	60.9%	17	11	2	11	15%	2.2	10.0	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	36	25:24	0:42	29	62	31.9%	28.2%	10	30	10	4	71%	9.0	3.7	0%
4v6, opponent net empty	8	7:20	0:55	2	26	7.1%	6.7%	1	6	1	2	33%	0.9	1.0	0%
6v4, own net empty	3	2:06	0:42	6	2	75.0%	66.7%	1	1	1	1	50%	0.3	1.5	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
2025-26Playoffs	BUF	13	4	3	7	0	8	46	8.7%	37	17	20:33
2025-26	BUF	79	33	33	66	+24	57	195	16.9%	82	90	19:00
2024-25	BUF	82	36	31	67	+16	47	196	18.4%	73	113	19:15
2023-24	BUF	75	22	37	59	+9	54	192	11.5%	72	82	19:30
2022-23	BUF	74	36	43	79	+14	20	218	16.5%	54	46	19:09
2021-22	BUF	50	12	26	38	-3	14	139	8.6%	32	49	18:25
2020-21Playoffs	VGK	19	4	5	9	+6	6	42	9.5%	39	16	16:29
2020-21	VGK	55	18	15	33	+16	28	142	12.7%	52	36	16:50
2019-20	VGK	42	8	9	17	-10	8	98	8.2%	58	20	14:37
2018-19Playoffs	VGK	7	1	1	2	0	8	20	5.0%	18	7	17:04
2018-19	VGK	74	20	32	52	+13	8	180	11.1%	92	40	16:44
2017-18Playoffs	VGK	20	6	4	10	0	12	44	13.6%	43	11	15:46
2017-18	VGK	78	15	22	37	+3	27	171	8.8%	99	42	15:15

Alex Tuch 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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

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 →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Alex Tuch news