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Yanni Gourde

#37 · Centre · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Dec 15, 1991 in Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, CAN (age 34) · 5'10", 175 lb · Shoots left

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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.

Alan Quine NYI · 1 P in 2 GP Bracken Kearns NYI · 1 P in 2 GP Drew Shore CGY · 1 P in 2 GP Johan Franzen DET · 1 P in 2 GP Martin Havlat STL · 1 P in 2 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.

02040602015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 64 points6417-182018-19: 48 points4818-192019-20: 30 points3019-202020-21: 36 points3620-212021-22: 48 points4821-222022-23: 48 points4822-232023-24: 33 points3323-242024-25: 31 points3124-252025-26: 28 points2825-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 TBL 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0.50 $588K
2016-17 TBL 20 6 2 8 -1 8 30 11 0.40 $575K
2017-18 TBL 82 25 39 64 34 50 136 57 0.78 $1M
2018-19 TBL 80 22 26 48 9 66 130 83 0.60 $1M
2019-20 TBL 70 10 20 30 -5 49 110 78 0.43 $5.167M
2020-21 TBL 56 17 19 36 10 44 118 51 0.64 $5.167M
2021-22 SEA 74 21 27 48 -13 45 127 77 0.65 $5.167M
2022-23 SEA 81 14 34 48 23 76 141 118 0.59 $5.167M
2023-24 SEA 80 11 22 33 -11 62 156 156 0.41 $5.167M
2024-25 SEA 36 6 11 17 -5 36 40 59 0.47 $5.167M
2024-25 TBL 21 1 13 14 4 16 35 50 0.67
2025-26 TBL 82 9 19 28 -6 66 114 115 0.34 $2.333M
11 seasons Career 684 142 233 375 40 520 1137 857 0.55

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 TBL 17 2 5 7 0 8 27 22 0.41
2018-19 TBL 4 1 0 1 -3 0 5 5 0.25
2019-20 TBL 22 7 6 13 12 12 52 42 0.59
2020-21 TBL 23 6 1 7 4 13 45 27 0.30
2022-23 SEA 14 4 9 13 1 14 25 52 0.93
2024-25 TBL 5 0 1 1 -3 0 2 9 0.20
2025-26 TBL 7 0 1 1 0 10 6 12 0.14
7 seasons Playoffs 92 20 23 43 11 57 162 169 0.47

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0.50 0.0 7:19

Contract

$588KCap hitends in 2016
$588KCap dollars per point1 points in 2 games
$3.845MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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 contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Mar 10, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.175M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $588K $550K $25K $575K
2015-16 $588K $575K $25K $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
Jun 2, 2025 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2025-26 to 2030-31 6 $14M $2.333M
Nov 2, 2018 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2019-20 to 2024-25 6 $31M $5.167M
Jun 26, 2017 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $2M $1M
Jul 25, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $575K $575K
Mar 10, 2014 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.175M $588K

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

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

0510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

31.6Corsi for %6 attempts for, 13 against
-20.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Expected goals for %0.3 expected for, 0.4 against
-5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
26.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
200.0PDO100.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
1Attempts 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
Mike Blunden · Mike Angelidis · Yanni Gourde17:1150.050.10-0
Brian Boyle · Mike Blunden · Yanni Gourde12:340.00.00-0
Valtteri Filppula · Mike Blunden · Yanni Gourde11:250.00.00-0
Mike Blunden · JT Brown · Yanni Gourde10:5533.379.91-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes27th
Shot quality 13.6% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected56thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 0

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
Dec 18, 2015 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:43
Dec 15, 2015 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 06:55