#18 · Center

Sam Lafferty

Age: 31
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 205 lb
Shoots: R
Born: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

GP: 3
G: 0
A: 0
P: 0
+/-: -1
SOG: 2

Drafted 2014 · Round 4, #113 overall (PIT)

This season vs last

Stat	2026–27	2025–26 to Oct 14	2025–26 first 3 GP
GP	3	2	3
G	0	0	0
A	0	0	0
P	0	0	0
SOG	2	0	0+2
PPP	0	0	0
+/-	-1	-1	0-1
PIM	2	4	4-2
TOI/GP	11:18	6:25+4:53	7:47+3:31
SH%	0.0	–	–

Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.

Shooting:Lafferty is shooting 0.0% (0 on 2 shots) against 13.1% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.

Shot quality says 0.4 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.4).

Advanced · 2026–27

CF%: 40.4; Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
xGF%: 34.5; Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
Rel CF%: -4.8; vs. team with the player off ice
PDO: 0.950; On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
ixG: 0.4; Individual expected goals
G − xG: -0.4; Finishing above expectation
OZS%: 64.7; Offensive-zone start share
5v5 TOI/GP: 10:35; Even-strength minutes per game

Shot attempts

3 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.

How Lafferty is used

#18 · C · Florida Panthers

Sam Lafferty

How he’s used · 2026–27 · 3 games with shift charts

Line 4
PK · rarely

Ice time / game: 11:18; 10:35 at 5v5
Offensive-zone starts: 64.7%; of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
Expected goals share: 34.5%; at 5v5 with him on
Shot attempt share: 40.4%; at 5v5 with him on

Shift profile · against NHL forwards

Average shift

Lafferty42.4s

NHL average47.4s

Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer

Lafferty13%

NHL average24%

Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.

Most-used linemates · 5v5

Bokondji Imama15.1 min together51%shot attempts

Garnet Hathaway14.3 min together50%shot attempts

Niko Mikkola13.7 min together50%shot attempts

daily.hockeyUpdated after every game

	Team									TOI
2026–27	Florida Panthers	3	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0	11:18
2025–26	Chicago Blackhawks	29	1	1	2	-2	14	9	11.1	8:36
2024–25	Buffalo Sabres	60	4	3	7	-15	28	50	8.0	9:53
2023–24	Vancouver Canucks	79	13	11	24	+4	32	78	16.7	11:53
2023–24 (P)	Vancouver Canucks	11	0	0	0	-2	2	7	0.0	8:36
2022–23	Chicago Blackhawks	51	10	11	21	-10	28	83	12.0	15:07
2022–23	Toronto Maple Leafs	19	2	4	6	-1	9	19	10.5	13:15
2022–23 (P)	Toronto Maple Leafs	9	1	2	3	-1	2	8	12.5	10:41
2021–22	Pittsburgh Penguins	10	0	2	2	0	16	9	0.0	8:43
2021–22	Chicago Blackhawks	46	5	6	11	-16	21	71	7.0	14:38
2020–21	Pittsburgh Penguins	34	0	6	6	-6	25	33	0.0	9:47
2019–20	Pittsburgh Penguins	50	6	7	13	+5	23	56	10.7	9:37
2019–20 (P)	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	7:40

	Opp				TOI
Tue, Oct 13	@CBJ	0	2	0	9:30
Mon, Oct 12	@BUF	-1	0	0	14:54
Sat, Oct 10	vsMIN	0	0	2	9:30

	Team / League										TOI
2021–22	USA · WC	10	1	2	3	+1	6	–	–	–	–
2019–20	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL	6	3	0	3	+1	10	–	–	–	–
2018–19	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL	70	13	36	49	+1	94	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Brown Univ. · NCAA	31	8	14	22	-10	34	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL	9	1	2	3	0	4	–	–	–	–
2016–17	Brown Univ. · NCAA	31	13	22	35	-2	32	–	–	–	–
2015–16	Brown Univ. · NCAA	31	4	6	10	-7	4	–	–	–	–
2014–15	Brown U. · ECAC	31	4	8	12	–	16	0	–	–	–
2013–14	Bos. Jr. Bruins · Minor-MA	11	2	9	11	–	2	–	–	–	–
2013–14	Deerfield · High-MA	25	21	34	55	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012–13	Deerfield · High-MA	24	9	15	24	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011–12	Deerfield · High-MA	25	8	8	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010–11	Hollidaysburg Area High · USHS-PA	18	34	35	69	0	26	–	–	–	–
2009–10	Hollidaysburg Area High · USHS-PA	19	19	26	45	–	14	–	–	–	–

This season vs last

Advanced · 2026–27

How Lafferty is used

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