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Jacob Bryson

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	5'9"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	177	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	28
Age	27 (Nov 18, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 4, Overall 99 (BUF)

News and Opinions

Should the Sabres target another blockbuster NHL trade with the Mammoth? at Sabres Noise (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Sabres defenseman named possible Red Wings target in NHL trade talk at Sabres Noise (Mon Aug 18, 2025)
3 key roster battles to follow at Buffalo Sabres training camp at Sabres Noise (Mon Aug 18, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #23 Zac Jones at Die by the Blade (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres 2026 free agents: trade, re-sign or let them walk? at Sabres Noise (Thu Aug 7, 2025)
7 worst moves by Kevyn Adams as Buffalo Sabres general manager at Sabres Noise (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
These early Sabres lines could raise eyebrows (in a not-so-good way) at Sabres Noise (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
The Sabres letting Jacob Bernard-Docker leave may come back to haunt them at Sabres Noise (Wed Jul 2, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 20, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $900K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $900K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 10, 2022	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $1.850M AAV starting in 2022-23
Apr 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
2012-13	AHMMPL	London Jr. Knights Gold Min Mdgt	29	3	17	20		4				16	1	4	5		4
2013-14	Midget	London Jr. Knights Midget AAA	82	5	38	43	+36	10
2013-14	AHMPL	London Jr. Knights Midget AAA										16	1	3	4		6
2014-15	USHS-Prep	The Loomis Chaffee School	27	5	10	15
2014-15	MHSL U18	Neponset Valley River Rats U18	14	3	9	12		2
2015-16	USHL	Omaha Lancers	56	3	28	31	-8	36
2016-17	NCAA	Providence College	39	3	17	20		12
2017-18	NCAA	Providence College	40	4	21	25	+16	18
2018-19	NCAA	Providence College	42	4	24	28	+17	8
2019-20	AHL	Rochester Americans	61	4	23	27	+8	34
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	38	1	8	9	-1	12	24	4.2	19:03
2020-21	AHL	Rochester Americans	5	0	3	3	-3	2
2021-22	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	73	1	9	10	-9	12	43	2.3	18:20
2022-23	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	59	1	8	9	-24	8	27	3.7	14:35
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	36	1	7	8	+5	8	15	6.7	14:41
2023-24	AHL	Rochester Americans	10	0	3	3	+5	2
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	48	0	7	7	-9	10	20	0.0	14:24
NHL Career			254	4	39	43	-38	50	129	3.1	16:18

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Reb.
2020-21	BUF	38	590:26	0.10	0.51	0.61	0.10	-0.00	4.55	4.64	-0.10	0.00
2021-22	BUF	73	1161:50	0.00	0.15	0.15	0.07	-0.07	0.00	3.67	-3.67	0.00
2022-23	BUF	59	782:23	0.08	0.46	0.54	0.08	-0.00	3.70	3.94	-0.24	2.50
2023-24	BUF	36	473:37	0.13	0.89	1.01	0.07	0.06	6.67	3.73	2.93	0.00
2024-25	BUF	48	627:37	0.00	0.67	0.67	0.10	-0.10	0.00	5.26	-5.26	10.71

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	38	590:26	35.87	2.54	2.24	47.66	2.85	2.72	47.17	45.22	-0.05	-0.05	-0.03
2021-22	BUF	73	1161:50	37.03	2.48	2.31	39.92	2.74	2.45	47.52	48.59	0.01	-0.15	1.63
2022-23	BUF	59	782:23	40.26	1.92	2.38	42.64	3.83	2.66	33.33	47.16	-0.34	-0.05	-2.94
2023-24	BUF	36	473:37	37.88	2.15	2.36	40.54	1.77	2.37	54.84	49.91	-0.03	-0.32	2.88
2024-25	BUF	48	627:37	36.61	2.29	2.20	43.98	3.44	2.66	40.00	45.28	-0.17	0.16	-3.46

