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Buffalo Sabres Sabres ·

Status: Pro 99%
Age / YOB: 39 (1987)
Contract: $8,700,000 × 2y
Expires: UFA 2028
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted: 2005 Rd 1 (#1) WSH
Vitals: 5'11" · 200 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 497 fwds

CK 73 49th

FG 43 31st

DI 81 26th

SK 85 86th

ST 72 48th

EN 80 89th

DU 87 55th

PH 87 87th

FO 97 98th

PA 88 96th

SC 89 92nd

DF 68 43rd

PS 69 84th

EX 98 99th

LD 99 100th

OV 79 98th

Contract

Cap hit $8,700,000 $8.042M remaining

Year 2 of 3

2025-26

2026-27

2027-28

Expiry Status

UFA

2028 age 41

Clauses 1-way

Season so far

in 6 GP

Goals

3 27th leader105

pace 42 (last yr 40)

Sht% 17.6% 61st

Assists

3 49th leader134

pace 42 (last yr 46)

Plus/Minus -1

Points

6 28th leader218

pace 84 (last yr 86)

P/20 0.94 84th

ATOI

21:12 21st leader23:55

last yr 20:45

PP share 55%

	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI
Last 5	3	3	6	1.20	21:00
Season	3	3	6	1.00	21:12

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Stats

2026-27 · Sabres

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	ATOI	P/20	GW	GT	S	S%	PPG	PPP	SHG	Hits	HTT	FO%	HT	PP TOI	%PP	SH TOI	%SH	EV TOI
YTD	6	3	3	6	-1	2	21:12	0.94	1	0	17	17.6	0	1	0	8	11	54.4	0	2:34	54.8	0:32	8.0	18:06
On Pace	82	41	41	82	-14	27	-	-	14	0	232	-	0	14	0	109	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2005-06	WSH	68	15	34	49	0.72	-1	69	2	4	0	156	9.6%	111
2006-07	BUF	81	24	56	80	0.99	+12	76	3	3	1	220	10.9%	149
2007-08	BUF	79	24	59	83	1.05	+21	39	2	10	0	240	10.0%	99
2008-09	BUF	82	31	63	94	1.15	+18	106	7	13	1	280	11.1%	128
2009-10	BUF	82	36	52	88	1.07	+26	81	4	10	0	264	13.6%	120
2010-11	BUF	81	37	56	93	1.15	+38	63	5	12	0	319	11.6%	111
2011-12	BUF	73	43	69	112	1.53	+23	148	11	14	0	317	13.6%	152
2012-13	BUF	73	30	44	74	1.01	+11	11	4	6	0	273	11.0%	51
2013-14	BUF	55	22	43	65	1.18	+21	10	7	5	0	208	10.6%	17
2014-15	BUF	82	38	58	96	1.17	-2	6	8	18	1	321	11.8%	44
2015-16	BUF	79	31	49	80	1.01	+6	16	9	5	0	264	11.7%	63
2016-17	BUF	82	40	60	100	1.22	+46	40	9	8	1	338	11.8%	70
2017-18	BUF	74	32	42	74	1.00	+9	28	4	6	0	335	9.6%	71
2018-19	BUF	82	26	48	74	0.90	+1	26	2	2	2	298	8.7%	83
2019-20	BUF	71	32	36	68	0.96	+29	18	6	1	0	258	12.4%	85
2020-21	BUF	72	24	41	65	0.90	+8	14	3	5	0	280	8.6%	60
2021-22	BUF	75	29	41	70	0.93	+15	16	4	7	0	280	10.4%	77
2022-23	BUF	72	22	39	61	0.85	+27	10	4	6	0	246	8.9%	60
2023-24	BUF	82	31	59	90	1.10	+26	24	9	6	1	328	9.5%	129
2024-25	BUF	82	28	55	83	1.01	+26	34	4	6	0	320	8.8%	117
2025-26	BUF	82	40	46	86	1.05	+23	33	6	8	0	293	13.7%	73
CAREER	21 yrs	1609	635	1050	1685	1.05	+383	868	113	155	7	--	10.9%	1870

