Defense · BUF · 2025-26

Mattias Samuelsson

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

Games: 78
Goals: 13
Assists: 26
Points: 39
Ice time: 22:50/gm

Season2025-26

Rating · 2025-26

88/100

Top of the roster

Offensive Creator

Better than 88% of NHL defencemen.

+1.55wins 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 offense1556 min56among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense1556 min15among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill220 min45among 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

Second Round · vs MTL · 7 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs MTLMay 18	L 2-3 OT	28:35	0	1	1	2	2	B
@ MTLMay 16	W 8-3	22:53	0	1	1	1	0	B
vs MTLMay 14	L 3-6	25:27	0	1	1	4	3	B
@ MTLMay 12	W 3-2	23:47	1	0	1	2	5	B-
@ MTLMay 10	L 2-6	23:05	0	0	0	1	2	C+
vs MTLMay 8	L 1-5	19:47	0	0	0	0	3	D
vs MTLMay 6	W 4-2	21:35	0	1	1	0	0	B-

First Round · BOS · 6 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ BOSMay 1	W 4-1	22:36	1	1	2	2	B-
vs BOSApr 28	L 1-2 OT	26:13	0	0	2	2	C+
@ BOSApr 26	W 6-1	17:55	0	0	0	1	C
@ BOSApr 23	W 3-1	18:33	0	0	1	1	C-
vs BOSApr 21	L 2-4	17:57	0	0	1	0	D+
vs BOSApr 19	W 4-3	22:20	1	1	2	2	C+

Regular season · 78 games

Game	Result	TOI	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ CHIApr 13	W 5-1	18:59	0	1	C
vs CBJApr 9	W 5-0	21:03	2	5	D+
@ NYRApr 8	W 5-3	20:39	0	1	C+
vs TBLApr 6	W 4-2	22:44	1	1	C-
@ WSHApr 4	L 2-6	19:54	2	2	B

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.