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Mattias Samuelsson

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	7 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	227	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	25 (Mar 14, 2000)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2018, Round 2, Overall 32 (BUF)

News and Opinions

Buffalo Sabres projected lineup after trades, NHL draft and free agency at Sabres Noise (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
The Other Young Defenseman That Needs A New Contract...Soon at All About the Jersey (Mon Jul 14, 2025)
These early Sabres lines could raise eyebrows (in a not-so-good way) at Sabres Noise (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
The Sabres trading for this All-Star caliber defenseman could make their defense elite at Sabres Noise (Fri Jun 27, 2025)
New Jersey Devils should sign Simon Nemec to a long-term deal on July 1st at Pucks and Pitchforks (Tue Jun 24, 2025)
Fans already know what a successful Sabres offseason really looks like at Sabres Noise (Mon Jun 23, 2025)
3 big splashes the Sharks could make this offseason on the trade market at Blades of Teal (Fri Jun 20, 2025)
Radim Mrtka checks a box that should thrill every Sabres fan at Sabres Noise (Thu Jun 12, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Dec 11, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Activated from IR
Nov 13, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Placed on IR
Oct 12, 2022	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 7 years @ $4.286M AAV starting in 2023-24
Mar 25, 2020	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	AYMBHL	Virtua Hockey Bantam Minor AAA	31	1	10	11		8
2012-13	QC Int PW AA Elite	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers										4		5	5
2013-14	AYBHL	Virtua Hockey Bantam Major AAA	23	6	19	25		10
2014-15	EJEPL 18U	Northwood School Prep	19	1	1	2
2014-15	WSI U15	East Coast Selects O U15										7	2	7	9		2
2015-16	YOG	USA U16	6	0	2	2	+6
2015-16	USHS-Prep	Northwood School	47	14	15	29
2015-16	USA-S15	Team Grey	5	3	0	3
2016-17	USDP	U.S. National U18 Team	10	0	2	2		6
2016-17	USDP	U.S. National U17 Team	37	6	8	14		38
2016-17	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	30	5	5	10		26
2017-18	WJC-18	USA U18	7	1	1	2	+2	6
2017-18	USDP	U.S. National U18 Team	58	11	20	31		113
2017-18	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	23	4	10	14	+16	64
2018-19	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	35	5	7	12	+3	37
2018-19	WJC-20	USA U20	7	0	0	0	+3
2019-20	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	30	2	12	14	+17	41
2019-20	WJC-20	USA U20	5	0	0	0	+3	6
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	12	0	2	2	-8	4	10	0.0	18:02
2020-21	AHL	Rochester Americans	23	3	10	13	-8	12
2021-22	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	42	0	10	10	-10	16	44	0.0	20:00
2021-22	AHL	Rochester Americans	22	2	13	15	-11	16
2022-23	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	55	2	8	10	+14	20	76	2.6	22:11
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	41	1	6	7	+4	26	44	2.3	20:30
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	62	4	10	14	+3	22	52	7.7	19:18
NHL Career			212	7	36	43	+3	88	226	3.1	20:21

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	12	185:24	0.00	0.65	0.65	0.10	-0.10	0.00	3.19	-3.19	0.00	0.00
2021-22	BUF	42	714:00	0.00	0.76	0.76	0.15	-0.15	0.00	4.31	-4.31	0.00	3.77
2022-23	BUF	55	1023:17	0.12	0.41	0.53	0.17	-0.05	2.90	4.12	-1.22	0.00	1.06
2023-24	BUF	41	695:24	0.09	0.35	0.43	0.12	-0.03	2.50	3.34	-0.84	0.00	0.00
2024-25	BUF	62	979:24	0.18	0.55	0.74	0.12	0.07	6.67	4.21	2.45	2.86	0.00

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	12	185:24	37.22	0.97	2.12	50.16	3.88	2.79	20.00	43.17	-0.24	0.10	-3.59
2021-22	BUF	42	714:00	37.48	2.69	2.26	41.93	3.78	2.63	41.56	46.27	-0.16	0.10	-2.69
2022-23	BUF	55	1023:17	41.87	3.22	2.65	44.97	2.76	2.84	53.92	48.32	-0.11	-0.09	-0.15
2023-24	BUF	41	695:24	44.09	2.33	2.54	39.09	2.42	2.41	49.09	51.29	-0.00	-0.19	1.87
2024-25	BUF	62	979:24	38.78	2.51	2.19	43.86	2.88	2.57	46.59	45.95	-0.21	-0.00	-2.26

