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Samuel Girard
Defenseman #49 Avalanche
Player Information

Samuel Girard has 11 points (3 goals, 8 assists) in 28 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 47) of the 2016 NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators, he has 234 points (37 goals, 197 assists) in 576 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators and the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 28 points (3 goals, 25 assists) in 67 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 27.7 yrs (12.05.1998)
    Height / Weight: 178 cm / 77 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 47th in 2016
    Draft Team: Team logoNashville Predators
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 27-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 52% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Samuel Girard is off the ice, the Avalanche control 59% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 23% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 37% in the defensive zone.

  • 74

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 85th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 82nd of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.07
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.52
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    17.23
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.37
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.37
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.62
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.14
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.57
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.36
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.35
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    1.99
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.62
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.73
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.62
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.87
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.37
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.000M
Player Contract Value: $4.500M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 30.1 yrs (12.05.1998)
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Samuel Girard
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 1 20:25 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 1 17:25 1 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 20:04 0 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -1 18:41 1 0.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 1 18:08 0 9
Total 5 0 0 0 2 4 0.0% 11
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Predators 5 1 2 3 -3 16:55 8 12.5% 2
2017-18 Team Logo Avalanche 68 3 17 20 -8 17:41 76 3.9% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Avalanche 82 4 23 27 8 19:53 116 3.4% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 70 4 30 34 1 21:19 96 4.2% 17
2020-21 Team Logo Avalanche 48 5 27 32 15 23:13 79 6.3% 16
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 67 5 23 28 -4 21:38 79 6.3% 20
2022-23 Team Logo Avalanche 76 6 31 37 -10 21:30 119 5.0% 16
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 59 3 15 18 0 19:22 73 4.1% 10
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 73 3 21 24 7 20:51 95 3.2% 14
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 28 3 8 11 12 17:13 24 12.5% 13
Season Projection 67 7 19 26 29 17:13 57 12.3% 31
Total 576 37 197 234 18 765 4.8% 120
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Avalanche 3 0 0 0 -3 21:58 6 0.0% 0
2018-19 Team Logo Avalanche 9 0 2 2 3 18:41 6 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 15 1 9 10 4 21:41 20 5.0% 6
2020-21 Team Logo Avalanche 10 0 5 5 -5 22:21 13 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 7 1 2 3 -1 17:58 14 7.1% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Avalanche 7 0 2 2 -4 21:04 9 0.0% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 9 0 3 3 3 22:58 9 0.0% 0
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 7 1 2 3 2 17:37 7 14.3% 0
Total 67 3 25 28 -1 84 3.6% 10
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 Girard Team Logo D 27.7 yrs 178 cm / 77 kg 0.39 0.41 65 79 $5.000M
86% Jamie Drysdale Team Logo D 23.8 yrs 180 cm / 83 kg 0.44 0.34 69 82 $2.300M
85% Rasmus Sandin Team Logo D 25.8 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.33 0.37 62 84 $4.600M
84% Jared Spurgeon Team Logo D 36.1 yrs 175 cm / 75 kg 0.29 0.44 63 84 $7.575M
83% Matt Grzelcyk Team Logo D 32 yrs 178 cm / 81 kg 0.25 0.33 60 77 $1.000M
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