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Luke Glendening

#41 · Centre · Free agent, last with the Philadelphia Flyers

Born Apr 28, 1989 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sam Lafferty BUF · 7 P in 60 GP Justin Dowling NJD · 7 P in 52 GP Noah Gregor SJS · 7 P in 52 GP Samuel Helenius LAK · 7 P in 50 GP Mikael Pyyhtia CBJ · 7 P in 47 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.

051015202013-14: 7 points713-142014-15: 18 points1814-152015-16: 21 points2115-162016-17: 14 points1416-172017-18: 19 points1917-182018-19: 23 points2318-192019-20: 9 points919-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 16 points1621-222022-23: 6 points622-232023-24: 11 points1123-242024-25: 7 points724-252025-26: 9 points925-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 DET 56 1 6 7 -8 22 54 92 0.13 $575K
2014-15 DET 82 12 6 18 5 34 104 147 0.22 $628K
2015-16 DET 81 8 13 21 4 46 88 143 0.26 $628K
2016-17 DET 74 3 11 14 -10 26 76 150 0.19 $628K
2017-18 DET 69 11 8 19 -14 17 88 137 0.28 $1.8M
2018-19 DET 78 10 13 23 2 15 102 198 0.29 $1.8M
2019-20 DET 60 6 3 9 -29 14 76 147 0.15 $1.8M
2020-21 DET 54 6 9 15 3 20 67 68 0.28 $1.8M
2021-22 DAL 82 9 7 16 -17 15 116 179 0.20 $1.5M
2022-23 DAL 70 3 3 6 -9 50 65 114 0.09 $1.5M
2023-24 TBL 81 10 1 11 -2 39 57 121 0.14 $800K
2024-25 TBL 77 4 3 7 -9 10 51 105 0.09 $800K
2025-26 NJD 52 0 4 4 -11 4 30 66 0.08 $775K
2025-26 PHI 18 2 3 5 4 4 20 31 0.28
13 seasons Career 934 85 90 175 -91 316 994 1698 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 DET 5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 7 0.20
2014-15 DET 7 2 1 3 1 8 10 8 0.43
2015-16 DET 5 0 1 1 -2 0 5 4 0.20
2021-22 DAL 6 0 0 0 -2 2 4 13 0.00
2022-23 DAL 17 2 1 3 -5 2 15 29 0.18
2023-24 TBL 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 0.00
2024-25 TBL 5 1 1 2 2 0 1 13 0.40
2025-26 PHI 10 1 0 1 3 6 5 19 0.10
8 seasons Playoffs 60 7 4 11 -5 18 47 109 0.18

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 4 3 7 -9 10 51 105 0.09 7.8 10:47

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$114KCap dollars per point7 points in 77 games
-$777KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.6M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $800K $800K $0 $800K
2024-25 $800K $800K $0 $800K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 7, 2025 New Jersey Devils New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.6M $800K
Jul 28, 2021 Dallas Stars New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 14, 2016 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2017-18 to 2020-21 4 $7.2M $1.8M
Apr 5, 2014 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $1.885M $628K
Jul 18, 2013 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2013-14 to 2013-14 1 $575K $575K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.7Goals 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+0.1Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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.

-4-202462013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

49.0Corsi for %25 attempts for, 26 against
-3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 0.8 against
-2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %2 for, 0 against
128.6PDO28.6% shooting + 100.0% saves
6Attempts 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
Luke Glendening · Zemgus Girgensons · Mitchell Chaffee415:3145.046.70-0
Luke Glendening · Zemgus Girgensons · Gage Goncalves12:4475.0100.00-0
Luke Glendening · Yanni Gourde · Zemgus Girgensons32:3740.012.60-0
Luke Glendening · Zemgus Girgensons · Conor Geekie22:1750.0100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt76th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected71stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.2

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, 2025 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:37
Apr 7, 2025 @ NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:58
Apr 5, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:15
Apr 3, 2025 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:35
Mar 29, 2025 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:04
Mar 27, 2025 vs UTA W 8-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:31
Mar 25, 2025 vs PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:14
Mar 23, 2025 @ VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:57
Mar 22, 2025 @ UTA L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:04
Mar 20, 2025 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:16
Mar 17, 2025 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:48
Mar 15, 2025 @ BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19
Mar 13, 2025 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:50
Mar 11, 2025 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:42
Mar 8, 2025 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:13
Mar 6, 2025 vs BUF W 6-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:49
Mar 4, 2025 vs CBJ W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:42
Mar 3, 2025 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:55
Mar 1, 2025 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:40
Feb 27, 2025 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:36
Feb 25, 2025 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:10
Feb 23, 2025 vs SEA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 10:46
Feb 9, 2025 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:43
Feb 8, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 10:02
Feb 6, 2025 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:43
Feb 4, 2025 vs OTT W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 12:27
Feb 1, 2025 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:51
Jan 30, 2025 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:48
Jan 28, 2025 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:33
Jan 25, 2025 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:16
Jan 24, 2025 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:39
Jan 21, 2025 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:44
Jan 20, 2025 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:21
Jan 18, 2025 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11:27
Jan 16, 2025 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:07
Jan 14, 2025 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 11:19
Jan 12, 2025 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:22
Jan 11, 2025 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:09
Jan 9, 2025 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:04
Jan 7, 2025 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:03
Jan 5, 2025 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:52
Jan 4, 2025 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:21
Jan 2, 2025 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:34
Dec 29, 2024 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:53
Dec 28, 2024 vs NYR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:57
Dec 23, 2024 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:34
Dec 22, 2024 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:52
Dec 19, 2024 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:24
Dec 17, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 11:55
Dec 14, 2024 @ SEA W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:23
Dec 12, 2024 @ CGY W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:05
Dec 10, 2024 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:32
Dec 8, 2024 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:58
Dec 5, 2024 vs SJS W 8-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:27
Nov 30, 2024 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:08
Nov 29, 2024 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:34
Nov 27, 2024 vs WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:34
Nov 25, 2024 vs COL W 8-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 15:38
Nov 23, 2024 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:56
Nov 21, 2024 @ CBJ L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:25
Nov 19, 2024 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:39
Nov 16, 2024 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:44
Nov 14, 2024 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:27
Nov 7, 2024 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:08
Nov 5, 2024 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:58
Nov 3, 2024 @ WPG L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:29
Nov 1, 2024 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:27
Oct 30, 2024 @ COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:28
Oct 28, 2024 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:14
Oct 26, 2024 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:01
Oct 24, 2024 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:33
Oct 22, 2024 @ NJD W 8-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:38
Oct 21, 2024 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:26
Oct 19, 2024 @ OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:52
Oct 17, 2024 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:51
Oct 15, 2024 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:00
Oct 11, 2024 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:50