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PuckCast Edge
Betting edges, stake sizing, props priced against the line, fantasy tiers and the graded ledger. $14.99 a month in season, or $99 for the year.
2025-26 stats Shown until 2026-27 has enough games. Updates automatically. See 2026-27 projections →
Center•#18PPI 52Sam Steel is a 28-year-old center for the Dallas Stars. Selected 30th overall by ANA in the 2016 NHL Draft. Born in Ardrossan, CAN.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 12 goals and 21 assists for 33 points in 73 games. He averages 0.45 points per game on 16:03 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: 13–44 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. 73 games, 1,152 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
57.3 vs 54.8 lg
70th percentile
Quality of teammates
59.4 vs 53.2 lg
71th percentile
Deployment
neutral
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
117
Goals vs expected
12 vs 12.4 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
44%
2025-26
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
56
Offense
68
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays a heavy penalty-kill workload.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
12-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 12-point spread between offensive (56th) and defensive (68th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays a heavy penalty-kill workload.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
12-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 12-point spread between offensive (56th) and defensive (68th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Sam Steel's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | DAL | 73 | 12 | 21 | 33 | +3 | 82 | 14.6% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | DAL | 79 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 89 | 6.7% | |||
| 23-242023-24 | DAL | 77 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 86 | 10.5% |
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 30 | @ MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:35 |
| Apr 28 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| Apr 25 | @ MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| Apr 22 | @ MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:58 |
| Apr 20 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:32 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Dallas Stars 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 | MIN | 65 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +11 | 85 | 11.8% |
| 21-222021-22 | ANA | 68 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -17 | 66 | 9.1% |
| 20-212020-21 | ANA | 42 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 42 | 14.3% |
| 19-202019-20 | ANA | 65 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -13 | 85 | 7.1% |
| 18-192018-19 | ANA | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +2 | 33 | 18.2% |
| Career | — | 491 | 61 | 114 | 175 | -27 | 568 | 10.7% |
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