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Tyson Foerster

#71 · Right wing · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jan 18, 2002 in Alliston, Ontario, CAN (age 24) · 6'2", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 23rd overall in 2020 by PHI (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.

Anton Lundell FLA · 1 P in 4 GP Barrett Hayton UTA · 1 P in 4 GP Blake Lizotte PIT · 1 P in 4 GP Brett Howden VGK · 1 P in 4 GP Christian Dvorak PHI · 1 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: 7 points722-232023-24: 33 points3323-242024-25: 43 points4324-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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 PHI 8 3 4 7 2 8 15 12 0.88 $863K
2023-24 PHI 77 20 13 33 0 32 167 102 0.43 $863K
2024-25 PHI 81 25 18 43 -9 49 142 75 0.53 $863K
2025-26 PHI 29 13 4 17 8 22 61 27 0.59 $3.75M
2026-27 PHI 4 1 0 1 -6 0 10 6 0.25 $3.75M
5 seasons Career 199 62 39 101 -5 111 395 222 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 PHI 10 1 0 1 -2 6 15 27 0.10
1 season Playoffs 10 1 0 1 -2 6 15 27 0.10

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 1 0 1 -6 0 10 6 0.25 10.0 18:24

Contract

$3.75MCap hitends in 2027, then extended to 2035
$3.75MCap dollars per point1 points in 4 games
$967KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.9 goals above replacement, projected
$4.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$764KValueworth 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 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on May 29, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $7.5M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Philadelphia Flyers on Jul 1, 2026, 8 years and $56.8M at $7.1M a season, beginning in 2027-28.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $3.75M
2026-27 $3.75M

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, 2026 Philadelphia Flyers Extension not begun 2027-28 to 2034-35 8 $56.8M $7.1M
May 29, 2025 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $7.5M $3.75M
Oct 14, 2020 Philadelphia Flyers Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 signed for 2020-21, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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 4 games (+0.2 goals above replacement), plus the 55 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.

+3.9Goals above replacement237th of 647 skaters, 169th of 422 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals 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-0.3 44th percentileEven-strength defence+2.5 91st percentilePower play-0.8 7th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 22nd percentilePenalties+0.1 37th 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.

02462022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

34.7Corsi for %33 attempts for, 62 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
31.2Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 2.3 against
+5.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
16.7Goals for %1 for, 5 against
91.5PDO7.1% shooting + 84.4% 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
Noah Cates · Tyson Foerster · Porter Martone313:4834.617.10-1
Noah Cates · Tyson Foerster · Matvei Michkov28:3646.785.60-1
Christian Dvorak · Travis Konecny · Tyson Foerster16:2044.434.40-0
Christian Dvorak · Tyson Foerster · Matvei Michkov13:5150.024.20-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.22 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 9.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.5 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.

00.51Expected 1.5Goals 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
Oct 5, 2026 @ TBL L 1-4 1 0 1 -3 0 4 1 18:55
Oct 3, 2026 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:43
Oct 1, 2026 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:50
Sep 30, 2026 vs PIT L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:08