Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 43?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals11 × 3+33
- proj assists24 × 1+24
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots17 × 0.1+1.7
- PIM101 × 0.05+5.1
- ice time (min)833 × 0.01+8.3
- total72 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16672 = 43/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 72 points is 43 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (5 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Did not play the last 6 games (healthy scratch or injury — check the club report before rostering).
- Availability: played 5 of 15 for BUF — missed 10 games (2026-11-06, 2026-11-08, 2026-11-11, 2026-11-12, …).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Blackhawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Blackhawks | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | Avalanche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Flames | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Flames | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Sabres | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Senators | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Senators | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Sabres | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Sabres | 84 | 11 | 24 | 35 | — | 67 | — | 0 | — | 16:23 | — | — | 79 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 30 that is -2%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Goals — with the line
Lines shown for the 4 of 5 recent games inside the league's tracking archive.
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 · @ TOR | |||||
| P3 10:05 | EV | Goal | Gilbert (Quinn, Benson) → 3-4 | Quinn · Ostlund · Benson Gilbert · Zellweger | Sissons · Duhaime · Cowan Rielly · Stecher Bobrovsky (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Dennis over the last 4 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier BUF | 29 | 4 | |
| Zach Benson BUF | 14 | 4 | |
| Ryan McLeod BUF | 13 | 4 | |
| Josh Norris BUF | 12 | 4 | |
| Noah Ostlund BUF | 12 | 4 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats