Samuel Girard
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 28May 12, 1998
- Height
- 5'10"178 cm
- Weight
- 184 lbs83 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Roberval, QC, CAN
- Nationality
- CAN
- Draft
- 2016 · Round 2 · 47th overall · NSH
Samuel Girard, Pittsburgh Penguins 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 Roberval, QC, CAN · Draft: 2016 · Round 2, pick 17 (#47 overall) · NSH · 12 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 622
- G
- 38
- A
- 211
- PTS
- 249
- +/-
- 17
Playoffs
- GP
- 73
- G
- 3
- A
- 25
- PTS
- 28
- +/-
- -2
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2021-22
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits6#523 of 659
- Hits per game0.46#532 of 659
- Hits per 601.44#536 of 659
- Blocked shots13#199 of 659
- Takeaways3#271 of 659
- Giveaways9#199 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.70#342 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.41#394 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.70#469 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.058#415 of 659
- High-danger shots8#276 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)52.8%#187 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-1.3%#386 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)55.5%#104 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.926#605 of 659
- Offensive zone starts51.2%#304 of 659
- Time on ice per game19:07#168 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 13 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%41.7%Beats 53%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%42.0%Beats 52%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%39.6%Beats 58%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph22.0 mphBeats 79%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 810Beats 67%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph59.4 mphBeats 2%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph86.0 mphBeats 40%
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: 7 shots
- Left circle: 2 shots
- Right circle: 0 shots
- High slot: 0 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 7 shots
- Centre point: 2 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 17Beats 100%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 32Beats 51%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 89More than 71%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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