Sam Steel
01/Where he scores from
Steel scored 12 regular season goals on 114 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. 6 of them came from inside nine feet of one point — the crease, 5 ft out.
Doorstep. 6 of his 12 goals came from here, on 46 of his 114 attempts.
Slot. 6 of his 12 goals came from here, on 45 of his 114 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 12 goals came from here, on 20 of his 114 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 12 goals came from here, on 3 of his 114 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 114 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 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.
Steel scored 26 regular season goals on 347 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 7 ft out: 10/26 · 38% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 19% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 13/26 · 50% of his goals came from here, on 105/347 · 30% of his attempts — 13/105 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 11/26 · 42% of his goals came from here, on 128/347 · 37% of his attempts — 11/128 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 2/26 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 87/347 · 25% of his attempts — 2/87 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/26 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 27/347 · 8% of his attempts — 0/27 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Steel scored 2 playoff goals on 59 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 17 of his 59 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 20 of his 59 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 16 of his 59 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 6 of his 59 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 59 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
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 — 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.
Steel scored 60 regular season goals on 770 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 9 ft out: 32/60 · 53% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 34% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 34/60 · 57% of his goals came from here, on 249/770 · 32% of his attempts — 34/249 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 23/60 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 305/770 · 40% of his attempts — 23/305 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/60 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 168/770 · 22% of his attempts — 3/168 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/60 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 48/770 · 6% of his attempts — 0/48 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Steel scored 3 playoff goals on 66 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 20 of his 66 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 23 of his 66 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 16 of his 66 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 7 of his 66 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 66 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2018-19 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
5 of his 12 goals came in the 1st period, on 32 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 15 | @BUF | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Mar 26 | @NYI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Mar 25 | NJD | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:03 |
| Mar 22 | VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Mar 21 | @MIN | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:45 |
| Mar 19 | @COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Mar 17 | UTA | L 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
| Mar 15 | DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| Mar 13 | EDM | W 7-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| Mar 11 | VGK | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 |
| Mar 8 | CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| Mar 7 | COL | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| Mar 4 | @CGY | W 6-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 13:52 |
| Mar 3 | @VAN | W 6-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:56 |
| Mar 1 | NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| Feb 26 | SEA | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:29 |
| Feb 5 | STL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 |
| Feb 3 | WPG | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Feb 1 | @UTA | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Jan 30 | @VGK | W 5-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| Jan 28 | @STL | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| Jan 24 | STL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| Jan 23 | @CBJ | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 |
| Jan 21 | BOS | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| Jan 18 | TBL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:00 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ANA | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +2 | 8 | 33 | 18.2 | 9 | 6 | 14:16 |
| 2019-20 | ANA | 65 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -13 | 20 | 85 | 7.1 | 24 | 25 | 13:08 |
| 2020-21 | ANA | 42 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 8 | 42 | 14.3 | 41 | 19 | 14:07 |
| 2021-22 | ANA | 68 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 16 | 67 | 9.0 | 37 | 27 | 10:31 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 65 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +15 | 18 | 85 | 11.8 | 46 | 15 | 13:23 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 77 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 86 | 10.5 | 58 | 37 | 11:50 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 79 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 31 | 89 | 6.7 | 60 | 28 | 14:08 |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 73 | 12 | 21 | 33 | +2 | 24 | 82 | 14.6 | 79 | 35 | 13:18 |
| Career | 491 | 61 | 114 | 175 | -17 | 154 | 569 | 10.7 | 354 | 192 | 12:55 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | MIN | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 16.7 | 7 | 2 | – |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 2 | 19 | 5.3 | 24 | 13 | – |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | — | 18 | 13 | 7.7 | 32 | 14 | – |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 16:40 |
| Career | 48 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 24 | 44 | 6.8 | 72 | 33 | 16:40 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #18
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Born
- Feb 3, 1998 (age 28)
- Birthplace
- Ardrossan, Alberta, CAN
- Drafted
- 2016 · Round 1 · Pick 30 · ANA
- Club
- Dallas Stars
