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Carson Lambos

#71 · Defence · Minnesota Wild

Born Jan 14, 2003 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN (age 23) · 6'1", 197 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 26th overall in 2021 by MIN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniil Miromanov CGY · 0 P in 1 GP Domenick Fensore CAR · 0 P in 1 GP Hunter Skinner STL · 0 P in 1 GP Jake Livanavage PIT · 0 P in 1 GP Jordan Oesterle NSH · 0 P in 1 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 MIN 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 $863K
1 season Career 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.0 10:16

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA
$3.975MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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 contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Aug 25, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.988M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $863K $833K $93K $925K
2024-25 $863K $833K $0 $833K
2025-26 $863K $833K $0 $213K $833K

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 10, 2026 Minnesota Wild New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Aug 25, 2021 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $2.988M $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 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+0.0Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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

55.6Corsi for %10 attempts for, 8 against
+5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
77.9Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.1 against
+27.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
75.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
116.7PDO16.7% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carson Lambos · David Jiricek17:3350.076.91-0
Jared Spurgeon · Carson Lambos11:02100.0100.00-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes95th
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt49th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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
Dec 18, 2025 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:16