RW · PIT · NHL id 8481591
Sam Poulin has played 2 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 13:49 a night (13:15 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:35 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 79% of his 5v5 minutes with Ben Kindel and 76% with Tommy Novak over the last 2 games, and the Penguins have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Poulin on the ice (0-2 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against SEA he was on L3 with Tommy Novak and Ben Kindel and off the power play; dropped to L3 (from L1) in the last game.
Right now
From the Nov 22 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 13:49 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 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 2 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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 · 6 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 6 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.29 expected goals; best chance Sam Poulin at 0.19 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- 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.
Fantasy box score
- Games played2
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal1
- Hits2
- Blocked shots2
- Plus/minus−2
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.9%
- Fenwick (FF%)64.5%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)62.2%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.083
Usage
- Ice time per game13:49
- Offensive-zone start %33.3%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO750
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot78.7
- Offensive-zone time38.3%
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 · 2 of 2 games through the sequence engine
- −0.025
- Season net
- −0.01xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 4.53
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.450
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Poulin
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Poulin apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Kindel | C | 2 | 20:52 | 79% | 54.8% | 0% (0-2) | 44.4% 5:37 | 100.0% 3:15 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 2 | 20:03 | 76% | 56.1% | 0% (0-2) | 40.0% 6:26 | 100.0% 4:29 |
| Ryan Graves | D | 2 | 12:19 | 47% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 54.8% 14:10 | 54.8% 16:56 |
| Ryan Shea | D | 2 | 8:57 | 34% | 45.0% | 0% (0-1) | 58.1% 17:32 | 56.5% 23:17 |
| Kris Letang | D | 2 | 8:18 | 31% | 63.2% | 0% (0-1) | 46.9% 18:11 | 58.8% 26:01 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 1 | 7:47 | 29% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 66.7% 6:52 | 58.8% 9:55 |
| Mathew Dumba | D | 1 | 5:38 | 21% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 6:12 | 53.3% 7:50 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 2 | 5:06 | 19% | 44.4% | — (0-0) | 54.8% 21:23 | 69.0% 17:07 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 2 | 5:04 | 19% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 52.4% 21:25 | 42.9% 27:53 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 2 | 4:54 | 19% | 70.0% | — (0-0) | 48.8% 21:35 | 51.2% 28:37 |
| Joona Koppanen | LW | 2 | 4:13 | 16% | 37.5% | — (0-0) | 55.8% 22:16 | 58.3% 15:06 |
| Anthony Mantha | RW | 1 | 1:06 | 4% | — | — (0-0) | 66.7% 13:33 | 40.0% 12:40 |
Game log
2 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 | vs SEA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:50 | 11:50 | — | — |
| Nov 21 | vs MIN | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 15:48 | 14:39 | — | 1:09 |
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 | 2 | 27:38 | 13:49 | 27 | 27 | 50.0% | 58.8% | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 1.1 | 29% |
| Even strength | 2 | 26:29 | 13:15 | 27 | 24 | 52.9% | 64.5% | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 0.6 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 26:29 | 13:15 | 27 | 24 | 52.9% | 64.5% | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 1:09 | 1:09 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 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 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% | 10 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 2023-24 | PIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 5 | 3 | 7:47 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 9:58 |
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.