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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Sedin VAN · 44 P in 82 GP Michael Frolik CGY · 44 P in 82 GP Richard Panik CHI · 44 P in 82 GP Patric Hornqvist PIT · 44 P in 70 GP Alex Galchenyuk MTL · 44 P in 61 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 24 20 44 5 13 187 124 0.55 12.8 16:19

Contract

$1.4MCap hitends in 2017, then extended to 2021
$32KCap dollars per point44 points in 80 games
$186KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.5 goals above replacement
$5.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$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 Los Angeles Kings on Apr 2, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $2.8M, beginning in 2015-16. 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 Los Angeles Kings on May 9, 2017, 4 years and $15M at $3.75M a season, beginning in 2017-18.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $1.4M $1.25M $0 $1.25M
2016-17 $1.4M $1.55M $0 $1.55M

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 not begun 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 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

+7.5Goals above replacement110th of 664 skaters, 79th of 435 forwards
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.9Goals 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+2.3 76th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 21st percentilePower play-0.5 17th percentilePenalty kill+0.9 98th percentilePenalties+2.6 97th 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

56.9Corsi for %1070 attempts for, 812 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.6Expected goals for %41.7 expected for, 34.7 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.4Goals for %38 for, 36 against
98.4PDO7.0% shooting + 91.4% saves
284Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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 Pearson43324:4963.363.39-10
Jeff Carter · Dustin Brown · Tanner Pearson21138:2955.358.39-4
Jeff Carter · Devin Setoguchi · Tanner Pearson22131:2955.152.110-5
Anze Kopitar · Teddy Purcell · Tanner Pearson553:2356.247.41-0

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.

24Goalsnot counting empty-netters
21.9Expected goalsfrom 274 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.01 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt64th
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected75thOne 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.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 24Expected 21.9

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2017 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 14:46
Apr 8, 2017 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:51
Apr 6, 2017 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 16:56
Apr 4, 2017 vs EDM W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:47
Apr 2, 2017 vs ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:50
Mar 31, 2017 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:52
Mar 29, 2017 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:51
Mar 28, 2017 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 16:17
Mar 25, 2017 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 18:02
Mar 23, 2017 vs WPG W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:32
Mar 20, 2017 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:49
Mar 19, 2017 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:13
Mar 16, 2017 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:22
Mar 14, 2017 vs ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 17:42
Mar 13, 2017 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 16:31
Mar 11, 2017 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 15:55
Mar 9, 2017 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 17:31
Mar 4, 2017 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19:02
Mar 2, 2017 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 18:45
Feb 28, 2017 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 16:52
Feb 27, 2017 @ MIN L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 17:15
Feb 25, 2017 vs ANA W 4-1 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 17:26
Feb 23, 2017 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:14
Feb 21, 2017 @ COL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:55
Feb 19, 2017 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:20
Feb 18, 2017 vs FLA L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 19:03
Feb 16, 2017 vs ARI L 3-5 2 1 3 0 2 4 2 17:27
Feb 9, 2017 @ FLA W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 17:07
Feb 7, 2017 @ TBL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:32
Feb 5, 2017 @ WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:56
Feb 4, 2017 @ PHI W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:06
Feb 1, 2017 vs COL W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:20
Jan 31, 2017 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:20
Jan 26, 2017 @ CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:23
Jan 24, 2017 @ NJD W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12:53
Jan 23, 2017 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:10
Jan 21, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:07
Jan 18, 2017 vs SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:23
Jan 16, 2017 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:54
Jan 14, 2017 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:34
Jan 12, 2017 vs STL W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 17:00
Jan 9, 2017 vs DAL L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 16:20
Jan 7, 2017 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:44
Jan 5, 2017 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 15:47
Jan 3, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 16:31
Dec 31, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 16:21
Dec 29, 2016 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 15:54
Dec 28, 2016 @ VAN L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 16:27
Dec 23, 2016 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:13
Dec 22, 2016 @ NSH W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 15:04
Dec 20, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:57
Dec 18, 2016 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:55
Dec 16, 2016 @ PIT W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:01
Dec 15, 2016 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 14:29
Dec 13, 2016 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 5 3 2 12:52
Dec 10, 2016 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:53
Dec 8, 2016 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:36
Dec 4, 2016 vs MTL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:02
Dec 1, 2016 @ ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:50
Nov 30, 2016 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:48
Nov 26, 2016 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14:59
Nov 23, 2016 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:59
Nov 20, 2016 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 16:02
Nov 19, 2016 vs NJD W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 16:58
Nov 17, 2016 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17:13
Nov 15, 2016 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:08
Nov 13, 2016 @ WPG L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:33
Nov 11, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:24
Nov 10, 2016 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:43
Nov 8, 2016 @ TOR W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:59
Nov 5, 2016 vs CGY W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:55
Nov 3, 2016 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:12
Nov 1, 2016 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:53
Oct 30, 2016 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:31
Oct 29, 2016 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:40
Oct 27, 2016 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 15:10
Oct 25, 2016 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:43
Oct 22, 2016 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 17:43
Oct 20, 2016 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 16:07
Oct 18, 2016 @ MIN L 3-6 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 16:09