Center · BUF · 2024-25

Sam Lafferty

Age: 31
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205 lb
Shoots: R
Born: Hollidaysburg

Games: 60
Goals: 4
Assists: 3
Points: 7
Ice time: 9:08/gm

Rating · 2024-25

18/100

Below replacement

Energy Grinder

Better than 18% of NHL forwards.

-0.10wins 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 offense520 min12among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense520 min54among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty killDoesn't 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
2019-20PIT	50	34	+0.27	Where it came from
2020-21PIT	34	0	-0.49	Where it came from
2021-22TOT	56	7	-0.34	Where it came from
2022-23TOT	70	59	+0.73	Where it came from
2023-24VAN	79	73	+1.20	Where it came from
2024-25BUF	60	18	-0.10	Where it came from
2025-26CHI	29	29	+0.05	Where it came from
2026-27FLA	2	—	-0.04	Where it came from
Career8 seasons	380	—	+1.27

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

Game log

Regular season · 56 games

Game	Result	TOI	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs PHIApr 17	W 5-4	8:36	1	1	C-
vs TORApr 15	L 0-4	8:49	0	0	C-
vs BOSApr 6	W 6-3	13:17	0	0	C-
vs TBLApr 5	W 3-2 OT	9:01	0	0	D+
@ OTTApr 1	W 5-2	10:28	1	1	D-

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL forwards — 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.