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Riley Tufte

#10 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Apr 10, 1998 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA (age 28) · 6'6", 233 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 25th overall in 2016 by DAL (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gabriel Fortier TBL · 1 P in 10 GP Mathieu Olivier NSH · 1 P in 10 GP Nick Robertson TOR · 1 P in 10 GP Brett Connolly CHI · 1 P in 9 GP Clark Bishop OTT · 1 P in 9 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.

00.511.522021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 1 points125-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 DAL 10 1 0 1 0 4 5 9 0.10 $925K
2022-23 DAL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 0.00 $750K
2023-24 COL 5 1 1 2 -2 2 7 8 0.40 $775K
2024-25 BOS 6 0 0 0 -3 4 1 8 0.00 $775K
2025-26 BOS 4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 7 0.25 $775K
5 seasons Career 28 3 1 4 -7 10 18 38 0.14

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 1 0 1 0 4 5 9 0.10 20.0 7:12

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2022, then extended to 2023
$925KCap dollars per point1 points in 10 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Dallas Stars on Apr 17, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.988M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Dallas Stars on Jun 30, 2022, 1 year and $750K at $750K a season, beginning in 2022-23.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $213K $925K

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, 2026 New Jersey Devils New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Boston Bruins New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jun 30, 2022 Dallas Stars Extension not begun 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Apr 17, 2019 Dallas Stars Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.988M $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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-1-0.500.512021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

37.1Corsi for %43 attempts for, 73 against
-11.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 2.0 against
-5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
104.6PDO9.5% shooting + 95.1% saves
8Attempts 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
Luke Glendening · Radek Faksa · Riley Tufte411:0423.841.11-1
Alexander Radulov · Riley Tufte · Jacob Peterson38:5221.439.30-0
Luke Glendening · Riley Tufte · Joel Kiviranta27:1714.315.20-0
Jamie Benn · Denis Gurianov · Riley Tufte16:2745.529.00-0

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. 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 9.7% chance per attempt86th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected61stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Mar 8, 2022 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:25
Mar 6, 2022 @ MIN W 6-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 07:01
Mar 4, 2022 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 07:46
Feb 27, 2022 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:24
Feb 24, 2022 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:49
Dec 20, 2021 vs MIN W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:12
Dec 18, 2021 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:11
Dec 17, 2021 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:56
Nov 16, 2021 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:50
Nov 13, 2021 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:25