SABRES RE-SIGN LEVI TO TWO-YEAR DEAL
AHL All-Star led all netminders in shutouts and ranked third in wins last season for Rochester
Jul 31, 2025
The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed restricted free-agent goaltender Devon Levi to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $812,500, the team announced Thursday.
Levi, 23, has posted consecutive excellent seasons with the AHL’s Rochester Americans. In 68 regular season games, he’s recorded 41 wins, a 2.28 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. In 13 total Calder Cup Playoff games, Levi has seven wins, a 2.54 GAA and .916 save percentage.
Among all qualified AHL goaltenders during the 2024-25 regular season, he ranked third in wins (25), first in shutouts (7) and sixth in goals-against average (2.20) and save percentage (.918). He was also one of three Amerks named to the 2025 AHL All-Star Classic.
The 6-foot-0 netminder has played 39 games (36 starts) with the Sabres across the last three seasons, going 17-17-2 with a 3.29 GAA and .894 save percentage.
The Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, native made his NHL debut with the Sabres in March 2023 after concluding his two-season college career at Northeastern University, where he was a two-time recipient of the Mike Richter Award as the NCAA’s top goaltender in Division I hockey. He appeared in 66 games with the Huskies, graduating as the school’s all-time leader in carer save percentage (,942), goals-against average (1.90) and shutouts (16).
In addition to his NHL, AHL and NCAA experience, Levi has represented Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship and 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Levi was originally selected by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round of the 2020 NHL Draft, and Buffalo acquired him in July 2021.
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