Dennis Gilbert
Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 216 lb · Born Buffalo, New York, USA
Drafted 2015, #91 overall by Chicago
vs Dallas · 7:00 PM ETDennis Gilbert scored 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist) in 8 games in 2025-26, 30th on Buffalo.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesBuffalo have played 3 games and Dennis Gilbert has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October against Dallas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 8 games1 point in 8 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Dennis Gilbert has 8.
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 third-pair defenceman 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
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 5 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 8 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 leadersTop speed 20.02 mph, hardest shot 89.18 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Dennis Gilbert has 8.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman 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 (1 of 8)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
TORW 3-10000015:32
NJDOTL 3-4 OT0000017:46TORW 5-20000+111:17
NYIW 3-20110+19:04
WSHL 1-4000109:33
SJSW 7-40001−113:53
ANAW 2-00000010:35
NYRL 2-40000−113:50Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
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
One season · 2024-25 to 2024-25250th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
By opponent
Toronto0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct