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Leon Draisaitl

#29 · Centre · Edmonton Oilers

Born Oct 27, 1995 in Cologne, DEU (age 30) · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2014 by EDM (round 1)

Trophy case

Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 2019-20
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 2019-20
Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 2019-20

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.

David Pastrnak BOS · 106 P in 82 GP Mitch Marner TOR · 102 P in 81 GP Connor McDavid EDM · 100 P in 67 GP Kyle Connor WPG · 97 P in 82 GP Nathan MacKinnon COL · 116 P in 79 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.

0501002014-15: 9 points914-152015-16: 51 points5115-162016-17: 77 points7716-172017-18: 70 points7017-182018-19: 105 points10518-192019-20: 110 points11019-202020-21: 84 points8420-212021-22: 110 points11021-222022-23: 128 points12822-232023-24: 106 points10623-242024-25: 106 points10624-252025-26: 97 points9725-262026-27: 9 points926-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 EDM 37 2 7 9 -17 4 49 21 0.24 $925K
2015-16 EDM 72 19 32 51 -2 20 133 38 0.71 $925K
2016-17 EDM 82 29 48 77 7 20 172 41 0.94 $925K
2017-18 EDM 78 25 45 70 -7 30 194 40 0.90 $8.5M
2018-19 EDM 82 50 55 105 2 52 231 57 1.28 $8.5M
2019-20 EDM 71 43 67 110 -7 18 218 27 1.55 $8.5M
2020-21 EDM 56 31 53 84 29 22 168 37 1.50 $8.5M
2021-22 EDM 80 55 55 110 17 40 278 53 1.38 $8.5M
2022-23 EDM 80 52 76 128 7 24 247 66 1.60 $8.5M
2023-24 EDM 81 41 65 106 26 76 217 58 1.31 $8.5M
2024-25 EDM 71 52 54 106 32 34 240 23 1.49 $8.5M
2025-26 EDM 65 35 62 97 13 26 186 34 1.49 $14M
2026-27 EDM 5 3 6 9 9 0 20 4 1.80 $14M
13 seasons Career 860 437 625 1062 109 366 2353 499 1.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 EDM 13 6 10 16 8 19 22 21 1.23
2019-20 EDM 4 3 3 6 1 0 13 2 1.50
2020-21 EDM 4 2 3 5 -2 2 24 7 1.25
2021-22 EDM 16 7 25 32 4 6 44 8 2.00
2022-23 EDM 12 13 5 18 -1 10 45 26 1.50
2023-24 EDM 25 10 21 31 0 14 73 23 1.24
2024-25 EDM 22 11 22 33 4 6 56 33 1.50
2025-26 EDM 6 3 7 10 -2 2 13 3 1.67
8 seasons Playoffs 102 55 96 151 12 59 290 123 1.48

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 52 54 106 32 34 240 23 1.49 21.7 21:31

Contract

$8.5MCap hitends in 2025, then extended to 2033
$80KCap dollars per point106 points in 71 games
$425KCap dollars per goal above replacement20.0 goals above replacement
$16.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$7.8MValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Edmonton Oilers on Aug 16, 2017, as a new contract: 8 years and $68M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Edmonton Oilers on Sep 1, 2024, 8 years and $112M at $14M a season, beginning in 2025-26.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $8.5M $9M $0 $9M
2018-19 $8.5M $9M $0 $9M
2019-20 $8.5M $9M $0 $9M
2020-21 $8.5M $2M $7M $9M
2021-22 $8.5M $8M $0 $8M
2022-23 $8.5M $1M $7M $8M M-NTC, NMC
2023-24 $8.5M $8M $0 $8M M-NTC, NMC
2024-25 $8.5M $8M $0 $8M M-NTC, NMC

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
Sep 1, 2024 Edmonton Oilers Extension not begun 2025-26 to 2032-33 8 $112M $14M
Aug 16, 2017 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2017-18 to 2024-25 8 $68M $8.5M
Aug 12, 2014 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $10.2M $925K

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

+5.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.4Even-strength defence-0.1Power play+1.4Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+1.2

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.

05101520252014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

56.9Corsi for %447 attempts for, 338 against
+9.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Expected goals for %18.6 expected for, 16.2 against
+3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %19 for, 19 against
96.3PDO9.2% shooting + 87.1% saves
72Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 153 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
Corey Perry · Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid19125:2263.758.39-9
Leon Draisaitl · Kasperi Kapanen · Vasily Podkolzin636:3256.555.01-0
Zach Hyman · Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid1332:0770.774.73-3
Evander Kane · Leon Draisaitl · Kasperi Kapanen1025:5342.442.22-2

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.3Expected goalsfrom 97 unblocked attempts
+2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.99 expected goals per 60 minutes75th
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt70th
Finishing +2.7 goals above expected92ndOne 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.

0510Game 20Goals 11Expected 8.3

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 3, 2025 @ SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 10:04
Apr 1, 2025 @ VGK W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 23:05
Mar 29, 2025 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 2 1 3 3 0 8 0 22:24
Mar 18, 2025 vs UTA W 7-1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 22:23
Mar 16, 2025 @ NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:48
Mar 14, 2025 @ NYI W 2-1 (OT) 2 0 2 2 4 6 0 24:07
Mar 13, 2025 @ NJD L 2-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 24:48
Mar 10, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 23:26
Mar 8, 2025 vs DAL W 5-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 19:33
Mar 6, 2025 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 21:45
Mar 4, 2025 vs ANA L 2-6 1 1 2 -4 0 3 1 19:14
Mar 1, 2025 @ CAR W 3-1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 21:07
Feb 27, 2025 @ FLA L 3-4 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 21:47
Feb 25, 2025 @ TBL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 4 5 2 19:41
Feb 23, 2025 @ WSH L 3-7 1 0 1 -2 0 1 1 18:04
Feb 22, 2025 @ PHI L 3-6 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 19:14
Feb 7, 2025 vs COL L 4-5 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 21:33
Feb 5, 2025 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 22:22
Feb 4, 2025 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 8 1 25:16
Feb 1, 2025 vs TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 25:59
Jan 30, 2025 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 10 0 24:02
Jan 27, 2025 vs SEA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:02
Jan 25, 2025 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:36
Jan 23, 2025 vs VAN W 6-2 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 21:55
Jan 21, 2025 vs WSH L 2-3 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 23:41
Jan 18, 2025 @ VAN L 2-3 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 23:42
Jan 16, 2025 @ COL W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 24:31
Jan 15, 2025 @ MIN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 20:28
Jan 13, 2025 vs LAK W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 24:36
Jan 11, 2025 @ CHI W 4-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 21:38
Jan 9, 2025 @ PIT L 3-5 2 0 2 1 0 7 1 27:20
Jan 7, 2025 @ BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 20:07
Jan 4, 2025 @ SEA W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:06
Jan 3, 2025 vs ANA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 20:21
Dec 31, 2024 vs UTA W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 20:47
Dec 29, 2024 @ ANA L 3-5 2 0 2 -2 0 4 0 21:32
Dec 28, 2024 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:03
Dec 22, 2024 vs OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:40
Dec 21, 2024 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 22:56
Dec 19, 2024 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 3 3 2 0 6 1 24:43
Dec 16, 2024 vs FLA L 5-6 1 1 2 -2 0 3 1 20:28
Dec 14, 2024 vs VGK W 6-3 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 18:59
Dec 12, 2024 @ MIN W 7-1 1 3 4 2 0 5 0 18:03
Dec 10, 2024 vs TBL W 2-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 21:13
Dec 7, 2024 vs STL W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 21:42
Dec 5, 2024 vs CBJ W 6-3 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 21:14
Dec 3, 2024 @ VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:46
Nov 30, 2024 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 20:06
Nov 29, 2024 @ UTA W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 23:16
Nov 23, 2024 vs NYR W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 19:08
Nov 21, 2024 vs MIN L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:28
Nov 19, 2024 @ OTT W 5-2 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 20:58
Nov 18, 2024 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 21:48
Nov 16, 2024 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 22:09
Nov 14, 2024 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 25:39
Nov 12, 2024 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 21:05
Nov 9, 2024 @ VAN W 7-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 19:18
Nov 6, 2024 vs VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:58
Nov 4, 2024 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:39
Nov 3, 2024 @ CGY W 4-2 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 21:23
Oct 31, 2024 @ NSH W 5-1 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 19:20
Oct 28, 2024 @ CBJ L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:32
Oct 27, 2024 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 2 1 3 1 0 7 0 21:10
Oct 25, 2024 vs PIT W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:04
Oct 22, 2024 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 23:53
Oct 19, 2024 @ DAL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21:04
Oct 17, 2024 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 19:53
Oct 15, 2024 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 23:01
Oct 13, 2024 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 20:36
Oct 12, 2024 vs CHI L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 23:50
Oct 9, 2024 vs WPG L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 2 3 3 17:35