Sam Rinzel
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 22Jun 25, 2004
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 200 lbs91 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Chanhassen, MN, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2022 · Round 1 · 25th overall · CHI
Sam Rinzel, Chicago Blackhawks defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Chanhassen, MN, USA · Draft: 2022 · Round 1, pick 25 (#25 overall) · CHI · 3 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 76
- G
- 5
- A
- 17
- PTS
- 22
- +/-
- -9
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits13#348 of 659
- Hits per game0.77#404 of 659
- Hits per 602.65#413 of 659
- Blocked shots16#146 of 659
- Takeaways9#18 of 659
- Giveaways31#650 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.25#415 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.26#482 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.25#340 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.042#515 of 659
- High-danger shots1#499 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)48.0%#400 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+3.3%#155 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)44.9%#504 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.986#388 of 659
- Offensive zone starts56.9%#176 of 659
- Time on ice per game17:15#269 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 40.6%40.5%Beats 42%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%40.5%Beats 24%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%40.5%Beats 48%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.0 mphBeats 44%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 812Beats 75%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph65.3 mphBeats 23%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph85.6 mphBeats 38%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 1 shots
- Left circle: 0 shots
- Right circle: 5 shots
- High slot: 2 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 2 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 7 shots
- Right point: 3 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 11Beats 76%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 37Beats 88%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 811More than 78%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%0.0%Beats 67%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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