Buffalo Sabres

50-23-9 · 109 pts · GF 288 · GA 241

#22 deepest of 32 teams, 2025-26

Shot depth

.515

20th in the NHL · 12th over the last 10

CF depth

.613

26th in the NHL · 16th over the last 10

xG depth

.409

13th in the NHL · 6th over the last 10

TOI depth

.839

22nd in the NHL · 15th over the last 10

Season

2026-27 2025-26

How spread out was the ice time?

Window

Season Last 20 Last 10

Stat

Shots CF xG TOI

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, TOI depth is .530.

TOI depth, game average, 2025-26

Sabres

.839

League average

.847

Least deep (COL)

.825

Biggest contributors · all four stats · season

Top 3: 27% of team output (an even split across 22 regulars would be 14%)

T. Thompson C

of team output · 81 GP · 40G 41A

A. Tuch R

of team output · 79 GP · 33G 33A

R. Dahlin D

of team output · 77 GP · 19G 55A

8 skaters produced half of the team's ice time. With an even split across its 22 regulars it would take 12.

#SkaterGPTOI/GP Share%Cum.

1 R. Dahlin D 77 24:11

7.7% 8%

2 B. Byram D 82 22:20

7.5% 15%

3 M. Samuelsson D 78 22:50

7.3% 23%

4 O. Power D 81 21:39

7.2% 30%

5 T. Thompson C 81 19:15

6.4% 36%

6 A. Tuch R 79 19:00

6.2% 42%

7 R. McLeod C 81 17:37

5.9% 48%

8 J. Doan R 82 15:52

5.4% 54%

9 J. Quinn R 82 15:39

5.3% 59%

10 P. Krebs C 82 13:46

4.6% 63%

11 Z. Benson L 65 15:53

4.2% 68%

12 J. Zucker L 62 15:37

4.0% 72%

13 B. Malenstyn L 81 11:15

3.7% 75%

14 N. Ostlund C 60 13:58

3.4% 79%

15 C. Timmins D 39 18:46

3.0% 82%

16 J. Norris C 44 15:50

2.9% 85%

17 T. Kozak C 46 11:17

2.1% 87%

18 J. Greenway L 40 12:27

2.0% 89%

19 Z. Metsa D 43 10:58

1.9% 91%

20 M. Kesselring D 34 13:24

1.9% 93%

21 J. Bryson D 35 10:02

1.4% 94%

22 J. Dunne C 34 9:29

1.3% 96%

23 L. Stanley D 17 14:57

1.0% 97%

24 I. Rosen R 16 12:34

0.8% 97%

25 J.Kulich C 12 16:22

0.8% 98%

26 S. Carrick C 13 10:45

0.6% 99%

27 K. Helenius C 9 11:55

0.4% 99%

28 L. Schenn D 4 12:47

0.2% 99%

29 J. Danforth R 4 11:42

0.2% 100%

30 T. Pearson L 4 10:09

0.2% 100%

31 R. Johnson D 3 9:00

0.1% 100%

32 M. Geertsen L 5 4:07

0.1% 100%

33 T. Kuntar C 1 5:12

0.0% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx

U. Luukkonen35930 .91057:56 +10.5

A. Lyon36979 .90755:20 +12.6

C. Ellis16455 .90356:58 +1.9

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team ice time in every game (season).

Share of team ice time in each of the last 20 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason

OctNovDecJanFebMarApr

Result

Forwards

72T. ThompsonC 816.4%

89A. TuchR 796.2%

71R. McLeodC 815.9%

91J. DoanR 825.4%

22J. QuinnR 825.3%

19P. KrebsC 824.6%

6Z. BensonL 654.2%

17J. ZuckerL 624.0%

29B. MalenstynL 813.7%

86N. OstlundC 603.4%

9J. NorrisC 442.9%

48T. KozakC 462.1%

12J. GreenwayL 402.0%

44J. DunneC 341.3%

Defense

26R. DahlinD 777.7%

4B. ByramD 827.5%

23M. SamuelssonD 787.3%

25O. PowerD 817.2%

21C. TimminsD 393.0%

73Z. MetsaD 431.9%

8M. KesselringD 341.9%

78J. BrysonD 351.4%

WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game