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Samuel Pahlsson

#26 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Dec 17, 1977 in Ange, SWE · 6'0", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 176th overall in 1996 by COL (round 7)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cody McCormick BUF · 20 P in 81 GP Jay McClement COL · 20 P in 80 GP Shawn Thornton BOS · 20 P in 79 GP Tim Brent TOR · 20 P in 79 GP Alexander Burmistrov ATL · 20 P in 74 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

010202000-01: 9 points900-012001-02: 20 points2001-022002-03: 15 points1502-032003-04: 22 points2203-042005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 26 points2606-072007-08: 15 points1507-082008-09: 18 points1808-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 20 points2010-112011-12: 17 points1711-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 BOS 17 1 1 2 -5 6 13 33 0.12
2000-01 ANA 59 3 4 7 -9 14 46 65 0.12
2001-02 ANA 80 6 14 20 -16 26 99 127 0.25
2002-03 ANA 34 4 11 15 10 18 28 37 0.44
2003-04 ANA 82 8 14 22 -2 52 134 117 0.27
2005-06 ANA 82 11 10 21 -1 34 116 149 0.26
2006-07 ANA 82 8 18 26 -4 42 111 181 0.32
2007-08 ANA 56 6 9 15 -2 34 94 114 0.27
2008-09 ANA 52 5 10 15 -16 32 74 91 0.29
2008-09 CHI 13 2 1 3 -1 2 14 30 0.23
2009-10 CBJ 79 3 13 16 -9 32 93 151 0.20
2010-11 CBJ 82 7 13 20 -13 30 108 162 0.24
2011-12 CBJ 61 2 9 11 -6 22 63 98 0.18
2011-12 VAN 19 2 4 6 4 12 30 25 0.32
11 seasons Career 798 68 131 199 -70 356 1023 1380 0.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 ANA 21 2 4 6 1 12 24 48 0.29
2005-06 ANA 16 2 3 5 2 18 22 29 0.31
2006-07 ANA 21 3 9 12 10 20 30 79 0.57
2007-08 ANA 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 0.00
2008-09 CHI 17 2 3 5 -4 4 11 23 0.29
2011-12 VAN 5 1 0 1 -2 4 7 11 0.20
6 seasons Playoffs 86 10 19 29 8 58 99 202 0.34

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 7 13 20 -13 30 108 162 0.24 6.5 15:20

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacement537th of 672 skaters, 368th of 439 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-5.1 2nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.9 84th percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 18th percentilePenalties-0.6 18th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-1-0.500.512010-112011-12Goals 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

46.9Corsi for %731 attempts for, 828 against
-5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %31.2 expected for, 33.1 against
-2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.9Goals for %20 for, 39 against
96.1PDO4.8% shooting + 91.3% saves
156Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Clark · Samuel Pahlsson · Derek Dorsett31253:2949.450.44-7
Ethan Moreau · Samuel Pahlsson · Derek Dorsett24113:5342.544.21-6
Samuel Pahlsson · Scottie Upshall · Derek Dorsett1488:1155.162.44-6
Samuel Pahlsson · Andrew Murray · Derek Dorsett1375:0451.852.82-2

The lines 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 lines 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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.5Expected goalsfrom 141 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.40 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt12th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 8.5Goals 7

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2011 vs BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:22
Apr 8, 2011 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:16
Apr 5, 2011 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:17
Apr 3, 2011 vs STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:52
Apr 1, 2011 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 14:35
Mar 31, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 15:45
Mar 29, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 10:50
Mar 27, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:34
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:49
Mar 22, 2011 @ COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:49
Mar 20, 2011 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 13:05
Mar 19, 2011 @ MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:46
Mar 17, 2011 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:38
Mar 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:59
Mar 12, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 6 14:28
Mar 11, 2011 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:23
Mar 9, 2011 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:28
Mar 7, 2011 @ STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:50
Mar 4, 2011 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:40
Mar 3, 2011 @ EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:01
Mar 1, 2011 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:22
Feb 27, 2011 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 14:40
Feb 25, 2011 vs PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 13:46
Feb 22, 2011 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:22
Feb 18, 2011 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:36
Feb 16, 2011 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 18:49
Feb 13, 2011 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:36
Feb 11, 2011 vs COL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 18:19
Feb 9, 2011 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:20
Feb 8, 2011 @ PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:35
Feb 5, 2011 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:06
Feb 4, 2011 @ DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:51
Feb 1, 2011 vs CHI L 4-7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:52
Jan 25, 2011 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:40
Jan 22, 2011 @ STL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 17:14
Jan 19, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:06
Jan 18, 2011 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:01
Jan 15, 2011 @ DET L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:43
Jan 14, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 13:12
Jan 11, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:51
Jan 8, 2011 @ LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:43
Jan 7, 2011 @ ANA L 0-6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 12:27
Jan 4, 2011 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:48
Jan 2, 2011 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:28
Dec 31, 2010 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 15:41
Dec 30, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:37
Dec 27, 2010 vs MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 15:35
Dec 26, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:17
Dec 23, 2010 vs VAN L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 14:13
Dec 21, 2010 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:44
Dec 18, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:40
Dec 16, 2010 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:47
Dec 15, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:50
Dec 13, 2010 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:58
Dec 11, 2010 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:09
Dec 9, 2010 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:14
Dec 6, 2010 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:23
Dec 4, 2010 vs PIT L 2-7 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 12:19
Dec 3, 2010 @ BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:16
Dec 1, 2010 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:31
Nov 28, 2010 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:53
Nov 26, 2010 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:13
Nov 24, 2010 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:06
Nov 22, 2010 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 15:08
Nov 20, 2010 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:40
Nov 19, 2010 @ ANA W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:46
Nov 17, 2010 @ LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:51
Nov 12, 2010 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 13:52
Nov 10, 2010 vs STL W 8-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 14:12
Nov 6, 2010 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:36
Nov 4, 2010 @ ATL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:44
Nov 2, 2010 vs MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:15
Oct 30, 2010 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:08
Oct 28, 2010 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 15:41
Oct 25, 2010 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:05
Oct 23, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:23
Oct 22, 2010 vs CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:34
Oct 20, 2010 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:33
Oct 16, 2010 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:21
Oct 15, 2010 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:46
Oct 9, 2010 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 16:41
Oct 8, 2010 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:07