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Tim Stützle

#18 · Centre · Ottawa Senators

Born Jan 15, 2002 in Viersen, DEU (age 24) · 6'0", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2020 by OTT (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nick Suzuki MTL · 6 P in 3 GP Cole Perfetti WPG · 6 P in 4 GP Dylan Guenther UTA · 6 P in 4 GP Elias Pettersson VAN · 6 P in 4 GP Paul Cotter VAN · 6 P in 4 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.

0204060802020-21: 29 points2920-212021-22: 58 points5821-222022-23: 90 points9022-232023-24: 70 points7023-242024-25: 79 points7924-252025-26: 83 points8325-262026-27: 6 points626-27

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 OTT 53 12 17 29 -18 14 111 50 0.55 $925K
2021-22 OTT 79 22 36 58 -27 37 176 125 0.73 $925K
2022-23 OTT 78 39 51 90 -3 54 228 114 1.15 $925K
2023-24 OTT 75 18 52 70 -17 28 192 100 0.93 $8.35M
2024-25 OTT 82 24 55 79 0 46 162 130 0.96 $8.35M
2025-26 OTT 80 34 49 83 7 39 194 126 1.04 $8.35M
2026-27 OTT 3 3 3 6 4 2 7 9 2.00 $8.35M
7 seasons Career 450 152 263 415 -54 220 1070 654 0.92

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 OTT 6 2 3 5 1 2 14 34 0.83
2025-26 OTT 4 0 1 1 -4 0 8 8 0.25
2 seasons Playoffs 10 2 4 6 -3 2 22 42 0.60

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 3 3 6 4 2 7 9 2.00 42.9 21:08

Contract

$8.35MCap hitends in 2031, then UFA
$1.392MCap dollars per point6 points in 3 games
$654KCap dollars per goal above replacement12.8 goals above replacement, projected
$13MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.7MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Sep 7, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $66.8M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2030-31, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $8.35M
2024-25 $8.35M
2025-26 $8.35M
2026-27 $8.35M
2027-28 $8.35M
2028-29 $8.35M
2029-30 $8.35M
2030-31 $8.35M

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
Sep 7, 2022 Ottawa Senators Extension 2023-24 to 2030-31 8 $66.8M $8.35M
2020-21 to 2022-23 $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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+0.9 goals above replacement), plus the 79 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+12.8Goals above replacement26th of 647 skaters, 18th of 422 forwards
+2.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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+6.9 95th percentileEven-strength defence-2.6 9th percentilePower play-0.2 35th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 87th percentilePenalties+3.7 99th 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.

0510152020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

47.1Corsi for %32 attempts for, 36 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Expected goals for %1.8 expected for, 2.2 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
71.4Goals for %5 for, 2 against
125.2PDO35.7% shooting + 89.5% 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
Warren Foegele · Drake Batherson · Tim Stützle215:4129.623.91-0
Drake Batherson · Tim Stützle · William Eklund23:54100.0100.00-0
Drake Batherson · Ridly Greig · Tim Stützle13:0442.941.11-1
Warren Foegele · Michael Amadio · Tim Stützle12:5066.757.71-0

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 11.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Goals 3Expected 0.9

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
Oct 6, 2026 @ DET L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 5 21:37
Oct 5, 2026 @ BOS W 4-1 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 18:56
Oct 3, 2026 @ TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 22:51