D · PIT · NHL id 8479398
Samuel Girard has played 1 game for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots while averaging 21:02 a night (16:45 at even strength, 1:47 on the power play and 2:30 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with Kaedan Korczak and 40% with Evgeni Malkin in his only game so far, and the Penguins have controlled 62% of shot attempts with Girard on the ice (2-0 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against PHI he was on D1 with Kaedan Korczak and on PP2.
Right now
From the Sep 30 game vs PHI, detected from shift data
- 2 P in last 1 (0.35/GP before)
- +1:39 PP TOI
- 22% of team PP time (was 2%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 21:02 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.25 expected goals; best chance Samuel Girard at 0.17 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 60 GP · 19 points vs 18.9 expected
Last 20 games: +16. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 7.3%
- 102.4
- 32.8%
- G vs xG
- 3 / 2.6
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played60
- Goals3525th of 715
- Assists16328th of 715
- Points19410th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal41589th of 715
- Hits21620th of 715
- Blocked shots58207th of 715
- Plus/minus+1756th of 715
- Penalty minutes23394th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)53.6%112th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)52.9%142nd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)56.7%48th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)56.2%62nd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)52.3%229th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)54.9%95th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.42546th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.018209th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.31276th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game18:06231st of 715
- Power-play time per game0:05510th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %42.0%542nd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.28461st of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1024117th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.4273rd of 715
- Luck Meter+28163rd of 828
- Ascension score6333rd of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.4614th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts38474th of 715
- Hardest shot87.4394th of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.2%304th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 60 of 60 games through the sequence engine
- −0.060
- Season net
- −1.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.42
- Attempts
- 7
- 0.024
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Played 7:07 more than his 5-game averageApr 29, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 9, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Oct 22, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Jan 28, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 4, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Nov 3, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Feb 2, 2021 alerts →
- Played 9:27 more than his 5-game averageMar 4, 2020 alerts →
How the goals happened
9 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2025 @ VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 16.3 | one-timer | |
| Dec 23, 2025 vs UTA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 23.6 | 1-on-0 | |
| Dec 16, 2025 @ SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 70.5 | one-timer | |
| Apr 26, 2025 vs DAL | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 40.1 | — | |
| Feb 2, 2025 vs PHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 53.8 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 23, 2024 @ FLA | Point shot | — | 1 | 37.9 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2024 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 46.9 | 1-on-0 | |
| Feb 6, 2024 @ NJD | Point shot | — | 3* | 62.1 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2023 vs ANA | Rebound | — | 3 | 11.6 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Girard
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Girard apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 1 | 14:31 | 87% | 65.4% | 100% (2-0) | 33.3% 2:14 | 0.0% 1:20 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 1 | 6:45 | 40% | 68.8% | — (0-0) | 53.8% 10:00 | 50.0% 7:04 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 1 | 5:47 | 35% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 66.7% 10:58 | 50.0% 6:11 |
| Egor Chinakhov | RW | 1 | 5:01 | 30% | 63.6% | — (0-0) | 61.1% 11:44 | 44.4% 6:23 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 1 | 4:47 | 29% | 90.0% | 100% (2-0) | 47.4% 11:58 | 81.8% 6:09 |
| Ville Koivunen | RW | 1 | 4:41 | 28% | 81.8% | 100% (2-0) | 50.0% 12:04 | 69.2% 6:27 |
| Nick Robertson | LW | 1 | 3:52 | 23% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 69.6% 12:53 | 71.4% 10:12 |
| Elmer Soderblom | LW | 1 | 3:41 | 22% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 69.2% 13:04 | 44.4% 7:08 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 1 | 3:37 | 22% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 66.7% 13:08 | 53.8% 8:56 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 1 | 3:24 | 20% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 65.2% 13:21 | 65.0% 9:11 |
| Rickard Rakell | RW | 1 | 2:54 | 17% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 64.0% 13:51 | 72.2% 8:42 |
| Filip Hallander | C | 1 | 2:50 | 17% | 80.0% | 100% (2-0) | 58.3% 13:55 | 81.8% 5:38 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 1 | 2:49 | 17% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 62.5% 13:56 | 50.0% 7:58 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 1:23 | 8% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 63.0% 15:22 | 72.0% 15:09 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,003 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
92nd percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
41st percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Plays with stronger-than-usual linemates.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Girard's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Girard's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | @ PHI | W 7-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21:02 | 16:45 | 1:47 | 2:30 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 21:02 | 21:02 | 22 | 17 | 56.4% | 62.5% | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Even strength | 1 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 18 | 11 | 62.1% | 69.6% | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.1 | 0.2 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 18 | 11 | 62.1% | 69.6% | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.1 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Power play | 1 | 1:47 | 1:47 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 2:30 | 2:30 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 2:30 | 2:30 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | PIT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0% | 6 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 2025-26 | PIT, COL | 60 | 3 | 16 | 19 | +17 | 23 | 41 | 7.3% | 21 | 58 | 18:06 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | COL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 7 | 14.3% | 9 | 8 | 17:38 |
| 2024-25 | COL | 73 | 3 | 21 | 24 | +7 | 14 | 95 | 3.2% | 62 | 111 | 20:51 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | COL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | 12 | 22 | 22:58 |
| 2023-24 | COL | 59 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 73 | 4.1% | 76 | 99 | 19:23 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | COL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 | 9 | 0.0% | 16 | 10 | 21:04 |
| 2022-23 | COL | 76 | 6 | 31 | 37 | -10 | 16 | 119 | 5.0% | 67 | 116 | 21:30 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | COL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1% | 6 | 16 | 17:59 |
| 2021-22 | COL | 67 | 5 | 23 | 28 | -4 | 20 | 79 | 6.3% | 65 | 90 | 21:39 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | COL | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 2 | 13 | 0.0% | 17 | 14 | 22:21 |
| 2020-21 | COL | 48 | 5 | 27 | 32 | +15 | 16 | 79 | 6.3% | 31 | 52 | 23:13 |
| 2019-20 | COL | 70 | 4 | 30 | 34 | +1 | 17 | 96 | 4.2% | 46 | 92 | 21:19 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | COL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 8 | 11 | 18:42 |
| 2018-19 | COL | 82 | 4 | 23 | 27 | +8 | 6 | 116 | 3.4% | 65 | 90 | 19:54 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | COL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 2 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 2017-18 | COL, NSH | 73 | 4 | 19 | 23 | -11 | 8 | 84 | 4.8% | 46 | 69 | 17:39 |
Samuel Girard news
- Samuel Girard News: Picks up two assists WednesdayRotoWire
- Penguins' Samuel Girard: Picks up two assists WednesdayCBS Sports
- Samuel Girard Game Log - NHLfoxsports.com
- Samuel Girard HomeNHL.com
- Samuel Girard StatsNHL.com
- Samuel Girard Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- What Was Behind the Nashville Predators Trading Luke Evangelista?NHLRumors.com
- 2024 Samuel Girard Preseason Full FULL GAME LOGFOX Sports
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.