Samuel Girard
Pittsburgh Penguins · #49 · Defenseman · age 28 · 5'10" · 170 lb · shoots LBorn 🇨🇦 Roberval, Quebec · Drafted 2016 · Rd 2 #17
OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN0.64 points/game from the blue line this season
7 points in 11 games — 38th of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
18HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 66% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
99ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 2 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
Forget slapshots from the point; Samuel Girard is the pure playmaking defenseman, with a career assist-to-goal ratio of over 5:1 telling the story of a blue-liner whose value is in manufacturing chances for others. Averaging nearly 20 minutes a night, he's the undersized facilitator who makes everyone around him better with precise puck distribution and vision from the back end.
RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
The read on his form isn’t written yet — check back after his next game.
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Cooling: 43 after the game against CBJ, 18 now — still hotter than 66% of defensemen (average defenseman 15).
Now 18 · +2 over these 11 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
2 points in 5 games — below his own pace (3.2 per 5), yet still 1.2× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Assists | 2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | ▼ 0.7× his usual |
| Points | 2 | 3.2 | 1.6 | ▼ 0.6× his usual |
| Shots | 7 | 7 | 6 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 6.3% | 6.3% | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | −1 | −1.4 | +0.0 | his usual |
| Ice time a game | 18:05 | 19:02 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ MTL | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 21:01 | 18 |
| Oct 29 | vs UTA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 19:49 | 18 |
| Oct 17 | @ VGK | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 11:22 | 28 |
| Oct 16 | @ COL | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 19:52 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | @ CHI | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 18:23 | 26 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points38th of 228 defensemen7leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals56th of 228 defensemen1leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists34th of 228 defensemen6leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots77th of 228 defensemen16leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points63rd of 228 defensemen0leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus167th of 228 defensemen−3leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game112th of 228 defensemen19:02leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: assists (88th). Below the middle: power-play points (0th), plus/minus (23rd).
■ Girard this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 52 points over 82 games, which would beat his best season so far: 37 in 2022–23.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | PIT | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.64 | −3 |
| 2025–26 | PIT | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.35 | +5 |
| 2025–26 | COL | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.30 | +12 |
| 2024–25 | COL | 73 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 0.33 | +7 |
| 2023–24 | COL | 59 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.31 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | COL | 76 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 0.49 | −10 |
| 2021–22 | COL | 67 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 0.42 | −4 |
| 2020–21 · best | COL | 48 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 0.67 | +15 |
| 2019–20 | COL | 70 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 0.49 | +1 |
| 2018–19 | COL | 82 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 0.33 | +8 |
| 2017–18 | COL | 68 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 0.29 | −8 |
| 2017–18 |  NSH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | −3 |