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Brayden Point

#21 · Centre · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Mar 13, 1996 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN (age 30) · 5'11", 174 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 79th overall in 2014 by TBL (round 3)

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

Adrian Kempe LAK · 2 P in 3 GP Alexandre Texier MTL · 2 P in 3 GP Blake Coleman MIN · 2 P in 3 GP Bobby Brink MIN · 2 P in 3 GP Calum Ritchie NYI · 2 P in 3 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.

0204060802016-17: 40 points4016-172017-18: 66 points6617-182018-19: 92 points9218-192019-20: 64 points6419-202020-21: 48 points4820-212021-22: 58 points5821-222022-23: 95 points9522-232023-24: 90 points9023-242024-25: 82 points8224-252025-26: 50 points5025-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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 TBL 68 18 22 40 4 14 122 39 0.59 $687K
2017-18 TBL 82 32 34 66 18 24 217 26 0.80 $687K
2018-19 TBL 79 41 51 92 27 28 191 31 1.16 $687K
2019-20 TBL 66 25 39 64 28 11 141 24 0.97 $6.75M
2020-21 TBL 56 23 25 48 2 11 131 23 0.86 $6.75M
2021-22 TBL 66 28 30 58 -5 33 176 75 0.88 $6.75M
2022-23 TBL 82 51 44 95 2 7 235 37 1.16 $9.5M
2023-24 TBL 81 46 44 90 -16 14 227 16 1.11 $9.5M
2024-25 TBL 77 42 40 82 17 7 189 26 1.06 $9.5M
2025-26 TBL 63 18 32 50 12 14 129 8 0.79 $9.5M
2026-27 TBL 3 1 1 2 2 2 7 0 0.67 $9.5M
11 seasons Career 723 325 362 687 91 165 1765 305 0.95

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 TBL 17 7 9 16 -6 10 37 11 0.94
2018-19 TBL 4 1 0 1 -5 5 7 3 0.25
2019-20 TBL 20 13 17 30 14 4 61 20 1.50
2020-21 TBL 23 14 9 23 7 8 49 21 1.00
2021-22 TBL 9 2 3 5 -7 4 22 19 0.56
2022-23 TBL 6 2 2 4 -2 2 20 14 0.67
2023-24 TBL 5 2 3 5 -1 2 12 9 1.00
2024-25 TBL 5 2 0 2 -1 4 12 2 0.40
2025-26 TBL 7 1 0 1 -1 2 12 3 0.14
9 seasons Playoffs 96 44 43 87 -2 41 232 102 0.91

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 1 1 2 2 2 7 0 0.67 14.3 20:26

Contract

$9.5MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$4.75MCap dollars per point2 points in 3 games
$1.249MCap dollars per goal above replacement7.6 goals above replacement, projected
$8.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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 Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 28, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $76M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2029-30, with 3 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
2022-23 $9.5M $3.5M $5.5M $9M
2023-24 $9.5M $5M $6.25M $11.25M NMC
2024-25 $9.5M $5M $7M $12M NMC
2025-26 $9.5M $5M $7M $12M NMC
2026-27 $9.5M $4M $5.75M $9.75M NMC
2027-28 $9.5M $3M $4.6M $7.6M M-NTC
2028-29 $9.5M $3M $4.2M $7.2M M-NTC
2029-30 $9.5M $3M $4.2M $7.2M 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 28, 2021 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $76M $9.5M
Sep 23, 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $20.25M $6.75M
Mar 28, 2015 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $2.775M $687K

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 3 games (-0.3 goals above replacement), plus the 71 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.

+7.6Goals above replacement111th of 647 skaters, 84th of 422 forwards
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.7Goals 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+5.8 92nd percentileEven-strength defence-3.3 5th percentilePower play+0.4 79th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties+0.7 70th 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.

051015202016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

57.1Corsi for %40 attempts for, 30 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.0Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 1.4 against
-10.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
75.0Goals for %3 for, 1 against
112.3PDO20.0% shooting + 92.3% saves
7Attempts 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
Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point · Gage Goncalves219:2471.488.81-0
Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point · Ilya Mikheyev27:2347.648.81-1
Nikita Kucherov · Jake Guentzel · Brayden Point21:36100.0100.00-0
Brayden Point · Jeffrey Viel · Conor Geekie11:080.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.34 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 9.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.4 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.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 1

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 5, 2026 vs PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:09
Oct 3, 2026 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 20:32
Oct 1, 2026 @ NYR L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 22:38