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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 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Filip Chytil NYR · 22 P in 42 GP Casey Mittelstadt BUF · 22 P in 41 GP Eeli Tolvanen NSH · 22 P in 40 GP Colin Blackwell NYR · 22 P in 47 GP Ryan Johansen NSH · 22 P in 48 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 7 15 22 10 16 49 53 0.51 14.3 14:51

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2021
$34KCap dollars per point22 points in 43 games
$205KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.7 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.7MValueworth 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 633 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, so this is its last season.

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.7Goals above replacement198th of 643 skaters, 142nd of 430 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 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-0.4 42nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 87th percentilePower play-0.1 49th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 92nd percentilePenalties+0.5 67th 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

46.3Corsi for %389 attempts for, 451 against
-5.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %16.4 expected for, 18.9 against
-2.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.5Goals for %23 for, 20 against
101.9PDO9.8% shooting + 92.1% saves
61Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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-Reese15138:4949.049.56-0
Teddy Blueger · Evan Rodrigues · Zachary Aston-Reese850:1246.345.04-3
Teddy Blueger · Kasperi Kapanen · Zachary Aston-Reese1449:2055.652.63-2
Colton Sceviour · Teddy Blueger · Zachary Aston-Reese739:2753.158.10-3

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.7Expected goalsfrom 63 unblocked attempts
+2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt28th
Finishing +2.3 goals above expected78thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 7Expected 4.7

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
May 8, 2021 vs BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:27
May 6, 2021 vs BUF W 8-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:00
May 4, 2021 @ PHI W 7-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 14:18
May 3, 2021 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13:41
May 1, 2021 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 12:36
Apr 29, 2021 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:50
Apr 27, 2021 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12:57
Apr 25, 2021 vs BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:58
Apr 24, 2021 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:00
Apr 22, 2021 vs NJD W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 15:44
Apr 20, 2021 vs NJD W 7-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:04
Apr 18, 2021 @ BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:34
Apr 17, 2021 @ BUF W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:15
Apr 15, 2021 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:38
Apr 11, 2021 @ NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 13:44
Mar 15, 2021 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:39
Mar 13, 2021 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:38
Mar 11, 2021 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:56
Mar 9, 2021 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:37
Mar 7, 2021 vs NYR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 17:09
Mar 6, 2021 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 19:14
Mar 4, 2021 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:21
Mar 2, 2021 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:26
Feb 28, 2021 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:55
Feb 27, 2021 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:12
Feb 25, 2021 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:41
Feb 23, 2021 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:49
Feb 20, 2021 vs NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:44
Feb 18, 2021 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:05
Feb 16, 2021 vs WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 15:50
Feb 14, 2021 vs WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17:40
Feb 11, 2021 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:51
Feb 6, 2021 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 14:35
Feb 1, 2021 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:24
Jan 30, 2021 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:24
Jan 28, 2021 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 14:17
Jan 26, 2021 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:00
Jan 24, 2021 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 16:58
Jan 22, 2021 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:22
Jan 19, 2021 vs WSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 10:07
Jan 17, 2021 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 09:26
Jan 15, 2021 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:13
Jan 13, 2021 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:14