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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zack Kassian VAN · 16 P in 42 GP Vladislav Namestnikov TBL · 16 P in 43 GP Johan Larsson BUF · 16 P in 39 GP Mike Richards LAK · 16 P in 53 GP Taylor Beck NSH · 16 P in 62 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 12 4 16 14 14 68 46 0.38 17.6 13:18

Contract

$736KCap hitends in 2015, then extended to 2017
$46KCap dollars per point16 points in 42 games
$398KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.9 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$928KValueworth 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 649 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, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Los Angeles Kings on Apr 2, 2015, 2 years and $2.8M at $1.4M a season, beginning in 2015-16.

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 not begun 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+1.9Goals above replacement385th of 665 skaters, 264th of 432 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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+0.9 62nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 35th percentilePower play-0.5 18th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 80th percentilePenalties+0.1 39th 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.

-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

56.1Corsi for %508 attempts for, 397 against
+1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Expected goals for %20.4 expected for, 16.8 against
+1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
68.6Goals for %24 for, 11 against
103.8PDO8.9% shooting + 94.9% saves
112Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Tanner Pearson27179:2858.559.216-4
Trevor Lewis · Tyler Toffoli · Tanner Pearson955:2071.671.41-0
Jeff Carter · Anze Kopitar · Tanner Pearson640:1058.058.41-0
Jeff Carter · Trevor Lewis · Tanner Pearson719:3361.567.00-1

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.9Expected goalsfrom 105 unblocked attempts
+4.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt27th
Finishing +4.1 goals above expected87thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Goals 11Expected 6.9

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
Jan 10, 2015 vs WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:58
Jan 8, 2015 vs NYR L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 14:37
Jan 3, 2015 vs NSH L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:44
Jan 1, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 14:01
Dec 30, 2014 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:47
Dec 29, 2014 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:21
Dec 27, 2014 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:27
Dec 22, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:54
Dec 20, 2014 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:46
Dec 18, 2014 vs STL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:38
Dec 16, 2014 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:49
Dec 14, 2014 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:15
Dec 12, 2014 @ MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:29
Dec 11, 2014 @ OTT W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 11:24
Dec 9, 2014 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:22
Dec 6, 2014 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:11
Dec 4, 2014 @ ARI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:00
Dec 2, 2014 vs BOS W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:29
Nov 29, 2014 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:38
Nov 26, 2014 @ MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:50
Nov 25, 2014 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:19
Nov 22, 2014 @ DAL L 4-5 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 12:36
Nov 20, 2014 vs CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:21
Nov 18, 2014 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:36
Nov 15, 2014 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:47
Nov 13, 2014 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:55
Nov 12, 2014 @ ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:00
Nov 8, 2014 vs VAN W 5-1 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 12:17
Nov 6, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:00
Nov 4, 2014 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:04
Nov 2, 2014 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 14:43
Oct 31, 2014 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:48
Oct 30, 2014 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:52
Oct 28, 2014 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:52
Oct 26, 2014 vs CBJ W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 13:36
Oct 23, 2014 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:29
Oct 19, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 10:30
Oct 16, 2014 vs STL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:41
Oct 14, 2014 vs EDM W 6-1 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 14:44
Oct 12, 2014 vs WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 10:32
Oct 11, 2014 @ ARI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 11:30
Oct 8, 2014 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:24