Injuries · Buffalo Sabres
Injury Dashboard
The NHL injury report with the impact of every injury: who’s out, points lost per team, the team’s record with and without the player, and the salary-cap relief from LTIR (long-term injured reserve). Montreal Canadiens injuries are updated daily.
- Players out
- 124
- On an injury report now
- Man-games lost
- 1533
- Team games missed, season
- Points lost
- 393.9
- Points/game × games missed
- Proj. man-games
- 398
- Still to miss, next 10 games
- Proj. standings pts
- 10.2
- League-wide cost, next 10 games
- LTIR / eligible
- 17 / 43
- Eligible: ≥ 10 GP and ≥ 24 days on IR
Team injury impact
Points lost = each injured player's points per game × games missed (last season's rate if he has under 10 games this season). Projected columns cover the next 10 games. Click a team for its upcoming games; click a column to sort. Filters apply to the player list.
| Team | Out | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TORLTIR×3 | 11 | 34.3 | 135 | 36.0 h | 2 | 38 | 0.4 | −11.4% |
| ANALTIR×1 | 4 | 28.2 | 50 | 13.3 h | 1 | 25 | 0.9 | −4.8% |
| MTL | 6 | 24.6 | 79 | 21.3 h | 2 | 7 | 0.1 | −5.2% |
| PIT | 5 | 23.4 | 65 | 16.5 h | 1 | 15 | 0.6 | −3.5% |
| MINLTIR×1 | 4 | 22.4 | 64 | 26.6 h | 3 | 14 | 1.4 | −10.8% |
| LAK | 4 | 21.9 | 67 | 10.2 h | 2 | 4 | 0.1 | −5.1% |
| FLALTIR×2 | 4 | 20.3 | 55 | 15.8 h | 1 | 17 | 0.1 | −4.3% |
| EDMLTIR×2 | 7 | 18.5 | 110 | 37.6 h | 1 | 30 | 0.2 | −3.1% |
| NYI | 5 | 16.1 | 38 | 10.8 h | 1 | 14 | 0.6 | −4.1% |
| DET | 6 | 15.6 | 62 | 20.3 h | 3 | 7 | 0.1 | −2.2% |
Buffalo Sabres — player impact
Team P% = standings points ÷ points available, in games with him vs games he missed (shown from 3 games each side). † = last season's scoring rate. Proj. out = games still to miss in the next 10 games (rest of season in brackets; ~ = no reported timeline, typical duration used). Win%/gm and Proj. pts convert his goals above replacement into results (6 goals ≈ 1 win).
| Player | GM | P/GP | Pts lost | Team P% with → w/o | Δ | Proj. out | Back | Win%/gm | Proj. pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Left Shoulder · 25 days out | 10 | 0.00† | 0.0 | 50% → 60% | +10.0 pts | 9~ | Dec 1 | −7.7% | 1.4 |
Upper Body · 11 days out | 5 | 0.27 | 1.4 | 54% → 60% | +5.8 pts | 3 | Nov 17 | −0.0% | 0.0 |
Upper Body · 16 days out | 7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 50% → 64% | +14.3 pts | 1 | Nov 12 | −0.0% | 0.0 |
Lower Body · 27 days out | 11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 50% → 59% | +9.1 pts | 1 | Nov 12 | −0.0% | 0.0 |
Lower Body | 14 | 0.20† | 2.9 | 33% → 61% | +27.4 pts | — | — | — | — |
Undisclosed | 15 | — | — | — → 57% | — | — | — | — | — |
Undisclosed | 4 | 0.30 | 1.2 | 46% → 88% | +41.3 pts | — | — | — | — |
Upper Body | 3 | 0.22† | 0.7 | 57% → 50% | −7.1 pts | — | — | — | — |
BUF upcoming games
−1.4 pts proj.Who is projected out and the win probability those absences cost, game by game.
- Nov 11vs TBL−7.7% win prob
Out: Matt Grzelcyk, Alex Lyon, Justin Danforth, Konsta Helenius
- Nov 12@ CHI−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon, Konsta Helenius
- Nov 14@ DAL−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon, Konsta Helenius
- Nov 17@ PHI−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon
- Nov 19@ WSH−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon
- Nov 21@ FLA−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon
- Nov 22@ TBL−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon
- Nov 25vs NYR−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon
- Nov 27vs PIT−7.7% win prob
Out: Alex Lyon
- Dec 1@ EDMFull strength
Volume vs quality of games lost
Dashed lines are league medians. Red teams are above both: losing many games and losing productive players. Dot size = high-impact players out now.
Buffalo Sabres injuries
4 players- Out
Helenius (upper body) is week-to-week, according to Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic on Monday.
Updated Nov 2 · OUT
- Injured Reserve
Danforth (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, per the NHL media site.
Updated Oct 29 · IR
Lyon (upper body) had a setback in his recovery and is without a timeline to return, the team announced Thursday.
Updated Oct 15 · IR
- Injured Reserve
Grzelcyk (lower body) suffered a "flare-up" and could be out for at least "a few days," head coach Lindy Ruff told Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News on Tuesday.
Updated Oct 13 · IR
Man-games lost
2026–27Team games played while a player was on the injury report, summed across players. Tracking starts when a player first appears on the report.
Most games missed
Frequently asked questions
How many Canadiens players are injured right now?
6 Canadiens players are listed on the injury report as of Nov 9, 2026: Bryce Pickford (injured reserve), Ivan Demidov (injured reserve), Josh Anderson (day-to-day), Lucas Condotta (injured reserve), Mike Matheson (out) and Sam Montembeault (injured reserve).
How many NHL players are injured right now?
124 NHL players are listed as unavailable (injured or suspended) across 31 teams as of Nov 9, 2026; Toronto Maple Leafs has the most (11).
What do the NHL injury statuses mean?
Day-to-day means a player may return within days. Injured Reserve (IR) and Long-Term IR (LTIR) mean a player is out for an extended period. A suspended player is out for league discipline, not injury.
How often is the injury list updated?
The list refreshes several times a day during the season, and injuries feed into the game predictions.
How do injuries affect the predictions?
The injury impact view estimates how much a missing player’s production matters to his team, and absences are one of the inputs of the game model.
HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.