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Anthony Cirelli

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2030-31
Weight (lbs)	193	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age	28 (July 15, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 3, Overall 72 (TBL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 13, 2022	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 8 years @ $6.250M AAV starting in 2023-24
Dec 24, 2020	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 3 years @ $4.800M AAV starting in 2020-21
May 19, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2017-18	TBL	18	207:04	1.45	1.45	2.90	0.78	0.67	20.00	10.82	9.18	6.45	3.23
2018-19	TBL	82	903:56	0.66	1.00	1.66	0.73	-0.07	10.10	11.17	-1.07	3.82	9.16
2019-20	TBL	68	888:33	0.68	1.22	1.89	0.69	-0.02	11.63	11.94	-0.32	1.57	7.87
2020-21	TBL	50	619:55	0.29	0.97	1.26	0.59	-0.30	5.56	11.38	-5.82	1.49	4.48
2021-22	TBL	76	1033:47	0.58	0.93	1.51	0.71	-0.13	9.26	11.34	-2.08	4.00	5.33
2022-23	TBL	58	737:46	0.57	1.06	1.63	0.99	-0.42	7.87	13.68	-5.82	3.88	6.98
2023-24	TBL	79	1084:27	0.55	0.89	1.44	0.67	-0.12	9.80	11.86	-2.06	8.33	5.56
2024-25	TBL	80	1116:39	0.81	1.13	1.93	0.72	0.08	13.16	11.82	1.34	1.80	7.78
2025-26	TBL	17	211:06	1.42	1.14	2.56	0.78	0.64	21.74	11.92	9.82	0.00	12.50

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2017-18	TBL	18	207:04	44.04	3.77	2.57	38.54	0.87	2.29	81.25	52.88	-0.35	-0.25	-0.64
2018-19	TBL	82	903:56	43.48	2.92	2.77	38.50	2.12	2.29	57.89	54.76	-0.00	-0.30	3.03
2019-20	TBL	68	888:33	41.39	3.17	2.55	38.76	1.49	2.20	68.12	53.74	0.03	-0.07	1.09
2020-21	TBL	50	619:55	41.33	1.94	2.47	37.36	2.23	2.37	46.51	51.12	0.09	0.20	-1.19
2021-22	TBL	76	1033:47	43.07	2.61	2.67	36.68	2.21	2.32	54.22	53.51	-0.06	-0.22	1.66
2022-23	TBL	58	737:46	43.18	2.77	2.97	42.78	1.79	2.75	60.71	51.91	0.20	0.15	0.40
2023-24	TBL	79	1084:27	41.11	2.71	2.50	38.67	2.99	2.24	47.57	52.81	0.13	-0.07	2.13
2024-25	TBL	80	1116:39	46.37	3.12	2.89	38.85	2.15	2.13	59.18	57.63	0.63	-0.30	9.34
2025-26	TBL	17	211:06	43.49	3.98	2.77	42.92	2.27	2.58	63.64	51.80	0.49	0.56	-1.26

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Lightning run winning streak to four behind Vasilevskiy’s shutout of the Flyers, 3-0 at Raw Charge (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
Three NHL Forwards Who May Have Played Their Way Off Team Canada at The Hockey News (Sat Nov 22, 2025)
Guentzel’s hat trick powers Lightning past Devils, 5-1 at Raw Charge (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Cirelli’s overtime goal sends Lightning to win over Stars, 2-1 at Raw Charge (Fri Oct 31, 2025)
Cirelli Nets OT Winner in Lightning’s 2-1 Win Over Stars at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
Zemgus Girgensons scores twice in Lightning’s 5-2 win over Predators at Raw Charge (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
NHL Morning Recap – October 26, 2025 at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Lightning score early, defend late to pick up 4-3 victory over the Bruins at Raw Charge (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Pontus Holmberg scores one and Anthony Cirelli puts in two more as Lightning beat Bruins 4-3 at Boston.com (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Nick Suzuki : ce sera difficile de tasser Anthony Cirelli aux JO at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Opportunity abounds for Lightning players at Raw Charge (Thu Jul 31, 2025)
Could the Canadiens Be Targeting a Two-Time Stanley Cup Champion? at A Winning Habit (Mon Jul 7, 2025)
Will we see an All-Tampa Bay Lightning line at the 4 Nations Face-Off? at Bolts by the Bay (Wed Feb 12, 2025)

