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Adam Erne

#73 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Dallas Stars

Born Apr 20, 1995 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA · 6'1", 209 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 33rd overall in 2013 by TBL (round 2)

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.

Patrick Russell EDM · 5 P in 45 GP Jakob Lilja CBJ · 5 P in 37 GP Logan Shaw WPG · 5 P in 35 GP Noah Gregor SJS · 5 P in 28 GP Dale Weise MTL · 5 P in 23 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.

051015202016-17: 3 points316-172017-18: 4 points417-182018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 5 points519-202020-21: 20 points2020-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 18 points1822-232023-24: 2 points223-242025-26: 8 points825-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 TBL 26 3 0 3 -9 11 40 71 0.12 $874K
2017-18 TBL 23 3 1 4 -1 11 29 37 0.17 $874K
2018-19 TBL 65 7 13 20 10 40 70 159 0.31 $800K
2019-20 DET 56 2 3 5 -24 28 63 142 0.09 $1.05M
2020-21 DET 45 11 9 20 -1 26 71 82 0.44 $998K
2021-22 DET 79 6 13 19 -22 34 108 161 0.24 $2.1M
2022-23 DET 61 8 10 18 -12 21 55 160 0.30 $2.1M
2023-24 EDM 24 1 1 2 0 9 13 68 0.08 $775K
2025-26 DAL 45 6 2 8 1 19 43 142 0.18 $775K
9 seasons Career 424 47 52 99 -58 199 492 1022 0.23

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 TBL 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 0.00
2025-26 DAL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -1 2 6 11 0.00

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 2 3 5 -24 28 63 142 0.09 3.2 11:49

Contract

$1.05MCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$210KCap dollars per point5 points in 56 games
-$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $1.05M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 7, 2025 Dallas Stars New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
2023-24 to 2023-24 $775K
2021-22 to 2022-23 $2.1M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $998K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1.05M
2016-17 to 2018-19 $874K

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

Rating

-2.3Goals above replacement629th of 670 skaters, 422nd of 439 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals 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-3.5 5th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 74th percentilePower play-0.9 6th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 19th percentilePenalties-0.6 16th 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.

-3-2-101232016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Goals 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

44.4Corsi for %418 attempts for, 523 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.9Expected goals for %17.5 expected for, 23.2 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
24.3Goals for %9 for, 28 against
93.9PDO4.1% shooting + 89.9% saves
97Attempts 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
Darren Helm · Luke Glendening · Adam Erne2173:0141.849.50-2
Frans Nielsen · Darren Helm · Adam Erne1747:3142.736.51-1
Adam Erne · Brendan Perlini · Christoffer Ehn1043:2940.635.00-3
Justin Abdelkader · Adam Erne · Christoffer Ehn1342:0049.249.90-3

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.5Expected goalsfrom 81 unblocked attempts
-3.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -3.5 goals above expected12thOne 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.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.5Goals 2

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
Feb 29, 2020 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 13:14
Feb 27, 2020 vs MIN L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 12:43
Feb 23, 2020 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:38
Feb 21, 2020 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 07:31
Feb 18, 2020 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:28
Feb 15, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 11:24
Feb 13, 2020 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:33
Feb 11, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:39
Feb 9, 2020 vs BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:14
Feb 7, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:36
Feb 6, 2020 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:27
Feb 3, 2020 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:23
Feb 1, 2020 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:49
Jan 31, 2020 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:01
Jan 22, 2020 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:55
Jan 20, 2020 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:00
Jan 18, 2020 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:00
Jan 17, 2020 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:25
Jan 14, 2020 @ NYI L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 12:15
Jan 12, 2020 vs BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:05
Jan 10, 2020 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:11
Jan 7, 2020 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 11:29
Jan 5, 2020 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 12:02
Jan 3, 2020 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:59
Dec 31, 2019 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:25
Dec 29, 2019 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12:04
Dec 28, 2019 @ FLA L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:49
Dec 21, 2019 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 14:04
Dec 17, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-5 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 13:38
Dec 15, 2019 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:37
Dec 14, 2019 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:39
Dec 12, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 14:51
Dec 10, 2019 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 09:33
Dec 7, 2019 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:30
Dec 2, 2019 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:24
Nov 30, 2019 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:29
Nov 29, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 12:01
Nov 21, 2019 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:20
Nov 19, 2019 vs OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:01
Nov 16, 2019 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:22
Nov 14, 2019 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:38
Nov 12, 2019 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:11
Nov 10, 2019 vs VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12:55
Nov 8, 2019 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:49
Nov 6, 2019 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 14:02
Nov 4, 2019 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:10
Nov 2, 2019 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:23
Nov 1, 2019 @ CAR L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:00
Oct 29, 2019 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:03
Oct 18, 2019 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:03
Oct 15, 2019 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 12 3 2 11:58
Oct 12, 2019 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:28
Oct 10, 2019 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:08
Oct 8, 2019 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:01
Oct 6, 2019 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:35
Oct 5, 2019 @ NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:29