Okposo scored two goals, one shorthanded, in Thursday's 9-3 win over the Maple Leafs.

EDGE Analysis

His shortie midway through the second period on a breakaway from Buffalo's blue line gave the Sabres a 6-3 lead and seemed to break Toronto's spirit. Okposo then snapped home another goal in the third for the final tally of the night. The veteran winger began the season with a 19-game goal drought but he's come to life since then, racking up eight goals and 11 points in the last 15 contests while seeing time on both the penalty kill and the second power-play unit.

Okposo contributed a goal and two assists in Monday's 5-2 home win against the Coyotes.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo was good for a plus-3 rating, two shots on goal, a blocked shot and three hits with four faceoff wins in six attempts across 13:20 of ice time. He entered play with three goals and just eight points across the first 27 games of the season, but he has two goals and four points over his previous two outings. This was his first three-point game since netting a hat trick against the Red Wings on Dec. 29, 2022.

Okposo scored a goal Saturday in a 3-2 shootout loss to Montreal.

EDGE Analysis

He drove the net and pounded in a rebound at 6:36 of the third period to tie the game. It was his first goal in six games and a milestone point -- Okposo now has 600 career points (234 goals, 366 assists; 1,012 games). At this point in his career, Kyle is a bit player on a lower line, and he has just four goals and four assists in 28 contests. But milestones like this are always worth celebrating.

Okposo provided a goal in a 5-1 victory over the Rangers on Monday.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo had no goals and three assists over his first 19 contests this season, but he's found his scoring touch recently, supplying a tally in each of his last three contests. His latest marker came in the dying seconds of Monday's game to punctuate Buffalo's 5-1 win. Although Okposo's hot right now, not a lot is expected of him offensively at the age of 35. He had just 28 points in 75 appearances last year.

Okposo scored his first goal of the season in Friday's 3-2 win against the Penguins.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo lit the lamp at 10:52 of the third period to level the score at 2-2, with helpers to Rasmus Dahlin and Victor Olofsson. Okposo ended up with a plus-1 rating and five shots on goal while winning three of his five faceoff attempts in 14:28 of ice time. He has chipped in four points in 20 contests this campaign, which doesn't give him much fantasy appeal at this time. Friday's point was his first since Oct. 27.

Okposo recorded an assist, two blocked shots and two PIM in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Devils.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo has three helpers over his last five games, which is all of his offense this season. He set up a Dylan Cozens tally in the third period Friday. Okposo is seeing fourth-line usage again this season, and he's racked up six hits, six blocked shots, six shots on net, eight PIM and a plus-1 rating through eight appearances.

Okposo signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with Buffalo on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo had the option to test the open market this summer as an unrestricted free agent after completing his seven-year, $42 million deal, but he decided to sign an extension with the Sabres instead. The 35-year-old scored 11 goals and 28 points in 75 contests in 2022-23. He'll likely serve primarily in a bottom-six role next season.

Okposo scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory over the Islanders on Saturday.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo was in the left circle near the slot when Ilya Lyubushkin's shot from the right point hit the Isles' Anders Lee and deflected onto his stick. He made no mistake, ringing it off the near post and in past Semyon Varlamov. It was Okposo's first goal in eight games and just his third in 31 games. Yep -- the decline is real. He has 10 goals and 25 points in 65 games in the last year of his current contract. The 34-year-old winger and team captain will looking to continue to prove his leadership is worth a new deal in Buffalo, albeit at much less his current $6 million cap hit.

Okposo netted a goal in Buffalo's 3-2 loss to the Islanders on Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo scored early in the third period to tie the contest at 2-2, but the Islanders were able to regain the lead. He has eight goals and 23 points in 56 outings this season. Okposo snapped a four-game scoring drought.

Okposo scored a shorthanded goal in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Predators.

EDGE Analysis

Okposo picked a fine time to end a seven-game point drought, scoring at 6:43 of the third period while killing a penalty. That goal held up as the game-winner, his second such tally this season. All four of Okposo's shorthanded goals in his career have come in the last three seasons -- this was his first shorty of 2022-23. He's up to seven goals, 17 points, 65 shots on net, 36 hits and a plus-3 rating through 34 appearances while mainly playing on the fourth line.