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Erik Haula

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Nashville Predators
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	191	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	34 (Mar 23, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 7, Overall 182 (MIN)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 18, 2025	Nashville Predators	Acquired from New Jersey Devils
Jun 18, 2025	New Jersey Devils	Traded to Nashville Predators
Feb 4, 2025	New Jersey Devils	Activated from IR
Jan 4, 2025	New Jersey Devils	Placed on IR
Jun 23, 2023	New Jersey Devils	Signed 3 years @ $3.150M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 28, 2021	Boston Bruins	Signed 2 years @ $2.375M AAV starting in 2021-22
Dec 23, 2020	Nashville Predators	Signed 1 year @ $1.750M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jun 21, 2017	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 3 years @ $2.750M AAV starting in 2017-18
Aug 2, 2015	Minnesota Wild	Signed 2 years @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2015-16
Apr 10, 2013	Minnesota Wild	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	MIN	76	764:32	0.78	1.18	1.96	0.52	0.26	12.05	8.02	4.03	3.67	3.67
2016-17	MIN	72	829:56	1.01	0.58	1.59	0.71	0.30	11.57	8.16	3.41	3.21	4.49
2017-18	VGK	76	1031:02	0.81	0.87	1.69	0.78	0.03	10.85	10.46	0.40	2.27	4.55
2018-19	VGK	15	197:03	0.61	1.22	1.83	0.93	-0.32	9.52	14.49	-4.96	5.41	8.11
2019-20	FLA	7	86:29	0.00	1.39	1.39	0.73	-0.73	0.00	11.63	-11.63	0.00	6.25
2019-20	CAR	41	479:31	1.00	0.75	1.75	0.83	0.17	14.04	11.69	2.34	2.41	6.02
2019-20	CAR, FLA	48	566:00	0.85	0.85	1.70	0.82	0.03	12.12	11.68	0.44	2.02	6.06
2020-21	NSH	51	597:17	0.40	0.70	1.10	0.62	-0.21	6.90	10.58	-3.69	2.47	12.35
2021-22	BOS	78	983:31	0.92	1.34	2.26	0.70	0.22	12.93	9.87	3.06	5.33	6.00
2022-23	NJD	80	1020:04	0.59	1.00	1.59	0.87	-0.28	7.35	10.84	-3.48	6.81	9.95
2023-24	NJD	76	988:32	0.67	0.73	1.40	0.81	-0.14	8.80	10.61	-1.81	4.40	11.54
2024-25	NJD	69	830:48	0.58	0.51	1.08	0.69	-0.11	8.89	10.61	-1.73	1.46	8.76
2025-26	NSH	20	244:45	0.49	0.98	1.47	0.59	-0.10	10.00	12.06	-2.06	6.90	10.34

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	MIN	76	764:32	33.75	2.67	1.85	40.10	1.49	2.17	64.15	46.02	-0.38	-0.00	-4.62
2016-17	MIN	72	829:56	43.88	2.53	2.49	39.62	2.31	2.07	52.24	54.55	-0.02	-0.13	1.35
2017-18	VGK	76	1031:02	41.96	2.62	2.43	43.12	3.26	2.60	44.55	48.37	-0.19	0.17	-3.52
2018-19	VGK	15	197:03	47.50	2.44	3.09	30.75	1.83	2.08	57.14	59.79	0.43	-0.09	4.67
2019-20	FLA	7	86:29	49.95	3.47	3.09	42.32	3.47	2.29	50.00	57.50	1.13	-0.04	11.79
2019-20	CAR	41	479:31	41.04	2.63	2.50	42.92	2.25	2.92	53.85	46.16	-0.19	0.55	-7.10
2019-20	CAR, FLA	48	566:00	42.40	2.76	2.59	42.83	2.44	2.82	53.06	47.88	0.01	0.46	-4.37
2020-21	NSH	51	597:17	38.57	2.31	2.29	42.99	2.01	2.56	53.49	47.24	-0.11	0.32	-4.55
2021-22	BOS	78	983:31	44.05	3.05	2.60	38.92	1.83	2.18	62.50	54.44	-0.23	0.11	-3.41
2022-23	NJD	80	1020:04	47.82	2.94	2.93	38.82	2.53	2.29	53.76	56.12	-0.02	-0.06	0.45
2023-24	NJD	76	988:32	43.03	2.61	2.60	39.33	2.61	2.33	50.00	52.82	0.03	-0.17	2.05
2024-25	NJD	69	830:48	38.42	2.24	2.16	41.31	2.60	2.35	46.27	47.83	-0.27	0.16	-4.77
2025-26	NSH	20	244:45	33.34	1.96	2.19	46.58	2.94	2.93	40.00	42.86	-0.22	0.67	-8.84

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

Andrew Brunette Frustrated With Erik Haula and Others After More Penalty Problems for Nashville Predators at Pred Lines (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
Zemgus Girgensons scores twice in Lightning’s 5-2 win over Predators at Raw Charge (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
Nashville Predators' depth making their mark early on and giving hope at Pred Lines (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
7 Nashville Predators Who Stood Out In Pre-Season Split Squad Doubleheader at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-26 Player Previews: Making sense of the Erik Haula Reunion at Pred Lines (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-26 Roster Projection 1.0 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Will New Jersey Devils have harder than expected time replacing Erik Haula? at Pucks and Pitchforks (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Top 5 Canucks fights of the 2024-2025 season: #1 – Conor Garland vs. Erik Haula at Canucks Army (Mon Jul 28, 2025)
How the Golden Knights getting Mitch Marner was eight years in the making at Vegas Hockey Knight (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
What goes around comes around; Nashville Predators acquire Erik Haula from Devils at Pred Lines (Thu Jun 19, 2025)
Devils Tally Well-Earned Victory In Philadelphia To End Skid at Devils Army (Sun Mar 9, 2025)
Midseason Report Cards: The Forwards at Devils Army (Wed Jan 15, 2025)
Devils Depth Needs to Begin Producing on Road Trip at Devils Army (Tue Dec 17, 2024)

