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Eric Staal

#12 · Centre · Florida Panthers

Born Oct 29, 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 2003 by CAR (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Zetterberg DET · 70 P in 74 GP Pavel Datsyuk DET · 70 P in 80 GP Tomas Plekanec MTL · 70 P in 82 GP Vincent Lecavalier TBL · 70 P in 82 GP Daniel Alfredsson OTT · 71 P in 70 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.

0204060801002003-04: 31 points3103-042005-06: 100 points1002006-07: 70 points7006-072007-08: 82 points822008-09: 75 points7508-092009-10: 70 points702010-11: 76 points7610-112011-12: 70 points702012-13: 53 points5312-132013-14: 61 points612014-15: 54 points5414-152015-16: 39 points392016-17: 65 points6516-172017-18: 76 points762018-19: 52 points5218-192019-20: 47 points472020-21: 13 points1320-212022-23: 29 points29

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 CAR 81 11 20 31 -6 40 164 16 0.38
2005-06 CAR 82 45 55 100 -8 81 279 43 1.22
2006-07 CAR 82 30 40 70 -6 68 288 77 0.85 $4.5M
2007-08 CAR 82 38 44 82 -2 50 310 99 1.00 $4.5M
2008-09 CAR 82 40 35 75 15 50 372 61 0.91 $4.5M
2009-10 CAR 70 29 41 70 4 68 277 75 1.00 $8.25M
2010-11 CAR 81 33 43 76 -10 72 296 81 0.94 $8.25M
2011-12 CAR 82 24 46 70 -20 48 262 48 0.85 $8.25M
2012-13 CAR 48 18 35 53 5 54 152 35 1.10 $8.25M
2013-14 CAR 79 21 40 61 -13 74 230 67 0.77 $8.25M
2014-15 CAR 77 23 31 54 -13 41 244 65 0.70 $8.25M
2015-16 CAR 63 10 23 33 -3 32 159 55 0.52 $8.25M
2015-16 NYR 20 3 3 6 1 2 40 19 0.30
2016-17 MIN 82 28 37 65 17 34 211 42 0.79 $3.5M
2017-18 MIN 82 42 34 76 8 42 241 42 0.93 $3.5M
2018-19 MIN 81 22 30 52 -7 34 215 41 0.64 $3.5M
2019-20 MIN 66 19 28 47 -9 28 113 24 0.71 $3.25M
2020-21 BUF 32 3 7 10 -20 8 59 14 0.31 $3.25M
2020-21 MTL 21 2 1 3 -10 2 23 9 0.14
2022-23 FLA 72 14 15 29 -5 26 106 27 0.40 $750K
18 seasons Career 1365 455 608 1063 -82 854 4041 940 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
2005-06 CAR 25 9 19 28 0 8 87 25 1.12
2008-09 CAR 18 10 5 15 -3 4 73 20 0.83
2015-16 NYR 5 0 0 0 -7 4 7 9 0.00
2016-17 MIN 5 0 1 1 -1 0 12 9 0.20
2017-18 MIN 5 1 1 2 -3 2 14 11 0.40
2019-20 MIN 4 1 4 5 0 2 9 3 1.25
2020-21 MTL 21 2 6 8 -2 6 21 17 0.38
2022-23 FLA 21 2 3 5 -4 12 14 14 0.24
8 seasons Playoffs 104 25 39 64 -20 38 237 108 0.62

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 29 41 70 4 68 277 75 1.00 10.5 20:43

Contract

$8.25MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$118KCap dollars per point70 points in 70 games

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 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $8.25M
2010-11 $8.25M
2011-12 $8.25M
2012-13 $8.25M
2013-14 $8.25M
2014-15 $8.25M
2015-16 $8.25M

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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $3.25M
2019-20 to 2020-21 $3.25M
2016-17 to 2018-19 $3.5M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $8.25M
2009-10 to 2015-16 $8.25M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $4.5M

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 2009-10 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2010 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -4 2 2 3 20:01
Apr 8, 2010 vs MTL W 5-2 3 2 5 4 0 8 1 19:47
Apr 6, 2010 @ TBL W 8-5 2 2 4 4 0 5 0 15:07
Apr 3, 2010 vs NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 20:33
Apr 1, 2010 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 22:11
Mar 31, 2010 @ MTL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 20:49
Mar 29, 2010 @ ATL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 4 3 1 19:07
Mar 27, 2010 vs ATL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:17
Mar 25, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 23:22
Mar 23, 2010 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 21:52
Mar 21, 2010 vs BUF L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 7 0 21:47
Mar 20, 2010 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 22:59
Mar 18, 2010 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 20:44
Mar 16, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 4 3 2 22:08
Mar 13, 2010 vs PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 21:14
Mar 11, 2010 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 21:56
Mar 10, 2010 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:14
Mar 7, 2010 @ ATL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:42
Mar 6, 2010 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 25:37
Mar 4, 2010 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 18:47
Mar 2, 2010 @ TOR W 5-1 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 19:28
Feb 13, 2010 vs NJD W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 6 1 19:10
Feb 11, 2010 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:14
Feb 9, 2010 vs FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 20:32
Feb 6, 2010 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:12
Feb 5, 2010 @ BUF W 4-3 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 18:57
Feb 3, 2010 @ CGY L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 20:35
Feb 1, 2010 @ EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 24:11
Jan 30, 2010 vs CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 20:34
Jan 28, 2010 vs NYI W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 19:15
Jan 27, 2010 @ NYR W 5-1 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 18:45
Jan 24, 2010 vs BOS W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 16:21
Jan 23, 2010 @ PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 21:25
Jan 21, 2010 @ ATL W 5-2 3 0 3 2 0 8 1 19:05
Jan 18, 2010 vs TBL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:11
Jan 16, 2010 vs ATL L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 23:25
Jan 14, 2010 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:18
Jan 12, 2010 @ TOR W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 19:25
Jan 10, 2010 vs OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 18:41
Jan 2, 2010 @ NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:18
Dec 31, 2009 vs NYR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 20:58
Dec 28, 2009 @ WSH W 6-3 2 3 5 4 4 4 3 18:20
Dec 26, 2009 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 6 1 23:05
Dec 23, 2009 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 17:56
Dec 21, 2009 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 5 3 22:35
Dec 19, 2009 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:41
Dec 18, 2009 @ FLA L 3-6 1 0 1 -3 0 6 0 18:48
Dec 16, 2009 vs DAL W 5-3 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 19:48
Dec 12, 2009 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:45
Dec 11, 2009 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 22:22
Dec 9, 2009 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 21:01
Dec 7, 2009 @ PIT W 3-2 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 20:27
Dec 5, 2009 vs VAN W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 15:34
Nov 30, 2009 vs WSH L 2-3 0 2 2 0 2 9 0 21:47
Nov 28, 2009 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:00
Nov 27, 2009 vs ATL L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 21:04
Nov 25, 2009 @ ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 16:50
Nov 1, 2009 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:40
Oct 31, 2009 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 23:58
Oct 28, 2009 vs STL L 2-5 0 1 1 -4 0 1 1 23:55
Oct 24, 2009 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24:36
Oct 23, 2009 @ COL L 4-5 0 1 1 1 26 6 2 19:08
Oct 21, 2009 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 7 2 26:47
Oct 17, 2009 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:05
Oct 14, 2009 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 22:22
Oct 10, 2009 @ TBL L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 8 1 23:10
Oct 9, 2009 vs FLA W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:57
Oct 6, 2009 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 23:20
Oct 3, 2009 @ BOS L 2-7 1 0 1 0 4 5 1 15:48
Oct 2, 2009 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 26:39