GRIT & GF
Conor Timmins

Buffalo Sabres, Defence

Conor Timmins

  • Shot-eater
  • Steady
Points, 2025–26
8
0 G, 8 A in 39 GP
Individual xG
1.4
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
18:46
44 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
46.9
share of chances while he's on

Conor Timmins has 0 goals and 8 assists (8 points) in 39 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025–26, with 44 shots on goal and 18:46 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 16.2 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

16.2050100
Rated above 44% of defencemen
Goals above average
−7.1
Wins
−1.19
Physicality73thGF23thIntimidation9thChemistry13thClutch30th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.59, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 43.4% of 281 rated players

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Physicality

+0.50 SD · 73th percentile · weight 38% · −0.5 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.2.544th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.6.699th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.0.6627th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.5570th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.8137th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.9752th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 759 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at WPG

    Friday, December 5

    Volume

    Conor Timmins had 8 shot attempts, his most in a game since 2023-24. Five reached the net and none went in. His average this season was 2.7. The Sabres lost 4-1 to the Jets.

  2. vs FLA

    Saturday, October 18

    Shot blocker

    Conor Timmins blocked 6 shots. He has 0 points in 5 games this season. He played 24:30 and had three shots on goal. The Sabres beat the Panthers 3-0.

Player card

Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game18:46
    48
  • Points per 600.66
    27
  • Goals per 600.00
    6
  • Individual xG per 600.11
    9
  • Shots per 603.6
    50

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.44
    43
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.76
    21
  • xGF%46.9%
    27

Physical

  • Hits per 602.4
    46
  • Blocks per 606.6
    98
  • Penalty minutes per 601.5
    46

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Bowen Byram52269:03213–2779.6–12.412–1744%
Owen Power50191:23169–1987.9–8.97–947%
Logan Stanley13107:55115–1074.3–3.62–254%
Mattias Samuelsson4998:4488–1324.3–5.52–644%
Rasmus Dahlin4558:1153–543.1–2.15–259%
Jacob Bryson1713:5413–170.7–0.80–147%
Michael Kesselring114:484–120.1–0.60–019%
Zach Metsa62:340–40.0–0.10–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 70 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.501.00
12-1805-18

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2639088441.418:46298146.9
2024–256831215693.016:55559153.2
2023–24251910251.316:01342860.1

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-05-1818:360030.12000
2026-05-1617:260000.01050
2026-05-1410:560110.01100
2026-05-1221:380000.22250
2026-05-1017:220000.00012
2026-05-0818:080100.00140
2026-05-0619:390000.00030
2026-05-0118:390000.85110
2026-04-2817:080000.00020
2026-04-2615:580030.10110
2026-04-2315:160010.01112
2026-04-2113:440010.04152
2026-04-1913:480040.08122
2026-04-1516:580040.07122
2026-04-1316:510000.02000
2026-04-0816:260110.01040
2026-03-2816:400030.07010
2026-03-2714:300110.01120
2026-03-2515:300020.07220
2025-12-1816:000020.03210