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L/R · Tampa Bay Lightning Lightning · USA
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RW3
Depth chart
3rd line RW
Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
34 (1992)
Contract
$5,000,000 × 1y
Expires
UFA 2027
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Aug 2026
Drafted
2011 Rd 2 (#31) PIT
Vitals
6'1" · 207 lb
RW3
Depth chart
3rd line RW
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Ratings

Percentile vs 493 fwds
CK 59 5th
FG 41 11th
DI 90 71st
SK 80 69th
ST 75 65th
EN 65 35th
DU 66 17th
PH 62 28th
FO 35 19th
PA 61 31st
SC 57 18th
DF 74 66th
PS 36 37th
EX 85 94th
LD 91 95th
OV 65 31st

Contract

Cap hit $5,000,000 $4.919M remaining
Year 2 of 2
2025-26
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 35
Clauses 1-way

Season so far

in 1 GP

Steady

Goals
0 68th leader168
pace 0 (last yr 17)
Sht% - 66th
Assists
0 84th leader252
pace 0 (last yr 19)
Plus/Minus 0 79th
Points
0 leader336
pace 0 (last yr 36)
P/20 0.00
ATOI
11:17 leader25:36
last yr 18:57
Blocks 1 5th

Stats

2026-27 · Lightning
GP G A P +/- PiM ATOI P/20 GW GT S S% PPG PPP SHG Hits HTT FO% HT PP TOI %PP SH TOI %SH EV TOI
YTD 1 0 0 0 0 0 11:17 0.00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0:00 0.0 0:00 0.0 11:17
On Pace 82 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - - 0 - - - - -
OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 TBL 81 14 22 36 0.44 -4 16 3 3 0 155 9.0% 47
2014-15 TBL 82 27 33 60 0.73 +24 12 7 3 0 215 12.6% 40
2015-16 TBL 82 35 61 96 1.17 +50 37 5 11 0 283 12.4% 95
2016-17 WSH 82 21 15 36 0.44 -15 20 2 4 0 189 11.1% 67
2017-18 WSH / VAN 83 28 32 60 0.72 -11 12 2 5 0 246 11.4% 72
2018-19 VAN 82 20 22 42 0.51 -12 12 4 3 0 215 9.3% 54
2019-20 BOS / VGK / PHL 75 10 20 30 0.40 -3 6 0 0 0 179 5.6% 30
2020-21 EDM / TOR 81 24 24 48 0.59 +19 10 4 1 0 234 10.3% 54
2021-22 TOR 79 10 5 15 0.19 -2 2 3 0 0 106 9.4% 22
2022-23 TOR 77 17 18 35 0.45 +6 4 4 3 0 159 10.7% 17
2023-24 DET 82 13 21 34 0.41 -4 6 3 1 0 199 6.5% 19
2024-25 VGK / CHI / OTT 81 19 19 38 0.47 -3 8 5 5 0 224 8.5% 30
2025-26 SEA 82 17 19 36 0.44 +9 2 3 2 1 132 12.9% 11
CAREER 13 yrs 1049 255 311 566 0.54 +54 147 45 41 1 -- 10.1% 558
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 TBL 22 5 5 10 0.45 0 2 1 1 0 32 15.6% 18
2014-15 TBL 23 5 3 8 0.35 -4 6 1 0 0 46 10.9% 9
2015-16 TBL 24 11 6 17 0.71 +10 12 2 3 0 63 17.5% 40
2016-17 WSH 23 8 6 14 0.61 +3 6 3 2 0 61 13.1% 9
2020-21 TOR 4 2 0 2 0.50 0 0 0 1 0 15 13.3% 3
2021-22 TOR 14 2 1 3 0.21 -2 0 0 1 0 17 11.8% 4
2022-23 TOR 19 5 7 12 0.63 +5 0 0 0 0 66 7.6% 5
2023-24 DET 5 1 1 2 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 16 6.3% 1
CAREER 8 app. 134 39 29 68 0.51 +12 26 7 8 0 -- 12.3% 89
2026-27 Regular Season
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Shots Hits Ice time Face-off PP PK EV
Date Opp Result G A P +/- PIM S SAT SB Hit HTT L# TOI POSS FO% FOT TOI G A S TOI G S TOI G A S
Oct 27 NYR L 1-2 SO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 F3 11:17 0:28 - 0 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 11:17 0 0 0
1 GP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -- 11:17 0:28 - 0 0:00 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 11:17 0 0 0
Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 49 3 6 9 -7 14 0 0 0 78 13:23
On Pace - 82 5 10 15 -12 23 0 0 0 131 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2011-12 CHI 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 14:01
2012-13 CHI 46 10 17 27 0.59 +17 12 2 0 3 10.2% 16:28
2013-14 CHI 78 19 28 47 0.60 +20 20 2 3 9 11.9% 16:17
2014-15 CHI 82 23 29 52 0.63 +7 12 6 2 10 11.3% 17:15
2015-16 CLB 78 31 22 53 0.68 +1 14 7 6 8 13.3% 17:13
2016-17 CLB 82 24 29 53 0.65 +23 8 4 1 3 11.4% 17:02
2017-18 CHI 82 18 17 35 0.43 -10 14 8 1 1 7.6% 17:30
2018-19 CHI 80 23 24 47 0.59 -9 12 3 5 6 11.8% 17:41
2019-20 CHI 58 21 12 33 0.57 +2 16 5 1 1 15.0% 16:45
2020-21 COL 44 15 9 24 0.55 +1 12 1 2 3 22.1% 14:06
2021-22 STL 78 24 25 49 0.63 +11 10 1 8 13 15.2% 16:16
2022-23 STL 71 19 18 37 0.52 -8 12 1 2 4 15.0% 16:39
2023-24 STL 82 26 16 42 0.51 -4 20 7 5 5 18.1% 15:30
2024-25 STL 43 7 9 16 0.37 -14 6 0 0 2 9.3% 14:36
2024-25 VGK 29 6 8 14 0.48 +6 0 1 0 1 11.5% 15:09
2025-26 VGK 49 3 6 9 0.18 -7 14 0 0 0 3.8% 13:23
Career NHL 984 269 269 538 0.55 +36 182 48 36 69 12.3% -

