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Anders Lee

#72 · Left wing · Utah Mammoth

Born Jul 3, 1990 in Edina, Minnesota, USA (age 36) · 6'3", 234 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 152nd overall in 2009 by NYI (round 6)

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King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2023-24

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Bailey NYI · 43 P in 68 GP Alex Iafallo LAK · 43 P in 70 GP Adam Henrique ANA · 43 P in 71 GP Connor Brown OTT · 43 P in 71 GP David Krejci BOS · 43 P in 61 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.

02040602012-13: 2 points212-132013-14: 14 points142014-15: 41 points4114-152015-16: 36 points362016-17: 52 points5216-172017-18: 62 points622018-19: 51 points5118-192019-20: 43 points432020-21: 19 points1920-212021-22: 46 points462022-23: 50 points5022-232023-24: 37 points372024-25: 54 points5424-252025-26: 42 points422026-27: 5 points526-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 NYI 2 1 1 2 -3 0 2 0 1.00 $900K
2013-14 NYI 22 9 5 14 3 14 68 48 0.64 $900K
2014-15 NYI 76 25 16 41 9 33 197 169 0.54 $851K
2015-16 NYI 80 15 21 36 -2 51 183 164 0.45 $3.75M
2016-17 NYI 81 34 18 52 9 56 191 172 0.64 $3.75M
2017-18 NYI 82 40 22 62 -25 44 208 102 0.76 $3.75M
2018-19 NYI 82 28 23 51 20 58 204 103 0.62 $3.75M
2019-20 NYI 68 20 23 43 8 47 195 102 0.63 $7M
2020-21 NYI 27 12 7 19 11 12 80 39 0.70 $7M
2021-22 NYI 76 28 18 46 -11 34 159 94 0.61 $7M
2022-23 NYI 82 28 22 50 -3 50 214 125 0.61 $7M
2023-24 NYI 81 20 17 37 2 68 185 176 0.46 $7M
2024-25 NYI 82 29 25 54 3 35 233 121 0.66 $7M
2025-26 NYI 82 19 23 42 0 44 199 91 0.51 $7M
2026-27 UTA 6 2 3 5 3 0 12 7 0.83 $5.4M
15 seasons Career 929 310 244 554 24 546 2330 1513 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 NYI 5 0 1 1 -2 7 8 7 0.20
2018-19 NYI 8 1 3 4 -1 8 20 25 0.50
2019-20 NYI 22 7 4 11 4 15 72 58 0.50
2022-23 NYI 6 1 0 1 0 12 16 7 0.17
2023-24 NYI 5 1 3 4 -4 6 15 13 0.80
5 seasons Playoffs 46 10 11 21 -3 48 131 110 0.46

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 20 23 43 8 47 195 102 0.63 10.3 18:18

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$163KCap dollars per point43 points in 68 games
$1.073MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.5 goals above replacement
$6.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$888KValueworth 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 New York Islanders on Jul 1, 2019, as a new contract: 7 years and $49M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2025-26, 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
2019-20 $7M $6M $3M $9M NTC
2020-21 $7M $5.85M $0 $5.85M NTC
2021-22 $7M $9M $0 $9M NTC
2022-23 $7M $5.85M $0 $5.85M NTC
2023-24 $7M $8.95M $0 $8.95M NTC
2024-25 $7M $5.85M $0 $5.85M M-NTC
2025-26 $7M $4.5M $0 $4.5M 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, 2026 Utah Mammoth New contract 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $16.2M $5.4M
Jul 1, 2019 New York Islanders New contract 2019-20 to 2025-26 7 $49M $7M
Jun 30, 2015 New York Islanders Extension 2015-16 to 2018-19 4 $15M $3.75M
Jul 11, 2014 New York Islanders New contract 2014-15 to 2014-15 1 $851K $851K
Apr 1, 2012 New York Islanders Entry-level 2012-13 to 2013-14 2 $3.5M $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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+6.5Goals above replacement122nd of 670 skaters, 91st of 439 forwards
+1.1Wins 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 439 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+5.9 92nd percentileEven-strength defence-1.7 10th percentilePower play-0.8 9th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 34th percentilePenalties-0.2 28th 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.

