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Sam Steel

#18 · Center · Dallas Stars

Shoots left · 28 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4112714:26
Last season731221338216:04

Role

Where he fits on Dallas right now.

Line

L3 with M. Rantanen and W. Johnston · 8:16 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Second wave 11 of 11 kills · 0:38 a kill · starts only 1

Ice time

14:26 a game, 7th-most among Dallas forwards · 12:23 5-on-5 · 1:43 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 63% of forwards · home 56%, road 78%

Easier opponents than 62% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Preventing chances

    −0.11 expected goals against /60better than 80% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 671.76 blocks /60behind 84% of centersfewer than 81% of centers

  • Shooting volume

    9.6 shot attempts /60behind 77% of centers

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.

Sam SteelAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 73, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

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 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.02 expected goals /60bottom 39%

    +0.04 expected goals /60top 44%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.11 expected goals against /60top 20%

    −0.11 expected goals against /60top 21%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    9.6 shot attempts /60bottom 23%

    11.7 shot attempts /60top 43%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.67 expected goals /60bottom 42%

    0.71 expected goals /60average

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstop 44%

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 41%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.57 first assists /60top 43%

    0.59 first assists /60top 33%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.71 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.84 expected goals for /60bottom 41%

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.80 penalties drawn /60average

    0.72 penalties drawn /60bottom 36%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.52 penalties taken /60top 26%

    0.61 penalties taken /60top 41%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    52.5% wontop 36%

    52.1% 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.

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129 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 8 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

111221

10 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 2 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left19
  • Wide right10
  • Over the net7
  • Off the post or crossbar5
  • Short or other1

42 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left0
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other1

3 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

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 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.