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Robert Thomas

#18 · Centre · St. Louis Blues

Born Jul 2, 1999 in Aurora, Ontario, CAN (age 27) · 6'0", 213 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 20th overall in 2017 by STL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

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.

Sam Reinhart FLA · 81 P in 79 GP Brayden Point TBL · 82 P in 77 GP Jake Guentzel TBL · 80 P in 80 GP Dylan Strome WSH · 82 P in 82 GP Matt Duchene DAL · 82 P in 82 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.

0204060802018-19: 33 points3318-192019-20: 42 points4219-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 77 points7721-222022-23: 65 points6522-232023-24: 86 points8623-242024-25: 81 points8124-252025-26: 64 points6425-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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 STL 70 9 24 33 -2 14 80 13 0.47 $894K
2019-20 STL 66 10 32 42 9 18 87 13 0.64 $894K
2020-21 STL 33 3 9 12 1 10 22 5 0.36 $894K
2021-22 STL 72 20 57 77 17 16 115 13 1.07 $2.8M
2022-23 STL 73 18 47 65 -8 22 106 15 0.89 $2.8M
2023-24 STL 82 26 60 86 9 48 170 16 1.05 $8.125M
2024-25 STL 70 21 60 81 20 20 145 13 1.16 $8.125M
2025-26 STL 64 25 39 64 22 24 102 10 1.00 $8.125M
2026-27 STL 5 0 1 1 -2 2 5 1 0.20 $8.125M
9 seasons Career 535 132 329 461 66 174 832 99 0.86

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 STL 21 1 5 6 -2 10 30 6 0.29
2019-20 STL 6 0 2 2 -1 0 6 2 0.33
2020-21 STL 4 0 3 3 -1 2 2 1 0.75
2021-22 STL 12 2 4 6 -6 10 20 14 0.50
2024-25 STL 7 2 6 8 0 4 8 11 1.14
5 seasons Playoffs 50 5 20 25 -10 26 66 34 0.50

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 21 60 81 20 20 145 13 1.16 14.5 19:57

Contract

$8.125MCap hitends in 2031, then UFA
$100KCap dollars per point81 points in 70 games
$634KCap dollars per goal above replacement12.8 goals above replacement
$10.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.6MValueworth 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 St. Louis Blues on Jul 13, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $65M, 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 $8.125M $9M $0 $9M
2024-25 $8.125M $10.9M $0 $10.9M
2025-26 $8.125M $10.5M $0 $10.5M NTC
2026-27 $8.125M $8.25M $0 $8.25M NTC
2027-28 $8.125M $6.6M $0 $6.6M NTC
2028-29 $8.125M $6.6M $0 $6.6M NTC
2029-30 $8.125M $6.6M $0 $6.6M NTC
2030-31 $8.125M $6.55M $0 $6.55M 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 St. Louis Blues Extension 2023-24 to 2030-31 8 $65M $8.125M
Sep 21, 2021 St. Louis Blues New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $5.6M $2.8M
Sep 28, 2017 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $3.625M $894K

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

+1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.1Even-strength defence-0.1Power play+0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-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.

0510152018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

50.7Corsi for %106 attempts for, 103 against
+5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Expected goals for %4.5 expected for, 3.6 against
+4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.6Goals for %7 for, 4 against
104.8PDO13.7% shooting + 91.1% saves
10Attempts 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
Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas · Jimmy Snuggerud739:0753.756.85-0
Pavel Buchnevich · Jordan Kyrou · Robert Thomas626:4150.072.21-0
Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas · Jake Neighbours111:2950.046.00-1
Oskar Sundqvist · Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas43:5562.571.31-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt72nd
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected72ndOne 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.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.0

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, 2025 vs UTA W 6-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 15:07
Apr 12, 2025 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:34
Apr 9, 2025 @ EDM L 3-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 22:17
Apr 7, 2025 @ WPG L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:13
Apr 5, 2025 vs COL W 5-4 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 21:50
Apr 3, 2025 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 22:35
Apr 1, 2025 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 21:40
Mar 29, 2025 @ COL W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 20:49
Mar 27, 2025 @ NSH W 3-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 20:35
Mar 25, 2025 vs MTL W 6-1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 16:50
Mar 23, 2025 vs NSH W 4-1 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 19:09
Mar 22, 2025 vs CHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:24
Mar 20, 2025 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 21:46
Mar 18, 2025 @ NSH W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:31
Mar 16, 2025 vs ANA W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:21
Mar 15, 2025 @ MIN W 5-1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 17:40
Mar 13, 2025 @ PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 22:02
Mar 8, 2025 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:06
Mar 7, 2025 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:53
Mar 5, 2025 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 23:27
Mar 2, 2025 @ DAL L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:04
Mar 1, 2025 vs LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:33
Feb 27, 2025 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 20:49
Feb 25, 2025 vs SEA W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 15:35
Feb 23, 2025 vs COL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:13
Feb 22, 2025 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 21:36
Feb 8, 2025 vs CHI W 6-5 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 21:06
Feb 6, 2025 vs FLA L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:46
Feb 4, 2025 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:00
Feb 2, 2025 @ UTA W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:59
Jan 31, 2025 @ COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:38
Jan 27, 2025 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 19:23
Jan 25, 2025 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:21
Jan 23, 2025 vs VGK L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 20:49
Jan 20, 2025 @ VGK W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:52
Jan 18, 2025 @ UTA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:47
Jan 16, 2025 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:43
Jan 14, 2025 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:36
Jan 11, 2025 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:41
Jan 9, 2025 vs ANA W 6-2 2 0 2 1 2 6 0 15:06
Jan 7, 2025 @ MIN L 4-6 1 0 1 -4 0 2 0 17:39
Jan 4, 2025 @ CBJ L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:47
Jan 3, 2025 vs OTT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:12
Dec 31, 2024 @ CHI W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:05
Dec 29, 2024 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:17
Dec 27, 2024 vs NSH W 7-4 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 19:50
Dec 23, 2024 @ DET W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 18:52
Dec 20, 2024 @ FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:27
Dec 19, 2024 @ TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 22:09
Dec 17, 2024 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:14
Dec 15, 2024 vs NYR W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 18:08
Dec 14, 2024 @ DAL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 22:03
Dec 12, 2024 vs SJS L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:00
Dec 10, 2024 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 19:35
Dec 7, 2024 @ EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:54
Dec 5, 2024 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 23:29
Dec 3, 2024 @ WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:25
Nov 30, 2024 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:15
Nov 27, 2024 @ NJD W 3-0 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 21:30
Nov 25, 2024 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 19:12
Nov 23, 2024 @ NYI L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 19:22
Nov 21, 2024 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:18
Nov 19, 2024 vs MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 23:07
Oct 22, 2024 vs WPG L 2-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 15:19
Oct 19, 2024 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:58
Oct 17, 2024 vs NYI W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:59
Oct 15, 2024 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 22:49
Oct 11, 2024 @ VGK L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 21:34
Oct 10, 2024 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 21:04
Oct 8, 2024 @ SEA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:05