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	42	21.8	0.3	8.3	8.6	90.4	65.3	65.8	15.8	18.4	44.0	18.8	37.2
2022-23	55	21.9	0.2	8.4	8.7	89.6	64.1	58.6	31.0	10.3	42.3	19.2	38.5
2023-24	41	22.4	0.4	8.4	8.7	90.6	62.3	75.8	21.2	3.0	41.3	18.4	40.3
2024-25	62	22.5	0.2	8.3	8.6	92.8	73.0	62.5	34.4	3.1	42.1	18.3	39.6

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	Dahlin, R	BUF	327:37	2.93	2.75	51.61	2.33	2.23	51.10	-0.02	-0.39	3.83
2024-25	Power, O	BUF	311:34	2.50	2.50	50.00	2.00	2.75	42.14	-0.34	0.20	-5.71
2024-25	Clifton, C	BUF	182:29	1.64	3.62	31.25	2.43	2.82	46.30	0.15	0.32	-1.40
2024-25	Byram, B	BUF	60:52	2.96	3.94	42.86	1.86	3.54	34.38	-0.50	0.97	-13.45
2024-25	Bryson, J	BUF	34:46	0.00	5.18	0.00	1.25	3.12	28.67	-1.05	0.45	-17.72
2024-25	Jokiharju, H	BUF	26:04	4.60	0.00	100.00	2.97	1.01	74.58	0.59	-1.58	26.69
2023-24	Dahlin, R	BUF	432:24	1.53	2.91	34.38	2.52	2.45	50.71	-0.03	-0.12	0.92
2023-24	Power, O	BUF	96:55	3.10	0.62	83.33	2.88	2.24	56.21	0.36	-0.30	6.46
2023-24	Clifton, C	BUF	75:15	4.78	2.39	66.67	2.21	2.87	43.44	-0.29	0.35	-6.23
2023-24	Jokiharju, H	BUF	36:33	4.92	0.00	100.00	2.37	2.00	54.24	-0.20	-0.65	4.95
2023-24	Johnson, E	BUF	28:29	4.21	2.11	66.67	2.47	2.58	48.87	-0.10	0.10	-1.97
2022-23	Dahlin, R	BUF	666:30	3.51	2.79	55.71	2.71	2.90	48.27	-0.01	0.03	-0.33
2022-23	Power, O	BUF	106:54	4.49	2.81	61.54	3.59	2.25	61.49	0.86	-0.66	13.12
2022-23	Jokiharju, H	BUF	61:07	1.96	5.89	25.00	2.09	2.58	44.66	-0.72	-0.34	-4.30
2022-23	Clague, K	BUF	49:44	3.62	2.41	60.00	2.53	3.23	43.91	-0.04	0.26	-2.47
2022-23	Lyubushkin, I	BUF	46:14	1.30	1.30	50.00	1.80	2.09	46.24	-0.97	-0.85	-2.29
2022-23	Bryson, J	BUF	31:00	1.94	0.00	100.00	2.20	3.41	39.26	-0.57	0.65	-10.87
2022-23	Fitzgerald, C	BUF	20:05	0.00	0.00	-	2.28	1.77	56.30	-0.41	-1.19	8.62
2021-22	Fitzgerald, C	BUF	219:09	1.92	6.30	23.33	2.29	2.75	45.44	-0.23	0.36	-5.86
2021-22	Bryson, J	BUF	168:48	4.62	2.49	65.00	2.06	2.46	45.56	-0.38	-0.08	-3.44
2021-22	Dahlin, R	BUF	134:20	1.34	2.68	33.33	2.67	2.28	53.97	0.36	-0.33	6.94
2021-22	Pysyk, M	BUF	106:38	2.81	2.81	50.00	1.88	3.06	38.04	-0.42	0.41	-8.37
2021-22	Jokiharju, H	BUF	41:23	1.45	1.45	50.00	2.44	2.85	46.09	0.04	0.25	-1.78
2020-21	Ristolainen, R	BUF	167:31	0.72	3.94	15.38	1.91	2.89	39.85	-0.52	0.24	-8.00

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*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	23	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	$2,000,000	$2,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	RFA
2024-25	24	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	-	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	RFA-arb
2025-26	25	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	-	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	RFA-arb
2026-27	26	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	-	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	RFA-arb
2027-28	27	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	-	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	UFA
2028-29	28	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	-	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	UFA
2029-30	29	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	-	-	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	$4,285,714	UFA
Total				-	$2,000,000	$27,999,998	$29,999,998	$29,999,998

Signed: Oct 12, 2022

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.13

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

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

Signed: Mar 25, 2020

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15