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Vincent Lecavalier

#44 · Centre · Los Angeles Kings

Born Apr 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec, CAN · 6'4", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1998 by TBL (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2003-04
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrice Bergeron BOS · 32 P in 42 GP Michael Cammalleri CGY · 32 P in 44 GP Wayne Simmonds PHI · 32 P in 45 GP Lee Stempniak CGY · 32 P in 47 GP Bryan Little WPG · 32 P in 48 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.

0501001998-99: 28 points2898-991999-00: 67 points672000-01: 51 points5100-012001-02: 37 points372002-03: 78 points7802-032003-04: 66 points662005-06: 75 points7505-062006-07: 108 points1082007-08: 92 points9207-082008-09: 67 points672009-10: 70 points7009-102010-11: 54 points542011-12: 49 points4911-122012-13: 32 points322013-14: 37 points3713-142014-15: 20 points202015-16: 18 points1815-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 TBL 82 13 15 28 -19 23 125 52 0.34
1999-00 TBL 80 25 42 67 -25 43 166 116 0.84
2000-01 TBL 68 23 28 51 -26 66 165 72 0.75
2001-02 TBL 76 20 17 37 -18 61 164 85 0.49
2002-03 TBL 80 33 45 78 0 39 274 43 0.98
2003-04 TBL 81 32 34 66 23 52 242 48 0.81
2005-06 TBL 80 35 40 75 0 90 309 78 0.94 $6.875M
2006-07 TBL 82 52 56 108 2 44 339 112 1.32 $6.875M
2007-08 TBL 81 40 52 92 -17 89 318 112 1.14 $6.875M
2008-09 TBL 77 29 38 67 -9 54 291 110 0.87 $6.875M
2009-10 TBL 82 24 46 70 -16 63 295 80 0.85 $7.727M
2010-11 TBL 65 25 29 54 -5 43 210 93 0.83 $7.727M
2011-12 TBL 64 22 27 49 -2 50 182 103 0.77 $7.727M
2012-13 TBL 39 10 22 32 -5 29 86 74 0.82 $7.727M
2013-14 PHI 69 20 17 37 -16 44 132 77 0.54 $4.5M
2014-15 PHI 57 8 12 20 -7 36 103 40 0.35 $4.5M
2015-16 PHI 7 0 1 1 -1 2 7 2 0.14 $4.5M
2015-16 LAK 42 10 7 17 1 20 60 60 0.40
17 seasons Career 1212 421 528 949 -140 848 3468 1357 0.78

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 TBL 11 3 3 6 -2 22 32 8 0.55
2003-04 TBL 23 9 7 16 -2 25 76 33 0.70
2005-06 TBL 5 1 3 4 0 7 17 10 0.80
2006-07 TBL 6 5 2 7 4 10 30 21 1.17
2010-11 TBL 18 6 13 19 6 16 56 20 1.06
2013-14 PHI 7 1 1 2 -5 2 9 4 0.29
2015-16 LAK 5 1 1 2 0 2 8 11 0.40
7 seasons Playoffs 75 26 30 56 1 84 228 107 0.75

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 10 22 32 -5 29 86 74 0.82 11.6 17:53

Contract

$7.727MCap hit2012-13
$241KCap dollars per point32 points in 39 games
$3.021MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5MValueworth 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 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2015-16 $4.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $7.727M
2009-10 to 2019-20 $7.727M
2005-06 to 2008-09 $6.875M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement214th of 605 skaters, 152nd of 397 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence+1.6 75th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 21st percentilePower play+0.4 83rd percentilePenalty kill-0.9 1st percentilePenalties+0.4 63rd percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

46.0Corsi for %450 attempts for, 528 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %18.6 expected for, 21.0 against
-1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.3Goals for %26 for, 29 against
100.7PDO10.4% shooting + 90.3% saves
87Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Martin St. Louis · Vincent Lecavalier · Benoit Pouliot1479:0454.558.94-1
Vincent Lecavalier · Teddy Purcell · Alex Killorn644:3649.449.52-2
Martin St. Louis · Vincent Lecavalier · Alex Killorn1144:1236.435.14-2
Vincent Lecavalier · Ryan Malone · Benoit Pouliot639:5747.942.72-2

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. 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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.5Expected goalsfrom 115 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.82 expected goals per 60 minutes72nd
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt76th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246810Game 20Goals 10Expected 9.5

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 this season, 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 27, 2013 vs FLA L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 7 1 1 14:33
Apr 25, 2013 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:52
Apr 24, 2013 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 15:44
Apr 21, 2013 vs CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12:44
Apr 18, 2013 @ MTL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:18
Apr 16, 2013 @ WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:04
Apr 14, 2013 @ BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:42
Apr 13, 2013 @ WSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 18:38
Apr 11, 2013 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:40
Apr 9, 2013 vs OTT W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 15:58
Apr 7, 2013 @ WSH L 2-4 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 17:12
Apr 6, 2013 @ NYI L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 14:09
Apr 4, 2013 @ CAR W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:17
Mar 12, 2013 @ FLA W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 15:54
Mar 9, 2013 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:45
Mar 7, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:01
Mar 5, 2013 @ NJD W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 17:11
Mar 4, 2013 @ PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:20
Mar 2, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 20:21
Feb 28, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:00
Feb 26, 2013 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:44
Feb 24, 2013 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 19:38
Feb 23, 2013 @ CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:52
Feb 21, 2013 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 20:39
Feb 19, 2013 vs TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 22:01
Feb 16, 2013 @ FLA W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 20:52
Feb 14, 2013 vs WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 20:43
Feb 12, 2013 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 17:44
Feb 10, 2013 @ NYR L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 22:51
Feb 7, 2013 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:02
Feb 5, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 7 3 2 18:01
Feb 2, 2013 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:25
Feb 1, 2013 vs WPG W 8-3 1 2 3 1 0 4 1 15:52
Jan 29, 2013 vs FLA W 5-2 1 1 2 -1 0 2 2 17:06
Jan 27, 2013 vs PHI W 5-1 1 0 1 1 5 3 7 14:51
Jan 25, 2013 vs OTT W 6-4 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 18:51
Jan 22, 2013 @ CAR W 4-1 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 19:56
Jan 21, 2013 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:18
Jan 19, 2013 vs WSH W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 5 4 17:37