Mattias Samuelsson #23

D · Buffalo Sabres · Age 25 · Shoots L · 6′4″, 234 lb · Draft: 2018, round 2, 32nd overall

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

Summary		Pctl
GP	78	69th
TOI/GP	22:50	85th
G	13	92nd
A	28	81st
P	41	88th
P/60	1.38	81st
ixG	7.1	78th
G−ixG	+5.9	97th
xGF%	50.8	60th
Rel xGF%	−0.6	48th
GS/GP	+0.56	84th
Pen ±	−3	67th

Scoring		Pctl
G	13	92nd
A1	12	74th
A2	16	85th
P	41	88th
P1	25	86th
P/60	1.38	81st
5v5 P/60	1.27	86th
PPP	0	26th
SHP	3	99th
ENG	1	92nd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	109	75th
iCF	246	68th
iFF	163	71st
ixG	7.1	78th
ixG/60	0.24	67th
G	13	92nd
G−ixG	+5.9	97th
Sh%	11.9	97th
xSh%	4.4	82nd
Blk'd	83	63rd
5v5 iCF/60	9.3	50th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1465	91st
CF%	47.6	30th
FF%	48.2	34th
xGF%	50.8	60th
GF%	59.4	91st
xGF/60	2.66	70th
xGA/60	2.57	46th
oiSh%	12.0	95th
oiSv%	91.6	80th
PDO	103.5	94th
Rel CF%	−2.6	22nd
Rel xGF%	−0.6	48th
OZS%	30.4	19th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	22:50	85th
EV/GP	19:51	90th
5v5/GP	18:47	94th
PP/GP	0:03	27th
SH/GP	2:55	94th
Shifts/GP	26.4	78th
Shift	0:52	75th
OZ	173	64th
NZ	407	99th
DZ	397	97th
OZS%	30.4	19th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+43.8	84th
GS/GP	+0.56	84th
GS/60	+1.48	79th
Scoring	+27.0	87th
Shooting	+4.6	78th
On ice	+6.3	75th
Penalties	−0.4	64th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+6.4	93rd

Other		Pctl
Hits	132	91st
Blk	154	94th
Tk	17	49th
Gv	80	35th
PenD	11	65th
PenT	14	51st
Pen ±	−3	67th
PP min ±	−6.0	63rd
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	9	2	5	7	0.6	52.8	+0.64	23:20
2025-26	Regular season	78	13	28	41	7.1	50.8	+0.56	22:50
2025-26	Playoffs	13	3	4	7	0.8	57.8	+0.81	22:22

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.1), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 78 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Rasmus Dahlin	D	899:01	48.1	51.5
Alex Tuch	R	587:06	47.6	48.7
Ryan McLeod	C	528:08	45.1	48.6
Tage Thompson	C	512:46	50.3	52.4
Peyton Krebs	C	462:09	50.6	54.8
Josh Doan	R	397:32	51.3	56.7
Jack Quinn	R	380:32	44.8	47.9
Beck Malenstyn	L	362:27	47.0	51.4

