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Tomas Tatar

#90 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Dec 1, 1990 in Ilava, SVK · 5'10", 173 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 60th overall in 2009 by DET (round 2)

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

Mikael Backlund CGY · 39 P in 76 GP Nick Foligno CBJ · 39 P in 70 GP Matt Cullen NSH · 39 P in 77 GP Chris Higgins VAN · 39 P in 78 GP Andrew Shaw CHI · 39 P in 80 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.

02040602010-11: 1 points110-112012-13: 7 points712-132013-14: 39 points3913-142014-15: 56 points5614-152015-16: 45 points4515-162016-17: 46 points4616-172017-18: 34 points3417-182018-19: 58 points5818-192019-20: 61 points6119-202020-21: 30 points3020-212021-22: 30 points3021-222022-23: 48 points4822-232023-24: 24 points2423-242024-25: 17 points1724-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 DET 9 1 0 1 0 0 6 7 0.11 $660K
2012-13 DET 18 4 3 7 2 4 32 9 0.39 $630K
2013-14 DET 73 19 20 39 12 30 158 81 0.53 $630K
2014-15 DET 82 29 27 56 6 28 211 90 0.68 $2.75M
2015-16 DET 81 21 24 45 4 24 165 74 0.56 $2.75M
2016-17 DET 82 25 21 46 -8 26 166 92 0.56 $2.75M
2017-18 DET 62 16 12 28 -8 24 140 45 0.45 $5.3M
2017-18 VGK 20 4 2 6 -11 10 34 22 0.30
2018-19 MTL 80 25 33 58 21 34 195 77 0.73 $5.3M
2019-20 MTL 68 22 39 61 5 36 162 79 0.90 $5.3M
2020-21 MTL 50 10 20 30 0 8 82 63 0.60 $5.3M
2021-22 NJD 76 15 15 30 -22 22 132 75 0.39 $4.5M
2022-23 NJD 82 20 28 48 41 30 153 65 0.59 $4.5M
2023-24 COL 27 1 8 9 0 10 19 16 0.33 $1.5M
2023-24 SEA 43 8 7 15 8 10 53 27 0.35
2024-25 NJD 74 7 10 17 -7 20 66 56 0.23 $1.8M
14 seasons Career 927 227 269 496 43 316 1774 878 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 DET 5 0 0 0 -3 8 19 14 0.00
2014-15 DET 7 3 1 4 -3 2 18 8 0.57
2015-16 DET 5 0 3 3 1 2 5 6 0.60
2017-18 VGK 8 1 1 2 1 2 7 20 0.25
2019-20 MTL 10 2 0 2 -1 4 13 19 0.20
2020-21 MTL 5 0 1 1 -2 2 3 17 0.20
2022-23 NJD 12 1 0 1 -7 4 15 13 0.08
2024-25 NJD 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 56 7 6 13 -13 26 83 104 0.23

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 19 20 39 12 30 158 81 0.53 12.0 14:21

Contract

$630KCap hitends in 2014, then RFA
$16KCap dollars per point39 points in 73 games
$72KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.7 goals above replacement
$5.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.9MValueworth 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 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Sep 18, 2009, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.7M, beginning in 2011-12. It runs through 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2011-12 $630K $550K $90K $260K $640K
2012-13 $630K $600K $0 $210K $600K
2013-14 $630K $650K $0 $160K $650K

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 2, 2024 New Jersey Devils New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1.8M $1.8M
Sep 12, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Aug 5, 2021 New Jersey Devils New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $9M $4.5M
Jul 21, 2017 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2017-18 to 2020-21 4 $21.2M $5.3M
Jul 27, 2014 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $8.25M $2.75M
Sep 18, 2009 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 signed for 2009-10, slid 3 $2.7M $630K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+8.7Goals above replacement92nd of 672 skaters, 68th of 438 forwards
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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+4.5 88th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 75th percentilePower play-0.8 7th percentilePenalty kill0.0 44th percentilePenalties+1.0 74th 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.

-50510152010-112013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-24Goals 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

56.3Corsi for %812 attempts for, 630 against
+6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.2Expected goals for %33.8 expected for, 27.5 against
+5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.3Goals for %43 for, 26 against
102.6PDO9.8% shooting + 92.8% saves
210Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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
Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan · Tomas Jurco28213:1259.352.811-5
Drew Miller · Joakim Andersson · Tomas Tatar20102:2653.757.45-3
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan1787:2358.658.28-0
Justin Abdelkader · Joakim Andersson · Tomas Tatar739:2955.371.73-2

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.3Expected goalsfrom 212 unblocked attempts
+1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.94 expected goals per 60 minutes85th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt61st
Finishing +1.7 goals above expected71stOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 18Expected 16.3

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 13, 2014 @ STL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:34
Apr 11, 2014 vs CAR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:23
Apr 9, 2014 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 15:26
Apr 8, 2014 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:30
Apr 5, 2014 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:15
Apr 4, 2014 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:30
Apr 2, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 13:26
Mar 30, 2014 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:15
Mar 29, 2014 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 15:36
Mar 27, 2014 vs MTL L 4-5 2 0 2 2 0 4 4 16:21
Mar 25, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 17:01
Mar 23, 2014 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 15:43
Mar 22, 2014 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 10:00
Mar 20, 2014 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 14:21
Mar 18, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 15:21
Mar 16, 2014 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:49
Mar 14, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:26
Mar 11, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:18
Mar 9, 2014 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:51
Mar 7, 2014 vs NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:04
Mar 6, 2014 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 14:46
Mar 4, 2014 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:38
Feb 27, 2014 @ OTT W 6-1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 11:38
Feb 26, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 17:22
Feb 8, 2014 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:33
Feb 6, 2014 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:11
Feb 3, 2014 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:39
Feb 2, 2014 @ WSH L 5-6 (OT) 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 14:55
Jan 31, 2014 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 16:58
Jan 28, 2014 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:00
Jan 26, 2014 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 14:08
Jan 24, 2014 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 11:31
Jan 22, 2014 vs CHI W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:54
Jan 20, 2014 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:30
Jan 18, 2014 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:04
Jan 12, 2014 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 15:01
Jan 11, 2014 @ LAK W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:07
Jan 9, 2014 @ SJS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 15:58
Jan 4, 2014 @ DAL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 10:46
Jan 1, 2014 vs TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:32
Dec 30, 2013 @ NSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:29
Dec 28, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 12:08
Dec 23, 2013 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:08
Dec 21, 2013 @ TOR W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 17:53
Dec 19, 2013 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:45
Dec 17, 2013 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:55
Dec 15, 2013 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:32
Dec 14, 2013 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:19
Dec 12, 2013 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:42
Dec 10, 2013 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 14:48
Dec 7, 2013 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:23
Dec 6, 2013 @ NJD W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 15:52
Dec 4, 2013 vs PHI L 3-6 2 0 2 0 0 6 4 16:14
Dec 1, 2013 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 10:17
Nov 29, 2013 @ NYI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:46
Nov 27, 2013 vs BOS W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 13:14
Nov 24, 2013 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:21
Nov 23, 2013 vs OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 11:17
Nov 21, 2013 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 15:25
Nov 19, 2013 vs NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:59
Nov 16, 2013 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:43
Nov 15, 2013 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:59
Nov 12, 2013 vs WPG L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:31
Nov 9, 2013 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:58
Nov 7, 2013 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 08:17
Nov 4, 2013 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 13:17
Nov 2, 2013 @ EDM W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:57
Nov 1, 2013 @ CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 11:49
Oct 30, 2013 @ VAN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:54
Oct 26, 2013 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:11
Oct 23, 2013 vs OTT L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:57
Oct 21, 2013 vs SJS L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:07
Oct 5, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:08