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Sam Steel

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	189	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	27 (Feb 3, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 1, Overall 30 (ANA)

News and Opinions

Three Stars that must grow for team success this season at Blackout Dallas (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Minnesota Wild: Tough Lineup Decisions for Team Looming at Gone Puck Wild (Fri Nov 11, 2022)
Wild vs. Kings: Minnesota begins West Coast road trip in L.A. at Gone Puck Wild (Tue Nov 8, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Is “The Tank” Already on Due to Eakins Return? at Pucks of a Feather (Thu Apr 14, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: The Very Curious Case of Max Comtois at Pucks of a Feather (Tue Mar 8, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Could Verbeek Make a Big Splash at the Deadline? at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Mar 6, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Mason McTavish Makes a Mark in NHL Debut at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Oct 16, 2021)
Expert Panel: Thoughts on the Anaheim Ducks Expansion List at Pucks of a Feather (Wed Jul 21, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: Buying Into A Championship at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Jul 10, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: The Case to Trade for Jack Eichel at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Jun 20, 2021)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 14, 2025	Dallas Stars	Signed 2 years @ $2.100M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jun 30, 2024	Dallas Stars	Signed 1 year @ $1.200M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 1, 2023	Dallas Stars	Signed 1 year @ $850K AAV starting in 2023-24
Aug 30, 2022	Minnesota Wild	Signed 1 year @ $825K AAV starting in 2022-23
Aug 6, 2021	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 1 year @ $874K AAV starting in 2021-22
Dec 20, 2016	Anaheim Ducks	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
2010-11	ERBHL	Strathcona Warriors Bantam AA	11	17	15	32
2011-12	AMBHL	Sherwood Park Flyers Bantam AAA	33	26	24	50		10
2011-12	AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA										3	2	6	8		2
2012-13	AMBHL	Sherwood Park Flyers Bantam AAA	31	52	52	104		16
2012-13	AEHL U15	Sherwood Park Flyers U15 AAA										5	3	8	11
2013-14	AMHL	Sherwood Park	14	7	16	23		8				3	2	1	3
2013-14	AJHL	Sherwood Park	1	0	0	0
2013-14	WHL	Regina	5	0	0	0						2				-1
2014-15	WHL	Regina	61	17	37	54	+10	16	17	10,000.0
2015-16	WHL	Regina	72	23	47	70	-8	24				12	6	10	16	+5	4
2015-16	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	1	2	3	+1	2
2015-16	U18-Dev	Team White	3	1	0	1		2
2016-17	WHL	Regina Pats	66	50	81	131	+49	40				23	11	19	30	+8	8
2017-18	M-Cup	Regina Pats	5	2	11	13	-2	4
2017-18	WHL	Regina Pats	54	33	50	83	+27	18				7	1	10	11	+6	2
2017-18	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	4	5	9	+3
2018-19	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	22	6	5	11	+2	8	33	18.2	14:58
2018-19	AHL	San Diego Gulls	53	20	21	41	-3	24				16	6	7	13	+5	8
2019-20	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	65	6	16	22	-13	20	85	7.1	15:33
2020-21	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	42	6	6	12	-7	8	42	14.3	14:32
2021-22	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	68	6	14	20	-17	16	66	9.1	12:19
2022-23	NHL	Minnesota Wild	65	10	18	28	+11	18	85	11.8	14:58	5	1	1	2	+1	2	6	16.7	15:35
2023-24	NHL	Dallas Stars	77	9	15	24		29	86	10.5	13:15	19	1	4	5	+1	2	19	5.3	13:15
2024-25	NHL	Dallas Stars	79	6	19	25	-6	31	89	6.7	14:08	18	1	6	7	-1	18	13	7.7	13:54
NHL Career			418	49	93	142	-30	130	486	10.1	14:06	42	3	11	14	+1	22	38	7.9	13:48

