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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Drew Shore FLA · 7 P in 24 GP Reid Boucher NJD · 7 P in 23 GP Tom Pyatt TBL · 7 P in 27 GP Beau Bennett PIT · 7 P in 21 GP Eric O'Dell WPG · 7 P in 30 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 3 4 7 2 8 31 35 0.28 9.7 10:49

Contract

$736KCap hitends in 2015, then RFA
$105KCap dollars per point7 points in 25 games
$342KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1MValueworth 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 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Aug 7, 2012, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2012-13. It runs through 2014-15, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2012-13 $736K $610K $93K $223K $703K
2013-14 $736K $635K $93K $198K $728K
2014-15 $736K $685K $93K $148K $778K

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, 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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.2Goals above replacement348th of 672 skaters, 238th of 438 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 438 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+0.3 54th percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 57th percentilePower play+0.1 69th percentilePenalty kill0.0 32nd percentilePenalties+0.7 66th 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.

-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

55.1Corsi for %248 attempts for, 202 against
-1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.3Expected goals for %11.0 expected for, 7.8 against
+1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %10 for, 8 against
100.6PDO8.2% shooting + 92.4% saves
57Attempts 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
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Tanner Pearson847:4467.181.73-1
Jarret Stoll · Dustin Brown · Tanner Pearson630:3449.256.22-1
Jeff Carter · Mike Richards · Tanner Pearson530:2642.450.02-1
Jarret Stoll · Tyler Toffoli · Tanner Pearson827:1172.576.11-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.8Expected goalsfrom 51 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.84 expected goals per 60 minutes76th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt55th
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.8Goals 3

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, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:30
Apr 5, 2014 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 15:08
Apr 3, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:27
Apr 2, 2014 vs PHX W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 4 11:03
Mar 31, 2014 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:32
Mar 29, 2014 vs WPG W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:18
Mar 27, 2014 @ PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 10:07
Mar 25, 2014 @ WSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 06:13
Mar 24, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:44
Mar 22, 2014 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:48
Mar 20, 2014 vs WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:07
Mar 17, 2014 vs PHX L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:15
Mar 15, 2014 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 13:47
Mar 10, 2014 @ CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:28
Mar 3, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:04
Mar 1, 2014 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 10:38
Feb 26, 2014 @ COL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:51
Jan 21, 2014 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:15
Jan 13, 2014 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:19
Nov 23, 2013 vs COL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:51
Nov 21, 2013 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:52
Nov 19, 2013 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:54
Nov 17, 2013 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:34
Nov 15, 2013 @ NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:55
Nov 14, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 09:33