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Sam Lafferty

Position	Right Wing / Center	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age	30 (Mar 6, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 4, Overall 113 (PIT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Dec 20, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Activated from IR
Dec 5, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Apr 29, 2022	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed 2 years @ $1.150M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 8, 2020	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 2 years @ $750K AAV starting in 2020-21
Mar 6, 2018	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2019-20	PIT	50	6	7	13	+5	23	56	10.7	9:37	1				-1			0.0	7:40
2020-21	PIT	34	0	6	6	-6	25	33	0.0	9:47
2021-22	PIT	10	0	2	2	0	16	9	0.0	8:43
2021-22	CHI	46	5	6	11	-16	21	71	7.0	14:38
2022-23	CHI	51	10	11	21	-10	28	83	12.0	15:07
2022-23	TOR	19	2	4	6	-1	9	19	10.5	13:15	9	1	2	3	-1	2	8	12.5	10:41
2023-24	VAN	79	13	11	24	+4	32	78	16.7	11:53	11				-2	2	7	0.0	8:36
2024-25	BUF	60	4	3	7	-15	28	50	8.0	9:53
Career		349	40	50	90	-39	182	399	10.0	11:49	21	1	2	3	-4	4	15	6.7	9:27

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.
2019-20	PIT	50	440:25	0.68	0.95	1.63	0.61	0.07	9.62	8.61	1.00	4.41	4.41
2020-21	PIT	34	318:09	0.00	1.13	1.13	0.56	-0.56	0.00	9.22	-9.22	4.55	2.27
2021-22	CHI	46	547:25	0.55	0.55	1.10	0.72	-0.17	8.47	11.10	-2.62	5.56	2.78
2021-22	PIT	10	77:00	0.00	1.56	1.56	0.78	-0.78	0.00	12.56	-12.56	0.00	7.69
2021-22	CHI, PIT	56	624:25	0.48	0.67	1.15	0.73	-0.25	7.46	11.27	-3.81	4.71	3.53
2022-23	CHI	51	615:40	0.58	0.78	1.36	0.59	-0.01	8.82	8.93	-0.11	5.49	6.59
2022-23	TOR	19	211:34	0.57	1.13	1.70	0.47	0.10	11.76	9.69	2.08	5.00	10.00
2022-23	CHI, TOR	70	827:14	0.58	0.87	1.45	0.56	0.02	9.41	9.08	0.33	5.41	7.21
2023-24	VAN	79	831:16	0.87	0.65	1.52	0.68	0.18	17.39	13.72	3.67	9.52	10.48
2024-25	BUF	60	553:13	0.43	0.33	0.76	0.46	-0.02	8.33	8.77	-0.44	3.08	4.62

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
2019-20	PIT	50	440:25	35.42	1.91	1.90	40.19	1.63	2.18	53.85	46.46	-0.58	-0.12	-5.34
2020-21	PIT	34	318:09	35.45	1.70	2.02	43.56	2.83	2.41	37.50	45.55	-0.49	0.12	-6.66
2021-22	CHI	46	547:25	34.53	1.53	2.18	43.95	3.40	2.33	31.11	48.42	-0.01	-0.35	3.37
2021-22	PIT	10	77:00	45.19	3.12	2.71	35.06	3.12	2.14	50.00	55.94	-0.22	-0.03	-1.54
2021-22	CHI, PIT	56	624:25	35.84	1.73	2.25	42.86	3.36	2.30	33.96	49.41	-0.09	-0.27	1.87
2022-23	CHI	51	615:40	37.33	1.85	2.16	43.76	3.31	2.81	35.85	43.40	0.10	-0.20	2.76
2022-23	TOR	19	211:34	35.17	1.99	2.25	46.51	1.99	2.63	50.00	46.14	-0.83	0.18	-9.68
2022-23	CHI, TOR	70	827:14	36.77	1.89	2.18	44.46	2.97	2.77	38.81	44.09	-0.16	-0.09	-0.93
2023-24	VAN	79	831:16	35.73	2.17	2.04	39.84	2.17	2.29	50.00	47.19	-0.60	0.05	-7.01
2024-25	BUF	60	553:13	34.27	1.19	1.80	41.86	2.49	2.42	32.35	42.73	-0.64	-0.09	-6.63

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	56	23.1	1.8	7.6	7.7	97.5	43.8	7.0	28.2	64.8	43.5	18.6	37.9
2022-23	70	23.0	1.2	10.1	10.2	87.3	44.3	13.2	42.6	44.1	44.9	18.3	36.8
2023-24	79	23.4	1.4	10.1	10.2	89.0	24.2	6.3	38.1	55.6	41.1	18.3	40.6
2024-25	60	22.9	1.0	10.1	10.2	86.2	55.6	29.4	38.2	32.4	42.2	17.5	40.3

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	29	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2025-26	30	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.27

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	-	-	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	UFA
2023-24	28	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	-	-	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000

Signed: Apr 29, 2022

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.39

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

Signed: Oct 8, 2020

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$767,500	$925,000	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	24	$767,500	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$315,000	$185,000	$1,350,000	$1,535,000	$140,000

Signed: Mar 6, 2018

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15