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James Neal

LW · ONT
+ 11 other teams
Status
Retired 3 yrs ago
Career
2009–2023 (14 yrs)
Age
39 (35 in 2023)
Vitals
6'3" · 212 lb
Drafted
2005 Rd 2 (#38) WSH

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2010-11 PHL

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2009-10 ANH 79 14 15 29 0.37 -8 130 3 4 0 112 12.5% 160
2010-11 ANH / PHL 73 15 24 39 0.53 0 99 3 4 0 132 11.4% 141
2011-12 PHL / MIN / TBL 83 17 20 37 0.45 -13 186 3 4 0 149 11.4% 170
2012-13 TBL 82 40 46 86 1.05 +24 62 11 11 0 324 12.3% 199
2013-14 TBL / NYI 74 31 30 61 0.82 +13 50 6 8 0 305 10.2% 129
2014-15 NYI / TOR 82 43 47 90 1.10 +28 77 6 8 0 318 13.5% 134
2015-16 TOR / CHI 80 34 29 63 0.79 +24 21 6 9 0 216 15.7% 71
2016-17 OTT 82 25 35 60 0.73 +23 98 6 7 0 166 15.1% 166
2017-18 NYI 82 23 27 50 0.61 +8 42 2 7 0 211 10.9% 107
2018-19 BOS / OTT 82 16 17 33 0.40 +12 26 4 1 0 200 8.0% 50
2019-20 CAR 82 11 23 34 0.41 -6 16 1 0 0 142 7.7% 42
2020-21 SJS / VAN 83 12 15 27 0.33 -7 37 2 2 0 175 6.9% 132
2021-22 OTT 55 6 13 19 0.35 -3 10 1 0 0 83 7.2% 46
CAREER 13 yrs 1019 287 341 628 0.62 +95 854 54 65 0 -- 11.3% 1547
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2009-10 ANH 7 2 4 6 0.86 0 22 0 0 0 13 15.4% 18
2010-11 PHL 22 2 4 6 0.27 -1 28 0 0 0 31 6.5% 31
2011-12 TBL 5 0 0 0 0.00 +1 28 0 0 0 8 0.0% 8
2012-13 TBL 7 2 5 7 1.00 -2 4 1 1 0 30 6.7% 17
2013-14 NYI 6 1 3 4 0.67 -2 5 0 0 0 32 3.1% 9
2014-15 TOR 16 10 7 17 1.06 +2 6 1 1 0 56 17.9% 27
2015-16 CHI 6 5 1 6 1.00 -1 4 0 2 0 17 29.4% 10
2016-17 OTT 12 3 5 8 0.67 -2 10 0 0 0 29 10.3% 31
2017-18 NYI 5 0 2 2 0.40 -4 2 0 0 0 6 0.0% 13
2018-19 OTT 13 3 3 6 0.46 -1 2 1 1 0 35 8.6% 11
2020-21 VAN 17 3 3 6 0.35 +8 0 1 0 0 51 5.9% 23
CAREER 11 app. 116 31 37 68 0.59 -2 111 4 5 0 -- 10.1% 198
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2008-09 DAL 77 24 13 37 0.48 -11 51 2 9 10 14.0% 15:52
2009-10 DAL 78 27 28 55 0.71 -5 64 4 2 10 13.5% 18:12
2010-11 DAL 59 21 18 39 0.66 8 60 3 5 8 13.1% 17:42
2010-11 PIT 20 1 5 6 0.30 -1 6 0 0 2 1.9% 16:54
2011-12 PIT 80 40 41 81 1.01 6 87 4 18 30 12.2% 19:08
2012-13 PIT 40 21 15 36 0.90 5 26 6 9 16 15.4% 17:28
2013-14 PIT 59 27 34 61 1.03 15 55 4 11 26 11.3% 18:27
2014-15 NSH 67 23 14 37 0.55 12 57 6 3 4 10.4% 18:05
2015-16 NSH 82 31 27 58 0.71 27 65 3 4 14 11.6% 19:04
2016-17 NSH 70 23 18 41 0.59 -10 35 5 5 13 11.4% 17:42
2017-18 VGK 71 25 19 44 0.62 -11 24 6 5 9 12.4% 17:11
2018-19 CGY 63 7 12 19 0.30 -5 28 1 2 6 5.0% 14:57
2019-20 EDM 55 19 12 31 0.56 -20 12 2 12 17 17.0% 16:18
2020-21 EDM 29 5 5 10 0.34 -2 11 0 1 3 9.8% 12:06
2021-22 STL 19 2 2 4 0.21 -1 0 1 1 2 6.5% 11:58
Career NHL 869 296 263 559 0.64 7 581 47 87 170 11.8% -