OTHL Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2007-08	BUF	7	1	5	6	0.86	-1	0	0	0	0	18	5.6%	14
2008-09	BUF	6	1	4	5	0.83	-6	19	0	0	0	18	5.6%	9
2009-10	BUF	14	4	10	14	1.00	+1	8	1	0	0	36	11.1%	18
2010-11	BUF	10	7	6	13	1.30	+1	8	0	3	0	41	17.1%	10
2011-12	BUF	6	4	2	6	1.00	-7	2	0	4	0	34	11.8%	21
2012-13	BUF	4	1	3	4	1.00	+2	0	0	0	0	19	5.3%	0
2014-15	BUF	5	3	1	4	0.80	-1	0	0	1	0	16	18.8%	3
2015-16	BUF	3	1	3	4	1.33	+2	2	1	0	0	14	7.1%	3
2016-17	BUF	16	3	10	13	0.81	-3	8	0	3	0	52	5.8%	17
2017-18	BUF	17	14	11	25	1.47	+7	4	3	1	0	68	20.6%	21
2018-19	BUF	6	2	3	5	0.83	+2	0	1	0	1	24	8.3%	6
2019-20	BUF	23	12	10	22	0.96	+12	4	2	4	0	106	11.3%	33
2020-21	BUF	7	3	0	3	0.43	+1	0	0	0	0	25	12.0%	12
2021-22	BUF	7	2	4	6	0.86	-3	2	1	1	0	25	8.0%	4
2022-23	BUF	7	2	2	4	0.57	-5	0	1	1	0	18	11.1%	5
2023-24	BUF	22	8	10	18	0.82	+2	10	1	2	0	77	10.4%	27
2024-25	BUF	12	5	7	12	1.00	-1	6	1	1	0	48	10.4%	13
CAREER	17 app.	172	73	91	164	0.95	+3	73	12	21	1	--	11.4%	216

2026-27 Regular Season

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								Shots			Hits		Ice time			Face-off		PP				PK			EV
Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	SAT	SB	Hit	HTT	L#	TOI	POSS	FO%	FOT	TOI	G	A	S	TOI	G	S	TOI	G	A	S
Nov 07	FLA	W 4-2	0	1	1	+1	0	1	6	0	2	1	F1	21:23	2:40	71%	21	4:41	0	0	1	0:25	0	0	16:17	0	1	0
Nov 05	UTA	L 3-4 OT	0	1	1	-2	0	3	7	0	2	5	F1	22:46	2:19	53%	30	2:19	0	1	1	0:19	0	0	20:08	0	0	2
Nov 03	DAL	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	2	F1	20:34	2:17	46%	28	1:50	0	0	0	1:23	0	0	17:21	0	0	0
Nov 01	MIN	W 4-3 OT	2	1	3	+2	0	8	10	0	3	1	F1	20:47	2:13	53%	30	2:08	0	0	0	0:00	-	-	18:39	2	1	8
Oct 29	CHI	W 2-0	1	0	1	+1	0	3	6	0	1	0	F1	19:31	1:52	50%	20	1:11	0	0	1	0:50	0	0	17:30	1	0	2
Oct 27	CLB	L 2-6	0	0	0	-2	0	2	6	0	0	2	F1	22:08	2:01	55%	29	3:14	0	0	0	0:12	0	0	18:42	0	0	2
6 GP			3	3	6	-1	2	17	38	0	8	11	--	21:12	2:14	54%	158	15:23	0	1	3	3:09	0	0	108:37	3	2	14

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S	TOI
2026-27	PIT	17	6	6	12	-2	12	0	1	2	31	19:16
On Pace	-	82	29	29	58	-10	58	0	5	10	150	-

