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Taylor Hall

#71 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Nov 14, 1991 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN (age 34) · 6'1", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 2010 by EDM (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2025-26
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Formenton EDM · 2 P in 4 GP Alex Iafallo WPG · 2 P in 4 GP Arshdeep Bains VAN · 2 P in 4 GP Berkly Catton SEA · 2 P in 4 GP Bobby McMann SEA · 2 P in 4 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.

0204060802010-11: 42 points4210-112011-12: 53 points532012-13: 50 points5012-132013-14: 80 points802014-15: 38 points3814-152015-16: 65 points652016-17: 53 points5316-172017-18: 93 points932018-19: 37 points3718-192019-20: 52 points522020-21: 33 points3320-212021-22: 61 points612022-23: 36 points3622-232023-24: 4 points42024-25: 42 points4224-252025-26: 48 points482026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 EDM 65 22 20 42 -9 27 186 48 0.65 $900K
2011-12 EDM 62 27 26 53 -3 36 207 44 0.85 $900K
2012-13 EDM 45 16 34 50 5 33 154 24 1.11 $900K
2013-14 EDM 75 27 53 80 -15 44 250 54 1.07 $6M
2014-15 EDM 53 14 24 38 -1 40 158 67 0.72 $6M
2015-16 EDM 82 26 39 65 -4 54 286 82 0.79 $6M
2016-17 NJD 72 20 33 53 -9 32 238 59 0.74 $6M
2017-18 NJD 76 39 54 93 14 34 278 72 1.22 $6M
2018-19 NJD 33 11 26 37 -6 16 113 22 1.12 $6M
2019-20 NJD 30 6 19 25 -11 20 109 25 0.83 $6M
2019-20 ARI 35 10 17 27 -3 14 123 22 0.77
2020-21 BUF 37 2 17 19 -21 24 88 24 0.51 $8M
2020-21 BOS 16 8 6 14 15 2 48 10 0.88
2021-22 BOS 81 20 41 61 11 42 217 55 0.75 $6M
2022-23 BOS 61 16 20 36 11 24 150 35 0.59 $6M
2023-24 CHI 10 2 2 4 -3 4 20 7 0.40 $6M
2024-25 CHI 46 9 15 24 -15 16 82 23 0.52 $6M
2024-25 CAR 31 9 9 18 1 20 62 20 0.58
2025-26 CAR 80 18 30 48 6 44 137 53 0.60 $3.167M
2026-27 CAR 4 2 0 2 -1 8 8 8 0.50 $3.167M
17 seasons Career 994 304 485 789 -38 534 2914 754 0.79

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 NJD 5 2 4 6 -1 6 21 5 1.20
2019-20 ARI 9 2 4 6 -4 10 19 10 0.67
2020-21 BOS 11 3 2 5 -2 9 28 10 0.45
2021-22 BOS 7 2 2 4 -6 8 14 6 0.57
2022-23 BOS 7 5 3 8 4 2 12 12 1.14
2024-25 CAR 15 2 4 6 -7 2 30 19 0.40
2025-26 CAR 19 7 12 19 14 14 55 24 1.00
7 seasons Playoffs 73 23 31 54 -2 51 179 86 0.74

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 2 0 2 -1 8 8 8 0.50 25.0 14:10

Contract

$3.167MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$1.583MCap dollars per point2 points in 4 games
$979KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.2 goals above replacement, projected
$3.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$733KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Apr 30, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $9.5M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $3.167M
2026-27 $3.167M
2027-28 $3.167M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Apr 30, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Extension 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $9.5M $3.167M
Jul 23, 2021 Boston Bruins Extension 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $24M $6M
Oct 11, 2020 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $8M $8M
Aug 22, 2012 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2013-14 to 2019-20 7 $42M $6M
Jul 5, 2010 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2010-11 to 2012-13 3 $11.25M $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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-0.5 goals above replacement), plus the 67 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+3.2Goals above replacement277th of 647 skaters, 199th of 422 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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+2.6 74th percentileEven-strength defence-1.3 21st percentilePower play-0.4 18th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties-0.2 27th 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.

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

56.8Corsi for %50 attempts for, 38 against
-3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.6Expected goals for %2.0 expected for, 2.3 against
-11.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
100.4PDO9.5% shooting + 90.9% saves
11Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake430:4562.150.81-1
Taylor Hall · Sebastian Aho · Jackson Blake14:0850.038.00-0
Taylor Hall · Mark Jankowski · Logan Stankoven21:3633.337.80-0
Taylor Hall · Eric Robinson · Logan Stankoven21:040.00.00-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.12 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 11.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.1

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Oct 6, 2026 @ MTL W 6-4 2 0 2 2 4 4 3 13:07
Oct 3, 2026 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:30
Oct 2, 2026 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 13:34
Sep 29, 2026 vs FLA L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 15:27