Tage Thompson #72

C · Buffalo Sabres · Age 28 · Shoots R · 6′6″, 220 lb · Draft: 2016, round 1, 26th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	81	81st
TOI/GP	19:15	89th
G	40	97th
A	41	90th
P	81	95th
P/60	3.12	91st
ixG	33.8	96th
G−ixG	+6.2	93rd
xGF%	51.1	62nd
Rel xGF%	+0.1	48th
GS/GP	+1.04	92nd
Pen ±	+11	94th

Scoring		Pctl
G	40	97th
A1	28	93rd
A2	13	76th
P	81	95th
P1	68	96th
P/60	3.12	91st
5v5 P/60	2.34	90th
PPP	24	91st
SHP	1	73rd
ENG	3	89th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	272	98th
iCF	557	99th
iFF	415	98th
ixG	33.8	96th
ixG/60	1.30	93rd
G	40	97th
G−ixG	+6.2	93rd
Sh%	14.7	68th
xSh%	8.1	35th
Blk'd	142	98th
5v5 iCF/60	18.6	97th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1179	95th
CF%	50.3	59th
FF%	50.1	55th
xGF%	51.1	62nd
GF%	52.2	63rd
xGF/60	2.79	74th
xGA/60	2.67	37th
oiSh%	11.0	77th
oiSv%	90.3	47th
PDO	101.4	70th
Rel CF%	+1.4	67th
Rel xGF%	+0.1	48th
OZS%	66.2	73rd

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	19:15	89th
EV/GP	15:41	91st
5v5/GP	14:34	92nd
PP/GP	3:30	93rd
SH/GP	0:03	33rd
Shifts/GP	22.9	91st
Shift	0:50	76th
OZ	391	97th
NZ	325	96th
DZ	200	73rd
OZS%	66.2	73rd

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+84.3	94th
GS/GP	+1.04	92nd
GS/60	+3.25	88th
Scoring	+56.8	95th
Shooting	+21.9	96th
On ice	+3.4	65th
Penalties	+1.5	89th
Faceoffs	−0.8	5th
Other	+1.6	78th

Other		Pctl
Hits	85	64th
Blk	48	81st
Tk	28	88th
Gv	69	21st
PenD	25	92nd
PenT	14	35th
Pen ±	+11	94th
PP min ±	+19.9	89th
FOW	390	82nd
FOL	468	12th
FO%	45.5	51st

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	9	5	4	9	4.5	51.6	+1.06	19:59
2025-26	Regular season	81	40	41	81	33.8	51.1	+1.04	19:15
2025-26	Playoffs	13	5	10	15	5.8	49.3	+0.98	19:58

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.9), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 81 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Rasmus Dahlin	D	802:31	52.2	51.6
Alex Tuch	R	652:09	51.2	52.0
Josh Doan	R	580:39	49.0	51.5
Peyton Krebs	C	526:52	51.3	52.2
Mattias Samuelsson	D	512:46	50.3	52.4
Bowen Byram	D	507:04	49.6	50.4
Owen Power	D	465:39	52.4	51.3
Zach Benson	L	418:06	53.5	53.8

