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Logan Couture

#39 · Centre · San Jose Sharks

Born Mar 28, 1989 in Guelph, Ontario, CAN (age 37) · 6'1", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 2007 by SJS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Klapka CGY · 1 P in 6 GP John Leonard ARI · 1 P in 6 GP Brandon Gignac MTL · 1 P in 7 GP Jan Jenik ARI · 1 P in 5 GP Jason Polin COL · 1 P in 7 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.

02040602009-10: 9 points909-102010-11: 56 points562011-12: 65 points6511-122012-13: 37 points372013-14: 54 points5413-142014-15: 67 points672015-16: 36 points3615-162016-17: 52 points522017-18: 61 points6117-182018-19: 70 points702019-20: 39 points3919-202020-21: 31 points312021-22: 56 points5621-222022-23: 67 points672023-24: 1 points123-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 SJS 25 5 4 9 4 6 42 14 0.36 $817K
2010-11 SJS 79 32 24 56 18 41 253 60 0.71 $817K
2011-12 SJS 80 31 34 65 2 16 245 42 0.81 $817K
2012-13 SJS 48 21 16 37 7 4 151 32 0.77 $2.875M
2013-14 SJS 65 23 31 54 21 20 233 16 0.83 $2.875M
2014-15 SJS 82 27 40 67 -6 12 263 85 0.82 $6M
2015-16 SJS 52 15 21 36 2 20 137 29 0.69 $6M
2016-17 SJS 73 25 27 52 11 12 174 57 0.71 $6M
2017-18 SJS 78 34 27 61 -2 18 204 33 0.78 $6M
2018-19 SJS 81 27 43 70 -6 22 204 65 0.86 $6M
2019-20 SJS 52 16 23 39 0 18 126 54 0.75 $8M
2020-21 SJS 53 17 14 31 -11 25 114 58 0.58 $8M
2021-22 SJS 77 23 33 56 -11 18 199 92 0.73 $8M
2022-23 SJS 82 27 40 67 -30 19 198 128 0.82 $8M
2023-24 SJS 6 0 1 1 0 4 7 8 0.17 $8M
15 seasons Career 933 323 378 701 -1 255 2550 773 0.75

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 SJS 15 4 0 4 1 4 18 21 0.27
2010-11 SJS 18 7 7 14 2 2 64 11 0.78
2011-12 SJS 5 1 3 4 -1 0 19 10 0.80
2012-13 SJS 11 5 6 11 -6 0 33 11 1.00
2013-14 SJS 7 1 2 3 0 7 18 17 0.43
2015-16 SJS 24 10 20 30 5 8 65 40 1.25
2016-17 SJS 6 2 1 3 -1 0 10 5 0.50
2017-18 SJS 10 4 8 12 0 4 32 14 1.20
2018-19 SJS 20 14 6 20 3 6 67 39 1.00
9 seasons Playoffs 116 48 53 101 3 31 326 168 0.87

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 1 1 0 4 7 8 0.17 0.0 18:45

Contract

$8MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$8MCap dollars per point1 points in 6 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the San Jose Sharks on Jul 1, 2018, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $64M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2026-27, with 3 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
2019-20 $8M $6M $4M $10M M-NTC
2020-21 $8M $4M $5M $9M M-NTC
2021-22 $8M $6M $3M $9M M-NTC
2022-23 $8M $4M $4M $8M M-NTC
2023-24 $8M $8M $0 $8M M-NTC
2024-25 $8M $7M $0 $7M M-NTC
2025-26 $8M $7M $0 $7M M-NTC
2026-27 $8M $6M $0 $6M 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 1, 2018 San Jose Sharks Extension 2019-20 to 2026-27 8 $64M $8M
Jun 18, 2013 San Jose Sharks Extension 2014-15 to 2018-19 5 $30M $6M
Aug 30, 2011 San Jose Sharks Extension 2012-13 to 2013-14 2 $5.75M $2.875M
Jul 19, 2007 San Jose Sharks Entry-level 2009-10 to 2011-12 signed for 2007-08, slid 3 $3.9M $817K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-5051015202010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

40.5Corsi for %66 attempts for, 97 against
-4.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.9Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 3.9 against
-2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
99.6PDO4.2% shooting + 95.5% 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
Logan Couture · Anthony Duclair · Alexander Barabanov635:5342.035.81-2
Logan Couture · Mike Hoffman · Fabian Zetterlund318:4747.137.70-0
Logan Couture · Alexander Barabanov · William Eklund24:4620.027.00-0
Logan Couture · Fabian Zetterlund · Alexander Barabanov22:2433.353.20-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 5.7% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.8Goals 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 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 31, 2024 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:54
Jan 30, 2024 vs SEA W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:53
Jan 27, 2024 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 15:48
Jan 23, 2024 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:17
Jan 22, 2024 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:50
Jan 20, 2024 vs ANA W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 15:49