NHL Career Stats
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2005-06	PIT	81	39	63	102	1.26	-1	110	5	16	47	14.0%	20:08
2006-07	PIT	79	36	84	120	1.52	+10	60	4	13	61	14.4%	20:46
2007-08	PIT	53	24	48	72	1.36	+18	39	4	6	27	13.9%	20:51
2008-09	PIT	77	33	70	103	1.34	+3	76	3	7	40	13.9%	21:57
2009-10	PIT	81	51	58	109	1.35	+15	71	6	13	34	17.1%	21:57
2010-11	PIT	41	32	34	66	1.61	+20	31	3	10	19	19.9%	21:55
2011-12	PIT	22	8	29	37	1.68	+15	14	3	2	11	10.7%	18:28
2012-13	PIT	36	15	41	56	1.56	+26	16	1	3	17	12.1%	21:06
2013-14	PIT	80	36	68	104	1.30	+18	46	5	11	38	13.9%	21:58
2014-15	PIT	77	28	56	84	1.09	+5	47	3	10	31	11.8%	19:58
2015-16	PIT	80	36	49	85	1.06	+19	42	9	10	24	14.5%	20:28
2016-17	PIT	75	44	45	89	1.19	+17	24	5	14	25	17.3%	19:53
2017-18	PIT	82	29	60	89	1.09	0	46	6	9	38	11.7%	20:41
2018-19	PIT	79	35	65	100	1.27	+18	36	3	12	29	15.9%	21:00
2019-20	PIT	41	16	31	47	1.15	-8	15	4	4	17	14.7%	20:16
2020-21	PIT	55	24	38	62	1.13	+8	26	5	5	22	15.1%	20:24
2021-22	PIT	69	31	53	84	1.22	+19	32	9	8	30	14.9%	19:58
2022-23	PIT	82	33	60	93	1.13	+8	52	9	9	27	12.9%	20:09
2023-24	PIT	82	42	52	94	1.15	+7	40	3	10	23	15.1%	20:05
2024-25	PIT	80	33	58	91	1.14	-20	31	10	12	27	14.5%	20:22
2025-26	PIT	68	29	45	74	1.09	0	44	4	10	23	18.1%	19:14
2026-27	PIT	17	6	6	12	0.71	-2	12	0	1	2	19.4%	19:16
Career	NHL	1437	660	1113	1773	1.23	+195	910	104	195	612	14.7%	-

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as Most Valuable Player

2× 2011-12 BUF · 2016-17 BUF

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2005-06	18	C	WSH	-	-	67	77	65	80	81	-	-	82	72	65	-	40	44	77
2006-07	19	C	BUF	-	-	73	80	65	88	81	-	-	94	79	68	-	45	55	83
2007-08	20	C	BUF	-	-	76	80	67	90	81	-	-	97	81	66	-	50	65	84
2008-09	21	C	BUF	68	54	79	97	75	-	89	99	86	96	88	69	-	63	99	-
2009-10	22	C	BUF	71	44	74	98	75	-	92	99	83	99	89	64	-	65	99	82
2010-11	23	C	BUF	62	44	70	98	75	-	92	97	93	92	99	67	-	67	89	82
2011-12	24	C	BUF	61	48	71	95	70	89	78	95	90	94	97	65	81	72	85	81
2012-13	25	C	BUF	49	36	72	92	68	82	60	92	82	92	86	56	87	62	80	76
2013-14	26	C	BUF	50	35	78	91	68	90	68	97	84	97	87	63	95	64	83	79
2014-15	27	C	BUF	50	35	77	91	68	97	86	96	82	99	86	63	91	66	83	80
2015-16	28	C	BUF	52	37	78	90	68	91	89	92	78	98	84	60	95	68	84	79
2016-17	29	C	BUF	76	44	84	91	72	76	96	92	92	90	90	66	78	77	82	80
2017-18	30	C	BUF	76	44	89	91	72	83	95	93	86	90	96	55	70	80	87	79
2018-19	31	C	BUF	73	43	83	91	72	85	96	93	94	96	85	57	78	82	89	79
2019-20	32	C	BUF	76	44	86	91	72	86	98	88	97	99	90	63	75	82	89	80
2020-21	33	C	BUF	69	56	88	91	72	84	77	95	97	98	87	58	75	83	90	79
2021-22	34	C	BUF	71	43	86	91	72	84	78	85	95	89	90	56	75	85	93	77
2022-23	35	C	BUF	69	43	86	89	72	84	88	89	93	91	90	63	73	86	94	79
2023-24	36	C	BUF	73	43	82	89	72	84	93	95	94	90	88	64	73	89	97	80
2024-25	37	C	BUF	77	44	85	87	72	84	99	95	99	87	94	65	75	91	99	81
2025-26	38	C	BUF	71	53	88	83	72	84	98	84	98	90	88	61	70	96	99	78
2026-27	39	C	BUF	73	43	81	85	72	80	87	87	97	88	89	68	69	98	99	79

