Sandis Vilmanis
Age 22 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 192 lb · Born Riga, LVA
Drafted 2022, #157 overall by Florida
2025-262025-26: 19 games, 3-2-5, 0.26 points per game Season detail →
Sandis Vilmanis has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 5 points in 19 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 4th-placed Florida
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 (0.0). 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 Florida'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 slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
15 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 · 19 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 94th percentile of forwards: 10.43 miles
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
- 21.83@
ANA4 Oct · 1st 06:07 - 21.14@ANA4 Oct · 1st 12:45
- 21.11@
SJS1 Oct · 3rd 17:29 - 20.89@SJS1 Oct · 1st 05:06
- 20.55@
CAR29 Sep · 1st 04:55 - 20.21@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 12:50
- 20.12@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 01:07
- 19.92@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 06:33
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 78.22@ANA4 Oct · 1st 06:29
- 73.31@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 16:57
- 67.90@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 08:51
- 67.31@ANA4 Oct · 1st 11:29
- 64.67@CAR29 Sep · 1st 16:29
- 55.59@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 15:38
- 42.40@SJS1 Oct · 1st 02:03
- 29.81@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 14:49
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.90@
LAK6 Oct · 11:49 TOI - 2.47@ANA4 Oct · 13:38 TOI
- 2.15@SJS1 Oct · 12:19 TOI
- 2.02@CAR29 Sep · 11:23 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.14 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 Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINW 4-3 OT000005:24LAKL 1-20001011:49ANAW 3-2 OT0004013:38SJSW 4-3 OT0002012:19CAROTL 0-1 OT0000011:235 points in 19 games on a team that finished 25th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Sandis Vilmanis has 19.
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 Florida'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.
2 of 3 goals broke a tie
How the 3 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Florida trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
45 attempts across the 21 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 · 19 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 21.95 mph, hardest shot 77.38 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.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Sandis Vilmanis has 19.
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 (5 of 19)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINW 4-3 OT000005:24
CBJL 2-40000010:34
NJDL 1-50002−213:45
NYIL 4-51012+17:45
BUFL 2-3000107:52
TORW 5-10000011:13
TBLL 1-60000−114:57
BOSW 5-4 SO000002:35BUFL 3-51012014:13
WPGL 1-20000011:14
STLL 4-50110+18:32LAKL 1-20001011:49ANAW 3-2 OT0004013:38SJSW 4-3 OT0002012:19CAROTL 0-1 OT0000011:23Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
Contract terms from public reports. 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 Florida
Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27285th 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 playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Panthers
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct