Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 34?
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 goals10 × 3+30
- proj assists33 × 1+33
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots51 × 0.1+5.1
- PIM51 × 0.05+2.6
- ice time (min)1191 × 0.01+11.9
- total83 pool points · an elite forward season scores 24283 = 34/100
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 forwards in the NHL — an elite season scores about 242 points, and that is what 100 means. So 83 points is 34 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 (18 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
- Trust is growing: 15:59/game over the last 6, up 24% from 12:52 earlier in the season.
- Every night: in the lineup for all of the team's last 10 games.
- Availability: every game this season — 15 of 15 for BUF.
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Golden Knights | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 66.7% |
| 2021-22 | Golden Knights | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 37.5% |
| 2021-22 | Sabres | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -20 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14:45 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 15.2% | 35.2% |
| 2022-23 | Sabres | 74 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -8 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13:50 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 11.5% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | Sabres | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 5.4% | 46.3% |
| 2024-25 | Sabres | 81 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:56 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 12.5% | 49.0% |
| 2025-26 | Sabres | 82 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:46 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 12.9% | 44.0% |
| 2026-27 | Sabres | 19 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7% | 50.0% |
| 84-G proj | Sabres | 84 | 10 | 33 | 44 | — | 48 | — | 1 | — | 14:35 | — | — | 96 | — | — |
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 25 that is 1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Comparable player-seasons: Filip Chytil (2024-24) · Luke Evangelista (2025-25) · Pierre-Luc Dubois (2025-25) · Ryan McLeod (2025-25) · Kaapo Kakko (2025-25).
Goals — with the line
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 · vs TBL | |||||
| P3 00:33 | EV | Assist | Thompson (Krebs, Samuelsson) → 3-4 | Zucker · Thompson · Krebs · Quinn · Ostlund · Benson Samuelsson · Dahlin · Power · Zellweger | Kucherov · Cirelli · Hagel · Mikheyev McDonagh · Carlson · D'Astous · Moser Vasilevskiy (G) |
| Nov 6 · vs CBJ | |||||
| P2 04:30 | EV | Assist | Dahlin (Krebs, Power) → 3-1 | Thompson · Krebs · Quinn · Doan · Ostlund · Benson Samuelsson · Dahlin · Power · Metsa | Monahan · Lorentz · Olivier · Voronkov · Sillinger · Williams Fabbro · Christiansen Greaves (G) |
| Nov 4 · vs OTT | |||||
| P2 14:00 | EV | Goal | Krebs (Thompson, Benson) → 1-0 | Thompson · Krebs · Benson Samuelsson · Dahlin | Cousins · Amadio · Zetterlund · Stützle Chabot · Spence · Matinpalo · Yakemchuk Ersson (G) |
| Oct 29 · @ ANA | |||||
| P1 15:32 | EV | Assist | Thompson (Benson, Krebs) → 3-3 | Zucker · Thompson · Norris · McLeod · Krebs · Benson Gilbert · Samuelsson · Dahlin · Crevier | Killorn · Granlund · Caulfield · Malott · Carlsson · Sennecke LaCombe · Hinds · Luneau · Warren Husso (G) |
| P2 18:36 | EV | Assist | Thompson (Krebs) → 4-3 | Thompson · Krebs · Benson Samuelsson · Dahlin | Granlund · Caulfield · Malott · Gauthier · Carlsson · Sennecke LaCombe · Hinds · Luneau · Warren Husso (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Peyton over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson BUF | 103 | 10 | |
| Zach Benson BUF | 87 | 9 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson BUF | 72 | 10 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin BUF | 61 | 8 | |
| Owen Power BUF | 53 | 10 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats