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Akil Thomas

#26 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jan 2, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 26) · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 51st overall in 2018 by LAK (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Walker Duehr SJS · 3 P in 24 GP Mitchell Stephens SEA · 3 P in 28 GP Zack MacEwen OTT · 3 P in 21 GP Andre Lee LAK · 3 P in 19 GP Nicolas Deslauriers PHI · 3 P in 31 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.

012342023-24: 4 points423-242024-25: 3 points324-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 LAK 7 3 1 4 0 2 9 8 0.57 $775K
2024-25 LAK 25 1 2 3 -4 7 20 42 0.12 $775K
2 seasons Career 32 4 3 7 -4 9 29 50 0.22

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 1 2 3 -4 7 20 42 0.12 5.0 9:55

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026
$258KCap dollars per point3 points in 25 games
$587KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$188KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Jun 6, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season left after this one.

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 Vancouver Canucks New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $900K $900K
Jun 6, 2024 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 8, 2023 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Mar 16, 2019 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.825M $795K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacement544th of 698 skaters, 362nd of 456 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-1.8 27th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 61st percentilePower play0.0 52nd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 43rd percentilePenalties+0.2 46th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-0.500.511.52023-242024-25Goals 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

47.7Corsi for %205 attempts for, 225 against
-6.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %7.0 expected for, 8.1 against
-7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.7Goals for %5 for, 9 against
96.2PDO5.4% shooting + 90.7% saves
36Attempts 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
Trevor Lewis · Tanner Jeannot · Akil Thomas1171:4940.031.40-2
Phillip Danault · Kevin Fiala · Akil Thomas517:5840.761.51-0
Phillip Danault · Trevor Moore · Akil Thomas417:2657.165.31-1
Akil Thomas · Andre Lee · Samuel Helenius316:3851.774.10-0

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
2.2Expected goalsfrom 27 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt57th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.2Goals 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
Apr 17, 2025 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:28
Apr 15, 2025 @ SEA W 6-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:45
Mar 1, 2025 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:43
Feb 7, 2025 vs DAL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:36
Feb 5, 2025 vs MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:47
Feb 1, 2025 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 08:15
Jan 30, 2025 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:23
Jan 29, 2025 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:00
Jan 22, 2025 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:31
Dec 28, 2024 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:06
Dec 22, 2024 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:03
Dec 21, 2024 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:19
Dec 19, 2024 @ PHI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:19
Dec 17, 2024 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:34
Dec 14, 2024 @ NYR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:55
Nov 25, 2024 @ SJS L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:32
Nov 13, 2024 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:09
Nov 11, 2024 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:58
Nov 9, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:11
Nov 7, 2024 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10:03
Nov 5, 2024 @ MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:21
Nov 4, 2024 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:57
Nov 2, 2024 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:36
Oct 30, 2024 vs VGK W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 10:14
Oct 29, 2024 @ SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 13:06