Current Contract

Erik Haula signed a $9,450,000 3-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on June 23, 2023 with an AAV of $3,150,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.77% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	32	NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,900,000	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	UFA
2024-25	33	NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,150,000	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	UFA
2025-26	34	M-NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	UFA
Total					-	$2,000,000	$7,450,000	$9,450,000	$9,450,000

Signed: June 23, 2023

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.77

Clause: In 2025-26 player can submit a 6 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Erik Haula signed a $4,750,000 2-year contract with the Boston Bruins and General Manager Don Sweeney on July 28, 2021 with an AAV of $2,375,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.91% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	30	$2,375,000	$2,375,000	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA
2022-23	31	$2,375,000	$2,375,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: Don Sweeney

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.91

Erik Haula signed a $1,750,000 1-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on December 23, 2020 with an AAV of $1,750,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.15% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	29		$1,750,000	$1,750,000	-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000

Signed: Dec 23, 2020

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.15

Erik Haula signed a $8,250,000 3-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager George McPhee on June 21, 2017 with an AAV of $2,750,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.67% 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	26	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	27	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
2019-20	28	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$8,250,000	$8,250,000	$8,250,000

Signed: June 21, 2017

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.67

Erik Haula signed a $2,000,000 2-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Chuck Fletcher on August 2, 2015 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.40% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	24	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	25	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000

Signed: Aug 2, 2015

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Chuck Fletcher

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.4

Erik Haula signed a $1,800,000 2-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Chuck Fletcher on April 10, 2013 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2014-15 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.40% 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	22	$900,000	$1,750,000	$850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2014-15	23	$900,000	$1,750,000	$850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$1,700,000	$180,000	$1,620,000	$1,800,000	$135,000

Signed: Apr 10, 2013

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Chuck Fletcher

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

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	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	Ässät U16	9	9	7	16		2
2005-06	U16 SM-sarja	Ässät U16										6	6	4	10		4
2006-07	Fin-U18	Assat U18	29	19	24	43		24				6	1	3	4		4		0.0
2007-08	WJ18-A	Finland	6	1	3	4		2
2007-08	Fin-Jr.	Assat Jr.	40	7	15	22		26				12	2		2		4		0.0
2007-08	Fin-U18	Assat U18	3	1	1	2						2	4	2	6		14		0.0
2008-09	High-MN	Shat.-St. Mary's	53	26	58	84		46
2008-09	WJ18-A	Finland	6	3	1	4		2
2009-10	USHL	Omaha	56	28	44	72		59				8	2	9	11		2		0.0
2010-11	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	34	6	18	24		22
2010-11	WJC-A	Finland	6	4	3	7	+2	10
2011-12	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	43	20	29	49		30
2012-13	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	37	16	35	51		14
2012-13	AHL	Houston	6	0	2	2	+1	2	12	0.0		5	1	1	2	-4	4	11	909.0
2013-14	AHL	Iowa	31	14	13	27	+2	14	80	1,750.0
2013-14	WC-A	Finland	6	0	1	1	-2	2	10
2013-14	NHL	Minnesota Wild	46	6	9	15	+14	29	56	10.7	10:09	13	4	3	7	+2		29	13.8	14:12
2014-15	NHL	Minnesota Wild	72	7	7	14	-7	32	92	7.6	12:09	2	1		1	+1		4	25.0	11:00
2015-16	NHL	Minnesota Wild	76	14	20	34	+21	24	99	14.1	12:44	5	1	3	4		2	11	9.1	18:15
2016-17	WCup	Finland	1	0	0	0	-1
2016-17	NHL	Minnesota Wild	72	15	11	26	+5	28	134	11.2	13:49	4		1	1	-2		9	0.0	15:24
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	76	29	26	55	-16	37	175	16.6	17:22	20	3	6	9	-3	27	35	8.6	16:39
2018-19	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	15	2	5	7	+1	10	26	7.7	16:35
2019-20	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	41	12	10	22	+1	20	78	15.4	15:51
2019-20	NHL	Florida Panthers	7	0	2	2		2	14	0.0	15:41	4	1		1	-3		8	12.5	16:37
2020-21	NHL	Nashville Predators	51	9	12	21	+4	14	85	10.6	16:00	6	1	3	4	-3	4	11	9.1	20:20
2021-22	NHL	Boston Bruins	78	18	26	44	+19	47	141	12.8	15:06	7	1	2	3	-4	8	9	11.1	13:58
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	80	14	27	41	+13	47	164	8.5	16:38	12	4	2	6	-6	15	23	17.4	17:35
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	76	16	19	35	-1	54	155	10.3	16:53
2024-25	4 Nations	Finland	3	0	0	0	-2		4	0.0	30:52
2024-25	NHL	New Jersey Devils	69	11	10	21	-6	39	110	10.0	14:42	5		1	1	-1	2	9	0.0	18:36
2025-26	NHL	Nashville Predators	20	3	7	10	-4	18	26	11.5	16:09
NHL Career			779	156	191	347	+44	401	1355	11.5	14:52	78	16	21	37	-19	58	148	10.8	16:27