Bowen Byram #24

D · Buffalo Sabres · Age 24 · Shoots L · 6′1″, 205 lb · Draft: 2019, round 1, 4th 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	82	92nd
TOI/GP	22:20	77th
G	11	88th
A	31	86th
P	42	88th
P/60	1.38	81st
ixG	12.2	95th
G−ixG	−1.2	24th
xGF%	49.7	51st
Rel xGF%	−2.0	34th
GS/GP	+0.47	77th
Pen ±	−6	44th

Scoring		Pctl
G	11	88th
A1	15	85th
A2	16	85th
P	42	88th
P1	26	87th
P/60	1.38	81st
5v5 P/60	1.22	85th
PPP	7	80th
SHP	1	79th
ENG	1	92nd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	109	75th
iCF	243	66th
iFF	195	81st
ixG	12.2	95th
ixG/60	0.40	94th
G	11	88th
G−ixG	−1.2	24th
Sh%	10.1	90th
xSh%	6.3	99th
Blk'd	48	23rd
5v5 iCF/60	7.6	15th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1474	93rd
CF%	49.2	49th
FF%	50.3	59th
xGF%	49.7	51st
GF%	52.1	65th
xGF/60	2.64	68th
xGA/60	2.67	36th
oiSh%	11.1	83rd
oiSv%	90.0	31st
PDO	101.0	71st
Rel CF%	−0.1	56th
Rel xGF%	−2.0	34th
OZS%	42.3	48th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	22:20	77th
EV/GP	19:07	85th
5v5/GP	17:58	84th
PP/GP	1:36	78th
SH/GP	1:37	54th
Shifts/GP	26.5	79th
Shift	0:51	69th
OZ	237	81st
NZ	347	88th
DZ	323	84th
OZS%	42.3	48th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+38.6	80th
GS/GP	+0.47	77th
GS/60	+1.26	72nd
Scoring	+27.6	88th
Shooting	+7.9	95th
On ice	+0.2	53rd
Penalties	−0.4	64th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+3.4	51st

Other		Pctl
Hits	50	49th
Blk	93	54th
Tk	22	64th
Gv	84	30th
PenD	14	78th
PenT	20	25th
Pen ±	−6	44th
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	6	0	1	1	0.4	40.3	−0.37	24:42
2025-26	Regular season	82	11	31	42	12.2	49.7	+0.47	22:20
2025-26	Playoffs	13	4	3	7	2.1	49.8	+0.46	22:24

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.4), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Owen Power	D	709:14	51.9	47.4
Alex Tuch	R	629:08	52.6	50.4
Ryan McLeod	C	614:18	51.7	54.2
Jack Quinn	R	518:47	49.5	50.3
Tage Thompson	C	507:04	49.6	50.4
Josh Doan	R	436:25	49.0	48.5
Peyton Krebs	C	393:34	45.0	47.6
Zach Benson	L	390:08	53.5	53.6