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5–1	17:31	2	0	6	0.64	86	95	+3.72
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5–0	16:47	0	0	2	0.23	32	34	−0.16
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5–3	22:18	0	1	2	0.38	59	43	+1.02
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4–2	17:56	0	0	1	0.14	44	47	+0.01
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2–6	19:20	0	0	5	0.83	48	47	+0.10
Apr 2	@ OTT	L 1–4	17:12	0	0	2	0.21	50	29	−0.19
Mar 31	vs NYI	W 4–3	21:31	1	1	3	0.51	61	78	+2.63
Mar 28	vs SEA	W 3–2 OT	24:21	0	1	5	0.64	53	60	+1.32
Mar 27	vs DET	L 2–5	21:16	1	0	4	0.87	74	86	+2.46
Mar 25	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	18:44	0	2	3	0.20	41	37	+0.91
Mar 22	@ ANA	L 5–6 OT	22:02	0	0	0	0.08	43	32	−0.45
Mar 21	@ LAK	W 4–1	18:11	1	0	3	0.25	53	47	+0.86
Mar 19	@ SJS	W 5–0	16:50	1	0	1	0.26	46	51	+1.20
Mar 17	@ VGK	W 2–0	19:21	0	0	0	0.22	42	45	+0.21
Mar 14	vs TOR	W 3–2 OT	21:19	0	0	4	0.51	69	66	+0.76
Mar 12	vs WSH	L 1–2	22:04	0	0	5	0.35	55	55	+0.41
Mar 10	vs SJS	W 6–3	16:41	0	0	2	0.29	56	68	+0.72
Mar 8	vs TBL	W 8–7	19:39	0	4	3	0.18	58	49	+2.67
Mar 7	vs NSH	W 3–2	18:53	1	0	4	0.45	53	50	+1.19
Mar 5	@ PIT	W 5–1	18:43	0	1	1	0.15	26	14	+0.09
Mar 3	vs VGK	W 3–2	21:07	1	0	2	0.15	47	35	+0.44
Feb 28	@ TBL	W 6–2	16:00	1	0	6	0.52	56	63	+1.67
Feb 27	@ FLA	W 3–2	19:39	0	1	1	0.22	60	58	+1.08
Feb 25	@ NJD	W 2–1	19:19	1	1	3	0.36	61	49	+1.89
Feb 5	vs PIT	L 2–5	23:18	1	0	7	0.74	55	56	+1.19
Feb 3	@ TBL	L 3–4 OT	22:09	0	1	5	0.55	35	39	+0.83
Feb 2	@ FLA	W 5–3	20:14	1	0	4	1.07	56	50	+1.68
Jan 31	vs MTL	L 2–4	22:21	0	1	5	0.38	57	53	+0.84
Jan 29	vs LAK	W 4–1	18:04	0	0	5	0.52	62	77	+1.57
Jan 27	@ TOR	W 7–4	18:57	1	1	2	0.18	41	29	+1.06
Jan 24	@ NYI	W 5–0	17:06	1	0	3	0.39	39	48	+1.13
Jan 22	@ MTL	W 4–2	17:14	0	1	1	0.08	38	18	−0.74
Jan 20	@ NSH	W 5–3	13:33	1	0	1	0.11	33	30	+0.78
Jan 19	@ CAR	L 1–2	22:47	0	0	6	0.78	43	43	+0.29
Jan 17	vs MIN	L 4–5 OT	22:17	0	1	6	0.70	37	34	+0.68
Jan 15	vs MTL	W 5–3	20:43	3	2	3	1.51	46	44	+4.72
Jan 14	vs PHI	W 5–2	20:23	0	2	2	0.39	40	36	+0.74
Jan 12	vs FLA	L 3–4	22:08	0	1	5	0.42	44	63	+2.13
Jan 10	vs ANA	W 5–3	19:49	1	1	3	0.37	38	52	+2.23
Jan 8	@ NYR	W 5–2	16:39	0	1	2	0.51	48	70	+1.24
Jan 6	vs VAN	W 5–3	18:37	1	0	1	0.43	52	70	+1.43
Jan 3	@ CBJ	L 1–5	22:42	0	0	4	0.57	49	62	+0.83
Dec 31	@ DAL	W 4–1	18:45	2	1	7	0.78	63	63	+3.59
Dec 29	@ STL	W 4–2	19:12	0	0	3	0.17	57	57	+0.28
Dec 27	vs BOS	W 4–1	17:55	0	2	4	0.12	53	61	+1.75
Dec 23	@ OTT	W 3–2 OT	16:47	0	0	2	0.08	35	17	−0.56
Dec 21	@ NJD	W 3–1	16:48	0	1	0	0.08	39	34	+0.21
Dec 20	vs NYI	W 3–2 OT	22:48	1	0	4	0.54	42	47	+0.99
Dec 18	vs PHI	W 5–3	20:19	1	0	2	0.24	68	73	+1.50
Dec 14	@ SEA	W 3–1	20:35	1	0	4	0.42	62	82	+2.41
Dec 11	@ VAN	W 3–2	19:06	1	1	5	0.48	50	34	+1.36
Dec 9	@ EDM	W 4–3 OT	19:11	1	2	4	0.72	44	53	+2.90
Dec 8	@ CGY	L 4–7	21:22	1	0	3	0.25	52	31	+0.29
Dec 5	@ WPG	L 1–4	16:55	0	0	3	0.39	67	48	+0.03
Dec 3	@ PHI	L 2–5	17:34	0	0	2	0.21	56	34	−0.87
Dec 1	vs WPG	W 5–1	15:44	0	1	2	0.07	52	65	+1.16
Nov 29	@ MIN	W 3–2 OT	18:14	0	0	4	0.19	57	48	−0.03
Nov 28	vs NJD	L 0–5	16:54	0	0	3	0.27	57	36	−0.50
Nov 26	@ PIT	L 2–4	18:33	0	0	2	0.19	38	52	−0.16
Nov 23	vs CAR	W 4–1	18:32	1	0	2	1.32	27	31	+0.93
Nov 21	vs CHI	W 9–3	16:21	1	1	5	0.46	63	82	+3.09
Nov 19	vs CGY	L 2–6	19:27	1	0	3	0.14	54	25	−0.03
Nov 17	vs EDM	W 5–1	18:29	1	0	3	0.70	74	84	+2.15
Nov 15	@ DET	W 5–4 OT	18:07	1	1	6	0.73	55	80	+3.53
Nov 13	@ COL	L 3–6	18:37	1	1	5	0.63	45	58	+2.08
Nov 12	@ UTA	L 2–5	19:46	0	0	0	0.03	45	32	−0.12
Nov 8	@ CAR	L 3–6	18:59	1	1	4	0.68	39	59	+2.32
Nov 6	vs STL	L 0–3	20:00	0	0	2	0.08	62	71	+0.50
Nov 4	vs UTA	L 1–2 OT	17:50	0	0	1	0.12	13	18	−1.17
Nov 1	vs WSH	W 4–3 OT	19:23	1	0	4	0.65	53	54	+1.51
Oct 30	@ BOS	L 3–4 OT	19:51	0	1	7	0.38	65	74	+1.17
Oct 28	vs CBJ	L 3–4 OT	19:26	0	0	6	0.36	39	21	−0.82
Oct 25	@ TOR	L 3–4 OT	18:35	2	0	5	0.62	72	71	+2.24
Oct 24	vs TOR	W 5–3	19:06	1	1	5	0.44	45	65	+2.38
Oct 22	vs DET	W 4–2	19:36	0	0	5	0.92	52	29	−0.11
Oct 20	@ MTL	L 2–4	20:18	0	0	3	0.54	53	57	+0.39
Oct 18	vs FLA	W 3–0	15:34	0	1	2	0.17	57	82	+1.44
Oct 15	vs OTT	W 8–4	16:46	0	2	0	0.04	23	6	−0.01
Oct 13	vs COL	L 1–3	20:14	1	0	4	0.26	68	50	+1.12
Oct 11	@ BOS	L 1–3	21:46	0	0	8	0.34	48	26	−0.32
Oct 9	vs NYR	L 0–4	19:34	0	0	5	0.63	48	72	+0.60