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Dylan Cozens

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Ottawa Senators
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	7 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	207	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	24 (Feb 9, 2001)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2019, Round 1, Overall 7 (BUF)

News and Opinions

2025 Ottawa Senators Report Cards: Steve Staios at Silver Seven Sens (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Which games on 2025-26 schedule are homecoming games for ex-Senators from 2024-25? at SenShot (Thu Jul 17, 2025)
Top 25 Under 25, 2025: Reader Voting at Silver Seven Sens (Mon Jul 14, 2025)
The Sabres letting Jacob Bernard-Docker leave may come back to haunt them at Sabres Noise (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Josh Norris now has golden opportunity to prove Senators wrong in Buffalo at SenShot (Thu Jun 26, 2025)
How NHL can bring back Nordiques to have Canadian rivalries explode even more at SenShot (Thu Jun 26, 2025)
Big potential trade target is off the books for Senators at SenShot (Thu Jun 26, 2025)
Senators Grind Out Win in Game 5 at Sens Chirp (Wed Apr 30, 2025)
Devils Aim For Quick Bounce Back Against Senators at Devils Army (Sat Mar 22, 2025)
New Jersey Devils Trade Deadline Preview at Devils Army (Fri Mar 7, 2025)
Devils Army Blog Top-20 Trade List, Trade Tracker at Devils Army (Thu Mar 6, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 7, 2025	Ottawa Senators	Acquired from Buffalo Sabres
Mar 7, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Traded to Ottawa Senators
Feb 7, 2023	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 7 years @ $7.100M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 15, 2019	Buffalo Sabres	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	Bantam	Whitehorse Mustangs Bantam A	12	8	5	13
2014-15	Bantam	Whitehorse Mustangs Bantam A	23	9	9	18
2014-15	CWG	Team Yukon										5	2	1	3		2
2015-16	BCEHL U18	Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA	2	1	1	2
2015-16	CSSHL U15	Delta Hockey Academy U15 Prep G	25	19	12	31		18				3	5	1	6
2016-17	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes	3	1	0	1						12	3	5	8	+1
2016-17	CSSHL U18	Yale Hockey Academy U18 Prep	30	27	30	57		40				3	2	2	4
2017-18	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes	57	22	31	53	-6	20				16	7	6	13	+3	14
2017-18	WHC-17	Canada Red U17	6	1	6	7
2017-18	U17-Dev	Team Red	3	1	1	2
2018-19	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes	68	34	50	84	+32	30				7	4	4	8	-2	2
2018-19	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	4	5	9	+8	4
2018-19	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	2	3	5
2019-20	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes	51	38	47	85	+23	38
2019-20	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	2	7	9	+6	4
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	41	4	9	13	-15	16	62	6.5	14:21
2020-21	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	8	8	16	+11	6
2021-22	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	79	13	25	38	-19	55	160	8.1	15:54
2021-22	WC	Canada	10	7	6	13	+12	2
2022-23	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	81	31	37	68	-3	41	211	14.7	16:30
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	79	18	29	47	-4	42	200	9.0	17:14
2023-24	International	Team Canada	2	1	0	1	+1
2023-24	WC	Canada	10	9	2	11	+3	2
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	61	11	20	31	-13	62	139	7.9	17:13
2024-25	NHL	Ottawa Senators	21	5	11	16	-4	6	49	10.2	16:37	6	1	1	2	-2	12	13	7.7	16:36
NHL Career			362	82	131	213	-58	222	821	10.0	16:25	6	1	1	2	-2	12	13	7.7	16:36

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.
2020-21	BUF	41	481:31	0.37	1.12	1.50	0.61	-0.24	6.25	10.24	-3.99	3.12	3.12
2021-22	BUF	79	1023:25	0.64	0.82	1.47	0.71	-0.07	8.94	9.90	-0.96	3.03	6.67
2022-23	BUF	81	946:21	1.27	1.14	2.41	0.99	0.28	13.70	10.67	3.02	5.82	9.52
2023-24	BUF	79	984:31	0.49	1.10	1.58	0.80	-0.31	5.71	9.39	-3.68	4.42	12.15
2024-25	OTT	21	251:10	0.48	1.19	1.67	0.61	-0.13	7.14	9.09	-1.95	5.56	8.33
2024-25	BUF	61	793:59	0.68	1.21	1.89	0.71	-0.03	9.57	9.97	-0.40	3.05	6.87
2024-25	BUF, OTT	82	1045:09	0.63	1.21	1.84	0.68	-0.05	9.02	9.77	-0.76	3.59	7.19

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
2020-21	BUF	41	481:31	41.99	2.49	2.38	48.97	3.61	2.94	40.82	44.71	0.16	0.42	-2.16
2021-22	BUF	79	1023:25	39.69	2.23	2.28	41.92	2.87	2.55	43.68	47.21	-0.00	0.00	-0.03
2022-23	BUF	81	946:21	44.95	3.17	2.91	47.87	3.42	3.18	48.08	47.83	0.30	0.50	-1.63
2023-24	BUF	79	984:31	44.37	2.56	2.65	43.33	2.56	2.69	50.00	49.61	0.21	0.17	0.39
2024-25	OTT	21	251:10	39.18	2.63	2.03	49.21	3.58	2.95	42.31	40.75	-0.34	0.71	-10.70
2024-25	BUF	61	793:59	43.00	2.87	2.48	44.43	3.02	2.76	48.72	47.42	0.12	0.34	-2.08
2024-25	BUF, OTT	82	1045:09	42.08	2.81	2.38	45.58	3.16	2.80	47.12	45.88	0.01	0.43	-4.12