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.
2018-19	ANA	22	270:27	1.11	0.67	1.77	0.51	0.60	19.23	8.91	10.32	2.94	2.94
2019-20	ANA	65	814:45	0.22	0.66	0.88	0.57	-0.34	4.92	12.59	-7.68	8.25	7.22
2020-21	ANA	42	516:26	0.70	0.70	1.39	0.43	0.27	16.22	9.93	6.29	4.44	11.11
2021-22	ANA	68	760:09	0.39	0.79	1.18	0.47	-0.08	8.20	9.86	-1.66	3.75	7.50
2022-23	MIN	65	818:22	0.59	0.95	1.54	0.69	-0.10	10.39	12.14	-1.75	3.64	10.00
2023-24	DAL	77	849:18	0.49	0.92	1.41	0.52	-0.03	9.46	9.95	-0.49	2.63	7.02
2024-25	DAL	79	920:49	0.33	1.04	1.37	0.48	-0.16	6.49	9.61	-3.11	3.57	7.14

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
2018-19	ANA	22	270:27	34.83	2.88	1.91	49.92	1.55	3.14	65.00	37.79	-0.31	0.33	-6.37
2019-20	ANA	65	814:45	40.36	1.69	2.34	43.38	2.28	2.63	42.59	47.06	-0.11	-0.18	0.53
2020-21	ANA	42	516:26	36.36	1.98	2.25	39.97	2.44	2.53	44.74	47.03	0.02	0.06	-0.35
2021-22	ANA	68	760:09	37.81	1.82	2.18	44.75	3.32	2.60	35.38	45.61	-0.31	-0.01	-3.25
2022-23	MIN	65	818:22	42.74	2.71	2.63	38.64	2.27	2.43	54.41	51.90	0.33	0.09	2.44
2023-24	DAL	77	849:18	41.54	2.05	2.23	36.52	2.40	2.04	46.03	52.23	-0.57	-0.22	-3.11
2024-25	DAL	79	920:49	37.34	1.56	2.16	37.01	2.35	2.10	40.00	50.77	-0.38	-0.46	0.93

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	68	22.4	0.4	5.4	5.7	83.5	50.2	19.6	37.5	42.9	41.5	18.3	40.2
2022-23	65	22.7	0.6	9.8	9.9	82.6	42.4	12.3	35.6	52.1	40.2	17.9	41.9
2023-24	77	22.3	0.7	10.0	10.2	87.0	46.4	22.6	24.5	52.8	37.7	19.8	42.5
2024-25	79	23.1	0.6	9.9	10.1	87.0	56.5	14.8	42.6	42.6	37.6	19.7	42.7

