Sam Lafferty

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Center Leaders

2024 - 2025

Name	G	A	Pts
Nathan MacKinnon	31	83	114
Leon Draisaitl	52	54	106
Jack Eichel	27	66	93
Connor McDavid	26	64	90
Mark Scheifele	37	45	82
Sidney Crosby	27	55	82
Martin Necas	27	54	81
Nick Suzuki	26	55	81
Sam Reinhart	37	41	78
Matt Duchene	29	48	77
Brayden Point	38	37	75
Dylan Strome	25	50	75

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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 17%
- R 79%
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	39	27	66
JJ Peterka	23	37	60
Alex Tuch	32	27	59
Rasmus Dahlin	14	45	59
Jason Zucker	19	30	49
Ryan McLeod	19	29	48
Owen Power	7	32	39
Josh Norris	21	14	35
Jack Quinn	14	21	35
Bowen Byram	7	28	35
Zach Benson	10	15	25
Peyton Krebs	9	15	24

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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	52	3	3	6	-11	26	44	0.8	6.8	85	13	66	50.8	9.78	9.25	0.03	0.50
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	0.38	0.38	0.76	60	-0.59	1	2	5.3	0.0	386	45.1	5.9	0.909	968	36.0
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	17	79
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	101	114	47.0	66	82	44.6	7.3	0.918	992	26.5
BUF	MALENSTYN	MCLEOD	LAFFERTY	2	4	33.3	65	73	47.1	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)

Tampa Bay Lightning on April 5, 2025 | See also: Line Matching Tool

These two teams last played on Thursday, March 6, 2025. These were the lines used most frequently against Sam Lafferty.

FORWARD 1	FORWARD 2	FORWARD 3	Frequency
MITCHELL CHAFFEE	LUKE GLENDENING	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	51.02%
NIKITA KUCHEROV	BRAYDEN POINT	JAKE GUENTZEL	32.65%
OLIVER BJORKSTRAND	YANNI GOURDE	GAGE GONCALVES	16.33%

Most Recent 10 Games

OPP	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SH%	H	BS	FW	FL	FO%	TOI	EVTOI	PPTOI	PKTOI	ID
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
FLA	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	09:00	09:00	00:00	00:00	21006
TBL	0	0	-2	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	100	12:32	12:26	00:06	00:00	20989

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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

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