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Dennis Gilbert

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Buffalo Sabres

D · 6'2", 216 lb · 30 years old · Shoots left · Buffalo, New York, USA

Drafted 2015 · CHI · round 3 · #91 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 29	@ANA	0	0	0	-0.3	0	+1	10:35
Oct 24	@WSH	0	0	0	0.2	0	-2	8:12
Oct 17	@MTL	0	0	0	-0.2	0	0	11:31
Oct 15	@TOR	1	0	1	0.1	1	+2	10:37
Oct 13	@MTL	0	1	1	0.4	0	+1	8:41

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 608.4616th

Blocks / 602.41218th

Takeaways / 601.2033rd

Giveaways / 602.4127th

Penalty minutes679th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average defenseman

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 14.6

Attempts against

D 14.7

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

20.4

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

75.8

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Goal1Missed2Shot blocked2

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Buffalo Sabres	5	1	1	2	+2	1	100.0	9:55
2025-26	Ottawa Senators	8	0	1	1	0	2	–	12:41
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	4	0	1	1	0	4	–	13:02
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	25	0	5	5	-3	5	–	10:04
2023-24	Calgary Flames	34	1	6	7	-7	23	4.3	12:17
2022-23	Calgary Flames	23	1	3	4	0	13	7.7	11:44
2020-21	Colorado Avalanche	3	0	0	0	0	0	–	6:43
2019-20	Chicago Blackhawks	21	1	2	3	-8	12	8.3	15:42
2018-19	Chicago Blackhawks	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:46
Career		124	4	19	23	-16	60	6.7	12:08

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2026-27	AHL	Rochester Americans	9	0	2	2
2025-26	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	6	0	1	1
2025-26	AHL	Belleville Senators	31	0	12	12
2022-23	AHL	Calgary Wranglers	26	2	3	5
2021-22	AHL	Colorado Eagles	52	6	17	23
2020-21	AHL	Colorado Eagles	17	1	7	8
2019-20	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	30	1	6	7
2018-19	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	63	5	9	14
2017-18	NCAA	Univ. of Notre Dame	39	4	6	10
2016-17	NCAA	Univ. of Notre Dame	40	0	22	22
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Notre Dame	37	2	8	10
2014-15	USHL	Chicago	59	4	23	27
2013-14	ON-Jr.A	Buffalo	35	4	13	17
2012-13	High-NY	St. Joseph's	28	12	8	20
2011-12	High-NY	St. Joseph's	27	4	5	9