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5–1	18:59	0	0	0	0.00	68	85	+1.07
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5–0	21:03	0	0	2	0.03	36	29	−0.17
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5–3	20:39	0	0	0	0.00	50	51	+0.01
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4–2	22:44	0	0	1	0.04	37	29	−0.55
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2–6	19:54	0	0	2	0.01	53	70	+1.45
Apr 2	@ OTT	L 1–4	20:49	1	0	2	0.12	38	25	+0.48
Mar 31	vs NYI	W 4–3	22:44	0	1	1	0.10	67	88	+1.86
Mar 28	vs SEA	W 3–2 OT	26:14	0	0	3	0.20	45	45	−0.21
Mar 27	vs DET	L 2–5	21:51	0	0	0	0.23	58	66	+0.25
Mar 25	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	21:16	0	0	1	0.06	46	44	−0.15
Mar 22	@ ANA	L 5–6 OT	22:44	0	0	1	0.16	54	49	+0.01
Mar 21	@ LAK	W 4–1	21:40	0	1	0	0.00	37	44	+0.45
Mar 19	@ SJS	W 5–0	18:36	0	1	1	0.00	39	38	+0.68
Mar 17	@ VGK	W 2–0	22:20	0	1	1	0.06	38	43	+0.51
Mar 12	vs WSH	L 1–2	20:30	0	0	1	0.06	59	71	+0.94
Mar 10	vs SJS	W 6–3	22:25	0	1	0	0.00	45	52	+0.92
Mar 8	vs TBL	W 8–7	24:57	0	0	3	0.12	43	32	−1.41
Mar 7	vs NSH	W 3–2	24:36	0	0	1	0.08	53	65	+0.56
Mar 5	@ PIT	W 5–1	21:19	1	0	1	0.53	35	48	+1.20
Mar 3	vs VGK	W 3–2	25:15	0	0	4	0.75	68	66	+1.51
Feb 28	@ TBL	W 6–2	24:08	0	0	1	0.09	38	40	−0.36
Feb 27	@ FLA	W 3–2	23:42	0	0	3	0.48	62	79	+1.83
Feb 25	@ NJD	W 2–1	24:15	0	0	4	0.15	72	79	+1.27
Feb 5	vs PIT	L 2–5	22:42	0	0	0	0.00	53	44	−0.44
Feb 3	@ TBL	L 3–4 OT	24:01	2	0	3	0.12	41	35	+1.54
Feb 2	@ FLA	W 5–3	27:26	0	0	1	0.00	41	42	−0.10
Jan 31	vs MTL	L 2–4	21:48	0	0	2	0.17	65	53	+0.24
Jan 29	vs LAK	W 4–1	23:24	1	0	1	0.05	40	41	+0.60
Jan 27	@ TOR	W 7–4	21:41	0	3	0	0.00	39	35	+1.72
Jan 24	@ NYI	W 5–0	21:32	0	2	1	0.01	50	53	+1.74
Jan 22	@ MTL	W 4–2	23:03	0	1	0	0.03	36	26	−0.75
Jan 20	@ NSH	W 5–3	25:53	0	1	0	0.00	42	61	+1.39
Jan 19	@ CAR	L 1–2	27:33	0	0	1	0.25	41	28	−0.55
Jan 17	vs MIN	L 4–5 OT	26:30	0	1	0	0.00	30	25	−0.51
Jan 15	vs MTL	W 5–3	25:24	0	0	4	0.15	50	35	−0.39
Jan 14	vs PHI	W 5–2	24:11	1	0	1	0.21	55	69	+1.63
Jan 12	vs FLA	L 3–4	24:27	0	0	2	0.08	41	44	−0.04
Jan 10	vs ANA	W 5–3	23:59	0	0	1	0.03	31	32	−0.94
Jan 8	@ NYR	W 5–2	23:56	1	1	1	0.07	44	61	+2.11
Jan 6	vs VAN	W 5–3	24:36	0	1	1	0.02	49	59	+1.13
Jan 3	@ CBJ	L 1–5	20:59	0	0	4	0.17	57	69	+1.23
Dec 31	@ DAL	W 4–1	22:56	0	0	3	0.06	42	31	−0.83
Dec 29	@ STL	W 4–2	22:14	0	1	2	0.06	63	66	+1.40
Dec 27	vs BOS	W 4–1	24:56	1	2	2	0.04	50	54	+2.64
Dec 23	@ OTT	W 3–2 OT	26:39	0	1	2	0.08	30	24	−0.62
Dec 21	@ NJD	W 3–1	26:07	0	0	0	0.00	21	18	−0.26
Dec 20	vs NYI	W 3–2 OT	24:12	0	0	0	0.00	48	66	+0.65
Dec 18	vs PHI	W 5–3	19:43	0	2	1	0.10	50	51	+1.40
Dec 14	@ SEA	W 3–1	26:30	0	0	0	0.00	46	58	+0.92
Dec 11	@ VAN	W 3–2	26:32	0	0	0	0.01	31	38	−0.22
Dec 9	@ EDM	W 4–3 OT	26:09	0	0	1	0.03	32	47	0.00
Dec 8	@ CGY	L 4–7	20:24	0	0	0	0.01	58	51	+0.23
Dec 5	@ WPG	L 1–4	23:21	0	0	1	0.07	57	58	+0.29
Dec 3	@ PHI	L 2–5	20:57	0	0	3	0.14	42	27	−1.50
Dec 1	vs WPG	W 5–1	21:36	0	0	4	0.18	62	65	+0.80
Nov 29	@ MIN	W 3–2 OT	23:34	0	0	1	0.01	53	50	−0.26
Nov 28	vs NJD	L 0–5	17:42	0	0	4	0.07	59	28	−0.97
Nov 26	@ PIT	L 2–4	27:47	0	1	5	0.29	63	81	+2.38
Nov 23	vs CAR	W 4–1	23:44	0	0	0	0.00	35	63	+0.58
Nov 21	vs CHI	W 9–3	24:33	1	0	1	0.02	61	63	+1.73
Nov 19	vs CGY	L 2–6	22:44	1	1	3	0.15	46	53	+1.90
Nov 17	vs EDM	W 5–1	25:36	0	1	0	0.03	61	69	+1.81
Nov 15	@ DET	W 5–4 OT	22:31	1	0	1	0.20	38	55	+1.37
Nov 13	@ COL	L 3–6	23:13	0	0	1	0.11	49	45	−0.18
Nov 12	@ UTA	L 2–5	22:03	0	0	0	0.01	45	55	+0.28
Nov 8	@ CAR	L 3–6	23:35	0	0	2	0.02	62	69	+1.12
Nov 6	vs STL	L 0–3	16:09	0	0	0	0.00	56	59	+0.20
Nov 4	vs UTA	L 1–2 OT	21:17	0	0	2	0.07	43	57	+0.52
Nov 1	vs WSH	W 4–3 OT	20:22	0	0	5	0.10	48	33	−0.30
Oct 30	@ BOS	L 3–4 OT	23:49	0	0	0	0.16	48	64	+0.63
Oct 28	vs CBJ	L 3–4 OT	19:48	0	1	1	0.01	46	47	+0.70
Oct 25	@ TOR	L 3–4 OT	22:43	0	1	1	0.05	44	36	+0.13
Oct 24	vs TOR	W 5–3	23:38	2	0	3	0.33	50	78	+3.61
Oct 22	vs DET	W 4–2	20:41	0	1	1	0.00	43	44	+0.62
Oct 20	@ MTL	L 2–4	19:13	0	0	1	0.06	51	57	+0.26
Oct 18	vs FLA	W 3–0	22:01	0	0	1	0.04	52	60	+0.50
Oct 11	@ BOS	L 1–3	16:28	0	1	0	0.01	45	13	+0.44
Oct 9	vs NYR	L 0–4	19:26	0	0	1	0.01	53	56	+0.07