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%
2021-22	79	23.0	0.8	5.8	5.8	86.8	48.5	14.2	44.9	40.9	42.1	18.9	39.0
2022-23	81	23.0	0.8	9.3	9.7	90.7	45.9	4.1	56.4	39.5	42.4	19.1	38.5
2023-24	79	23.0	0.6	9.4	9.7	94.7	56.0	14.4	51.9	33.8	41.8	18.5	39.7
2024-25	82	22.5	0.7	9.3	9.6	87.2	60.9	12.3	55.8	31.9	40.7	17.8	41.5

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.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Perron, D	Batherson, D	OTT	159:21	3.39	2.64	56.25	2.12	2.45	46.42	-0.21	0.05	-2.87
2024-25	Quinn, J	Peterka, J	BUF	109:59	3.27	4.36	42.86	2.36	2.82	45.52	0.04	0.31	-2.52
2024-25	Quinn, J	Benson, Z	BUF	68:23	1.75	0.88	66.67	2.29	2.01	53.16	-0.12	-0.52	4.45
2024-25	Zucker, J	Thompson, T	BUF	67:48	1.77	4.42	28.57	2.60	2.91	47.22	0.09	0.31	-1.95
2024-25	Zucker, J	Tuch, A	BUF	57:25	2.09	2.09	50.00	2.81	3.03	48.14	0.38	0.51	-0.94
2024-25	Quinn, J	Kulich, J	BUF	50:34	2.37	1.19	66.67	1.99	3.16	38.59	-0.32	0.76	-10.37
2024-25	Krebs, P	Benson, Z	BUF	44:12	4.07	0.00	100.00	2.21	2.02	52.24	-0.23	-0.64	4.45
2024-25	Tuch, A	Peterka, J	BUF	38:33	7.78	4.67	62.50	2.43	2.56	48.70	-0.06	0.04	-1.04
2024-25	Peterka, J	Benson, Z	BUF	38:10	3.14	9.43	25.00	3.08	3.33	48.03	0.65	0.62	0.77
2024-25	Tuch, A	Greenway, J	BUF	36:40	3.27	0.00	100.00	3.07	3.01	50.44	0.63	0.48	1.42
2024-25	Perron, D	Batherson, D	OTT	34:52	1.72	5.16	25.00	2.53	2.29	52.44	0.47	0.36	0.84
2024-25	Kulich, J	Benson, Z	BUF	29:56	2.00	0.00	100.00	3.65	1.84	66.52	1.32	-0.66	18.22
2024-25	Greenway, J	Quinn, J	BUF	21:15	5.65	2.82	66.67	2.54	2.50	50.38	0.07	0.05	0.17
2024-25	Krebs, P	Quinn, J	BUF	20:52	2.88	5.75	33.33	1.35	3.17	29.90	-0.96	0.65	-17.93
2024-25	Zetterlund, F	Batherson, D	OTT	20:48	0.00	2.88	0.00	3.06	2.60	54.02	0.97	0.80	0.38
2023-24	Peterka, J	Benson, Z	BUF	194:43	1.23	1.54	44.44	2.95	2.53	53.85	0.52	-0.11	5.92
2023-24	Quinn, J	Peterka, J	BUF	126:18	4.75	3.80	55.56	3.21	2.62	55.03	0.63	0.16	3.85
2023-24	Greenway, J	Benson, Z	BUF	69:52	2.58	2.58	50.00	2.77	3.02	47.87	0.19	0.40	-1.71
2023-24	Greenway, J	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	66:52	1.79	1.79	50.00	1.43	2.10	40.47	-1.11	-0.42	-9.70
2023-24	Quinn, J	Benson, Z	BUF	63:27	3.78	4.73	44.44	3.12	2.52	55.34	0.54	0.00	4.72
2023-24	Mittelstadt, C	Peterka, J	BUF	40:31	2.96	4.44	40.00	2.30	3.24	41.50	-0.28	0.88	-10.70
2023-24	Greenway, J	Thompson, T	BUF	33:45	5.33	3.56	60.00	4.19	2.01	67.56	1.76	-0.36	16.89
2023-24	Olofsson, V	Peterka, J	BUF	29:57	2.00	4.01	33.33	1.38	2.21	38.46	-1.14	-0.35	-11.18
2023-24	Skinner, J	Tuch, A	BUF	29:00	2.07	0.00	100.00	1.40	3.15	30.79	-1.24	0.57	-19.83
2023-24	Greenway, J	Peterka, J	BUF	20:36	0.00	2.91	0.00	1.01	3.87	20.65	-1.50	1.41	-29.77
2022-23	Quinn, J	Peterka, J	BUF	388:49	2.78	3.70	42.86	3.32	3.09	51.81	0.76	0.30	3.92
2022-23	Hinostroza, V	Peterka, J	BUF	66:11	1.81	3.63	33.33	2.57	2.86	47.27	-0.14	-0.13	-0.20
2022-23	Olofsson, V	Peterka, J	BUF	61:37	2.92	3.90	42.86	3.08	3.88	44.24	0.41	1.06	-4.37
2022-23	Hinostroza, V	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	58:47	6.12	3.06	66.67	2.93	4.29	40.59	0.59	1.36	-3.80
2022-23	Tuch, A	Peterka, J	BUF	57:36	1.04	1.04	50.00	1.81	2.48	42.16	-0.89	-0.33	-6.84
2022-23	Greenway, J	Thompson, T	BUF	49:08	3.66	2.44	60.00	3.30	2.82	53.95	0.66	0.09	4.71
