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Will Cuylle

#50 · Left wing · New York Rangers

Born Feb 5, 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 24) · 6'3", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 60th overall in 2020 by NYR (round 2)

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.

Anders Lee UTA · 3 P in 5 GP Brock Boeser VAN · 3 P in 5 GP Eeli Tolvanen NYR · 3 P in 5 GP Elias Lindholm BOS · 3 P in 5 GP Frank Nazar CHI · 3 P in 5 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.

0102030402022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 21 points2123-242024-25: 45 points4524-252025-26: 38 points3825-262026-27: 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 NYR 4 0 0 0 -2 10 1 8 0.00 $828K
2023-24 NYR 81 13 8 21 -3 56 119 249 0.26 $828K
2024-25 NYR 82 20 25 45 12 42 152 301 0.55 $828K
2025-26 NYR 82 20 18 38 -12 65 157 302 0.46 $3.9M
2026-27 NYR 5 0 3 3 -1 13 14 18 0.60 $3.9M
5 seasons Career 254 53 54 107 -6 186 443 878 0.42

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 NYR 16 1 1 2 3 8 18 46 0.13
1 season Playoffs 16 1 1 2 3 8 18 46 0.13

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 3 3 -1 13 14 18 0.60 0.0 15:10

Contract

$3.9MCap hitends in 2027, then RFA
$1.3MCap dollars per point3 points in 5 games
$23.496MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement, projected
$971KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.9MValueworth 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 the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $7.8M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $3.9M
2026-27 $3.9M

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
Jul 1, 2025 New York Rangers New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $7.8M $3.9M
Apr 19, 2021 New York Rangers Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $2.8M $828K

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 5 games (-1.2 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.

+0.2Goals above replacement482nd of 648 skaters, 333rd of 423 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 423 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-0.7 35th percentileEven-strength defence-1.3 22nd percentilePower play+0.1 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.1 66th percentilePenalties-1.6 2nd 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.

-10123452022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

36.0Corsi for %41 attempts for, 73 against
-15.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.0Expected goals for %1.9 expected for, 3.6 against
-22.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
33.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
96.8PDO5.9% shooting + 90.9% saves
19Attempts 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
Eeli Tolvanen · Will Cuylle · Noah Laba541:0938.434.81-1
Alexis Lafrenière · Will Cuylle · Noah Laba21:330.00.00-0
Pavel Dorofeyev · Will Cuylle · Noah Laba21:310.00.00-0
Mika Zibanejad · Alexis Lafrenière · Will Cuylle21:300.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.94 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 11.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -2.4 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.

00.511.52Expected 2.4Goals 0

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 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 6 17:44
Oct 4, 2026 vs UTA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 11 2 1 14:06
Oct 2, 2026 @ DET W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 14:43
Oct 1, 2026 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 14:12
Sep 29, 2026 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 15:03