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Defence · #6

Travis Sanheim

Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
101 kg
Born
Elkhorn, CAN
Draft
2014, round 1, #17 (PHI)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
664
Goals
66
Points
252
TOI per game
21:46
xGF% (5v5)
50.9%
Goals above expected
−0.4

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2017–18PHI492810−615:35722.8%03.051.7%
2018–19PHI8292635−419:341217.4%56.651.2%
2019–20PHI6981725+420:091107.3%66.852.4%
2020–21PHI5531215−2221:531003.0%05.653.6%
2021–22PHI8072431+922:581235.7%07.048.2%
2022–23PHI8171623−520:241116.3%17.345.4%
2023–24PHI81103444−2023:481466.8%510.353.2%
2024–25PHI8282230−624:301395.8%210.953.9%
2025–26PHI81112637+1224:139511.6%38.752.3%
2026–27PHI4112−424:33911.1%00.222.7%
Total1 team66466186252−4221:461,0266.4%2266.450.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400500600
15m20m25m30m100200300400500600Game

Player card

How 2017–18 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

88th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2778th pct
  • Assists /600.7771st pct
  • ixG /600.2884th pct
  • Shots /604.2662nd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.9%70th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.6%58th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.083rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4266th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:4689th pct
  • PP time share17.0%68th pct
  • PK time share41.6%77th pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%78th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

−0.4 goals above expected

020406080100200300400500600Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed33.3 km/h61st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph485th pct
  • Hardest shot154.0 km/h98th pct
  • Distance skated21 km96th pct
  • Offensive-zone time34.2%4th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

36.5 km/h83rd pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2024–25

3435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.1 km/h, 80th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 36.3 km/h, 81st percentile (81 games)2023–24: 35.5 km/h, 60th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 36.1 km/h, 73rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 36.5 km/h, 83rd percentile (81 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.288th pct

▼ −0.5 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.8, 82nd percentile (80 games)2022–23: 2.5, 80th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 2.9, 85th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 3.7, 93rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 3.2, 88th percentile (81 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.0 km74th pct

▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.1 km, 82nd percentile (80 games)2022–23: 14.2 km, 88th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 14.0 km, 75th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 14.4 km, 90th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 14.0 km, 74th percentile (81 games)

Hardest shot

152.6 km/h69th pct

▲ +2.4 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 151.1 km/h, 47th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 150.7 km/h, 48th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 163.3 km/h, 97th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 150.3 km/h, 63rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 152.6 km/h, 69th percentile (81 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.3%30th pct

▼ −1.0 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.8%, 42nd percentile (80 games)2022–23: 41.6%, 50th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 41.9%, 56th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 41.3%, 43rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 40.3%, 30th percentile (81 games)