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Curtis Lazar

Position	Right Wing / Center	Current Team	Edmonton Oilers
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	203	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age	30 (Feb 2, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 1, Overall 17 (OTT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 2, 2025	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Dec 17, 2024	New Jersey Devils	Activated from IR
Nov 18, 2024	New Jersey Devils	Placed on IR
Jul 13, 2022	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 3 years @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2022-23
Sep 24, 2020	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $800K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 1, 2019	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $700K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jun 14, 2017	Calgary Flames	Signed 2 years @ $950K AAV starting in 2017-18
Sep 17, 2013	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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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.
2015-16	OTT	76	850:00	0.21	0.56	0.78	0.57	-0.36	4.41	11.91	-7.50	5.10	4.08
2016-17	CGY	4	42:36	1.41	1.41	2.82	0.46	0.95	50.00	16.29	33.71	33.33	0.00
2016-17	OTT	33	275:57	0.00	0.22	0.22	0.44	-0.44	0.00	8.78	-8.78	6.45	3.23
2016-17	CGY, OTT	37	318:33	0.19	0.38	0.57	0.44	-0.25	4.00	9.38	-5.38	8.82	2.94
2017-18	CGY	65	593:34	0.20	0.91	1.11	0.78	-0.58	3.12	12.05	-8.92	3.30	9.89
2018-19	CGY	1	4:48	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	BUF	38	369:10	0.49	0.65	1.14	0.71	-0.23	11.11	16.24	-5.13	6.67	8.89
2020-21	BUF	33	351:42	0.85	0.68	1.54	0.73	0.12	17.24	14.85	2.39	4.35	6.52
2020-21	BOS	17	183:08	0.33	0.66	0.98	0.71	-0.39	5.88	12.83	-6.95	4.55	9.09
2020-21	BOS, BUF	50	534:50	0.67	0.67	1.35	0.73	-0.05	13.04	14.10	-1.06	4.41	7.35
2021-22	BOS	70	696:58	0.60	0.60	1.21	0.83	-0.23	8.43	11.67	-3.23	8.11	6.31
2022-23	VAN	45	480:43	0.37	0.25	0.62	0.69	-0.31	6.12	11.24	-5.12	6.35	7.94
2022-23	NJD	4	31:08	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	-0.09	0.00	4.49	-4.49	0.00	0.00
2022-23	NJD, VAN	49	511:51	0.35	0.23	0.59	0.65	-0.30	6.00	11.11	-5.11	6.25	7.81
2023-24	NJD	71	771:48	0.47	1.09	1.55	0.57	-0.10	8.82	10.71	-1.89	6.67	16.67
2024-25	NJD	48	447:06	0.27	0.40	0.67	0.33	-0.06	8.70	10.59	-1.90	2.86	5.71
2025-26	EDM	9	81:58	0.73	0.00	0.73	0.52	0.21	33.33	23.82	9.51	0.00	0.00

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
2015-16	OTT	76	850:00	33.25	1.48	1.92	44.68	2.40	2.65	38.18	42.01	-0.29	0.21	-5.59
2016-17	CGY	4	42:36	25.35	2.82	1.92	42.25	1.41	2.69	66.67	41.70	-0.09	0.08	-1.83
2016-17	OTT	33	275:57	30.88	0.87	1.65	42.83	3.26	2.43	21.05	40.42	-0.60	0.13	-9.03
2016-17	CGY, OTT	37	318:33	30.14	1.13	1.68	42.76	3.01	2.46	27.27	40.61	-0.54	0.13	-8.23
2017-18	CGY	65	593:34	43.77	1.72	2.58	40.23	2.32	2.21	42.50	53.85	-0.28	-0.17	-0.71
2018-19	CGY	1	4:48	50.00	0.00	2.30	37.50	12.50	3.31	0.00	41.04	-0.36	0.63	-8.79
2019-20	BUF	38	369:10	33.81	1.79	2.21	35.76	2.93	2.26	37.93	49.38	-0.04	-0.11	0.69
2020-21	BUF	33	351:42	36.34	1.88	2.17	41.80	2.39	2.32	44.00	48.39	-0.16	-0.27	1.06
2020-21	BOS	17	183:08	38.66	0.66	2.42	35.71	1.31	1.70	33.33	58.78	-0.57	-0.25	-1.82
2020-21	BOS, BUF	50	534:50	37.13	1.46	2.26	39.71	2.02	2.10	41.94	51.75	-0.29	-0.27	-0.01
2021-22	BOS	70	696:58	39.34	1.81	2.31	37.02	2.15	1.99	45.65	53.77	-0.57	-0.15	-3.67
2022-23	VAN	45	480:43	34.20	1.62	2.26	41.94	2.50	2.82	39.39	44.41	-0.22	0.04	-2.69
2022-23	NJD	4	31:08	50.11	0.00	2.24	30.84	1.93	1.93	0.00	53.73	-1.00	-0.46	-3.88
2022-23	NJD, VAN	49	511:51	35.17	1.52	2.25	41.26	2.46	2.77	38.24	44.88	-0.29	0.02	-3.17
2023-24	NJD	71	771:48	36.38	2.49	2.20	40.66	2.25	2.28	52.46	49.10	-0.60	-0.24	-3.48
2024-25	NJD	48	447:06	27.11	1.07	1.55	41.74	2.15	2.25	33.33	40.75	-0.88	-0.04	-10.73
2025-26	EDM	9	81:58	30.74	0.73	1.87	31.48	2.93	1.71	20.00	52.16	-0.26	-0.98	8.06

