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Sam Morton

#45 · Centre · Calgary Flames

Born Jul 28, 1999 in Lafayette, Colorado, USA (age 27) · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Boris Katchouk TBL · 0 P in 3 GP Braeden Cootes VAN · 0 P in 3 GP Brayden Yager WPG · 0 P in 3 GP Dryden Hunt CGY · 0 P in 3 GP Garrett Wilson PHI · 0 P in 3 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.

00.20.40.60.812024-25: 1 points124-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2024-25 CGY 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 1.00 $870K
2025-26 CGY 3 0 0 0 -1 10 3 9 0.00 $775K
2 seasons Career 4 1 0 1 0 10 4 13 0.25

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 0 0 -1 10 3 9 0.00 0.0 9:20

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2027
$2.587MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Calgary Flames on Jun 25, 2026, 1 year and $850K at $850K a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 25, 2026 Calgary Flames Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Mar 18, 2024 Calgary Flames New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $870K $870K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.2

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.

00.20.40.60.812024-252025-26Goals 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

46.7Corsi for %21 attempts for, 24 against
-7.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 0.7 against
-5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
90.9PDO0.0% shooting + 90.9% saves
7Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Beecher · Adam Klapka · Sam Morton210:4440.921.10-0
Ryan Lomberg · Adam Klapka · Sam Morton17:5963.663.20-0
Blake Coleman · John Beecher · Sam Morton11:0575.082.60-1
Ryan Lomberg · Joel Farabee · Sam Morton10:31100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.95 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 8.9% chance per attempt65th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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 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
Nov 22, 2025 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 06:30
Nov 19, 2025 @ BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:25
Nov 18, 2025 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 11:05