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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexander Steen STL · 51 P in 76 GP Nick Foligno CBJ · 51 P in 79 GP Patrick Eaves ANA · 51 P in 79 GP Rickard Rakell ANA · 51 P in 71 GP Jordan Eberle EDM · 51 P in 82 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 30 21 51 -21 38 193 105 0.68 15.5 16:55

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$15KCap dollars per point51 points in 75 games
$157KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.8 goals above replacement
$3.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.9MValueworth 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 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Jul 1, 2016, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, 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
2016-17 $750K $750K $0 $750K
2017-18 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+4.8Goals above replacement211th of 664 skaters, 149th of 435 forwards
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+0.5 61st percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 40th percentilePower play+0.9 85th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 58th percentilePenalties+0.1 45th 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

51.7Corsi for %927 attempts for, 867 against
+2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Expected goals for %35.1 expected for, 40.0 against
-0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.3Goals for %42 for, 55 against
97.9PDO8.1% shooting + 89.8% saves
211Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Jaromir Jagr · Jonathan Marchessault · Aleksander Barkov30211:0956.251.57-9
Thomas Vanek · Nick Bjugstad · Jonathan Marchessault15117:2845.842.53-8
Reilly Smith · Vincent Trocheck · Jonathan Marchessault31110:4851.647.13-7
Nick Bjugstad · Michael Sgarbossa · Jonathan Marchessault1063:1050.543.73-4

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.

29Goalsnot counting empty-netters
15.6Expected goalsfrom 249 unblocked attempts
+13.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt14th
Finishing +13.4 goals above expected99thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 29Expected 15.6

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, 2017 @ WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:11
Apr 8, 2017 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:39
Apr 6, 2017 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:19
Apr 3, 2017 vs MTL L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 14:36
Apr 1, 2017 @ BOS L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 15:06
Mar 30, 2017 @ MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:08
Mar 28, 2017 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:00
Mar 27, 2017 @ BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:43
Mar 25, 2017 vs CHI W 7-0 3 0 3 3 4 4 0 15:32
Mar 23, 2017 vs ARI W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 6 1 14:00
Mar 21, 2017 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:41
Mar 19, 2017 @ PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 13:41
Mar 17, 2017 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 14:36
Mar 16, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 14:52
Mar 14, 2017 vs TOR W 7-2 2 0 2 1 2 3 2 15:16
Mar 11, 2017 @ TBL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:27
Mar 10, 2017 vs MIN L 4-7 1 0 1 -6 0 4 0 13:19
Mar 7, 2017 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 14:09
Mar 4, 2017 vs DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 15:37
Mar 2, 2017 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:08
Feb 28, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:51
Feb 26, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 1 0 1 -2 0 6 2 19:44
Feb 24, 2017 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 14:47
Feb 22, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 17:56
Feb 20, 2017 @ STL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:03
Feb 18, 2017 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:25
Feb 17, 2017 @ ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 15:38
Feb 15, 2017 @ SJS W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 14:17
Feb 11, 2017 @ NSH W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:01
Feb 9, 2017 vs LAK L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 11:33
Feb 3, 2017 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:43
Jan 31, 2017 vs OTT W 6-5 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 14:27
Jan 26, 2017 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 18:16
Jan 23, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:21
Jan 20, 2017 @ VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 18:04
Jan 18, 2017 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 20:40
Jan 17, 2017 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:42
Jan 14, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 17:11
Jan 13, 2017 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 18:02
Jan 11, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 18:21
Jan 9, 2017 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:46
Jan 7, 2017 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 16:13
Jan 6, 2017 vs NSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 16:50
Jan 4, 2017 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:17
Dec 31, 2016 @ DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:39
Dec 29, 2016 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 19:35
Dec 28, 2016 vs TOR L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 7 3 22:17
Dec 23, 2016 vs DET L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 22:00
Dec 22, 2016 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:44
Dec 13, 2016 @ MIN L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:55
Dec 3, 2016 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:09
Dec 1, 2016 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 22:14
Nov 29, 2016 @ CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:22
Nov 27, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:44
Nov 26, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:48
Nov 22, 2016 vs PHI L 1-3 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 18:27
Nov 20, 2016 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 17:10
Nov 19, 2016 @ OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19:12
Nov 17, 2016 @ TOR L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 14:53
Nov 15, 2016 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 17:58
Nov 12, 2016 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 19:56
Nov 10, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:23
Nov 7, 2016 vs TBL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:48
Nov 5, 2016 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 18:05
Nov 3, 2016 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:51
Nov 1, 2016 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:36
Oct 30, 2016 @ DET W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 16:58
Oct 29, 2016 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:34
Oct 27, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 18:44
Oct 25, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 16:12
Oct 22, 2016 vs COL W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 15:22
Oct 20, 2016 vs WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:22
Oct 18, 2016 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:59
Oct 15, 2016 vs DET W 4-1 1 2 3 3 0 6 2 17:42
Oct 13, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:32