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Tom Wilson

#43 · Right wing · Washington Capitals

Born Mar 29, 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 32) · 6'4", 230 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 16th overall in 2012 by WSH (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Conor Garland VAN · 52 P in 77 GP Travis Konecny PHI · 52 P in 79 GP Phil Kessel ARI · 52 P in 82 GP Bo Horvat VAN · 52 P in 70 GP Valeri Nichushkin COL · 52 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.

02040602013-14: 10 points1013-142014-15: 17 points1714-152015-16: 23 points2315-162016-17: 19 points1916-172017-18: 35 points3517-182018-19: 40 points4018-192019-20: 44 points4419-202020-21: 33 points3320-212021-22: 52 points5221-222022-23: 22 points2222-232023-24: 35 points3523-242024-25: 65 points6524-252025-26: 62 points6225-262026-27: 5 points526-27

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 WSH 82 3 7 10 1 151 63 197 0.12 $894K
2014-15 WSH 67 4 13 17 -1 172 79 205 0.25 $894K
2015-16 WSH 82 7 16 23 3 163 99 253 0.28 $894K
2016-17 WSH 82 7 12 19 9 133 95 239 0.23 $2M
2017-18 WSH 78 14 21 35 10 187 123 250 0.45 $2M
2018-19 WSH 63 22 18 40 11 128 130 200 0.63 $5.167M
2019-20 WSH 68 21 23 44 -3 93 154 253 0.65 $5.167M
2020-21 WSH 47 13 20 33 1 96 83 105 0.70 $5.167M
2021-22 WSH 78 24 28 52 13 98 151 240 0.67 $5.167M
2022-23 WSH 33 13 9 22 -13 78 82 97 0.67 $5.167M
2023-24 WSH 74 18 17 35 -19 133 169 228 0.47 $5.167M
2024-25 WSH 81 33 32 65 20 100 169 233 0.80 $6.5M
2025-26 WSH 72 30 32 62 15 117 153 179 0.86 $6.5M
2026-27 WSH 5 2 3 5 3 12 10 17 1.00 $6.54M
14 seasons Career 912 211 251 462 50 1661 1560 2696 0.51

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 WSH 3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 8 0.00
2014-15 WSH 13 0 1 1 -2 25 7 38 0.08
2015-16 WSH 12 0 1 1 -3 13 8 40 0.08
2016-17 WSH 13 3 0 3 -2 34 19 49 0.23
2017-18 WSH 21 5 10 15 11 31 34 100 0.71
2018-19 WSH 7 3 2 5 1 2 11 34 0.71
2019-20 WSH 5 0 2 2 -4 17 9 24 0.40
2020-21 WSH 5 1 1 2 -3 6 10 24 0.40
2021-22 WSH 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1.00
2023-24 WSH 4 1 2 3 1 16 10 15 0.75
2024-25 WSH 10 3 4 7 3 14 19 51 0.70
11 seasons Playoffs 94 17 23 40 1 158 133 384 0.43

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 24 28 52 13 98 151 240 0.67 15.9 18:35

Contract

$5.167MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$99KCap dollars per point52 points in 78 games
$1.216MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$3.8MWorth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Jul 27, 2018, as a new contract: 6 years and $31M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2023-24, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $5.167M $1.1M $5M $6.1M
2019-20 $5.167M $1.5M $3M $4.5M
2020-21 $5.167M $2.1M $2M $4.1M M-NTC
2021-22 $5.167M $3.1M $3M $6.1M M-NTC
2022-23 $5.167M $2.1M $2M $4.1M M-NTC
2023-24 $5.167M $5.1M $1M $6.1M M-NTC

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
Aug 4, 2023 Washington Capitals Extension 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $45.7M $6.5M
Jul 27, 2018 Washington Capitals New contract 2018-19 to 2023-24 6 $31M $5.167M
Jun 30, 2016 Washington Capitals Extension 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $4M $2M
Jul 19, 2012 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $3.975M $894K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.2Goals above replacement230th of 723 skaters, 164th of 481 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-1.1 38th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 64th percentilePower play-0.6 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.5 91st percentilePenalties+0.6 65th 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

50.0Corsi for %987 attempts for, 987 against
-0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %45.6 expected for, 44.0 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.7Goals for %58 for, 48 against
102.2PDO11.5% shooting + 90.6% saves
185Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson64469:5648.749.928-17
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Anthony Mantha1155:3845.242.82-3
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Aliaksei Protas646:5067.964.83-1
Lars Eller · Tom Wilson · Connor McMichael1139:2945.853.62-2

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.

23Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.3Expected goalsfrom 223 unblocked attempts
+3.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.80 expected goals per 60 minutes52nd
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing +3.7 goals above expected83rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 23Expected 19.3

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. 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 29, 2022 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:12
Apr 28, 2022 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:23
Apr 26, 2022 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 17:27
Apr 24, 2022 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 6 18:39
Apr 22, 2022 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:46
Apr 20, 2022 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 20:01
Apr 18, 2022 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:34
Apr 16, 2022 @ MTL W 8-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 14:16
Apr 14, 2022 @ TOR L 3-7 1 0 1 1 7 3 3 14:17
Apr 12, 2022 vs PHI W 9-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 12:26
Apr 10, 2022 vs BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 3 15:20
Apr 9, 2022 @ PIT W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 8 21:43
Apr 6, 2022 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:17
Apr 3, 2022 vs MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:07
Mar 28, 2022 vs CAR L 1-6 1 0 1 -2 7 1 4 13:49
Mar 26, 2022 vs NJD W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 15:33
Mar 25, 2022 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 20:05
Mar 22, 2022 vs STL L 2-5 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 18:48
Mar 20, 2022 vs DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 22:20
Mar 18, 2022 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 19:39
Mar 17, 2022 @ CBJ W 7-2 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 14:55
Mar 15, 2022 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:34
Mar 11, 2022 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:21
Mar 9, 2022 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:08
Mar 8, 2022 @ CGY W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:18
Mar 5, 2022 vs SEA W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 8 17:43
Mar 3, 2022 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 18:32
Feb 28, 2022 vs TOR L 3-5 2 0 2 -1 0 7 4 18:44
Feb 26, 2022 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 7 17:18
Feb 24, 2022 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:57
Feb 17, 2022 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 18:55
Feb 15, 2022 @ NSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:29
Feb 13, 2022 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 5 3 5 18:55
Feb 10, 2022 @ MTL W 5-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 17:03
Feb 8, 2022 vs CBJ L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 20:18
Feb 2, 2022 vs EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 4 2 17:37
Feb 1, 2022 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 20:23
Jan 28, 2022 @ DAL W 5-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:51
Jan 26, 2022 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 6 20:31
Jan 24, 2022 vs VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:27
Jan 22, 2022 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 20:22
Jan 20, 2022 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 20:59
Jan 18, 2022 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 18:49
Jan 16, 2022 vs VAN L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 21:08
Jan 15, 2022 @ NYI W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 22:45
Jan 10, 2022 vs BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 17:40
Jan 8, 2022 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:00
Jan 7, 2022 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 16:49
Jan 2, 2022 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 22:04
Dec 31, 2021 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:34
Dec 29, 2021 vs NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 19 2 2 18:02
Dec 10, 2021 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 15:16
Dec 6, 2021 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 18:37
Dec 4, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 21:36
Dec 2, 2021 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:33
Nov 30, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 0 1 1 1 4 2 4 18:40
Nov 28, 2021 @ CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 1 2 1 4 18:19
Nov 26, 2021 vs FLA W 4-3 1 2 3 0 0 4 4 18:04
Nov 24, 2021 vs MTL W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 16:35
Nov 21, 2021 @ SEA L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 22:39
Nov 20, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:21
Nov 17, 2021 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:15
Nov 16, 2021 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 21:07
Nov 14, 2021 vs PIT W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 20:48
Nov 12, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 20:35
Nov 11, 2021 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20:15
Nov 8, 2021 vs BUF W 5-3 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 21:16
Nov 6, 2021 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:33
Nov 4, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 4 25:24
Nov 1, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 22:22
Oct 29, 2021 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 21:39
Oct 27, 2021 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:34
Oct 25, 2021 @ OTT W 7-5 0 1 1 1 10 2 5 17:13
Oct 23, 2021 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 18:30
Oct 21, 2021 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:19
Oct 19, 2021 vs COL W 6-3 0 3 3 4 2 3 3 16:36
Oct 16, 2021 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 18:08
Oct 13, 2021 vs NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:18