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Lars Eller

#20 · Centre · Florida Panthers

Born May 8, 1989 in Rodovre, DNK (age 37) · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 13th overall in 2007 by STL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrik Berglund STL · 27 P in 77 GP Shawn Matthias VAN · 27 P in 78 GP David Legwand OTT · 27 P in 80 GP Dominic Moore NYR · 27 P in 82 GP Dustin Brown LAK · 27 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.

01020302009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 17 points172011-12: 28 points2811-122012-13: 30 points302013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 27 points272015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 25 points252017-18: 38 points3817-182018-19: 36 points362019-20: 39 points3919-202020-21: 23 points232021-22: 31 points3121-222022-23: 23 points232023-24: 31 points3123-242024-25: 22 points222025-26: 15 points1525-262026-27: 3 points3

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 STL 7 2 0 2 2 4 8 8 0.29 $846K
2010-11 MTL 77 7 10 17 -4 48 79 85 0.22 $846K
2011-12 MTL 79 16 12 28 -5 66 129 72 0.35 $846K
2012-13 MTL 46 8 22 30 8 45 84 86 0.65 $1.15M
2013-14 MTL 77 12 14 26 -15 68 137 130 0.34 $1.15M
2014-15 MTL 77 15 12 27 -6 42 150 76 0.35 $3.5M
2015-16 MTL 79 13 13 26 -13 28 149 111 0.33 $3.5M
2016-17 WSH 81 12 13 25 15 36 115 71 0.31 $3.5M
2017-18 WSH 81 18 20 38 -6 38 161 71 0.47 $3.5M
2018-19 WSH 81 13 23 36 -1 37 163 69 0.44 $3.5M
2019-20 WSH 69 16 23 39 3 48 151 59 0.57 $3.5M
2020-21 WSH 44 8 15 23 -1 21 69 36 0.52 $3.5M
2021-22 WSH 72 13 18 31 -4 40 116 95 0.43 $3.5M
2022-23 WSH 60 7 9 16 -1 36 101 80 0.27 $3.5M
2022-23 COL 24 3 4 7 4 10 39 13 0.29
2023-24 PIT 82 15 16 31 -1 32 154 55 0.38 $2.45M
2024-25 PIT 17 4 3 7 -4 10 27 17 0.41 $2.45M
2024-25 WSH 63 6 9 15 -1 26 77 40 0.24
2025-26 OTT 68 5 10 15 5 12 67 50 0.22 $1.25M
2026-27 FLA 4 0 3 3 2 2 5 4 0.75 $850K
18 seasons Career 1188 193 249 442 -23 649 1981 1228 0.37

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 MTL 7 0 2 2 1 4 11 18 0.29
2012-13 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2013-14 MTL 17 5 8 13 6 18 23 30 0.76
2014-15 MTL 12 1 2 3 0 4 26 21 0.25
2016-17 WSH 13 0 5 5 -2 10 22 24 0.38
2017-18 WSH 24 7 11 18 6 18 52 53 0.75
2018-19 WSH 7 1 2 3 -1 2 11 10 0.43
2019-20 WSH 4 0 0 0 -5 2 9 6 0.00
2020-21 WSH 4 0 1 1 0 0 8 5 0.25
2021-22 WSH 6 1 2 3 -4 0 15 23 0.50
2022-23 COL 7 0 0 0 -1 0 9 12 0.00
2024-25 WSH 9 0 1 1 -1 2 3 13 0.11
2025-26 OTT 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.00
13 seasons Playoffs 115 15 34 49 -1 60 193 221 0.43

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 15 12 27 -6 42 150 76 0.35 10.0 15:30

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$130KCap dollars per point27 points in 77 games
$2.837MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.2 goals above replacement
$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jul 24, 2014, as a new contract: 4 years and $14M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2017-18, 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
2014-15 $3.5M $2M $500K $2.5M
2015-16 $3.5M $2.5M $0 $2.5M
2016-17 $3.5M $4.25M $0 $4.25M
2017-18 $3.5M $4.75M $0 $4.75M

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, 2026 Florida Panthers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 1, 2025 Ottawa Senators New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1.25M $1.25M
Jul 1, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $4.9M $2.45M
Feb 10, 2018 Washington Capitals Extension 2018-19 to 2022-23 5 $17.5M $3.5M
Jul 24, 2014 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2014-15 to 2017-18 4 $14M $3.5M
Jul 7, 2012 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2012-13 to 2013-14 2 $2.65M $1.15M
May 13, 2008 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2009-10 to 2011-12 signed for 2008-09, slid 3 $3.9M $846K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.2Goals above replacement420th of 665 skaters, 286th of 432 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-1.8 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 47th percentilePower play-0.3 28th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 17th percentilePenalties0.0 37th 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. 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.

