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David Perron

Position	Right Wing / Left Wing	Current Team	Ottawa Senators
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	202	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	38
Age	37 (May 28, 1988)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2007, Round 1, Overall 26 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 23, 2025	Ottawa Senators	Activated from LTIR
Dec 28, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Placed on LTIR
Jul 1, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Signed 2 years @ $4.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 13, 2022	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $4.750M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 1, 2018	St. Louis Blues	Signed 4 years @ $4.000M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 1, 2016	St. Louis Blues	Signed 2 years @ $3.750M AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 5, 2012	St. Louis Blues	Signed 4 years @ $3.813M AAV starting in 2012-13
Jul 21, 2010	St. Louis Blues	Signed 2 years @ $2.150M AAV starting in 2010-11
Sep 5, 2007	St. Louis Blues	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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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

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	ANA	28	327:28	0.92	1.28	2.20	0.73	0.19	12.82	10.19	2.63	3.77	5.66
2015-16	PIT	43	550:53	0.22	0.65	0.87	0.79	-0.57	2.63	9.53	-6.90	2.02	5.05
2015-16	ANA, PIT	71	878:21	0.48	0.89	1.37	0.77	-0.29	6.09	9.76	-3.67	2.63	5.26
2016-17	STL	82	1087:27	0.72	0.66	1.38	0.64	0.07	11.61	10.42	1.19	6.41	5.77
2017-18	VGK	70	984:23	0.55	1.65	2.19	0.43	0.12	11.54	9.09	2.45	5.94	3.96
2018-19	STL	57	785:39	1.07	1.15	2.21	0.59	0.48	16.67	9.24	7.43	3.54	3.54
2019-20	STL	71	1002:26	0.66	0.84	1.50	0.52	0.14	11.34	8.89	2.45	4.96	4.96
2020-21	STL	56	807:22	0.74	1.26	2.01	0.52	0.22	11.63	8.15	3.48	6.03	7.76
2021-22	STL	67	890:31	0.81	1.01	1.82	0.66	0.15	10.91	8.86	2.05	2.07	5.52
2022-23	DET	82	1028:39	0.87	0.76	1.63	0.66	0.22	13.51	10.19	3.33	2.07	6.21
2023-24	DET	76	916:53	0.52	1.18	1.70	0.52	0.00	8.08	8.04	0.04	3.17	7.94
2024-25	OTT	43	487:53	0.61	0.61	1.23	0.69	-0.07	10.00	11.18	-1.18	0.00	9.72
2025-26	OTT	11	129:21	0.00	0.93	0.93	0.32	-0.32	0.00	8.60	-8.60	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	ANA	28	327:28	43.61	3.11	2.61	34.08	1.65	1.91	65.38	57.70	0.18	-0.30	5.40
2015-16	PIT	43	550:53	44.00	1.52	2.70	43.89	2.94	2.58	34.15	51.11	0.22	0.43	-2.35
2015-16	ANA, PIT	71	878:21	43.86	2.12	2.66	40.23	2.46	2.33	46.27	53.33	0.21	0.15	0.33
2016-17	STL	82	1087:27	38.40	2.26	2.34	38.07	2.26	2.20	50.00	51.49	0.06	-0.05	1.25
2017-18	VGK	70	984:23	40.53	2.80	2.30	42.97	2.93	2.51	48.94	47.79	-0.30	0.14	-4.53
2018-19	STL	57	785:39	39.18	2.75	2.37	39.25	2.06	2.40	57.14	49.68	-0.19	-0.01	-1.85
2019-20	STL	71	1002:26	41.00	2.57	2.26	37.65	2.09	2.32	55.13	49.42	-0.13	0.03	-1.69
2020-21	STL	56	807:22	38.64	2.30	2.13	36.49	2.08	2.28	52.54	48.27	0.10	-0.13	2.56
2021-22	STL	67	890:31	38.20	2.29	2.34	39.68	1.68	2.50	57.63	48.37	-0.25	-0.30	0.33
2022-23	DET	82	1028:39	41.65	2.86	2.55	41.36	3.15	2.64	47.57	49.08	0.45	0.08	4.14
2023-24	DET	76	916:53	35.66	2.55	1.94	43.52	2.94	2.64	46.43	42.31	-0.34	0.02	-4.14
2024-25	OTT	43	487:53	41.81	2.21	2.30	40.95	2.83	2.42	43.90	48.72	0.02	-0.03	0.62
2025-26	OTT	11	129:21	34.79	1.39	2.10	24.12	2.78	1.21	33.33	63.39	-0.43	-1.02	10.30

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

Senators 2025-26 Player Preview: David Perron at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
One Senator due for big season in contract year at SenShot (Tue Sep 2, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	36	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2025-26	37	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Steve Staios

