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Jean-Gabriel Pageau

#44 · Centre · New York Islanders

Born Nov 11, 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN (age 33) · 5'11", 181 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 96th overall in 2011 by OTT (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

Jayce Hawryluk FLA · 12 P in 42 GP Trevor Lewis LAK · 12 P in 44 GP Tyler Pitlick DAL · 12 P in 47 GP Kiefer Sherwood ANA · 12 P in 50 GP Adam Gaudette VAN · 12 P in 56 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.

0102030402012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 2 points22014-15: 19 points1914-152015-16: 43 points432016-17: 33 points3316-172017-18: 29 points292018-19: 12 points1218-192019-20: 42 points422020-21: 28 points2820-212021-22: 39 points392022-23: 40 points4022-232023-24: 33 points332024-25: 42 points4224-252025-26: 35 points352026-27: 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
2012-13 OTT 9 2 2 4 3 0 14 11 0.44 $613K
2013-14 OTT 28 2 0 2 -5 12 31 41 0.07 $613K
2014-15 OTT 50 10 9 19 4 9 97 158 0.38 $613K
2015-16 OTT 82 19 24 43 17 26 133 166 0.52 $900K
2016-17 OTT 82 12 21 33 13 24 169 161 0.40 $900K
2017-18 OTT 78 14 15 29 -14 36 147 131 0.37 $3.1M
2018-19 OTT 39 4 8 12 -12 14 83 63 0.31 $3.1M
2019-20 OTT 60 24 16 40 10 32 135 116 0.67 $3.1M
2019-20 NYI 7 2 0 2 -6 17 16 12 0.29
2020-21 NYI 54 14 14 28 10 10 81 111 0.52 $5M
2021-22 NYI 77 18 21 39 0 30 126 171 0.51 $5M
2022-23 NYI 70 13 27 40 -2 14 123 175 0.57 $5M
2023-24 NYI 82 11 22 33 -8 13 101 196 0.40 $5M
2024-25 NYI 79 14 28 42 4 23 120 140 0.53 $5M
2025-26 NYI 74 17 18 35 0 4 81 115 0.47 $5M
2026-27 NYI 5 0 2 2 -2 0 3 13 0.40 $4.85M
15 seasons Career 876 176 227 403 12 264 1460 1780 0.46

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 OTT 10 4 2 6 4 8 21 10 0.60
2014-15 OTT 6 0 0 0 0 0 14 27 0.00
2016-17 OTT 19 8 2 10 5 16 44 53 0.53
2019-20 NYI 22 8 3 11 10 21 44 82 0.50
2020-21 NYI 19 3 10 13 9 6 39 62 0.68
2022-23 NYI 6 0 1 1 -1 0 8 16 0.17
2023-24 NYI 4 1 1 2 -3 0 6 5 0.50
7 seasons Playoffs 86 24 19 43 24 51 176 255 0.50

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 4 8 12 -12 14 83 63 0.31 4.8 17:51

Contract

$3.1MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$258KCap dollars per point12 points in 39 games
$1.356MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$906KValueworth 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 Ottawa Senators on Jul 17, 2017, as a new contract: 3 years and $9.3M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season 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 $3.1M $2.6M $0 $2.6M
2018-19 $3.1M $3.3M $0 $3.3M
2019-20 $3.1M $3.4M $0 $3.4M

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
Mar 6, 2026 New York Islanders Extension 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $14.55M $4.85M
Feb 24, 2020 New York Islanders Extension 2020-21 to 2025-26 6 $30M $5M
Jul 17, 2017 Ottawa Senators New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $9.3M $3.1M
Jun 18, 2015 Ottawa Senators Extension 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.8M $900K
Jun 8, 2012 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 3 $1.84M $613K

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

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement358th of 699 skaters, 255th of 455 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-1.3 32nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 79th percentilePower play-0.4 23rd percentilePenalty kill-0.4 9th percentilePenalties+0.7 65th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2024682012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

46.8Corsi for %513 attempts for, 582 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %20.6 expected for, 23.2 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.1Goals for %13 for, 22 against
97.2PDO4.5% shooting + 92.6% saves
100Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zack Smith · Magnus Paajarvi · Jean-Gabriel Pageau24177:4451.957.25-5
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Anthony Duclair · Brady Tkachuk948:0844.438.72-1
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Max Veronneau · Brady Tkachuk946:3345.448.81-3
Bobby Ryan · Zack Smith · Jean-Gabriel Pageau1127:2854.036.50-3

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.6Expected goalsfrom 106 unblocked attempts
-3.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes31st
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt26th
Finishing -3.6 goals above expected19thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 7.6Goals 4

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
Apr 6, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:03
Apr 4, 2019 @ BUF L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:24
Apr 3, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:54
Apr 1, 2019 vs TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:46
Mar 30, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 19:56
Mar 28, 2019 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:26
Mar 26, 2019 vs BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:54
Mar 23, 2019 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:17
Mar 20, 2019 @ VAN L 4-7 0 2 2 -2 2 0 2 17:53
Mar 16, 2019 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:09
Mar 14, 2019 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:23
Mar 11, 2019 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:14
Mar 9, 2019 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 17:01
Mar 7, 2019 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 17:11
Mar 5, 2019 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 19:42
Mar 3, 2019 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:11
Mar 2, 2019 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 3 3 15:43
Feb 28, 2019 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:47
Feb 26, 2019 @ WSH L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 20:00
Feb 24, 2019 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:26
Feb 22, 2019 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:17
Feb 21, 2019 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 19:57
Feb 18, 2019 @ CHI L 7-8 0 1 1 1 0 7 2 15:20
Feb 16, 2019 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:38
Feb 14, 2019 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:19
Feb 12, 2019 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 16:14
Feb 9, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:39
Feb 7, 2019 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:32
Feb 6, 2019 @ TOR L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 16:09
Feb 2, 2019 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:24
Feb 1, 2019 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 16:07
Jan 22, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:37
Jan 19, 2019 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:55
Jan 18, 2019 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:18
Jan 16, 2019 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:33
Jan 12, 2019 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:09
Jan 10, 2019 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:18
Jan 9, 2019 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:58
Jan 6, 2019 vs CAR L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 13:13