SCRATCHEDMissed 1 straight team game
Dennis Gilbert
Buffalo Sabres · #44 · Defenseman · age 30 · 6'2" · 216 lb · shoots LBorn 🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York · Drafted 2015 · Rd 3 #30
2 points in 5 games — 132nd of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
34HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 88% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 4 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
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FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 34 lately — hotter than 88% of defensemen, against an average defenseman at 15.
Now 34 · +18 over these 5 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
2 points and 1 goal in 5 games — right on his usual pace, 1.2× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Assists | 1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Points | 2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shots | 1 | 1 | 6 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shooting % | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6.3% | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | +2 | +2.0 | +0.0 | his usual |
| Ice time a game | 9:55 | 9:55 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | @ ANA | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 10:35 | 34 |
| Oct 24 | @ WSH | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8:12 | 37 |
| Oct 17 | @ MTL | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | 32 |
| Oct 15 | @ TOR | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 10:37 | 34 |
| Oct 13 | @MTL | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8:41 | 16 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points132nd of 228 defensemen2leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals56th of 228 defensemen1leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists142nd of 228 defensemen1leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots224th of 228 defensemen1leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points63rd of 228 defensemen0leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus68th of 228 defensemen+2leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game226th of 228 defensemen9:55leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: goals (86th), plus/minus (84th). Below the middle: power-play points (0th), ice time (1st).
■ Gilbert this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 33 points over 82 games, which would beat his best season so far: 7 in 2023–24.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | BUF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | +2 |
| 2025–26 |  OTT | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | OTT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | BUF | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.20 | −3 |
| 2023–24 · best |  CGY | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.21 | −7 |
| 2022–23 | CGY | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.17 | 0 |
| 2020–21 |  COL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2019–20 |  CHI | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.14 | −8 |
| 2018–19 | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |