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Tage Thompson

#72

Buffalo Sabres

C · 6'6", 220 lb · 29 years old · Shoots right · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Drafted 2016 · STL · round 1 · #26 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	@DAL	0	0	0	-0.3	4	0	22:40
Nov 12	@CHI	1	0	1	0.4	2	0	20:21
Nov 11	TBL	1	0	1	0.9	3	0	20:51
Nov 8	VGK	0	0	0	0.1	2	-2	19:04
Nov 6	CBJ	0	1	1	0.4	3	+2	18:59

Against their position

This playerAverage forward

Against 440 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 601.82359th

Blocks / 601.67253rd

Takeaways / 600.60279th

Giveaways / 603.20272nd

Faceoff win %42.1%253rd

Penalty minutes6186th

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 forward

Goals

F 0.22

Assists

F 0.31

SOG

Shots on goal

F 1.7

Expected goals

F 0.22

Attempts for

F 11.2

Attempts against

F 11.2

TOI

Ice time

F 15:11

Speed

Top, mph

22.7

F 21.9

Hits

F 1.3

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

F +0.4

BLK

Shot blocks

F 0.5

bxG

Block xG margin

F -.01

Poss±

Take minus give

F -0.5

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

F +0.0

FO%

Faceoffs won

F 50.0%

Shot

Hardest, mph

100.2

F 81.0

Every shot this season

Goal13Shot on goal66Missed31Shot blocked29

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Buffalo Sabres	20	12	9	21	+6	79	15.2	19:41
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	81	40	41	81	-6	272	14.7	19:15
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	76	44	28	72	-2	242	18.2	18:45
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	71	29	27	56	-1	246	11.8	18:07
2022-23	Buffalo Sabres	78	47	47	94	+4	295	15.9	18:35
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	78	38	30	68	-17	253	15.0	17:53
2020-21	Buffalo Sabres	38	8	6	14	-6	96	8.3	13:52
2019-20	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	6:59
2018-19	Buffalo Sabres	65	7	5	12	-22	108	6.5	12:08
2017-18	St. Louis Blues	41	3	6	9	-12	55	5.5	11:55
Career		549	228	199	427	-56	1646	13.8	16:59

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	OG	USA	6	3	1	4
2024-25	WC	USA	10	6	3	9
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	2	0	2
2020-21	WC	USA	8	1	4	5
2019-20	AHL	Rochester Americans	16	6	6	12
2018-19	AHL	Rochester Americans	8	6	3	9
2017-18	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	30	8	10	18
2017-18	WC	USA	10	1	2	3
2016-17	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	34	19	13	32
2016-17	WJC-20	USA U20	7	1	4	5
2016-17	AHL	Chicago Wolves	16	1	1	2
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	36	14	18	32
2014-15	USHL	USNTDP	25	7	7	14
2014-15	U-18	USNTDP	39	5	7	12
2013-14	USPHL	PAL Islanders	16	17	14	31
2012-13	AYHL 15U	Long Island Royals 15U	14	12	13	25
2011-12	AYHL 14U	Mid Fairfield Rangers 14U AAA	22	16	5	21
2010-11	Bantam	Alaska All Stars 14U AA	12	23	29	52