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Victor Hedman

#77 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Dec 18, 1990 in Ornskoldsvik, SWE (age 35) · 6'7", 229 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 2009 by TBL (round 1)

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2020-21, 2019-20
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019-20
James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Thomas Chabot OTT · 55 P in 70 GP Torey Krug BOS · 53 P in 64 GP Kris Letang PIT · 56 P in 65 GP Roman Josi NSH · 56 P in 82 GP Jacob Trouba WPG · 50 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.

0204060802009-10: 20 points2009-102010-11: 26 points262011-12: 23 points2311-122012-13: 20 points202013-14: 55 points5513-142014-15: 38 points382015-16: 47 points4715-162016-17: 72 points722017-18: 63 points6317-182018-19: 54 points542019-20: 55 points5519-202020-21: 45 points452021-22: 85 points8521-222022-23: 49 points492023-24: 76 points7623-242024-25: 66 points662025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 1 points1

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 TBL 74 4 16 20 -3 79 90 59 0.27 $900K
2010-11 TBL 79 3 23 26 3 70 101 54 0.33 $900K
2011-12 TBL 61 5 18 23 -9 65 82 96 0.38 $900K
2012-13 TBL 44 4 16 20 1 31 76 56 0.45 $4M
2013-14 TBL 75 13 42 55 5 53 170 86 0.73 $4M
2014-15 TBL 59 10 28 38 12 40 115 51 0.64 $4M
2015-16 TBL 78 10 37 47 21 46 180 62 0.60 $4M
2016-17 TBL 79 16 56 72 3 47 166 93 0.91 $4M
2017-18 TBL 77 17 46 63 32 54 216 139 0.82 $7.875M
2018-19 TBL 70 12 42 54 24 44 182 59 0.77 $7.875M
2019-20 TBL 66 11 44 55 27 31 155 73 0.83 $7.875M
2020-21 TBL 54 9 36 45 5 28 136 51 0.83 $7.875M
2021-22 TBL 82 20 65 85 26 36 219 93 1.04 $7.875M
2022-23 TBL 76 9 40 49 10 42 185 95 0.64 $7.875M
2023-24 TBL 78 13 63 76 18 76 168 65 0.97 $7.875M
2024-25 TBL 79 15 51 66 18 30 181 39 0.84 $7.875M
2025-26 TBL 33 1 16 17 -1 10 50 19 0.52 $8M
2026-27 TBL 5 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 0.20 $8M
18 seasons Career 1169 172 640 812 194 782 2476 1192 0.69

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 TBL 18 0 6 6 0 8 24 22 0.33
2013-14 TBL 4 1 2 3 -2 2 3 6 0.75
2014-15 TBL 26 1 13 14 11 6 64 36 0.54
2015-16 TBL 17 4 10 14 2 14 46 21 0.82
2017-18 TBL 17 1 10 11 -4 10 35 21 0.65
2018-19 TBL 2 0 0 0 -2 10 6 4 0.00
2019-20 TBL 22 10 11 21 13 24 79 34 0.95
2020-21 TBL 23 2 16 18 1 8 55 21 0.78
2021-22 TBL 23 3 16 19 2 10 77 36 0.83
2022-23 TBL 5 0 3 3 4 2 8 12 0.60
2023-24 TBL 5 1 6 7 -1 0 15 10 1.40
2024-25 TBL 5 0 3 3 -6 0 10 3 0.60
12 seasons Playoffs 167 23 96 119 18 94 422 226 0.71

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 12 42 54 24 44 182 59 0.77 6.6 22:46

Contract

$7.875MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$146KCap dollars per point54 points in 70 games
$940KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.4 goals above replacement
$6.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $63M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2024-25, with 6 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
2017-18 $7.875M $8M $0 $8M NMC
2018-19 $7.875M $8M $0 $8M NMC
2019-20 $7.875M $8M $0 $8M NMC
2020-21 $7.875M $5M $3M $8M NMC
2021-22 $7.875M $8M $0 $8M NMC
2022-23 $7.875M $5M $3M $8M M-NTC
2023-24 $7.875M $5M $3M $8M M-NTC
2024-25 $7.875M $4M $3M $7M 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, 2024 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2025-26 to 2028-29 4 $32M $8M
Jul 1, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2017-18 to 2024-25 8 $63M $7.875M
Dec 1, 2011 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2012-13 to 2016-17 5 $20M $4M
Jul 9, 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2009-10 to 2011-12 3 $10.5M $900K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+8.4Goals above replacement94th of 699 skaters, 18th of 244 defencemen
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 ranked defencemen: 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+3.7 94th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 41st percentilePower play+1.1 95th percentilePenalty kill+0.9 97th percentilePenalties-2.2 9th 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 defencemen. 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.

