Buffalo Sabres Stats

2026-27 · 0-1-0 · 0 pts · 7th Atlantic

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The Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5 in 2025-26 have taken 49.3% of shot attempts (16th in the NHL) and 51.0% of expected goals, outscoring opponents 193-156.

On the power play they score 6.93 goals per 60 minutes (21st).

Shorthanded they allow 6.17 per 60 (3rd).

Tage Thompson leads the team with 81 points (40 goals) in 81 games, ahead of Rasmus Dahlin with 74.

Showing 2025-26 until the Sabres have played a few 2026-27 games.

Team on-ice by strength (2025-26)

Buffalo Sabres on-ice results by strength
Strength	TOI	GF-GA	CF%	SF%	GF%	xGF%	GF/60	GA/60
All situations	4968:05	283-240	48.8%20th	49.2%	54.1%5th	50.4%16th	3.425th	2.9011th
5-on-5	3951:20	193-156	49.3%16th	50.0%	55.3%3rd	51.0%14th	2.934th	2.3711th
Even strength	4069:44	196-167	49.3%16th	49.9%	54.0%8th	50.7%15th	2.895th	2.4614th
Power play	406:38	47-5	88.6%14th	85.0%	90.4%19th	90.5%13th	6.9321st	0.7418th
Penalty kill	379:22	9-39	9.1%29th	12.1%	18.8%1st	10.8%12th	1.424th	6.173rd

CF% = share of shot attempts, SF% = shots on goal, GF% = goals. Ranks are among all 32 teams (GA/60: fewest is 1st). Time is mm:ss.

Sabres team analytics

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How the Sabres rank in every stat we compute, out of 32 teams (2025-26 regular season; schedule stats use the 2026-27 schedule). Each stat links to its explainer and the full league table.

Possession & shot quality

Corsi (CF%)49.3%16th
Leaders: Benson 52.3%, Dahlin 52.0%, Doan 51.7%
Team on-ice by strength →
Fenwick (FF%)49.8%15th
Leaders: Norris 53.5%, Benson 52.7%, Ostlund 52.6%
Team on-ice by strength →
Expected goals (xGF%)51.0%14th
Leaders: Norris 55.0%, Doan 54.5%, Dahlin 54.2%
Team on-ice by strength →
Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.8%14th
Leaders: Norris 55.1%, Doan 54.3%, Dahlin 54.1%
Where the offence comes from →
High-danger chances (HDCF%)50.6%15th
Leaders: Dunne 59.2%, Norris 55.5%, Doan 54.8%
Team on-ice by strength →
Scoring chances (SCF%)49.9%16th
Leaders: Dunne 54.3%, Doan 53.4%, Dahlin 52.6%
Team on-ice by strength →

Transition & turnovers

Transition attempts4.124th
Leaders: Quinn 1.66, Zucker 1.54, Dunne 1.53
Where the offence comes from →
Turnover Ledger−0.0421st
Leaders: Dunne +0.087, Doan −0.004, Tuch −0.007
Where the offence comes from →
Forecheck xG0.2821st
Leaders: Dunne 0.48, Carrick 0.44, Dahlin 0.38
Where the offence comes from →

Faceoffs

Draw Equity−0.04832nd
Leaders: Carrick +0.050, Dunne +0.010, Norris +0.000
Faceoff win % (FO%)45.9%32nd
Leaders: Carrick 54.8%, Dunne 54.1%, Norris 49.5%

Luck & regression

PDO10204th
Leaders: Metsa 1091, Norris 1054, Pearson 1044
Shooting luck (GF − xGF)+20.12nd
Leaders: Tuch +8.2, Samuelsson +5.4, Zucker +3.9
Luck Meter+16.93rd

Schedule

Schedule Edge (rest advantage)−630th
2026-27 schedule. Schedule Edge, next games →
Back-to-backs1427th
2026-27 schedule. Schedule Edge, next games →
Travel distance53,177 km2nd
2026-27 schedule. Schedule Edge, next games →

Tracking

Goal Anatomy: rush goals35.9%5th
Skating speed bursts26.993rd
Leaders: Malenstyn 24.9, Kozak 23.4, Krebs 23.3
NHL Edge ranks →
Shot speed1.154th
Leaders: Crevier 102.8, Timmins 101.1, Samuelsson 98.1
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Offensive-zone time40.8%18th
Leaders: Norris 45.9%, Dahlin 45.5%, Zucker 45.4%
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Fantasy

Breakout signals81st

Skaters (2025-26)

