Jiri Kulich
Player profile and career history
C · #20 · Buffalo Sabres
Jiri Kulich is a center for the Buffalo Sabres. Born April 14, 2004 in Kadan, Czechia, he stands 6'1", weighs 195 lbs and shoots left. He was drafted in 2022 (round 1, 28th overall) by the Buffalo Sabres. In 84 NHL regular-season games he has 19 goals and 13 assists for 32 points. This season: 1 goals and 2 assists in 9 games.
NHL regular-season career
- Games
- 84
- Goals
- 19
- Assists
- 13
- Points
- 32
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 13
- Avg Toi
- 14:51
- Faceoff Winning Pctg
- 0.4481
- Game Winning Goals
- 4
- Games Played
- 84
- Goals
- 19
- Ot Goals
- 1
- Pim
- 22
- Plus Minus
- -8
- Points
- 32
- Power Play Goals
- 0
- Power Play Points
- 0
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.113
- Shorthanded Goals
- 0
- Shorthanded Points
- 0
- Shots
- 168
NHL career scoring rates
- Goals / game
- 0.23
- Assists / game
- 0.15
- Points / game
- 0.38
- Shots / game
- 2.00
Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.
NHL season record highs
Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.
- Goals
- 15 2024–25 · Buffalo Sabres
- Assists
- 9 2024–25 · Buffalo Sabres
- Points
- 24 2024–25 · Buffalo Sabres
- Shots
- 134 2024–25 · Buffalo Sabres
Teams & leagues through the years
Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.
2026–27
2025–26
2024–25
- Rochester AmericansAHL
Buffalo SabresNHL
2023–24
- Rochester AmericansAHL
Buffalo SabresNHL
- Czechia U20WJC-20
2022–23
- Rochester AmericansAHL
- Czechia U20WJC-20
2021–22
- HC Energie Karlovy VaryCzechia
- HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20Czechia U20
- Czechia U18Hlinka Gretzky Cup
- Czechia U18WJC-18
- Czechia U20WJC-20
2020–21
- HC Energie Karlovy VaryCzechia
- Piráti Chomutov U17Czechia U17
- Piráti Chomutov U20Czechia U20
- SK Trhači KadaňCzechia2
- Czechia U18WJC-18
2019–20
- Piráti Chomutov U17Czechia U17
- Pirati Chomutov B U17Czechia U17 2
- Piráti Chomutov U20DHL Cup
2018–19
- Pirati Chomutov U16Czechia U16
- Ustecky kraj U15MMCR
2017–18
- Pirati Chomutov U16Czechia U16
Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.
Season-by-season history
All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.
Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.
| Season | League | Team | Type | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/− | Shots | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | NHL | Regular | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 2025–26 | NHL | Regular | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2024–25 | AHL | Rochester Americans | Regular | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2024–25 | NHL | Regular | 62 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 18 | -4 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | All stats
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| 2024–25 | AHL | Rochester Americans | Playoffs | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2023–24 | AHL | Rochester Americans | Regular | 57 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2023–24 | NHL | Regular | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2023–24 | WJC-20 | Czechia U20 | Regular | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2023–24 | AHL | Rochester Americans | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2022–23 | AHL | Rochester Americans | Regular | 62 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 18 | -7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2022–23 | WJC-20 | Czechia U20 | Regular | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2022–23 | AHL | Rochester Americans | Playoffs | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | Czechia | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | Regular | 49 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | Czechia U20 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20 | Regular | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | Hlinka Gretzky Cup | Czechia U18 | Regular | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | WJC-18 | Czechia U18 | Regular | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | -6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | WJC-20 | Czechia U20 | Regular | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | Czechia | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2021–22 | Czechia U20 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary U20 | Playoffs | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2020–21 | Czechia | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | Regular | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2020–21 | Czechia U17 | Piráti Chomutov U17 | Regular | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2020–21 | Czechia U20 | Piráti Chomutov U20 | Regular | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2020–21 | Czechia2 | SK Trhači Kadaň | Regular | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2020–21 | WJC-18 | Czechia U18 | Regular | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2019–20 | Czechia U17 | Piráti Chomutov U17 | Regular | 19 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2019–20 | Czechia U17 2 | Pirati Chomutov B U17 | Regular | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2019–20 | DHL Cup | Piráti Chomutov U20 | Regular | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2018–19 | Czechia U16 | Pirati Chomutov U16 | Regular | 35 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 39 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2018–19 | MMCR | Ustecky kraj U15 | Regular | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2017–18 | Czechia U16 | Pirati Chomutov U16 | Regular | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | -7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2017–18 | Czechia U16 | Pirati Chomutov U16 | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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NHL game-by-game archive
10 imported games.
| Date | Team | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Shots | +/− | TOI | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-08 | BUF | vs VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10:29 | All stats
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| 2026-11-06 | BUF | vs CBJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13:00 | All stats
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| 2026-10-21 | BUF | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 13:42 | All stats
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| 2026-10-17 | BUF | at MTL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 | All stats
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| 2026-10-13 | BUF | at MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 16:51 | All stats
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| 2026-10-12 | BUF | vs FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:52 | All stats
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| 2026-10-08 | BUF | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 | All stats
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| 2026-10-06 | BUF | vs MIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13:56 | All stats
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| 2026-10-03 | BUF | vs CHI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13:31 | All stats
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| 2026-10-01 | BUF | at CBJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 8:45 | All stats
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NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.
Recent NHL games
| Date | Opponent | Goals | Assists | Points | Time on ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | CBJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 2026-10-21 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 2026-10-17 | MTL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 2026-10-13 | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 2026-10-12 | FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
Profile updated Nov 8, 1:20 pm EST. Missing stats are shown as –.