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Defenseman•#49PPI 60Samuel Girard is a 28-year-old defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins. A 2016 Draft pick (Round 2). Born in Roberval, CAN.
On the blue line this season, Samuel has recorded 1 goals and 6 assists for 7 points across 11 games. He averages 0.64 points per game on 19:02 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 13–37 pts
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Samuel's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
7
Current: 1
Assists
43
Current: 6
Points
50
Current: 7
Moderate production expected. Likely to finish between 38-63 points with consistent deployment.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Samuel was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 11 games, 226 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
61.6 vs 57.3 lg
82th percentile
Quality of teammates
54.8 vs 56.8 lg
37th percentile
Deployment
tough-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 Samuel takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
26
Goals vs expected
1 vs 1.4 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
31%
With-or-without-you
Who Samuel plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaedan KorczakD | 135 min | 59.5 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Samuel, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL defensemen
60
Offense
20
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, exceptional playmaking, a heavy penalty-kill workload. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
40-pt spreadThe 40-point spread between offensive (60th) and defensive (20th) percentiles is extreme for a defenseman. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, exceptional playmaking, a heavy penalty-kill workload. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
40-pt spreadThe 40-point spread between offensive (60th) and defensive (20th) percentiles is extreme for a defenseman. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Samuel Girard's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | PIT | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 | 6.3% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | PIT | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +5 | 10 | — | |||
| 25-262025-26 | COL | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +12 | 31 | 9.7% |
Form
Samuel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:01 |
| Oct 29 | vs UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:49 |
| Oct 17 | @ VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:22 |
| Oct 16 | @ COL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:52 |
| Oct 13 | @ CHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:23 |
Similar defensemans
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Samuel to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Pittsburgh Penguins 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 defenceman. 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.
| 24-252024-25 | COL | 73 | 3 | 21 | 24 | +7 | 95 | 3.2% |
| 23-242023-24 | COL | 59 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 73 | 4.1% |
| 22-232022-23 | COL | 76 | 6 | 31 | 37 | -10 | 119 | 5.0% |
| 21-222021-22 | COL | 67 | 5 | 23 | 28 | -4 | 79 | 6.3% |
| 20-212020-21 | COL | 48 | 5 | 27 | 32 | +15 | 79 | 6.3% |
| 19-202019-20 | COL | 70 | 4 | 30 | 34 | +1 | 96 | 4.2% |
| 18-192018-19 | COL | 82 | 4 | 23 | 27 | +8 | 116 | 3.5% |
| 17-182017-18 | COL | 68 | 3 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 76 | 4.0% |
| 17-182017-18 | NSH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 | 12.5% |
| Career | — | 619 | 38 | 211 | 249 | +20 | 798 | 4.8% |
Kaedan Korczak
D · 6 pts
