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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Turcotte LAK · 0 P in 4 GP Arnaud Durandeau NYI · 0 P in 4 GP Connor Brown WSH · 0 P in 4 GP Drake Caggiula PIT · 0 P in 4 GP Elliot Desnoyers PHI · 0 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.

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 6 0 3 3 -1 13 15 22 0.50 $3.9M
5 seasons Career 255 53 54 107 -6 186 444 882 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 -2 10 1 8 0.00 0.0 6:58

Contract

$828KCap hitends in 2025, then RFA

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Apr 19, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.8M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, 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
2022-23 $828K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2023-24 $828K $775K $93K $83K $868K
2024-25 $828K $775K $0 $58K $775K

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 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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-202462022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

35.1Corsi for %13 attempts for, 24 against
-15.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.2Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.7 against
-10.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
80.0PDO0.0% shooting + 80.0% saves
3Attempts 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
Sammy Blais · Jake Leschyshyn · Will Cuylle212:4818.818.60-0
Julien Gauthier · Jake Leschyshyn · Will Cuylle210:0456.377.00-1
Jimmy Vesey · Jake Leschyshyn · Will Cuylle21:060.00.00-0
Jake Leschyshyn · Kaapo Kakko · Will Cuylle10:390.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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
Feb 8, 2023 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:44
Feb 6, 2023 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 07:46
Jan 27, 2023 vs VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 06:31
Jan 25, 2023 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 05:49