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2005-06	18	C	WSH	-	-	67	77	65	80	81	-	-	82	72	65	-	40	44	77
2006-07	19	C	BUF	-	-	+6	+3	·	+8	·	-	-	+12	+7	+3	-	+5	+11	+6
2007-08	20	C	BUF	-	-	+3	·	+2	+2	·	-	-	+3	+2	−2	-	+5	+10	+1
2008-09	21	C	BUF	68	54	+3	+17	+8	-	+8	99	86	−1	+7	+3	-	+13	+34	-
2009-10	22	C	BUF	+3	−10	−5	+1	·	-	+3	·	−3	+3	+1	−5	-	+2	·	82
2010-11	23	C	BUF	−9	·	−4	·	·	-	·	−2	+10	−7	+10	+3	-	+2	−10	·
2011-12	24	C	BUF	−1	+4	+1	−3	−5	89	−14	−2	−3	+2	−2	−2	81	+5	−4	−1
2012-13	25	C	BUF	−12	−12	+1	−3	−2	−7	−18	−3	−8	−2	−11	−9	+6	−10	−5	−5
2013-14	26	C	BUF	+1	−1	+6	−1	·	+8	+8	+5	+2	+5	+1	+7	+8	+2	+3	+3
2014-15	27	C	BUF	·	·	−1	·	·	+7	+18	−1	−2	+2	−1	·	−4	+2	·	+1
2015-16	28	C	BUF	+2	+2	+1	−1	·	−6	+3	−4	−4	−1	−2	−3	+4	+2	+1	−1
2016-17	29	C	BUF	+24	+7	+6	+1	+4	−15	+7	·	+14	−8	+6	+6	−17	+9	−2	+1
2017-18	30	C	BUF	·	·	+5	·	·	+7	−1	+1	−6	·	+6	−11	−8	+3	+5	−1
2018-19	31	C	BUF	−3	−1	−6	·	·	+2	+1	·	+8	+6	−11	+2	+8	+2	+2	·
2019-20	32	C	BUF	+3	+1	+3	·	·	+1	+2	−5	+3	+3	+5	+6	−3	·	·	+1
2020-21	33	C	BUF	−7	+12	+2	·	·	−2	−21	+7	·	−1	−3	−5	·	+1	+1	−1
2021-22	34	C	BUF	+2	−13	−2	·	·	·	+1	−10	−2	−9	+3	−2	·	+2	+3	−2
2022-23	35	C	BUF	−2	·	·	−2	·	·	+10	+4	−2	+2	·	+7	−2	+1	+1	+2
2023-24	36	C	BUF	+4	·	−4	·	·	·	+5	+6	+1	−1	−2	+1	·	+3	+3	+1
2024-25	37	C	BUF	+4	+1	+3	−2	·	·	+6	·	+5	−3	+6	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1
2025-26	38	C	BUF	−6	+9	+3	−4	·	·	−1	−11	−1	+3	−6	−4	−5	+5	·	−3
2026-27	39	C	BUF	+2	−10	−7	+2	·	−4	−11	+3	−1	−2	+1	+7	−1	+2	·	+1

Starting	Team	Salary	Length	Cap %	Age	Signed as
2005-06	WSH	$850,000	3 yr	1.7%	18	ELC	Rookie
2006-07	BUF	$782,000	2 yr	2.0%	19	ELC
2008-09	BUF	$8,700,000	4 yr	15.3%	21	RFA
2012-13	BUF	$10,500,000	2 yr	15.0%	25	RFA
2014-15	BUF	$11,200,000	5 yr	16.2%	27	RFA
2019-20	BUF	$11,000,000	6 yr	13.5%	32	UFA
2025-26	BUF	$8,700,000	3 yr	9.1%	38	UFA	CURRENT

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