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
2009-10 22 LW ANH 92 40 73 78 77 - 86 77 42 73 80 64 - 66 68 71
2010-11 23 LW PHL 92 51 72 80 77 - 86 76 42 74 78 64 - 68 70 72
2011-12 24 LW TBL 77 53 64 81 78 85 95 81 55 73 86 65 86 63 63 74
2012-13 25 LW TBL 65 42 65 81 77 87 94 90 35 80 87 63 90 62 69 76
2013-14 26 LW NYI 62 39 69 78 77 77 82 92 34 68 91 60 96 64 69 73
2014-15 27 LW TOR 58 39 66 79 77 76 71 90 35 75 88 62 79 66 69 73
2015-16 28 LW CHI 59 40 70 74 77 76 74 80 34 64 84 62 75 68 69 69
2016-17 29 LW OTT 79 55 78 83 77 73 92 82 34 76 87 58 66 73 76 73
2017-18 30 LW NYI 77 44 85 83 76 76 93 81 44 71 84 58 90 75 78 72
2018-19 31 LW OTT 67 43 89 83 76 76 88 78 25 72 85 59 63 77 80 71
2019-20 32 LW CAR 69 43 86 74 81 68 84 74 38 65 60 58 63 78 82 65
2020-21 33 LW VAN 81 45 92 74 81 73 76 82 37 67 85 55 63 80 85 70
2021-22 34 LW OTT 73 44 88 74 79 62 66 72 33 63 70 52 62 81 86 65
2022-23 35 LW DET 73 44 99 74 79 61 64 74 25 60 60 63 62 81 86 65
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2009-10 22 LW ANH 92 40 73 78 77 - 86 77 42 73 80 64 - 66 68 71
2010-11 23 LW PHL · +11 −1 +2 · - · −1 · +1 −2 · - +2 +2 +1
2011-12 24 LW TBL −15 +2 −8 +1 +1 85 +9 +5 +13 −1 +8 +1 86 −5 −7 +2
2012-13 25 LW TBL −12 −11 +1 · −1 +2 −1 +9 −20 +7 +1 −2 +4 −1 +6 +2
2013-14 26 LW NYI −3 −3 +4 −3 · −10 −12 +2 −1 −12 +4 −3 +6 +2 · −3
2014-15 27 LW TOR −4 · −3 +1 · −1 −11 −2 +1 +7 −3 +2 −17 +2 · ·
2015-16 28 LW CHI +1 +1 +4 −5 · · +3 −10 −1 −11 −4 · −4 +2 · −4
2016-17 29 LW OTT +20 +15 +8 +9 · −3 +18 +2 · +12 +3 −4 −9 +5 +7 +4
2017-18 30 LW NYI −2 −11 +7 · −1 +3 +1 −1 +10 −5 −3 · +24 +2 +2 −1
2018-19 31 LW OTT −10 −1 +4 · · · −5 −3 −19 +1 +1 +1 −27 +2 +2 −1
2019-20 32 LW CAR +2 · −3 −9 +5 −8 −4 −4 +13 −7 −25 −1 · +1 +2 −6
2020-21 33 LW VAN +12 +2 +6 · · +5 −8 +8 −1 +2 +25 −3 · +2 +3 +5
2021-22 34 LW OTT −8 −1 −4 · −2 −11 −10 −10 −4 −4 −15 −3 −1 +1 +1 −5
2022-23 35 LW DET · · +11 · · −1 −2 +2 −8 −3 −10 +11 · · · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2009-10 ANH $900,000 3 yr 1.6% 22 ELC Rookie
2012-13 TBL $4,500,000 5 yr 6.4% 25 RFA
2017-18 NYI $6,500,000 5 yr 8.7% 30 UFA
2022-23 DET $800,000 1 yr 1.0% 35 UFA
2005-06
Feb 8 2006
2005-06
to DUCKS
2010-11
Feb 23 2011
2010-11
to FLYERS
  • James Neal 72
to DUCKS
2011-12
Nov 27 2011
2011-12
to WILD
Jan 20 2012
2011-12
to LIGHTNING
2013-14
Feb 10 2014
2013-14
to ISLANDERS
to LIGHTNING
2014-15
Nov 27 2014
2014-15
2015-16
Nov 13 2015
2015-16
to BLACKHAWKS
2016-17
Jun 22 2016
2016-17
to SENATORS
2018-19
Aug 31 2018
2018-19
to BRUINS
  • James Neal 71
Nov 21 2018
2018-19
to SENATORS
2019-20
Jul 16 2019
2019-20
to HURRICANES
  • James Neal 65
to SENATORS
2020-21
Aug 30 2020
2020-21
to SHARKS
  • James Neal 70
Apr 15 2021
2020-21
to CANUCKS
  • James Neal 70
to SHARKS
2021-22
Sep 11 2021
2021-22
to SENATORS
  • James Neal 65
to CANUCKS

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