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Max Crozier

#24 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Apr 19, 2000 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN (age 26) · 6'3", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 120th overall in 2019 by TBL (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

Joel Nystrom CAR · 10 P in 38 GP Noah Juulsen PHI · 10 P in 52 GP Alexander Petrovic DAL · 10 P in 54 GP Cole Hutson WSH · 10 P in 14 GP Spencer Stastney EDM · 10 P in 66 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.

02468102023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 10 points1025-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 TBL 13 0 2 2 -2 7 13 16 0.15 $868K
2024-25 TBL 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 0.00 $868K
2025-26 TBL 35 1 9 10 7 40 46 39 0.29 $775K
2026-27 TBL 3 0 2 2 1 2 6 5 0.67 $875K
4 seasons Career 56 1 13 14 6 49 73 71 0.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 TBL 3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 5 0.00
2025-26 TBL 2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 5 0 0 0 -3 4 7 6 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 1 9 10 7 40 46 39 0.29 2.2 16:01

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2028
$78KCap dollars per point10 points in 35 games
$707KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$929KValueworth 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. 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 Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 6, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $2.525M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2027-28, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K
2026-27 $875K
2027-28 $875K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 6, 2025 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $2.525M $775K
Mar 21, 2023 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.85M $868K

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

+1.1Goals above replacement444th of 715 skaters, 127th of 239 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 239 ranked defencemen: 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-0.5 61st percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 61st percentilePower play0.0 69th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 76th percentilePenalties-1.0 34th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

00.511.522023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

54.5Corsi for %474 attempts for, 395 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.5Expected goals for %22.6 expected for, 18.1 against
-0.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.8Goals for %21 for, 16 against
102.2PDO10.1% shooting + 92.0% saves
96Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Max Crozier · Declan Carlile24245:5253.456.09-8
Max Crozier · Emil Lilleberg1077:5554.051.45-3
Charle-Edouard D'Astous · Max Crozier2670:0755.865.72-3
Max Crozier · J.J. Moser2941:5858.860.74-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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
1.7Expected goalsfrom 65 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes49th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt20th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected34thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.7Goals 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 15, 2026 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:30
Feb 1, 2026 vs BOS W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:36
Jan 29, 2026 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:43
Jan 26, 2026 vs UTA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:54
Jan 23, 2026 @ CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:16
Jan 20, 2026 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19:06
Jan 18, 2026 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:16
Jan 16, 2026 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:06
Jan 13, 2026 @ PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:59
Jan 12, 2026 @ PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 13:54
Jan 10, 2026 @ PHI W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:47
Jan 6, 2026 vs COL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:33
Jan 3, 2026 @ SJS W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:49
Jan 1, 2026 @ LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:25
Dec 31, 2025 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14:27
Dec 28, 2025 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 23:41
Dec 27, 2025 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 2 6 1 4 20:25
Dec 22, 2025 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:09
Dec 20, 2025 vs CAR W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:42
Dec 18, 2025 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:31
Dec 15, 2025 vs FLA L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 2 2 2 19:59
Dec 13, 2025 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:51
Dec 11, 2025 @ NJD W 8-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:12
Dec 9, 2025 @ MTL W 6-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 15:18
Dec 8, 2025 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 14:02
Dec 6, 2025 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:44
Dec 4, 2025 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:12
Nov 16, 2025 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:24
Nov 15, 2025 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17:50
Nov 12, 2025 vs NYR L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:25
Nov 4, 2025 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:11
Oct 14, 2025 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:27
Oct 13, 2025 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:11
Oct 11, 2025 vs NJD L 3-5 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 15:57
Oct 9, 2025 vs OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 17:52