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Ratings

Percentile vs 485 fwds
CK 65 19th
FG 41 11th
DI 81 27th
SK 79 65th
ST 64 8th
EN 84 95th
DU 93 68th
PH 98 100th
FO 25 4th
PA 97 100th
SC 95 99th
DF 65 20th
PS 61 74th
EX 82 89th
LD 90 93rd
OV 79 98th

Contract

Cap hit $14,000,000 13.5% of cap
Year 1 of 6
2026-27
2031-32
Expiry Status
UFA
2032 age 39
Clauses NTC 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 PHX 29 5 9 14 0.48 -8 6 0 1 0 38 13.2% 9
2015-16 ARI 82 27 37 64 0.78 +18 26 5 5 0 273 9.9% 85
2016-17 ARI 82 35 37 72 0.88 +9 34 5 9 0 268 13.1% 110
2017-18 ARI 82 45 47 92 1.12 +29 26 8 6 0 378 11.9% 90
2018-19 ARI 82 40 44 84 1.02 -2 20 6 7 0 380 10.5% 102
2019-20 ARI 82 34 54 88 1.07 -3 8 7 13 0 357 9.5% 97
2020-21 ARI 80 21 37 58 0.73 -1 12 4 3 0 297 7.1% 87
2021-22 ARI 82 38 37 75 0.91 +2 26 10 11 0 315 12.1% 89
2022-23 ARI 80 31 61 92 1.15 +32 16 6 7 0 358 8.7% 51
2023-24 ARI 82 30 39 69 0.84 +12 12 6 7 0 303 9.9% 88
2024-25 UTA 82 37 41 78 0.95 +6 6 8 7 0 314 11.8% 36
2025-26 UTA 82 35 53 88 1.07 +17 20 13 9 0 308 11.4% 47
CAREER 12 yrs 927 378 496 874 0.94 +111 212 78 85 0 -- 10.5% 891
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 ARI 7 3 3 6 0.86 -2 5 0 1 0 28 10.7% 4
2017-18 ARI 23 11 12 23 1.00 -1 10 2 4 0 109 10.1% 27
2018-19 ARI 7 1 7 8 1.14 0 0 0 0 0 28 3.6% 9
2019-20 ARI 16 6 4 10 0.63 +3 2 1 0 0 52 11.5% 13
2020-21 ARI 5 2 1 3 0.60 -2 0 0 0 0 20 10.0% 8
2022-23 ARI 7 3 4 7 1.00 -7 0 0 1 0 25 12.0% 7
2023-24 ARI 7 0 1 1 0.14 +1 2 0 0 0 17 0.0% 19
2025-26 UTA 15 7 9 16 1.07 +10 4 1 0 0 50 14.0% 14
CAREER 8 app. 87 33 41 74 0.85 +2 23 4 6 0 -- 10.0% 101
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 TBL 76 44 86 130 43 50 8 8 37 231 20:20
On Pace - 82 47 93 140 46 54 9 9 40 249 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2013-14 TBL 52 9 9 18 0.35 3 14 3 3 4 8.8% 13:07
2014-15 TBL 82 29 36 65 0.79 38 37 2 2 15 15.2% 14:57
2015-16 TBL 77 30 36 66 0.86 9 30 4 9 25 14.4% 18:13
2016-17 TBL 74 40 45 85 1.15 13 38 7 17 32 16.3% 19:26
2017-18 TBL 80 39 61 100 1.25 15 42 7 8 36 14.0% 19:49
2018-19 TBL 82 41 87 128 1.56 24 62 8 15 48 16.7% 19:58
2019-20 TBL 68 33 52 85 1.25 26 38 6 4 25 15.7% 18:52
2021-22 TBL 47 25 44 69 1.47 1 22 1 9 30 16.0% 19:59
2022-23 TBL 82 30 83 113 1.38 -2 36 4 8 50 11.1% 20:08
2023-24 TBL 81 44 100 144 1.78 8 22 6 13 53 14.4% 21:40
2024-25 TBL 78 37 84 121 1.55 22 45 9 8 46 14.0% 21:11
2025-26 TBL 76 44 86 130 1.71 43 50 8 8 37 19.0% 20:20
Career NHL 879 401 723 1124 1.28 200 436 65 104 401 14.8% -

