- Age
- 22
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Kadan, CZE
- GP
- 6
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- +2
- SOG
- 8
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2022 · Round 1, #28 overall (BUF)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 2-1 |
| A | 1 | 0 | 0+1 |
| P | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SOG | 8 | 7 | 13-5 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | +2 | -4 | -6+8 |
| PIM | 0 | 2 | 2-2 |
| TOI/GP | 13:06 | 17:15−4:09 | 16:31−3:25 |
| SH% | 12.5 | 0.0+12.5 | 15.4-2.9 |
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:Kulich is shooting 12.5% (1 on 8 shots) against 11.6% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 1.1 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.1).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 50.5
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 56.6
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -3.4
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.072
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 1.1
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.1
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 29.2
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 12:20
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
16 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Kulich is used
#20 · C · Buffalo Sabres
Jiri Kulich
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Line 3
- PP · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 13:58
- 12:20 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 29.2%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 56.6%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 50.5%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Kulich43.2s
NHL average47.4s
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Kulich13%
NHL average24%
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
Konsta Helenius34.2 min together47%shot attempts
Mattias Samuelsson25.7 min together57%shot attempts
Owen Power24.4 min together42%shot attempts
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Buffalo Sabres | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Buffalo Sabres | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | Buffalo Sabres | 62 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | vs FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | vs MIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:56 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs CHI | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:31 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | @ CBJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 8:45 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | Rochester Americans · AHL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Rochester Americans · AHL | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023–24 | Rochester Americans · AHL | 57 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 2023–24 | Czechia U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Rochester Americans · AHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | Rochester Americans · AHL | 62 | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| 2022–23 | Czechia U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Rochester Americans · AHL | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2021–22 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary · Czechia | 49 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2021–22 | Czechia U18 · Hlinka Gretzky Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20 · Czechia U20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | Czechia U18 · WJC-18 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2021–22 | Czechia U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2021–22 (P) | HC Energie Karlovy Vary · Czechia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021–22 (P) | HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20 · Czechia U20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020–21 | Piráti Chomutov U20 · Czechia U20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020–21 | Piráti Chomutov U17 · Czechia U17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | SK Trhači Kadaň · Czechia2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary · Czechia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Czechia U18 · WJC-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Piráti Chomutov U17 · Czechia U17 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 39 |
| 2019–20 | Piráti Chomutov U20 · DHL Cup | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019–20 | Pirati Chomutov B U17 · Czechia U17 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018–19 | Pirati Chomutov U16 · Czechia U16 | 35 | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| 2018–19 | Ustecky kraj U15 · MMCR | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | Pirati Chomutov U16 · Czechia U16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Pirati Chomutov U16 · Czechia U16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kulich in the news
Un arbitre victime d’une blessure à glacer le sang au Centre BellL'attaquant des Sabres Jiri Kulich est tombé sur la jambe de Daisy en première période, mardi.Noovo Info - Canadiens · 2026-10-13
Le juge de ligne Ryan Daisy quitte la patinoire du Centre Bell en douleurL'attaquant des Sabres Jiri Kulich est tombé sur la jambe de Daisy en première période, mardi.RDS - Canadiens · 2026-10-13
NHL linesman helped off ice after Sabres' Jiri Kulich awkwardly falls on his legThe injury happened just minutes into the game, when Jiri Kulich was shoved and fell onto Ryan Daisy’s left leg directly off a faceoff.The Athletic · 2026-10-13- Struggling Sabres change lineup again versus PanthersBUFFALO – After sitting out Saturday’s 4-0 loss to the Utah Mammoth as healthy scratches, forwards Konsta Helenius and Jiri Kulich are in the lineup for this afternoon’s game against the Florida Panthers. To make, room…Buffalo Hockey Beat · 2026-10-12
- Struggling Sabres change lineup again by inserting young forwardsBUFFALO – After sitting out Saturday’s 4-0 loss to the Utah Mammoth as healthy scratches, forwards Konsta Helenius and Jiri Kulich are in the lineup for this afternoon’s game against the Florida Panthers. To make, room…Buffalo Hockey Beat · 2026-10-12
- Sabres notebook: With no goals apiece, McLeod or Norris might sit vs. Panthers‘Coach Lindy Ruff benched young players Konsta Helenius and Jiri Kulich for Saturday’s 4-1 loss to Utah. McLeod and Norris were trading spots between that pair in practice Sunday in KeyBank Center, so one of the…SabreSpace · 2026-10-12