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Photo of NHL player Colten Ellis

Buffalo Sabres Logo Colten Ellis

Position Goaltender Current Team Buffalo Sabres
Catches Left Current Contract 2 years ($775.0K CapHit)
Height 6'1" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 191 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 26
Age (DOB) 25 (Oct 5, 2000) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2019, Round 3, Overall 93 (STL)
Date Team Transaction
Dec 31, 2025 Buffalo Sabres Activated from IR
Dec 11, 2025 Buffalo Sabres Placed on IR
Oct 6, 2025 Buffalo Sabres Claimed on Waivers from St. Louis Blues
Oct 6, 2025 St. Louis Blues Lost on Waivers to Buffalo Sabres
Oct 5, 2025 St. Louis Blues Placed on Waivers
Mar 6, 2025 St. Louis Blues Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jun 11, 2024 St. Louis Blues Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Mar 1, 2021 St. Louis Blues 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
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2025-26 BUF 16 710:42 43.14 29.38 2.73 2.62 0.11 91.09 90.71 0.38

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2025-26 BUF 16 56:04 75.98 56.72 7.72 7.49 0.23 86.79 86.38 0.41

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Colten Ellis signed a $1,550,000 2-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on March 6, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 24 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $175,000 RFA-arb
2026-27 25 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $225,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $400,000
Signed: Mar 6, 2025
Team: St. Louis Blues
GM: Doug Armstrong
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Colten Ellis signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on June 11, 2024 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.88% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 23 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $85,000 RFA
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $85,000
Signed: June 11, 2024
Team: St. Louis Blues
GM: Doug Armstrong
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.88

Colten Ellis signed a $2,552,500 3-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on March 1, 2021 with an AAV of $850,833. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.04% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 20 $850,833 $925,000 $82,500 $92,500 $750,000 $842,500 $70,000 ELC
2022-23 21 $850,833 $925,000 $82,500 $92,500 $750,000 $842,500 $70,000 ELC
2023-24 22 $850,833 $925,000 $57,500 $92,500 $775,000 $867,500 $70,000 ELC
Total $222,500 $277,500 $2,275,000 $2,552,500 $210,000
Signed: Mar 1, 2021
Team: St. Louis Blues
GM: Doug Armstrong
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2013-14 NSU15MHL Nova Jr. X Men U15 13 2.08 5 5.29
2014-15 NSU15MHL Nova Jr. X Men U15 24 21 3 39 1.61 2 7 1 9 0.00
2015-16 NSU18MHL Cape Breton West Islanders U18 18 5 12 582 64 3.70 0.890 2 1 58 11 5.84 0.810
2016-17 QMJHL Cape Breton Eagles 3 2 52 6 2.50 0.885
2016-17 NSU18MHL Cape Breton West Islanders U18 15 14 1 388 31 2.05 0.920 9 12 2 429 30 1.86 0.930
2017-18 QMJHL Rimouski Océanic 51 33 8 6 1278 111 2.35 0.913 7 3 4 182 21 3.12 0.885
2017-18 WJC-18 Canada U18 2 2 62 7 3.50 0.887
2018-19 QMJHL Rimouski Océanic 46 27 15 2 1214 109 2.47 0.910 12 8 4 356 29 2.36 0.919
2018-19 QMJHL Rimouski Océanic 46 27 15 2 1214 109 2.47 0.910 12 8 4 356 29 2.36 0.919
2019-20 QMJHL Rimouski Océanic 29 18 7 3 705 68 2.41 0.904
2019-20 QMJHL Rimouski Océanic 29 18 7 3 705 68 2.41 0.904
2020-21 QMJHL Charlottetown Islanders 24 23 1 581 43 1.78 0.926 8 5 3 168 23 3.11 0.863
2021-22 AHL Springfield Thunderbirds 6 1 3 2 191 23 3.93 0.880
2021-22 ECHL Worcester Railers 34 15 13 5 1141 108 3.21 0.905
2023-24 AHL Springfield Thunderbirds 16 7 9 605 46 2.89 0.924
2024-25 AHL Springfield Thunderbirds 42 22 14 2 1359 106 2.63 0.922 3 1 2 5 104 7 2.32 0.933
2025-26 NHL Buffalo Sabres 16 16 8 4 2 455 44 2.90 0.903
NHL Career 16 16 8 4 2 455 44 2.90 0.903