Current Contract

Anthony Cirelli signed an $50,000,000 8-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Julien Brisebois on July 13, 2022 with an AAV of $6,250,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2030-31 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.49% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	26		$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$6,500,000	$1,625,000	$8,125,000	$8,125,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	27		$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$6,500,000	$1,625,000	$8,125,000	$8,125,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	28	NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$8,125,000	$8,125,000	$8,125,000	UFA
2026-27	29	NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$6,125,000	$6,125,000	$6,125,000	UFA
2027-28	30	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	UFA
2028-29	31	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	UFA
2029-30	32	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	UFA
2030-31	33	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	UFA
Total					-	$17,000,000	$33,000,000	$50,000,000	$50,000,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Julien Brisebois

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.49

Clause: Starting on June 15, 2026 player has a 16 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Anthony Cirelli signed a $14,400,000 3-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Julien Brisebois on December 24, 2020 with an AAV of $4,800,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.89% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	23	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	-	$1,500,000	$900,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	RFA
2021-22	24	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	-	$1,500,000	$3,300,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	25	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	-	-	$7,200,000	$7,200,000	$7,200,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$3,000,000	$11,400,000	$14,400,000	$14,400,000

Signed: Dec 24, 2020

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Julien Brisebois

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 5.89

Anthony Cirelli signed a $2,277,500 3-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Steve Yzerman on May 19, 2016 with an AAV of $717,500. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.98% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	19	$717,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	20	$728,333	$935,833	$257,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$728,333	$935,833	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	22	$728,333	$935,833	$182,500	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$622,500	$277,500	$2,000,000	$2,277,500	$210,000

Signed: May 19, 2016

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	GTHL	Miss. Reps MM	33	9	7	16		6
2013-14	GTHL	Miss. Reps Midget	31	10	18	28		6
2013-14	ON-Jr.A	Mississauga	1	0	0	0						1
2014-15	OHL	Oshawa	68	13	23	36	+34	22				21	2	8	10	+7	4
2014-15	M-Cup	Oshawa										4	2	1	3
2015-16	AHL	Syracuse	3	0	0	0	-2		3	0.0
2015-16	OHL	Oshawa	62	21	38	59	-15	27	170	1,240.0		5	2	3	5	-2		16	1,250.0
2016-17	OHL	Oshawa Generals	26	13	21	34	+18	8
2016-17	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	3	4	7	+8	2
2016-17	M-Cup	Erie Otters	5	1	7	8	+2
2016-17	OHL	Erie Otters	25	12	18	30	+18	4				22	15	16	31	+18	4
2016-17	AHL	Syracuse Crunch										6				-2	6
2017-18	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	51	14	23	37	+2	14
2017-18	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	18	5	6	11	+11	6	26	19.2	13:14	17	2	1	3	+1	4	19	10.5	13:11
2018-19	WC	Canada	10	3	1	4	+4	6
2018-19	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	20	39	+25	34	123	15.4	14:51	4	1	1	2	-2		12	8.3	18:05
2019-20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	68	16	28	44	+28	30	113	14.2	18:27	25	3	6	9	-5	2	38	7.9	20:08
2020-21	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	50	9	13	22		10	75	12.0	17:45	23	5	7	12	+9	20	41	12.2	16:57
2021-22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	17	26	43	+15	70	146	11.6	18:19	23	3	5	8	+1	8	44	6.8	19:16
2022-23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	58	11	18	29	+13	33	111	9.9	16:34	6	3	3	6	+1	4	12	25.0	17:49
2023-24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	79	20	25	45	+2	38	129	15.5	18:31	5		2	2	-6		5	0.0	18:31
2024-25	4 Nations	Canada	4	0	0	0	-3		6	0.0	54:33
2024-25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	27	32	59	+30	28	160	16.9	18:41	5	1		1	-4	18	5	20.0	16:15
2025-26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	18	9	7	16	+11	8	30	30.0	18:20
NHL Career			529	133	175	308	+135	257	913	14.6	17:28	108	18	25	43	-5	56	176	10.2	17:43