GRIT & GF
Sammy Blais

Montreal Canadiens, Left wing

Sammy Blais

  • Shot-eater
  • Heavy
  • Playmaker
Points, 2025–26
8
3 G, 5 A in 21 GP
Individual xG
2.3
3 goals from it
Ice time per game
8:26
18 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
49.6
share of chances while he's on

Sammy Blais has 3 goals and 5 assists (8 points) in 21 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025–26, with 18 shots on goal and 8:26 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 92.7 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

92.7050100
Rated above 90% of forwards
Goals above average
+0.5
Wins
+0.08
Physicality90thGF73thIntimidation56thChemistry68thClutch82th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.87, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 89.8% of 531 rated players

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Physicality

+1.28 SD · 90th percentile · weight 38% · −0.0 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.17.098th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.3.791th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.1677th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.1.1282th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.1.2812th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.573th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 175 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at CAR

    Thursday, January 1

    Physical

    Sammy Blais finished 7 checks. That was his third goal of the season. He played 10:05 and had two shots on goal. It finished 7-5 for the Canadiens.

  2. at CBJ

    Wednesday, October 29

    Drought over

    Sammy Blais scored for the first time in 50 games. He has 1 goal this season. The Maple Leafs lost 6-3 to the Blue Jackets.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game8:26
    2
  • Points per 602.71
    85
  • Goals per 601.02
    74
  • Individual xG per 600.78
    43
  • Shots per 606.1
    50

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.40
    44
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.44
    61
  • xGF%49.6%
    52

Physical

  • Hits per 6026.5
    99
  • Blocks per 604.7
    96
  • Penalty minutes per 603.4
    14

Who he plays with

His most-used linemates at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Joseph Veleno, Owen Beck641:4330–291.6–1.30–054%
Brendan Gallagher, Joseph Veleno1138:3635–351.6–1.70–049%
Calle Jarnkrok, Max Domi415:5013–260.6–1.80–124%
Max Domi, Steven Lorentz39:5713–60.9–0.11–191%
Brendan Gallagher, Owen Beck38:034–90.5–0.71–042%
Max Domi, Matias Maccelli46:223–70.0–0.20–03%
Matias Maccelli, Jacob Quillan15:221–30.0–0.00–051%
Calle Jarnkrok, Steven Lorentz25:050–50.0–0.10–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 3 goals from 23 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.200.400.60
11-0101-15

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2621358182.38:26781449.6
2023–2453167333.79:411942839.4

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-01-157:290020.26420
2026-01-136:180000.00312
2026-01-1211:060000.00430
2026-01-108:110010.09300
2026-01-087:360100.04502
2026-01-0710:380030.43400
2026-01-048:200000.00600
2026-01-036:430010.21000
2026-01-0110:051120.25700
2025-12-308:090000.00400
2025-12-288:220000.01110
2025-12-239:101010.14310
2025-12-218:320110.11612
2025-11-229:390000.00110
2025-11-186:310100.00400
2025-11-134:190000.00200
2025-11-118:340020.13502
2025-11-097:250010.10510
2025-11-038:450000.00112
2025-11-0110:090010.21510