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Sam Steel

Sam Steel

DAL·FJersey number #18
vsCHI
Latest captured market
Mar 8 · 6:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 410 game sample
PTS
30.6
SOG
90.3
G
9.9
A
20.7
PPP
1.8
HIT
81.6
BLK
31.9
PIM
30.8

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 410 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 cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.75
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −1.8 goals over 121
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.14
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.2 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 410 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 · 410 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.37
G
0.12
A
0.25
SOG
1.10
PPP
0.02
HIT
0.99
BLK
0.39
PIM
0.38

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26731221330.458216:04
2024-2579619250.328914:08
2023-2477915240.318613:14
2022-23651018280.438514:58
2021-2268614200.296612:19

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2660000.00616:40
2024-25181670.391313:54
2023-24191450.261913:15
2022-2351120.40615:35

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 8 lineG 0/10A 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 30@ MINPO000000013:35
Apr 28vs MINPO100021013:35
Apr 25@ MINPO200001017:41
Apr 22@ MINPO000030222:58
Apr 20vs MINPO300010016:32
Apr 18vs MINPO000030015:41
Apr 15@ BUF000020015:43
Mar 26@ NYI100020013:36
Mar 24vs NJD000001017:03
Mar 22vs VGK201001016:10

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 8 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
2025-2613.812minus 1.8 goals above expected59121
2024-259.66minus 3.6 goals above expected62124
2023-249.19minus 0.1 goals above expected69126
2022-2310.610minus 0.6 goals above expected54119
2021-227.46minus 1.4 goals above expected4489

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 cold 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
2025-2611 goals, 19 assists, 30 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-255 goals, 17 assists, 22 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2023-247 goals, 13 assists, 20 points0-0-02 goals, 2 assists, 4 points
2022-239 goals, 15 assists, 24 points0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2021-226 goals, 11 assists, 17 points0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points0-0-0

Shot locations

121 attempts · 12 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (39)Shot on goal (70)Goal (12)

Markets · Mar 8

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
23%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.5
P(over)
36%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
6%
SOG
Shots on goal
No line posted.
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.