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Tanner Pearson

#70 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Buffalo Sabres

Born Aug 10, 1992 in Kitchener, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 30th overall in 2012 by LAK (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2013-14

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nick Foligno MIN · 15 P in 54 GP Cole Reinhardt FLA · 15 P in 59 GP Ben Meyers SEA · 15 P in 52 GP Nick Paul TBL · 15 P in 51 GP Adam Henrique EDM · 15 P in 65 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.

0102030402013-14: 7 points713-142014-15: 16 points1614-152015-16: 36 points3615-162016-17: 44 points4416-172017-18: 40 points4017-182018-19: 27 points2718-192019-20: 45 points4519-202020-21: 18 points1820-212021-22: 34 points3421-222022-23: 5 points522-232023-24: 13 points1323-242024-25: 27 points2724-252025-26: 15 points1525-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 LAK 25 3 4 7 2 8 31 35 0.28 $736K
2014-15 LAK 42 12 4 16 14 14 68 46 0.38 $736K
2015-16 LAK 79 15 21 36 11 18 137 104 0.46 $1.4M
2016-17 LAK 80 24 20 44 5 13 187 124 0.55 $1.4M
2017-18 LAK 82 15 25 40 11 27 180 116 0.49 $3.75M
2018-19 LAK 17 0 1 1 -9 8 24 18 0.06 $3.75M
2018-19 PIT 44 9 5 14 -6 13 81 82 0.32
2018-19 VAN 19 9 3 12 0 4 42 28 0.63
2019-20 VAN 69 21 24 45 -4 27 164 96 0.65 $3.75M
2020-21 VAN 51 10 8 18 -15 26 110 54 0.35 $3.75M
2021-22 VAN 68 14 20 34 9 30 159 84 0.50 $3.25M
2022-23 VAN 14 1 4 5 -9 21 17 20 0.36 $3.25M
2023-24 MTL 54 5 8 13 -12 21 77 50 0.24 $3.25M
2024-25 VGK 78 12 15 27 4 8 109 96 0.35 $775K
2025-26 WPG 52 7 6 13 7 25 49 68 0.25 $1M
2025-26 BUF 4 0 2 2 2 2 3 6 0.50
13 seasons Career 778 157 170 327 10 265 1438 1027 0.42

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 LAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2013-14 LAK 24 4 8 12 10 8 53 52 0.50
2015-16 LAK 5 1 2 3 -1 2 6 15 0.60
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 -1 0 8 12 0.00
2019-20 VAN 17 4 4 8 -4 4 37 36 0.47
2024-25 VGK 8 0 1 1 -2 0 6 20 0.13
6 seasons Playoffs 59 9 15 24 2 14 110 135 0.41

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 7 8 15 9 27 52 74 0.27 13.5 10:50

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2026
$67KCap dollars per point15 points in 56 games
$5.635MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$925KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$75KValueworth less cap hit

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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $1M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1M $1M
Oct 4, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Apr 8, 2021 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $9.75M $3.25M
May 9, 2017 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2017-18 to 2020-21 4 $15M $3.75M
Apr 2, 2015 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $2.8M $1.4M
Aug 7, 2012 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 3 $2.775M $736K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement514th of 715 skaters, 358th of 476 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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-0.7 42nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 45th percentilePower play-0.2 38th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 92nd percentilePenalties-1.1 5th 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.

-505102013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

46.2Corsi for %475 attempts for, 554 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Expected goals for %20.0 expected for, 23.5 against
-1.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.5Goals for %23 for, 15 against
104.4PDO10.1% shooting + 94.3% saves
95Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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
Tanner Pearson · Morgan Barron · Cole Koepke24135:4846.040.78-4
Adam Lowry · Tanner Pearson · Morgan Barron2056:0257.957.83-3
Gustav Nyquist · Tanner Pearson · Morgan Barron932:5845.346.70-0
Tanner Pearson · Cole Koepke · Danil Zhilkin424:4432.629.02-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.2Expected goalsfrom 77 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.51 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt9th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 6Expected 5.2

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 15, 2026 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:04
Apr 8, 2026 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:52
Mar 27, 2026 vs DET L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 05:43
Mar 12, 2026 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 08:58
Mar 5, 2026 vs TBL W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 13:30
Mar 3, 2026 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:42
Mar 1, 2026 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 10:47
Feb 27, 2026 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:02
Feb 25, 2026 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:39
Jan 29, 2026 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:09
Jan 27, 2026 @ NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:59
Jan 24, 2026 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:57
Jan 22, 2026 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:48
Jan 20, 2026 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:24
Jan 19, 2026 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:02
Jan 17, 2026 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 08:55
Jan 15, 2026 @ MIN W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:51
Jan 13, 2026 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:43
Jan 11, 2026 vs NJD W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 08:16
Jan 9, 2026 vs LAK W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:42
Jan 8, 2026 vs EDM L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 10:20
Jan 6, 2026 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:57
Jan 3, 2026 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:20
Jan 1, 2026 @ TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:41
Dec 31, 2025 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:44
Dec 29, 2025 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 11:36
Dec 27, 2025 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:09
Dec 21, 2025 @ UTA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 12:34
Dec 19, 2025 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 09:18
Dec 9, 2025 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:03
Dec 6, 2025 @ EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:36
Dec 5, 2025 vs BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 10:41
Dec 3, 2025 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:11
Dec 1, 2025 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:09
Nov 29, 2025 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:29
Nov 28, 2025 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:24
Nov 26, 2025 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:18
Nov 18, 2025 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:37
Nov 15, 2025 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10:02
Nov 13, 2025 @ SEA L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 09:38
Nov 11, 2025 @ VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:43
Nov 9, 2025 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:42
Nov 7, 2025 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:35
Nov 4, 2025 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:31
Nov 1, 2025 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:13
Oct 30, 2025 vs CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:53
Oct 28, 2025 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:54
Oct 26, 2025 vs UTA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:48
Oct 24, 2025 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:49
Oct 23, 2025 vs SEA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:24
Oct 20, 2025 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:33
Oct 18, 2025 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:42
Oct 16, 2025 @ PHI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:05
Oct 13, 2025 @ NYI W 5-2 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 11:39
Oct 11, 2025 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:43
Oct 9, 2025 vs DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 07:33