Tyson Kozak
Age 23 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 187 lb · Born Souris, Manitoba, CAN
Drafted 2021, #193 overall by Buffalo
Tyson Kozak scored 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 46 games in 2025-26, T-23rd on Buffalo. Against Dallas: 1 point in the last 1 meeting.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesBuffalo have played 3 games and Tyson Kozak has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October against Dallas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 46 games6 points in 46 games on a team that finished 4th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
1 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
54 attempts across the 31 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 46 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed in the 90th percentile of forwards: 23.41 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (6 of 46)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Dallas, a point in one of one
DALOTL 3-4 SO0110013:34DALOTL 3-4 SO0110013:34
CHIW 5-10001010:49
CBJW 5-00112+19:38
NYRW 5-30000010:50
WSHL 2-60000+112:15
SEAW 3-2 SO000007:51
VGKW 2-00001011:10VGKW 3-20000−18:34
TBLW 6-20000+113:04
FLAW 3-20001010:45Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$875K a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 6.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 270th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26Jack Quinn 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
Assists on his 2 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 4 assists.
By opponent
Detroit1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Edmonton1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Montréal1 P in 30.33 P/GP
Carolina1 P in 30.33 P/GP
Colorado0 P in 20.00 P/GPFlorida0 P in 30.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Sabres
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct