Mattias Samuelsson
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 26Mar 14, 2000
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 234 lbs106 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2018 · Round 2 · 32nd overall · BUF
Mattias Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabres defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Philadelphia, PA, USA · Draft: 2018 · Round 2, pick 1 (#32 overall) · BUF · 7 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 304
- G
- 22
- A
- 71
- PTS
- 93
- +/-
- 46
Playoffs
- GP
- 13
- G
- 3
- A
- 4
- PTS
- 7
- +/-
- 4
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits13#348 of 659
- Hits per game0.81#390 of 659
- Hits per 602.05#476 of 659
- Blocked shots32#24 of 659
- Takeaways7#41 of 659
- Giveaways18#502 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.57#371 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.25#485 of 659
- Goals above expected+0.43#211 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.048#464 of 659
- High-danger shots4#373 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)50.0%#308 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-2.3%#431 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)49.6%#327 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.017#223 of 659
- Offensive zone starts51.8%#295 of 659
- Time on ice per game23:42#27 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 15 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.3%39.0%Beats 20%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 42.0%41.3%Beats 38%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.9%42.9%Beats 19%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph22.3 mphBeats 89%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 818Beats 89%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 01Beats 82%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.4 mph74.5 mphBeats 94%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph94.3 mphBeats 88%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 0 shots
- Left circle: 2 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 4 shots
- Outside left: 3 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 3 shots
- Centre point: 4 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 10Beats 53%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 37Beats 88%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 79More than 71%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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