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2025-26 stats Shown until 2026-27 has enough games. Updates automatically. See 2026-27 projections →
Center•#18PPI 3Sam Lafferty is a 31-year-old center for the Florida Panthers. A 2014 Draft pick (Round 4). Born in Hollidaysburg, USA.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 1 goals and 1 assists for 2 points in 29 games. He averages 0.07 points per game on 8:35 of ice time.
2025-26 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 8, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 1–18 pts
2025-26 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Sam was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 29 games, 262 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
51.0 vs 54.8 lg
22th percentile
Quality of teammates
35.3 vs 53.2 lg
6th percentile
Deployment
soft-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Sam takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
14
Goals vs expected
1 vs 0.9 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
29%
2025-26
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
16
Offense
36
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong defensive results per minute. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
20-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 20-point spread between offensive (16th) and defensive (36th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong defensive results per minute. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
20-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 20-point spread between offensive (16th) and defensive (36th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Sam Lafferty's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | CHI | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 9 | 11.1% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | BUF | 60 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -15 | 50 | 8.0% | |||
| 23-242023-24 | VAN | 79 | 13 | 11 | 24 | +4 | 78 | 16.7% |
Form
Sam's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | vs SJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:44 |
| Apr 11 | vs STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 9:33 |
| Mar 31 | vs WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:53 |
| Mar 24 | @ NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:11 |
| Mar 22 | vs NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:15 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Florida Panthers this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts — where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy — zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 22-232022-23 | TOR | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 19 | 10.5% |
| 22-232022-23 | CHI | 51 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 83 | 12.0% |
| 21-222021-22 | CHI | 46 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 71 | 7.0% |
| 21-222021-22 | PIT | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 20-212020-21 | PIT | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 33 | — |
| 19-202019-20 | PIT | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +5 | 56 | 10.7% |
| Career | — | 378 | 41 | 51 | 92 | -41 | 408 | 10.0% |
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