Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Alex Tanguay

Alex Tanguay

#40 · Left wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Nov 21, 1979 in Ste-Justine, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 12th overall in 1998 by COL (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2000-01

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Spooner BOS · 11 P in 23 GP Jeremy Morin CHI · 11 P in 24 GP Sven Baertschi CGY · 11 P in 26 GP Emerson Etem ANA · 11 P in 29 GP Peter Holland TOR · 11 P in 43 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.

0204060801999-00: 51 points5199-002000-01: 77 points772001-02: 48 points4801-022002-03: 67 points672003-04: 79 points7903-042005-06: 78 points782006-07: 81 points8106-072007-08: 58 points582008-09: 41 points4108-092009-10: 37 points372010-11: 69 points6910-112011-12: 49 points492012-13: 27 points2712-132013-14: 11 points112014-15: 55 points5514-152015-16: 35 points35

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1999-00 COL 76 17 34 51 6 22 74 72 0.67
2000-01 COL 82 27 50 77 35 37 135 102 0.94
2001-02 COL 70 13 35 48 8 36 90 57 0.69
2002-03 COL 82 26 41 67 34 36 142 26 0.82
2003-04 COL 69 25 54 79 30 42 117 47 1.14
2005-06 COL 71 29 49 78 8 46 125 22 1.10 $3.23M
2006-07 CGY 81 22 59 81 12 44 107 45 1.00 $5.25M
2007-08 CGY 78 18 40 58 11 48 121 42 0.74 $5.25M
2008-09 MTL 50 16 25 41 13 34 76 47 0.82 $5.25M
2009-10 TBL 80 10 27 37 -2 32 91 42 0.46 $2.5M
2010-11 CGY 79 22 47 69 0 24 120 31 0.87 $1.7M
2011-12 CGY 64 13 36 49 7 28 84 22 0.77 $3.5M
2012-13 CGY 40 11 16 27 -13 22 44 24 0.68 $3.5M
2013-14 COL 16 4 7 11 7 4 24 8 0.69 $3.5M
2014-15 COL 80 22 33 55 -1 40 104 45 0.69 $3.5M
2015-16 COL 52 4 18 22 3 24 49 14 0.42 $3.5M
2015-16 ARI 18 4 9 13 5 8 22 8 0.72
16 seasons Career 1088 283 580 863 163 527 1525 654 0.79

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 COL 17 2 1 3 -2 2 13 26 0.18
2000-01 COL 23 6 15 21 13 8 37 33 0.91
2001-02 COL 19 5 8 13 -8 0 20 35 0.68
2002-03 COL 7 1 2 3 -2 4 10 3 0.43
2003-04 COL 8 2 2 4 1 2 6 3 0.50
2005-06 COL 9 2 4 6 1 12 20 6 0.67
2006-07 CGY 6 1 3 4 -2 8 9 7 0.67
2007-08 CGY 7 0 4 4 -1 4 6 8 0.57
2008-09 MTL 2 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0.50
9 seasons Playoffs 98 19 40 59 2 42 125 121 0.60

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 4 7 11 7 4 24 8 0.69 16.7 17:17

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$318KCap dollars per point11 points in 16 games
$6.691MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2015-16, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $3.5M
2014-15 $3.5M
2015-16 $3.5M

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
2014-15 to 2015-16 $3.5M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $3.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3.5M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $3.5M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $1.7M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $2.5M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $5.25M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $3.23M

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.5Penalty kill+0.2Penalties+0.0

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

47.9Corsi for %174 attempts for, 189 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.6Expected goals for %8.0 expected for, 8.5 against
+1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
65.0Goals for %13 for, 7 against
105.7PDO12.3% shooting + 93.4% saves
25Attempts 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
Alex Tanguay · Paul Stastny · Gabriel Landeskog15161:1248.953.911-5
Alex Tanguay · John Mitchell · Paul Stastny313:2466.764.00-0
Alex Tanguay · John Mitchell · Gabriel Landeskog21:5425.019.40-0
Alex Tanguay · Matt Duchene · Gabriel Landeskog41:5357.144.10-0

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. 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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt67th
Finishing +1.8 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Goals 4Expected 2.2

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
Jan 30, 2014 vs MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:31
Jan 27, 2014 @ DAL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:16
Jan 24, 2014 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:10
Nov 2, 2013 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:54
Nov 1, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:29
Oct 27, 2013 vs WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 18:19
Oct 25, 2013 vs CAR W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 19:48
Oct 21, 2013 @ PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:44
Oct 19, 2013 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 19:37
Oct 17, 2013 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:29
Oct 15, 2013 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:47
Oct 12, 2013 @ WSH W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 17:11
Oct 10, 2013 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:23
Oct 8, 2013 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:37
Oct 4, 2013 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:33
Oct 2, 2013 vs ANA W 6-1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 13:38