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Gage Goncalves

#93 · Centre · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jan 16, 2001 in Mission, British Columbia, CAN (age 25) · 6'2", 193 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 62nd overall in 2020 by TBL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blake Lizotte PIT · 20 P in 59 GP Nikolai Kovalenko SJS · 20 P in 57 GP Oskar Sundqvist STL · 20 P in 67 GP Sam Carrick NYR · 20 P in 80 GP Mathew Barzal NYI · 20 P in 30 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.

01020302023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 33 points3325-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 TBL 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0.00 $820K
2024-25 TBL 60 8 12 20 7 14 61 71 0.33 $775K
2025-26 TBL 74 11 22 33 26 41 77 85 0.45 $1.2M
2026-27 TBL 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.00 $1.2M
4 seasons Career 141 19 34 53 33 61 140 162 0.38

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 TBL 5 1 3 4 -2 2 4 15 0.80
2025-26 TBL 7 1 2 3 -5 0 10 10 0.43
2 seasons Playoffs 12 2 5 7 -7 2 14 25 0.58

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 8 12 20 7 14 61 71 0.33 13.1 12:48

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025
$39KCap dollars per point20 points in 60 games
$4.191MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$910KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$135KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 21, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $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 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $2.4M $1.2M
Jun 21, 2024 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Dec 13, 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2020-21, slid 3 $2.85M $820K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement514th of 698 skaters, 347th of 456 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-2.2 22nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 48th percentilePower play+0.1 70th percentilePenalty kill0.0 28th percentilePenalties+0.2 51st 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.

-10123452023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

49.7Corsi for %646 attempts for, 653 against
-0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %26.8 expected for, 28.5 against
-4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.2Goals for %32 for, 26 against
102.6PDO10.7% shooting + 92.0% saves
106Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 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
Nick Paul · Mitchell Chaffee · Gage Goncalves20111:2546.343.64-1
Yanni Gourde · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Gage Goncalves1377:2349.639.13-4
Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel · Gage Goncalves2257:3856.458.96-3
Oliver Bjorkstrand · Nick Paul · Gage Goncalves947:3965.555.22-1

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.5Expected goalsfrom 88 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.51 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected69thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 8Expected 6.5

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
Apr 17, 2025 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:27
Apr 15, 2025 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 19:09
Apr 13, 2025 vs BUF W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 15:51
Apr 11, 2025 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 17:54
Apr 9, 2025 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:33
Apr 7, 2025 @ NYR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:38
Apr 5, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 11:42
Apr 3, 2025 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:25
Apr 1, 2025 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:26
Mar 29, 2025 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:37
Mar 27, 2025 vs UTA W 8-0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 13:54
Mar 25, 2025 vs PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:31
Mar 23, 2025 @ VGK L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 13:50
Mar 22, 2025 @ UTA L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:07
Mar 20, 2025 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:39
Mar 17, 2025 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:42
Mar 15, 2025 @ BOS W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:48
Mar 13, 2025 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 12:54
Mar 11, 2025 @ CAR L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 11:49
Mar 8, 2025 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:34
Mar 6, 2025 vs BUF W 6-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 11:07
Mar 4, 2025 vs CBJ W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:14
Mar 3, 2025 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:44
Mar 1, 2025 @ WSH W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 15:16
Feb 27, 2025 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:09
Feb 25, 2025 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 14:49
Feb 23, 2025 vs SEA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:46
Feb 9, 2025 @ MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:21
Feb 8, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:37
Feb 6, 2025 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 12:54
Feb 4, 2025 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:55
Feb 1, 2025 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:06
Jan 30, 2025 vs LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:38
Jan 28, 2025 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:12
Jan 12, 2025 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:30
Jan 11, 2025 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:23
Jan 7, 2025 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:43
Jan 5, 2025 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:32
Jan 2, 2025 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:55
Dec 29, 2024 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:57
Dec 28, 2024 vs NYR W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:16
Dec 23, 2024 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19
Dec 19, 2024 vs STL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:42
Dec 17, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:55
Dec 14, 2024 @ SEA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:39
Dec 12, 2024 @ CGY W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:06
Dec 10, 2024 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:41
Dec 8, 2024 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:44
Dec 5, 2024 vs SJS W 8-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:06
Nov 30, 2024 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:46
Nov 29, 2024 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:45
Nov 27, 2024 vs WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:50
Nov 25, 2024 vs COL W 8-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 10:56
Nov 23, 2024 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:16
Nov 21, 2024 @ CBJ L 6-7 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 3 14:24
Nov 19, 2024 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:58
Nov 16, 2024 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:32
Nov 14, 2024 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:01
Nov 7, 2024 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:49
Nov 5, 2024 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:34