Philadelphia Flyers · #6 · Defence

Travis Sanheim

Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 222 lb · Born Elkhorn, Manitoba, CAN

Drafted 2014, #17 overall by Philadelphia

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-1st on PHI
Assists1T-3rd on PHI
Points2T-1st on PHI
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots911.1% shooting
TOI / GP24:331st on PHI

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 11-26-37, 0.46 points per game Season detail →

Travis Sanheim has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 37 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 4 games for the 30th-placed Philadelphia

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Blocked shots994th
Ice time24:3392nd
Shots / GP2.2589th
Takeaways288th
Goals / 600.6180th
Shooting %11.1%80th
Points / GP0.5073rd
Penalty differential056th
Assists / 600.6153rd
Hits244th
PP points042nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.50.51–4

Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-1st on PHI
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-3rd on PHI
Shooting %11.1%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time24:331st on PHI
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Philadelphia's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength19:44
Power play0:16
Shorthanded4:34
Total24:33

29.3 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on PHI
PP assists0T-1st on PHI
PP points0T-1st on PHI · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-1st on PHI

Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-1st on PHI
Overtime goals0T-1st on PHI
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Philadelphia trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.22
Goals / 600.61
Shots / 605.5
ES points / 601.522 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing6 att · 1 G
Point5 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

13 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2386th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.8
Unblocked attempts9
xG per attempt.025
ixG per 600.14

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 97th percentile of defencemen: 95.71 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Hardest shot, mph95.7197th
Distance skated, mi13.396th
90+ mph shots190th
20+ mph bursts486th
Top speed, mph20.6760th
22+ mph bursts048th
Average shot, mph67.736th
Distance / 60, mi8.1517th
Defensive-zone time48.1%5th
Offensive-zone time34.2%4th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.67Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph95.71Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated13.3 mi3.70 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts16.7%46.2% defensive · 37.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

34.2%All situations48.1%
35.8%Even strength45.0%
32.1%Power play39.1%
27.6%Shorthanded62.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.67@NJD1 Oct · 2nd 10:02
  2. 20.54@NJD1 Oct · OT 03:21
  3. 20.26@TBL5 Oct · 2nd 02:44
  4. 20.00@NJD1 Oct · 1st 03:56
  5. 19.81@TBL5 Oct · 3rd 16:05
  6. 19.38@TBL5 Oct · 3rd 06:43
  7. 19.21@TBL5 Oct · 3rd 17:47
  8. 19.16vsCAR3 Oct · 2nd 01:29

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph4 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph16 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 95.71@NJD1 Oct · 3rd 05:33
  2. 80.16vsPIT30 Sep · 3rd 14:14
  3. 79.33@TBL5 Oct · 2nd 02:17
  4. 76.29vsPIT30 Sep · 2nd 04:39
  5. 74.79vsCAR3 Oct · 3rd 10:17
  6. 74.52vsPIT30 Sep · 2nd 08:23
  7. 72.32vsPIT30 Sep · 3rd 06:15
  8. 71.61vsPIT30 Sep · 1st 03:20

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph6 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.40@TBL5 Oct · 25:04 TOI
  2. 3.70vsCAR3 Oct · 27:05 TOI
  3. 3.62@NJD1 Oct · 25:47 TOI
  4. 2.62vsPIT30 Sep · 20:15 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.34 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-1st on PHI
Giveaways10
TK / GV ratio0.20
Hits2T-15th on PHI
Blocked shots9T-2nd on PHI

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Ottawa, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Feb 2026vsOTTOTL 1-2 OT0002−124:11
8 Nov 2025vsOTTOTL 2-3 OT0000−126:00
23 Oct 2025@OTTL 1-20003−124:11

Contract

$6.25M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 5.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 89th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$6.25M6.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 4 of 8
Expires2030-31UFA at 35
Cap value$50MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Philadelphia

Ten seasons · 2017-18 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

20th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points25220th for Philadelphia
Goals6629th
Assists18613th
Games played6648th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, all with the Flyers

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18PHI4928100.202.8%
2018-19PHI82926350.437.4%
2019-20PHI69817250.367.3%
2020-21PHI55312150.273.0%
2021-22PHI80724310.395.7%
2022-23PHI81716230.286.3%
2023-24PHI811034440.546.8%
2024-25PHI82822300.375.8%
2025-26PHI811126370.4611.6%
2026-27PHI10000.000.0%
Career661651852500.386.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Philadelphia · round 1From Calgary (WHL)#17

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · PHI points

Games30
Goals4
Points110.37 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct