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Samuel Girard

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	7 years
Height	5'10"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	170	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	27 (May 12, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 2, Overall 47 (NSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 31, 2019	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 7 years @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2020-21
Sep 29, 2016	Nashville Predators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2017-18	NSH	5	1	2	3	-3	2	8	12.5	16:55
2017-18	COL	68	3	17	20	-8	6	76	4.0	17:42	3				-3		6	0.0	21:59
2018-19	COL	82	4	23	27	+8	6	116	3.4	19:54	9		2	2	+3		6	0.0	18:42
2019-20	COL	70	4	30	34	+1	17	96	4.2	21:19	15	1	9	10	+4	6	20	5.0	21:42
2020-21	COL	48	5	27	32	+15	16	79	6.3	23:13	10		5	5	-5	2	13	0.0	22:21
2021-22	COL	67	5	23	28	-4	20	79	6.3	21:39	7	1	2	3	-1		14	7.1	17:59
2022-23	COL	76	6	31	37	-10	16	119	5.0	21:30	7		2	2	-4	2	9	0.0	21:04
2023-24	COL	59	3	15	18	0	10	73	4.1	19:23	9		3	3	+3		9	0.0	22:58
2024-25	COL	73	3	21	24	+7	14	95	3.2	20:51	7	1	2	3	+2		7	14.3	17:38
Career		548	34	189	223	+6	107	741	4.6	20:35	67	3	25	28	-1	10	84	3.6	20:42

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2017-18	COL	68	995:56	0.12	0.36	0.48	0.09	0.03	3.92	2.81	1.11	0.00	0.00
2017-18	NSH	5	72:27	0.83	0.83	1.66	0.15	0.68	16.67	2.96	13.71	0.00	0.00
2017-18	COL, NSH	73	1068:23	0.17	0.39	0.56	0.09	0.08	5.26	2.82	2.44	0.00	0.00
2018-19	COL	82	1358:28	0.18	0.53	0.71	0.17	0.00	4.08	4.01	0.07	0.00	3.23
2019-20	COL	70	1211:15	0.15	0.74	0.89	0.15	-0.00	4.05	4.18	-0.12	0.00	0.00
2020-21	COL	48	884:12	0.27	1.15	1.43	0.18	0.09	6.25	4.07	2.18	1.08	3.23
2021-22	COL	67	1205:54	0.20	0.75	0.95	0.13	0.06	5.71	3.86	1.85	0.96	1.92
2022-23	COL	76	1369:28	0.18	0.92	1.10	0.19	-0.01	3.81	4.05	-0.24	1.48	0.74
2023-24	COL	59	941:06	0.06	0.83	0.89	0.19	-0.12	1.49	4.33	-2.84	0.00	5.26
2024-25	COL	73	1293:40	0.09	0.79	0.88	0.15	-0.06	2.27	3.73	-1.46	0.78	0.78

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2017-18	COL	68	995:56	37.95	2.35	2.14	43.44	2.23	2.49	51.32	46.15	-0.16	0.08	-2.61
2017-18	NSH	5	72:27	37.27	1.66	1.97	42.24	3.31	2.07	33.33	48.75	-0.54	-0.13	-4.51
2017-18	COL, NSH	73	1068:23	37.91	2.30	2.13	43.36	2.30	2.47	50.00	46.31	-0.18	0.07	-2.73
2018-19	COL	82	1358:28	40.59	2.43	2.37	42.44	2.03	2.46	54.46	49.12	-0.15	0.13	-2.82
2019-20	COL	70	1211:15	43.10	2.63	2.58	41.11	2.03	2.28	56.38	53.06	0.11	-0.05	1.59
2020-21	COL	48	884:12	48.31	2.99	2.95	32.30	2.24	1.90	57.14	60.82	0.20	0.08	0.66
2021-22	COL	67	1205:54	44.58	2.89	2.56	43.93	2.84	2.58	50.43	49.84	-0.19	0.25	-4.28
2022-23	COL	76	1369:28	43.11	2.41	2.72	41.71	2.80	2.57	46.22	51.44	0.03	0.16	-1.25
2023-24	COL	59	941:06	49.41	3.00	3.01	39.91	3.19	2.40	48.45	55.67	0.24	0.02	1.84
2024-25	COL	73	1293:40	43.60	2.69	2.53	38.40	2.78	2.27	49.15	52.66	0.02	0.10	-1.02

