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J.T. Compher

#37 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Apr 8, 1995 in Northbrook, Illinois, USA (age 31) · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 35th overall in 2013 by BUF (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aleksander Barkov FLA · 0 P in 2 GP Andrei Kuzmenko PIT · 0 P in 2 GP Ben Meyers SEA · 0 P in 2 GP Cole Koepke WPG · 0 P in 2 GP Conor Garland CBJ · 0 P in 2 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.

020402016-17: 5 points516-172017-18: 23 points2317-182018-19: 32 points3218-192019-20: 31 points3119-202020-21: 18 points1820-212021-22: 33 points3321-222022-23: 52 points5222-232023-24: 48 points4823-242024-25: 32 points3224-252025-26: 28 points2825-262026-27: 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
2016-17 COL 21 3 2 5 0 4 30 11 0.24 $925K
2017-18 COL 69 13 10 23 -29 20 131 45 0.33 $925K
2018-19 COL 66 16 16 32 -8 31 118 33 0.48 $925K
2019-20 COL 67 11 20 31 9 18 106 36 0.46 $3.5M
2020-21 COL 48 10 8 18 10 19 47 32 0.38 $3.5M
2021-22 COL 70 18 15 33 6 25 102 31 0.47 $3.5M
2022-23 COL 82 17 35 52 8 33 154 37 0.63 $3.5M
2023-24 DET 77 19 29 48 -5 34 108 51 0.62 $5.1M
2024-25 DET 76 11 21 32 -7 24 98 29 0.42 $5.1M
2025-26 DET 82 11 17 28 -13 27 95 22 0.34 $5.1M
2026-27 DET 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.00 $5.1M
11 seasons Career 660 129 173 302 -29 237 992 328 0.46

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 COL 6 0 3 3 -2 2 4 5 0.50
2018-19 COL 12 4 2 6 1 0 18 15 0.50
2019-20 COL 12 2 4 6 4 4 21 12 0.50
2020-21 COL 10 1 1 2 2 4 16 4 0.20
2021-22 COL 20 5 3 8 -1 10 26 16 0.40
2022-23 COL 7 1 1 2 -2 0 15 6 0.29
6 seasons Playoffs 67 13 14 27 2 20 100 58 0.40

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.00 0.0 14:40

Contract

$5.1MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$41.412MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement, projected
$930KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.2MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 5 years and $25.5M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season 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
2023-24 $5.1M $5.5M $0 $5.5M M-NTC
2024-25 $5.1M $5.5M $0 $5.5M M-NTC
2025-26 $5.1M $5.1M $0 $5.1M M-NTC
2026-27 $5.1M $4.7M $0 $4.7M M-NTC
2027-28 $5.1M $4.7M $0 $4.7M 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
Jul 1, 2023 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2023-24 to 2027-28 5 $25.5M $5.1M
Jul 17, 2019 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2019-20 to 2022-23 4 $14M $3.5M
Apr 25, 2016 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $3M $925K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 2 games (-0.2 goals above replacement), plus the 77 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+0.1Goals above replacement489th of 647 skaters, 340th of 422 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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-2.1 16th percentileEven-strength defence-1.6 18th percentilePower play-0.3 25th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 4th percentilePenalties+1.3 84th 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.

-202462016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

58.3Corsi for %21 attempts for, 15 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.2Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 1.0 against
-10.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
68.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
6Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
J.T. Compher · Viktor Arvidsson · Emmitt Finnie210:3146.737.10-0
J.T. Compher · Keegan Kolesar · Michael Rasmussen16:4963.657.60-0
J.T. Compher · Mason Appleton · Michael Rasmussen10:50100.0100.00-0
J.T. Compher · Viktor Arvidsson · Alex DeBrincat10:440.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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
Oct 4, 2026 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:51
Oct 2, 2026 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:28