2022-23	Skinner, J	Tuch, A	BUF	32:32	3.69	1.84	66.67	2.48	3.14	44.20	-0.21	0.40	-5.42
2022-23	Olofsson, V	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	23:01	5.21	2.61	66.67	4.03	3.71	52.04	1.45	0.87	4.49
2021-22	Hinostroza, V	Krebs, P	BUF	139:07	2.16	2.59	45.45	2.02	2.36	46.12	-0.43	-0.15	-3.27
2021-22	Okposo, K	Murray, B	BUF	113:37	3.17	1.58	66.67	2.44	2.28	51.73	0.19	-0.39	5.90
2021-22	Hinostroza, V	Caggiula, D	BUF	106:23	3.38	5.08	40.00	2.17	2.88	43.03	0.09	0.44	-3.08
2021-22	Okposo, K	Asplund, R	BUF	79:37	1.51	2.26	40.00	2.39	2.27	51.30	-0.07	-0.18	1.18
2021-22	Skinner, J	Hinostroza, V	BUF	78:18	1.53	2.30	40.00	3.42	2.95	53.68	1.27	0.52	6.77
2021-22	Olofsson, V	Krebs, P	BUF	49:36	2.42	6.05	28.57	1.51	2.88	34.29	-1.02	0.30	-15.14
2021-22	Olofsson, V	Asplund, R	BUF	47:32	0.00	3.79	0.00	2.64	2.26	53.90	0.31	-0.29	6.16
2021-22	Okposo, K	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	41:40	1.44	1.44	50.00	0.81	1.76	31.40	-1.85	-0.53	-22.24
2021-22	Skinner, J	Tuch, A	BUF	40:00	9.00	0.00	100.00	3.50	2.33	60.05	1.35	-0.37	15.75
2021-22	Hinostroza, V	Bjork, A	BUF	23:04	0.00	7.80	0.00	1.80	1.91	48.52	-0.42	-0.54	0.92
2021-22	Hinostroza, V	Asplund, R	BUF	21:55	0.00	2.74	0.00	1.99	1.31	60.37	-0.37	-1.18	11.70
2020-21	Bjork, A	Ruotsalainen, A	BUF	87:39	3.42	3.42	50.00	2.12	2.39	47.01	-0.27	-0.43	1.09
2020-21	Staal, E	Hall, T	BUF	71:46	2.51	3.34	42.86	3.50	3.49	50.07	1.20	0.84	3.58
2020-21	Eakin, C	Rieder, T	BUF	42:36	5.63	2.82	66.67	1.97	2.27	46.44	-0.19	-0.17	-0.55
2020-21	Hall, T	Reinhart, S	BUF	36:17	4.96	4.96	50.00	1.78	2.69	39.87	-0.16	-0.01	-1.96
2020-21	Hall, T	Eichel, J	BUF	31:28	1.91	5.72	25.00	2.00	2.05	49.35	-0.28	-0.46	1.73
2020-21	Staal, E	Olofsson, V	BUF	30:34	1.96	0.00	100.00	1.87	2.34	44.35	-0.45	-0.19	-3.44
2020-21	Skinner, J	Ruotsalainen, A	BUF	20:55	0.00	5.74	0.00	2.69	3.15	46.04	0.23	0.48	-1.85
2020-21	Bjork, A	Caggiula, D	BUF	20:04	0.00	5.98	0.00	2.85	4.18	40.48	0.52	1.27	-3.87

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	22		$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$5,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	RFA
2024-25	23		$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	24		$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	25		$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	RFA-arb
2027-28	26	M-NTC	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	UFA
2028-29	27	M-NTC	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	UFA
2029-30	28	M-NTC	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	UFA
Total					-	$2,000,000	$47,700,000	$49,700,000	$49,700,000

Signed: Feb 7, 2023

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.5

Clause: Starting in 2027-28 player can submit a 5 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	18	$925,000	$1,775,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2020-21	19	$894,167	$1,744,167	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	20	$894,167	$1,744,167	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2022-23	21	$894,167	$1,744,167	$850,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$2,550,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 15, 2019

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

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

*Age is as of September 15