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	67	22.4	0.4	6.3	6.5	95.4	59.4	79.4	19.1	1.5	40.7	18.5	40.8
2022-23	76	22.8	0.3	8.8	8.9	90.8	45.5	63.3	23.5	13.3	40.5	18.4	41.1
2023-24	59	23.4	0.6	9.0	9.2	90.0	58.8	65.0	23.3	11.7	38.7	18.5	42.8
2024-25	73	22.8	0.3	8.7	8.8	87.3	65.0	76.6	14.3	9.1	38.1	18.5	43.4

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Manson, J	COL	441:25	2.04	3.40	37.50	1.98	2.12	48.24	-0.72	-0.06	-7.02
2024-25	Malinski, S	COL	300:00	3.20	1.40	69.57	2.55	2.37	51.87	0.05	0.17	-1.40
2024-25	Makar, C	COL	165:02	3.27	2.91	52.94	3.20	2.41	56.98	0.71	0.21	3.96
2024-25	Toews, D	COL	115:33	3.12	3.63	46.15	2.53	2.22	53.26	0.02	0.00	0.16
2024-25	Johnson, E	COL	80:29	2.24	1.49	60.00	2.90	1.80	61.76	0.49	-0.56	11.24
2024-25	de Haan, C	COL	53:40	2.24	5.59	28.57	2.25	2.60	46.42	-0.26	0.38	-6.69
2024-25	Middleton, K	COL	49:05	4.89	3.67	57.14	2.88	1.68	63.23	0.41	-0.49	9.88
2024-25	Kylington, O	COL	39:23	3.05	3.05	50.00	4.51	3.14	58.96	2.04	1.09	4.31
2024-25	Manson, J	COL	33:35	5.36	7.15	42.86	4.12	1.68	71.00	1.27	-0.40	13.20
2024-25	Malinski, S	COL	31:32	3.81	0.00	100.00	3.68	1.62	69.47	0.25	-0.23	4.43
2024-25	Lindgren, R	COL	29:20	0.00	2.05	0.00	1.45	3.18	31.32	-1.14	1.03	-23.33
2023-24	Manson, J	COL	447:59	2.28	3.08	42.50	2.83	2.25	55.73	-0.01	-0.19	1.91
2023-24	Byram, B	COL	220:46	2.72	2.99	47.62	3.21	2.26	58.68	0.52	-0.09	5.36
2023-24	Manson, J	COL	105:40	3.41	2.27	60.00	2.02	2.88	41.19	-0.47	0.72	-12.31
2023-24	Johnson, J	COL	82:28	3.64	3.64	50.00	2.94	2.48	54.22	0.10	0.12	-0.46
2023-24	Toews, D	COL	72:39	5.78	4.13	58.33	3.45	2.85	54.83	0.63	0.48	0.36
2023-24	Makar, C	COL	42:26	2.83	1.41	66.67	3.81	3.24	54.06	0.97	0.87	-0.44
2023-24	Walker, S	COL	38:38	4.66	3.11	60.00	4.08	1.81	69.28	1.02	-0.75	14.83
2023-24	Makar, C	COL	26:15	0.00	0.00	-	5.53	1.76	75.84	3.32	-0.59	27.41
2023-24	Walker, S	COL	20:07	0.00	5.97	0.00	2.63	3.02	46.54	0.24	0.72	-4.39
2022-23	Toews, D	COL	318:31	4.14	2.45	62.86	3.31	2.47	57.27	0.65	0.00	5.40
2022-23	Johnson, E	COL	312:56	1.92	2.49	43.48	2.56	2.61	49.47	-0.15	0.28	-4.24
2022-23	Byram, B	COL	286:28	1.68	3.77	30.77	2.45	2.67	47.93	-0.28	0.11	-3.77
2022-23	Makar, C	COL	137:02	0.44	2.63	14.29	2.30	2.90	44.25	-0.45	0.62	-10.48
2022-23	Manson, J	COL	76:07	3.94	1.58	71.43	2.23	1.98	52.98	-0.29	-0.72	4.70
2022-23	Hunt, B	COL	59:18	4.05	3.04	57.14	3.78	2.28	62.38	1.07	-0.24	10.49
2022-23	Englund, A	COL	54:39	3.29	2.20	60.00	1.95	2.57	43.08	-0.67	-0.08	-6.64
2022-23	Toews, D	COL	50:14	3.58	2.39	60.00	2.23	2.56	46.61	-0.58	-0.03	-5.47
2022-23	Johnson, J	COL	44:53	2.67	2.67	50.00	3.21	1.88	63.04	0.47	-0.46	9.16
2022-23	Byram, B	COL	31:04	0.00	3.86	0.00	2.02	1.76	53.41	-0.77	-0.90	2.21
2022-23	Johnson, E	COL	25:10	0.00	4.77	0.00	3.34	3.00	52.65	0.66	0.46	1.43
2021-22	Johnson, J	COL	271:56	1.77	1.54	53.33	1.89	2.58	42.31	-0.84	0.17	-10.82
2021-22	Johnson, E	COL	228:41	2.89	2.89	50.00	2.66	2.88	47.96	-0.05	0.53	-5.49
2021-22	Makar, C	COL	213:51	3.37	3.65	48.00	3.32	2.31	58.97	0.67	-0.14	7.04
2021-22	Toews, D	COL	141:05	4.68	2.13	68.75	3.25	1.68	65.90	0.55	-0.79	13.63
2021-22	Byram, B	COL	133:22	1.80	2.70	40.00	2.11	2.70	43.85	-0.60	0.13	-7.50
2021-22	Manson, J	COL	106:41	2.25	3.94	36.36	2.20	2.98	42.40	-0.67	0.32	-9.49
2021-22	Manson, J	COL	81:18	1.48	2.95	33.33	2.27	2.25	50.17	-0.65	0.29	-9.61
2021-22	Murray, R	COL	62:37	3.83	3.83	50.00	2.56	3.15	44.82	-0.20	0.79	-9.07
2020-21	Toews, D	COL	264:24	4.08	2.04	66.67	3.10	1.76	63.75	0.25	-0.11	3.47
2020-21	MacDonald, J	COL	151:49	2.77	0.40	87.50	3.31	1.49	68.96	0.49	-0.36	8.59
2020-21	Graves, R	COL	150:09	1.20	3.60	25.00	2.76	2.00	57.92	-0.08	0.16	-2.74
2020-21	Makar, C	COL	130:58	4.58	3.21	58.82	2.60	2.29	53.18	-0.18	0.39	-6.27
2020-21	Graves, R	COL	80:50	2.23	3.71	37.50	2.69	2.53	51.50	0.52	0.29	2.42
2020-21	Byram, B	COL	76:23	1.57	2.36	40.00	2.90	2.37	54.98	-0.01	0.46	-5.34
2020-21	Timmins, C	COL	55:55	2.15	2.15	50.00	1.77	1.56	53.23	-0.86	-0.28	-5.75
2020-21	Makar, C	COL	49:41	3.62	4.83	42.86	2.00	2.94	40.57	-0.27	0.72	-10.04
2020-21	Nemeth, P	COL	25:27	0.00	7.07	0.00	1.92	2.36	44.79	-0.35	0.08	-4.98
2020-21	Timmins, C	COL	21:54	0.00	5.48	0.00	3.92	1.82	68.21	1.74	-0.49	19.78
2019-20	Johnson, E	COL	575:05	2.71	1.88	59.09	2.55	2.37	51.89	0.08	0.10	-0.22
2019-20	Zadorov, N	COL	223:57	1.34	2.41	35.71	2.41	2.09	53.58	-0.12	-0.25	1.70
2019-20	Makar, C	COL	152:32	4.33	3.15	57.89	2.74	2.17	55.81	0.27	-0.15	4.28
2019-20	Graves, R	COL	132:07	2.72	1.36	66.67	2.35	1.71	57.92	-0.14	-0.64	6.35
2019-20	Johnson, E	COL	73:15	2.46	1.64	60.00	1.93	2.12	47.62	-1.00	-0.05	-9.73
2019-20	Cole, I	COL	63:15	1.90	1.90	50.00	3.01	2.39	55.77	0.52	0.04	4.23
2019-20	Cole, I	COL	60:46	0.99	0.00	100.00	2.36	2.31	50.52	-0.55	0.10	-6.28
2019-20	Makar, C	COL	58:54	5.09	3.06	62.50	3.02	1.35	69.17	0.24	-0.96	14.51
2019-20	Zadorov, N	COL	31:47	5.66	1.89	75.00	1.60	2.25	41.60	-1.26	0.02	-14.69
