PuckSleuthCap hit
$4.5M
4.3% of $104M cap
Term
4 yrs
Through 2029-30, then UFA
Clause
M-NTC
7-team no-trade list
Surplus value
—
arrives with the trade tools
Confirmed by the public signing announcement · source
2026-27 regular season
GP
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
0 primary
Points
0
0.00 per game
TOI/GP
14:58
PP 0:02 · PK 0:00
xGF%
11.8
5v5, -37.9 vs. last yr
Game Score
-0.26
per game, goals above average
Faceoff %
—
Plus/minus
0
Blocks 0 · Hits 3
Game log
Last 5 games · NHL API
| Game | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI | PP | PK | FO | OZS% | GV | TK | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 @ CBJ · L 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14:58 | 0:02 | 0:00 | — | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.26 |
| May 18 vs MTL · OTL 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11:13 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.03 |
| May 16 @ MTL · W 8-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.27 |
| May 14 vs MTL · L 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 1-3 | 100 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -0.53 |
| May 12 @ MTL · W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:47 | 0:01 | 0:10 | 1-3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.00 |
GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.
Advanced metrics
5v5 unless noted · 2025-26 · 1,051 min · percentile vs. NHL forwards
54th percentile
39th percentile
51st percentile
41st percentile
38th percentile
40th percentile
72nd percentile
59th percentile
24th percentile
18th percentile
65th percentile
32nd percentile
75th percentile
45th percentile
xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.
Play stylePlaymaking grind center
Trait percentiles vs. NHL centers · 2025-26
Krebs is a high-motor facilitator who excels at reading plays and setting up teammates through relentless forechecking. He generates chances through effort rather than flashy skill, but doesn't shoot enough and lacks the speed advantage to create from distance.
- Shooting volume
- 29
- Playmaking
- 85
- Zone entries(est.)
- 34
- Forechecking
- 84
- Physicality
- 84
- Defensive impact
- 44
- Puck management
- 44
- Speed
- 84
Where he shoots from
Slot 39% · Mid-range 39% · Perimeter 22%(145 unblocked shots)
Strengths
- Playmaking at 85th percentile creates scoring chances for linemates
- Forechecking and physicality both at 84th make him a relentless presence
- Speed in 84th percentile allows him to hunt pucks and support play
Watch-outs
- Shooting volume at 29th means he defers too much to others
- Zone entries at 34th percentile limits his ability to generate solo chances
- Puck management at 44th percentile shows room to protect the puck better
Similar style: Yakov Trenin (MIN), Vincent Trocheck (UTA)
Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added.
Where his Game Score comes from
2025-26 · 82 GP · goals above average
Season total +3.3 goals, or +0.04 per game.
- Even strength defense
- -0.1
- Finishing
- +0.5
- Playmaking
- +2.4
- Penalties
- +1.1
- Faceoffs
- -0.6
Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.
By season
Regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | TOI/GP | FO% | GS/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | — | -0.26 |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 82 | 12 | 27 | 39 | +13 | 93 | 13:46 | 44.0% | +0.04 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 81 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +1 | 80 | 13:56 | 49.0% | -0.04 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | +2 | 74 | 12:30 | 46.3% | -0.12 |
| 2022-23 | BUF | 74 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -8 | 78 | 13:50 | 45.1% | -0.05 |
Sentiment & chatter
Fans
—
Beat writers
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Media
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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.
Age curve
How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.
Skating · NHL EDGE
2025-26, as of Oct 2
- Top speed
- 23.3 mph
- 92nd pct
- 20+ mph bursts
- 168
- Hardest shot
- 85.5 mph
- 54th pct
- Distance
- 181.9 mi
- OZ time
- 40.6%
- 29th pct
- DZ time
- 41.3%