051015202010-112013-142016-172019-202022-232025-26Goals 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

52.6Corsi for %1148 attempts for, 1035 against
+1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %52.9 expected for, 45.4 against
+1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %60 for, 45 against
102.2PDO9.7% shooting + 92.5% saves
251Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Girardi · Victor Hedman53652:4952.054.332-28
Victor Hedman · Mikhail Sergachev55209:5154.752.49-8
Anton Stralman · Victor Hedman36159:3253.358.010-4
Victor Hedman · Erik Cernak3346:5955.951.54-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.0Expected goalsfrom 254 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes98th
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected75thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 12Expected 11.0

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. 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
Mar 30, 2019 vs WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:58
Mar 25, 2019 vs BOS W 5-4 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 25:42
Mar 23, 2019 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 26:41
Mar 21, 2019 @ CAR W 6-3 0 3 3 1 0 2 3 26:21
Mar 20, 2019 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 28:35
Mar 18, 2019 vs ARI W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 23:26
Mar 16, 2019 vs WSH W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:57
Mar 14, 2019 @ DET W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 23:18
Mar 11, 2019 @ TOR W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 22:09
Mar 9, 2019 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 23:30
Mar 7, 2019 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 22:52
Mar 5, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 21:12
Mar 2, 2019 vs OTT W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 24:54
Feb 28, 2019 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 6 1 1 26:01
Feb 27, 2019 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 27:06
Feb 25, 2019 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:39
Feb 21, 2019 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 27:23
Feb 18, 2019 @ CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:45
Feb 16, 2019 vs MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24:13
Feb 14, 2019 vs DAL W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:51
Feb 12, 2019 vs CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 25:52
Feb 10, 2019 @ FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:44
Feb 9, 2019 vs PIT W 5-4 0 1 1 -3 0 3 1 22:50
Feb 7, 2019 vs STL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:20
Feb 5, 2019 vs VGK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 27:57
Feb 2, 2019 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 22:37
Feb 1, 2019 @ NYI W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 26:37
Jan 30, 2019 @ PIT L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 4 2 24:57
Jan 19, 2019 vs SJS W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 21:43
Jan 17, 2019 vs TOR L 2-4 1 1 2 -1 2 8 2 25:26
Jan 15, 2019 @ DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 19:13
Jan 13, 2019 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:58
Jan 12, 2019 @ BUF W 5-3 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 22:06
Jan 10, 2019 vs CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 21:02
Jan 8, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:10
Jan 5, 2019 @ SJS L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 22:32
Jan 3, 2019 @ LAK W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:49
Dec 31, 2018 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 23:52
Dec 29, 2018 vs MTL W 6-5 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 21:13
Dec 27, 2018 vs PHI W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 24:42
Dec 22, 2018 @ EDM W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 22:54
Dec 20, 2018 @ CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 24:59
Dec 18, 2018 @ VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 22:29
Dec 16, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 24:55
Dec 13, 2018 vs TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 23:36
Dec 10, 2018 vs NYR W 6-3 0 2 2 -1 2 2 1 23:02
Dec 8, 2018 vs COL W 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 22:09
Dec 6, 2018 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 20:58
Dec 4, 2018 @ DET W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:03
Dec 3, 2018 @ NJD W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 23:34
Dec 1, 2018 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 21:53
Nov 29, 2018 vs BUF W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 26:55
Nov 27, 2018 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24:18
Nov 25, 2018 vs NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:54
Nov 23, 2018 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:27
Nov 21, 2018 vs FLA W 7-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 22:01
Nov 19, 2018 @ NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 23:28
Nov 17, 2018 @ PHI W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 23:36
Nov 15, 2018 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:20
Nov 13, 2018 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 24:25
Nov 10, 2018 vs OTT L 4-6 1 0 1 -2 4 3 1 22:23
Oct 26, 2018 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:28
Oct 24, 2018 @ COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:51
Oct 21, 2018 @ CHI W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 23:19
Oct 20, 2018 @ MIN L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 23:03
Oct 18, 2018 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:03
Oct 16, 2018 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:58
Oct 13, 2018 vs CBJ W 8-2 1 0 1 1 6 2 1 19:36
Oct 11, 2018 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 23:18
Oct 6, 2018 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:48