Capitals land Alex Tuch after sign-and-trade deal with Sabres
Alex Tuch is the next major addition to the Washington Capitals. The Capitals have completed a sign-and-trade deal with the Buffalo Sabres…
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Buffalo Sabres roster 2025-26
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Buffalo Sabres: Skater statistics 2025-26
| Name | Pos | Age | GP | Goals G | Assists A | Points P | ATOI | Shots SOG | Sh% | GF% | SA% | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson Thompson | C | 27 | 81 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 19.2 | 272 | 14.7 | 52.2 | 50.3 | 49.8 |
| Rasmus Dahlin Dahlin | D | 25 | 77 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 24.2 | 194 | 9.8 | 59.5 | 51.8 | 53.8 |
| Ryan McLeod McLeod | C | 26 | 81 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 17.6 | 90 | 15.6 | 56.4 | 50.3 | 51.2 |
| Josh Doan Doan | R | 23 | 82 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 15.9 | 170 | 14.7 | 52.4 | 51.7 | 53.9 |
| Jack Quinn Quinn | R | 24 | 82 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 15.7 | 191 | 10.5 | 56.7 | 48.3 | 47.8 |
| Jason Zucker Zucker | L | 33 | 62 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 15.6 | 128 | 18.8 | 54.3 | 49.0 | 50.0 |
| Zach Benson Benson | L | 20 | 65 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 15.9 | 116 | 11.2 | 63.5 | 52.3 | 53.4 |
| Mattias Samuelsson Samuelsson | D | 25 | 78 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 22.8 | 109 | 11.9 | 59.4 | 47.6 | 50.2 |
| Peyton Krebs Krebs | C | 24 | 82 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 13.8 | 93 | 12.9 | 54.8 | 48.7 | 49.1 |
| Josh Norris Norris | C | 26 | 44 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 15.8 | 69 | 18.8 | 67.3 | 51.3 | 52.7 |
| Owen Power Power | D | 22 | 81 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 21.7 | 120 | 6.7 | 53.7 | 51.7 | 49.0 |
| Noah Ostlund Ostlund | C | 21 | 60 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 14.0 | 60 | 18.3 | 61.4 | 51.3 | 52.1 |
| Logan Stanley Stanley | D | 27 | 76 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 16.7 | 96 | 9.4 | 48.3 | 47.3 | 44.0 |
| Louis Crevier Crevier | D | 24 | 78 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 17.1 | 114 | 6.1 | 46.6 | 46.2 | 41.3 |
| Olen Zellweger Zellweger | D | 22 | 76 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 17.0 | 119 | 5.9 | 51.9 | 53.3 | 52.7 |
| Conor Sheary Sheary | L | 33 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14.1 | 81 | 8.6 | 50.0 | 49.8 | 51.1 |
| Sam Carrick Carrick | C | 33 | 73 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10.5 | 75 | 12.0 | 48.9 | 47.8 | 48.2 |
| Tanner Pearson Pearson | L | 33 | 56 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10.8 | 52 | 13.5 | 60.5 | 45.5 | 46.5 |
| Beck Malenstyn Malenstyn | L | 27 | 81 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11.2 | 72 | 9.7 | 47.9 | 45.8 | 46.5 |
| Conor Timmins Timmins | D | 27 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18.8 | 44 | 0.0 | 43.4 | 44.5 | 46.6 |
| David Kampf Kampf | C | 30 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14.7 | 36 | 5.6 | 35.3 | 48.6 | 47.0 |
| Tyson Kozak Kozak | C | 22 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11.3 | 30 | 6.7 | 48.0 | 41.8 | 43.3 |
| Zach Metsa Metsa | D | 26 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11.0 | 24 | 8.3 | 75.0 | 46.3 | 46.5 |
| Jiri Kulich Kulich | C | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16.4 | 20 | 15.0 | 42.9 | 49.6 | 48.2 |
| Konsta Helenius Helenius | C | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11.9 | 15 | 6.7 | 55.6 | 58.6 | 58.7 |
| Dennis Gilbert Gilbert | D | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 61.3 |
| Jason Polin Polin | R | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 62.5 | 81.6 |
| Justin Danforth Danforth | R | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 2 | 0.0 | - | 38.1 | 21.8 |
| Mason Geertsen Geertsen | L | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 0.0 | - | 43.8 | 37.5 |
| Ryan Johnson Johnson | D | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 41.4 | 57.1 |
| Trevor Kuntar Kuntar | C | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 14.3 | 3.7 |
Buffalo Sabres: Goal contributions 2025-26
Buffalo Sabres: Player salaries 2025-26
The visualization above does not reflect retained salaries, long-term injured reserve (LTIR), or bonuses.
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