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Josh Samanski

Edmonton Oilers
Position C
Age 24
Height 6'2"
Weight 195LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Erding, DEU
Born Mar 21, 2002

Key Insights

2025-26
It stops working when he is paired with Darnell Nurse
Darnell Nurse

The pairing with Nurse is the one that costs him: 47.4% of the expected goals together, 57.7% apart.

109 minutes together, 132 minutes apart
Darnell Nurse is the partner his coach keeps going back to
Darnell Nurse

He spends more 5v5 time with Nurse than anyone: 109 minutes, worth 47.4% of the expected goals.

5 goals for, 5 against together
Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.44 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

11th of 454 forwards
Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 47.86 shot attempts an hour with Samanski on the ice at 5v5.

17th of 454 forwards
His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.8, running hot and likely to cool.

13.8% shooting and 88.0% goaltending behind him, 110th of 454 forwards
The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Oilers create 3.87 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Samanski on.

362nd of 454 forwards

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 21, 2002
Birth Place Erding, DEU
Height 6'2"
Weight 195 LBS
Shoots/Catches L