Sam Lafferty
#18 · Center · Florida Panthers
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:30 |
| Last season | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8:36 |
Role
Where he fits on Florida right now.
- Line
L4 with G. Hathaway and B. Imama · 5:33 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 16 kills
- Ice time
9:30 a game, 12th-most among Florida forwards · 8:32 5-on-5 · 0:58 PK
- Competition
Easier opponents than 96% of forwards · home 96%, road 75%
About average among forwards
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Distance skated
10.08 miles /60farther than 87% of centers
Preventing chances
−0.10 expected goals against /60better than 78% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Shooting volume
6.2 shot attempts /60behind 99% of centers
Hardest shot
71.6 mphsofter than 99% of centers
Creating his own chances
0.45 expected goals /60behind 97% of centers
Creating chances
−0.22 expected goals /60behind 94% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.
Behind most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other forwards.
This season’s 1 game blended with last season’s 29, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
He played for Chicago Blackhawks last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 1 game only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
−0.22 expected goals /60bottom 6%
−0.01 expected goals /60too few games
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.10 expected goals against /60top 22%
no measurable changetoo few games
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
6.2 shot attempts /60bottom 1%
10.6 shot attempts /60too few games
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.45 expected goals /60bottom 3%
0.68 expected goals /60too few games
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 43%
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.51 first assists /60bottom 30%
0.56 first assists /60too few games
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 123top 31%8.35 hits /60top 21%
hitting score 84too few games6.32 hits /60too few games
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 69bottom 20%1.16 blocks /60bottom 3%
blocking score 94too few games0.00 blocks /60too few games
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 80bottom 23%0.46 takeaways /60bottom 5%
takeaway score 100too few games0.00 takeaways /60too few games
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.61 penalties drawn /60bottom 21%
0.79 penalties drawn /60too few games
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.75 penalties taken /60bottom 38%
0.84 penalties taken /60too few games
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
50.5% wontoo few games
50.5% wontoo few games
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.
Shots
Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.
14 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
0 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
5 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
No missed shots yet.
The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.
Skating and shot
Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).
- Top speedSlowerBurner
21.8 mphbottom 15%
No tracking data yet.
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
6.3 bursts /60top 41%
No tracking data yet.
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
71.6 mphbottom 1%
No tracking data yet.
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
10.08 miles /60top 13%
No tracking data yet.
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
40.8% of his timebottom 42%
No tracking data yet.
Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.