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Alex Tuch

#89 · Right wing · Washington Capitals

Born May 10, 1996 in Syracuse, New York, USA (age 30) · 6'4", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 18th overall in 2014 by MIN (round 1)

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.

Brandon Sutter VAN · 17 P in 44 GP Alexander Steen STL · 17 P in 55 GP Brock McGinn CAR · 17 P in 68 GP Kyle Clifford TOR · 17 P in 69 GP Dillon Dube CGY · 16 P in 45 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.

02040602016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 37 points3717-182018-19: 52 points5218-192019-20: 17 points1719-202020-21: 33 points3320-212021-22: 38 points3821-222022-23: 79 points7922-232023-24: 59 points5923-242024-25: 67 points6724-252025-26: 66 points6625-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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 MIN 6 0 0 0 -3 0 8 5 0.00 $925K
2017-18 VGK 78 15 22 37 3 27 171 99 0.47 $925K
2018-19 VGK 74 20 32 52 13 8 180 92 0.70 $925K
2019-20 VGK 42 8 9 17 -10 8 98 58 0.40 $4.75M
2020-21 VGK 55 18 15 33 16 28 142 52 0.60 $4.75M
2021-22 BUF 50 12 26 38 -3 14 139 32 0.76 $4.75M
2022-23 BUF 74 36 43 79 14 20 218 54 1.07 $4.75M
2023-24 BUF 75 22 37 59 9 54 192 72 0.79 $4.75M
2024-25 BUF 82 36 31 67 16 47 196 73 0.82 $4.75M
2025-26 BUF 79 33 33 66 24 57 195 82 0.84 $4.75M
2026-27 WSH 5 3 0 3 4 0 15 5 0.60 $10.5M
11 seasons Career 620 203 248 451 83 263 1554 624 0.73

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 VGK 20 6 4 10 0 12 44 43 0.50
2018-19 VGK 7 1 1 2 0 8 20 18 0.29
2019-20 VGK 17 5 4 9 5 8 43 42 0.53
2020-21 VGK 19 4 5 9 6 6 42 39 0.47
2025-26 BUF 13 4 3 7 0 8 46 37 0.54
5 seasons Playoffs 76 20 17 37 11 42 195 179 0.49

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 8 9 17 -10 8 98 58 0.40 8.2 14:37

Contract

$4.75MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$279KCap dollars per point17 points in 42 games
$1.537MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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 Vegas Golden Knights on Oct 19, 2018, as an extension of the contract he was on: 7 years and $33.25M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2025-26, with 6 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
2019-20 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M
2020-21 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M
2021-22 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M
2022-23 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M
2023-24 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M M-NTC
2024-25 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M M-NTC
2025-26 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M 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
Jun 24, 2026 Washington Capitals Extension 2026-27 to 2033-34 8 $84M $10.5M
Oct 19, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2019-20 to 2025-26 7 $33.25M $4.75M
Apr 13, 2016 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $4.05M $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 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

+3.1Goals above replacement261st of 670 skaters, 186th of 439 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals 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-2.4 14th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 83rd percentilePower play+0.4 83rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 74th percentilePenalties+1.7 91st 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.

0510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

52.4Corsi for %460 attempts for, 418 against
-3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Expected goals for %18.4 expected for, 18.3 against
-7.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.5Goals for %15 for, 24 against
95.7PDO6.4% shooting + 89.3% saves
137Attempts 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
Paul Stastny · Alex Tuch · Cody Glass1181:1359.560.30-4
Cody Eakin · William Carrier · Alex Tuch1081:0955.958.33-3
Paul Stastny · Valentin Zykov · Alex Tuch866:2955.954.23-1
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Alex Tuch935:2947.048.60-4

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.3Expected goalsfrom 140 unblocked attempts
-2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.01 expected goals per 60 minutes84th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt29th
Finishing -2.3 goals above expected24thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Expected 10.3Goals 8

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
Feb 13, 2020 vs STL W 6-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 2 4 3 13:22
Feb 11, 2020 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:04
Feb 8, 2020 vs CAR L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 14:21
Feb 6, 2020 @ FLA W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:59
Feb 4, 2020 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 12:38
Feb 1, 2020 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15:39
Jan 31, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:06
Jan 21, 2020 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 15:43
Jan 18, 2020 @ MTL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 17:57
Jan 16, 2020 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:50
Jan 14, 2020 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:29
Jan 11, 2020 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:13
Jan 9, 2020 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:31
Jan 7, 2020 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 17:15
Jan 4, 2020 vs STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:40
Jan 2, 2020 vs PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:01
Dec 31, 2019 vs ANA W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:56
Dec 28, 2019 vs ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 13:25
Dec 27, 2019 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:36
Dec 23, 2019 vs COL L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:19
Dec 22, 2019 @ SJS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:41
Dec 19, 2019 @ VAN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 11:10
Dec 17, 2019 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:51
Dec 15, 2019 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 13:20
Dec 13, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:52
Dec 12, 2019 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:27
Dec 10, 2019 vs CHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 13:48
Dec 8, 2019 vs NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:11
Dec 5, 2019 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:07
Dec 3, 2019 @ NJD W 4-3 0 3 3 2 0 2 2 16:06
Dec 2, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 12:54
Nov 29, 2019 vs ARI W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 17:51
Nov 27, 2019 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 15:18
Nov 25, 2019 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:06
Nov 23, 2019 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:36
Nov 21, 2019 vs SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:23
Nov 19, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:31
Nov 17, 2019 vs CGY W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:14
Nov 16, 2019 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:55
Nov 13, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 17:15
Nov 2, 2019 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:31
Oct 31, 2019 vs MTL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 12:53