Defense · BUF · 2024-25

Mattias Samuelsson

Age: 26
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 229 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Philadelphia

Games: 62
Goals: 4
Assists: 11
Points: 15
Ice time: 17:54/gm

Season2024-25

Rating · 2024-25

63/100

Middle of the roster

Physical Defender

Better than 63% of NHL defencemen.

+0.54wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense948 min31among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense948 min5among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill161 min62among defencemen who kill penalties

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2020-21BUF	12	—	+0.07	Where it came from
2021-22BUF	42	38	+0.18	Where it came from
2022-23BUF	55	28	+0.04	Where it came from
2023-24BUF	41	28	+0.08	Where it came from
2024-25BUF	62	63	+0.54	Where it came from
2025-26BUF	78	88	+1.55	Where it came from
2026-27BUF	6	—	+0.12	Where it came from
Career7 seasons	296	—	+2.58

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 58 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs PHIApr 17	W 5-4	22:48	0	0	0	0	C
vs TORApr 15	L 0-4	25:01	0	0	1	1	C-
vs BOSApr 6	W 6-3	19:53	0	0	0	0	C-
vs TBLApr 5	W 3-2 OT	22:27	0	0	2	4	C
@ OTTApr 1	W 5-2	22:33	2	2	0	1	C-

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.