- Age
- 25
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 191 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Whitehorse, CAN
- Draft
- 2019, round 1, #7 (BUF)
Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27
- Games
- 447
- Goals
- 110
- Points
- 272
- TOI per game
- 16:32
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.8%
- Goals above expected
- −13.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2020–21 |   BUF | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −15 | 14:21 | 62 | 6.5% | 1 | 7.1 | 43.3% |
| 2021–22 | BUF | 79 | 13 | 25 | 38 | −19 | 15:54 | 160 | 8.1% | 9 | 16.5 | 46.1% |
| 2022–23 | BUF | 81 | 31 | 37 | 68 | −3 | 16:30 | 211 | 14.7% | 18 | 26.3 | 49.5% |
| 2023–24 | BUF | 79 | 18 | 29 | 47 | −4 | 17:14 | 200 | 9.0% | 10 | 22.5 | 49.2% |
| 2024–25 | BUF | 61 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −13 | 17:13 | 139 | 7.9% | 4 | 16.6 | 47.2% |
| 2024–25 |   OTT | 21 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −4 | 16:37 | 49 | 10.2% | 8 | 5.9 | 45.7% |
| 2024–25 | All teams | 82 | 16 | 31 | 47 | −17 | 17:04 | 188 | 8.5% | 12 | 22.5 | 46.9% |
| 2025–26 | OTT | 82 | 28 | 31 | 59 | −7 | 17:02 | 205 | 13.7% | 29 | 28.0 | 60.5% |
| 2026–27 | OTT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:48 | 7 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.7 | 38.8% |
| Total | 2 teams | 447 | 110 | 162 | 272 | −65 | 16:32 | 1,033 | 10.6% | 79 | 123.8 | 49.8% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
75th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.8972nd pct
- Assists /601.3181st pct
- ixG /601.0084th pct
- Goals above expected−13.88th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)49.8%60th pct
- CF% (5v5)50.6%70th pct
- Relative xGF%+0.464th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1254th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game16:3280th pct
- PP time share49.4%82nd pct
- Offensive zone starts60.2%66th pct
- Quality of competition24.5%69th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Cozens wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1171+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.5%
2612–2771 · #114 of 187 regulars, 39th percentile
Against an average centre
49.2%
Opponents won 50.7% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.3% against them.
Wins above average
−43
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
12.2
5,383 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone49.4% 1000–1026
- Neutral zone47.9% 798–868
- Defensive zone48.1% 814–877
By strength
- Even strength49.0% 2062–2145
- Power play50.3% 370–365
- Shorthanded40.8% 180–261
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −13 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- J.T. Compher46.5% 40–46
- Sidney Crosby39.7% 31–47
- Bo Horvat29.9% 23–54
- Nico Hischier47.2% 34–38
- John Tavares40.9% 27–39
- Vincent Trocheck42.4% 28–38
- Mika Zibanejad44.6% 29–36
- Dylan Larkin44.6% 29–36
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 202 | 47.5% | 48.3% |
| 2021–22 | 840 | 45.6% | 46.0% |
| 2022–23 | 1174 | 48.3% | 49.0% |
| 2023–24 | 1146 | 45.5% | 46.7% |
| 2024–25 | 1160 | 50.6% | 51.3% |
| 2025–26 | 818 | 53.2% | 53.5% |
| 2026–27 | 43 | 51.2% | 51.0% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−13.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed33.1 km/h23rd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
- Hardest shot130.1 km/h67th pct
- Distance skated14 km68th pct
- Offensive-zone time43.9%70th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
38.2 km/h97th pct
▲ +2.0 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
9.182nd pct
▲ +2.9 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.0 km22nd pct
▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
144.9 km/h80th pct
▲ +4.7 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
48.0%98th pct
▲ +4.5 points since 2024–25