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 15	vs DAL	L 3–4 OT	19:35	0	0	0	0.05	35	17	−0.64
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5–1	21:11	0	0	1	0.19	69	87	+1.75
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5–0	19:32	0	0	0	0.04	41	58	+0.60
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5–3	22:07	0	1	2	0.05	61	63	+1.57
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4–2	21:16	0	2	1	0.00	67	71	+1.98
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2–6	20:59	0	0	0	0.00	39	30	−1.00
Apr 2	@ OTT	L 1–4	22:58	0	1	1	0.18	44	42	+0.69
Mar 31	vs NYI	W 4–3	22:14	1	0	2	0.71	56	69	+1.92
Mar 28	vs SEA	W 3–2 OT	21:29	0	0	1	0.01	72	49	−0.05
Mar 27	vs DET	L 2–5	21:17	0	1	3	0.11	68	54	+0.92
Mar 25	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	20:15	0	0	1	0.17	48	54	+0.09
Mar 22	@ ANA	L 5–6 OT	19:55	0	1	2	0.21	44	43	+0.57
Mar 21	@ LAK	W 4–1	22:20	0	0	2	0.07	73	85	+0.72
Mar 19	@ SJS	W 5–0	24:07	0	0	1	0.35	44	55	+0.60
Mar 17	@ VGK	W 2–0	21:31	0	0	1	0.03	36	43	−0.31
Mar 14	vs TOR	W 3–2 OT	25:35	0	0	1	0.05	65	55	+0.27
Mar 12	vs WSH	L 1–2	23:02	0	0	3	0.13	63	36	−0.39
Mar 10	vs SJS	W 6–3	21:40	0	0	0	0.00	70	84	+1.38
Mar 8	vs TBL	W 8–7	20:12	0	3	7	0.38	59	34	+1.07
Mar 7	vs NSH	W 3–2	23:11	0	0	1	0.15	65	73	+0.63
Mar 5	@ PIT	W 5–1	22:32	0	1	2	0.04	67	57	+0.77
Mar 3	vs VGK	W 3–2	22:42	0	0	0	0.00	28	21	−1.90
Feb 28	@ TBL	W 6–2	22:45	0	1	4	0.23	48	53	+1.33
Feb 27	@ FLA	W 3–2	23:42	0	1	2	0.03	61	81	+2.32
Feb 25	@ NJD	W 2–1	23:08	0	1	0	0.01	55	58	+1.13
Feb 5	vs PIT	L 2–5	26:00	0	1	1	0.18	48	33	−0.12
Feb 3	@ TBL	L 3–4 OT	23:37	0	0	0	0.04	38	30	−0.62
Feb 2	@ FLA	W 5–3	22:54	0	0	0	0.00	23	27	−0.67
Jan 31	vs MTL	L 2–4	20:19	0	1	1	0.14	55	47	+0.16
Jan 29	vs LAK	W 4–1	20:40	0	1	1	0.01	42	41	+0.56
Jan 27	@ TOR	W 7–4	22:48	0	0	0	0.20	36	46	+0.02
Jan 24	@ NYI	W 5–0	21:18	0	0	2	0.11	62	69	+0.59
Jan 22	@ MTL	W 4–2	27:21	0	0	1	0.14	19	23	−0.57
Jan 20	@ NSH	W 5–3	23:59	0	0	2	0.13	51	58	+0.15
Jan 19	@ CAR	L 1–2	25:01	0	0	2	0.19	47	45	−0.13
Jan 17	vs MIN	L 4–5 OT	25:36	0	0	1	0.01	39	35	−0.91
Jan 15	vs MTL	W 5–3	25:05	0	0	1	0.01	50	35	−0.61
Jan 14	vs PHI	W 5–2	23:47	0	0	0	0.24	51	60	+0.81
Jan 12	vs FLA	L 3–4	24:16	0	1	1	0.04	47	54	+0.80
Jan 10	vs ANA	W 5–3	25:56	1	0	2	0.33	48	73	+1.94
Jan 8	@ NYR	W 5–2	23:45	0	1	0	0.01	36	42	+0.78
Jan 6	vs VAN	W 5–3	24:29	0	2	2	0.09	51	62	+1.89
Jan 3	@ CBJ	L 1–5	24:33	0	0	3	0.44	49	47	−0.20
Dec 31	@ DAL	W 4–1	24:36	1	1	2	0.40	49	66	+2.78
Dec 29	@ STL	W 4–2	22:21	0	0	0	0.51	55	81	+1.84
Dec 27	vs BOS	W 4–1	27:52	0	1	1	0.07	46	47	+0.72
Dec 23	@ OTT	W 3–2 OT	24:18	2	1	2	0.14	38	35	+2.27
Dec 21	@ NJD	W 3–1	22:18	0	1	1	0.51	38	26	+0.28
Dec 20	vs NYI	W 3–2 OT	22:49	0	0	1	0.28	48	61	+0.69
Dec 18	vs PHI	W 5–3	20:41	0	0	1	0.06	50	34	−0.23
Dec 14	@ SEA	W 3–1	20:33	0	0	0	0.00	33	49	+0.24
Dec 11	@ VAN	W 3–2	20:47	0	0	0	0.18	35	26	−0.63
Dec 9	@ EDM	W 4–3 OT	21:14	0	0	0	0.04	56	61	+0.37
Dec 8	@ CGY	L 4–7	19:54	0	0	1	0.08	58	49	+0.01
Dec 5	@ WPG	L 1–4	21:46	0	0	2	0.10	58	45	−0.64
Dec 3	@ PHI	L 2–5	23:49	1	0	2	0.44	55	36	+0.41
Dec 1	vs WPG	W 5–1	19:58	1	0	2	0.19	58	54	+1.37
Nov 29	@ MIN	W 3–2 OT	23:54	0	0	0	0.00	69	75	+0.87
Nov 28	vs NJD	L 0–5	19:43	0	0	1	0.04	65	62	+0.16
Nov 26	@ PIT	L 2–4	20:13	0	0	2	0.02	41	43	−0.29
Nov 23	vs CAR	W 4–1	18:48	0	0	1	0.08	41	66	+0.87
Nov 21	vs CHI	W 9–3	18:01	1	1	4	0.36	47	36	+1.57
Nov 19	vs CGY	L 2–6	19:51	0	0	1	0.02	46	20	−1.20
Nov 17	vs EDM	W 5–1	20:40	1	0	2	0.07	60	75	+1.92
Nov 15	@ DET	W 5–4 OT	20:28	0	1	3	0.19	52	42	+0.18
Nov 13	@ COL	L 3–6	24:21	1	0	4	0.53	33	42	+1.05
Nov 12	@ UTA	L 2–5	24:33	0	1	2	0.08	42	50	+0.83
Nov 8	@ CAR	L 3–6	21:30	0	0	2	0.49	17	20	−1.11
Nov 6	vs STL	L 0–3	21:03	0	0	0	0.07	50	60	+0.29
Nov 4	vs UTA	L 1–2 OT	19:00	0	0	1	0.12	41	54	+0.12
Nov 1	vs WSH	W 4–3 OT	18:54	0	0	0	0.12	19	18	−0.88
Oct 30	@ BOS	L 3–4 OT	19:50	0	0	2	0.15	61	75	+0.99
Oct 28	vs CBJ	L 3–4 OT	19:19	0	1	1	0.03	46	46	+0.85
Oct 25	@ TOR	L 3–4 OT	18:21	1	0	2	0.14	62	58	+0.89
Oct 24	vs TOR	W 5–3	21:25	0	1	1	0.04	53	32	+0.13
Oct 22	vs DET	W 4–2	19:42	0	1	3	0.34	72	73	+1.56
Oct 20	@ MTL	L 2–4	23:07	0	0	1	0.55	46	54	+0.98
Oct 18	vs FLA	W 3–0	24:17	0	0	1	0.11	46	61	+0.40
Oct 15	vs OTT	W 8–4	25:54	0	1	0	0.00	33	38	−0.11
Oct 13	vs COL	L 1–3	25:59	0	0	1	0.15	58	40	−0.27
Oct 11	@ BOS	L 1–3	24:44	0	0	0	0.01	44	29	−0.75
Oct 9	vs NYR	L 0–4	24:46	0	0	1	0.04	76	64	+0.20