Sam Rinzel
Age 22 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 200 lb · Born Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2022, #25 overall by Chicago
2025-262025-26: 54 games, 4-10-14, 0.26 points per game Season detail →
Sam Rinzel has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 14 points in 54 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 29th-placed Chicago
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Chicago trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
14 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 · 54 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 78th percentile of defencemen: 8.88 miles
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
- 19.76@
VGK29 Sep · 1st 10:48 - 19.72@
UTA1 Oct · 1st 18:47 - 19.45@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 04:41
- 19.42@UTA1 Oct · 3rd 16:30
- 19.42@VGK29 Sep · 1st 18:32
- 19.22@UTA1 Oct · 3rd 08:36
- 19.04@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 00:39
- 18.99@UTA1 Oct · 3rd 08:54
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 73.85@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 09:04
- 73.58@UTA1 Oct · 1st 10:52
- 72.82@UTA1 Oct · 1st 18:34
- 72.44@VGK29 Sep · 2nd 02:07
- 68.30@UTA1 Oct · 1st 07:56
- 68.25@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 00:41
- 66.24@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 15:48
- 56.89@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 04:29
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.53vs
STL6 Oct · 17:45 TOI - 2.73@UTA1 Oct · 17:30 TOI
- 2.66@VGK29 Sep · 18:16 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.64 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 NY Islanders, a point in zero of one
NYIW 4-30001+217:20STLW 4-21012017:45UTAW 6-00002−117:30VGKW 5-20002−118:1614 points in 54 games on a team that finished 31st
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago'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 4 goals and 10 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 4 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Chicago trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
213 attempts across the 56 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 · 54 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 92nd percentile of defencemen: 8.94 miles
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 (13 of 54)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against NY Islanders, a point in zero of one
NYIW 4-30001+217:20
SJSW 5-21011+219:00
BUFL 1-50001−216:16STLL 3-50002020:43
CARL 2-70001−321:57SJSL 2-30001016:34
SEAW 4-20002+121:04
EDML 1-30000017:44
WPGOTL 3-4 OT0001−122:44
NJDL 3-50001−120:49
NYRL 1-60001−119:35STLW 4-21012017:45UTAW 6-00002−117:30VGKW 5-20002−118:16Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 14.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 19th 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Chicago
Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27Frank Nazar sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Blackhawks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct