Sam Steel #18

C · Dallas Stars · Age 27 · Shoots L · 6′0″, 185 lb · Draft: 2016, round 1, 30th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	73	53rd
TOI/GP	16:04	58th
G	12	41st
A	21	58th
P	33	51st
P/60	1.69	41st
ixG	14.2	47th
G−ixG	−2.2	34th
xGF%	51.3	63rd
Rel xGF%	−1.0	39th
GS/GP	+0.49	51st
Pen ±	+7	81st

Scoring		Pctl
G	12	41st
A1	9	41st
A2	12	72nd
P	33	51st
P1	21	42nd
P/60	1.69	41st
5v5 P/60	1.71	59th
PPP	3	40th
SHP	0	32nd
ENG	0	24th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	82	34th
iCF	149	29th
iFF	121	32nd
ixG	14.2	47th
ixG/60	0.73	35th
G	12	41st
G−ixG	−2.2	34th
Sh%	14.6	67th
xSh%	11.7	99th
Blk'd	28	22nd
5v5 iCF/60	7.9	4th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	947	61st
CF%	46.2	20th
FF%	47.1	26th
xGF%	51.3	63rd
GF%	53.6	69th
xGF/60	2.52	50th
xGA/60	2.39	69th
oiSh%	10.6	71st
oiSv%	91.9	78th
PDO	102.4	82nd
Rel CF%	−1.9	28th
Rel xGF%	−1.0	39th
OZS%	43.9	26th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	16:04	58th
EV/GP	13:32	59th
5v5/GP	12:58	62nd
PP/GP	0:28	29th
SH/GP	2:04	91st
Shifts/GP	20.4	62nd
Shift	0:47	53rd
OZ	169	43rd
NZ	235	61st
DZ	216	77th
OZS%	43.9	26th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+36.0	52nd
GS/GP	+0.49	51st
GS/60	+1.84	47th
Scoring	+21.9	49th
Shooting	+9.2	47th
On ice	+2.9	64th
Penalties	+1.1	80th
Faceoffs	0.0	77th
Other	+0.9	47th

Other		Pctl
Hits	79	62nd
Blk	29	41st
Tk	20	64th
Gv	50	49th
PenD	18	73rd
PenT	11	52nd
Pen ±	+7	81st
PP min ±	+14.0	79th
FOW	129	62nd
FOL	126	40th
FO%	50.6	74th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	1	2	3	1.3	56.3	+0.57	16:09
2025-26	Regular season	73	12	21	33	14.2	51.3	+0.49	16:04
2025-26	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0.5	61.6	+0.08	16:40

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.4), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 73 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Esa Lindell	D	538:04	45.5	52.1
Miro Heiskanen	D	478:22	45.2	52.0
Thomas Harley	D	406:26	47.8	47.9
Mikko Rantanen	R	380:50	44.7	54.7
Wyatt Johnston	C	355:10	43.2	51.5
Matt Duchene	C	244:22	50.0	53.0
Colin Blackwell	C	217:52	46.7	42.9
Jamie Benn	L	217:16	47.7	57.0

