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Jeffrey Viel

#25 · Left wing · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jan 28, 1997 in Rimouski, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 6'0", 218 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rodrigo Abols PHI · 10 P in 42 GP Isak Rosen WPG · 10 P in 37 GP Otto Stenberg STL · 10 P in 32 GP Zakhar Bardakov COL · 10 P in 60 GP Luke Kunin FLA · 10 P in 62 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.

02468102020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 5 points521-222022-23: 0 points022-232024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 10 points1025-262026-27: 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
2020-21 SJS 11 0 0 0 -7 23 10 22 0.00 $780K
2021-22 SJS 34 3 2 5 -2 114 30 84 0.15 $750K
2022-23 SJS 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0.00 $750K
2024-25 BOS 5 0 0 0 -1 14 3 12 0.00 $775K
2025-26 BOS 10 0 0 0 -1 30 11 27 0.00 $775K
2025-26 ANA 35 3 7 10 -2 49 51 94 0.29
2026-27 TBL 4 0 0 0 -3 7 6 14 0.00 $2.5M
6 seasons Career 103 6 9 15 -16 239 115 259 0.15

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 ANA 12 2 2 4 1 17 17 51 0.33
1 season Playoffs 12 2 2 4 1 17 17 51 0.33

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 3 7 10 -3 79 62 121 0.22 4.8 11:56

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$78KCap dollars per point10 points in 45 games
$773KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, 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
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2026-27 to 2030-31 5 $12.5M $2.5M
Jul 1, 2024 Boston Bruins New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jun 14, 2021 San Jose Sharks Extension 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K
May 29, 2019 San Jose Sharks Entry-level 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.6M $780K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

0.0Goals above replacement540th of 715 skaters, 376th of 476 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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+0.0 55th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 37th percentilePower play-0.1 46th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 58th percentilePenalties-0.9 7th 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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512020-212021-222022-232024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

53.2Corsi for %591 attempts for, 520 against
+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Expected goals for %27.4 expected for, 25.0 against
+0.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.8Goals for %22 for, 26 against
96.7PDO8.1% shooting + 88.5% saves
119Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeffrey Viel · Ryan Poehling · Cutter GauthierANA18134:4955.954.44-7
Sean Kuraly · Michael Eyssimont · Jeffrey VielBOS947:5651.049.61-2
Jeffrey Viel · Mason McTavish · Cutter GauthierANA732:1048.845.70-2
Alex Killorn · Jeffrey Viel · Ryan PoehlingANA725:1347.864.24-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.0Expected goalsfrom 99 unblocked attempts
-5.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes66th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt42nd
Finishing -5.0 goals above expected11thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 8.0Goals 3

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
Apr 16, 2026 @ NSH W 5-4 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 11:58
Apr 14, 2026 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:16
Apr 12, 2026 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 2 2 11:12
Apr 9, 2026 vs SJS W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:43
Apr 7, 2026 vs NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 4 3 6 08:49
Apr 4, 2026 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 10:08
Apr 3, 2026 vs STL L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 10:57
Apr 1, 2026 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 13:24
Mar 30, 2026 vs TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 11:45
Mar 28, 2026 @ EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 14:21
Mar 26, 2026 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:46
Mar 24, 2026 @ VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:25
Mar 22, 2026 vs BUF W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 2 0 1 12:01
Mar 20, 2026 @ UTA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 15:00
Mar 18, 2026 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 13:55
Mar 15, 2026 @ MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 12:04
Mar 14, 2026 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:05
Mar 12, 2026 @ TOR L 4-6 0 2 2 2 11 0 3 08:32
Mar 10, 2026 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 13:18
Mar 8, 2026 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:58
Mar 6, 2026 vs MTL W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:36
Mar 4, 2026 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 09:55
Mar 3, 2026 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 16:05
Mar 1, 2026 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 14:14
Feb 27, 2026 vs WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:50
Feb 25, 2026 vs EDM W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:18
Feb 3, 2026 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:38
Feb 1, 2026 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 13:09
Jan 29, 2026 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 13:25
Jan 26, 2026 @ EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:47
Jan 25, 2026 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:05
Jan 23, 2026 @ SEA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 15:57
Jan 21, 2026 @ COL W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 13:42
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYR W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 13:42
Jan 17, 2026 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 07:48
Dec 20, 2025 vs VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:22
Nov 29, 2025 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:45
Nov 19, 2025 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 17 6 1 08:45
Nov 15, 2025 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:54
Nov 13, 2025 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 10:19
Nov 11, 2025 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:39
Nov 8, 2025 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:39
Oct 23, 2025 vs ANA L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 14:11
Oct 21, 2025 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 10:39
Oct 16, 2025 @ VGK L 5-6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11:50