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Sam Lafferty

Position	Right Wing / Center	Current Team	Chicago Blackhawks
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age	30 (Mar 6, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 4, Overall 113 (PIT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2025	Chicago Blackhawks	Acquired from Buffalo Sabres
Jul 1, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Traded to Chicago Blackhawks
Dec 20, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Activated from IR
Dec 5, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Apr 29, 2022	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed 2 years @ $1.150M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 8, 2020	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 2 years @ $750K AAV starting in 2020-21
Mar 6, 2018	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2009-10	USHS-PA	Hollidaysburg Area High	19	19	26	45		14
2010-11	USHS-PA	Hollidaysburg Area High	18	34	35	69		26
2011-12	High-MA	Deerfield	25	8	8	16
2012-13	High-MA	Deerfield	24	9	15	24
2013-14	Minor-MA	Bos. Jr. Bruins	11	2	9	11		2
2013-14	High-MA	Deerfield	25	21	34	55
2014-15	ECAC	Brown U.	31	4	8	12		16
2015-16	NCAA	Brown Univ.	31	4	6	10	-7	4
2016-17	NCAA	Brown Univ.	31	13	22	35	-2	32
2017-18	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	9	1	2	3		4
2017-18	NCAA	Brown Univ.	31	8	14	22	-10	34
2018-19	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	70	13	36	49	+1	94
2019-20	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	50	6	7	13	+5	23	56	10.7	9:37	1				-1			0.0	7:40
2019-20	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	6	3	0	3	+1	10
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	34	0	6	6	-6	25	33	0.0	9:47
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	10	0	2	2		16	9	0.0	8:43
2021-22	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	46	5	6	11	-16	21	71	7.0	14:38
2021-22	WC	USA	10	1	2	3	+1	6
2022-23	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	51	10	11	21	-10	28	83	12.0	15:07
2022-23	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	19	2	4	6	-1	9	19	10.5	13:15	9	1	2	3	-1	2	8	12.5	10:41
2023-24	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	79	13	11	24	+4	32	78	16.7	11:53	11				-2	2	7	0.0	8:36
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	60	4	3	7	-15	28	50	8.0	9:53
NHL Career			349	40	50	90	-39	182	399	10.0	11:49	21	1	2	3	-4	4	15	6.7	9:27

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2019-20	PIT	50	440:25	0.68	0.95	1.63	0.61	0.07	9.62	8.61	1.00	4.41	4.41
2020-21	PIT	34	318:09	0.00	1.13	1.13	0.56	-0.56	0.00	9.22	-9.22	4.55	2.27
2021-22	CHI	46	547:25	0.55	0.55	1.10	0.72	-0.17	8.47	11.10	-2.62	5.56	2.78
2021-22	PIT	10	77:00	0.00	1.56	1.56	0.78	-0.78	0.00	12.56	-12.56	0.00	7.69
2021-22	CHI, PIT	56	624:25	0.48	0.67	1.15	0.73	-0.25	7.46	11.27	-3.81	4.71	3.53
2022-23	CHI	51	615:40	0.58	0.78	1.36	0.59	-0.01	8.82	8.93	-0.11	5.49	6.59
2022-23	TOR	19	211:34	0.57	1.13	1.70	0.47	0.10	11.76	9.69	2.08	5.00	10.00
2022-23	CHI, TOR	70	827:14	0.58	0.87	1.45	0.56	0.02	9.41	9.08	0.33	5.41	7.21
2023-24	VAN	79	831:16	0.87	0.65	1.52	0.68	0.18	17.39	13.72	3.67	9.52	10.48
2024-25	BUF	60	553:13	0.43	0.33	0.76	0.46	-0.02	8.33	8.77	-0.44	3.08	4.62

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2019-20	PIT	50	440:25	35.42	1.91	1.90	40.19	1.63	2.18	53.85	46.46	-0.58	-0.12	-5.34
2020-21	PIT	34	318:09	35.45	1.70	2.02	43.56	2.83	2.41	37.50	45.55	-0.49	0.12	-6.66
2021-22	CHI	46	547:25	34.53	1.53	2.18	43.95	3.40	2.33	31.11	48.42	-0.01	-0.35	3.37
2021-22	PIT	10	77:00	45.19	3.12	2.71	35.06	3.12	2.14	50.00	55.94	-0.22	-0.03	-1.54
2021-22	CHI, PIT	56	624:25	35.84	1.73	2.25	42.86	3.36	2.30	33.96	49.41	-0.09	-0.27	1.87
2022-23	CHI	51	615:40	37.33	1.85	2.16	43.76	3.31	2.81	35.85	43.40	0.10	-0.20	2.76
2022-23	TOR	19	211:34	35.17	1.99	2.25	46.51	1.99	2.63	50.00	46.14	-0.83	0.18	-9.68
2022-23	CHI, TOR	70	827:14	36.77	1.89	2.18	44.46	2.97	2.77	38.81	44.09	-0.16	-0.09	-0.93
2023-24	VAN	79	831:16	35.73	2.17	2.04	39.84	2.17	2.29	50.00	47.19	-0.60	0.05	-7.01
2024-25	BUF	60	553:13	34.27	1.19	1.80	41.86	2.49	2.42	32.35	42.73	-0.64	-0.09	-6.63

