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
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.
- 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
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
Luck
2025-26 · 72 GP · 14 points vs 16.7 expected
Last 20 games: -38. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 1.4%
- 99.9
- 25.0%
- G vs xG
- 1 / 4.0
- • 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: 0.027 xG per attempt lately vs 0.039 before.
- 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 of 715
- Assists13401st of 715
- Points14501st of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal72430th of 715
- Hits74271st of 715
- Blocked shots70167th of 715
- Plus/minus−5446th of 715
- Penalty minutes22404th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.3%509th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)46.9%541st of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.7%460th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.7%460th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)46.4%528th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.2%507th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.44532nd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.119682nd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.35136th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game16:45316th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:18439th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %46.7%459th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.30471st of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO999358th of 719
- Goals above expected−3.0644th of 715
- Luck Meter−40666th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.3358th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts58368th of 715
- Hardest shot91.7193rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.5%373rd 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 · 70 of 72 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −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.
- Per 60
- 0.44
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.018
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
- Moved down to D2 from D1Apr 8, 2026 alerts →
How the goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2025 vs DET | Cycle | carry | 1* | 5.4 | 3-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
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Dickinson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Desharnais | D | 39 | 352:39 | 33% | 49.5% | 48% (15-16) | 50.6% 222:19 | 46.2% 194:38 |
| Macklin Celebrini | C | 72 | 335:23 | 31% | 46.7% | 57% (16-12) | 47.6% 746:15 | 49.9% 819:28 |
| Collin Graf | RW | 68 | 282:22 | 26% | 47.3% | 58% (15-11) | 47.9% 749:21 | 43.2% 601:29 |
| Nick Leddy | D | 25 | 275:32 | 25% | 47.9% | 50% (12-12) | 51.8% 126:04 | 47.8% 146:46 |
| William Eklund | LW | 65 | 267:26 | 25% | 52.7% | 52% (16-15) | 45.7% 715:59 | 49.4% 652:58 |
| Will Smith | C | 61 | 255:53 | 24% | 45.7% | 57% (12-9) | 49.2% 655:10 | 50.7% 597:21 |
| Barclay Goodrow | C | 71 | 240:48 | 22% | 43.6% | 27% (4-11) | 48.2% 825:39 | 42.4% 417:10 |
| Tyler Toffoli | C | 66 | 224:04 | 21% | 46.0% | 56% (15-12) | 46.6% 775:43 | 47.5% 532:14 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | 61 | 218:27 | 20% | 56.7% | 46% (12-14) | 44.5% 703:58 | 46.5% 609:07 |
| Adam Gaudette | C | 57 | 195:04 | 18% | 41.9% | 37% (7-12) | 47.2% 664:04 | 45.0% 393:02 |
| Michael Misa | C | 42 | 170:39 | 16% | 52.9% | 55% (11-9) | 50.7% 478:19 | 49.7% 315:15 |
| Zack Ostapchuk | C | 51 | 168:43 | 16% | 41.6% | 42% (5-7) | 48.5% 624:32 | 46.8% 281:37 |
| Ty Dellandrea | C | 37 | 153:44 | 14% | 36.8% | 25% (4-12) | 48.4% 377:37 | 37.1% 262:22 |
| Ryan Reaves | RW | 41 | 132:20 | 12% | 41.0% | 36% (4-7) | 44.5% 448:50 | 45.1% 192:42 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,082 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen
teammates' average xGF%
12th 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 Dickinson's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Dickinson'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
72 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | @ WPG | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 21:08 | 18:02 | 1:07 | 1:59 |
| Apr 15 | @ CHI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 16:34 | 14:10 | — | 2:24 |
| Apr 13 | @ NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 19:45 | 19:45 | — | — |
| Apr 11 | vs VAN | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17:02 | 16:14 | 0:44 | — |
| Apr 9 | @ ANA | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:11 | 15:11 | — | — |
| Apr 8 | vs EDM | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:54 | 13:49 | — | 0:05 |
| Apr 6 | vs CHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:22 | 14:57 | 1:25 | — |
| Apr 4 | vs NSH | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 20:58 | 19:59 | 0:48 | 0:11 |
| Apr 2 | vs TOR | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20:49 | 19:47 | 1:02 | — |
| Apr 1 | vs ANA | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 20:36 | 20:02 | 0:30 | 0:04 |
| Mar 30 | vs STL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20:00 | 19:24 | — | 0:36 |
| Mar 28 | @ CBJ | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17:23 | 17:19 | 0:04 | — |
| Mar 26 | @ STL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21:33 | 20:27 | 1:06 | — |
| Mar 24 | @ NSH | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:15 | 14:15 | — | — |
| Mar 21 | vs PHI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 17:07 | 11:25 | — | 5:42 |
| Mar 19 | vs BUF | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 19:02 | 16:39 | 1:33 | 0:50 |
| Mar 17 | @ EDM | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 21:00 | 18:13 | 0:06 | 2:41 |
| Mar 15 | @ OTT | L 4-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 20:26 | 18:39 | — | 1:47 |
| Mar 14 | @ MTL | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 18:08 | 14:17 | — | 3:45 |
| Mar 12 | @ BOS | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20:06 | 17:28 | 0:10 | 1:45 |
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 | 72 | 1206:26 | 16:45 | 1029 | 1191 | 46.4% | 45.6% | 489 | 577 | 56 | 71 | 44% | 48.8 | 58.5 | 46% |
| Even strength | 72 | 1114:22 | 15:29 | 982 | 1082 | 47.6% | 47.1% | 465 | 506 | 56 | 58 | 49% | 46.4 | 50.0 | 47% |
| 5v5 | 72 | 1081:38 | 15:01 | 959 | 1068 | 47.3% | 46.9% | 448 | 496 | 50 | 56 | 47% | 44.6 | 48.9 | 47% |
| Power play | 28 | 21:42 | 0:47 | 23 | 7 | 76.7% | 68.2% | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 0.5 | 92% |
| Penalty kill | 50 | 64:52 | 1:18 | 18 | 97 | 15.7% | 18.1% | 11 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 0% | 1.1 | 6.8 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 23 | 23:17 | 1:01 | 16 | 10 | 61.5% | 57.1% | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0.9 | 0.4 | 58% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 8 | 9:27 | 1:11 | 7 | 4 | 63.6% | 63.6% | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 28 | 21:42 | 0:47 | 23 | 7 | 76.7% | 68.2% | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 0.5 | 92% |
| 4v5 | 50 | 64:28 | 1:17 | 18 | 96 | 15.8% | 18.1% | 11 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 0% | 1.1 | 6.8 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 5 | 2:42 | 0:32 | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.5 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 10 | 2:33 | 0:15 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.6 | — |
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 | SJS | 72 | 1 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 22 | 72 | 1.4% | 74 | 70 | 16:45 |
Sam Dickinson news
- Scratched for Sharks' opener, Sam Dickinson knows what he needs to improvemercurynews.com
- Sam Dickinson Talks "The Sam Dickinson Project" Trailer and Media Day FunYahoo Sports
- Sam Dickinson Talks About His Behind-the-Scenes Video ProjectYahoo Sports
- What Ryan Warsofsky said Sam Dickinson needs to improve in second NHL seasonThe Mercury News
- 3 Takeaways From the Sharks’ Preseason Loss to the DucksThe Hockey Writers
- Sam Dickinson Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Sam Dickinson StatsNHL.com
- Video - As Sam Dickinson Enters Key Season For Development, Sharks Can Learn from Chicago's MistakesThe Hockey 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.