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Samuel Bolduc

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Los Angeles Kings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	224	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age	24 (Dec 9, 2000)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2019, Round 2, Overall 57 (NYI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 2, 2025	Los Angeles Kings	Cleared Waivers
Oct 1, 2025	Los Angeles Kings	Placed on Waivers
Jul 2, 2025	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Nov 4, 2024	New York Islanders	Assigned to AHL
Nov 2, 2024	New York Islanders	Recalled from AHL
Oct 7, 2024	New York Islanders	Assigned to AHL
Oct 7, 2024	New York Islanders	Cleared Waivers
Oct 6, 2024	New York Islanders	Placed on Waivers
Jun 20, 2023	New York Islanders	Signed 2 years @ $800K AAV starting in 2023-24
Apr 30, 2020	New York Islanders	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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.
2022-23	NYI	17	213:41	0.56	0.28	0.84	0.14	0.42	11.76	2.89	8.88	0.00	3.85
2023-24	NYI	34	426:52	0.14	0.42	0.56	0.14	0.00	3.45	3.39	0.06	0.00	6.12
2024-25	NYI	1	5:56	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-

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
2022-23	NYI	17	213:41	46.05	2.53	2.63	43.80	0.84	2.79	75.00	48.46	-0.38	0.28	-6.01
2023-24	NYI	34	426:52	38.37	2.25	2.32	45.54	2.67	2.51	45.71	48.01	-0.42	-0.27	-1.64
2024-25	NYI	1	5:56	40.45	0.00	3.02	10.11	10.11	0.84	0.00	78.24	-0.83	-2.02	20.80

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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	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

REIGN PREVIEW 10/12 – Ontario vs. Tucson at LA Kings Insider (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Canadiens Could Eye Interesting Options as Three Surprising Players Hit Waivers at Habs Fanatics (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
2025 Training Camp Preview – Left-Shot Defensemen at LA Kings Insider (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
2e centre : Si Dach n’est pas prêt, j’aimerais voir Bolduc obtenir sa chance at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Aug 26, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	24		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$250,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$250,000

Signed: July 2, 2025

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.81

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $275,000.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	22	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA
2024-25	23	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000

Signed: June 20, 2023

Team: New York Islanders

GM: Lou Lamoriello

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 0.96

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	19	$842,500	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	20	$842,500	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
2022-23	21	$842,500	$925,000	$32,500	$92,500	$800,000	$892,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$247,500	$277,500	$2,250,000	$2,527,500	$210,000

Signed: Apr 30, 2020

Team: New York Islanders

GM: Lou Lamoriello

Exp. Status: RFA

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
2012-13	QC Int PW	Laval Sénateurs	3	0	0	0
2012-13	QC Int PW	Laval Sénateurs PW										3
2013-14	QBAA	Laval Patriotes Bantam AAA R	2	0	0	0
2014-15	QMAA	Monteuil Éclairs Midgets AA	2	0	0	0
2015-16	LHPS M17 Mineur	École Georges-Vanier M17 Min	30	15	20	35		14				4	4	1	5		2
2015-16	LHPS M15 Mineur	École Georges-Vanier M15 Min	18	15	14	29		4				3	6	2	8		2
2016-17	QMJHL	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	6	0	0	0
2016-17	QM18AAA	Laval-Montréal Rousseau Royal	37	3	12	15	-6	6				8	1	1	2	-3	2
2017-18	QMJHL	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	57	2	12	14	+16	8				20	2	5	7	+14
2018-19	QMJHL	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	65	9	28	37	-32	27				5	1	1	2	-2	4
2019-20	QMJHL	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	32	7	9	16	+7	14
2019-20	QMJHL	Sherbrooke Phoenix	29	4	23	27	+6	12
2020-21	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders	24	6	8	14	+5	10
2021-22	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders	57	2	5	7	-10	16
2022-23	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders	56	10	25	35	-13	31
2022-23	NHL	New York Islanders	17	2	1	3	+5	2	20	10.0	14:24	2					4	2	0.0	7:00
2023-24	NHL	New York Islanders	34	2	3	5	-4	6	32	6.2	13:09
2023-24	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders	5	1	0	1	+2	2
2024-25	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders	69	9	26	35	-38	6
2024-25	NHL	New York Islanders	1	0	0	0	-1			0.0	5:56
2025-26	AHL	Ontario Reign	2	0	0	0	-1	2
NHL Career			52	4	4	8	0	8	52	7.7	13:25	2					4	2	0.0	7:00