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	56	23.1	1.8	7.6	7.7	97.5	43.8	7.0	28.2	64.8	43.5	18.6	37.9
2022-23	70	23.0	1.2	10.1	10.2	87.3	44.3	13.2	42.6	44.1	44.9	18.3	36.8
2023-24	79	23.4	1.4	10.1	10.2	89.0	24.2	6.3	38.1	55.6	41.1	18.3	40.6
2024-25	60	22.9	1.0	10.1	10.2	86.2	55.6	29.4	38.2	32.4	42.2	17.5	40.3

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Malenstyn, B	Krebs, P	BUF	131:40	1.37	1.82	42.86	1.43	2.35	37.88	-0.93	-0.23	-9.97
2024-25	Malenstyn, B	McLeod, R	BUF	77:19	2.33	3.88	37.50	2.50	2.62	48.79	0.30	0.13	1.92
2024-25	Malenstyn, B	Kozak, T	BUF	59:57	1.00	0.00	100.00	1.54	1.66	48.05	-0.85	-0.96	0.42
2024-25	Malenstyn, B	Ostlund, N	BUF	46:24	0.00	2.59	0.00	1.90	2.22	46.11	-0.72	-0.26	-5.21
2024-25	Aube-Kubel, N	Malenstyn, B	BUF	32:52	0.00	1.83	0.00	2.02	1.34	60.13	-0.49	-1.10	9.36
2023-24	Pettersson, E	Mikheyev, I	VAN	108:19	2.77	0.55	83.33	2.43	2.00	54.94	-0.11	-0.30	2.34
2023-24	Hoglander, N	Aman, N	VAN	105:41	1.70	1.70	50.00	2.14	1.98	51.94	-0.44	-0.24	-1.76
2023-24	Beauvillier, A	Hoglander, N	VAN	78:59	4.56	0.76	85.71	3.12	2.25	58.06	0.82	-0.04	7.92
2023-24	Di Giuseppe, P	Blueger, T	VAN	71:59	0.00	4.17	0.00	2.30	2.55	47.42	-0.44	0.51	-9.88
2023-24	Di Giuseppe, P	Blueger, T	VAN	47:29	1.26	0.00	100.00	2.03	2.28	47.13	-0.26	0.17	-4.91
2023-24	Di Giuseppe, P	Aman, N	VAN	30:25	1.97	5.92	25.00	1.15	2.57	30.95	-1.45	0.34	-22.85
2023-24	Blueger, T	Podkolzin, V	VAN	27:53	2.15	4.30	33.33	1.93	1.34	59.00	-0.56	-0.72	4.30
2023-24	Blueger, T	Mikheyev, I	VAN	24:04	2.49	2.49	50.00	4.22	2.40	63.72	1.62	0.26	8.85
2023-24	Studnicka, J	Hoglander, N	VAN	24:03	2.49	0.00	100.00	1.31	3.10	29.74	-0.86	0.10	-12.23
2023-24	Pettersson, E	Hoglander, N	VAN	23:32	2.55	2.55	50.00	1.71	3.25	34.43	-0.83	1.00	-18.59
2023-24	Lindholm, E	Mikheyev, I	VAN	20:24	2.94	0.00	100.00	3.53	1.72	67.22	0.70	-0.37	9.77
2022-23	Athanasiou, A	Dickinson, J	CHI	145:47	2.47	3.29	42.86	2.85	3.22	46.92	0.88	0.25	7.07
2022-23	Aston-Reese, Z	Kampf, D	TOR	58:21	4.11	3.08	57.14	2.94	2.80	51.22	-0.04	0.44	-4.58
2022-23	Dickinson, J	Entwistle, M	CHI	56:54	0.00	2.11	0.00	0.97	2.01	32.60	-0.93	-1.03	-5.92
2022-23	Kane, P	Domi, M	CHI	52:31	0.00	1.14	0.00	2.54	3.29	43.61	0.72	0.67	2.57
2022-23	Dickinson, J	Kurashev, P	CHI	50:49	3.54	9.45	27.27	2.24	2.65	45.83	0.24	-0.50	6.93
2022-23	Aston-Reese, Z	Kampf, D	TOR	37:23	1.60	4.81	25.00	1.80	2.87	38.57	-0.73	0.47	-12.82
2022-23	Blackwell, C	Athanasiou, A	CHI	35:55	3.34	1.67	66.67	2.73	2.32	54.12	0.63	-0.65	12.64
2022-23	Blackwell, C	Dickinson, J	CHI	32:20	3.71	5.57	40.00	2.15	2.78	43.54	0.12	-0.24	3.38
2022-23	Blackwell, C	Johnson, R	CHI	27:50	4.31	8.62	33.33	1.81	2.87	38.66	-0.34	-0.14	-3.01
2021-22	Raddysh, T	Kurashev, P	CHI	50:20	2.38	2.38	50.00	2.85	2.59	52.34	0.61	0.20	4.00
