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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 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Shattenkirk ANA · 15 P in 55 GP Duncan Keith CHI · 15 P in 54 GP Nate Schmidt VAN · 15 P in 54 GP Ryan Graves COL · 15 P in 54 GP Scott Mayfield NYI · 15 P in 56 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 6 1 1 2 -7 4 9 4 0.33 $6.25M
10 seasons Career 666 66 186 252 -45 283 1026 514 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 3 12 15 -22 23 100 48 0.27 3.0 21:53

Contract

$3.25MCap hitends in 2021
$217KCap dollars per point15 points in 55 games
$610KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.3 goals above replacement
$6.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.9MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Jun 24, 2019, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $6.5M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $3.25M $3.25M $0 $3.25M
2020-21 $3.25M $3.25M $0 $3.25M

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+5.3Goals above replacement117th of 643 skaters, 31st of 213 defencemen
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 213 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+0.5 74th percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 78th percentilePower play-0.5 12th percentilePenalty kill0.0 43rd percentilePenalties+0.1 77th 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. 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.

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

53.7Corsi for %945 attempts for, 815 against
+2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Expected goals for %39.3 expected for, 36.8 against
+3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.9Goals for %33 for, 54 against
94.9PDO6.5% shooting + 88.4% saves
177Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Travis Sanheim · Philippe Myers41383:2753.548.715-25
Justin Braun · Travis Sanheim34174:5856.754.44-5
Travis Sanheim · Ivan Provorov50148:5250.254.14-5
Robert Hagg · Travis Sanheim27123:1957.556.84-5

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.4Expected goalsfrom 136 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes80th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt90th
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected4thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.4Goals 3

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
May 10, 2021 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:14
May 8, 2021 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 25:12
May 7, 2021 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:04
May 4, 2021 vs PIT L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 23:42
May 3, 2021 vs PIT W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:32
May 1, 2021 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:37
Apr 29, 2021 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:32
Apr 27, 2021 @ NJD L 4-6 1 0 1 0 7 3 0 21:52
Apr 25, 2021 vs NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 25:38
Apr 23, 2021 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:47
Apr 22, 2021 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:25
Apr 18, 2021 vs NYI L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 23:08
Apr 17, 2021 vs WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:44
Apr 15, 2021 @ PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 20:31
Apr 13, 2021 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:02
Apr 11, 2021 vs BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 20:32
Apr 10, 2021 vs BOS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 22:21
Apr 8, 2021 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:07
Apr 6, 2021 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 20:22
Apr 5, 2021 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 22:43
Apr 3, 2021 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 23:43
Mar 31, 2021 @ BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 23:16
Mar 29, 2021 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:00
Mar 27, 2021 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:49
Mar 25, 2021 vs NYR L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:43
Mar 23, 2021 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 18:55
Mar 22, 2021 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:06
Mar 20, 2021 @ NYI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:55
Mar 18, 2021 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:58
Mar 17, 2021 @ NYR L 0-9 0 0 0 -6 0 1 2 22:01
Mar 15, 2021 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:17
Mar 13, 2021 vs WSH L 4-5 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 21:25
Mar 11, 2021 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 2 2 2 21:22
Mar 9, 2021 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:22
Mar 7, 2021 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:46
Mar 6, 2021 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:48
Mar 4, 2021 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 21:09
Mar 2, 2021 @ PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:41
Feb 28, 2021 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:42
Feb 27, 2021 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 21:42
Feb 24, 2021 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:55
Feb 21, 2021 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:07
Feb 18, 2021 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:54
Feb 5, 2021 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:53
Feb 3, 2021 vs BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 19:48
Jan 31, 2021 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 23:07
Jan 30, 2021 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:12
Jan 28, 2021 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23:16
Jan 26, 2021 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:37
Jan 23, 2021 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:54
Jan 21, 2021 @ BOS L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 25:18
Jan 19, 2021 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25:13
Jan 18, 2021 vs BUF L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 19:35
Jan 15, 2021 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:23
Jan 13, 2021 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:48