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Teddy Blueger

#73 · Centre · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Aug 15, 1994 in Riga, LVA (age 32) · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 52nd overall in 2012 by PIT (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patric Hornqvist FLA · 28 P in 65 GP Dustin Brown LAK · 28 P in 64 GP Colton Sissons NSH · 28 P in 79 GP Jesperi Kotkaniemi CAR · 29 P in 66 GP Eric Robinson CBJ · 27 P in 67 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.

010202018-19: 10 points1018-192019-20: 22 points2219-202020-21: 22 points2220-212021-22: 28 points2821-222022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 26 points2624-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 PIT 28 6 4 10 7 15 33 52 0.36 $650K
2019-20 PIT 69 9 13 22 2 25 102 83 0.32 $750K
2020-21 PIT 43 7 15 22 10 16 49 53 0.51 $750K
2021-22 PIT 65 9 19 28 12 10 93 87 0.43 $2.2M
2022-23 PIT 45 2 8 10 -7 16 62 54 0.22 $2.2M
2022-23 VGK 18 2 4 6 -2 14 23 17 0.33
2023-24 VAN 68 6 22 28 4 31 97 98 0.41 $1.9M
2024-25 VAN 82 8 18 26 -7 39 94 104 0.32 $1.8M
2025-26 VAN 35 9 8 17 -12 22 51 55 0.49 $1.8M
2026-27 TOR 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0.00 $2.5M
9 seasons Career 459 58 111 169 8 188 607 607 0.37

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00
2019-20 PIT 4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 4 0.25
2020-21 PIT 6 0 0 0 -2 2 8 12 0.00
2021-22 PIT 7 0 1 1 0 2 8 16 0.14
2022-23 VGK 6 1 1 2 1 0 6 6 0.33
2023-24 VAN 13 0 2 2 -3 6 4 18 0.15
6 seasons Playoffs 37 2 4 6 -5 10 32 57 0.16

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 9 19 28 12 10 93 87 0.43 9.7 15:01

Contract

$2.2MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$79KCap dollars per point28 points in 65 games
$637KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.5 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$990KValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 14, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $4.4M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season 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
2021-22 $2.2M $2M $0 $2M
2022-23 $2.2M $2.4M $0 $2.4M

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
Jul 1, 2026 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $5M $2.5M
Jun 26, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $3.6M $1.8M
Jul 1, 2023 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1.9M $1.9M
Jul 14, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $4.4M $2.2M
Jul 16, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.5M $750K
Jul 13, 2018 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $650K $650K
Mar 22, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.41M $705K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.0Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+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.

-202462018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

51.0Corsi for %77 attempts for, 74 against
-1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 2.5 against
-8.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
99.3PDO4.3% shooting + 95.0% saves
9Attempts 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
Brian Boyle · Teddy Blueger · Evan Rodrigues429:3851.155.52-1
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Evan Rodrigues210:3350.055.60-1
Brian Boyle · Teddy Blueger · Drew O'Connor26:0050.054.50-0
Jason Zucker · Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn45:0969.272.10-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 0

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 29, 2022 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 2 2 2 4 0 1 11:49
Apr 26, 2022 vs EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:15
Apr 24, 2022 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:36
Apr 23, 2022 @ DET W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:30
Apr 21, 2022 vs BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:47
Apr 16, 2022 @ BOS L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:44
Apr 14, 2022 vs NYI W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 15:53
Apr 12, 2022 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:49
Apr 10, 2022 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:35
Apr 9, 2022 vs WSH L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:58
Apr 7, 2022 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:52
Apr 5, 2022 vs COL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:43
Apr 2, 2022 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:20
Mar 31, 2022 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:02
Mar 29, 2022 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 10:36
Mar 27, 2022 vs DET W 11-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 2 16:32
Mar 25, 2022 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 16:27
Mar 23, 2022 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:15
Mar 22, 2022 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:22
Mar 19, 2022 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:50
Mar 17, 2022 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:16
Mar 15, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 12:55
Mar 13, 2022 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 16:02
Mar 11, 2022 vs VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:28
Mar 8, 2022 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:45
Jan 23, 2022 vs WPG W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:42
Jan 21, 2022 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:36
Jan 20, 2022 vs OTT W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:22
Jan 17, 2022 @ VGK W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 13:16
Jan 15, 2022 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:23
Jan 13, 2022 @ LAK L 2-6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14:58
Jan 11, 2022 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:06
Jan 8, 2022 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 16:56
Jan 6, 2022 @ PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:52
Jan 5, 2022 vs STL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:43
Dec 19, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 15:51
Dec 17, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:07
Dec 14, 2021 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:52
Dec 11, 2021 vs ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:49
Dec 10, 2021 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:47
Dec 6, 2021 @ SEA W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:24
Dec 4, 2021 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:34
Dec 1, 2021 @ EDM L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 18:15
Nov 29, 2021 @ CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:04
Nov 27, 2021 vs MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:10
Nov 26, 2021 @ NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:52
Nov 24, 2021 vs VAN W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 16:05
Nov 22, 2021 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:01
Nov 20, 2021 @ TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:33
Nov 18, 2021 @ MTL W 6-0 2 1 3 4 0 5 0 13:24
Nov 16, 2021 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:37
Nov 14, 2021 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:24
Nov 13, 2021 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:32
Nov 11, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 19:11
Nov 9, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:26
Nov 6, 2021 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 5 17:39
Nov 4, 2021 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:19
Oct 30, 2021 vs NJD L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:54
Oct 28, 2021 vs CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 15:17
Oct 26, 2021 vs TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:08
Oct 23, 2021 vs TOR W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:45
Oct 19, 2021 vs DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:23
Oct 16, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 18:45
Oct 14, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:25
Oct 12, 2021 @ TBL W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:22