2021-22	Kurashev, P	Dach, K	CHI	37:30	1.60	1.60	50.00	1.85	2.45	42.98	-0.47	0.08	-6.44
2021-22	Toews, J	DeBrincat, A	CHI	33:15	0.00	3.61	0.00	2.77	2.19	55.88	0.63	-0.36	10.25
2021-22	Katchouk, B	Johnson, R	CHI	32:21	1.85	1.85	50.00	2.10	1.71	55.08	-0.01	-1.10	12.24
2021-22	Hagel, B	Dach, K	CHI	27:18	2.20	6.59	25.00	1.53	3.00	33.83	-0.61	0.90	-16.75
2021-22	Carpenter, R	Kurashev, P	CHI	25:03	2.40	2.40	50.00	2.35	1.92	55.07	0.14	-0.41	6.32
2021-22	Boyle, B	Simon, D	PIT	22:25	2.68	2.68	50.00	3.18	2.47	56.28	0.20	-0.11	2.73
2021-22	Carpenter, R	Borgstrom, H	CHI	21:52	0.00	0.00	-	0.80	2.08	27.70	-1.26	-0.50	-16.67
2020-21	Gaudreau, F	Aston-Reese, Z	PIT	45:51	1.31	2.62	33.33	3.10	2.37	56.65	0.87	0.26	5.32
2020-21	Sceviour, C	Jankowski, M	PIT	43:01	0.00	1.39	0.00	1.26	2.94	29.99	-1.22	0.48	-20.21
2020-21	Jankowski, M	Aston-Reese, Z	PIT	40:06	0.00	0.00	-	1.29	1.47	46.75	-1.38	-0.94	-5.82
2020-21	Jankowski, M	O'Connor, D	PIT	24:53	0.00	2.41	0.00	1.29	2.54	33.69	-1.65	0.03	-20.20
2020-21	Blueger, T	Aston-Reese, Z	PIT	21:50	2.75	5.50	33.33	1.46	2.55	36.43	-0.86	0.02	-11.36
2020-21	Blueger, T	Tanev, B	PIT	21:27	0.00	5.59	0.00	1.79	3.61	33.16	-0.82	1.27	-19.62
2019-20	Blueger, T	Aston-Reese, Z	PIT	52:53	1.13	1.13	50.00	2.56	1.85	58.03	0.12	-0.24	4.18
2019-20	Blueger, T	Tanev, B	PIT	39:46	0.00	3.02	0.00	0.91	3.08	22.90	-1.38	0.76	-26.81
2019-20	Blandisi, J	Johnson, A	PIT	27:00	4.44	0.00	100.00	1.87	1.03	64.57	-0.19	-1.22	16.77
2019-20	Hornqvist, P	Kahun, D	PIT	26:18	0.00	0.00	-	2.77	2.13	56.58	0.34	-0.33	6.85
2019-20	Galchenyuk, A	Blandisi, J	PIT	23:13	0.00	0.00	-	0.75	2.28	24.69	-1.85	0.03	-28.81
2019-20	Agozzino, A	Galchenyuk, A	PIT	21:29	0.00	0.00	-	0.79	0.78	50.35	-1.51	-1.85	3.71

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	29	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2025-26	30	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.27

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	-	-	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	UFA
2023-24	28	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	-	-	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	$1,150,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000

Signed: Apr 29, 2022

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.39

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

Signed: Oct 8, 2020

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$767,500	$925,000	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	24	$767,500	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$315,000	$185,000	$1,350,000	$1,535,000	$140,000

Signed: Mar 6, 2018

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15