Samuel Ersson
Age 26 · Catches left · 6′3″ · 194 lb · Born Falun, SWE
Drafted 2018, #143 overall by Philadelphia
vs Philadelphia · 7:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 33 games, 14-11-5, .870 save %, 3.12 GAA Season detail →
Samuel Ersson has a .886 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .870 in 33 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sampleA .886 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in shots faced / 60
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.886). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Fifteen points of save percentage below the league at even strength
1 start in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
13.9 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .813 save percentage from the slot, 23rd of 38 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieThe last ten games
DETW 5-3354.88657:56
BOSL 1-491.88920:00
TORL 2-300—0:00A .870 save percentage over 33 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.870). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Thirty-two points of save percentage below the league at even strength
29 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
13.9 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .794 save percentage from the slot, 57th of 61 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 61 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 11 of 29 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
The last ten games
MTLW 4-2292.93159:48DETL 3-6142.85735:04DETL 2-4194.78957:23
DALW 2-1 OT181.94463:27
CHIW 5-1261.96259:49
LAKW 4-3 SO253.88065:00
WSHW 4-1231.95760:00
NYRL 2-6301.00019:47NYRW 3-2 OT242.91761:40BOSL 3-6205.75040:00DETW 5-3354.88657:56BOSL 1-491.88920:00TORL 2-300—0:00Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.2M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he saved −6.32 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 56th of 59 goalies with 20 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 Ottawa
43rd in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
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Regular season and playoffsFour seasons, all with the Flyers
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct