Sean Walker
Age 31 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 191 lb · Born Keswick, Ontario, CAN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 9-22-31, 0.38 points per game Season detail →
Sean Walker has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 31 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 8th-placed Carolina
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Carolina'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.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
21 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 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 98th percentile of defencemen: 8
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.68@
PHI3 Oct · 3rd 16:08 - 21.52vs
WSH2 Oct · 1st 00:13 - 21.23vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 03:04
- 21.15vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 18:57
- 20.99@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 15:00
- 20.55vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 18:04
- 20.38vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 04:32
- 19.84vs
FLA29 Sep · OT 00:11
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 79.22@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 02:19
- 78.39vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 05:22
- 76.80vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 10:35
- 76.72vsFLA29 Sep · 3rd 03:02
- 75.62@PHI3 Oct · 1st 15:34
- 75.16vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 17:06
- 72.64vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 19:52
- 71.00vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 12:15
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.93@
MTL6 Oct · 20:20 TOI - 3.32@PHI3 Oct · 24:10 TOI
- 2.77vsWSH2 Oct · 19:05 TOI
- 2.79vsFLA29 Sep · 19:10 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.95 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 Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANW 6-41122+120:19VANW 4-3 OT0004−125:32MTLL 4-60001−120:20PHIOTL 2-3 OT0004−124:10WSHL 2-50002−219:05FLAOTL 0-1 OT0001019:1031 points in 81 games on a team that finished 2nd
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Carolina'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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 9 goals and 22 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 9 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Carolina trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
461 attempts across the 85 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 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 92nd percentile of defencemen: 106
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (26 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANW 6-41122+120:19VANW 4-3 OT0004−125:32PHIOTL 2-3 SO0111+124:13
UTAW 4-11012+225:00
CHIW 7-21013+323:06
BOSW 6-5 OT0222+119:26
OTTL 3-60113−219:05
NYIW 4-30110+218:51
CBJW 5-10005+222:51CBJW 5-20003017:52MTLL 1-30002−119:07
NJDW 5-20113+120:39MTLL 4-60001−120:20PHIOTL 2-3 OT0004−124:10WSHL 2-50002−219:05FLAOTL 0-1 OT0001019:10Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.63M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 8.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 48th of 191 defencemen 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Carolina
Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-2792nd 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 playoffsNine seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct