Louis
Crevier
D · BUF · Offensive · Below average
- PAL
- 23
- WAR
- -0.4
- Value
- 37
- PTS
- 25
2025-26№ 296 / 325
Louis Crevier (Buffalo Sabres) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Louis Crevier
#46D
Buffalo Sabres
HEIGHT : 203 cm · WEIGHT : 107 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : May 3, 2001 · Quebec City, Canada
Drafted : 2020 · CHI · round 7, pick #188
Contract : $900,000 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Two-Way Contract · RFA (Arb)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Buffalo Sabres | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025-26 | Chicago Blackhawks | 78 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 63 |
| 2024-25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2023-24 | Chicago Blackhawks | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| NHL totals | 149 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 85 | |
Louis Crevier: our analysis
2025-26 season: 78 GP, 7 G, 18 A, 25 PTS, -2 +/-, 17:08 TOI. WAR -0.4 (296th of 325) · PAL 23, below average.
In 2025-26, Louis Crevier, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 23 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of -0.4 ranks 296th among 325 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: creation (85, among the best in the league), offense (70, above average) and shooting (66, above average). On the other hand, discipline (2, among the weakest in the league) and possession (11, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+2.2); his biggest cost: penalties (-3.2).
A season in line with 2024-25 (PAL of 21); his WAR went from 0.1 to -0.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 37 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Louis Crevier's story
Born May 4, 2001, Louis Crevier came up through Canadian hockey and settled into the role of a defenceman early in his development. He played his junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, skating for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and later wearing the Quebec Remparts sweater — experiences that shaped his on-ice responsibilities and prepared him for the next step.
Those junior seasons led to his selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, when the Chicago Blackhawks chose him in the seventh round, 188th overall. After further development, Crevier signed an entry-level deal with the Blackhawks in 2023, making the jump from junior ranks to the professional game.
He made his National Hockey League debut on December 3, 2023, in a game against the Minnesota Wild while playing for Chicago. A little over a year later, on November 27, 2024, he scored his first NHL goal against the Dallas Stars — a clear milestone for a young defenceman establishing himself at the highest level.
On June 23, 2026, Crevier was part of a multi-asset trade that sent him to the Buffalo Sabres. The deal included the 4th and 45th overall selections in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft and brought Bowen Byram and Jordan Greenway to Chicago in exchange. That transaction represents a major transition in his professional affiliation and career trajectory.
As a player, Crevier is defined by his position on the back end and by the concrete steps that mark his rise: junior experience in the QMJHL, being drafted, his NHL debut and first goal, and involvement in a significant trade. Those factual milestones sketch the outline of a defenceman progressing through the pro ranks.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 12:52
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:01
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:46
- Pts/GP
- 0.07
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 16
- Blocks
- 19
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 47.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 21.8 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
15between 5 and 24 (80% range)
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 11
- Games
- 64
So far: 1 pts in 15 games. The team has played 17 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.28 pts per game (last season: 0.32).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.13 in 23-24, 0.32 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 21 → 23
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 25: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 69 %
67
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 77
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 95
- Confidence 73 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 67
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 64
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 85
- Confidence 73 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 79
- Confidence 45 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 49
- Confidence 73 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 68
- Confidence 69 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 80
- Confidence 69 %
- DF
- Defense
- 62
- Confidence 65 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 85
- Confidence 14 %
- EX
- Experience
- 50
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating77
- Top speed (35 %)36 · 81
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.312 · 79
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.9 · 67
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.5 · 74
ST — Strength95
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)6.078 · 82
- Body mass (50 %)2.367 · 95
EN — Endurance67
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.5 · 67
- Total ice time (20 %)1,313 · 75
- Shift length (15 %)44.7 · 64
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)15.9 · 67
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.042 · 71
DU — Durability64
- Share of games played (100 %)0.722 · 64
CK — Checking85
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.227 · 85
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.423 · 85
- Season volume (10 %)4.828 · 86
FG — Fighting79
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.922 · 79
DI — Discipline49
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.105 · 49
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.883 · 62
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.266 · 62
PA — Passing68
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.355 · 74
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.388 · 73
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.059 · 68
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.137 · 75
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.065 · 51
SC — Scoring80
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.29 · 80
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.203 · 75
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.569 · 85
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.138 · 79
- xG per shot (10 %)0.033 · 63
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.4 · 79
DF — Defense62
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.076 · 61
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.015 · 73
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.851 · 57
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.143 · 63
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.18 · 69
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.9 · 71
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.728 · 78
PS — Penalty shot85
- Shootouts (60 %)33.6 · 86
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience50
- Career regular-season games (65 %)69
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall67
- DF · Defense (30 %)62
- PA · Passing (22 %)68
- SK · Skating (12 %)77
- SC · Scoring (12 %)80
- EN · Endurance (9 %)67
- ST · Strength (6 %)95
- DI · Discipline (5 %)49
- CK · Checking (4 %)85
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 67 | 77 | 80 | 62 |
| 2024-25 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 67 |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 69 | 66 | 57 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
-0.4
wins above replacement
296 of 325
PAL Rating
23/ 100
Performance · Below average
190 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
37/ 100
Poor return
0.90 M$ · expected PAL 39
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 68
- Defense
- 10
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- Offense
- 70
- Creation
- 85
- Shooting
- 66
- Possession
- 11
- Defense
- 18
- Discipline
- 2
- Power play
- 33
- Penalty kill
- 14
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CHI | -0.4 | 23 | 37 | 0.90 M$ |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 0.1 | 21 | 40 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | CHI | -0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.85 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
19/ 100
Low
better than 19% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
59/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
7/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 182 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 82
- Shot selection
- 25
- Penalties drawn
- 26
- Puck management
- 99
Defense
- Takeaways
- 24
- Discipline
- 4
- Safe zone exits
- 56
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CHI | 19 | 59 | 7 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 10 | 24 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 71 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.4
wins above replacement
-1.6 to 0.7 — 90% interval
296 of 325 defensemen
-2.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -1.4
- EV defense
- -2.0
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.6
- Shooting
- +2.2
- Penalties
- -3.2
- Average → replacement
- +2.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CHI | 78 | -0.4 | -1.6 to 0.7 | 296/325 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 30 | 0.1 | -0.2 to 0.7 | 162/314 |
| 2023-24 | CHI | 24 | -0.3 | -0.5 to -0.1 | 261/316 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 150.9 km/h85th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.6 km/h85th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 858th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 38.9 %20th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 44.3 km36th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.07 km22nd percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.5 %23rd percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.5 %21st percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 43.5 %12th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1454th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 175th percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %60th percentile |
| Mid range | 366th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 756th percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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CBJLouis Crevier: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Louis Crevier have in 2026-27?
Louis Crevier has 0 goals and 1 point (1 assist) in 15 games in 2026-27.
How old is Louis Crevier?
Louis Crevier is 25 years old: he was born on May 4, 2001.
How tall is Louis Crevier, and how much does he weigh?
Louis Crevier is 6'8" (203 cm) and weighs 236 lb (107 kg).
Where is Louis Crevier from?
Canada: Louis Crevier was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
What team does Louis Crevier play for?
Louis Crevier plays for the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL, at D, wearing number 46.
Is Louis Crevier injured?
No: Louis Crevier is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Louis Crevier?
Louis Crevier produced -0.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 296th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 23 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Louis Crevier make?
Louis Crevier earns $900K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 37 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Louis Crevier's contract end?
Louis Crevier's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Louis Crevier overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 37 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Louis Crevier a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 296th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Louis Crevier getting better?
He is holding steady: his PAL rating went from 21 in 2024-25 to 23 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Louis Crevier played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Louis Crevier has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Louis Crevier's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Louis Crevier has 149 games, 10 goals, 23 assists and 33 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 25 points in 78 games.
Where was Louis Crevier drafted?
Louis Crevier was drafted 188th overall (round 7) by Chicago Blackhawks in 2020.
Is Louis Crevier better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.14 points per game at home (1 in 7 games) and 0.00 on the road (0 in 8 games).
How does Louis Crevier perform in the playoffs?
Louis Crevier has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Louis Crevier?
Sam Rinzel: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Sam Rinzel's page →Is Louis Crevier a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 15 points in 2026-27, or 0.23 points per game.
What is Louis Crevier's nationality?
Louis Crevier is Canadian.
Where did Louis Crevier play before turning pro?
played junior for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and the Quebec Remparts in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
How many points is Louis Crevier projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 15 points in 64 games in 2026-27 (5 to 24 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Buffalo Sabres teammates
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