-202468102010-112013-142016-172019-202022-232025-26Goals 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

47.5Corsi for %837 attempts for, 926 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Expected goals for %32.5 expected for, 37.1 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.1Goals for %32 for, 39 against
98.9PDO7.2% shooting + 91.7% saves
212Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Brandon Prust · Lars Eller · Jiri Sekac31238:4949.153.28-2
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Jacob de la Rose15109:2946.249.02-4
Rene Bourque · Lars Eller · Jiri Sekac645:0651.140.21-6
Lars Eller · Dale Weise · Jacob de la Rose1342:4042.039.30-1

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.

14Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.9Expected goalsfrom 196 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt12th
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected75thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 14Expected 11.9

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:16
Apr 9, 2015 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:59
Apr 5, 2015 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:16
Apr 3, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:42
Apr 2, 2015 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 13:24
Mar 30, 2015 vs TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 17:07
Mar 28, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:08
Mar 26, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 10:33
Mar 24, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:57
Mar 21, 2015 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:28
Mar 19, 2015 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:01
Mar 17, 2015 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:12
Mar 16, 2015 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 16:02
Mar 14, 2015 @ NYI W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 18:55
Mar 12, 2015 vs OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:11
Mar 10, 2015 vs TBL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:10
Mar 7, 2015 @ ARI W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:12
Mar 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16:41
Mar 4, 2015 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 7 2 17:09
Mar 2, 2015 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 13:31
Feb 28, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:39
Feb 26, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:33
Feb 24, 2015 @ STL W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 16:49
Feb 21, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 18:05
Feb 19, 2015 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:01
Feb 18, 2015 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 4 17:59
Feb 16, 2015 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:35
Feb 14, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 20:40
Feb 12, 2015 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:26
Feb 10, 2015 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 15:55
Feb 8, 2015 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:03
Feb 7, 2015 vs NJD W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:27
Feb 3, 2015 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 11:59
Feb 1, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:35
Jan 31, 2015 vs WSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 18:32
Jan 29, 2015 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 16:23
Jan 27, 2015 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:00
Jan 20, 2015 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 14:14
Jan 17, 2015 vs NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:48
Jan 15, 2015 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:39
Jan 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:43
Jan 10, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:31
Jan 6, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:51
Jan 3, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:31
Jan 2, 2015 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:47
Dec 30, 2014 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 18:56
Dec 29, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 16:24
Dec 23, 2014 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:47
Dec 20, 2014 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:38
Dec 5, 2014 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 03:51
Dec 3, 2014 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:36
Dec 1, 2014 @ COL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 15:12
Nov 29, 2014 vs BUF L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 18:35
Nov 28, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:12
Nov 23, 2014 @ NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:58
Nov 22, 2014 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:16
Nov 20, 2014 vs STL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:42
Nov 18, 2014 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:39
Nov 16, 2014 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:34
Nov 15, 2014 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:10
Nov 13, 2014 vs BOS W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 14:57
Nov 11, 2014 vs WPG W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:31
Nov 8, 2014 vs MIN W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 15:02
Nov 5, 2014 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:03
Nov 4, 2014 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 11:32
Nov 2, 2014 vs CGY L 2-6 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 14:22
Oct 30, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 14:34
Oct 28, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:46
Oct 27, 2014 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:25
Oct 25, 2014 vs NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 14:29
Oct 21, 2014 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:21
Oct 18, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:59
Oct 16, 2014 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:21
Oct 13, 2014 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 12:08
Oct 11, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 17:07
Oct 9, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 2 1 14:13
Oct 8, 2014 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:28