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Owen Power

#25 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Nov 22, 2002 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN (age 23) · 6'6", 226 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 2021 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Devon Toews COL · 5 P in 5 GP Jackson LaCombe ANA · 5 P in 5 GP Jared Spurgeon MIN · 5 P in 5 GP Brandon Montour SEA · 5 P in 6 GP Erik Karlsson PIT · 5 P in 6 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030402021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 35 points3522-232023-24: 33 points3323-242024-25: 40 points4024-252025-26: 29 points2925-262026-27: 5 points526-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 BUF 8 2 1 3 3 2 10 1 0.38 $917K
2022-23 BUF 80 4 31 35 10 24 130 27 0.44 $917K
2023-24 BUF 76 6 27 33 8 28 108 45 0.43 $917K
2024-25 BUF 79 7 33 40 -13 16 139 26 0.51 $8.35M
2025-26 BUF 81 8 21 29 9 16 120 29 0.36 $8.35M
2026-27 BUF 5 1 4 5 1 2 5 1 1.00 $8.35M
6 seasons Career 329 28 117 145 18 88 512 129 0.44

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 BUF 13 0 6 6 5 0 8 9 0.46
1 season Playoffs 13 0 6 6 5 0 8 9 0.46

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 4 5 1 2 5 1 1.00 20.0 26:02

Contract

$8.35MCap hitends in 2031, then UFA
$1.67MCap dollars per point5 points in 5 games
$1.235MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.8 goals above replacement, projected
$7.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 651 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Oct 11, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 7 years and $58.45M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2030-31, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $8.35M $6.35M $2M $8.35M
2025-26 $8.35M $8.35M $0 $8.35M
2026-27 $8.35M $8.35M $0 $8.35M
2027-28 $8.35M $8.35M $0 $8.35M
2028-29 $8.35M $8.35M $0 $8.35M
2029-30 $8.35M $8.35M $0 $8.35M M-NTC
2030-31 $8.35M $8.35M $0 $8.35M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 11, 2023 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $58.45M $8.35M
Apr 8, 2022 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $5.55M $917K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2026-27 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 5 games (+1.7 goals above replacement), plus the 77 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+6.8Goals above replacement136th of 651 skaters, 36th of 227 defencemen
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 227 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+2.4 85th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 31st percentilePower play-1.3 2nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 60th percentilePenalties+0.6 93rd percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-4-2024682021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

60.4Corsi for %119 attempts for, 78 against
+7.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
65.0Expected goals for %6.6 expected for, 3.5 against
+20.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %4 for, 6 against
88.2PDO7.5% shooting + 80.6% saves
15Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Owen Power · Olen Zellweger438:1963.966.00-2
Rasmus Dahlin · Owen Power529:3761.771.52-0
Louis Crevier · Owen Power519:1952.650.81-2
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power58:2276.582.00-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Oct 10, 2026 vs UTA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 25:06
Oct 8, 2026 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:23
Oct 6, 2026 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 29:04
Oct 3, 2026 vs CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 25:12
Oct 1, 2026 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 25:25