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Mattias Samuelsson

#23

Buffalo Sabres

D · 6'4", 234 lb · 26 years old · Shoots left · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Drafted 2018 · BUF · round 2 · #32 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	@DAL	0	0	0.1	2	-1	21:40
Nov 12	@CHI	0	0	0.6	0	0	24:40
Nov 11	TBL	1	1	0.2	0	0	21:13
Nov 8	VGK	1	1	0.0	4	+1	24:05
Nov 6	CBJ	0	0	-0.2	1	+1	20:32

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 / 603.05116th

Blocks / 604.8473rd

Takeaways / 601.0156th

Giveaways / 602.9378th

Penalty minutes25228th

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

22.3

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

94.3

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Goal2Shot on goal24Missed14Shot blocked34

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Buffalo Sabres	20	2	9	11	+3	28	7.1	23:33
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	78	13	28	41	+41	109	11.9	22:50
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	62	4	10	14	+3	52	7.7	19:18
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	41	1	6	7	+4	44	2.3	20:30
2022-23	Buffalo Sabres	55	2	8	10	+14	76	2.6	22:11
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	42	0	10	10	-10	44	–	20:00
2020-21	Buffalo Sabres	12	0	2	2	-8	10	–	18:02
Career		310	22	73	95	+47	363	6.1	21:11

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2021-22	AHL	Rochester Americans	22	2	13	15
2020-21	AHL	Rochester Americans	23	3	10	13
2019-20	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	30	2	12	14
2019-20	WJC-20	USA U20	5	0	0	0
2018-19	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	35	5	7	12
2018-19	WJC-20	USA U20	7	0	0	0
2017-18	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	23	4	10	14
2017-18	WJC-18	USA U18	7	1	1	2
2017-18	USDP	U.S. National U18 Team	58	11	20	31
2016-17	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	30	5	5	10
2016-17	USDP	U.S. National U18 Team	10	0	2	2
2016-17	USDP	U.S. National U17 Team	37	6	8	14
2015-16	USA-S15	Team Grey	5	3	0	3
2015-16	USHS-Prep	Northwood School	47	14	15	29
2015-16	YOG	USA U16	6	0	2	2
2014-15	EJEPL 18U	Northwood School Prep	19	1	1	2
2013-14	AYBHL	Virtua Hockey Bantam Major AAA	23	6	19	25
2012-13	AYMBHL	Virtua Hockey Bantam Minor AAA	31	1	10	11