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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
30 (1996)
Contract
$6,500,000 × 1yr
Expires
UFA 2027 · age 31
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Sep 2024
Drafted
2014 Rd 1 (#7) PIT
Vitals
6'0" · 168 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 482 fwds
CK 61 10th
FG 40 2nd
DI 94 93rd
SK 89 92nd
ST 62 4th
EN 74 66th
DU 99 100th
PH 84 80th
FO 35 17th
PA 84 92nd
SC 83 83rd
DF 67 34th
PS 25 34th
EX 79 83rd
LD 82 81st
OV 75 85th

Contract

Cap hit $6,500,000 6.3% of cap
Year 5 of 5
2022-23
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 31
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 MTL 81 25 30 55 0.68 +5 20 1 6 0 207 12.1% 36
2017-18 MTL 82 21 25 46 0.56 +12 20 2 4 0 229 9.2% 82
2018-19 MTL 82 22 18 40 0.49 -8 18 2 5 1 182 12.1% 68
2019-20 MTL 82 16 22 38 0.46 +22 16 3 2 0 166 9.6% 60
2020-21 MTL 82 18 18 36 0.44 -1 35 3 2 0 205 8.8% 86
2021-22 MTL 79 19 24 43 0.54 +18 10 2 1 0 187 10.2% 39
2022-23 MTL 82 21 29 50 0.61 +11 14 2 7 0 238 8.8% 51
2023-24 SJS 82 24 29 53 0.65 -3 30 7 3 1 248 9.7% 66
2024-25 TOR 82 16 18 34 0.41 -17 16 4 3 0 176 9.1% 29
2025-26 TOR 82 24 40 64 0.78 +9 24 4 6 0 193 12.4% 50
CAREER 10 yrs 816 206 253 459 0.56 +48 203 30 39 2 -- 10.1% 567
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 MTL 13 1 5 6 0.46 +4 6 0 0 0 36 2.8% 13
2019-20 MTL 4 1 0 1 0.25 -2 2 0 1 0 7 14.3% 8
2021-22 MTL 27 7 10 17 0.63 0 2 1 0 0 86 8.1% 12
2022-23 MTL 14 1 3 4 0.29 -2 2 0 0 0 40 2.5% 5
2023-24 SJS 5 2 1 3 0.60 0 2 0 0 0 10 20.0% 3
2025-26 TOR 17 7 6 13 0.76 +9 6 1 1 0 47 14.9% 10
CAREER 6 app. 80 19 25 44 0.55 +9 20 2 2 0 -- 8.4% 51
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 CAR 82 26 45 71 8 14 6 10 29 207 16:36
On Pace - 82 26 45 71 8 14 6 10 29 207 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2015-16 WPG 72 15 23 38 0.53 3 21 0 4 11 9.0% 16:06
2016-17 WPG 82 25 39 64 0.78 1 38 4 5 12 12.3% 17:29
2017-18 WPG 82 29 31 60 0.73 14 26 7 7 13 12.6% 16:05
2018-19 WPG 62 21 16 37 0.60 2 15 4 2 7 13.3% 15:46
2019-20 WPG 71 25 33 58 0.82 14 30 5 3 5 12.3% 16:31
2020-21 WPG 47 21 25 46 0.98 15 15 5 6 13 14.2% 16:55
2021-22 WPG 62 28 27 55 0.89 18 20 2 4 9 11.4% 18:04
2022-23 WPG 45 12 26 38 0.84 -2 11 0 3 12 9.1% 15:39
2023-24 WPG 82 25 36 61 0.74 27 29 7 0 7 10.7% 15:52
2024-25 WPG 69 24 39 63 0.91 14 17 5 6 22 13.8% 15:48
2025-26 CAR 82 26 45 71 0.87 8 14 6 10 29 12.6% 16:36
Career NHL 756 251 340 591 0.78 114 236 45 50 140 11.9% -

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
2016-17 20 LW MTL 63 51 90 87 63 66 57 79 25 76 72 58 25 53 53 66
2017-18 21 LW MTL 65 41 86 89 62 76 94 80 25 84 81 60 25 60 60 71
2018-19 22 LW MTL 65 41 89 91 62 73 99 78 52 79 85 58 25 64 64 71
2019-20 23 LW MTL 64 51 89 91 64 73 89 72 44 77 85 56 25 64 65 70
2020-21 24 LW MTL 65 55 87 91 64 74 84 72 25 83 85 55 25 65 67 70
2021-22 25 LW MTL 67 41 89 91 64 74 87 75 25 84 90 55 25 67 69 72
2022-23 26 LW MTL 65 41 89 93 64 78 80 78 55 81 91 63 25 68 70 73
2023-24 27 LW SJS 71 54 91 93 64 70 70 83 44 85 78 62 25 70 72 72
2024-25 28 LW TOR 68 51 90 93 66 75 82 85 32 90 83 60 25 72 74 74
2025-26 29 LW TOR 67 51 91 91 64 72 88 79 33 85 85 60 25 76 78 73
2026-27 30 L TOR 61 40 94 89 62 74 99 84 35 84 83 67 25 79 82 75
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2016-17 20 LW MTL 63 51 90 87 63 66 57 79 25 76 72 58 25 53 53 66
2017-18 21 LW MTL +2 −10 −4 +2 −1 +10 +37 +1 · +8 +9 +2 · +7 +7 +5
2018-19 22 LW MTL · · +3 +2 · −3 +5 −2 +27 −5 +4 −2 · +4 +4 ·
2019-20 23 LW MTL −1 +10 · · +2 · −10 −6 −8 −2 · −2 · · +1 −1
2020-21 24 LW MTL +1 +4 −2 · · +1 −5 · −19 +6 · −1 · +1 +2 ·
2021-22 25 LW MTL +2 −14 +2 · · · +3 +3 · +1 +5 · · +2 +2 +2
2022-23 26 LW MTL −2 · · +2 · +4 −7 +3 +30 −3 +1 +8 · +1 +1 +1
2023-24 27 LW SJS +6 +13 +2 · · −8 −10 +5 −11 +4 −13 −1 · +2 +2 −1
2024-25 28 LW TOR −3 −3 −1 · +2 +5 +12 +2 −12 +5 +5 −2 · +2 +2 +2
2025-26 29 LW TOR −1 · +1 −2 −2 −3 +6 −6 +1 −5 +2 · · +4 +4 −1
2026-27 30 L TOR −6 −11 +3 −2 −2 +2 +11 +5 +2 −1 −2 +7 · +3 +4 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2016-17 MTL $1,594,166 3 yr 2.2% 20 ELC Rookie
2019-20 MTL $6,000,000 3 yr 7.4% 23 RFA
2022-23 MTL $6,500,000 5 yr 7.9% 26 RFA CURRENT
2014-15
Sep 15 2014
2014-15
to PANTHERS
to PENGUINS
2015-16
Jul 10 2015
2015-16
to CANADIENS
  • Nikolaj Ehlers P
to PANTHERS
2023-24
Aug 30 2023
2023-24
to SHARKS
2024-25
Sep 26 2024
2024-25
to MAPLE LEAFS
  • Nikolaj Ehlers 74
to SHARKS

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