Trophy Case

Hart Hart
as Most Valuable Player

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
2014-15 21 LW PHX 47 35 77 75 62 47 56 64 30 56 61 56 81 54 47 58
2015-16 22 LW ARI 54 38 78 84 64 58 77 82 30 76 83 60 85 56 48 69
2016-17 23 RW ARI 71 42 88 88 66 71 97 85 25 83 87 59 60 63 65 74
2017-18 24 RW ARI 63 41 85 91 66 81 93 91 25 90 95 56 63 65 68 76
2018-19 25 RW ARI 63 41 84 91 66 83 94 88 55 98 92 52 59 68 71 77
2019-20 26 RW ARI 65 41 78 93 64 84 98 91 25 99 93 57 69 68 72 78
2020-21 27 RW ARI 65 41 83 93 64 79 92 93 25 98 92 52 63 70 74 77
2021-22 28 RW ARI 65 41 83 93 64 79 92 93 25 98 92 52 63 70 74 77
2022-23 29 RW ARI 69 42 86 90 66 84 54 93 25 95 95 62 25 73 79 76
2023-24 30 RW ARI 69 42 86 90 66 84 82 94 25 97 86 61 25 76 83 77
2024-25 31 RW UTA 67 42 91 92 66 87 99 99 44 99 95 62 57 78 86 81
2025-26 32 RW UTA 61 51 83 87 67 86 95 93 44 97 91 61 59 80 88 79
2026-27 33 R UTA 65 41 81 79 64 84 93 98 25 97 95 65 61 82 90 79
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 21 LW PHX 47 35 77 75 62 47 56 64 30 56 61 56 81 54 47 58
2015-16 22 LW ARI +7 +3 +1 +9 +2 +11 +21 +18 · +20 +22 +4 +4 +2 +1 +11
2016-17 23 RW ARI +17 +4 +10 +4 +2 +13 +20 +3 −5 +7 +4 −1 −25 +7 +17 +5
2017-18 24 RW ARI −8 −1 −3 +3 · +10 −4 +6 · +7 +8 −3 +3 +2 +3 +2
2018-19 25 RW ARI · · −1 · · +2 +1 −3 +30 +8 −3 −4 −4 +3 +3 +1
2019-20 26 RW ARI +2 · −6 +2 −2 +1 +4 +3 −30 +1 +1 +5 +10 · +1 +1
2020-21 27 RW ARI · · +5 · · −5 −6 +2 · −1 −1 −5 −6 +2 +2 −1
2021-22 28 RW ARI · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
2022-23 29 RW ARI +4 +1 +3 −3 +2 +5 −38 · · −3 +3 +10 −38 +3 +5 −1
2023-24 30 RW ARI · · · · · · +28 +1 · +2 −9 −1 · +3 +4 +1
2024-25 31 RW UTA −2 · +5 +2 · +3 +17 +5 +19 +2 +9 +1 +32 +2 +3 +4
2025-26 32 RW UTA −6 +9 −8 −5 +1 −1 −4 −6 · −2 −4 −1 +2 +2 +2 −2
2026-27 33 R UTA +4 −10 −2 −8 −3 −2 −2 +5 −19 · +4 +4 +2 +2 +2 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2014-15 PHX $894,167 3 yr 1.3% 21 ELC Rookie
2017-18 ARI $7,750,000 4 yr 10.3% 24 RFA
2021-22 ARI $9,500,000 5 yr 11.7% 28 RFA
2026-27 UTA $14,000,000 6 yr 13.5% 33 UFA CURRENT
2013-14
Mar 31 2014
2013-14

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