Buffalo Sabres · #22 · Right wing

Jack Quinn

Age 25 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 188 lb · Born Ottawa, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2020, #8 overall by Buffalo

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-1st on BUF
Assists0T-13th on BUF
Points2T-4th on BUF
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots1118.2% shooting
TOI / GP20:334th on BUF

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 20-31-51, 0.62 points per game Season detail →

Jack Quinn has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 51 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 14th-placed Buffalo

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+295th
Shots / GP3.6795th
Ice time20:3393rd
Goals / 601.9584th
Shooting %18.2%68th
Points / GP0.6767th
Blocked shots267th
Hits345th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Assists / 600.0021st

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-4th on BUF
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists0T-13th on BUF
Shooting %18.2%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:334th on BUF
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:21
Power play3:18
Shorthanded0:54
Total20:33

24.0 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on BUF
PP assists0T-1st on BUF
PP points0T-1st on BUF · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-1st on BUF

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 2 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on BUF
Overtime goals0T-2nd on BUF
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing2

0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Buffalo trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.95
Goals / 601.95
Shots / 6010.7
ES points / 602.452 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot13 att · 0 G
Wing13 att · 2 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

27 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.728th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+0.3
Unblocked attempts21
xG per attempt.079
ixG per 601.62

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 97th percentile of forwards: 22.89 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Defensive-zone time30.5%98th
Top speed, mph22.8997th
Offensive-zone time50.6%96th
22+ mph bursts189th
20+ mph bursts778th
Distance skated, mi9.675th
Hardest shot, mph82.2573rd
Average shot, mph55.953rd
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.3322nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.89Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph82.25Forward average 74.7
Distance skated9.6 mi3.43 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts43.3%6.7% defensive · 50.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

53.1%All situations28.4%
52.6%Even strength27.8%
58.8%Power play25.6%
32.1%Shorthanded60.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.89vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 07:41
  2. 21.22vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 14:07
  3. 20.72@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 12:32
  4. 20.19vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 02:23
  5. 20.04vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 18:38
  6. 20.02vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 03:21
  7. 19.84vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 08:14
  8. 19.81vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 18:42

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph32 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 82.25vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 04:03
  2. 82.09@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 05:30
  3. 81.36@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 05:46
  4. 73.86@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 05:39
  5. 70.96vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 16:24
  6. 70.45vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 04:02
  7. 69.81@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 12:41
  8. 69.51@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 01:25

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph4 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.43vsMIN6 Oct · 21:45 TOI
  2. 3.11vsCHI3 Oct · 19:07 TOI
  3. 3.04@CBJ1 Oct · 20:46 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.19 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-8th on BUF
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-9th on BUF
Blocked shots2T-6th on BUF

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Dallas, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
15 Apr 2026vsDALOTL 3-4 SO0005−119:29
31 Dec 2025@DALW 4-10001015:21

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 15.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 66th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3.38M3.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 25
Cap value$6.8MCap hit × 2 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Buffalo

Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Zach Benson sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Zach Benson1
Noah Ostlund1
Zach Metsa1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points15047th for Buffalo
Goals6143rd
Assists8951st
Games played26372nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Five seasons, all with the Sabres

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2021-22BUF21121.0016.7%
2022-23BUF751423370.4911.1%
2023-24BUF27910190.7016.1%
2024-25BUF741524390.5312.2%
2025-26BUF822031510.6210.5%
Career26059891480.5711.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Buffalo · round 1From Ottawa (OHL)#8

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · BUF points

Games13
Goals2
Points70.54 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct