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Jonathan Marchessault

#81 · Right wing · Nashville Predators

Born Dec 27, 1990 in Cap-Rouge, Quebec, CAN (age 35) · 5'9", 185 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2022-23

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.

Vincent Lecavalier LAK · 18 P in 49 GP Paul Byron MTL · 18 P in 62 GP Tommy Wingels SJS · 18 P in 68 GP Jared McCann VAN · 18 P in 69 GP Mike Santorelli ANA · 18 P in 70 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: 0 points012-132014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 18 points1815-162016-17: 51 points5116-172017-18: 75 points7517-182018-19: 59 points5918-192019-20: 47 points4719-202020-21: 44 points4420-212021-22: 66 points6621-222022-23: 57 points5722-232023-24: 69 points6923-242024-25: 56 points5624-252025-26: 31 points3125-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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 CBJ 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00 $925K
2014-15 TBL 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 0.50 $925K
2015-16 TBL 45 7 11 18 -10 17 81 61 0.40 $600K
2016-17 FLA 75 30 21 51 -21 38 193 105 0.68 $750K
2017-18 VGK 77 27 48 75 36 40 268 99 0.97 $750K
2018-19 VGK 82 25 34 59 2 52 278 98 0.72 $5M
2019-20 VGK 66 22 25 47 6 28 235 99 0.71 $5M
2020-21 VGK 55 18 26 44 19 39 176 44 0.80 $5M
2021-22 VGK 76 30 36 66 3 36 251 61 0.87 $5M
2022-23 VGK 76 28 29 57 2 21 234 76 0.75 $5M
2023-24 VGK 82 42 27 69 -2 40 266 107 0.84 $5M
2024-25 NSH 78 21 35 56 -29 37 206 77 0.72 $5.5M
2025-26 NSH 62 12 19 31 -18 30 132 75 0.50 $5.5M
2026-27 NSH 4 0 0 0 -1 4 5 4 0.00 $5.5M
14 seasons Career 782 263 311 574 -13 382 2328 911 0.73

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 TBL 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.00
2015-16 TBL 5 0 1 1 1 6 7 8 0.20
2017-18 VGK 20 8 13 21 8 10 86 48 1.05
2018-19 VGK 7 4 2 6 1 6 26 24 0.86
2019-20 VGK 17 1 7 8 -2 12 50 58 0.47
2020-21 VGK 19 6 3 9 8 12 51 56 0.47
2022-23 VGK 22 13 12 25 17 14 80 55 1.14
2023-24 VGK 7 2 2 4 1 2 25 25 0.57
8 seasons Playoffs 99 34 40 74 34 62 328 275 0.75

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 7 11 18 -10 17 81 61 0.40 8.6 12:05

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2016
$33KCap dollars per point18 points in 45 games
$184KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2MValueworth 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 Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 28, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $600K, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $600K $600K $0 $600K

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, 2024 Nashville Predators New contract 2024-25 to 2028-29 5 $27.5M $5.5M
Jan 3, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2018-19 to 2023-24 6 $30M $5M
Jul 1, 2016 Florida Panthers New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.5M $750K
Jun 28, 2015 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2015-16 to 2015-16 1 $600K $600K
Jul 1, 2012 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 3 $2.775M $925K

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

+3.3Goals above replacement289th of 675 skaters, 201st of 445 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals 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+0.8 63rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 37th percentilePower play-0.3 25th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 48th percentilePenalties+1.7 88th 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.

-50510152012-132015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

53.9Corsi for %404 attempts for, 346 against
+1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.3Expected goals for %17.9 expected for, 13.8 against
+4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
39.4Goals for %13 for, 20 against
95.2PDO5.6% shooting + 89.7% saves
99Attempts 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
Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat · Jonathan Marchessault976:2651.950.83-5
Brian Boyle · Vladislav Namestnikov · Jonathan Marchessault1668:3852.664.10-1
Brian Boyle · Alex Killorn · Jonathan Marchessault727:4159.668.24-1
Brian Boyle · Jonathan Marchessault · Cedric Paquette619:0340.028.10-0

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.0Expected goalsfrom 110 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes81st
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt45th
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected43rdOne 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.

02468Game 20Game 40Expected 8.0Goals 7

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 9, 2016 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:44
Apr 5, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 16:26
Mar 31, 2016 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 5 3 1 11:21
Mar 28, 2016 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:16
Mar 26, 2016 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:01
Mar 25, 2016 vs NYI W 7-4 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 13:24
Mar 22, 2016 vs DET W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:22
Mar 19, 2016 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 15:23
Mar 15, 2016 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11:40
Mar 8, 2016 vs BOS L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:02
Mar 7, 2016 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:12
Feb 28, 2016 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:56
Feb 26, 2016 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:17
Feb 23, 2016 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:54
Feb 21, 2016 @ CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 17:30
Feb 20, 2016 @ PIT W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 09:08
Feb 18, 2016 vs WPG W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:53
Feb 16, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:34
Feb 9, 2016 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:45
Jan 27, 2016 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:35
Jan 21, 2016 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:29
Jan 17, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:45
Jan 5, 2016 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:29
Jan 2, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:33
Dec 30, 2015 vs NYR L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 1 1 14:04
Dec 28, 2015 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:53
Dec 26, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 15:25
Dec 22, 2015 vs VAN L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 19:03
Dec 20, 2015 vs OTT W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 10:13
Dec 18, 2015 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:25
Dec 15, 2015 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:13
Dec 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 08:40
Dec 12, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 15:05
Dec 10, 2015 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 08:56
Dec 6, 2015 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 11:36
Dec 5, 2015 @ SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 06:03
Dec 2, 2015 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 08:56
Nov 28, 2015 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:45
Nov 27, 2015 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:58
Nov 25, 2015 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:05
Nov 21, 2015 vs ANA W 5-0 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 11:40
Nov 19, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 13:19
Nov 16, 2015 @ FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 09:11
Oct 31, 2015 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:02
Oct 29, 2015 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:50