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.55

Clause: Player can submit a 15 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	34	M-NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,350,000	$4,350,000	$4,350,000	UFA
2023-24	35	M-NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$5,150,000	$5,150,000	$5,150,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,000,000	$8,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.76

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	30	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
2019-20	31	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
2020-21	32	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$3,087,500	$3,087,500	$3,087,500	UFA
2021-22	33	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$3,412,500	$3,412,500	$3,412,500	UFA
Total					-	-	$16,000,000	$16,000,000	$16,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2018

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.03

Clause: Player can submit a 5 team no trade list.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	28	M-NTC	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	UFA
2017-18	29	M-NTC	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: July 1, 2016

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.14

Clause: Player can submit a 3 team no trade list.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	24	$3,812,500	$3,812,500	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2013-14	25	$3,812,500	$3,812,500	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2014-15	26	$3,812,500	$3,812,500	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
2015-16	27	$3,812,500	$3,812,500	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$15,250,000	$15,250,000	$15,250,000

Signed: July 5, 2012

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.35

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2010-11	22	$2,150,000	$2,150,000	-	-	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	RFA
2011-12	23	$2,150,000	$2,150,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,300,000	$4,300,000	$4,300,000

Signed: July 21, 2010

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.62

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2007-08	19	$875,000	$918,333	$110,000	-	$875,000	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
2008-09	20	$875,000	$918,333	$10,000	-	$875,000	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
2009-10	21	$875,000	$918,333	$10,000	-	$875,000	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
Total				$130,000	-	$2,625,000	$2,625,000	$195,000

Signed: Sep 5, 2007

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Larry Pleau

Exp. Status: RFA

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
2005-06	QJHL	St-Jerome	51	24	45	69		92				8	4	5	9		8		0.0
2006-07	QMJHL	Lewiston	70	39	44	83	+37	75				17	12	16	28	+6	22
2006-07	M-Cup	Lewiston										4	1	2	3
2007-08	NHL	St. Louis Blues	62	13	14	27	+16	38	68	19.1	12:33
2007-08	Super Series	Canada U20										7	2	5	7		6
2008-09	NHL	St. Louis Blues	81	15	35	50	+13	50	161	9.3	14:32	4	1	1	2	+3	4	12	8.3	17:12
2009-10	NHL	St. Louis Blues	82	20	27	47	-10	60	166	12.0	16:09
2010-11	NHL	St. Louis Blues	10	5	2	7	+7	12	29	17.2	18:25
2011-12	NHL	St. Louis Blues	57	21	21	42	+19	28	114	18.4	18:17	9	1	4	5	-4	10	16	6.2	17:06
2012-13	NHL	St. Louis Blues	48	10	15	25		44	84	11.9	18:00	6		2	2	-3	6	12	0.0	17:11
2013-14	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	78	28	29	57	-16	90	220	12.7	19:08
2014-15	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	38	5	14	19	-17	20	74	6.8	17:00
2014-15	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	43	12	10	22	-8	42	122	9.8	17:37	5		1	1	-1	4	12	0.0	17:17
2015-16	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	43	4	12	16	-13	28	96	4.2	15:28
2015-16	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	28	8	12	20	+12	34	51	15.7	14:49	7	1	2	3	+3	8	16	6.2	15:47
2016-17	NHL	St. Louis Blues	82	18	28	46	-2	54	151	11.9	17:18	11		1	1	-1	8	17	0.0	14:27
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	70	16	50	66	+1	50	125	12.8	17:49	15	1	8	9	+1	10	16	6.2	16:33
2018-19	NHL	St. Louis Blues	57	23	23	46	+3	46	112	20.5	17:06	26	7	9	16	+4	16	58	12.1	18:12
2019-20	NHL	St. Louis Blues	71	25	35	60	+2	52	166	15.1	18:19	9	4	5	9	+2	8	31	12.9	20:09
2020-21	NHL	St. Louis Blues	56	19	39	58	+6	22	151	12.6	18:33
2021-22	NHL	St. Louis Blues	67	27	30	57	+8	48	177	15.3	16:59	12	9	4	13		10	42	21.4	19:50
2022-23	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	82	24	32	56	-7	52	195	12.3	16:55
2023-24	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	76	17	30	47	-12	55	151	11.3	15:38
2024-25	NHL	Ottawa Senators	43	9	7	16	-7	12	71	12.7	14:01	6	2	1	3	+1	4	9	22.2	13:31
2025-26	NHL	Ottawa Senators	10	2	4	6	-4	6	13	15.4	14:14
NHL Career			1184	321	469	790	-9	843	2497	12.8	16:43	110	26	38	64	+5	88	241	10.8	17:18