Buffalo Sabres · #19 · Centre

Peyton Krebs

Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 191 lb · Born Calgary, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2019, #17 overall by Vegas

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on BUF
Assists2T-2nd on BUF
Points2T-4th on BUF
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP14:4012th on BUF

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 12-27-39, 0.48 points per game Season detail →

Peyton Krebs has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 39 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

Assists / 602.7389th
Points / GP0.6767th
Hits345th
Ice time14:4044th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Penalty differential−118th
Shots / GP0.6717th
Blocked shots012th

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
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists2T-2nd on BUF
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:4012th on BUF
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Ice time and special teams

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.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:40
Power play0:01
Shorthanded0:00
Total14:40

19.7 shifts a game, averaging 45 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

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 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 goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary2 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.73
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 602.7
ES points / 602.732 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

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.5262nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.5
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.091
ixG per 600.62

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 61st percentile of forwards: 21.47 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

Average shot, mph60.569th
Defensive-zone time37.9%69th
Top speed, mph21.4761st
Offensive-zone time42.6%58th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance skated, mi7.043rd
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.5938th
Hardest shot, mph73.8636th
20+ mph bursts227th

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, mph21.47Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph73.86Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.0 mi2.46 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts23.1%33.3% defensive · 43.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.9%All situations37.6%
42.9%Even strength37.7%
100.0%Power play0.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.47vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 06:08
  2. 20.38@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 13:24
  3. 19.85vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 04:20
  4. 19.77@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 01:32
  5. 19.73@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 16:08
  6. 19.39vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 10:39
  7. 18.98@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 09:32
  8. 18.73@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 16:14

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph2 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph30 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 73.86vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 08:59
  2. 48.97@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 10:16

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph2 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.46vsMIN6 Oct · 15:21 TOI
  2. 2.26vsCHI3 Oct · 13:42 TOI
  3. 2.33@CBJ1 Oct · 14:58 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.35 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
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-9th on BUF
Blocked shots0T-17th on BUF

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken10.3 a game
Won1
Win %100.0%
Offensive zone1 of 1

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Dallas, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
15 Apr 2026vsDALOTL 3-4 SO0002019:00
31 Dec 2025@DALW 4-10002+113:59

Contract

$4.5M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 8.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 192nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.5M4.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 1 of 4
Expires2029-30UFA at 29
Cap value$18MCap hit × 4 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

54th 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.

Who he sets up

Rasmus Dahlin1
Tage Thompson1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points13454th for Buffalo
Goals4258th
Assists9248th
Games played36837th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21VGK40110.250.0%
2021-22BUF, VGK57715220.3912.5%
2022-23BUF74917260.3511.5%
2023-24BUF80413170.215.4%
2024-25BUF811018280.3512.5%
2025-26BUF821227390.4812.9%
Career37842911330.3511.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2019Vegas · round 1From Kootenay (WHL)#17

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · BUF points

Games13
Goals2
Points60.46 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct