OWEN POWER #25

Notes accurate as of Sept. 1, 2026

PRONUNCIATION: POW-uhr, OH-wihn

CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2030-31 ($8.35 million AAV)

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Buffalo in the first round (first overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  

  • Became the 10th Buffalo Sabres player, and the first since Rasmus Dahlin in 2018-19, to be named as a Calder Memorial Trophy Finalist in 2022-23.
  • Became the sixth rookie defenseman in Sabres history to record 35 or more points (35 points, 4+31) in a single season in 2022-23.
  • In 2022-23, Power logged more even-strength time on ice per game (20:44) than any rookie since the NHL began tracking the stat in 1997-98.
  • Power (six in 2022-23) joined Doug Barrie (six in 1970-71), Phil Housley (seven in 1982-83), Calle Johansson (eight in 1987-88), Richard Smehlik (seven in 1992-93) and Rasmus Dahlin (six in 2018-19) as the only Sabres rookie defensemen to record six or more multi-assist performances in a single season.
  • Registered a plus-2 rating and skated 19:50 in his NHL debut on April 12 at Toronto.
  • Tallied first career NHL point (assist) vs. St. Louis on April 14, 2022.
  • Scored his first career NHL goal on April 21, 2022 at New Jersey.
  • Registered a single-game career-high plus-5 rating on Dec. 21, 2023 vs. Toronto.
  • Recorded a six-game point streak, the longest of his career, from Oct. 17 to Nov. 1, 2024 (2+6).
  • Recorded a shootout goal on Dec. 9, 2023 vs. Montreal to become Buffalo’s all-time leader in shootout goals by a defenseman (2).
  • Appeared in his 100th NHL game on Nov. 7, 2023 at Carolina.
  • Played in his 200th NHL game on Dec. 29, 2024 at St. Louis.
  • Has finished second among all Sabres defensemen in goals, assists and points in each of his three full seasons with Buffalo (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25).
  • Became the fourth defenseman in Sabres history (Rasmus Dahlin, 148; Richie Dunn, 102; Phil Housley, 193) to record 100 or more assists in the first 300 games of their career (105) in 2025-26.
  • Played in his 300th NHL game on Feb. 27, 2026 at Florida. 
  • Registered his 100th NHL assist on Dec. 31, 2025 at Dallas. 

AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS:  

  • Helped guide the Michigan Wolverines to a Big Ten Championship in 2021-22 and was named to the Big Ten First All-Star Team and the NCAA (West) Second All-American Team.
  • Tied for the Michigan team lead in assists (29) and finished second in points (32) and plus/minus rating (plus-27) in 33 games in 2021-22.
  • Awarded the Big Ten’s Second Star of the Week on Oct. 12 and Nov. 16, 2021.
  • After his freshman season in 2020-21, he was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and Big Ten Second All-Star Team.
  • Also named the College Hockey News Rookie of the Year and to the College Hockey News All-Rookie Team.
  • Finished second among all NCAA freshman defensemen with .62 points per game.
  • Recorded 16 points (3+13) in 26 games for the Wolverines as a freshman in 2020-21.
  • Named the USHL Defenseman of the Year and to the league’s First All-Star Team in 2019-20 after leading all defensemen and tying for sixth among all skaters with 40 points (12+28) in 45 games for the Chicago Steel.
  • Named the USHL Defenseman of the Week on Oct. 29, 2019 after scoring two goals, including a game-winner, in two games.
  • Led USHL rookie defensemen in goals (11) and tied for second in points (25) in 58 games for Chicago during the 2018-19 season and was named to the USHL All-Rookie Second team.

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:  

  • Played with Team Canada at the 2024 IIHF World Championship, in which he appeared in 10 games and registered six points (1+5).
  • Represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, where he notched one assist and a plus-2 rating in five games while leading Canadian skaters in ice time per game (21:38).
  • Won a gold medal in his debut for the Canadian men’s senior team at the 2021IIHF World Championship after leading the team’s defensemen with three points (0+3) in 10 games.

NHL FIRSTS

Game: 4/12/22 at TOR

Goal: 4/21/22 at NJD

Assist: 4/14/22 vs. STL

AWARDS & HONORS

Professional:

2022-23 NHL All-Rookie Team

2022-23 Calder Trophy Finalist

International:

2021 IIHF World Championship Gold Medal

Amateur:

2021-22 Big Ten First All-Star Team

2021-22 NCAA (West) Second All-American Team

2021-22 Big Ten Champion

2020-21 Big Ten All-Rookie Team

2020-21 Big Ten Second All-Star Team

2019-20 USHL Defenseman of the Year

2019-20 USHL First All-Star Team

2018-19 USHL All-Rookie Team