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Roster · 2026-27

Every Sabre, by the numbers

TeamBuffalo Sabres
Season2026-27

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 26

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

C94Tage Thompson11 GP · 217 min+0.27WARC92Noah Ostlund11 GP · 208 min+0.26WARL90Zach Benson11 GP · 219 min+0.24WARR84Jack Quinn11 GP · 214 min+0.20WARC67Peyton Krebs11 GP · 151 min+0.12WARC65Josh Norris11 GP · 164 min+0.12WARC51Konsta Helenius10 GP · 131 min+0.09WARR49Josh Doan11 GP · 172 min+0.09WARC41Ryan McLeod11 GP · 170 min+0.07WARC40Jiri Kulich8 GP · 105 min+0.06WARL32Beck Malenstyn11 GP · 115 min+0.05WARL—Jason Zucker2 GP · 26 min+0.01WARC—Tyson Kozak3 GP · 32 min+0.00WARR—Justin Danforth6 GP · 55 min+0.00WARC—Sam Carrick4 GP · 30 min-0.00WARL—Aidan McDonoughYet to play—WARR—Carson MeyerYet to play—WARL—Conor ShearyYet to play—WARR—Jake RichardYet to play—WARR—Jason PolinYet to play—WARL—Mason GeertsenYet to play—WARC—Matteo CostantiniYet to play—WARL—Prokhor PoltapovYet to play—WARC—Riley Fiddler-SchultzYet to play—WARC—Trevor KuntarYet to play—WARR—Zac FunkYet to play—WAR
Defense · 16

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D94Owen Power11 GP · 297 min+0.29WARD85Mattias Samuelsson11 GP · 258 min+0.20WARD83Olen Zellweger10 GP · 197 min+0.19WARD75Rasmus Dahlin8 GP · 196 min+0.15WARD44Zach Metsa10 GP · 127 min+0.05WARD18Louis Crevier11 GP · 153 min+0.01WARD—Dennis Gilbert4 GP · 39 min+0.00WARD—Matt Grzelcyk1 GP · 15 min-0.00WARD—Caleb JonesYet to play—WARD—Conor TimminsYet to play—WARD—Daniel LaatschYet to play—WARD—Gavin McCarthyYet to play—WARD—Jack RathboneYet to play—WARD—Maxim StrbakYet to play—WARD—Radim MrtkaYet to play—WARD—Vsevolod KomarovYet to play—WAR
Goaltenders · 6

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G58Colten Ellis3 GP · 150 min+0.28WARG9Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen9 GP · 487 min-0.33WARG—Alex LyonYet to play—WARG—Matt VillaltaYet to play—WARG—Scott RatzlaffYet to play—WARG—Topias LeinonenYet to play—WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated