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Defence · #54

Dylan Samberg

Winnipeg Jets
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Saginaw, USA
Draft
2017, round 2, #43 (WPG)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
286
Goals
10
Points
67
TOI per game
18:07
xGF% (5v5)
52.3%
Goals above expected
−1.3

Season by season

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

2021–22WPG15055+314:51140.0%00.649.2%
2022–23WPG63268+1014:56494.1%01.255.4%
2023–24WPG7811718+1615:38771.3%12.653.0%
2024–25WPG6061420+3421:08956.3%13.554.2%
2025–26WPG6611314+521:49871.1%03.349.6%
2026–27WPG4022+122:1640.0%00.137.6%
Total1 team286105767+6918:073263.1%211.352.3%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200250
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Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 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

76th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1223rd pct
  • Assists /600.6651st pct
  • ixG /600.1319th pct
  • Shots /603.7852nd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.3%81st pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.2%84th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.376th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2094th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:0757th pct
  • PP time share1.4%30th pct
  • PK time share48.8%88th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%57th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Chris TanevCGY/DAL/TOR0.91
  2. Jonas SiegenthalerNJD0.91
  3. Ryan GravesNJD/PIT0.85
  4. Brayden McNabbVGK0.83
  5. Trevor van RiemsdykWSH/PIT0.80
  6. Adam PelechNYI0.77

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.

−1.3 goals above expected

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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 speed31.8 km/h19th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot128.7 km/h43rd pct
  • Distance skated14 km53rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.9%39th 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

34.9 km/h37th pct

▲ +0.2 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 33.6 km/h, 10th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.7 km/h, 33rd percentile (63 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 54th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 34.7 km/h, 33rd percentile (60 games)2025–26: 34.9 km/h, 37th percentile (66 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.129th pct

▲ +0.2 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.6, 55th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.0, 25th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 1.5, 50th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 0.9, 25th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 1.1, 29th percentile (66 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km30th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.1 km, 86th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.7 km, 61st percentile (63 games)2023–24: 13.7 km, 59th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 13.4 km, 28th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 13.3 km, 30th percentile (66 games)

Hardest shot

145.0 km/h33rd pct

▼ −3.1 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 151.1 km/h, 48th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 147.9 km/h, 39th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 147.6 km/h, 40th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 148.1 km/h, 52nd percentile (60 games)2025–26: 145.0 km/h, 33rd percentile (66 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.9%24th pct

▼ −0.1 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.9%, 43rd percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 42.3%, 61st percentile (63 games)2023–24: 41.7%, 49th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 40.0%, 25th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 39.9%, 24th percentile (66 games)