-50510152012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

51.4Corsi for %1062 attempts for, 1003 against
+7.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Expected goals for %51.4 expected for, 43.6 against
+6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.8Goals for %44 for, 41 against
99.6PDO7.8% shooting + 91.9% saves
234Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal56524:0554.557.120-22
Josh Bailey · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal29133:3746.348.47-4
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Brock Nelson1673:2246.847.54-0
Derick Brassard · Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee1558:1654.965.20-3

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
25.3Expected goalsfrom 258 unblocked attempts
-7.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.22 expected goals per 60 minutes98th
Shot quality 9.8% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing -7.3 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 25.3Goals 18

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 10, 2020 @ VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 21:37
Mar 7, 2020 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 19:42
Mar 5, 2020 @ OTT L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 21:49
Mar 3, 2020 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 15:01
Feb 29, 2020 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:55
Feb 27, 2020 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:08
Feb 25, 2020 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 22:50
Feb 23, 2020 vs SJS W 4-1 2 1 3 2 0 4 2 19:27
Feb 21, 2020 vs DET W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 19:58
Feb 19, 2020 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 21:09
Feb 17, 2020 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:59
Feb 15, 2020 @ VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 5 4 0 18:08
Feb 13, 2020 @ NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 19:34
Feb 11, 2020 vs PHI W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 17:17
Feb 10, 2020 @ WSH W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:57
Feb 8, 2020 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:42
Feb 6, 2020 vs LAK W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 2 20:34
Feb 4, 2020 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 19:34
Feb 1, 2020 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 21:20
Jan 21, 2020 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:33
Jan 19, 2020 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 19:45
Jan 18, 2020 vs WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 19:35
Jan 16, 2020 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:26
Jan 14, 2020 vs DET W 8-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 14:54
Jan 13, 2020 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 22:17
Jan 11, 2020 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:39
Jan 7, 2020 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 6 0 17:31
Jan 6, 2020 vs COL W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:42
Jan 4, 2020 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:51
Jan 2, 2020 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:32
Dec 31, 2019 @ WSH W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:16
Dec 29, 2019 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:13
Dec 27, 2019 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:55
Dec 23, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 19:20
Dec 21, 2019 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 1 1 2 -2 0 5 1 20:00
Dec 19, 2019 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 17:14
Dec 17, 2019 vs NSH L 3-8 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:00
Dec 14, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:28
Dec 12, 2019 @ FLA W 3-1 1 1 2 1 17 1 0 11:14
Dec 9, 2019 @ TBL W 5-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 4 14:25
Dec 7, 2019 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:40
Dec 5, 2019 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:33
Dec 3, 2019 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:35
Dec 2, 2019 @ DET W 4-1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 18:24
Nov 30, 2019 vs CBJ W 2-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 4 15:04
Nov 27, 2019 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:37
Nov 25, 2019 @ ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 2 4 1 17:16
Nov 23, 2019 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:10
Nov 21, 2019 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 17:54
Nov 19, 2019 @ PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 17:28
Nov 16, 2019 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 18:15
Nov 13, 2019 vs TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:29
Nov 9, 2019 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 15:24
Nov 7, 2019 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 17:53
Nov 5, 2019 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:34
Nov 2, 2019 @ BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:33
Nov 1, 2019 vs TBL W 5-2 1 2 3 3 0 4 1 17:48
Oct 27, 2019 vs PHI W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 18:15
Oct 25, 2019 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 20:09
Oct 24, 2019 vs ARI W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 17:10
Oct 19, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:15
Oct 17, 2019 @ WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:24
Oct 14, 2019 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 19:56
Oct 12, 2019 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 19:20
Oct 11, 2019 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:08
Oct 8, 2019 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:58
Oct 6, 2019 vs WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:14
Oct 4, 2019 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:12