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Scott Sabourin

#49 · Right wing · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jul 30, 1992 in Orleans, Ontario, CAN (age 34) · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zachary Aston-Reese CBJ · 5 P in 27 GP Zachary L'Heureux NSH · 5 P in 25 GP Arshdeep Bains VAN · 5 P in 28 GP Isaac Howard EDM · 5 P in 29 GP David Tomasek EDM · 5 P in 22 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.

02462019-20: 6 points619-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 2 points221-222023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 5 points525-262026-27: 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
2019-20 OTT 35 2 4 6 -6 33 29 74 0.17 $700K
2020-21 TOR 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0.00 $700K
2021-22 OTT 7 0 2 2 -2 11 4 14 0.29 $750K
2023-24 SJS 3 0 0 0 0 9 3 10 0.00 $775K
2024-25 SJS 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0.00 $775K
2025-26 TBL 26 1 4 5 1 89 11 63 0.19 $775K
2026-27 TBL 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0.00 $850K
7 seasons Career 74 3 10 13 -9 152 48 168 0.18

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 TBL 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 1 4 5 1 89 11 63 0.19 9.1 7:57

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2027
$155KCap dollars per point5 points in 26 games
-$281KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 13, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning on May 23, 2026, 1 year and $850K at $850K a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
May 23, 2026 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 13, 2025 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 San Jose Sharks New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Ottawa Senators New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Aug 17, 2021 Ottawa Senators New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Feb 7, 2021 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Sep 27, 2019 Ottawa Senators New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $700K $700K
Jul 2, 2017 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2017-18 to 2017-18 1 $650K $650K
Oct 9, 2013 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $2.775M $753K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512019-202020-212021-222023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

41.2Corsi for %7 attempts for, 10 against
-14.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
16.7Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.4 against
-30.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
33.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
3Attempts 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
Corey Perry · Zemgus Girgensons · Scott Sabourin25:1860.0100.00-0
Corey Perry · Scott Sabourin · Dominic James12:5542.92.70-0
Corey Perry · Scott Sabourin · Nick Paul11:310.00.00-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Scott Sabourin · Dominic James10:460.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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 15, 2026 vs NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:27
Apr 13, 2026 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:56
Apr 11, 2026 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:33
Apr 6, 2026 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 05:58
Mar 31, 2026 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:05
Mar 29, 2026 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:54
Mar 28, 2026 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 05:50
Mar 24, 2026 vs MIN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 09:11
Mar 12, 2026 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:47
Mar 8, 2026 @ BUF L 7-8 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 04:17
Mar 7, 2026 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:07
Mar 5, 2026 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:03
Mar 3, 2026 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 07:29
Feb 26, 2026 @ CAR L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 05:00
Feb 25, 2026 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:54
Feb 5, 2026 vs FLA W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:23
Feb 3, 2026 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 06:03
Dec 28, 2025 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 02:20
Dec 27, 2025 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 06:32
Dec 15, 2025 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:25
Dec 13, 2025 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 06:56
Dec 11, 2025 @ NJD W 8-4 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 09:08
Dec 9, 2025 @ MTL W 6-1 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 08:26
Nov 16, 2025 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 10:14
Nov 15, 2025 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 09:06
Nov 12, 2025 vs NYR L 3-7 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 11:42