Buffalo Sabres Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	J. KulichJiri Kulich	N. OstlundNoah Ostlund	J. NorrisJosh Norris R. McLeodRyan McLeod S. Carrick Sabres' Sam Carrick: On injured reserve Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24 Sam Carrick Sabres' Sam Carrick: On injured reserve Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24
Left Wing	J. DoanJosh Doan	Z. BensonZach Benson	J. Zucker Sabres' Jason Zucker: Scores in season debut Jason Zucker Sabres' Jason Zucker: Scores in season debut P. KrebsPeyton Krebs T. KozakTyson Kozak
Right Wing	T. ThompsonTage Thompson	J. QuinnJack Quinn	K. HeleniusKonsta Helenius B. MalenstynBeck Malenstyn J. Danforth Sabres' Justin Danforth: Out Wednesday Upper Body: Expected to be out until at least Oct 24 Justin Danforth Sabres' Justin Danforth: Out Wednesday Upper Body: Expected to be out until at least Oct 24
Left Defenseman	R. Dahlin Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin: Good to play Rasmus Dahlin Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin: Good to play	O. ZellwegerOlen Zellweger	Z. MetsaZachary Metsa D. GilbertDennis Gilbert M. Grzelcyk Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24 Matt Grzelcyk Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24 J. Rathbone Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24 Jack Rathbone Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24
Right Defenseman	M. SamuelssonMattias Samuelsson	O. PowerOwen Power	L. CrevierLouis Crevier C. Timmins Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24 Conor Timmins Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 24
Goalie	U. Luukkonen Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Allows three goals in loss Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Allows three goals in loss	C. EllisColten Ellis	A. Lyon Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Alex Lyon Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31