2018-19	Johnson, E	COL	893:04	1.95	2.08	48.33	2.26	2.46	47.87	-0.29	0.09	-3.96
2018-19	Barrie, T	COL	165:55	5.06	1.45	77.78	3.29	2.14	60.58	0.84	-0.26	10.07
2018-19	Cole, I	COL	103:38	2.32	2.89	44.44	1.78	2.73	39.50	-0.71	0.44	-12.68
2018-19	Nemeth, P	COL	74:48	0.80	1.60	33.33	2.49	2.78	47.24	-0.00	0.34	-3.23
2018-19	Zadorov, N	COL	69:36	1.72	0.00	100.00	1.98	2.23	46.98	-0.47	-0.18	-3.36
2018-19	Makar, C	COL	64:44	3.71	3.71	50.00	3.70	2.25	62.16	1.30	-0.34	14.06
2018-19	Johnson, E	COL	41:22	2.90	2.90	50.00	2.82	3.27	46.33	0.27	0.88	-5.28
2018-19	Graves, R	COL	22:24	5.36	0.00	100.00	2.47	1.73	58.73	-0.00	-0.60	7.33
2017-18	Nemeth, P	COL	321:42	2.42	2.42	50.00	2.20	2.39	47.91	-0.14	-0.15	-0.03
2017-18	Johnson, E	COL	238:29	2.77	2.77	50.00	2.28	2.42	48.54	0.02	0.05	-0.31
2017-18	Barrie, T	COL	156:23	1.15	2.69	30.00	1.55	2.98	34.15	-0.70	0.51	-13.45
2017-18	Lindholm, A	COL	101:26	2.37	1.77	57.14	1.90	2.53	42.83	-0.28	0.09	-4.27
2017-18	Zadorov, N	COL	87:04	2.76	0.00	100.00	1.82	2.86	38.95	-0.46	0.44	-9.63
2017-18	Ekholm, M	NSH	39:22	1.52	3.05	33.33	2.53	1.66	60.38	0.25	-0.61	10.28
2017-18	Barberio, M	COL	35:00	1.71	3.43	33.33	3.01	2.13	58.59	0.83	-0.08	8.87
2017-18	Nemeth, P	COL	23:03	2.60	5.21	33.33	1.95	2.68	42.15	0.09	0.05	0.70

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	22		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA
2021-22	23		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	24		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	25		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	26	M-NTC	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2025-26	27	M-NTC	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2026-27	28	M-NTC	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$35,000,000	$35,000,000	$35,000,000

Signed: July 31, 2019

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.13

Clause: Player can submit a 9 team no trade list for 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27.

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	18	$717,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	19	$728,333	$935,833	$257,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	20	$728,333	$935,833	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$728,333	$935,833	$182,500	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$622,500	$277,500	$2,000,000	$2,277,500	$210,000

Signed: Sep 29, 2016

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15