"Statistically, Sandin's 5v5 performance is nearly above reproach. According to Natural Stat Trick, Sandin's controlled 54.2% of on-ice shots and 59.2% of on-ice goals in nearly 1700 minutes of ice time since 2020. Even in third-pair usage on a good team, these are elite outputs.
From a qualitative standpoint, Sandin moves the puck accurately, jumps into the play to create options, and has a knack for using his skating and his defensive stick to disrupt plays up-ice.
Sandin's main weakness, from an eye test perspective, is net-front defense."