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Dylan Samberg

#54 · Defence · Winnipeg Jets

Born Jan 24, 1999 in Saginaw, Minnesota, USA (age 27) · 6'4", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 43rd overall in 2017 by WPG (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Erik Johnson COL · 8 P in 63 GP Jacob MacDonald SJS · 8 P in 58 GP Riley Stillman BUF · 8 P in 50 GP Nikita Zaitsev CHI · 8 P in 46 GP Philip Broberg EDM · 8 P in 46 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

051015202021-22: 5 points521-222022-23: 8 points822-232023-24: 18 points1823-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 14 points1425-262026-27: 2 points226-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 WPG 15 0 5 5 3 4 14 21 0.33 $925K
2022-23 WPG 63 2 6 8 10 25 49 91 0.13 $925K
2023-24 WPG 78 1 17 18 16 43 77 65 0.23 $1.4M
2024-25 WPG 60 6 14 20 34 26 95 56 0.33 $1.4M
2025-26 WPG 66 1 13 14 5 14 87 53 0.21 $5.75M
2026-27 WPG 5 0 2 2 1 2 8 9 0.40 $5.75M
6 seasons Career 287 10 57 67 69 114 330 295 0.23

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 WPG 5 0 0 0 -3 8 5 3 0.00
2023-24 WPG 5 0 0 0 -7 0 3 9 0.00
2024-25 WPG 13 0 3 3 1 2 15 13 0.23
3 seasons Playoffs 23 0 3 3 -9 10 23 25 0.13

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 2 6 8 10 25 49 91 0.13 4.1 14:56

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2023
$116KCap dollars per point8 points in 63 games
$211KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.4 goals above replacement
$3.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Apr 7, 2020, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.525M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $150K $925K
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $250K $925K
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $350K $925K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 30, 2025 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $17.25M $5.75M
Jul 5, 2023 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $2.8M $1.4M
Apr 7, 2020 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $3.525M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2022-23 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2022-23 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.8Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.5

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

024682021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

52.3Corsi for %58 attempts for, 53 against
+1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 1.8 against
+10.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
28.6Goals for %2 for, 5 against
89.7PDO6.9% shooting + 82.8% saves
12Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nate Schmidt · Dylan Samberg532:4062.264.01-1
Dylan DeMelo · Dylan Samberg417:4754.550.10-2
Dylan Samberg · Neal Pionk410:2725.034.00-2
Brenden Dillon · Dylan Samberg43:1750.07.50-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt65th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2023 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:27
Apr 11, 2023 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:30
Apr 10, 2023 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 14:22
Apr 8, 2023 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:47
Apr 5, 2023 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:15
Apr 2, 2023 vs NJD W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 15:41
Mar 31, 2023 vs DET W 6-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 18:48
Mar 28, 2023 @ SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:16
Mar 25, 2023 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:11
Mar 19, 2023 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:32
Mar 18, 2023 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:17
Mar 16, 2023 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:49
Mar 14, 2023 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 17:13
Mar 12, 2023 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:14
Mar 6, 2023 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:56
Mar 4, 2023 vs EDM W 7-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 12:18
Feb 28, 2023 vs LAK L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:17
Feb 26, 2023 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59
Feb 24, 2023 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:09
Feb 22, 2023 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:54
Feb 19, 2023 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:51
Feb 16, 2023 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:34
Feb 14, 2023 vs SEA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:37
Feb 11, 2023 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:12
Jan 30, 2023 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:43
Jan 28, 2023 vs PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19
Jan 22, 2023 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:57
Jan 21, 2023 @ OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16:21
Jan 15, 2023 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:00
Jan 13, 2023 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:22
Jan 12, 2023 @ BUF W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 18:45
Jan 10, 2023 @ DET L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:56
Jan 8, 2023 vs VAN W 7-4 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 19:01
Jan 6, 2023 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:04
Jan 3, 2023 vs CGY W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:54
Dec 31, 2022 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:38
Dec 29, 2022 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:14
Dec 27, 2022 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 12:10
Dec 22, 2022 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:14
Dec 20, 2022 vs OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:16
Dec 18, 2022 @ SEA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:41
Dec 17, 2022 @ VAN W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 17:23
Dec 15, 2022 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 14:13
Dec 13, 2022 vs VGK L 5-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 16:28
Dec 11, 2022 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:29
Dec 6, 2022 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 15:32
Dec 4, 2022 vs ANA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:42
Dec 2, 2022 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:39
Nov 29, 2022 vs COL W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:31
Nov 27, 2022 @ CHI W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 16:12
Nov 25, 2022 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 15:19
Nov 23, 2022 @ MIN L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:43
Nov 21, 2022 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:32
Nov 19, 2022 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:45
Nov 17, 2022 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:52
Nov 13, 2022 @ SEA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:43
Nov 12, 2022 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:13
Nov 8, 2022 vs DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 17:33
Nov 3, 2022 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 13:00
Oct 30, 2022 @ VGK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:27
Oct 28, 2022 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:09
Oct 27, 2022 @ LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 10:46
Oct 19, 2022 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:25