SEAMUS CASEY - Casey missed nearly two months for AHL Utica due to a wrist injury, Ben Birnell of The Daily Sentinel reports. SEBASTIAN COSSA - Cossa has gone 14-9-3 with a 2.23 GAA and a .918 save percentage over 26 games with AHL Grand Rapids this season. TREVOR CONNELLY - Connelly has been dealing with an injury, but he'll draw back into the lineup for Providence College on Friday, Mark Divver of the New England Hockey Journal reports. KEVIN LANKINEN - Lankinen will defend the road crease versus Sweden on Saturday in Finland's second game of the 4 Nations Face-Off, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports. FILIP GUSTAVSSON - Gustavsson is expected to start against Team Finland on Saturday, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. TANNER MOLENDYK - Molendyk is Nashville's top prospect in the 2025 rankings made by Scott Wheeler of The Athletic. CALE MAKAR - Makar -- who missed practice Friday due to an illness -- is expected to suit up in Saturday's clash with Team USA after coach Jon Cooper told reporters Friday, "I'm confident he'll be there," per Chris Johnston of The Athletic. KEVIN LANKINEN - Lankinen was the first goaltender off the ice at morning skate and is slated to defend the crease versus Sweden on Friday, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports. DANILA YUROV - Yurov has reportedly turned down a contract extension with KHL club Magnitogorsk Metallurg in favor of making the jump to the NHL next year, per RG Media. THOMAS HARLEY - Harley will be allowed to join Team Canada ahead of Saturday's matchup with the United States, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports. Get more news updates on our Player Newsfeed!

#9 ZACH BENSON (L)
BUFFALO SABRES
 

Age 19.8 Birth Date 2005-05-12
Shoots L Draft Info 2023 (1/13)
Height 5'10 Fantrax Roster% 40
Weight 170 Yahoo Roster% 2
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2024-11-04Injury UpdateBenson (lower body) is a "possibility" to suit up against the Senators on Tuesday according to head coach Lindy Ruff, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.
2024-11-01Injury UpdatePer Heather Engel of NHL.com, Benson (lower body) is a possibility to return to action next week, according to coach Lindy Ruff on Friday.
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2024-10-28Injury UpdateBenson (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Monday, per the NHL media site.
2024-10-26Injury UpdateBenson (lower body) will not play versus Detroit on Saturday, according to Heather Engel of NHL.com.
2024-10-25Injury UpdateBenson (lower body) is not at practice Friday, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.

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2024-2025 Salary UFA Year Expiry Status Arbitration Eligible? Group 6 UFA Eligible?
950,000 2030 RFA No No
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2024-2025950,0001,600,000
2025-2026950,0001,600,000

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NHL ID: 8484145

2024-2025 Regular Season Game Log

Date OPP Team Status G A PTS +/- PIM SOG PPG PPP HITS BKS FOW FO% PPTOI %PP SHTOI %SH TOI HIghlights

Upcoming Games

Game Date Opponent
Feb 22NYR
Feb 25ANA
Feb 27@CAR
Mar 1MTL
Mar 3@MTL
Mar 4S.J
Mar 6@T.B
Mar 8@FLA
Mar 10EDM
Mar 12@DET
Mar 15VGK
Mar 17@BOS
Mar 20@UTA
Mar 22@MIN
Mar 23@WPG
Mar 25OTT
Mar 27PIT
Mar 29@PHI
Mar 30@WSH
Apr 1@OTT
Apr 5T.B
Apr 6BOS
Apr 8CAR
Apr 10@CBJ
Apr 12@FLA
Apr 13@T.B
Apr 15TOR
Apr 17PHI

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2024-2025 Regular Season Game Log