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	Blackwell, C	Bäck, O	DAL	196:01	2.14	3.06	41.18	2.12	2.16	49.48	-0.33	-0.28	-0.61
2024-25	Bäck, O	Stankoven, L	DAL	79:46	0.00	0.75	0.00	1.56	1.73	47.32	-0.97	-0.69	-3.80
2024-25	Benn, J	Dadonov, E	DAL	76:02	2.37	3.95	37.50	2.32	2.49	48.20	0.02	0.04	-0.18
2024-25	Bäck, O	Bourque, M	DAL	65:32	0.00	0.00	-	1.80	0.80	69.16	-0.67	-1.74	19.84
2024-25	Bourque, M	Stankoven, L	DAL	61:05	1.96	2.95	40.00	2.28	2.97	43.36	-0.38	0.54	-8.91
2024-25	Dadonov, E	Bäck, O	DAL	54:54	2.19	2.19	50.00	2.31	1.70	57.62	-0.10	-0.78	8.39
2024-25	Blackwell, C	Bäck, O	DAL	46:24	0.00	1.29	0.00	1.67	2.58	39.32	-0.90	-0.04	-10.29
2024-25	Blackwell, C	Bourque, M	DAL	43:29	1.38	5.52	20.00	2.20	1.92	53.37	-0.50	-0.61	1.79
2024-25	Hintz, R	Stankoven, L	DAL	34:51	0.00	0.00	-	3.02	2.01	60.03	0.50	-0.31	8.00
2023-24	Smith, C	Faksa, R	DAL	374:01	2.09	1.60	56.52	2.14	1.89	53.06	-0.59	-0.35	-1.84
2023-24	Pavelski, J	Benn, J	DAL	89:45	2.01	2.67	42.86	2.61	2.81	48.10	0.11	0.51	-3.91
2023-24	Duchene, M	Marchment, M	DAL	54:39	0.00	3.29	0.00	2.31	1.95	54.19	-0.39	-0.31	-0.27
2023-24	Faksa, R	Dellandrea, T	DAL	52:16	1.15	4.59	20.00	1.89	2.03	48.22	-0.92	-0.16	-8.02
2023-24	Smith, C	Dellandrea, T	DAL	48:37	1.23	2.47	33.33	4.02	1.47	73.25	1.69	-1.14	26.05
2023-24	Smith, C	Faksa, R	DAL	43:20	1.38	0.00	100.00	0.99	1.50	39.69	-1.41	-0.55	-14.24
2023-24	Smith, C	Dellandrea, T	DAL	41:07	1.46	1.46	50.00	2.72	1.96	58.06	-0.01	-0.58	6.31
2023-24	Dadonov, E	Smith, C	DAL	29:32	0.00	6.09	0.00	2.14	3.37	38.85	-0.25	1.16	-13.10
2023-24	Seguin, T	Marchment, M	DAL	25:57	2.31	4.62	33.33	2.75	2.41	53.31	0.11	0.20	-1.13
2023-24	Pavelski, J	Robertson, J	DAL	20:13	0.00	0.00	-	0.97	1.05	47.96	-1.78	-1.10	-8.09
2023-24	Dadonov, E	Faksa, R	DAL	20:07	0.00	2.98	0.00	2.03	0.72	73.78	-0.46	-1.24	17.81
2022-23	Zuccarello, M	Kaprizov, K	MIN	355:29	3.04	2.03	60.00	2.95	2.45	54.68	0.73	0.02	6.89
2022-23	Zuccarello, M	Hartman, R	MIN	50:22	1.19	1.19	50.00	2.02	2.63	43.46	-0.60	0.41	-10.70
2022-23	Gaudreau, F	Boldy, M	MIN	44:36	4.04	4.04	50.00	2.47	3.52	41.28	0.05	0.92	-7.05
2022-23	Shaw, M	Dewar, C	MIN	35:01	1.71	1.71	50.00	2.94	1.79	62.12	0.47	-0.26	7.53
2022-23	Kaprizov, K	Boldy, M	MIN	29:22	2.04	2.04	50.00	2.46	1.59	60.69	-0.04	-0.81	9.65
2022-23	Sundqvist, O	Gaudreau, F	MIN	27:34	2.18	4.35	33.33	3.30	2.54	56.48	1.01	0.10	8.12
2022-23	Nyquist, G	Foligno, M	MIN	27:27	2.19	0.00	100.00	0.95	3.87	19.72	-1.58	1.91	-36.72
2021-22	Silfverberg, J	Lundestrom, I	ANA	107:13	2.24	2.80	44.44	1.51	2.46	38.03	-1.10	0.02	-13.73
2021-22	Lettieri, V	Comtois, M	ANA	66:01	3.64	4.54	44.44	2.53	3.38	42.83	0.27	0.47	-0.87
2021-22	Getzlaf, R	Terry, T	ANA	57:36	2.08	1.04	66.67	2.57	1.50	63.12	0.30	-0.91	14.65
2021-22	Henrique, A	Terry, T	ANA	42:11	0.00	8.53	0.00	2.86	2.15	57.04	0.32	-0.56	8.64
2021-22	Deslauriers, N	Robinson, B	ANA	40:41	0.00	0.00	-	1.69	2.06	45.03	-0.62	-0.85	0.74
2021-22	Grant, D	Carrick, S	ANA	37:42	0.00	0.00	-	1.94	1.56	55.47	-0.48	-1.25	9.09
2021-22	Terry, T	Lettieri, V	ANA	30:22	1.98	3.95	33.33	2.70	2.26	54.47	0.38	-0.83	11.53
2021-22	Carrick, S	Simon, D	ANA	26:56	0.00	2.23	0.00	1.24	3.10	28.64	-1.32	0.57	-21.74
