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Sam Carrick

Sam Carrick

BUF·FJersey number #10
Played for NYR in the game shown
NYRvsCBJ
Latest captured market
Mar 2 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 357 game sample
PTS
18.3
SOG
86.8
G
8.8
A
9.5
PPP
0.2
HIT
136.5
BLK
39.3
PIM
78.5

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 357 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+1.35
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +0.7 goals over 118
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.25
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.3 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 357 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 357 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.22
G
0.11
A
0.11
SOG
1.05
PPP
0.00
HIT
1.67
BLK
0.48
PIM
0.96

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-267397160.227510:28
2024-2580614200.258411:56
2023-2477106160.219212:13
2022-23523470.135010:34
2021-2264118190.308011:28

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2610000.0026:17
2023-24100110.1049:14

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 2 lineG 2/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 10@ MTLPO20000026:17
Mar 31vs NYI10001056:47
Mar 28vs SEA200030010:50
Mar 27vs DET00002006:46
Mar 25vs BOS000011010:26
Mar 22@ ANA300010012:20
Mar 21@ LAK310011015:38
Mar 19@ SJS320000013:27
Mar 17@ VGK000010213:40
Mar 14vs TOR101020010:34

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 2 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-268.39plus 0.7 goals above expected56118
2024-258.96minus 2.9 goals above expected63124
2023-249.910plus 0.1 goals above expected61129
2022-234.23minus 1.2 goals above expected3669
2021-228.611plus 2.4 goals above expected52114

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-269 goals, 6 assists, 15 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-255 goals, 12 assists, 17 points0-0-01 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2023-247 goals, 6 assists, 13 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2022-233 goals, 4 assists, 7 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-2211 goals, 8 assists, 19 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

118 attempts · 9 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (43)Shot on goal (66)Goal (9)

Markets · Mar 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
5%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.