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San Jose Sharks

Sam Dickinson

#6Defenseman6'3"198 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
72
GP
1
G
13
A
14
P
72
SOG
1.4% SH
16:45
TOI/GP

D · SJS · NHL id 8484806

Sam Dickinson has played 72 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 13 assists (14 points) on 72 shots while averaging 16:45 a night (15:29 at even strength, 0:18 on the power play and 0:54 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 58% of his 5v5 minutes with Nick Leddy and 38% with Macklin Celebrini over the last 10 games, and the Sharks have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Dickinson on the ice (50-56 in goals, 47% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against WPG he was on D1 with John Klingberg and on PP2; moved up to D1 (from D3) in the last game. He is shooting 1.4% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs WPG, detected from shift data

Pair
D1
John Klingberg
Power play
PP2
John KlingbergBarclay GoodrowZack OstapchukCollin Graf
Penalty kill
PK2D
Dmitry Orlov
Moved up to D1 (from D3) in the last gameAdded to PP1 in the last gameLast 5: D3 · D3/PP2 · D1 · D3 · D1/PP1

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 20 games, 18:31 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 10 line changes.

PPLine23▼1▲13▲3▼31▲3▼1▲1▲113▼3▼33▲1▲3▼1▲0m8m17m25mMar 12Mar 15Mar 19Mar 24Mar 28Apr 1Apr 4Apr 8Apr 11Apr 15
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 18:31 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 speed74th7422.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph83rd8458
Hardest shot57th5891.7 mph
Offensive-zone time52nd5241.5%
Distance skated57th57169.5 mi
High-danger SOG70th716
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 · 199 attempts, 72 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at SJS: 199 attempts, 72 on goal, 1 goal, 4.64 expected goals; best chance Sam Dickinson at 0.31 xG.

  • 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 · 72 GP · 14 points vs 16.5 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -38. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

1.4%
99.9
25.0%
G vs xG
1 / 4.1
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:43 a game, PP share 4% → 13%, 2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
  • • Shot diet worsened: 0.026 xG per attempt lately vs 0.040 before.
Goals against expected goals
0246-3.1goals below expected-1.5σ10/114/16
  • 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.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played72
  • Goals1634th
  • Assists13401st
  • Points14501st
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal72430th
  • Hits74271st
  • Blocked shots70167th
  • Plus/minus−5446th
  • Penalty minutes22404th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 70 of 72 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.086
Season net
−1.55xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.44
Attempts
8
0.018

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.22G
Per 60
−0.061
Drawn / taken
5 / 11minors

MethodLeaders
47.7%
46.4%
47.7%
Transition CF/60
4.4
Turnovers won/60
19.9
Turnovers lost/60
22.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
72 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point26%5%0
Low Slot8%23%1
R Circle3%12%0
Center Point18%9%0
Outside L11%4%0
R Point0%6%0
L Circle18%13%0

Role changes

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

All alerts →

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 2, 2025 vs DETCyclecarry1*5.43-on-2

* 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 Dickinson

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Dickinson apartCF% mate apart
Vincent DesharnaisD39352:3933%49.5%48% (15-16)50.6% 222:1946.2% 194:38
Macklin CelebriniC72335:2331%46.7%57% (16-12)47.6% 746:1549.9% 819:28
Collin GrafRW68282:2226%47.3%58% (15-11)47.9% 749:2143.2% 601:29
Nick LeddyD25275:3225%47.9%50% (12-12)51.8% 126:0447.8% 146:46
William EklundLW65267:2625%52.7%52% (16-15)45.7% 715:5949.4% 652:58
Will SmithC61255:5324%45.7%57% (12-9)49.2% 655:1050.7% 597:21
Barclay GoodrowC71240:4822%43.6%27% (4-11)48.2% 825:3942.4% 417:10
Tyler ToffoliC66224:0421%46.0%56% (15-12)46.6% 775:4347.5% 532:14
Alexander WennbergC61218:2720%56.7%46% (12-14)44.5% 703:5846.5% 609:07
Adam GaudetteC57195:0418%41.9%37% (7-12)47.2% 664:0445.0% 393:02
Michael MisaC42170:3916%52.9%55% (11-9)50.7% 478:1949.7% 315:15
Zack OstapchukC51168:4316%41.6%42% (5-7)48.5% 624:3246.8% 281:37
Ty DellandreaC37153:4414%36.8%25% (4-12)48.4% 377:3737.1% 262:22
Ryan ReavesRW41132:2012%41.0%36% (4-7)44.5% 448:5045.1% 192:42

Game log

72 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 16@ WPGW 6-1000+40211—21:0818:021:071:59
Apr 15@ CHIL 2-5000-20031—16:3414:10—2:24
Apr 13@ NSHW 3-2000-10011—19:4519:45——
Apr 11vs VANOTL 3-401101020—17:0216:140:44—
Apr 9@ ANAL 1-6000-41211—15:1115:11——
Apr 8vs EDML 2-5000-20000—13:5413:49—0:05
Apr 6vs CHIW 3-2000+10010—16:2214:571:25—
Apr 4vs NSHL 3-6000+22003—20:5819:590:480:11
Apr 2vs TORW 4-1000+12000—20:4919:471:02—
Apr 1vs ANAW 4-3011+10003—20:3620:020:300:04
Mar 30vs STLW 5-4000+11020—20:0019:24—0:36
Mar 28@ CBJW 3-200002021—17:2317:190:04—
Mar 26@ STLOTL 1-2000+13020—21:3320:271:06—
Mar 24@ NSHL 3-6000-12000—14:1514:15——
Mar 21vs PHIL 1-4000-10011—17:0711:25—5:42
Mar 19vs BUFL 0-5000-21023—19:0216:391:330:50
Mar 17@ EDML 3-5000-12021—21:0018:130:062:41
Mar 15@ OTTL 4-7011+21004—20:2618:39—1:47
Mar 14@ MTLW 4-200000022—18:0814:17—3:45
Mar 12@ BOSW 4-201101010—20:0617:280:101:45

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations721206:2616:451029119146.4%45.6%489577567144%48.858.546%
Even strength721114:2215:29982108247.6%47.1%465506565849%46.450.047%
5v5721081:3815:01959106847.3%46.9%448496505647%44.648.947%
Power play2821:420:4723776.7%68.2%11600—1.10.592%
Penalty kill5064:521:18189715.7%18.1%11600100%1.16.80%
4v42323:171:01161061.5%57.1%10730100%0.90.458%
3v3 (OT)89:271:117463.6%63.6%733260%0.90.70%
5v42821:420:4723776.7%68.2%11600—1.10.592%
4v55064:281:17189615.8%18.1%11600100%1.16.80%
6v5, own net empty52:420:325183.3%50.0%11010%0.10.5—
5v6, opponent net empty102:330:15040.0%0.0%04020%0.00.6—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26SJS7211314-522721.4%747016:45

Sam Dickinson 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.