A physical, shot-blocking defenceman is the plain read on Mattias Samuelsson's tracked game — 531 hits and 441 blocks across 272 games since 2020-21, a combined rate of 5.63 hits and 4.68 blocks per 60. His own scoring has stayed modest, 75 points over that span (0.8 points per 60), on 20.8 minutes a game with the Sabres.
| Date | Opp | G | A | PTS | SOG | BLK | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 |
LAK
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 25:59 |
| Oct 29 |
ANA
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25:27 |
| Oct 27 |
SJS
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24:05 |
| Oct 24 |
WSH
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25:27 |
| Oct 21 |
PHI
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:51 |
| Oct 17 |
MTL
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26:59 |
| Oct 15 |
TOR
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28:24 |
| Oct 13 |
MTL
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26:38 |
| Oct 12 |
FLA
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26:59 |
| Oct 10 |
UTA
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |