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Sam Reinhart

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Florida Panthers
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2031-32
Weight (lbs)	196	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	30 (Nov 6, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 1, Overall 2 (BUF)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 30, 2024	Florida Panthers	Signed 8 years @ $8.625M AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 11, 2021	Florida Panthers	Signed 3 years @ $6.500M AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 25, 2020	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $5.200M AAV starting in 2020-21
Sep 19, 2018	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $3.650M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 12, 2014	Buffalo Sabres	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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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.
2015-16	BUF	79	1012:38	0.71	0.89	1.60	0.77	-0.06	10.00	10.86	-0.86	4.40	8.80
2016-17	BUF	79	1071:53	0.34	1.12	1.46	0.75	-0.41	5.17	11.49	-6.32	1.27	5.73
2017-18	BUF	82	1063:15	0.62	0.73	1.35	0.76	-0.13	8.15	9.92	-1.77	1.09	4.92
2018-19	BUF	82	1188:18	0.86	1.26	2.12	0.82	0.03	11.72	11.27	0.46	2.82	5.16
2019-20	BUF	69	1091:00	0.88	0.93	1.81	0.59	0.29	15.69	10.51	5.18	1.92	5.13
2020-21	BUF	54	805:29	0.89	0.45	1.34	0.68	0.22	13.33	10.12	3.21	0.76	6.87
2021-22	FLA	78	997:34	0.78	1.74	2.53	0.96	-0.18	9.92	12.17	-2.24	5.43	8.70
2022-23	FLA	82	1067:43	0.51	1.12	1.63	0.79	-0.28	7.09	11.05	-3.96	4.42	5.52
2023-24	FLA	82	1055:38	1.14	1.19	2.33	0.74	0.39	16.26	10.64	5.62	4.86	8.65
2024-25	FLA	79	1117:17	0.86	1.07	1.93	0.76	0.10	12.40	10.93	1.48	0.51	5.58
2025-26	FLA	21	292:02	1.23	1.03	2.26	1.06	0.18	19.35	16.58	2.77	1.67	8.33

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
2015-16	BUF	79	1012:38	40.94	2.07	2.41	39.94	2.25	2.21	47.95	52.16	0.50	-0.05	6.38
2016-17	BUF	79	1071:53	42.54	2.18	2.51	42.43	2.41	2.34	47.56	51.71	0.34	-0.14	5.15
2017-18	BUF	82	1063:15	43.85	1.92	2.34	41.08	2.54	2.20	43.04	51.46	0.34	-0.32	7.33
2018-19	BUF	82	1188:18	48.37	2.93	2.93	44.08	2.68	2.68	52.25	52.23	0.69	0.08	5.99
2019-20	BUF	69	1091:00	42.35	2.53	2.27	42.29	2.58	2.41	49.46	48.56	0.10	0.12	-0.12
2020-21	BUF	54	805:29	39.70	2.31	2.37	40.97	3.50	2.34	39.74	50.30	0.16	-0.35	5.20
2021-22	FLA	78	997:34	48.54	3.73	3.26	37.23	2.41	2.24	60.78	59.29	0.08	-0.29	3.55
2022-23	FLA	82	1067:43	47.09	2.19	2.89	39.50	2.58	2.35	45.88	55.08	-0.24	-0.48	2.66
2023-24	FLA	82	1055:38	47.52	3.24	2.68	35.98	1.88	1.95	63.33	57.88	0.13	-0.40	5.81
2024-25	FLA	79	1117:17	48.22	2.69	2.55	34.53	1.93	1.83	58.14	58.21	-0.01	-0.43	5.12
2025-26	FLA	21	292:02	45.41	2.05	2.65	36.57	2.05	2.01	50.00	56.89	0.16	-0.30	4.99

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%
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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
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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.

News and Opinions

Panthers’ Sam Reinhart Is Beginning to Heat Up at The Hockey Writers (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Marchand reaches 1,000 points, Reinhart scores twice as Panthers beat Capitals 6-3 at NBC Sports (Fri Nov 14, 2025)
Marchand reaches 1,000 points, Reinhart scores twice as Panthers beat Capitals 6-3 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Nov 14, 2025)
Reinhart scores twice, Marchand logs point 1,000 as Panthers clip Capitals in return to home ice at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
2014 NHL Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now? at The Hockey Writers (Mon Nov 10, 2025)
Panthers see streak end with 5-2 loss to Flyers at Litter Box Cats (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Florida Panthers' Sam Reinhart takes subtle jab at the Buffalo Sabres at Sabres Noise (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
Panthers face nightmare start without Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk at The Rat Trick (Mon Sep 29, 2025)
Around the NHL: Sam Reinhart’s Olympic motivation comes from Sidney Crosby at The Leafs Nation (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
Florida forward Sam Reinhart trending toward having his number retired by Panthers someday at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Sabres sign Sam Reinhart trade return to two-year deal at Sabres Space (Fri Aug 1, 2025)
Wednesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum at Litter Box Cats (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Panthers' Sam Reinhart Finds His Name On Exclusive List at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Jul 29, 2025)
Former Sabres star named one of the NHL's 10 best contracts at Sabres Noise (Tue Jul 29, 2025)
The Sabres' trading Sam Reinhart may be one of their worst decisions yet at Sabres Noise (Thu Jun 19, 2025)
Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner chasing Stanley Cup while Buffalo Sabres watch at Sabres Noise (Thu Jun 5, 2025)
Five Best NHL Draft Picks in Buffalo Sabres History at Sabres Noise (Sat May 31, 2025)
Panthers vs. Hurricanes Game 4 Preview: How To Watch, Odds, Injuries, Notes, and Keys at The Rat Trick (Sun May 25, 2025)
Looking Back at the 2023 NHL Eastern Conference Final at The Rat Trick (Tue May 20, 2025)
Panthers vs. Maple Leafs Game 4 Preview: How To Watch, Odds, Injuries, Notes, and Keys at The Rat Trick (Sun May 11, 2025)
How Good of a Drafter is Bill Zito- the 2020 Draft at The Puck Under the Sun (Mon Sep 30, 2024)

Current Contract

Sam Reinhart signed an $69,000,000 8-year contract with the Florida Panthers and General Manager Bill Zito on June 30, 2024 with an AAV of $8,625,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2031-32 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 9.80% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	28	NMC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$10,000,000	$1,000,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	UFA
2025-26	29	NMC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$9,000,000	$1,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2026-27	30	NMC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$8,500,000	$1,000,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2027-28	31	NMC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$8,350,000	$1,000,000	$9,350,000	$9,350,000	UFA
2028-29	32	NMC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$8,350,000	$1,000,000	$9,350,000	$9,350,000	UFA
2029-30	33	NMC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$5,600,000	$1,000,000	$6,600,000	$6,600,000	UFA
2030-31	34	NMC M-NTC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$5,600,000	$1,000,000	$6,600,000	$6,600,000	UFA
2031-32	35	NMC M-NTC	$8,625,000	$8,625,000	-	$5,600,000	$1,000,000	$6,600,000	$6,600,000	UFA
Total					-	$61,000,000	$8,000,000	$69,000,000	$69,000,000

Signed: June 30, 2024

Team: Florida Panthers

GM: Bill Zito

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 9.8

Clause: In 2030-31 and 2031-32 player can submit a list of 16 teams he cannot be traded to.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Sam Reinhart signed a $19,500,000 3-year contract with the Florida Panthers and General Manager Bill Zito on August 11, 2021 with an AAV of $6,500,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.98% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	26	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$6,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2023-24	27	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
Total				-	$6,000,000	$13,500,000	$19,500,000	$19,500,000

Signed: Aug 11, 2021

Team: Florida Panthers

GM: Bill Zito

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.98

Sam Reinhart signed a $5,200,000 1-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on October 25, 2020 with an AAV of $5,200,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.38% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24		$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000

Signed: Oct 25, 2020

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 6.38

Sam Reinhart signed a $7,100,000 2-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Jason Botterill on September 19, 2018 with an AAV of $3,650,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.59% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	22	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	-	-	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	RFA
2019-20	23	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	-	-	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$7,100,000	$7,100,000	$7,100,000

Signed: Sep 19, 2018

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Jason Botterill

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 4.59

Sam Reinhart signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Tim Murray on July 12, 2014 with an AAV of $92,500. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.13% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	18	$92,500	$3,575,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2015-16	19	$894,167	$3,544,167	$2,650,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	20	$894,167	$3,544,167	$2,650,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	21	$894,167	$3,544,167	$2,650,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$7,950,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 12, 2014

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Tim Murray

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			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	BCMML	Van. NW Giants	5	2	0	2						5		1	1		2
2010-11	WHL	Kootenay	4	2	0	2	+4					7				-1
2010-11	BCMML	Van. NW Giants	34	38	40	78		6				5	5	4	9
2010-11	M-Cup	Kootenay										1
2011-12	WHL	Kootenay	67	28	34	62	+16	2				4	1	1	2	-2
2012-13	WHL	Kootenay	72	35	50	85	+8	22				5		1	1	-8	4
2013-14	WHL	Kootenay	60	36	69	105	+24	11				13	6	17	23	+4	2
2014-15	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	9	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0.0	10:22
2014-15	WJC-A	Canada	7	5	6	11	+13	6	20
2014-15	AHL	Rochester	3	0	3	3			5	0.0
2014-15	WHL	Kootenay	47	19	46	65	+6	20				7	6	3	9	+2	8
2015-16	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	79	23	19	42	-8	8	165	13.9	16:50
2015-16	WC-A	Canada	10	0	4	4	+3		7
2016-17	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	79	17	30	47	-11	8	178	9.6	17:13
2017-18	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	25	50	-24	26	188	13.3	17:06
2018-19	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	82	22	43	65	-10	16	180	12.2	18:57
2018-19	WC	Canada	10	3	2	5	+3
2019-20	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	69	22	28	50	-15	20	144	15.3	20:38
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	54	25	15	40	-28	10	130	19.2	19:32
2021-22	NHL	Florida Panthers	78	33	49	82	+25	13	186	17.7	17:46	10	3	1	4	-4	2	30	10.0	19:25
2022-23	NHL	Florida Panthers	82	31	36	67	-12	12	227	13.7	19:47	21	8	5	13		12	45	17.8	21:59
2023-24	NHL	Florida Panthers	82	57	37	94	+29	31	233	24.5	20:18	24	10	6	16	-2	12	78	12.8	21:37
2024-25	4 Nations	Canada	4	0	4	4	+1		5	0.0	70:43
2024-25	NHL	Florida Panthers	79	39	42	81	+6	27	213	18.3	20:30	21	11	12	23	+5	6	63	17.5	21:31
2025-26	NHL	Florida Panthers	22	13	8	21	-8	2	63	20.6	21:03
NHL Career			797	307	333	640	-57	175	1910	16.1	18:47	76	32	24	56	-1	32	216	14.8	21:24