- Position
- D
- Number
- #6
- Age
- 20
- Status
- Under contract (ELC)
- Pieces here
- 46
On the record
Called Shots →Luca Cagnoni plays fewer than 42 regular-season games for the San Jose Sharks in 2026-27. Scored off his official NHL regular-season games-played total for San Jose only: 41 or fewer is a hit, 42 or more is a miss, including if he reaches 42 after being recalled from the Barracuda, and including if he is traded (games for another club do not count).
Sam Dickinson finishes the 2026-27 NHL regular season with a LOWER even-strength offensive zone start percentage (oZS%) than Darnell Nurse. Scored off Hockey Reference's 2026-27 San Jose Sharks team page, Advanced Stats table, oZS% column, both men read from the same table on the same day. Dickinson strictly lower is a hit; equal or higher is a miss. If either man plays fewer than 20 regular-season games for San Jose, the row is unresolvable rather than a miss.
Jacob Trouba has the highest shorthanded ice time per game of any San Jose defenseman across the club's first 20 games of 2026-27.
Eric Pohlkamp plays 10 or more NHL regular-season games for San Jose in 2026-27.
Luca Cagnoni averages under 0:30 a game of shorthanded time on ice across San Jose's first 20 games of 2026-27.
Mason Marchment finishes the 2026-27 regular season with an even-strength offensive zone start share below 60 percent for San Jose.
Written about him
San Jose Drew Its Rookie Line At One Hundred Games And Then Crossed It Once
San Jose released its 2026 Rookie Faceoff roster on September 1: 14 forwards, nine defensemen, three goaltenders. Curtis Pashelka of the Mercury News reports the club's participation guideline is 100 or fewer combined NHL and AHL regular-season games, and that Luca Cagnoni is over it at 140. Sorted by that number, 14 of the 26 named have never played a professional regular-season game, and only Filip Bystedt at 123 is above the line. Sam Dickinson is under it at 72 and is not going either. Five of the nine defensemen invited shoot right, on a club whose established blue line carries two right shots.
Sort San Jose's Blue Line By Zone Starts And Sam Dickinson Is At The Bottom
Six defensemen are signed for 2026-27. Ranked by last season's even-strength offensive zone start rate, the least sheltered of them is Sam Dickinson, who was 19 and playing his first NHL season. The four men who actually absorbed San Jose's defensive-zone faceoffs are all off the roster.
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Sam Dickinson vs Artyom Levshunov: who is the better prospect right now?
Was Dickinson sheltered? The competition data is in, and the answer splits
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