Sam Steel
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 28Feb 3, 1998
- Height
- 6'0"183 cm
- Weight
- 185 lbs84 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Ardrossan, AB, CAN
- Nationality
- CAN
- Draft
- 2016 · Round 1 · 30th overall · ANA
Sam Steel, Dallas Stars centre, 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 Ardrossan, AB, CAN · Draft: 2016 · Round 1, pick 30 (#30 overall) · ANA · 9 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 503
- G
- 62
- A
- 116
- PTS
- 178
- +/-
- -27
Playoffs
- GP
- 48
- G
- 3
- A
- 11
- PTS
- 14
- +/-
- -6
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits10#420 of 659
- Hits per game0.71#426 of 659
- Hits per 602.65#413 of 659
- Blocked shots4#526 of 659
- Takeaways0#593 of 659
- Giveaways8#168 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.80#324 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.48#358 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.79#485 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.082#220 of 659
- High-danger shots6#324 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)47.0%#440 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-3.7%#488 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)47.0%#435 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.955#531 of 659
- Offensive zone starts47.9%#388 of 659
- Time on ice per game16:09#330 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 41.9%40.9%Beats 39%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%41.4%Beats 56%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%41.2%Beats 32%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.1 mphBeats 20%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2015Beats 44%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph57.4 mphBeats 73%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph76.4 mphBeats 17%
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: 1 shots
- Low slot: 2 shots
- Left circle: 2 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 3 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 1 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 3 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 82Beats 24%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 76Beats 58%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 21More than 55%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
54.5%
Won–Lost
30–25
55 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone39.1% · 9/23
- Neutral zone76.2% · 16/21
- Defensive zone45.5% · 5/11
By situation
- Even strength57.8% · 26/45
- Power play— · 0/0
- Shorthanded40.0% · 4/10
Game LogLast 10 games
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