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Travis Sanheim

#6 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Mar 29, 1996 in Elkhorn, Manitoba, CAN (age 30) · 6'4", 222 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 17th overall in 2014 by PHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Vlasic CHI · 2 P in 4 GP Andrew Peeke UTA · 2 P in 4 GP Brandon Montour SEA · 2 P in 4 GP Dylan DeMelo WPG · 2 P in 4 GP Dylan Samberg WPG · 2 P in 4 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.

0102030402017-18: 10 points1017-182018-19: 35 points3518-192019-20: 25 points2519-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 31 points3121-222022-23: 23 points2322-232023-24: 44 points4423-242024-25: 30 points3024-252025-26: 37 points3725-262026-27: 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
2017-18 PHI 49 2 8 10 -6 20 72 27 0.20 $863K
2018-19 PHI 82 9 26 35 -4 22 121 45 0.43 $863K
2019-20 PHI 69 8 17 25 4 32 110 41 0.36 $3.25M
2020-21 PHI 55 3 12 15 -22 23 100 48 0.27 $3.25M
2021-22 PHI 80 7 24 31 9 34 123 64 0.39 $4.675M
2022-23 PHI 81 7 16 23 -5 40 111 61 0.28 $4.675M
2023-24 PHI 81 10 34 44 -20 48 146 94 0.54 $6.25M
2024-25 PHI 82 8 22 30 -6 40 139 84 0.37 $6.25M
2025-26 PHI 81 11 26 37 12 20 95 46 0.46 $6.25M
2026-27 PHI 4 1 1 2 -4 0 8 2 0.50 $6.25M
10 seasons Career 664 66 186 252 -42 279 1025 512 0.38

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 PHI 4 1 0 1 -1 2 5 3 0.25
2019-20 PHI 13 0 5 5 -4 4 15 11 0.38
2025-26 PHI 10 2 1 3 2 6 13 12 0.30
3 seasons Playoffs 27 3 6 9 -3 12 33 26 0.33

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 1 1 2 -4 0 8 2 0.50 12.5 24:33

Contract

$6.25MCap hitends in 2031, then UFA
$3.125MCap dollars per point2 points in 4 games
$1.002MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.2 goals above replacement, projected
$6.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$519KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct 13, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $50M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2030-31, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $6.25M $5.125M $3M $8.125M NTC
2024-25 $6.25M $5.125M $3M $8.125M NTC
2025-26 $6.25M $5.125M $3M $8.125M NTC
2026-27 $6.25M $6.125M $0 $6.125M NTC
2027-28 $6.25M $1.875M $3M $4.875M M-NTC
2028-29 $6.25M $1.875M $3M $4.875M M-NTC
2029-30 $6.25M $4.875M $0 $4.875M M-NTC
2030-31 $6.25M $4.875M $0 $4.875M M-NTC

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
Oct 13, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2023-24 to 2030-31 8 $50M $6.25M
Aug 21, 2021 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $9.35M $4.675M
Jun 24, 2019 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $6.5M $3.25M
Oct 5, 2014 Philadelphia Flyers Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2014-15, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-1.0 goals above replacement), plus the 79 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+6.2Goals above replacement156th of 647 skaters, 46th of 225 defencemen
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 225 ranked defencemen: 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+2.4 87th percentileEven-strength defence-2.5 10th percentilePower play-0.7 11th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 43rd percentilePenalties+0.2 84th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

0510152017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

32.5Corsi for %55 attempts for, 114 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
23.7Expected goals for %2.0 expected for, 6.3 against
-5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
30.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %2 for, 6 against
97.7PDO7.4% shooting + 90.3% saves
9Attempts 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
Rasmus Ristolainen · Travis Sanheim341:4233.026.22-3
Travis Sanheim · Cam York415:3236.412.70-3
Nick Seeler · Travis Sanheim311:2230.435.10-0
Travis Sanheim · Jamie Drysdale33:5216.70.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.2

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. 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
Oct 5, 2026 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 25:04
Oct 3, 2026 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27:05
Oct 1, 2026 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 25:47
Sep 30, 2026 vs PIT L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:15