Sam Steel
Age 28 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 185 lb · Born Ardrossan, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2016, #30 overall by Anaheim
2025-262025-26: 73 games, 12-21-33, 0.45 points per game Season detail →
Sam Steel has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 33 points in 73 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 25th-placed Dallas
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Dallas's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 73 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 78th percentile of forwards: 7
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.13@
NSH3 Oct · 1st 03:08 - 20.47vs
SJS5 Oct · 2nd 08:25 - 20.46@NSH3 Oct · 1st 00:12
- 20.36vs
STL2 Oct · 1st 14:20 - 20.12vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 03:43
- 20.12vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 03:32
- 20.07vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 14:43
- 19.84vsSJS5 Oct · 2nd 00:16
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 76.39@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 03:44
- 68.12vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 09:13
- 67.64vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 07:08
- 63.27vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 14:07
- 60.84vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 19:19
- 51.97@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 18:16
- 40.19@NSH3 Oct · 1st 15:10
- 38.84vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 05:23
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.43vsSJS5 Oct · 14:44 TOI
- 2.55@NSH3 Oct · 16:09 TOI
- 1.98vsSTL2 Oct · 11:19 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.32 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Buffalo, a point in zero of two
BUFW 4-3 SO0000−115:43BUFL 1-40000013:17SJSW 5-00111+114:44NSHW 2-10002016:09STLL 0-40003−111:1933 points in 73 games on a team that finished 3rd
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Dallas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Clutch numbers to match the totals
How the 12 goals and 21 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 12 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Dallas trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
153 attempts across the 67 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 73 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed 22.07 mph, hardest shot 86.18 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (23 of 73)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Buffalo, a point in zero of two
BUFW 4-3 SO0000−115:43BUFL 1-40000013:17BUFW 4-3 SO0000−115:43
NYIL 1-20001−113:36
NJDL 4-60000−217:03
VGKL 2-30112016:10
MINOTL 1-2 OT0000012:45
COLW 2-1 SO0000016:32
UTAL 3-61012016:57
DETW 3-2 OT0001+115:11
EDMW 7-21121+116:49VGKW 2-10001011:25SJSW 5-00111+114:44NSHW 2-10002016:09STLL 0-40003−111:19Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 15.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 62nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Dallas
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-2660th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct