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Xavier Bourgault

#53 · Right wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Oct 22, 2002 in L'Islet, Quebec, CAN (age 23) · 5'11", 179 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 22nd overall in 2021 by EDM (round 1)

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.

Andrew Agozzino UTA · 0 P in 2 GP Bogdan Trineyev WSH · 0 P in 2 GP Bokondji Imama PIT · 0 P in 2 GP Josiah Slavin CAR · 0 P in 2 GP Justin Dowling NYR · 0 P in 2 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2025-26 OTT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0.00
1 season Career 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0.00 0.0 5:58

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 9, 2026 Ottawa Senators New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Mar 31, 2022 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $3.503M $925K

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

+0.2Goals 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+0.2Even-strength defence-0.1Power 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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

66.7Corsi for %16 attempts for, 8 against
+22.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
70.5Expected goals for %1.3 expected for, 0.5 against
+23.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
74.3PDO14.3% shooting + 60.0% saves
7Attempts 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
Lars Eller · Fabian Zetterlund · Xavier Bourgault14:5355.659.00-1
Nick Cousins · Xavier Bourgault · Stephen Halliday14:2572.772.71-1
Nick Cousins · Tim Stützle · Xavier Bourgault11:1850.089.80-0
Claude Giroux · Ridly Greig · Xavier Bourgault10:250.00.00-0

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
0.4Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 2.05 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt9th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected58thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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
Jan 28, 2026 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 05:12
Dec 27, 2025 @ TOR L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 06:43