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Vincent Lecavalier

#44 · Centre · Los Angeles Kings

Born Apr 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec, CAN · 6'4", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1998 by TBL (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2003-04
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonathan Marchessault TBL · 18 P in 45 GP Paul Byron MTL · 18 P in 62 GP Tommy Wingels SJS · 18 P in 68 GP Jared McCann VAN · 18 P in 69 GP Mike Santorelli ANA · 18 P in 70 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0501001998-99: 28 points2898-991999-00: 67 points672000-01: 51 points5100-012001-02: 37 points372002-03: 78 points7802-032003-04: 66 points662005-06: 75 points7505-062006-07: 108 points1082007-08: 92 points9207-082008-09: 67 points672009-10: 70 points7009-102010-11: 54 points542011-12: 49 points4911-122012-13: 32 points322013-14: 37 points3713-142014-15: 20 points202015-16: 18 points1815-16

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 TBL 82 13 15 28 -19 23 125 52 0.34
1999-00 TBL 80 25 42 67 -25 43 166 116 0.84
2000-01 TBL 68 23 28 51 -26 66 165 72 0.75
2001-02 TBL 76 20 17 37 -18 61 164 85 0.49
2002-03 TBL 80 33 45 78 0 39 274 43 0.98
2003-04 TBL 81 32 34 66 23 52 242 48 0.81
2005-06 TBL 80 35 40 75 0 90 309 78 0.94 $6.875M
2006-07 TBL 82 52 56 108 2 44 339 112 1.32 $6.875M
2007-08 TBL 81 40 52 92 -17 89 318 112 1.14 $6.875M
2008-09 TBL 77 29 38 67 -9 54 291 110 0.87 $6.875M
2009-10 TBL 82 24 46 70 -16 63 295 80 0.85 $7.727M
2010-11 TBL 65 25 29 54 -5 43 210 93 0.83 $7.727M
2011-12 TBL 64 22 27 49 -2 50 182 103 0.77 $7.727M
2012-13 TBL 39 10 22 32 -5 29 86 74 0.82 $7.727M
2013-14 PHI 69 20 17 37 -16 44 132 77 0.54 $4.5M
2014-15 PHI 57 8 12 20 -7 36 103 40 0.35 $4.5M
2015-16 PHI 7 0 1 1 -1 2 7 2 0.14 $4.5M
2015-16 LAK 42 10 7 17 1 20 60 60 0.40
17 seasons Career 1212 421 528 949 -140 848 3468 1357 0.78

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 TBL 11 3 3 6 -2 22 32 8 0.55
2003-04 TBL 23 9 7 16 -2 25 76 33 0.70
2005-06 TBL 5 1 3 4 0 7 17 10 0.80
2006-07 TBL 6 5 2 7 4 10 30 21 1.17
2010-11 TBL 18 6 13 19 6 16 56 20 1.06
2013-14 PHI 7 1 1 2 -5 2 9 4 0.29
2015-16 LAK 5 1 1 2 0 2 8 11 0.40
7 seasons Playoffs 75 26 30 56 1 84 228 107 0.75

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 10 8 18 0 22 67 62 0.37 14.9 13:14

Contract

$4.5MCap hit2015-16
$250KCap dollars per point18 points in 49 games
-$742KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2015-16 $4.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $7.727M
2009-10 to 2019-20 $7.727M
2005-06 to 2008-09 $6.875M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2015-16 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2015-16 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence-0.3Power play+0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.9Corsi for %62 attempts for, 53 against
-0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.3Expected goals for %1.9 expected for, 2.8 against
-9.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.3PDO4.3% shooting + 96.0% saves
13Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Vincent Lecavalier · Dustin Brown · Tanner Pearson432:2970.053.91-1
Vincent Lecavalier · Kris Versteeg · Dwight King17:2041.736.50-0
Vincent Lecavalier · Kris Versteeg · Milan Lucic11:320.00.00-0
Vincent Lecavalier · Dustin Brown · Kris Versteeg11:260.00.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.99 expected goals per 60 minutes91st
Shot quality 9.1% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 74 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.2Goals 1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2016 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:38
Apr 7, 2016 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:01
Apr 5, 2016 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:03
Apr 4, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 13:02
Apr 2, 2016 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:55
Mar 31, 2016 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:43
Mar 28, 2016 @ SJS L 2-5 2 0 2 -1 0 2 2 14:29
Mar 26, 2016 vs EDM W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:29
Mar 22, 2016 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:02
Mar 21, 2016 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:13
Mar 19, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 15:05
Mar 17, 2016 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:14
Mar 15, 2016 @ DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:38
Mar 14, 2016 @ CHI W 5-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 12:28
Mar 12, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:09
Mar 9, 2016 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:58
Mar 7, 2016 vs VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:13
Mar 5, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 3 17:30
Mar 3, 2016 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 15:47
Feb 28, 2016 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:33
Feb 27, 2016 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 15:37
Feb 25, 2016 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:07
Feb 23, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 14:44
Feb 20, 2016 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:50
Feb 18, 2016 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 16:56
Feb 16, 2016 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:46
Feb 14, 2016 @ NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 12:37
Feb 12, 2016 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:09
Feb 11, 2016 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:12
Feb 9, 2016 @ BOS W 9-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:42
Feb 4, 2016 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:00
Feb 2, 2016 @ ARI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 13:46
Jan 27, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:25
Jan 24, 2016 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 12:19
Jan 23, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:49
Jan 21, 2016 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:41
Jan 19, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 13:52
Jan 17, 2016 @ ANA W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 15:31
Jan 16, 2016 vs OTT L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:43
Jan 11, 2016 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:59
Jan 9, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:12
Jan 7, 2016 vs TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:26
Nov 12, 2015 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:49
Nov 10, 2015 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:48
Nov 5, 2015 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:37
Nov 3, 2015 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:18
Nov 2, 2015 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:27
Oct 30, 2015 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 06:58
Oct 29, 2015 vs NJD L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 07:16