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Teddy Blueger

#73 · Centre · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Aug 15, 1994 in Riga, LVA (age 32) · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 52nd overall in 2012 by PIT (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare COL · 22 P in 69 GP Vinnie Hinostroza ARI · 22 P in 68 GP Patrick Marleau PIT · 22 P in 66 GP Sam Steel ANA · 22 P in 65 GP Dominik Simon PIT · 22 P in 64 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.

010202018-19: 10 points1018-192019-20: 22 points2219-202020-21: 22 points2220-212021-22: 28 points2821-222022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 26 points2624-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 PIT 28 6 4 10 7 15 33 52 0.36 $650K
2019-20 PIT 69 9 13 22 2 25 102 83 0.32 $750K
2020-21 PIT 43 7 15 22 10 16 49 53 0.51 $750K
2021-22 PIT 65 9 19 28 12 10 93 87 0.43 $2.2M
2022-23 PIT 45 2 8 10 -7 16 62 54 0.22 $2.2M
2022-23 VGK 18 2 4 6 -2 14 23 17 0.33
2023-24 VAN 68 6 22 28 4 31 97 98 0.41 $1.9M
2024-25 VAN 82 8 18 26 -7 39 94 104 0.32 $1.8M
2025-26 VAN 35 9 8 17 -12 22 51 55 0.49 $1.8M
2026-27 TOR 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0.00 $2.5M
9 seasons Career 459 58 111 169 8 188 607 607 0.37

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00
2019-20 PIT 4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 4 0.25
2020-21 PIT 6 0 0 0 -2 2 8 12 0.00
2021-22 PIT 7 0 1 1 0 2 8 16 0.14
2022-23 VGK 6 1 1 2 1 0 6 6 0.33
2023-24 VAN 13 0 2 2 -3 6 4 18 0.15
6 seasons Playoffs 37 2 4 6 -5 10 32 57 0.16

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 9 13 22 2 25 102 83 0.32 8.8 15:49

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2021
$34KCap dollars per point22 points in 69 games
$301KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 16, 2019, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $750K $750K $0 $750K
2020-21 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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, 2026 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $5M $2.5M
Jun 26, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $3.6M $1.8M
Jul 1, 2023 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1.9M $1.9M
Jul 14, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $4.4M $2.2M
Jul 16, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.5M $750K
Jul 13, 2018 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $650K $650K
Mar 22, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.41M $705K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacement312th of 670 skaters, 219th of 439 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-5.4 1st percentileEven-strength defence+3.7 97th percentilePower play-0.1 35th percentilePenalty kill+1.2 99th percentilePenalties+0.1 41st 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.

-202462018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

50.6Corsi for %711 attempts for, 693 against
-0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Expected goals for %28.3 expected for, 27.9 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.0Goals for %24 for, 26 against
99.4PDO6.2% shooting + 93.2% saves
133Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese46423:1850.957.010-10
Teddy Blueger · Sam Lafferty · Zachary Aston-Reese1454:5853.158.21-1
Teddy Blueger · Dominik Simon · Zachary Aston-Reese1542:0450.054.60-1
Teddy Blueger · Sam Lafferty · Brandon Tanev1439:3241.517.20-2

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.6Expected goalsfrom 126 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt38th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.6Goals 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
Mar 10, 2020 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:13
Mar 8, 2020 vs CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:49
Mar 7, 2020 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:23
Mar 5, 2020 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:30
Mar 3, 2020 vs OTT W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:31
Feb 29, 2020 @ SJS L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:09
Feb 28, 2020 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:06
Feb 26, 2020 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:46
Feb 23, 2020 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:10
Feb 22, 2020 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:36
Feb 20, 2020 @ TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:27
Feb 18, 2020 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:41
Feb 16, 2020 vs DET W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:14
Feb 14, 2020 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:48
Feb 11, 2020 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:30
Feb 8, 2020 @ FLA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:04
Feb 6, 2020 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:23
Feb 2, 2020 @ WSH W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:42
Jan 31, 2020 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:41
Jan 21, 2020 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:08
Jan 19, 2020 vs BOS W 4-3 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 17:32
Jan 17, 2020 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:07
Jan 16, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:58
Jan 14, 2020 vs MIN W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:32
Jan 12, 2020 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 19:29
Jan 10, 2020 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 5 3 20:16
Jan 7, 2020 @ VGK W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:54
Jan 5, 2020 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:03
Jan 4, 2020 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 19:51
Jan 2, 2020 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:24
Dec 30, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:46
Dec 28, 2019 vs NSH W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:31
Dec 27, 2019 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:45
Dec 21, 2019 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:17
Dec 20, 2019 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:37
Dec 17, 2019 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:20
Dec 14, 2019 vs LAK W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 19:06
Dec 12, 2019 vs CBJ W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:39
Dec 10, 2019 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:16
Dec 7, 2019 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:05
Dec 6, 2019 vs ARI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:59
Dec 4, 2019 vs STL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:27
Nov 30, 2019 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16:09
Nov 29, 2019 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:59
Nov 27, 2019 vs VAN W 8-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15:43
Nov 25, 2019 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:24
Nov 22, 2019 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:45
Nov 21, 2019 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:37
Nov 19, 2019 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:04
Nov 16, 2019 vs TOR W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:44
Nov 15, 2019 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:07
Nov 12, 2019 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 17:53
Nov 9, 2019 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:58
Nov 7, 2019 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:36
Nov 4, 2019 @ BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:45
Nov 2, 2019 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 14:52
Oct 29, 2019 vs PHI W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:58
Oct 26, 2019 @ DAL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:02
Oct 23, 2019 @ TBL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:28
Oct 22, 2019 @ FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 15:04
Oct 19, 2019 vs VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:13
Oct 18, 2019 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:48
Oct 16, 2019 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:00
Oct 13, 2019 @ WPG W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:41
Oct 12, 2019 @ MIN W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:24
Oct 10, 2019 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 17 0 2 11:27
Oct 8, 2019 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 16:50
Oct 5, 2019 vs CBJ W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:25
Oct 3, 2019 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:19