Tyson Kozak

23.4

#48Center5'11"185 lb

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2025-26 regular season

SOG

6.7% SH

11:17

TOI/GP

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

Line

Jordan Greenway Beck Malenstyn

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L4 · L2 · L3 · L3 · L4

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

12 games shown, 10:59 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 speed93rd9423.4 mph

Bursts 20+ mph73rd73106

Hardest shot25th2681.1 mph

Offensive-zone time1st135.9%

Distance skated36th3686.3 mi

High-danger SOG26th2710

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

2025-26 · 70 attempts, 36 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 · 46 GP · 6 points vs 8.1 expected

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Luck meter-35

Last 20 games: -26. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.7 G

On-ice SH%−3.5 G

On-ice SV%+6.8 G

IPP−2.4 G

Points vs expected−2.1 P

: 6.7%
: 101.0
: 42.9%
G vs xG: 2 / 2.7

• Role rose over the last 10 games (2 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 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
Power-play share4.6%575th of 713
Ice-time share18.6%632nd 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−0.7425th of 715
Luck Meter−35634th of 828
Ascension score—

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

Method Leaders

: −0.032
Season net: −0.24xG

Offensive TK/600.79 (6)

Offensive GV/601.71 (13)

Neutral TK/600.26 (2)

Neutral GV/600.79 (6)

Defensive TK/600.39 (3)

Defensive GV/601.18 (9)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.030
Season: −0.11G
: 48.3%387 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 30-28 · NZ 71-66 · DZ 86-106

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.05
Attempts: 8
: 0.036

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.20G
Per 60: +0.024
Drawn / taken: 2 / 1minors

Method Leaders

: 41.2%
: 44.2%
: 41.5%
Transition CF/60: 4.7
Turnovers won/60: 21.0
Turnovers lost/60: 22.6

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

30 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
R Circle	27%	12%
L Net Side	13%	3%
Center Point	0%	9%
R Point	0%	6%
L Point	0%	5%
High Slot	3%	7%
R Net Side	7%	3%

Role changes

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

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Moved down to L4 from L3Jan 31, 2025 alerts →

How his goals happened

5 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
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

Game log

52 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 8PO	vs MTL	L 1-5	0	0	0	1	0	0	45%	10:02	6:40	—	3:22
May 6PO	vs MTL	W 4-2	0	0	+1	1	0	0	20%	10:56	10:47	—	—
May 1PO	@ BOS	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	1	2	45%	11:01	10:36	0:09	—
Apr 28PO	vs BOS	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	1	7	0	50%	16:55	16:55	—	—
Apr 26PO	@ BOS	W 6-1	1	1	+1	2	1	2	33%	10:59	10:59	—	—
Apr 23PO	@ BOS	W 3-1	0	0	0	1	3	0	67%	8:35	6:55	0:14	0:40
Apr 15	vs DAL	OTL 3-4	1	1	0	0	4	1	45%	13:34	12:24	—	1:10
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5-1	0	0	0	1	5	1	33%	10:49	8:59	—	1:50
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5-0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	63%	9:38	9:14	—	0:15
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5-3	0	0	0	0	3	2	25%	10:50	10:00	—	0:27
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2-6	0	0	+1	0	3	0	33%	12:15	11:42	0:15	0:18
Mar 28	vs SEA	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	7:51	7:30	—	0:21
Mar 17	@ VGK	W 2-0	0	0	0	1	4	0	100%	11:10	9:22	—	1:48
Mar 3	vs VGK	W 3-2	0	0	-1	0	1	1	60%	8:34	8:00	—	0:34
Feb 28	@ TBL	W 6-2	0	0	+1	0	0	1	38%	13:04	11:32	0:07	1:14
Feb 27	@ FLA	W 3-2	0	0	0	1	2	3	22%	10:45	7:51	0:08	2:23
Feb 25	@ NJD	W 2-1	0	0	-1	1	3	0	71%	12:04	9:12	0:07	1:41
Feb 5	vs PIT	L 2-5	0	0	0	1	1	1	50%	10:38	7:34	0:40	2:24
Feb 3	@ TBL	OTL 3-4	0	0	+1	0	1	1	57%	12:25	10:26	—	1:41
Feb 2	@ FLA	W 5-3	0	0	0	1	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

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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

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

Tyson Kozak news