SAM LAFFERTY

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Center Leaders

2024 - 2025

Name	G	A	Pts
Nathan MacKinnon	32	83	115
Leon Draisaitl	52	54	106
Jack Eichel	27	66	93
Connor McDavid	26	64	90
Sidney Crosby	30	56	86
Mark Scheifele	38	46	84
Nick Suzuki	27	57	84
Martin Necas	27	54	81
Brayden Point	41	38	79
Matt Duchene	29	50	79
Sam Reinhart	37	41	78
Jake Guentzel	38	39	77

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SAM LAFFERTY

Buffalo Sabres

2024 - 2025
- G 3
- A 3
- PTS 6
- +/- -11
- PIM 26
- PPP 0
- SH% 6.8
- L 4%
- C 16%
- R 80%
SAM LAFFERTY is 6' 2" and weighs 205 pounds. He is currently 30.1 years old. His contract has a cap hit of $2,000,000 that expires after the 2025-2026 season.

Buffalo Sabres Leaders

2024 - 2025

Name	G	A	Pts
Tage Thompson	43	27	70
Alex Tuch	33	29	62
Rasmus Dahlin	15	47	62
JJ Peterka	23	38	61
Jason Zucker	21	30	51
Ryan McLeod	19	29	48
Owen Power	7	33	40
Bowen Byram	7	30	37
Josh Norris	21	14	35
Jack Quinn	14	21	35
Zach Benson	10	17	27
Peyton Krebs	9	17	26

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News

Sam Lafferty

Is nearing a return but unlikely to play in tonight's game.

Mar 27, 2025 - 11:30 am
Sam Lafferty

Left today's game with a groin injury.

Mar 22, 2025 - 5:07 pm
Sam Lafferty

Is expected to be in the lineup for today's game.

Feb 27, 2025 - 6:32 pm
Sam Lafferty

Is not expected to be in the lineup for today's game.

Jan 4, 2025 - 2:21 pm

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Mar 26, 2025

Basic Stats

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S/GP	SH%	H	BS	FW	FO%	TOI	EVTOI	PPTOI	PKTOI
24-25	BUF	54	3	3	6	-11	26	44	0.8	6.8	86	13	67	49.6	9.83	9.32	0.03	0.48
23-24	VAN	79	13	11	24	4	32	78	1	16.7	192	32	150	42.1	11.88	11.15	0.39	0.35
22-23	TOR	70	12	15	27	-11	37	102	1.5	11.8	125	33	248	51.1	14.61	12.27	0.66	1.69
21-22	CHI	56	5	8	13	-16	37	80	1.4	6.3	137	26	108	41.1	13.57	11.61	0.04	1.92
20-21	PIT	34	0	6	6	-6	25	33	1	0.0	89	11	55	52.4	9.78	9.60	0.02	0.15

Enhanced Stats (5-on-5 unless denoted with *)

Season	G/60	A/60	P/60	IPP	ΔPEN/60	1A	2A	EVS/60*	PPS/60*	SATF	SAT%	tEVSH%	tEVSV%	SHSV	ZS%
24-25	0.36	0.36	0.73	60	-0.56	1	2	5.1	0.0	405	45.9	5.6	0.910	966	37.3
23-24	0.84	0.77	1.61	72	0.19	4	7	5.0	5.9	736	48.2	9.1	0.916	1007	49.8
22-23	0.58	0.87	1.44	86	0.12	7	5	6.1	3.9	684	45.0	7.0	0.909	979	36.6
21-22	0.48	0.67	1.15	71	0.24	6	1	6.4	0.0	495	44.2	6.3	0.896	959	23.2
20-21	0.00	1.11	1.11	67	-0.54	3	3	6.1	0.0	242	44.8	6.2	0.911	973	23.3

Regression Meter

This meter measures whether or not a player's point production is being influenced by luck. Orange indicates the player has been lucky. Dark grey indicates the player has been unlucky.

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tEVSH%

SH%

IPP

PPSH%

Positional Data

Season	Team	Left	Center	Right
24-25	BUF	4	16	80
23-24	VAN	1	24	75
22-23	TOR	0	42	58
21-22	CHI	11	24	64
20-21	PIT	21	9	71

Most Common Linemates and Line Production

Team	F1	F2	F3	GF	GA	GF%	SATF	SATA	SAT%	USATF	USATA	USAT%	SH%	SV%	SHSV	ZS%
BUF	MALENSTYN	KREBS	LAFFERTY	3	4	42.9	103	117	46.8	67	83	44.7	7.1	0.920	991	26.5
BUF	MALENSTYN	MCLEOD	LAFFERTY	2	4	33.3	66	73	47.5	50	52	49.0	6.1	0.852	912	35.7
BUF	MALENSTYN	KOZAK	LAFFERTY	1	0	100.0	43	74	36.8	32	48	40.0	4.8	1.000	1048	46.7

Next Opponent (With Line Matching)

Carolina Hurricanes on April 8, 2025 | See also: Line Matching Tool

These two teams last played on Thursday, February 27, 2025. These were the lines used most frequently against SAM LAFFERTY.

FORWARD 1	FORWARD 2	FORWARD 3	Frequency
ERIC ROBINSON	JESPERI KOTKANIEMI	JACK ROSLOVIC	23.53%
MIKKO RANTANEN	SEBASTIAN AHO	ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	14.71%
TAYLOR HALL	TYSON JOST	JACKSON BLAKE	61.76%

Most Recent 10 Games

OPP	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SH%	H	BS	FW	FL	FO%	TOI	EVTOI	PPTOI	PKTOI	ID
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	13:17	13:17	00:00	00:00	21226
TBL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33	09:01	09:00	00:01	00:00	21215
OTT	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	33	10:28	10:28	00:00	00:00	21184
WSH	1	1	0	0	1	100	3	0	3	1	75	12:46	12:46	00:00	00:00	21171
MIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	3	40	07:33	07:33	00:00	00:00	21106
UTA	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	5	3	63	12:19	11:55	00:24	00:00	21100
BOS	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	50	08:36	08:32	00:00	00:04	21073
VGK	0	0	-1	0	3	0	4	1	3	2	60	12:21	12:21	00:00	00:00	21055
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	67	07:51	07:51	00:00	00:00	21036
EDM	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	04:20	04:20	00:00	00:00	21021

SAM LAFFERTY

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Buy-Low and Sell-High: Skaters

Basic Stats

Enhanced Stats (5-on-5 unless denoted with *)

Regression Meter

Positional Data

Most Common Linemates and Line Production

Next Opponent (With Line Matching)

Most Recent 10 Games

Player Usage Chart / Possession and Luck Chart

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