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Sam Lafferty
Florida Panthers Center #18
The first percentile in expected goals, in two hundred and forty-nine minutes.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 8:36 |
| Career | 378 | 41 | 51 | 92 | -41 | 196 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 408 | 10.1 | 11:35 |
Last Season
One goal and one assist in 29 games — two points, minus-two, at 8:36 a night with 14 penalty minutes. Nine shots on goal all season. His five-on-five work was done in Chicago.
The Finesse Game
Nine shots in 29 games is close to the lowest rate of any forward in this edition. Ninety-two points in 378 career games, and one of them last season.
The speed is genuine and it is the only thing on the page. He is quick enough to forecheck and to kill penalties, and nothing happens once he arrives.
The Physical Game
Six foot two, 205, and he plays a fast, light checking game rather than a heavy one. Fourteen penalty minutes in 29 games.
The Intangibles
Thirty-nine point four per cent of the expected goals — first percentile in the league — in 249 minutes, with the chances 5.9 to 9.0 against.
The sample is small and Chicago was the worst team in the league by expected goals, so both caveats apply at full strength. It is still the lowest figure in this book.
He is 31, a fourth-round pick, on his fifth organisation. Florida signs him for the penalty kill and the fourth line, and there is nothing in the numbers that argues for more.