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Matt Savoie

#22 · Centre · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jan 1, 2004 in St. Albert, Alberta, CAN (age 22) · 5'9", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 9th overall in 2022 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Steeves TOR · 0 P in 1 GP Anton Blidh NYR · 0 P in 1 GP Bradly Nadeau CAR · 0 P in 1 GP Callahan Burke CAR · 0 P in 1 GP Cameron Butler CBJ · 0 P in 1 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.

01020302023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 1 points124-252025-26: 37 points3725-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $918K
2024-25 EDM 4 0 1 1 -4 0 6 3 0.25 $887K
2025-26 EDM 82 18 19 37 6 24 138 14 0.45 $887K
3 seasons Career 87 18 20 38 2 24 144 17 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 EDM 6 0 1 1 -1 2 10 3 0.17
1 season Playoffs 6 0 1 1 -1 2 10 3 0.17

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 3:55

Contract

$918KCap hitends in 2027, then RFA
$43.36MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 goals above replacement

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 contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Jul 15, 2022, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.85M, beginning in 2024-25. This season is not one of its years: an entry-level contract slides back a year when a player signed at 18 or 19 plays fewer than 10 NHL games. It runs through 2026-27, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $887K $855K $95K $1M $950K
2025-26 $887K $855K $0 $1M $855K
2026-27 $887K $855K $0 $1M $855K

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
Jul 15, 2022 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2024-25 to 2026-27 signed for 2022-23, slid 3 $5.85M $887K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

012342023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %2 attempts for, 2 against
+3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
83.6Expected goals for %0.0 expected for, 0.0 against
+42.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
1Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Peyton Krebs · Lukas Rousek · Matt Savoie13:1166.7100.00-0

The lines 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 lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

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. "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
Nov 10, 2023 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:55