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Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Playoff Champion
3× 2013-14 TBL · 2014-15 TBL · 2015-16 TBL
Unsung Hero Unsung Hero
as Unsung Hero
2015-16 TBL

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2013-14 21 LW TBL 56 37 82 76 73 71 74 71 43 70 67 68 73 54 61 67
2014-15 22 LW TBL 56 36 81 76 73 68 82 75 52 72 72 68 66 56 61 68
2015-16 23 LW TBL 57 37 85 77 73 72 89 78 48 73 76 69 67 58 61 70
2016-17 24 LW WSH 67 42 93 88 74 68 97 77 54 73 88 69 28 65 69 73
2017-18 25 LW VAN 61 42 96 87 74 75 97 75 38 77 80 59 25 68 72 71
2018-19 26 LW VAN 62 42 95 85 74 75 98 76 42 71 76 63 30 70 74 70
2019-20 27 LW PHL 69 43 94 84 75 77 98 72 39 75 80 75 35 72 76 72
2020-21 28 LW TOR 67 43 90 84 75 74 86 69 40 66 86 73 35 74 78 71
2021-22 29 LW TOR 63 42 91 82 75 67 78 70 43 65 85 56 35 75 79 68
2022-23 30 LW TOR 61 42 95 80 75 73 87 75 37 76 82 76 35 77 82 72
2023-24 31 LW DET 61 42 94 80 75 74 92 76 44 70 78 75 35 79 84 71
2024-25 32 LW OTT 59 41 91 80 75 70 94 76 38 65 83 68 35 82 87 70
2025-26 33 LW SEA 59 42 97 78 78 68 89 64 33 69 71 67 36 84 90 68
2026-27 34 L/R TBL 59 41 90 80 75 65 66 62 35 61 57 74 36 85 91 65
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2013-14 21 LW TBL 56 37 82 76 73 71 74 71 43 70 67 68 73 54 61 67
2014-15 22 LW TBL · −1 −1 · · −3 +8 +4 +9 +2 +5 · −7 +2 · +1
2015-16 23 LW TBL +1 +1 +4 +1 · +4 +7 +3 −4 +1 +4 +1 +1 +2 · +2
2016-17 24 LW WSH +10 +5 +8 +11 +1 −4 +8 −1 +6 · +12 · −39 +7 +8 +3
2017-18 25 LW VAN −6 · +3 −1 · +7 · −2 −16 +4 −8 −10 −3 +3 +3 −2
2018-19 26 LW VAN +1 · −1 −2 · · +1 +1 +4 −6 −4 +4 +5 +2 +2 −1
2019-20 27 LW PHL +7 +1 −1 −1 +1 +2 · −4 −3 +4 +4 +12 +5 +2 +2 +2
2020-21 28 LW TOR −2 · −4 · · −3 −12 −3 +1 −9 +6 −2 · +2 +2 −1
2021-22 29 LW TOR −4 −1 +1 −2 · −7 −8 +1 +3 −1 −1 −17 · +1 +1 −3
2022-23 30 LW TOR −2 · +4 −2 · +6 +9 +5 −6 +11 −3 +20 · +2 +3 +4
2023-24 31 LW DET · · −1 · · +1 +5 +1 +7 −6 −4 −1 · +2 +2 −1
2024-25 32 LW OTT −2 −1 −3 · · −4 +2 · −6 −5 +5 −7 · +3 +3 −1
2025-26 33 LW SEA · +1 +6 −2 +3 −2 −5 −12 −5 +4 −12 −1 +1 +2 +3 −2
2026-27 34 L/R TBL · −1 −7 +2 −3 −3 −23 −2 +2 −8 −14 +7 · +1 +1 −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2013-14 TBL $894,167 3 yr 1.4% 21 ELC Rookie
2016-17 WSH $5,250,000 3 yr 7.2% 24 RFA
2019-20 BOS $5,500,000 1 yr 6.7% 27 RFA
2020-21 EDM $5,500,000 5 yr 6.7% 28 RFA
2025-26 SEA $5,000,000 2 yr 5.2% 33 UFA CURRENT
2011-12
Jan 13 2012
2011-12
to PENGUINS
2016-17
Nov 11 2016
2016-17
to CAPITALS
  • Brandon Saad 73
2017-18
Nov 21 2017
2017-18
to CANUCKS
  • Brandon Saad 71
to CAPITALS
2019-20
Aug 26 2019
2019-20
to BRUINS
to CANUCKS
Nov 23 2019
2019-20
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Mar 11 2020
2019-20
to FLYERS
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
2020-21
Sep 28 2020
2020-21
to OILERS
  • Brandon Saad 71
Apr 17 2021
2020-21
to MAPLE LEAFS
2023-24
Aug 20 2023
2023-24
to RED WINGS
2024-25
Sep 23 2024
2024-25
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
  • Brandon Saad 70
Sep 23 2024
2024-25
to BRUINS
to RED WINGS
Nov 11 2024
2024-25
to BLACKHAWKS
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Feb 27 2025
2024-25
to SENATORS
to BLACKHAWKS
2026-27
Aug 21 2026
2026-27
to LIGHTNING
to KRAKEN
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