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Evan Rodrigues

#17 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 28, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 33) · 5'11", 182 lb · Shoots right

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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.

Adam Edstrom NSH · 0 P in 3 GP Adam Klapka CGY · 0 P in 3 GP Alex Bump PHI · 0 P in 3 GP Alexander Wennberg SJS · 0 P in 3 GP Amadeus Lombardi NJD · 0 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.

0102030402015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 6 points616-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 29 points2918-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 43 points4321-222022-23: 39 points3922-232023-24: 39 points3923-242024-25: 32 points3224-252025-26: 31 points3125-262026-27: 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
2015-16 BUF 2 1 1 2 2 0 8 3 1.00 $843K
2016-17 BUF 30 4 2 6 -7 4 51 12 0.20 $843K
2017-18 BUF 48 7 18 25 -10 14 91 19 0.52 $650K
2018-19 BUF 74 9 20 29 -7 25 168 33 0.39 $650K
2019-20 BUF 38 5 4 9 -8 10 64 20 0.24 $2M
2019-20 PIT 7 1 0 1 0 4 11 4 0.14
2020-21 PIT 35 7 7 14 -3 6 65 21 0.40 $700K
2021-22 PIT 82 19 24 43 3 14 243 89 0.52 $1M
2022-23 COL 69 16 23 39 7 30 184 34 0.57 $2M
2023-24 FLA 80 12 27 39 26 34 186 104 0.49 $3M
2024-25 FLA 82 15 17 32 -4 38 161 128 0.39 $3M
2025-26 FLA 69 11 20 31 -16 38 160 63 0.45 $3M
2026-27 NJD 3 0 0 0 -4 0 2 5 0.00 $3.075M
12 seasons Career 619 107 163 270 -21 217 1394 535 0.44

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 PIT 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 6 0.50
2021-22 PIT 7 3 2 5 -2 4 27 11 0.71
2022-23 COL 7 1 4 5 4 2 18 17 0.71
2023-24 FLA 24 7 8 15 6 4 44 54 0.63
2024-25 FLA 21 2 13 15 3 10 33 44 0.71
5 seasons Playoffs 61 13 28 41 12 20 126 132 0.67

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 0 0 -4 0 2 5 0.00 0.0 16:26

Contract

$3.075MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$1.086MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.8 goals above replacement, projected
$3.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$442KValueworth less cap hit

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 Florida Panthers on Jul 2, 2023, as a new contract: 4 years and $12.075M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $3M $775K $2.225M $3M
2024-25 $3M $775K $2.225M $3M
2025-26 $3M $775K $2.225M $3M
2026-27 $3.075M $775K $2.225M $3M

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 2, 2023 Florida Panthers New contract 2023-24 to 2026-27 4 $12.075M $3M
Sep 12, 2022 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $2M $2M
Jul 28, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1M $1M
Oct 9, 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 25, 2019 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $2M $2M
Jul 27, 2017 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
Apr 22, 2015 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.85M $843K

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 75 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.

+2.8Goals above replacement296th of 647 skaters, 213th of 422 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals 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-1.4 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 69th percentilePower play-0.9 6th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 21st percentilePenalties+0.8 72nd 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.

-50510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

63.2Corsi for %48 attempts for, 28 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.2Expected goals for %1.8 expected for, 1.1 against
+6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
86.7PDO0.0% shooting + 86.7% saves
10Attempts 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
Evan Rodrigues · Arseny Gritsyuk · Dawson Mercer323:4368.564.60-1
Anthony Mantha · Evan Rodrigues · Dawson Mercer12:1875.068.80-0
Timo Meier · Evan Rodrigues · Dawson Mercer11:0533.343.10-0
Timo Meier · Evan Rodrigues · Arseny Gritsyuk21:020.00.00-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.5 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 0.5Goals 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 6, 2026 vs UTA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:50
Oct 3, 2026 @ NYI L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:14
Oct 1, 2026 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:13