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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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The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jesse Puljujarvi EDM · 8 P in 28 GP Zachary Sanford STL · 8 P in 39 GP William Carrier BUF · 8 P in 41 GP Jordan Nolan LAK · 8 P in 46 GP Matt Beleskey BOS · 8 P in 49 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 6 2 8 -1 8 30 11 0.40 20.0 15:22

Contract

$575KCap hitends in 2017, then extended to 2019
$72KCap dollars per point8 points in 20 games
$259KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 25, 2016, as a new contract: 1 year and $575K, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2016-17, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 26, 2017, 2 years and $2M at $1M a season, beginning in 2017-18.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $575K $575K $0 $575K

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 not begun 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 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

+2.2Goals above replacement343rd of 664 skaters, 241st of 435 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals 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+0.2 58th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 64th percentilePower play-0.2 32nd percentilePenalty kill+0.3 83rd percentilePenalties+0.4 54th 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.

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

58.8Corsi for %267 attempts for, 187 against
+10.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.4Expected goals for %10.2 expected for, 7.3 against
+8.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.8Goals for %7 for, 9 against
96.6PDO4.9% shooting + 91.7% saves
44Attempts 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
Alex Killorn · Yanni Gourde · Jonathan Drouin1482:2663.464.81-2
Yanni Gourde · Joel Vermin · Adam Erne644:4350.741.10-3
Alex Killorn · Cory Conacher · Yanni Gourde327:3554.367.02-0
Vladislav Namestnikov · Yanni Gourde · Adam Erne313:5976.984.51-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.6Expected goalsfrom 41 unblocked attempts
+2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt82nd
Finishing +2.4 goals above expected77thOne 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.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 3.6

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. 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, 2017 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:35
Apr 7, 2017 @ MTL W 4-2 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 14:57
Apr 6, 2017 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:51
Apr 4, 2017 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 17:45
Apr 2, 2017 vs DAL W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 15:06
Apr 1, 2017 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:20
Mar 30, 2017 vs DET W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 22:44
Mar 27, 2017 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:30
Mar 24, 2017 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:51
Mar 23, 2017 @ BOS W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:22
Mar 21, 2017 vs ARI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:12
Mar 18, 2017 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:17
Mar 16, 2017 vs TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 15:27
Mar 14, 2017 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:20
Mar 13, 2017 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:10
Mar 11, 2017 vs FLA W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:09
Mar 9, 2017 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:35
Mar 6, 2017 vs NYR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:09
Dec 31, 2016 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:12
Dec 29, 2016 vs TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:49