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Yanni Gourde

#37 · Centre · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Dec 15, 1991 in Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, CAN (age 34) · 5'10", 175 lb · Shoots left

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Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brady Tkachuk OTT · 36 P in 56 GP Brayden Schenn STL · 36 P in 56 GP Mike Hoffman STL · 36 P in 52 GP Jakub Vrana DET · 36 P in 50 GP Carter Verhaeghe FLA · 36 P in 43 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.

02040602015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 64 points6417-182018-19: 48 points4818-192019-20: 30 points3019-202020-21: 36 points3620-212021-22: 48 points4821-222022-23: 48 points4822-232023-24: 33 points3323-242024-25: 31 points3124-252025-26: 28 points2825-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 TBL 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0.50 $588K
2016-17 TBL 20 6 2 8 -1 8 30 11 0.40 $575K
2017-18 TBL 82 25 39 64 34 50 136 57 0.78 $1M
2018-19 TBL 80 22 26 48 9 66 130 83 0.60 $1M
2019-20 TBL 70 10 20 30 -5 49 110 78 0.43 $5.167M
2020-21 TBL 56 17 19 36 10 44 118 51 0.64 $5.167M
2021-22 SEA 74 21 27 48 -13 45 127 77 0.65 $5.167M
2022-23 SEA 81 14 34 48 23 76 141 118 0.59 $5.167M
2023-24 SEA 80 11 22 33 -11 62 156 156 0.41 $5.167M
2024-25 SEA 36 6 11 17 -5 36 40 59 0.47 $5.167M
2024-25 TBL 21 1 13 14 4 16 35 50 0.67
2025-26 TBL 82 9 19 28 -6 66 114 115 0.34 $2.333M
11 seasons Career 684 142 233 375 40 520 1137 857 0.55

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 TBL 17 2 5 7 0 8 27 22 0.41
2018-19 TBL 4 1 0 1 -3 0 5 5 0.25
2019-20 TBL 22 7 6 13 12 12 52 42 0.59
2020-21 TBL 23 6 1 7 4 13 45 27 0.30
2022-23 SEA 14 4 9 13 1 14 25 52 0.93
2024-25 TBL 5 0 1 1 -3 0 2 9 0.20
2025-26 TBL 7 0 1 1 0 10 6 12 0.14
7 seasons Playoffs 92 20 23 43 11 57 162 169 0.47

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 17 19 36 10 44 118 51 0.64 14.4 17:04

Contract

$5.167MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$144KCap dollars per point36 points in 56 games
$598KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.6 goals above replacement
$9.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.3MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov 2, 2018, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $31M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2024-25, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $5.167M $6.3M $0 $6.3M NTC
2020-21 $5.167M $4.1M $0 $4.1M NTC
2021-22 $5.167M $6.3M $0 $6.3M NTC
2022-23 $5.167M $4.1M $0 $4.1M M-NTC
2023-24 $5.167M $5.1M $0 $5.1M M-NTC
2024-25 $5.167M $5.1M $0 $5.1M M-NTC

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
Jun 2, 2025 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2025-26 to 2030-31 6 $14M $2.333M
Nov 2, 2018 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2019-20 to 2024-25 6 $31M $5.167M
Jun 26, 2017 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $2M $1M
Jul 25, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $575K $575K
Mar 10, 2014 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.175M $588K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence+1.2Power play-0.3Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.3

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.

0510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

50.3Corsi for %288 attempts for, 285 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %13.6 expected for, 11.8 against
+1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %7 for, 6 against
100.3PDO4.4% shooting + 95.9% saves
63Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 147 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Blake Coleman · Barclay Goodrow · Yanni Gourde18198:3652.056.24-3
Blake Coleman · Yanni Gourde · Ross Colton851:3746.935.52-1
Alex Killorn · Steven Stamkos · Yanni Gourde69:2350.064.80-1
Ondrej Palat · Blake Coleman · Yanni Gourde138:0857.171.20-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.5Expected goalsfrom 57 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes29th
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 78 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 4.5

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
May 10, 2021 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 19:14
May 8, 2021 @ FLA L 1-5 0 1 1 1 12 5 3 12:24
May 7, 2021 vs DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:32
May 5, 2021 vs DAL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:25
May 2, 2021 @ DET W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 14:26
May 1, 2021 @ DET L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:44
Apr 29, 2021 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:12
Apr 27, 2021 @ CHI W 7-4 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 13:15
Apr 25, 2021 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:10
Apr 22, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 19:21
Apr 20, 2021 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 16:56
Apr 19, 2021 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:47
Apr 17, 2021 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:49
Apr 15, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:10
Apr 13, 2021 @ NSH L 2-7 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 16:48
Apr 10, 2021 @ NSH W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 17:44
Apr 8, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-4 0 4 4 3 0 3 0 18:37
Apr 6, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:04
Apr 4, 2021 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:52
Apr 3, 2021 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:04
Apr 1, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:51
Mar 30, 2021 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:15
Mar 27, 2021 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:30
Mar 25, 2021 @ DAL L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 16:19
Mar 23, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:52
Mar 21, 2021 vs FLA W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 16:55
Mar 20, 2021 vs CHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 14:22
Mar 18, 2021 vs CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 16:06
Mar 16, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 17:45
Mar 15, 2021 vs NSH L 1-4 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 18:27
Mar 13, 2021 vs NSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:02
Mar 11, 2021 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 1 16:20
Mar 9, 2021 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:16
Mar 7, 2021 @ CHI W 6-3 2 2 4 2 0 5 1 17:58
Mar 5, 2021 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:42
Mar 4, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:59
Mar 2, 2021 @ DAL W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:42
Feb 27, 2021 vs DAL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 18:01
Feb 25, 2021 vs CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:47
Feb 24, 2021 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:29
Feb 22, 2021 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 17:45
Feb 20, 2021 @ CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:44
Feb 15, 2021 vs FLA L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 5 2 1 15:48
Feb 13, 2021 @ FLA W 6-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 18:33
Feb 11, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 20:08
Feb 9, 2021 @ NSH W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:26
Feb 8, 2021 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:20
Feb 5, 2021 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:30
Feb 3, 2021 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:13
Feb 1, 2021 vs NSH W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 17:28
Jan 30, 2021 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 14:35
Jan 28, 2021 @ CAR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:08
Jan 23, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:41
Jan 21, 2021 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:55
Jan 15, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 14:20
Jan 13, 2021 vs CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:22