2021-22	Milano, S	Lettieri, V	ANA	22:40	0.00	7.94	0.00	4.03	1.92	67.76	1.75	-1.20	25.49
2020-21	Silfverberg, J	Heinen, D	ANA	94:49	1.90	2.53	42.86	2.68	1.91	58.41	0.38	-0.56	10.13
2020-21	Terry, T	Comtois, M	ANA	62:37	1.92	1.92	50.00	1.50	2.78	34.98	-0.53	0.26	-9.55
2020-21	Rakell, R	Comtois, M	ANA	50:01	2.40	1.20	66.67	2.03	2.55	44.37	-0.21	-0.00	-2.44
2020-21	Silfverberg, J	Zegras, T	ANA	25:36	4.69	2.34	66.67	1.66	1.58	51.33	-0.68	-0.78	1.52
2020-21	Carrick, S	Jones, M	ANA	23:43	0.00	2.53	0.00	1.16	2.36	32.97	-1.00	0.31	-18.39
2020-21	Grant, D	Deslauriers, N	ANA	22:38	0.00	2.65	0.00	1.22	3.29	27.13	-1.23	0.61	-20.71
2019-20	Kase, O	Jones, M	ANA	208:32	2.01	1.15	63.64	2.34	2.33	50.16	-0.14	-0.70	5.18
2019-20	Terry, T	Jones, M	ANA	69:23	2.59	0.00	100.00	2.53	2.78	47.61	0.09	-0.09	1.66
2019-20	Ritchie, N	Kase, O	ANA	64:54	3.70	2.77	57.14	2.21	2.44	47.54	-0.28	-0.04	-2.50
2019-20	Silfverberg, J	Jones, M	ANA	63:15	0.95	2.85	25.00	1.89	2.94	39.16	-0.52	0.10	-6.78
2019-20	Silfverberg, J	Rakell, R	ANA	63:09	1.90	2.85	40.00	2.12	3.02	41.22	-0.51	0.39	-8.75
2019-20	Jones, M	Sherwood, K	ANA	50:45	0.00	1.18	0.00	2.07	1.81	53.28	-0.17	-1.30	11.50
2019-20	Silfverberg, J	Shore, D	ANA	38:46	3.10	4.64	40.00	2.91	2.87	50.26	0.49	0.03	4.36
2019-20	Terry, T	Comtois, M	ANA	29:50	0.00	4.02	0.00	2.30	1.51	60.34	-0.49	-1.37	11.17
2019-20	Ritchie, N	Terry, T	ANA	23:15	0.00	2.58	0.00	2.56	1.21	67.91	0.17	-1.80	23.62
2018-19	Silfverberg, J	Rakell, R	ANA	61:42	6.81	0.97	87.50	2.95	2.77	51.58	0.60	0.34	2.38
2018-19	Sherwood, K	Lundestrom, I	ANA	22:01	0.00	0.00	-	2.13	1.90	52.83	0.30	-1.49	17.86

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
2025-26	27	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	UFA
2026-27	28	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000

Signed: Feb 14, 2025

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.2

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	26		$1,200,000	$1,200,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000

Signed: June 30, 2024

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.36

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25		$850,000	$850,000	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.02

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24		$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000

Signed: Aug 30, 2022

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.0

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23		$874,125	$874,125	-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$70,000

Signed: Aug 6, 2021

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.07

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	18	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	19	$894,167	$894,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	20	$863,333	$918,333	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$863,333	$918,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$863,333	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Dec 20, 2016

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

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

*Age is as of September 15