Season in Review | Connor Clifton

Every day through early May, Sabres.com will be recapping each player’s performance with all the numbers, highlights, quotations and content that tell the story of their 2024-25 season.

Connor Clifton, D

73 GP | 1 G | 15 A | 16 P | -6

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Season at a glance

Clifton continued to play a physical, third-pair role as one of the few right shots on the Sabres’ defense corps. He led the team in hits (208) and shorthanded time on ice (200:26) and tied for the team lead with 116 blocked shots.

His defense-first role was captured by the fact that he started just 32.1 percent of his shifts in the offensive zone, the lowest mark on the Sabres.

Number to know: 208

Clifton’s 208 hits ranked sixth among NHL defensemen. That mark is tied as second-highest single-season total by a Sabres defenseman since hits started being tracked in 2005-06.

Watch this

Clifton and other members of the Sabres defense corps joined friends from SABAH for a skate at KeyBank Center back in January.

What’s next

Clifton has one year remaining on the three-year deal he signed as a free agent in 2023.