Date OPP Team Status W L OTL GA SA GAA SV% GSAA SO QS RBS MIN

Upcoming Games

Game Date Opponent
Feb 22NYR
Feb 25ANA
Feb 27@CAR
Mar 1MTL
Mar 3@MTL
Mar 4S.J
Mar 6@T.B
Mar 8@FLA
Mar 10EDM
Mar 12@DET
Mar 15VGK
Mar 17@BOS
Mar 20@UTA
Mar 22@MIN
Mar 23@WPG
Mar 25OTT
Mar 27PIT
Mar 29@PHI
Mar 30@WSH
Apr 1@OTT
Apr 5T.B
Apr 6BOS
Apr 8CAR
Apr 10@CBJ
Apr 12@FLA
Apr 13@T.B
Apr 15TOR
Apr 17PHI

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2024-2025 Regular Season Line Combinations

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Even Strength Line Production (total pts: )

PTS %Total Line Combination

Even Strength Best Linemate

PTS Linemate

Power Play Line Combinations

Freq Line Combination
Num Time % Line GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%

Power Play Line Production (total pts: )

PTS %Total Line Combination

Power Play Best Linemate

PTS Linemate

Buffalo Sabres Last Game Lines (2025-02-08)

Opponent: Nashville Predators
Num Time % EV - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
110:4919.9JASON ZUCKER - ALEX TUCH - RYAN MCLEOD2116554.514863.6
210:2019.0TAGE THOMPSON - JJ PETERKA - JIRI KULICH03-35645.5131448.1
39:5418.2DYLAN COZENS - PEYTON KREBS - JACK QUINN0004180.012285.7
43:376.7SAM LAFFERTY - PEYTON KREBS - ZACH BENSON000000.03350.0
Num Time % EV - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
114:5327.4RASMUS DAHLIN - BOWEN BYRAM3038280.019773.1
27:3714.0HENRI JOKIHARJU - OWEN POWER000030.06460.0
36:1311.4CONNOR CLIFTON - JACOB BRYSON01-15183.38280.0
43:256.3DENNIS GILBERT - OWEN POWER0001233.34544.4
Num Time % PP - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
12:1666.7JASON ZUCKER - TAGE THOMPSON - JJ PETERKA - JACK QUINN00020100.04180.0
20:3115.2ALEX TUCH - DYLAN COZENS - JIRI KULICH - ZACH BENSON10120100.030100.0
30:209.8JASON ZUCKER - ALEX TUCH - DYLAN COZENS - JJ PETERKA000000.0000.0
40:136.4ALEX TUCH - JACK QUINN - JIRI KULICH - ZACH BENSON000000.0000.0
Num Time % PP - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
12:2068.6RASMUS DAHLIN00020100.04180.0
21:0431.4OWEN POWER10120100.030100.0
Num Time % SH - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
10:5641.5RYAN MCLEOD - ZACH BENSON000020.0030.0
20:4331.9SAM LAFFERTY - PEYTON KREBS00010100.010100.0
30:1813.3DYLAN COZENS - PEYTON KREBS000000.0020.0
Num Time % SH - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
11:1152.6BOWEN BYRAM - JACOB BRYSON01-1030.0050.0
20:4231.1CONNOR CLIFTON - OWEN POWER00010100.010100.0
30:2014.8CONNOR CLIFTON - BOWEN BYRAM000000.0020.0

BUFFALO SABRES 2024-2025 Regular Season Stats

Name GP W L OTL GA SHA GAA SV% GSAA GA 5v5 SA 5v5 SV% 5v5 xGA 5v5 GSAX GSAX/GP SO QS QS% RBS RBS% MIN

BUFFALO SABRES Prospect Profile Pages

Name Age Draf Year Draf Round Draf Pick Link Upside Certainty
FELIX SANDSTROM28.120153706.06.3
DEVON LEVI23.1202072128.08.0
TOPIAS LEINONEN21.120222417.06.0
SCOTT RATZLAFF19.9202351415.54.0
RYERSON LEENDERS18.7202472197.07.0

Career Stats (Regular Season)

Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 82GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2024-2025BUF4899180.3831-2347112.71.521230016317.601:4234.618.614:47
2023-2024BUF711119300.4235-3369811.21.435020040529.401:0424.016.314:31
3 Year AVG 821419330.4033-34811611.81.439130039623.501:1928.517.314:37
CAREER 1192028480.4033-57016911.81.456250056823.501:1928.517.314:37

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2024-2025BUF4890.1990.19180.38340.71711.4830.06210.44160.3330.06
2023-2024BUF71110.15190.27300.42360.51981.3820.03350.49400.5650.07

Career Stats (Non-NHL)

Season League Team GP G A PTS PTS/G PIM +/- SOG SOG/G S% PPP NHLe
2022-2023WHLWenatchee Wild603662981.63496800.00040
2022-2023Hlinka Gretzky CupCanada U1852571.402000.000
2021-2022WHLWenatchee Wild582538631.09284000.00027
2020-2021WHLWenatchee Wild241010200.8312800.00021
2019-2020CSSHL U15Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep303056862.8726000.000
2019-2020CSSHL U16Yale Hockey Academy Elite 15s51120.400000.000
2018-2019CSSHL U15Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep28613190.6812000.000
2018-2019WSI U14Draftday Hockey Selects U1470330.430000.000
2016-2017WSI U12Pro Hockey Hutson Selects U1263581.336000.000
Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 82GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP

Career Stats (Non-NHL)

Season League Team GP G A PTS PTS/G PIM +/- SOG SOG/G S% PPP NHLe
2022-2023WHLWenatchee Wild15710171.138200.00028
2021-2022WHLWenatchee Wild15914231.5310900.00038
2019-2020CSSHL U15Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep23252.500000.000
2018-2019CSSHL U15Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep51340.800000.000
Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 82GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2024-2025BUF21231.5012344250.01.000000400.002:2845.58.115:19
2023-2024BUF64371.1796-261233.32.021300100.004:0258.91.416:46
3 Year AVG 8251511021.251032110314435.71.8211031005100.003:3956.12.716:24
CAREER 855101.251032101435.71.821300500.003:3956.12.716:24

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2024-2025BUF210.5021.0031.5042.0021.0000.0000.0042.0000.00
2023-2024BUF640.6730.5071.1761.00122.0030.5020.3310.1700.00

Regular Season Quarterly Comparison

2024-2025

QuarterGPGAPTSSOGPPPPPTOITOI
1163142111:4714:29
22146103301:3215:10
3112241721:5514:27
40000000:00:0

Lines by quarter

QuarterLine Combination

2023-2024

QuarterGPGAPTSSOGPPPPPTOITOI
1121451301:2114:20
2213693901:4215:28
3182242000:3213:54
42057122620:4014:09

Lines by quarter

QuarterLine Combination

Buy/Sell Meter

Shooting % 12.7
5on5 Shooting % 8.9
PTS/60 1.5
PDO 985
Sec. Asst% 0

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Advanced Stats

Year PDO 5 on 5 S% OZ Start% PTS/60 SOG/60 %PP IPP PPIPP CF% Sec Assists Sec Assist %

Expected Goals

Year GF 5v5 xGF 5v5 xGF/60 GA 5v5 xGA 5v5 xGA/60 xG% 5v5

NHL Edge

  Skating Speed Skating Distance Shot Speed Shot Location Zone Time%
Season Top speed 22+ MPH 20+ MPH 18+ MPH Tot. dist Tot. dist/60 Tot. dist EV Tot. dist/60 EV Tot. dist PP Tot. dist/60 PP Tot. dist PK Tot. dist/60 PK Top Speed AVG Speed 100+ 90-100 80-90 70-80 High Danger SOG High Danger G Mid Danger SOG Mid Danger G Long SOG Long G Off Zone Def Zone OZ - EV DZ - EV OZ - PP DZ - PP OZ - PK DZ - PK

Extended Game Log

Date OPP TEAM CF CA CF% GF 5v5 xGF 5v5 xGF/60 GA 5v5 xGA 5v5 xGA/60 xG% 5v5



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