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Samuel Blais has 7 points (3 goals, 4 assists) in 16 games this season.

Selected in the 6th round (No. 176) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the St. Louis Blues, he has 78 points (30 goals, 48 assists) in 273 regular-season games for the St. Louis Blues, the New York Rangers, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montréal Canadiens.

He also has 8 points (3 goals, 5 assists) in 27 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 29.6 yrs (17.06.1996)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 93 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 176th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoSt. Louis Blues
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
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The 29-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Canadiens controlling 40% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Samuel Blais is off the ice, the Canadiens control 46% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 31% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 27% in the defensive zone.

  • 59

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 242nd of 251 Wings
    Defense:Def: 133rd of 251 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    53.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.06
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    9.69
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.12
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.58
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.12
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.39
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    1.89
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    1.17
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    1.29
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.31
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.84
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.45
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.05
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.22
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.75
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.75
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.27
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $0.775M
Player Contract Value: $0.900M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 31.0 yrs (17.06.1996)
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Samuel Blais
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
30.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 8:09 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 1 1 2 1 10:04 2 50.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 0 6:43 1 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 8:19 0 0
07.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 10:37 3 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 1 2 1 6 16.7% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Blues 11 1 2 3 1 10:46 9 11.1% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Blues 32 2 2 4 -1 9:50 27 7.4% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Blues 40 6 7 13 -2 12:34 56 10.7% 20
2020-21 Team Logo Blues 36 8 7 15 0 12:04 31 25.8% 12
2021-22 Team Logo Rangers 14 0 4 4 3 13:28 17 0.0% 17
2022-23 Team Logo Rangers 40 0 5 5 1 9:37 31 0.0% 8
2022-23 Team Logo Blues 31 9 11 20 3 14:35 39 23.1% 22
2023-24 Team Logo Blues 53 1 6 7 -11 9:40 33 3.0% 31
2025-26 Team Logo Maple Leafs 8 1 2 3 -2 8:16 7 14.3% 4
2025-26 Montréal Canadiens 8 2 2 4 3 8:45 8 25.0% 2
Season Projection 55 10 14 24 3 8:31 52 19.2% 21
Total 273 30 48 78 -5 258 11.6% 128
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Blues 15 1 2 3 3 11:58 22 4.5% 10
2019-20 Team Logo Blues 8 1 3 4 0 11:30 9 11.1% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Blues 4 1 0 1 -2 11:07 2 50.0% 4
Total 27 3 5 8 1 33 9.1% 26
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Samuel Blais Team Logo LW 29.6 yrs 188 cm / 93 kg 0.44 0.29 54 69 $0.775M
85% Jason Dickinson Team Logo C 30.5 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.30 0.31 56 69 $4.250M
84% Mason Appleton Team Logo C 30 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.32 0.34 59 70 $2.900M
82% Alexandre Texier Team Logo LW 26.3 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.41 0.39 61 70 $1.000M
82% Dakota Joshua Team Logo C 29.7 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.28 0.32 60 70 $3.250M
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