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Anton Wahlberg

Position	Center	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years ($833.3K CapHit)
Height	6'4"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	22
Age (DOB)	20 (July 4, 2005)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2023, Round 2, Overall 39 (BUF)

News/Contracts/Statistics
Transaction History

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 28, 2026	Buffalo Sabres	Assigned to AHL
Feb 24, 2026	Buffalo Sabres	Recalled from AHL
Jul 14, 2023	Buffalo Sabres	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

5 prospects Flyers can target in a Rasmus Ristolainen trade at Broad Street Hockey (Tue Mar 3, 2026)
Following move to center with Amerks, prospect Anton Wahlberg receives first recall to Sabres at Sabres Space (Wed Feb 25, 2026)
Following move to center with Amerks, prospect Anton Wahlberg receives first recall to Sabres at Buffalo Hockey Beat (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Sabres News: Anton Wahlberg recalled, Konsta Helenius contract, Rasmus Dahlin at Sabres Noise (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Struggling Buffalo Sabres prospect could become NHL trade candidate at Sabres Noise (Tue Jan 27, 2026)
Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #15 Anton Wahlberg at Die by the Blade (Sun Aug 24, 2025)

Current Contract

Anton Wahlberg signed a $2,690,000 3-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on July 14, 2023 with an AAV of $896,667. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.07% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	18	$896,667	$950,000	-	$95,000	-	$95,000	-	ELC
2024-25	19	$865,000	$918,333	-	$95,000	-	$95,000	-	ELC
2025-26	20	$833,333	$866,667	$80,000	$95,000	$775,000	$870,000	$82,500	ELC
2026-27	21	$833,333	$866,667	$80,000	-	$775,000	$775,000	$82,500	ELC
2027-28	22	$833,333	$866,667	-	-	$855,000	$855,000	$82,500	ELC
Total				$160,000	$285,000	$2,405,000	$2,690,000	$247,500

Signed: July 14, 2023

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2018-19	U16 Div.1	Limhamn HK U16	21	9	7	16		12
2018-19	J18 Div.2	Limhamn HK J18	1	0	0	0		12
2019-20	U16 Elit	Malmö Redhawks U16	20	8	7	15		2
2019-20	U16 SM	Malmö Redhawks U16	3	2	3	5		4
2019-20	U16 Div.1	Malmö Redhawks U16 2	2	1	0	1		4
2019-20	J18 Elit	Malmö Redhawks J18	1	0	0	0	-1
2020-21	U16 Region	Malmö Redhawks U16	6	4	4	8		10
2021-22	J18 Region	Malmö Redhawks U18	24	12	16	28	+18	10
2021-22	SHL	Malmö Redhawks	1	0	0	0
2021-22	J20 Nationell	Malmö Redhawks J20										7	1	3	4	+5	10
2021-22	J20 Nationell	Malmö Redhawks U20	22	3	4	7	-5	12				7	1	3	4	+5	10
2023-24	AHL	Rochester Americans	9	1	3	4	+1	6				5	1		1	+1
2024-25	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	4	4	8	+7	2
2024-25	AHL	Rochester Americans	63	11	19	30	+3	6				6				-4
2025-26	AHL	Rochester Americans	68	9	28	37	+5	20				3		3	3