Center · BUF · 2025-26

Tyson Kozak

Age: 23
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Souris

Games: 46
Goals: 2
Assists: 5
Points: 7
Ice time: 11:17/gm

Season2025-26

Rating · 2025-26

25/100

Depth

Energy Grinder

Better than 25% of NHL forwards.

-0.01wins 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 offense473 min16among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense473 min10among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill43 min56among forwards who kill penalties · small sample

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
2024-25BUF	21	—	+0.23	Where it came from
2025-26BUF	46	25	-0.01	Where it came from
2026-27BUF	2	—	-0.00	Where it came from
Career3 seasons	69	—	+0.21

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

Game log

Second Round · vs MTL · 2 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs MTLMay 8	L 1-5	10:02	0	0	0	1	0	D
vs MTLMay 6	W 4-2	10:56	0	0	0	1	3	C+

First Round · BOS · 4 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ BOSMay 1	W 4-1	11:01	0	0	0	2	D+
vs BOSApr 28	L 1-2 OT	16:55	0	0	1	1	C+
@ BOSApr 26	W 6-1	10:59	1	1	2	2	B
@ BOSApr 23	W 3-1	8:35	0	0	1	0	C+

Regular season · 46 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs DALApr 15	OTL 3-4 OT	13:34	1	1	0	1	D
@ CHIApr 13	W 5-1	10:49	0	0	1	1	C
vs CBJApr 9	W 5-0	9:38	0	0	2	0	C
@ NYRApr 8	W 5-3	10:50	0	0	0	2	C
@ WSHApr 4	L 2-6	12:15	0	0	0	1	B

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.