Sam Lafferty
01/Where he scores from
13 located attempts over 2025-26 — too few shots to map. The four counts are the whole of what this sample supports; a rink drawn from them would read as a pattern that is not there. A wider window may carry the graphic.
Lafferty scored 18 regular season goals on 190 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 6 ft out: 12/18 · 67% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 36% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 12/18 · 67% of his goals came from here, on 77/190 · 41% of his attempts — 12/77 · 16% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 5/18 · 28% of his goals came from here, on 60/190 · 32% of his attempts — 5/60 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/18 · 6% of his goals came from here, on 42/190 · 22% of his attempts — 1/42 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/18 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 11/190 · 6% of his attempts — 0/11 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Lafferty scored 40 regular season goals on 524 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2019-20 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 6 ft out: 21/40 · 53% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 36% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 23/40 · 57% of his goals came from here, on 170/524 · 32% of his attempts — 23/170 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 14/40 · 35% of his goals came from here, on 213/524 · 41% of his attempts — 14/213 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/40 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 112/524 · 21% of his attempts — 3/112 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/40 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 29/524 · 6% of his attempts — 0/29 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2019-20 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
1 of his 1 goals came in the 3rd period, on 4 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | SJS | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:44 |
| Apr 11 | STL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 9:33 |
| Apr 1 | WPG | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:53 |
| Mar 24 | @NYI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:11 |
| Mar 22 | NSH | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:15 |
| Mar 21 | COL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:06 |
| Mar 17 | MIN | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 7:02 |
| Mar 15 | @VGK | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5:55 |
| Mar 13 | @UTA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:34 |
| Mar 10 | UTA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:05 |
| Jan 31 | CBJ | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:44 |
| Jan 20 | WPG | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:01 |
| Dec 29 | PIT | L 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| Dec 28 | @DAL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 11:58 |
| Dec 24 | PHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:56 |
| Dec 20 | @OTT | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 9:28 |
| Dec 13 | @STL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:02 |
| Dec 11 | NYR | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:27 |
| Dec 7 | @LAK | L 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:47 |
| Nov 24 | COL | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | @BUF | L 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | SEA | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | CGY | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | TOR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 13 | NJD | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Showing the 25 most recent of 29 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | PIT | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +9 | 23 | 56 | 10.7 | 95 | 17 | 8:14 |
| 2020-21 | PIT | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 25 | 33 | 0.0 | 89 | 11 | 8:37 |
| 2021-22 | CHI/PIT | 56 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 37 | 80 | 6.3 | 137 | 26 | 12:56 |
| 2022-23 | CHI/TOR | 70 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 37 | 102 | 11.8 | 125 | 33 | 13:13 |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 79 | 13 | 11 | 24 | +3 | 32 | 78 | 16.7 | 192 | 45 | 10:18 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 60 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 28 | 50 | 8.0 | 89 | 22 | 9:04 |
| 2025-26 | CHI | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 14 | 9 | 11.1 | 35 | 5 | 6:41 |
| Career | 378 | 41 | 51 | 92 | -37 | 196 | 408 | 10.0 | 762 | 159 | 10:20 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – |
| 2022-23 | CHI/TOR | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 8 | 12.5 | 23 | 4 | – |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 27 | 1 | – |
| Career | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 15 | 6.7 | 54 | 6 | – |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #24
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Born
- Mar 6, 1995 (age 31)
- Birthplace
- Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Drafted
- 2014 · Round 4 · Pick 23 · PIT
- Club
- Chicago Blackhawks
