C · EDM · NHL id 8484509
Josh Samanski has played 1 game for the Edmonton Oilers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 8:41 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Isaac Howard and 78% with Trent Frederic in his only game so far, and the Oilers have controlled 31% of shot attempts with Samanski on the ice (1-1 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Oilers' most recent game against VAN he was on L4 with Trent Frederic and Isaac Howard and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs VAN, detected from shift data
- −2:07 TOI a game
- Top-six in 0 of last 1 (was 6 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 8:41 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
No Edge data yet 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 · 0 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands
Shot map, OPP at EDM: 0 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals.
No shot data for this range yet.
Luck
2025-26 · 24 GP · 4 points vs 4.6 expected
Last 20 games: -2. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 20.0%
- 101.8
- 36.4%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 1.2
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:48 a game, 2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 0 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played24
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists2674th of 715
- Points4675th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal9713th of 715
- Hits27576th of 715
- Blocked shots14655th of 715
- Plus/minus+2256th of 715
- Penalty minutes6670th of 715
- Faceoffs won54214th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)49.9%317th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)50.8%260th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)53.6%156th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)53.5%158th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)50.6%329th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)52.2%197th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.00704th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.031288th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.20618th of 719
- Faceoff win %48.2%133rd of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.025135th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game10:34658th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01647th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %55.1%252nd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.47562nd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1018161st of 719
- Goals above expected+0.8218th of 715
- Luck Meter+12283rd of 828
- Ascension score44339th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.7537th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts27551st of 715
- Hardest shot74.7710th of 715
- Offensive-zone time38.7%636th 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 · 24 of 24 games through the sequence engine
- −0.001
- Season net
- −0.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.025
- Season
- −0.03G
- 48.2%112 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 15-19 · NZ 28-28 · DZ 11-11
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How the goals happened
3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 vs ANA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 52.3 | one-timer | |
| Apr 16, 2026 vs VAN | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 21.7 | 3-on-2 | |
| Mar 21, 2026 vs TBL | Cycle | — | 0 | 14.2 | — |
* 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 Samanski
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Samanski apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Howard | LW | 1 | 7:22 | 85% | 27.3% | 50% (1-1) | 50.0% 1:19 | 100.0% 1:02 |
| Trent Frederic | C | 1 | 6:47 | 78% | 30.0% | 50% (1-1) | 33.3% 1:54 | 100.0% 1:29 |
| Shakir Mukhamadullin | D | 1 | 3:57 | 45% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 4:44 | 33.3% 6:04 |
| Connor Murphy | D | 1 | 3:53 | 45% | 33.3% | 50% (1-1) | 25.0% 4:48 | 34.6% 17:29 |
| Ryan Shea | D | 1 | 3:32 | 41% | 33.3% | 50% (1-1) | 25.0% 5:09 | 61.5% 14:25 |
| Jake Walman | D | 1 | 3:20 | 38% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 5:21 | 57.1% 6:36 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | 1 | 1:38 | 19% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 7:03 | 45.0% 11:03 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | 1 | 1:36 | 18% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 7:05 | 72.0% 16:12 |
| Max Jones | LW | 1 | 1:11 | 14% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 27.3% 7:30 | 44.4% 9:44 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 1 | 1:06 | 13% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 7:35 | 63.3% 16:00 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 241 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
36th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
18th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Samanski's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Samanski'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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ VAN | W 9-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 8:41 | 8:41 | — | — |
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 | 8:41 | 8:41 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% | 33.3% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Even strength | 1 | 8:41 | 8:41 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% | 33.3% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 8:41 | 8:41 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% | 33.3% | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
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 | EDM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8:41 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | EDM | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 | 0 | 8:59 |
| 2025-26 | EDM | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 9 | 22.2% | 27 | 14 | 10:34 |
Josh Samanski news
- Oilers 2026-27 top 10 prospects, No. 2: Josh Samanski hopes to claw his way back to the showOil On Whyte
- Oilers injury update: Nugent-Hopkins placed on IR, Josh Samanski recalled ahead of Canucks rematchOilers Nation
- Oilers place Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve, recall Josh Samanskisportsnet.ca
- Oilers' Josh Samanski: Called up to majorsCBS Sports
- Oilers Loan Josh Samanski to Bakersfield CondorsSSBCrack
- The Oilers Made a Surprising Move with Josh SamanskiYardbarker
- Did Owen Michaels Take Josh Samanski's Spot?Yahoo Sports
- Oilers Should Resist the Urge to Trade for Kirby DachNHL Trade Talk
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.