- Age
- 33
- Height
- 5′8″
- Weight
- 193 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Oshawa, Ontario, CAN
- GP
- 4
- G
- 0
- A
- 0
- P
- 0
- +/-
- +1
- SOG
- 1
2026–27 regular season
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 4 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SOG | 1 | 2 | 2-1 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | +1 | -2 | -2+3 |
| PIM | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| TOI/GP | 10:04 | 13:32−3:28 | 11:42−1:39 |
| SH% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Danforth is shooting 0.0% (0 on 1 shots) against 10.4% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.2 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.2).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 51.6
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 43.0
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +6.6
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.050
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.2
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.2
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 28.6
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 8:40
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
5 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Danforth is used
#15 · R · Buffalo Sabres
Justin Danforth
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 4 games with shift charts
- Line 4
- PK2
- Ice time / game
- 10:04
- 8:40 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 28.6%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 43.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 51.6%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 61 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2023–24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 71 | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| 2022–23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021–22 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 45 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 9:58 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:15 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:17 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Cleveland Monsters · AHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020–21 | Vityaz Moscow Region · KHL | 58 | 23 | 32 | 55 |
| 2020–21 | Canada · WC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | Lukko · Liiga | 56 | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| 2019–20 | Team Canada · Spengler Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Lukko · Liiga | 59 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Lukko · Liiga | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | Cincinnati Cyclones · ECHL | 44 | 28 | 31 | 59 |
| 2017–18 | Rochester Americans · AHL | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Cincinnati Cyclones · ECHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Sacred Heart Univ. · NCAA | 37 | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| 2016–17 | Reading Royals · ECHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Bridgeport Islanders · AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Rochester Americans · AHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Sacred Heart Univ. · NCAA | 36 | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| 2014–15 | Sacred Heart Univ. · NCAA | 38 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2013–14 | Sacred Heart Univ. · NCAA | 36 | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 2012–13 | Cobourg Cougars · OJHL | 43 | 22 | 34 | 56 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Cobourg Cougars · OJHL | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2011–12 | Cobourg Cougars · OJHL | 41 | 22 | 27 | 49 |
| 2011–12 (P) | Cobourg Cougars · OJHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010–11 | Cobourg Cougars · OJHL | 47 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
| 2010–11 (P) | Cobourg Cougars · OJHL | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009–10 | Cobourg Cougars · CCHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |