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44-29-997 ptsProjected2026-27

Offseason · live roster; stats shown are 2026-27

26-27 25-26 24-25 23-24 22-23 21-22 20-21 19-20

Projected Finish

Atlantic

Team	Proj Rec	PTS	Win Div
TBL	47-26-9	103	36%
FLA	46-28-9	100	22%
MTL	44-29-9	97	12%
BUF	44-29-9	97	11%
OTT	43-29-9	96	10%
BOS	41-31-10	92	5%
DET	39-33-10	88	2%
TOR	38-33-11	87	1%

2026-27 Outlook

projected

44-29-997 pts(86–107)

Make Playoffs

54%

Win Division

11%

Win Conference

Win Cup

Proj GF/G 3.18Proj GA/G 2.86

Playoff SOSeven

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Schedule

Full schedule →

Date	Opp	Res	Score	Win%
10/1	@CBJ	·	3-3	47%
10/3	vsCHI	·	4-2	66%
10/6	vsMIN	·	3-3	51%
10/8	vsDAL	·	3-3	48%
10/10	vsUTA	·	3-3	51%

Roster

Leaders

Stat	Player	Value
P	Tage Thompson	81
G	Tage Thompson	40
A	Rasmus Dahlin	55

2025-26 stats

Player	Pos	#	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	S%	PPG	TOI
Tage Thompson	C	#72	81	40	41	81	-6	35	272	14.7	6	19.2
Rasmus Dahlin	D	#26	77	19	55	74	+18	76	194	9.8	6	24.2
Ryan McLeod	C	#71	81	14	40	54	+25	16	90	15.6	0	17.6
Josh Doan	R	#91	82	25	27	52	-4	25	170	14.7	9	15.9
Jack Quinn	R	#22	82	20	31	51	+4	18	191	10.5	4	15.7
Jason Zucker	L	#17	62	24	21	45	-5	23	128	18.8	10	15.6
Zach Benson	L	#6	65	13	30	43	+27	42	116	11.2	1	15.9
Mattias Samuelsson	D	#23	78	13	28	41	+41	28	109	11.9	0	22.8
Peyton Krebs	C	#19	82	12	27	39	+13	78	93	12.9	0	13.8
Josh Norris	C	#9	44	13	21	34	+11	28	69	18.8	2	15.8
Owen Power	D	#25	81	8	21	29	+9	16	120	6.7	0	21.6
Noah Ostlund	C	#86	60	11	16	27	+11	14	60	18.3	2	14.0
Logan Stanley	D	#64	76	9	17	26	+3	128	96	9.4	0	16.7
Louis Crevier	D	—	78	7	18	25	-2	63	114	6.1	0	17.1
Olen Zellweger	D	—	76	7	15	22	+4	34	119	5.9	1	17.0
Conor Sheary	L	#43	62	7	11	18	+1	14	81	8.6	0	14.1
Sam Carrick	C	#10	73	9	7	16	+2	65	75	12.0	0	10.5
Tanner Pearson	L	#70	56	7	8	15	+9	27	52	13.5	0	10.8
Beck Malenstyn	L	#29	81	7	7	14	0	38	72	9.7	0	11.2
Conor Timmins	D	#21	39	0	8	8	-8	18	44	0.0	0	18.8
David Kampf	C	—	40	2	4	6	-13	12	36	5.6	0	14.7
Tyson Kozak	C	#48	46	2	4	6	-1	2	30	6.7	0	11.3
Zach Metsa	D	#73	43	2	4	6	+16	8	24	8.3	0	11.0
Jiri Kulich	C	#20	12	3	2	5	-4	4	20	15.0	0	16.4
Konsta Helenius	C	#94	9	1	3	4	+1	0	15	6.7	0	11.9
Dennis Gilbert	D	#8	8	0	1	1	0	2	2	0.0	0	12.7
Justin Danforth	R	#15	4	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0.0	0	11.7
Ryan Johnson	D	#33	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	0	9.0
Radim Mrtka	D	#57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Riley Fiddler-Schultz	C	#45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vsevolod Komarov	D	#76	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Player	#	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO	SV
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	#1	35	34	22	9	3	.910	2.52	1	846
Alex Lyon	#34	36	34	20	10	4	.907	2.77	3	888
Colten Ellis	#92	16	14	8	4	2	.903	2.90	1	411
Matt Villalta	#31	1	1	1	0	0	.903	3.00	0	28

Team Profile

25-26 · percentile vs league

3.4588

2.9366

PP%

19.544

PK%

81.991

28.162

29.128

Pt%

.66591

PlayerMedian (50th)percentile vs league

Advanced Profile

2025-26

Goals For / G	3.45
Goals Against / G	2.93
Power Play %	19.5
Penalty Kill %	81.9
Shots For / G	28.1
Shots Against / G	29.1
Faceoff %	45.9
Goal Differential	+43

Scoring Trend

last 20 · GF / GA

Season History

55 seasons

Season	Record	PTS	GF/G	GA/G	DIFF
25-26	50-23-9	109	3.45	2.93	+43
24-25	36-39-7	79	3.23	3.50	-22
23-24	39-37-6	84	2.98	2.96	+1
22-23	42-33-7	91	3.57	3.62	-4
21-22	32-39-11	75	2.79	3.50	-58
20-21	15-34-7	37	2.39	3.50	-62
19-20	30-31-8	68	2.80	3.12	-22
18-19	33-39-10	76	2.70	3.27	-47
17-18	25-45-12	62	2.41	3.39	-80
16-17	33-37-12	78	2.43	2.82	-32
15-16	35-36-11	81	2.43	2.62	-16
14-15	23-51-8	54	1.87	3.28	-116
13-14	21-51-10	52	1.83	2.96	-93
12-13	21-21-6	48	2.46	2.90	-21
11-12	39-32-11	89	2.57	2.72	-12
10-11	43-29-10	96	2.93	2.78	+12
09-10	45-27-10	100	2.82	2.45	+30
08-09	41-32-9	91	2.95	2.79	+13
07-08	39-31-12	90	3.06	2.84	+18
06-07	53-22-7	113	3.63	2.90	+60
05-06	52-24-6	110	3.37	2.85	+42
03-04	37-34-4	85	2.68	2.70	-1
02-03	27-37-8	72	2.32	2.67	-29
01-02	35-35-1	82	2.60	2.44	+13
00-01	46-30-1	98	2.66	2.24	+34
99-00	35-32-4	85	2.60	2.49	+9
98-99	37-28	91	2.52	2.13	+32
97-98	36-29	89	2.57	2.28	+24
96-97	40-30	92	2.89	2.54	+29
95-96	33-42	73	3.01	3.20	-15
94-95	22-19	51	2.71	2.48	+11
93-94	43-32	95	3.36	2.60	+64
92-93	38-36	86	3.99	3.54	+38
91-92	31-37	74	3.61	3.74	-10
90-91	31-30	81	3.65	3.48	+14
89-90	45-27	98	3.58	3.10	+38
88-89	38-35	83	3.64	3.74	-8
87-88	37-32	85	3.54	3.81	-22
86-87	28-44	64	3.50	3.85	-28
85-86	37-37	80	3.70	3.64	+5
84-85	38-28	90	3.62	2.96	+53
83-84	48-25	103	3.94	3.21	+58
82-83	38-29	89	3.98	3.56	+33
81-82	39-26	93	3.84	3.41	+34
80-81	39-20	99	4.09	3.12	+77
79-80	47-17	110	3.98	2.51	+117
78-79	36-28	88	3.50	3.29	+17
77-78	44-19	105	3.60	2.69	+73
76-77	48-24	104	3.76	2.75	+81
75-76	46-21	105	4.24	3.00	+99
74-75	49-16	113	4.42	3.00	+114
73-74	32-34	76	3.10	3.21	-8
72-73	37-27	88	3.29	2.81	+38
71-72	16-43	51	2.60	3.71	-86
70-71	24-39	63	2.78	3.73	-74

