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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dylan Larkin DET · 45 P in 80 GP David Backes STL · 45 P in 79 GP Nazem Kadri TOR · 45 P in 76 GP Tomas Hertl SJS · 46 P in 81 GP Anthony Duclair ARI · 44 P in 81 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 21 24 45 4 24 165 74 0.56 12.7 14:21

Contract

$2.75MCap hitends in 2017
$61KCap dollars per point45 points in 81 games
$392KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.0 goals above replacement
$5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.3MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Jul 27, 2014, as a new contract: 3 years and $8.25M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $2.75M $2.25M $500K $2.75M
2015-16 $2.75M $2.75M $0 $2.75M
2016-17 $2.75M $2.75M $0 $2.75M

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 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+7.0Goals above replacement140th of 675 skaters, 100th of 445 forwards
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+3.2 85th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 66th percentilePower play-0.7 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 49th percentilePenalties+0.6 63rd 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

56.5Corsi for %875 attempts for, 674 against
+6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %37.8 expected for, 32.5 against
+5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.3Goals for %40 for, 35 against
99.8PDO8.4% shooting + 91.4% saves
221Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan46345:0456.054.715-16
Pavel Datsyuk · Darren Helm · Tomas Tatar1895:3851.842.45-4
Brad Richards · Tomas Tatar · Dylan Larkin1047:3061.457.61-3
Tomas Tatar · Teemu Pulkkinen · Dylan Larkin531:4154.152.33-0

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. 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.

21Goalsnot counting empty-netters
18.6Expected goalsfrom 228 unblocked attempts
+2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.96 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt72nd
Finishing +2.4 goals above expected79thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 21Expected 18.6

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 9, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:55
Apr 7, 2016 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:46
Apr 6, 2016 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41
Apr 2, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:04
Apr 1, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 12:13
Mar 29, 2016 @ MTL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:57
Mar 28, 2016 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:54
Mar 26, 2016 vs PIT L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 12:50
Mar 24, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:37
Mar 22, 2016 @ TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:54
Mar 19, 2016 @ FLA W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:10
Mar 17, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:04
Mar 15, 2016 @ PHI L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 13:41
Mar 13, 2016 vs TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:07
Mar 12, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:30
Mar 10, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:15
Mar 8, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:04
Mar 6, 2016 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:41
Mar 2, 2016 vs CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:19
Feb 29, 2016 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:25
Feb 27, 2016 @ COL W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:17
Feb 23, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:43
Feb 21, 2016 @ NYR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:06
Feb 20, 2016 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:05
Feb 18, 2016 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:05
Feb 15, 2016 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:35
Feb 14, 2016 vs BOS W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:13
Feb 12, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 16:46
Feb 10, 2016 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 11:02
Feb 8, 2016 vs FLA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 10:41
Feb 6, 2016 vs NYI W 5-1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 11:37
Feb 4, 2016 @ FLA L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 17:10
Feb 3, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:06
Jan 25, 2016 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:08
Jan 23, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:28
Jan 22, 2016 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:31
Jan 17, 2016 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:23
Jan 14, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:36
Jan 11, 2016 @ LAK L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 17:40
Jan 10, 2016 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:23
Jan 7, 2016 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:55
Jan 4, 2016 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:21
Jan 2, 2016 @ BUF W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 14:44
Dec 31, 2015 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 14:25
Dec 29, 2015 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:02
Dec 28, 2015 @ MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:51
Dec 26, 2015 @ NSH W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 13:15
Dec 22, 2015 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:09
Dec 20, 2015 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 14:31
Dec 18, 2015 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:39
Dec 14, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 13:56
Dec 11, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 14:50
Dec 10, 2015 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 16:22
Dec 8, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:17
Dec 5, 2015 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 15:26
Dec 3, 2015 vs ARI W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 18:26
Dec 1, 2015 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:47
Nov 29, 2015 vs FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:31
Nov 27, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 15:46
Nov 25, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:19
Nov 21, 2015 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 16:59
Nov 20, 2015 vs LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 13:06
Nov 18, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:56
Nov 16, 2015 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 13:10
Nov 14, 2015 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:08
Nov 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:54
Nov 10, 2015 vs WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:05
Nov 8, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 12:45
Nov 6, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:59
Nov 3, 2015 vs TBL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:45
Oct 31, 2015 @ OTT W 5-3 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 14:03
Oct 30, 2015 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 16:13
Oct 27, 2015 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:55
Oct 24, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 20:15
Oct 23, 2015 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:51
Oct 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 17:02
Oct 17, 2015 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:07
Oct 16, 2015 vs CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:38
Oct 13, 2015 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38
Oct 10, 2015 @ CAR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:15
Oct 9, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:29