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NHL Shifts Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by shifts, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2025-26 above the table.
Shifts count every time a player steps onto the ice, from the NHL's shift charts. Defensemen take the most; top pairs approach 30 a night. A few leagues score shifts. More shifts means more ice time, so the board mirrors the time-on-ice leaders with defensemen on top.
Leader for the Buffalo Sabres in 2026-27: Owen Power (BUF), 61 SFT.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Shifts leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | SFT | GP | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 61 | 2 | 30.5 | 53%▲30 |
| 2 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 54 | 2 | 27.0 | 100%▲1 |
| 3 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 52 | 2 | 26.0 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 4 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 51 | 2 | 25.5 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 5 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | 51 | 2 | 25.5 | 61%▲44 |
| 6 | Louis CrevierDBUF | BUF | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 15%▲15 |
| 7 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 45%▲29 |
| 8 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 56%▲44 |
| 9 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 46 | 2 | 23.0 | 39%▲32 |
| 10 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 45 | 2 | 22.5 | 25%▲24 |
| 11 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 41 | 2 | 20.5 | 26%▲20 |
| 12 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 41 | 2 | 20.5 | 40%▲37 |
| 13 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | 40 | 2 | 20.0 | 19%▲17 |
| 14 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | 36 | 2 | 18.0 | 26%▲25 |
| 15 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 34 | 2 | 17.0 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | 32 | 2 | 16.0 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 17 | Sam CarrickFBUF | BUF | 30 | 2 | 15.0 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Matt GrzelcykDBUF | BUF | 22 | 1 | 22.0 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Olen ZellwegerDBUF | BUF | 21 | 1 | 21.0 | 31%▲28 |
How to read it
Shifts taken, from the shift charts (2025-26 onward).
How reliable is it?
Shifts follow ice time and position; the 2025-26 totals miss the games without shift charts.
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Our fantasy projections for shifts: who should lead the coming games.