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Declan Carlile

#72 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born May 18, 2000 in Hartland, Michigan, USA (age 26) · 6'3", 192 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexander Petrovic DAL · 0 P in 1 GP Brandon Scanlin NYR · 0 P in 1 GP Cale Fleury SEA · 0 P in 1 GP Cameron Crotty ARI · 0 P in 1 GP Cole McWard VAN · 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.

012342023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 1 points124-252025-26: 3 points325-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 $855K
2024-25 TBL 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0.33 $775K
2025-26 TBL 42 1 2 3 5 40 33 51 0.07 $775K
2026-27 PIT 6 2 2 4 1 6 9 5 0.67 $1.5M
4 seasons Career 52 4 4 8 9 46 45 58 0.15

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 TBL 2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 8 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 8 0.00

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 0.0 11:27

Contract

$855KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2026
$5.803MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 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 Tampa Bay Lightning on Mar 16, 2022, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 6, 2024, 2 years and $1.55M at $775K a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $855K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2023-24 $855K $775K $93K $58K $868K

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, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $3M $1.5M
Jun 6, 2024 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension not begun 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Mar 16, 2022 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.85M $855K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

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

00.511.52023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

55.0Corsi for %11 attempts for, 9 against
+4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
79.4Expected goals for %0.9 expected for, 0.2 against
+9.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
73.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
116.7PDO16.7% shooting + 100.0% saves
1Attempts 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
Nick Perbix · Declan Carlile18:4156.388.10-0
Darren Raddysh · Declan Carlile12:0966.784.11-0
Philippe Myers · Declan Carlile10:340.00.00-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 2.0% chance per attempt7th
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 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
Jan 4, 2024 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:27