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 15	@ BUF	W 4–3 OT	15:43	0	0	0	0.00	33	35	−0.43
Mar 26	@ NYI	L 1–2	13:36	0	0	1	0.16	46	30	−0.37
Mar 24	vs NJD	L 4–6	17:03	0	0	0	0.00	54	35	−0.16
Mar 22	vs VGK	L 2–3	16:10	0	1	2	0.12	31	27	−0.07
Mar 21	@ MIN	L 1–2 OT	12:45	0	0	0	0.00	70	53	+0.37
Mar 18	@ COL	W 2–1 OT	16:32	0	0	0	0.00	26	41	−0.25
Mar 16	vs UTA	L 3–6	16:57	1	0	2	0.21	30	44	+0.50
Mar 14	vs DET	W 3–2 OT	15:11	0	0	1	0.11	36	56	+0.14
Mar 12	vs EDM	W 7–2	16:49	1	1	1	0.54	43	67	+2.40
Mar 10	vs VGK	W 2–1	11:25	0	0	1	0.08	36	51	+0.03
Mar 8	vs CHI	W 4–3 OT	15:32	0	0	1	0.08	67	53	+0.13
Mar 6	vs COL	L 4–5 OT	17:47	0	0	1	0.19	65	63	+0.53
Mar 3	@ CGY	W 6–1	13:52	2	1	3	0.19	32	52	+2.72
Mar 2	@ VAN	W 6–1	14:56	0	2	4	0.87	77	94	+3.95
Feb 28	vs NSH	W 3–2 OT	18:43	0	0	0	0.06	67	63	+0.22
Feb 25	vs SEA	W 4–1	15:29	1	0	1	0.31	60	72	+1.84
Feb 4	vs STL	W 5–4	13:19	0	0	1	0.18	53	39	−0.16
Feb 2	vs WPG	W 4–3 OT	17:29	0	0	2	0.41	44	77	+1.69
Jan 31	@ UTA	W 3–2	13:36	0	1	0	0.08	57	41	+0.15
Jan 29	@ VGK	W 5–4 OT	16:15	0	2	2	0.14	41	60	+2.01
Jan 27	@ STL	W 4–3	14:10	0	1	5	0.46	58	53	+1.07
Jan 23	vs STL	W 3–2	15:57	0	0	2	0.28	50	38	−0.21
Jan 22	@ CBJ	L 0–1	17:57	0	0	1	0.13	52	51	+0.10
Jan 20	vs BOS	W 6–2	14:39	0	0	0	0.00	44	28	−0.50
Jan 18	vs TBL	L 1–4	17:00	0	0	1	0.07	31	45	−0.21
Jan 15	@ UTA	L 1–2	17:30	0	0	1	0.05	39	41	−0.20
Jan 13	@ ANA	L 1–3	14:47	0	0	1	0.19	54	48	+0.07
Jan 12	@ LAK	W 3–1	18:20	0	2	0	0.72	38	30	+1.38
Jan 10	@ SJS	L 4–5 OT	17:35	0	1	0	0.00	37	45	+0.95
Jan 7	@ WSH	W 4–1	18:16	1	1	1	0.55	65	71	+2.44
Jan 6	@ CAR	L 3–6	14:00	0	0	2	0.09	50	69	+0.36
Jan 4	vs MTL	L 3–4 OT	12:57	0	0	2	0.31	56	64	+0.04
Jan 1	@ CHI	L 3–4	15:48	0	1	2	0.08	61	69	+1.42
Dec 31	vs BUF	L 1–4	13:17	0	0	0	0.00	56	52	+0.03
Dec 27	vs CHI	L 3–4 OT	15:57	0	1	1	0.28	64	70	+1.49
Dec 23	@ DET	L 3–4 OT	12:57	0	0	0	0.00	38	50	+0.20
Dec 21	vs TOR	W 5–1	14:07	1	0	1	0.04	42	65	+1.18
Dec 19	@ ANA	W 8–3	15:51	1	0	1	0.22	44	62	+1.16
Dec 18	@ SJS	W 5–3	11:09	0	0	0	0.00	50	35	−1.01
Dec 15	vs LAK	W 4–1	15:09	0	0	2	0.06	60	31	−0.46
Dec 13	vs FLA	L 0–4	15:02	0	0	1	0.05	57	47	−0.17
Dec 11	@ MIN	L 2–5	16:35	0	0	1	0.10	41	26	−0.57
Dec 9	@ WPG	W 4–3	16:50	0	0	2	0.29	33	19	−0.27
Dec 7	vs PIT	W 3–2 OT	13:11	0	0	0	0.04	29	41	−0.01
Dec 5	vs SJS	W 4–1	16:44	1	0	3	0.85	61	89	+2.59
Dec 3	@ NJD	W 3–0	17:52	0	0	0	0.07	43	56	+0.49
Dec 2	@ NYR	L 2–3 OT	16:25	0	0	2	0.13	35	39	−0.51
Nov 30	vs OTT	W 6–1	14:24	0	0	1	0.06	50	41	+0.12
Nov 28	vs UTA	W 4–3	12:22	0	0	0	0.06	44	32	−0.52
Nov 26	@ SEA	W 3–2	13:34	0	0	0	0.00	25	46	−0.04
Nov 25	@ EDM	W 8–3	15:23	1	1	2	0.80	46	75	+3.28
Nov 22	@ CGY	L 2–3 OT	16:02	0	0	3	0.31	41	40	−0.02
Nov 20	@ VAN	W 4–2	14:55	0	0	0	0.00	50	61	−0.10
Nov 18	vs NYI	L 2–3	14:19	0	0	1	0.15	60	68	+0.54
Nov 15	vs PHI	W 5–1	16:09	0	0	1	0.39	44	68	+0.83
Nov 13	@ MTL	W 7–0	16:09	0	0	0	0.06	32	35	−0.27
Nov 11	@ OTT	W 3–2 OT	17:42	0	0	3	0.22	46	42	−0.21
Nov 9	vs SEA	W 2–1	19:16	0	0	3	0.38	45	54	+0.21
Nov 8	@ NSH	W 5–4	19:12	1	0	1	0.15	38	63	+1.37
Nov 6	vs ANA	L 5–7	19:40	0	1	1	0.18	27	52	+0.74
Nov 4	vs EDM	W 4–3 OT	24:16	0	0	1	0.06	48	39	−0.40
Nov 1	@ FLA	L 3–4 OT	18:04	0	3	0	0.00	37	45	+1.86
Oct 30	@ TBL	L 1–2 OT	20:40	0	0	0	0.00	32	4	−1.58
Oct 28	vs WSH	W 1–0	19:33	0	0	0	0.14	57	52	−0.04
Oct 26	@ NSH	W 3–2	18:10	0	0	2	0.24	50	60	+0.53
Oct 25	vs CAR	W 3–2	18:56	1	0	2	0.25	24	59	+1.12
Oct 23	vs LAK	L 2–3 OT	14:30	0	0	1	0.33	81	89	+0.81
Oct 21	vs CBJ	L 1–5	18:46	0	0	1	0.73	38	66	+1.11
Oct 18	@ STL	L 1–3	18:48	0	0	0	0.00	50	36	−0.31
Oct 16	vs VAN	L 3–5	17:44	0	0	1	0.05	60	40	−0.18
Oct 14	vs MIN	W 5–2	15:51	0	0	1	0.07	40	32	−0.07
Oct 11	@ COL	W 5–4 OT	14:49	0	0	1	0.13	25	30	−0.51
Oct 9	@ WPG	W 5–4	14:07	0	1	1	0.62	56	76	+1.63