Mattias Samuelsson
Age 26 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 234 lb · Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Drafted 2018, #32 overall by Buffalo
2025-262025-26: 78 games, 13-28-41, 0.53 points per game Season detail →
Mattias Samuelsson has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 41 points in 78 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 points 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.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
1 of 1 goal broke a tie
How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 93rd percentile of defencemen: 9.15 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.68@
CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 02:07 - 20.34vs
CHI3 Oct · 3rd 12:36 - 19.39vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 10:25
- 19.30vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 01:20
- 19.26vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 05:58
- 19.25@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 00:24
- 19.12vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 02:32
- 18.97@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 05:14
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 86.77@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 07:21
- 81.19vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 12:12
- 79.88@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 02:19
- 66.28vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 07:47
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.37vs
MIN6 Oct · 22:41 TOI - 3.71vsCHI3 Oct · 24:11 TOI
- 2.86@CBJ1 Oct · 18:21 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.31 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Dallas, a point in zero of one
DALW 4-10003+122:56MINW 3-2 OT0002022:41CHIW 4-30111024:11CBJW 6-31011−218:2141 points in 78 games on a team that finished 4th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 13 goals and 28 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 13 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
242 attempts across the 76 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 90th percentile of defencemen: 93
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
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.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (31 of 78)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Dallas, a point in zero of one
DALW 4-10003+122:56CHIW 5-10000+218:59CBJW 5-00002+221:03
NYRW 5-30000+120:39
TBLW 4-20001+222:44
WSHL 2-60002+219:54
OTTL 1-41012020:49
NYIW 4-30111022:44
SEAW 3-2 SO0003−126:14
DETL 2-50000−121:51
BOSOTL 3-4 OT0001−121:16MINW 3-2 OT0002022:41CHIW 4-30111024:11CBJW 6-31011−218:21Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.29M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 9.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 38th of 191 defencemen 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
Six seasons · 2020-21 to 2025-26Noah Ostlund 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 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSix seasons, all with the Sabres
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct