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Anthony Cirelli

#71 · Centre · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jul 15, 1997 in Etobicoke, Ontario, CAN (age 29) · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 72nd overall in 2015 by TBL (round 3)

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

Vincent Trocheck NYR · 59 P in 82 GP Patrick Kane DET · 59 P in 72 GP Kevin Fiala LAK · 60 P in 81 GP Marco Rossi MIN · 60 P in 82 GP Matthew Knies TOR · 58 P in 78 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.

020402017-18: 11 points1117-182018-19: 39 points3918-192019-20: 44 points4419-202020-21: 22 points2220-212021-22: 43 points4321-222022-23: 29 points2922-232023-24: 45 points4523-242024-25: 59 points5924-252025-26: 52 points5225-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 TBL 18 5 6 11 11 6 26 17 0.61 $728K
2018-19 TBL 82 19 20 39 25 34 123 94 0.48 $728K
2019-20 TBL 68 16 28 44 28 30 113 89 0.65 $728K
2020-21 TBL 50 9 13 22 0 10 75 64 0.44 $4.8M
2021-22 TBL 76 17 26 43 15 70 146 75 0.57 $4.8M
2022-23 TBL 58 11 18 29 13 33 111 34 0.50 $4.8M
2023-24 TBL 79 20 25 45 2 38 129 64 0.57 $6.25M
2024-25 TBL 80 27 32 59 30 28 160 25 0.74 $6.25M
2025-26 TBL 71 23 29 52 38 48 125 50 0.73 $6.25M
2026-27 TBL 5 1 1 2 5 2 9 4 0.40 $6.25M
10 seasons Career 587 148 198 346 167 299 1017 516 0.59

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 1 3 1 4 19 20 0.18
2018-19 TBL 4 1 1 2 -2 0 12 7 0.50
2019-20 TBL 22 3 6 9 -3 0 35 89 0.41
2020-21 TBL 23 5 7 12 9 20 41 68 0.52
2021-22 TBL 23 3 5 8 1 8 44 69 0.35
2022-23 TBL 6 3 3 6 1 4 12 17 1.00
2023-24 TBL 5 0 2 2 -6 0 5 21 0.40
2024-25 TBL 5 1 0 1 -4 18 5 14 0.20
2025-26 TBL 7 0 2 2 5 2 5 16 0.29
9 seasons Playoffs 112 18 27 45 2 56 178 321 0.40

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 27 32 59 30 28 160 25 0.74 16.9 18:41

Contract

$6.25MCap hitends in 2031, then UFA
$106KCap dollars per point59 points in 80 games
$466KCap dollars per goal above replacement13.4 goals above replacement
$11.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.9MValueworth 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 Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 13, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $50M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2030-31, with 6 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
2023-24 $6.25M $1.625M $6.5M $8.125M
2024-25 $6.25M $1.625M $6.5M $8.125M
2025-26 $6.25M $8.125M $0 $8.125M NTC
2026-27 $6.25M $6.125M $0 $6.125M NTC
2027-28 $6.25M $3.875M $1M $4.875M M-NTC
2028-29 $6.25M $3.875M $1M $4.875M M-NTC
2029-30 $6.25M $3.875M $1M $4.875M M-NTC
2030-31 $6.25M $3.875M $1M $4.875M 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
Jul 13, 2022 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2023-24 to 2030-31 8 $50M $6.25M
Dec 24, 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $14.4M $4.8M
May 19, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.775M $728K

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

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.1Power 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.

0510152017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

41.3Corsi for %43 attempts for, 61 against
-13.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.5Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 2.6 against
-15.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 4 against
86.7PDO0.0% shooting + 86.7% saves
8Attempts 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
Yanni Gourde · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel28:3660.026.50-0
Jake Guentzel · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel25:1669.257.70-2
Jake Guentzel · Anthony Cirelli · Gage Goncalves24:1871.471.00-0
Nick Paul · Anthony Cirelli · Gage Goncalves12:580.00.00-1

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt64th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected60thOne 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 0.6

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 17, 2025 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:45
Apr 15, 2025 vs FLA W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 13:38
Apr 13, 2025 vs BUF W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 20:59
Apr 11, 2025 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:34
Apr 9, 2025 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 23:13
Apr 7, 2025 @ NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:54
Apr 5, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:27
Apr 3, 2025 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:57
Apr 1, 2025 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 15:28
Mar 29, 2025 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:53
Mar 27, 2025 vs UTA W 8-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:00
Mar 25, 2025 vs PIT W 6-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 18:20
Mar 23, 2025 @ VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:25
Mar 22, 2025 @ UTA L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 19:09
Mar 20, 2025 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 19:14
Mar 17, 2025 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:18
Mar 15, 2025 @ BOS W 6-2 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 22:00
Mar 13, 2025 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:38
Mar 11, 2025 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:17
Mar 8, 2025 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:04
Mar 6, 2025 vs BUF W 6-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 17:46
Mar 4, 2025 vs CBJ W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:30
Mar 3, 2025 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:15
Mar 1, 2025 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:59
Feb 27, 2025 vs CGY W 3-0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18:20
Feb 25, 2025 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:50
Feb 23, 2025 vs SEA W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:56
Feb 9, 2025 @ MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 18:50
Feb 8, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:10
Feb 4, 2025 vs OTT W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:25
Feb 1, 2025 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:39
Jan 30, 2025 vs LAK W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 18:24
Jan 28, 2025 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:36
Jan 25, 2025 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:44
Jan 24, 2025 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:26
Jan 21, 2025 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:29
Jan 20, 2025 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:47
Jan 18, 2025 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:08
Jan 16, 2025 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 22:09
Jan 14, 2025 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 19:37
Jan 12, 2025 @ PIT W 5-2 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 18:45
Jan 11, 2025 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:20
Jan 9, 2025 vs BOS W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 19:51
Jan 7, 2025 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:17
Jan 5, 2025 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 7 1 18:10
Jan 4, 2025 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:44
Jan 2, 2025 @ SJS L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:43
Dec 29, 2024 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:08
Dec 28, 2024 vs NYR W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 15:59
Dec 23, 2024 @ FLA W 4-0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 21:31
Dec 22, 2024 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:48
Dec 19, 2024 vs STL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:33
Dec 17, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:18
Dec 14, 2024 @ SEA W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18:00
Dec 12, 2024 @ CGY W 8-3 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 15:32
Dec 8, 2024 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 04:37
Dec 5, 2024 vs SJS W 8-1 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 19:20
Nov 30, 2024 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:36
Nov 29, 2024 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:13
Nov 27, 2024 vs WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 13:49
Nov 25, 2024 vs COL W 8-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 20:19
Nov 23, 2024 vs DAL L 2-4 2 0 2 0 0 8 1 22:50
Nov 21, 2024 @ CBJ L 6-7 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 23:34
Nov 19, 2024 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:59
Nov 16, 2024 vs NJD W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 20:49
Nov 14, 2024 vs WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 22:49
Nov 7, 2024 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:16
Nov 5, 2024 @ STL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:58
Nov 3, 2024 @ WPG L 4-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:55
Nov 1, 2024 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:47
Oct 30, 2024 @ COL W 5-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 19:15
Oct 28, 2024 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:23
Oct 26, 2024 vs WSH W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:21
Oct 24, 2024 vs MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:57
Oct 22, 2024 @ NJD W 8-5 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 13:07
Oct 21, 2024 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:50
Oct 19, 2024 @ OTT L 4-5 0 2 2 2 6 1 3 16:56
Oct 17, 2024 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:12
Oct 15, 2024 vs VAN W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 16:20
Oct 11, 2024 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:10