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Luke Evangelista

#77 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Feb 21, 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 24) · 6'0", 183 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 42nd overall in 2020 by NSH (round 2)

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.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM · 56 P in 72 GP Alexis Lafrenière NYR · 57 P in 82 GP Alexander Wennberg SJS · 55 P in 80 GP Jordan Eberle SEA · 55 P in 80 GP Carter Verhaeghe FLA · 55 P in 77 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.

020402022-23: 15 points1522-232023-24: 39 points3923-242024-25: 32 points3224-252025-26: 56 points5625-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 NSH 24 7 8 15 7 6 54 9 0.63 $798K
2023-24 NSH 80 16 23 39 0 18 172 30 0.49 $798K
2024-25 NSH 68 10 22 32 -2 22 134 28 0.47 $798K
2025-26 NSH 81 12 44 56 1 28 176 21 0.69 $3M
2026-27 NJD 4 2 1 3 1 2 12 1 0.75 $3M
5 seasons Career 257 47 98 145 7 76 548 89 0.56

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 NSH 6 1 0 1 0 2 14 2 0.17
1 season Playoffs 6 1 0 1 0 2 14 2 0.17

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 12 44 56 1 28 176 21 0.69 6.8 16:37

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2027
$54KCap dollars per point56 points in 81 games
$257KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.7 goals above replacement
$10.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$7.7MValueworth 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. 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 Nashville Predators on Oct 3, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $6M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $3M
2026-27 $3M

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 15, 2026 New Jersey Devils Extension 2027-28 to 2031-32 5 $36.25M $7.25M
Oct 3, 2025 Nashville Predators New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $6M $3M
Nov 9, 2020 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 signed for 2020-21, slid 3 $2.875M $798K

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

Rating

+11.7Goals above replacement45th of 715 skaters, 31st of 476 forwards
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.0Goals 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+4.4 86th percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 79th percentilePower play-0.4 25th percentilePenalty kill0.0 28th percentilePenalties+2.2 97th 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.

0510152022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

56.0Corsi for %1228 attempts for, 963 against
+9.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %54.8 expected for, 47.1 against
+9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %52 for, 47 against
99.3PDO9.0% shooting + 90.2% saves
240Attempts 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Filip Forsberg · Luke Evangelista52272:0459.958.617-11
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Luke Evangelista46263:4452.657.118-9
Erik Haula · Michael Bunting · Luke Evangelista34121:2859.655.02-6
Erik Haula · Filip Forsberg · Luke Evangelista3347:5952.640.10-1

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
17.1Expected goalsfrom 257 unblocked attempts
-6.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.76 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -6.1 goals above expected6thOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 17.1Goals 11

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2026 vs ANA L 4-5 0 2 2 -1 0 3 2 14:22
Apr 13, 2026 vs SJS L 2-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 19:06
Apr 11, 2026 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:08
Apr 9, 2026 @ UTA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:05
Apr 7, 2026 @ ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59
Apr 6, 2026 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:41
Apr 4, 2026 @ SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 12:46
Apr 2, 2026 @ LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:50
Mar 29, 2026 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:57
Mar 28, 2026 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 19:26
Mar 26, 2026 vs NJD L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 10 2 0 15:44
Mar 24, 2026 vs SJS W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:03
Mar 22, 2026 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:25
Mar 21, 2026 vs VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 14:39
Mar 19, 2026 vs SEA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:51
Mar 17, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 15:09
Mar 15, 2026 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:25
Mar 12, 2026 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:12
Mar 10, 2026 @ SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:25
Mar 7, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:48
Mar 5, 2026 vs BOS W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 17:05
Mar 3, 2026 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 20:23
Mar 2, 2026 vs DET L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 18:09
Feb 28, 2026 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17:20
Feb 26, 2026 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:20
Feb 5, 2026 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:13
Feb 4, 2026 vs MIN L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:09
Feb 2, 2026 vs STL W 6-5 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 17:58
Jan 31, 2026 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:15
Jan 29, 2026 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:30
Jan 27, 2026 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:29
Jan 24, 2026 vs UTA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:31
Jan 22, 2026 vs OTT W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 13:35
Jan 20, 2026 vs BUF L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 20:35
Jan 17, 2026 @ VGK L 2-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:55
Jan 16, 2026 @ COL W 7-3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 18:11
Jan 13, 2026 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:27
Jan 11, 2026 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:49
Jan 10, 2026 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 19:16
Jan 8, 2026 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:35
Jan 6, 2026 @ EDM L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:18
Jan 3, 2026 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:33
Jan 1, 2026 @ SEA L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:55
Dec 31, 2025 @ VGK W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 17:19
Dec 29, 2025 @ UTA W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 16:37
Dec 27, 2025 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:39
Dec 23, 2025 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:36
Dec 21, 2025 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:27
Dec 20, 2025 vs TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:01
Dec 17, 2025 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:27
Dec 15, 2025 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:03
Dec 13, 2025 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:35
Dec 11, 2025 vs STL W 7-2 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 18:32
Dec 9, 2025 vs COL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 18:38
Dec 6, 2025 @ CAR L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:48
Dec 4, 2025 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:50
Dec 2, 2025 vs CGY W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:26
Nov 29, 2025 vs WPG L 2-5 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 17:01
Nov 28, 2025 @ CHI W 4-3 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 15:36
Nov 26, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 16:55
Nov 24, 2025 vs FLA L 3-8 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 20:11
Nov 22, 2025 vs COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 19:50
Nov 16, 2025 @ PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:54
Nov 14, 2025 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:36
Nov 10, 2025 @ NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:53
Nov 8, 2025 vs DAL L 4-5 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 16:27
Nov 6, 2025 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:23
Nov 4, 2025 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:38
Nov 3, 2025 vs VAN L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 19:25
Nov 1, 2025 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:19
Oct 30, 2025 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:28
Oct 28, 2025 vs TBL L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 13:27
Oct 26, 2025 vs DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:48
Oct 25, 2025 vs LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:44
Oct 23, 2025 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:21
Oct 21, 2025 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:54
Oct 18, 2025 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:22
Oct 16, 2025 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 14:51
Oct 14, 2025 @ TOR L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:51
Oct 13, 2025 @ OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:33
Oct 11, 2025 vs UTA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 13:28