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

3 Takeaways From Oilers’ Disappointing 5-3 Loss to Devils at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
4 Oilers’ Depth Players Who Could Have an Impact This Season at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
An Appreciation Post For The Now Ex-Devils at All About the Jersey (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
What to Expect From the Oilers’ 5 New Additions in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Midseason Report Cards: The Forwards at Devils Army (Wed Jan 15, 2025)

Current Contract

Curtis Lazar signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Stan Bowman on July 2, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	30		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000

Signed: July 2, 2025

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Stan Bowman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Curtis Lazar signed a $3,000,000 3-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on July 13, 2022 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.21% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
2023-24	28	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
2024-25	29	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Patrik Alvin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.21

Curtis Lazar signed a $1,600,000 2-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on September 24, 2020 with an AAV of $800,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.98% 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	25	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000

Signed: Sep 24, 2020

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.98

Curtis Lazar signed a $700,000 1-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Jason Botterill on July 1, 2019 with an AAV of $700,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.86% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	24		$700,000	$700,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000

Signed: July 1, 2019

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Jason Botterill

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.86

Curtis Lazar signed a $1,900,000 2-year contract with the Calgary Flames and General Manager Brad Treliving on June 14, 2017 with an AAV of $950,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.27% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	22	$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA
2018-19	23	$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000

Signed: June 14, 2017

Team: Calgary Flames

GM: Brad Treliving

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.27

Curtis Lazar signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Bryan Murray on September 17, 2013 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.44% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	18	$925,000	$1,285,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2014-15	19	$894,167	$1,254,167	$360,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	20	$894,167	$1,254,167	$360,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$894,167	$1,254,167	$360,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,080,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Sep 17, 2013

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Bryan Murray

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
2009-10	OMBAHA	Pursuit of Excellence Bantm Prep	51	57	58	115
2010-11	High-BC	Okanagan H.A.	39	22	27	49		67
2010-11	WHL	Edmonton	6	0	1	1	+2					4	1		1	-1
2010-11	CSSHL	Okanagan H.A.	6	4	5	9		4				1
2011-12	WHL	Edmonton	63	20	11	31	+15	56				20	8	11	19	+9	4
2011-12	M-Cup	Edmonton										4		1	1			7	0.0
2012-13	WHL	Edmonton	72	38	23	61	+25	47				22	9	2	11	-2	20
2013-14	WJC-A	Canada	7	3	4	7	+1		12
2013-14	WHL	Edmonton	58	41	35	76	+41	30				21	10	12	22	+12	12
2013-14	M-Cup	Edm. Oil Kings										5	2	2	4
2014-15	WJC-A	Canada	7	5	4	9	+8		17
2014-15	NHL	Ottawa Senators	67	6	9	15	+1	14	92	6.5	12:54	6					2	9	0.0	13:52
2015-16	NHL	Ottawa Senators	76	6	14	20	-1	18	78	7.7	13:52
2016-17	NHL	Ottawa Senators	33	0	1	1	-10	4	24	0.0	8:49
2016-17	AHL	Binghamton Senators	13	3	1	4	-1	8
2016-17	NHL	Calgary Flames	4	1	2	3	+2		2	50.0	11:47	1							0.0	7:16
2017-18	NHL	Calgary Flames	65	2	10	12	-8	23	65	3.1	9:51
2018-19	AHL	Stockton Heat	57	20	21	41	-9	47
2018-19	NHL	Calgary Flames	1	0	0	0	-1			0.0	4:48
2019-20	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	38	5	5	10	-3	9	33	15.2	11:50
2019-20	AHL	Rochester Americans	18	6	8	14	+10	6
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	33	5	4	9	-4		35	14.3	13:37
2020-21	NHL	Boston Bruins	17	2	2	4	-2	6	20	10.0	12:46	10		1	1	-1		6	0.0	11:29
2021-22	NHL	Boston Bruins	70	8	8	16	-2	16	95	8.4	12:00	7	1		1	+1	2	9	11.1	12:59
2022-23	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	45	3	2	5	-5	14	54	5.6	12:10
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	4	0	0	0	-1	7	1	0.0	9:17	6	1		1		2	4	25.0	7:49
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	71	7	18	25	+10	44	74	9.5	12:23
2024-25	NHL	New Jersey Devils	48	2	3	5	-6	14	27	7.4	10:34
2025-26	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	9	1	0	1	-3	2	3	33.3	9:34
NHL Career			581	48	78	126	-33	171	603	8.0	11:54	30	2	1	3		6	28	7.1	11:26