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Centre · #81 · Rookie

Josh Samanski

Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Erding, DEU
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2025–26 to 2026–27

Games
29
Goals
2
Points
5
TOI per game
10:02
xGF% (5v5)
52.7%
Goals above expected
−0.2

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice266:2247.8%48.2%52.7%52.6%2.111.891391,047.2
Team with player off ice1114:1250.7%50.9%53.4%53.1%2.712.374746992.1
Relative (on − off)–-2.9%–-0.6%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.5%
Opponents' xGF%: 48.9%
Quality of teammates
23.9%
Teammates' xGF%: 48.6%
Offensive zone starts
57.0%
65.2% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%23.023.524.024.525.025.526.026.527.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsFredericJanmarkHymanLazarSavoieRoslovicDraisaitlKapanenPodkolzinNugent-HopkinsMcDavidBouchardEkholmStastneyNurseEmbersonWalmanMangiapaneHenriqueDickinsonDachMurphyJonesHowardSheaSamanski

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
52.7%
29.5%