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	73	22.5	0.4	5.6	5.7	88.3	58.6	70.6	23.5	5.9	42.2	18.7	39.1
2022-23	59	22.7	0.3	8.9	9.0	87.5	58.3	71.4	28.6	0.0	41.1	18.3	40.6
2023-24	36	22.7	0.2	8.3	8.4	80.9	50.8	63.6	36.4	0.0	43.8	18.3	37.9
2024-25	48	21.4	0.3	8.7	8.7	83.0	68.9	75.0	18.8	6.2	40.2	18.3	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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Clifton, C	BUF	231:01	3.38	3.64	48.15	2.11	2.80	42.95	-0.21	0.36	-5.80
2024-25	Byram, B	BUF	112:12	1.07	2.14	33.33	2.27	2.45	48.12	-0.04	-0.10	0.60
2024-25	Power, O	BUF	100:12	2.40	4.19	36.36	2.62	2.42	51.96	0.35	-0.12	4.73
2024-25	Jokiharju, H	BUF	50:25	2.38	2.38	50.00	2.38	2.53	48.49	-0.11	-0.05	-0.65
2024-25	Bernard-Docker, J	BUF	38:38	1.55	3.11	33.33	3.06	3.15	49.30	0.98	0.48	5.47
2024-25	Dahlin, R	BUF	37:18	3.22	3.22	50.00	1.69	2.58	39.51	-0.65	0.05	-8.47
2024-25	Samuelsson, M	BUF	34:46	0.00	5.18	0.00	1.25	3.12	28.67	-1.05	0.45	-17.72
2023-24	Clifton, C	BUF	284:52	1.68	1.47	53.33	2.21	2.31	48.79	-0.24	-0.31	0.60
2023-24	Power, O	BUF	72:51	1.65	1.65	50.00	2.43	2.09	53.79	0.04	-0.62	6.86
2023-24	Dahlin, R	BUF	43:25	1.38	4.15	25.00	2.53	2.80	47.44	0.15	0.22	-0.53
2023-24	Johnson, E	BUF	29:24	2.04	2.04	50.00	2.65	2.31	53.45	0.33	-0.08	4.16
2022-23	Lyubushkin, I	BUF	290:40	1.86	3.30	36.00	2.04	2.77	42.51	-0.64	0.01	-6.92
2022-23	Dahlin, R	BUF	176:04	1.02	3.75	21.43	2.39	2.68	47.10	-0.24	0.04	-2.73
2022-23	Power, O	BUF	111:08	1.62	5.40	23.08	2.31	2.54	47.60	-0.33	-0.16	-1.80
2022-23	Jokiharju, H	BUF	51:31	1.16	3.49	25.00	2.21	3.07	41.88	-0.35	0.37	-6.84
2022-23	Fitzgerald, C	BUF	48:48	1.23	4.92	20.00	3.54	2.16	62.04	0.87	-0.40	11.06
2022-23	Samuelsson, M	BUF	31:00	1.94	0.00	100.00	2.20	3.41	39.26	-0.57	0.65	-10.87
2022-23	Stillman, R	BUF	26:37	4.51	0.00	100.00	2.97	2.05	59.15	0.78	-0.87	16.30
2022-23	Clague, K	BUF	21:28	8.39	2.80	75.00	4.47	1.91	70.10	1.80	-0.75	20.06
2021-22	Miller, C	BUF	349:12	2.06	2.41	46.15	2.22	2.45	47.59	0.14	-0.11	2.68
2021-22	Samuelsson, M	BUF	168:48	4.62	2.49	65.00	2.06	2.46	45.56	-0.38	-0.08	-3.44
2021-22	Jokiharju, H	BUF	143:52	2.92	2.50	53.85	2.13	2.67	44.35	-0.29	0.12	-4.30
2021-22	Dahlin, R	BUF	134:24	3.12	1.79	63.64	2.75	2.36	53.75	0.49	-0.23	7.23
2021-22	Fitzgerald, C	BUF	131:00	2.29	2.29	50.00	2.56	2.12	54.74	0.09	-0.45	5.73
2021-22	Pysyk, M	BUF	128:41	1.40	3.73	27.27	2.17	2.32	48.35	0.01	-0.30	3.20
2021-22	Hagg, R	BUF	74:54	0.00	5.61	0.00	2.07	3.14	39.74	-0.21	0.58	-7.42
2020-21	Ristolainen, R	BUF	250:59	2.15	2.39	47.37	2.09	2.84	42.37	-0.23	0.16	-4.03
2020-21	Miller, C	BUF	117:54	3.56	2.54	58.33	2.21	2.27	49.35	-0.02	-0.53	4.95
2020-21	Montour, B	BUF	107:26	2.79	3.35	45.45	2.74	2.98	47.90	0.58	0.25	3.71
2020-21	Borgen, W	BUF	72:50	3.30	4.12	44.44	2.39	2.69	47.03	-0.13	0.12	-2.49

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 (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	27		$900,000	$900,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000

Signed: Mar 20, 2025

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.94

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	26		$900,000	$900,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.02

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	-	-	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	25	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$3,700,000	$3,700,000	$3,700,000

Signed: July 10, 2022

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 2.24

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	21	$889,166	$925,000	$107,500	$92,500	$725,000	$817,500	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$889,166	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	23	$889,166	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$107,500	$277,500	$2,390,000	$2,667,500	$210,000

Signed: Apr 15, 2019

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15