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Ratings

Percentile vs 485 fwds
CK 59 5th
FG 41 11th
DI 91 77th
SK 88 91st
ST 73 53rd
EN 81 91st
DU 85 48th
PH 84 80th
FO 40 32nd
PA 91 97th
SC 91 95th
DF 68 44th
PS 56 63rd
EX 79 83rd
LD 83 82nd
OV 77 94th

Contract

Cap hit $10,250,000 9.9% of cap
Year 3 of 3
2024-25
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 31
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 ARI 82 22 36 58 0.71 +20 14 4 6 0 203 10.8% 85
2018-19 ARI 82 22 20 42 0.51 -15 12 6 7 0 205 10.7% 50
2019-20 ARI 82 6 14 20 0.24 -12 12 1 0 0 120 5.0% 26
2020-21 ARI 82 24 27 51 0.62 +21 10 6 4 0 258 9.3% 17
2021-22 ARI 82 19 16 35 0.43 +6 2 7 4 0 171 11.1% 25
2022-23 PIT 82 38 61 99 1.21 +24 0 2 8 0 389 9.8% 15
2023-24 PIT 82 35 40 75 0.91 +1 4 5 6 0 385 9.1% 39
2024-25 PIT 82 36 45 81 0.99 +22 10 9 9 0 356 10.1% 49
2025-26 PIT 82 41 38 79 0.96 +29 19 10 10 0 270 15.2% 37
CAREER 9 yrs 738 243 297 540 0.73 +96 83 50 54 0 -- 10.3% 343
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 ARI 22 4 5 9 0.41 -6 4 2 1 0 59 6.8% 28
2018-19 ARI 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 2 0 0 0 21 0.0% 5
2019-20 ARI 20 4 3 7 0.35 +2 0 1 1 0 45 8.9% 3
2020-21 ARI 5 1 1 2 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 12 8.3% 1
2022-23 PIT 23 8 16 24 1.04 +1 2 2 4 0 100 8.0% 13
2023-24 PIT 10 3 7 10 1.00 -3 4 0 2 0 59 5.1% 5
2024-25 PIT 4 0 2 2 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.0% 0
2025-26 PIT 5 3 2 5 1.00 -9 0 0 1 0 15 20.0% 0
CAREER 8 app. 96 23 38 61 0.64 -15 12 5 9 0 -- 7.0% 55
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 TOR 65 30 49 79 -14 16 4 7 22 156 19:25
On Pace - 82 38 62 100 -18 20 5 9 28 197 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2015-16 TOR 22 6 7 13 0.59 1 4 1 1 3 14.0% 16:20
2016-17 TOR 81 22 39 61 0.75 -3 32 2 9 26 10.7% 16:01
2017-18 TOR 82 20 41 61 0.74 20 10 8 5 12 10.9% 16:41
2018-19 TOR 54 7 20 27 0.50 -4 16 0 1 6 5.4% 15:31
2019-20 TOR 68 31 28 59 0.87 -2 12 7 9 17 15.7% 18:13
2020-21 TOR 51 17 25 42 0.82 10 16 2 4 11 12.8% 16:36
2021-22 TOR 81 34 46 80 0.99 -9 16 7 13 31 13.3% 18:16
2022-23 TOR 82 40 47 87 1.06 10 28 5 9 28 13.7% 18:33
2023-24 TOR 82 40 58 98 1.20 1 24 7 11 35 12.7% 19:55
2024-25 TOR 82 45 39 84 1.02 10 26 8 12 30 17.8% 19:31
2025-26 TOR 65 30 49 79 1.22 -14 16 4 7 22 19.2% 19:25
Career NHL 750 292 399 691 0.92 20 200 51 81 221 13.5% -

Trophy Case

Lady Byng Lady Byng
as Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct

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
2017-18 21 C ARI 61 40 87 86 61 72 87 77 42 84 78 55 25 56 56 69
2018-19 22 C ARI 61 40 95 87 61 75 99 78 82 85 75 62 36 62 62 71
2019-20 23 C ARI 59 41 93 88 70 75 90 82 80 79 79 56 40 61 62 71
2020-21 24 C ARI 57 41 93 87 70 78 78 83 58 80 91 52 48 64 65 72
2021-22 25 C ARI 59 41 90 87 71 74 89 80 54 82 84 53 25 65 66 71
2022-23 26 C PIT 59 41 93 90 71 79 92 84 51 85 89 69 36 67 69 75
2023-24 27 C PIT 59 41 89 90 71 79 99 91 39 85 92 65 41 70 72 77
2024-25 28 C PIT 63 42 90 89 73 83 99 93 46 90 92 71 35 72 75 78
2025-26 29 C PIT 59 41 89 85 73 81 99 85 52 82 95 63 55 77 80 76
2026-27 30 R PIT 59 41 91 88 73 81 85 84 40 91 91 68 56 79 83 77
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2017-18 21 C ARI 61 40 87 86 61 72 87 77 42 84 78 55 25 56 56 69
2018-19 22 C ARI · · +8 +1 · +3 +12 +1 +40 +1 −3 +7 +11 +6 +6 +2
2019-20 23 C ARI −2 +1 −2 +1 +9 · −9 +4 −2 −6 +4 −6 +4 −1 · ·
2020-21 24 C ARI −2 · · −1 · +3 −12 +1 −22 +1 +12 −4 +8 +3 +3 +1
2021-22 25 C ARI +2 · −3 · +1 −4 +11 −3 −4 +2 −7 +1 −23 +1 +1 −1
2022-23 26 C PIT · · +3 +3 · +5 +3 +4 −3 +3 +5 +16 +11 +2 +3 +4
2023-24 27 C PIT · · −4 · · · +7 +7 −12 · +3 −4 +5 +3 +3 +2
2024-25 28 C PIT +4 +1 +1 −1 +2 +4 · +2 +7 +5 · +6 −6 +2 +3 +1
2025-26 29 C PIT −4 −1 −1 −4 · −2 · −8 +6 −8 +3 −8 +20 +5 +5 −2
2026-27 30 R PIT · · +2 +3 · · −14 −1 −12 +9 −4 +5 +1 +2 +3 +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2017-18 ARI $1,744,167 3 yr 2.3% 21 ELC Rookie
2020-21 ARI $6,815,000 4 yr 8.4% 24 RFA
2024-25 PIT $10,250,000 3 yr 11.6% 28 RFA CURRENT
2022-23
Aug 23 2022
2022-23

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