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Samuel Bolduc

#4 · Defence · Ottawa Senators

Born Dec 9, 2000 in Laval, Quebec, CAN (age 25) · 6'4", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 57th overall in 2019 by NYI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Ginning PHI · 0 P in 1 GP Cameron Crotty MIN · 0 P in 1 GP Daemon Hunt MIN · 0 P in 1 GP Daniil Misyul NJD · 0 P in 1 GP Frederic Brunet BOS · 0 P in 1 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.

0123452022-23: 3 points322-232023-24: 5 points523-242024-25: 0 points024-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 NYI 17 2 1 3 5 2 20 26 0.18 $843K
2023-24 NYI 34 2 3 5 -4 6 32 44 0.15 $800K
2024-25 NYI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00 $800K
3 seasons Career 52 4 4 8 0 8 52 70 0.15

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 NYI 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.00

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 5:56

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2025
$161.986MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 goals above replacement

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 contract

Signed by the New York Islanders on Jun 20, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.6M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $800K $800K $0 $800K
2024-25 $800K $800K $0 $800K

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
Jun 26, 2026 Ottawa Senators Extension 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 2, 2025 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Jun 20, 2023 New York Islanders Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.6M $800K
Apr 30, 2020 New York Islanders Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $2.775M $843K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1-0.500.512022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

77.8Corsi for %7 attempts for, 2 against
+21.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.8Expected goals for %0.3 expected for, 0.1 against
+5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
80.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
0.0PDO0.0% shooting + 0.0% saves
1Attempts 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
Scott Mayfield · Samuel Bolduc12:3175.0100.00-0
Ryan Pulock · Samuel Bolduc12:14100.0100.00-0
Noah Dobson · Samuel Bolduc10:400.00.00-1
Grant Hutton · Samuel Bolduc10:310.00.00-0

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.

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. "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
Nov 3, 2024 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:56