Buffalo Sabres · #46 · Defence

Louis Crevier

Age 25 · Shoots right · 6′8″ · 236 lb · Born Quebec City, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2020, #188 overall by Chicago

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on BUF
Assists1T-5th on BUF
Points1T-9th on BUF
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots40.0% shooting
TOI / GP15:5410th on BUF

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 7-18-25, 0.32 points per game Season detail →

Louis Crevier has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 25 points in 78 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 3 games for the 14th-placed Buffalo

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 601.2673rd
Hits473rd
Blocked shots567th
Shots / GP1.3366th
Takeaways161st
Points / GP0.3360th
Penalty differential056th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Ice time15:5422nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-9th on BUF
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-5th on BUF
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:5410th on BUF
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:44
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:10
Total15:54

22.0 shifts a game, averaging 43 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 / 600.00

Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

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

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.26
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 605.0
ES points / 601.461 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1492nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.021
ixG per 600.14

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

Hardest shot in the 90th percentile of defencemen: 91.67 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

90+ mph shots297th
Hardest shot, mph91.6790th
Average shot, mph70.963rd
Distance / 60, mi8.6158th
Offensive-zone time41.0%49th
22+ mph bursts048th
Defensive-zone time41.3%44th
20+ mph bursts139th
Top speed, mph20.1733rd
Distance skated, mi6.830th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen 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, mph20.17Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph91.67Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated6.8 mi2.53 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts22.2%36.1% defensive · 41.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.6%All situations39.2%
42.3%Even strength38.2%
35.4%Shorthanded47.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.84vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 12:35
  2. 19.51vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 04:18
  3. 19.46vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 00:46
  4. 19.12vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 08:23
  5. 18.74@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 08:38
  6. 18.54@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 12:39
  7. 18.46@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 11:51
  8. 18.17@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 15:58

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph9 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 65.41@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 14:26
  2. 65.37@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 17:27
  3. 64.31@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 15:40
  4. 38.83vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 02:22

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph2 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.96vsMIN6 Oct · 14:19 TOI
  2. 2.53vsCHI3 Oct · 17:08 TOI
  3. 2.35@CBJ1 Oct · 16:14 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.28 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

Takeaways1T-2nd on BUF
Giveaways7
TK / GV ratio0.14
Hits4T-5th on BUF
Blocked shots51st on BUF

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Dallas, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
8 Mar 2026@DALOTL 3-4 OT0001−119:28
1 Jan 2026vsDALW 4-30002−219:04
27 Dec 2025@DALW 4-3 SO0002−120:03

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 27.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 6th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$900K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$1.8MCap 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

Linemates and opponents

307th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points1307th for Buffalo
Goals0286th
Assists1295th
Games played3390th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Blackhawks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2023-24CHI240330.130.0%
2024-25CHI323140.1310.7%
2025-26CHI78718250.326.1%
Career1341022320.246.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Chicago · round 7#188

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · BUF points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct