G · OTT · NHL id 8481035
Samuel Ersson has appeared in 33 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2025-26, starting 29, with a 14-11-5 record and .870 save percentage on 744 shots (97 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 96 of 106 (.906), starting 4 of them. In 2024-25 he went 22-17-5 with a .883 save percentage in 47 games.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 30 appearances, oldest first
- Start.923PIT · W
- Start.786OTT · O
- Start.706STL · W
- Start.882TBL · L
- Start.903NYI · W
- Start.931BUF · W
- Start.893COL · L
- Start.857CAR · O
- Start.852BUF · L
- Start.852NYR · O
- Start.952CHI · W
- Start.808CGY · L
- Start.696TBL · L
- Relief.750BUF · L
- Start.786PIT
- Relief.880NYR · L
- Start.960VGK · W
- Start.815UTA · O
- Start.914COL · W
- Start.826NYI · L
- Start.750BOS · L
- Start.917NYR · W
- Relief1.000NYR
- Start.957WSH · W
- Start.880LAK · W
- Start.962CHI · W
- Start.944DAL · W
- Start.789DET · L
- Relief.857DET
- Start.931MTL · W
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among goalies
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shots against
Last 10 games · 319 unblocked attempts faced, 201 on goal, 21 goals
Shot map, OPP at OTT: 319 attempts, 201 on goal, 21 goals, 19.31 expected goals; best chance Casey Mittelstadt at 0.39 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among goalies. Each stat links to its explainer.
Goaltending
- Games played33
- Games started2942nd of 98
- Wins1442nd of 72
- Overtime losses525th of 72
- Shutouts050th of 72
- Save %.87070th of 72
- Goals-against average3.1252nd of 72
- Goals against9737th of 72
- Saves64751st of 72
- Goals saved above expected−13.065th of 72
- High-danger save %.79250th of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100+1.5310th of 72
Compare head to head
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 · 33 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | .831 | .842 | −1.1 pts | |
| 70 | .843 | .920 | −7.7 pts | |
| Cycle | 281 | .872 | .899 | −2.7 pts |
| Off the draw | 38 | .921 | .950 | −2.9 pts |
Unblocked save % .920 vs .932 expected from his shot mix: −1.16 pts (±1.52)
- Prevented /100
- +1.53
- Rebounds
- 69vs 78.9 exp.
- Rate
- 10.7%of 647 saves
A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.
Game log
33 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs MTL | W 4-2 | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:48 |
| Apr 9 | @ DET | L 3-6 | RL | 14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 35:04 |
| Apr 2 | vs DET | L 2-4 | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 57:23 |
| Mar 29 | vs DAL | W 2-1 | W | 18 | 17 | 1 | .944 | 63:27 |
| Mar 26 | vs CHI | W 5-1 | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 59:49 |
| Mar 19 | @ LAK | W 4-3 | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 65:00 |
| Mar 11 | vs WSH | W 4-1 | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 |
| Mar 9 | vs NYR | L 2-6 | RL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 19:47 |
| Feb 26 | @ NYR | W 3-2 | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 61:40 |
| Jan 29 | @ BOS | L 3-6 | L | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 40:00 |
| Jan 26 | vs NYI | L 0-4 | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 60:00 |
| Jan 23 | @ COL | W 7-3 | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:54 |
| Jan 21 | @ UTA | OTL 4-5 | O | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 62:01 |
| Jan 19 | @ VGK | W 2-1 | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |
| Jan 17 | vs NYR | L 3-6 | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 51:35 |
| Jan 15 | @ PIT | L 3-6 | — | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 22:06 |
| Jan 14 | @ BUF | L 2-5 | L | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 37:27 |
| Jan 10 | vs TBL | L 2-7 | L | 23 | 16 | 7 | .696 | 60:00 |
| Dec 31 | @ CGY | L 1-5 | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 59:55 |
| Dec 23 | @ CHI | W 3-1 | W | 21 | 20 | 1 | .952 | 60:00 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GA | CA/60 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 33 | 1866:35 | 56:34 | 744 | 97 | .870 | 55.0 |
| Even strength | 33 | 1551:45 | 47:01 | 589 | 75 | .873 | 53.8 |
| 5v5 | 33 | 1479:50 | 44:51 | 557 | 70 | .874 | 54.2 |
| Power play | 31 | 135:53 | 4:23 | 19 | 3 | .842 | 13.2 |
| Penalty kill | 31 | 164:01 | 5:17 | 126 | 18 | .857 | 96.2 |
| 4v4 | 17 | 32:28 | 1:55 | 15 | 2 | .867 | 42.5 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 11 | 39:27 | 3:35 | 17 | 3 | .824 | 48.7 |
| 5v4 | 31 | 130:32 | 4:13 | 19 | 3 | .842 | 13.8 |
| 4v5 | 31 | 157:32 | 5:05 | 121 | 17 | .860 | 96.7 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 13 | 11:21 | 0:52 | 7 | 1 | .857 | 95.2 |
| 3v4 | 4 | 4:51 | 1:13 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 61.9 |
| 4v3 | 2 | 4:37 | 2:19 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
| 4v5:en | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | — | 60.0 |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | GS | W-L-OTL | SA | SV | GA | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PHI | 33 | 29 | 14-11-5 | 744 | 647 | 97 | .870 | 3.12 |
| 2024-25 | PHI | 47 | 45 | 22-17-5 | 1162 | 1026 | 136 | .883 | 3.14 |
| 2023-24 | PHI | 51 | 49 | 23-19-7 | 1204 | 1072 | 132 | .890 | 2.82 |
| 2022-23 | PHI | 12 | 10 | 6-3-0 | 327 | 294 | 33 | .899 | 3.07 |
Samuel Ersson news
- Senators Continue to Show an Unwillingness to Develop GoaliesThe Hockey Writers
- Senators' Samuel Ersson: Beaten four times in preseason finaleCBS Sports
- Samuel Ersson News: Beaten four times in preseason finaleRotoWire
- Samuel Ersson News: Getting road startRotoWire
- Senators' Samuel Ersson: Getting road startCBS Sports
- NEW FACES: William Eklund, Samuel Ersson Standout In Ottawa Senators Preseason DebutKHOU
- OTT@MTL: Eklund scores goal against Samuel Erssonnhl.com
- OTT@MTL: Caufield scores PPG against Samuel ErssonNHL.com
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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.