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Sammy Walker

Age
27
Shoots
Right
Height
178 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Edina, USA
Draft
2017, round 7, #200 (TBL)

Career · 2022–23 to 2023–24

Games
13
Goals
1
Points
2
TOI per game
10:13
xGF% (5v5)
46.7%
Goals above expected
−0.7

Season by season

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

2022–23MIN9112−110:36812.5%01.652.1%
2023–24MIN4000−39:2230.0%00.130.2%
Total1 team13112−410:13119.1%01.746.7%

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)
0.140.150.160.170.180.190.21010.51111.51212.513
11m11m11m11m1010.51111.51212.513Game

Player card

How 2022–23 to 2023–24 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

23rd 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.4515th pct
  • Assists /600.457th pct
  • ixG /600.7951st pct
  • Goals above expected−0.752nd pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.7%31st pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.1%13th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.838th pct
  • Penalty diff /602.26100th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:139th pct
  • PP time share0.9%7th pct
  • Offensive zone starts43.8%26th pct
  • Quality of competition23.3%11th 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). This player is below the threshold, so the percentiles and ratings are for reference only.

Most similar players this season

Needs a regular role to compare.

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.

−0.7 goals above expected

00.511.5224681012Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30

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 speed33.0 km/h5th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph38th pct
  • Hardest shot126.3 km/h16th pct
  • Distance skated10 km10th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.0%14th 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

33.0 km/h0th pct

▼ −1.2 km/h since 2022–23

3234363822–2323–242022–23: 34.2 km/h, 5th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 33.0 km/h, 0th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.847th pct

▼ −0.2 since 2022–23

24681022–2323–242022–23: 5.0, 52nd percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 4.8, 47th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

16.2 km84th pct

▲ +0.9 km since 2022–23

14.51515.51616.522–2323–242022–23: 15.3 km, 42nd percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 16.2 km, 84th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

126.3 km/h5th pct

▲ +3.2 km/h since 2022–23

12013014015016022–2323–242022–23: 123.1 km/h, 1st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 126.3 km/h, 5th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

39.0%17th pct

▼ −2.4 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%22–2323–242022–23: 41.4%, 44th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 39.0%, 17th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)