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Nolan Foote

#25 · Left wing · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Nov 29, 2000 in Denver, Colorado, USA (age 25) · 6'3", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 27th overall in 2019 by TBL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

William Eklund SJS · 4 P in 9 GP Bobby Brink PHI · 4 P in 10 GP Isaac Ratcliffe PHI · 4 P in 10 GP Michael Sgarbossa WSH · 4 P in 10 GP Nate Smith ARI · 4 P in 10 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.

012342020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 1 points123-242024-25: 1 points124-252025-26: 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
2020-21 NJD 6 1 1 2 -1 0 5 5 0.33 $894K
2021-22 NJD 7 3 1 4 3 0 10 8 0.57 $863K
2022-23 NJD 6 1 0 1 2 0 4 5 0.17 $863K
2023-24 NJD 4 1 0 1 -1 0 6 3 0.25 $863K
2024-25 NJD 7 0 1 1 0 0 5 11 0.14 $825K
2025-26 FLA 12 1 0 1 -4 6 13 27 0.08 $775K
6 seasons Career 42 7 3 10 -1 6 43 59 0.24

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 3 1 4 3 0 10 8 0.57 30.0 10:22

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2024, then RFA
$216KCap dollars per point4 points in 7 games
$922KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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 contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 25, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $863K $833K $93K $925K
2022-23 $863K $833K $0 $833K
2023-24 $863K $833K $0 $833K

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 3, 2026 Philadelphia Flyers New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 1, 2025 Florida Panthers New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Aug 9, 2024 New Jersey Devils New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $825K $825K
Jun 25, 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.6Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-0.500.512020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

48.7Corsi for %57 attempts for, 60 against
+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 2.5 against
+5.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
71.4Goals for %5 for, 2 against
107.3PDO13.2% shooting + 94.1% saves
15Attempts 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
Pavel Zacha · Fabian Zetterlund · Nolan Foote223:4761.259.33-1
Jesper Boqvist · Fabian Zetterlund · Nolan Foote28:3966.777.91-0
Pavel Zacha · Janne Kuokkanen · Nolan Foote16:5850.044.10-0
Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod · Nolan Foote25:220.00.00-0

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. 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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
+1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.09 expected goals per 60 minutes85th
Shot quality 11.0% chance per attempt98th
Finishing +1.7 goals above expected71stOne 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.

0123Goals 3Expected 1.3

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 29, 2022 vs DET L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 14:02
Apr 28, 2022 @ CAR L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:50
Apr 26, 2022 @ OTT L 4-5 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 14:20
Apr 24, 2022 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08
Apr 23, 2022 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:10
Jan 8, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:17
Jan 6, 2022 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:47