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Left wing · #27

Sammy Blais

St. Louis Blues New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs Montréal Canadiens(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Montmagny, CAN
Draft
2014, round 6, #176 (STL)

Career · 8 seasons

Games
278
Goals
30
Points
79
TOI per game
11:06
xGF% (5v5)
45.6%
Goals above expected
−2.0
ShowAll teamsSt. Louis BluesNew York RangersToronto Maple LeafsMontréal Canadiens

Season by season

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

2017–18STL11123+110:46911.1%12.044.6%
2018–19STL32224−19:51277.4%03.048.3%
2019–20STL406713−212:355610.7%06.252.9%
2020–21STL368715012:043125.8%03.543.3%
2021–22NYR14044+313:28170.0%02.244.2%
2022–23NYR40055+19:38310.0%03.343.8%
2022–23STL3191120+314:363923.1%15.344.6%
2022–23All teams7191625+411:487012.9%18.644.3%
2023–24STL53167−119:41333.0%04.141.4%
After a break: 2025–26TOR8123−28:17714.3%00.739.5%
2025–26MTL13235+48:311118.2%01.753.5%
2025–26All teams21358+28:261816.7%02.448.4%
Total4 teams278304979−411:0626111.5%232.045.6%

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)
00.5150100150200250
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Player card

Model-based

How 8 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

31st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.5837th pct
  • Assists /600.9557th pct
  • ixG /600.6230th pct
  • Goals above expected−2.045th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)45.6%22nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.8%26th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.027th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2167th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game11:0624th pct
  • PP time share10.4%39th pct
  • Offensive zone starts59.4%62nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%32nd 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

  1. Colton Dach0.93
  2. Mitchell Chaffee0.89
  3. Brendan LemieuxWPG/NYR/PHI/CAR0.88
  4. Ryan ReavesVGK/NYR/MIN/TOR0.88
  5. Klim KostinSTL/EDM/SJS0.88
  6. Zac Rinaldo0.86

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−2.0 goals above expected

010203050100150200250Game

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

−500+50+100

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 speed32.8 km/h3rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph410th pct
  • Hardest shot123.8 km/h12th pct
  • Distance skated49 km22nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.0%49th pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle 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

32.8 km/h0th pct

▼ −0.9 km/h since 2023–24

3234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 33.7 km/h, 2nd percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 33.1 km/h, 1st percentile (71 games)2023–24: 33.7 km/h, 2nd percentile (53 games)2025–26: 32.8 km/h, 0th percentile (21 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.45th pct

▲ +0.7 since 2023–24

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 1.0, 3rd percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.8, 2nd percentile (71 games)2023–24: 0.7, 2nd percentile (53 games)2025–26: 1.4, 5th percentile (21 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.5 km96th pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2023–24

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 15.8 km, 61st percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 15.6 km, 61st percentile (71 games)2023–24: 16.1 km, 83rd percentile (53 games)2025–26: 16.5 km, 96th percentile (21 games)

Hardest shot

123.8 km/h3rd pct

▼ −1.7 km/h since 2023–24

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 134.6 km/h, 16th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 141.5 km/h, 43rd percentile (71 games)2023–24: 125.5 km/h, 4th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 123.8 km/h, 3rd percentile (21 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.0%53rd pct

▲ +0.8 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 40.2%, 30th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 41.3%, 42nd percentile (71 games)2023–24: 41.2%, 41st percentile (53 games)2025–26: 42.0%, 53rd percentile (21 games)