Sam Lafferty

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2025-26 regular season

SOG

11.1% SH

8:36

TOI/GP

C · CHI · NHL id 8478043

Sam Lafferty has played 29 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) on 9 shots while averaging 8:36 a night (8:32 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 67% of his 5v5 minutes with Landon Slaggert and 36% with Sam Rinzel over the last 10 games, and the Blackhawks have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Lafferty on the ice (7-9 in goals, 65% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against SJS he was on L4 with Teuvo Teravainen and Landon Slaggert and off the power play. He is shooting 11.1% this season against 9.9% across the 398 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs SJS, detected from shift data

Line

Teuvo Teravainen Landon Slaggert

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

10 games shown, 7:58 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed29th3021.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph28th2926

Hardest shot6th671.6 mph

Offensive-zone time32nd3240.8%

Distance skated25th2541.9 mi

High-danger SOG20th205

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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

2025-26 · 20 attempts, 9 on goal, 1 goal

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 29 GP · 2 points vs 2.6 expected

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Luck meter-11

Last 20 games: -39. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+0.5 G

On-ice SH%+0.5 G

On-ice SV%−0.4 G

IPP−2.6 G

Points vs expected−0.6 P

: 11.1%
: 99.3
: 28.6%
G vs xG: 1 / 0.6

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played29
Goals1634th of 715
Assists1701st of 715
Points2703rd of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal9713th of 715
Hits35501st of 715
Blocked shots5711th of 715
Plus/minus−2368th of 715
Penalty minutes14548th of 715
Faceoffs won26255th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)47.5%500th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)45.0%631st of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)37.9%709th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)38.1%709th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)44.9%585th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)47.3%501st of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.24650th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.050412th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.33204th of 719
Faceoff win %50.0%
Draw Equity /100−0.027

Usage

Ice time per game8:36705th of 715
Power-play time per game0:01675th of 715
Power-play share2.6%659th of 713
Ice-time share14.1%705th of 715
Offensive-zone start %65.4%86th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−1.44703rd of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO993411th of 719
Goals above expected+0.5265th of 715
Luck Meter−11476th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed21.8530th of 715
20+ mph bursts26564th of 715
Hardest shot71.6713th of 715
Offensive-zone time40.8%458th 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 · 25 of 29 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.048
Season net: −0.20xG

Offensive TK/600.49 (2)

Offensive GV/601.46 (6)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/601.46 (6)

Defensive TK/600.00 (0)

Defensive GV/600.73 (3)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.027
Season: −0.01G
: 50.0%52 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 4-9 · NZ 14-11 · DZ 8-6

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.24
Attempts: 1
: 0.006

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −1.22G
Per 60: −0.294
Drawn / taken: 1 / 7minors

Method Leaders

: 38.1%
: 44.9%
: 37.9%
Transition CF/60: 1.7
Turnovers won/60: 19.5
Turnovers lost/60: 20.7

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved down to L4 from L2Apr 3, 2021 alerts →

How his goals happened

18 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Nov 12, 2025 vs NJD	Rush	carry	0	24.7	—
Apr 13, 2025 @ TBL	Dump and chase	dump	1	48.9	1-on-0
Mar 30, 2025 @ WSH	Rush	carry	0	45.3	—
Jan 11, 2025 vs SEA	Odd-man rush	carry	3	52.0	4-on-2
Nov 7, 2024 @ NYR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	13.6	3-on-1
Apr 13, 2024 @ EDM	Odd-man rush	carry	2	67.6	3-on-2
Mar 25, 2024 vs LAK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	40.7	—
Feb 22, 2024 @ SEA	Deflection	carry	0	21.9	3-on-2
Jan 13, 2024 @ BUF	Forecheck turnover	—	2	6.1	—
Dec 23, 2023 vs SJS	Deflection	—	2	44.7	deflection
Dec 9, 2023 vs CAR	Rebound	carry	0	38.9	rebound
Dec 5, 2023 vs NJD	Deflection	—	3	46.1	deflection
Dec 2, 2023 @ CGY	Cycle	—	4*	4.8	—
Nov 24, 2023 @ SEA	Deflection	—	4	62.8	deflection
Nov 20, 2023 vs SJS	Rebound	—	2	29.0	rebound
Nov 2, 2023 @ SJS	Odd-man rush	carry	2	12.4	3-on-2
Oct 31, 2023 vs NSH	Deflection	—	2	6.2	—
Oct 14, 2023 @ EDM	Rush	carry	1	51.6	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Lafferty

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Lafferty apart	CF% mate apart
Wyatt Kaiser	D	27	92:12	37%	56.7%	75% (3-1)	44.7% 141:46	46.0% 370:56
Landon Slaggert	LW	14	87:43	36%	40.3%	50% (2-2)	39.0% 26:43	29.0% 34:13
Colton Dach	C	14	81:29	33%	46.2%	67% (2-1)	49.4% 46:32	44.4% 75:02
Matt Grzelcyk	D	21	70:27	29%	45.1%	33% (1-2)	47.1% 109:48	44.8% 270:09
Connor Murphy	D	19	65:12	26%	51.6%	75% (3-1)	51.0% 101:39	46.1% 188:20
Artyom Levshunov	D	21	56:55	23%	46.2%	0% (0-2)	48.7% 128:11	43.3% 283:00
Nick Foligno	LW	8	56:49	23%	52.7%	67% (4-2)	31.0% 15:51	40.0% 20:48
Sam Rinzel	D	19	53:23	22%	43.0%	0% (0-1)	42.9% 104:53	41.8% 238:09
Alex Vlasic	D	23	52:54	21%	40.5%	75% (3-1)	48.5% 147:19	48.3% 348:34
Louis Crevier	D	21	43:09	18%	54.5%	67% (4-2)	46.0% 141:11	50.4% 270:58
Nick Lardis	LW	7	36:22	15%	37.5%	33% (1-2)	37.5% 19:36	33.3% 22:44
Ryan Donato	C	10	31:28	13%	55.3%	50% (1-1)	53.2% 55:01	49.0% 105:07
Teuvo Teravainen	LW	7	31:21	13%	50.0%	— (0-0)	41.3% 36:42	42.2% 45:18
Dominic Toninato	C	4	27:31	11%	68.5%	— (0-0)	16.7% 4:54	25.0% 6:42

Game log

29 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 15	vs SJS	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	8:44	8:44	—	—
Apr 11	vs STL	L 3-5	0	0	-2	1	1	0	—	9:33	9:33	—	—
Mar 31	vs WPG	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	9:53	9:53	—	—
Mar 24	@ NYI	W 4-3	0	0	0	1	1	0	25%	8:11	8:11	—	—
Mar 22	vs NSH	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	1	2	0	100%	7:15	7:15	—	—
Mar 20	vs COL	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	100%	9:06	8:25	—	—
Mar 17	vs MIN	OTL 3-4	0	0	-1	0	1	0	—	7:02	7:02	—	—
Mar 14	@ VGK	L 0-4	0	0	-1	0	1	0	50%	5:55	5:55	—	—
Mar 12	@ UTA	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	33%	6:34	6:34	—	—
Mar 9	vs UTA	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	60%	8:05	8:04	0:01	—
Jan 30	vs CBJ	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	100%	6:44	6:44	—	—
Jan 19	vs WPG	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	9:01	9:01	—	—
Dec 28	vs PIT	L 3-7	1	1	0	1	4	0	0%	11:26	11:26	—	—
Dec 27	@ DAL	W 4-3	0	0	+1	2	2	0	83%	11:58	11:58	—	—
Dec 23	vs PHI	L 1-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	5:56	5:56	—	—
Dec 20	@ OTT	L 4-6	0	0	+1	0	1	0	—	9:28	9:09	0:04	—
Dec 12	@ STL	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	8:02	8:02	—	—
Dec 10	vs NYR	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100%	7:27	7:27	—	—
Dec 6	@ LAK	L 0-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	8:47	8:36	—	—
Nov 23	vs COL	L 0-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	100%	6:43	6:43	—	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	29	249:19	8:36	169	189	47.2%	44.7%	78	93	7	9	44%	5.2	8.7	65%
Even strength	29	247:36	8:32	169	188	47.3%	44.9%	78	93	7	9	44%	5.2	8.7	65%
5v5	29	246:27	8:30	169	187	47.5%	45.0%	78	93	7	9	44%	5.2	8.6	65%
Power play	3	0:22	0:07	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—

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
2025-26	CHI	29	1	1	2	-2	14	9	11.1%	35	5	8:36
2024-25	BUF	60	4	3	7	-15	28	50	8.0%	89	16	9:53
2023-24Playoffs	VAN	11	0	0	0	-2	2	7	0.0%	27	0	8:36
2023-24	VAN	79	13	11	24	+4	32	78	16.7%	192	32	11:53
2022-23Playoffs	TOR	9	1	2	3	-1	2	8	12.5%	23	4	10:41
2022-23	TOR, CHI	70	12	15	27	-11	37	102	11.8%	125	33	14:37
2021-22	CHI, PIT	56	5	8	13	-16	37	80	6.3%	137	26	13:34
2020-21	PIT	34	0	6	6	-6	25	33	0.0%	89	11	9:47
2019-20	PIT	50	6	7	13	+5	23	56	10.7%	95	17	9:37

Sam Lafferty news

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Sam Lafferty news