Buffalo Sabres skater stats
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI/GP	PP/GP	SH/GP	FO%	5v5 CF%	5v5 GF-GA
Tage Thompson	R	81	40	41	81	-6	272	85	48	19:15	3:29	0:03	45.5%	50.3%	59-54
Rasmus Dahlin	D	77	19	55	74	+18	194	67	79	24:11	3:27	0:47	—	52.0%	78-53
Alex Tuch	R	79	33	33	66	+24	195	82	90	19:00	1:38	2:20	46.9%	51.2%	66-41
Ryan McLeod	C	81	14	40	54	+25	90	16	34	17:37	1:35	2:22	47.7%	50.2%	62-48
Josh Doan	R	82	25	27	52	-4	170	78	31	15:52	2:45	0:01	—	51.7%	54-49
Jack Quinn	R	82	20	31	51	+4	191	52	25	15:39	2:13	0:08	—	48.2%	55-42
Jason Zucker	L	62	24	21	45	-5	128	57	21	15:37	3:20	0:00	38.7%	48.9%	38-32
Zach Benson	L	65	13	30	43	+27	116	40	22	15:53	1:43	0:55	—	52.3%	47-27
Bowen Byram	D	82	11	31	42	+15	109	50	93	22:20	1:35	1:36	—	49.2%	73-67
Mattias Samuelsson	D	78	13	28	41	+41	109	132	154	22:50	0:03	2:50	—	47.6%	82-56
Peyton Krebs	C	82	12	27	39	+13	93	201	41	13:46	0:05	0:07	44.0%	48.7%	51-42
Josh Norris	C	44	13	21	34	+11	69	24	27	15:50	3:16	0:02	49.5%	51.2%	33-16
Owen Power	D	81	8	21	29	+9	120	29	95	21:39	0:56	1:47	—	51.5%	66-57
Noah Ostlund	C	60	11	16	27	+11	60	5	30	13:58	1:20	0:03	31.5%	51.3%	35-22
Beck Malenstyn	L	81	7	7	14	0	72	282	75	11:15	0:01	1:46	40.0%	45.7%	23-25
Conor Timmins	D	39	0	8	8	-8	44	29	81	18:46	0:01	3:01	—	44.6%	23-30
Isak Rosen	R	16	3	4	7	-3	16	7	10	12:34	1:56	0:00	—	41.8%	6-6
Sam Carrick	C	13	5	1	6	+4	19	20	6	10:45	0:01	1:01	57.3%	52.8%	8-4
Tyson Kozak	C	46	2	4	6	-1	30	120	37	11:17	0:03	0:56	48.3%	41.9%	12-13
Zach Metsa	D	43	2	4	6	+16	24	5	31	10:58	0:02	0:16	—	46.3%	24-8
Jordan Greenway	L	40	1	5	6	-10	32	57	22	12:27	0:01	1:48	24.2%	42.8%	8-18
Jiri Kulich	C	12	3	2	5	-4	20	9	12	16:22	1:38	0:01	41.7%	49.9%	6-8
Jacob Bryson	D	35	2	3	5	-1	12	9	20	10:02	0:00	0:10	—	46.8%	14-14
Logan Stanley	D	17	0	5	5	+5	22	14	15	14:57	0:00	1:51	—	51.7%	9-6
Konsta Helenius	C	9	1	3	4	+1	15	10	3	11:55	0:00	0:00	41.7%	58.4%	5-4
Josh Dunne	C	34	1	3	4	-7	29	40	16	9:29	0:02	0:06	54.1%	49.0%	6-12
Michael Kesselring	D	34	0	2	2	0	46	25	38	13:24	0:00	0:46	—	48.6%	17-17
Tanner Pearson	L	4	0	2	2	+2	3	6	1	10:09	0:22	0:00	—	52.2%	3-1
Luke Schenn	D	4	0	0	0	-1	3	10	3	12:47	0:00	2:03	—	43.0%	1-3
Justin Danforth	R	4	0	0	0	-2	2	3	4	11:42	0:08	2:37	54.8%	38.1%	0-2
Ryan Johnson	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9:00	0:00	0:16	—	41.4%	1-1
Trevor Kuntar	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	5:12	0:00	0:00	—	14.3%	0-1
Mason Geertsen	D	5	0	0	0	-1	1	8	0	4:07	0:01	0:00	—	45.2%	0-1

Goalies (2025-26)

Buffalo Sabres goalie stats
Goalie	GP	GS	W	SV%	GAA	Last start
Alex Lyon	36	34	20	.907	2.77	Apr 4
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	35	34	22	.910	2.52	Apr 13
Colten Ellis	16	14	8	.903	2.90	Apr 15