Form

Streak: OT1
Last 10: 6-3-1
Home: 26-10-5
Road: 24-13-4
Goals for: 288
Goals against: 241
Goal diff: +47

Situational Splits

2025 · record · goals

Split	Record	GF	GA
Venue
Home	26-15	3.6	2.9
Away	24-17	3.4	3
Competition
One-goal games	15-12	3.2	3.1
vs Winning teams	20-20	3.3	3.2

Recent results

Full schedule →

Date		Opp	Result
2026-05-18	vs	MTL	L 2–3 (OT)
2026-05-16	@	MTL	W 8–3
2026-05-14	vs	MTL	L 3–6
2026-05-12	@	MTL	W 3–2
2026-05-10	@	MTL	L 2–6
2026-05-08	vs	MTL	L 1–5
2026-05-06	vs	MTL	W 4–2
2026-05-01	@	BOS	W 4–1
2026-04-28	vs	BOS	L 1–2 (OT)
2026-04-26	@	BOS	W 6–1

Upcoming

next 10

Date		Opp	Start
2026-09-21	@	PIT	scheduled
2026-09-22	vs	CBJ	scheduled
2026-09-24	@	DET	scheduled
2026-09-26	vs	PIT	scheduled
2026-10-01	@	CBJ	scheduled
2026-10-03	vs	CHI	scheduled
2026-10-06	vs	MIN	scheduled
2026-10-08	vs	DAL	scheduled
2026-10-10	vs	UTA	scheduled
2026-10-12	vs	FLA	scheduled

BUF News

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Justin Bailey Signs With KHL’s Barys Astana
After a lengthy professional career in North America, forward Justin Bailey is taking his talents overseas. According to a league announcement, Bailey has signed a one-year deal with the KHL’s Barys Astana. Bailey’s professional career began in 2013 when the Buffalo Sabres selected him with the 52nd overall pick of that summer’s draft. Unfortunately, Bailey […]
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Buffalo Hires John Davidson As A Senior Advisor
The Buffalo Sabres have hired John Davidson as a senior advisor, the team announced Monday. The 73-year-old reunites with general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen, with whom he worked for the better part of a decade in Columbus. Davidson brings 20 years of NHL front-office experience to Buffalo, including 18 seasons as president of hockey operations across […]
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Sabres Extend Peyton Krebs After Arbitration
According to Elliotte Friedman, the Buffalo Sabres and Peyton Krebs have settled their arbitration case. Krebs will sign a four-year extension in Buffalo with a $4.5MM cap hit, per Friedman. The Sabres later confirmed the report. Krebs will make $18MM across that timeframe, having a modified no-trade clause that includes seven teams for the 2028-29 […]
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David Kampf Signs With Litvinov In Czechia
According to a team press release, David Kampf is headed overseas. The 31-year-old forward inked a three-year contract with HC Litvinov in the Czech Extraliga. This comes from an earlier report by Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic. Kampf was included in the trade return to Buffalo from the Washington Capitals, which sent Alex Tuch to […]
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East Notes: Bruins, Luchanko, Sabres
Notes from the East including Boston attempting to acquire a different defenseman on July 1st, a Flyers center had surgery, and more.
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Buffalo Sabres hire former player Milan Lucic as pro scout
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Sabres re-sign Beck Malenstyn to a six-year, $17.5M contract
The Buffalo Sabres re-signed checking-line forward Beck Malenstyn to a six-year, $17.5 million contract on Monday, two days before free agency opens.
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Buffalo Sabres select Daxon Rudolph at No.4 in NHL draft
Buffalo Sabres select Daxon Rudolph at No.4 in NHL draft
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