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Jake Guentzel

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2031-32
Weight (lbs)	176	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	37
Age	31 (Oct 6, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 3, Overall 77 (PIT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 30, 2024	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 8 years @ $9.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Dec 27, 2018	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 5 years @ $6.000M AAV starting in 2019-20
May 23, 2016	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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.
2016-17	PIT	40	555:50	1.62	1.30	2.91	0.95	0.66	21.13	12.46	8.67	9.68	12.90
2017-18	PIT	82	1101:47	0.71	1.03	1.74	0.85	-0.14	9.56	11.49	-1.93	3.11	3.11
2018-19	PIT	82	1253:19	1.44	1.20	2.63	0.88	0.56	16.95	10.34	6.61	2.64	7.05
2019-20	PIT	39	619:03	1.26	1.55	2.81	0.95	0.31	13.83	10.44	3.39	3.36	6.72
2020-21	PIT	56	894:35	0.80	1.07	1.88	0.65	0.15	13.19	10.65	2.54	4.96	4.96
2021-22	PIT	76	1140:42	1.26	1.21	2.47	1.06	0.21	13.33	11.16	2.17	3.48	7.83
2022-23	PIT	78	1169:11	0.82	1.08	1.90	0.89	-0.07	10.88	11.86	-0.98	2.87	5.74
2023-24	CAR	17	247:11	0.73	1.70	2.43	1.17	-0.44	7.69	12.39	-4.70	5.08	5.08
2023-24	PIT	50	775:32	1.16	1.24	2.40	1.06	0.10	12.71	11.65	1.06	1.20	8.98
2023-24	CAR, PIT	67	1022:43	1.06	1.35	2.41	1.09	-0.03	11.46	11.83	-0.37	2.21	7.96
2024-25	TBL	80	1189:36	0.91	1.11	2.02	0.82	0.09	13.24	11.90	1.34	2.06	7.73
2025-26	TBL	5	73:05	0.82	2.46	3.28	1.09	-0.27	10.00	13.33	-3.33	7.69	38.46

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
2016-17	PIT	40	555:50	47.06	3.99	3.35	44.69	3.02	2.92	56.92	53.45	0.66	0.59	-0.18
2017-18	PIT	82	1101:47	48.68	2.23	2.90	42.10	2.72	2.83	45.05	50.62	0.24	0.49	-2.56
2018-19	PIT	82	1253:19	49.60	3.59	2.99	43.90	2.30	2.51	60.98	54.36	0.49	0.04	4.06
2019-20	PIT	39	619:03	51.95	3.59	3.21	38.19	2.52	2.32	58.73	58.07	1.05	0.34	5.79
2020-21	PIT	56	894:35	42.12	2.68	2.54	40.24	2.28	2.51	54.05	50.23	0.40	0.33	0.69
2021-22	PIT	76	1140:42	50.02	3.21	3.28	44.55	2.42	2.78	57.01	54.08	0.75	0.53	1.23
2022-23	PIT	78	1169:11	51.47	3.03	3.25	46.55	2.51	2.89	54.63	52.95	0.46	0.36	0.52
2023-24	CAR	17	247:11	54.62	3.40	2.94	33.98	0.97	1.64	77.78	64.20	0.07	-0.65	8.59
2023-24	PIT	50	775:32	54.70	3.40	3.44	47.35	3.09	2.94	52.38	53.93	1.02	0.41	4.99
2023-24	CAR, PIT	67	1022:43	54.68	3.40	3.32	44.12	2.58	2.63	56.86	55.84	0.78	0.16	5.05
2024-25	TBL	80	1189:36	45.60	3.58	2.73	43.83	2.12	2.58	62.83	51.42	0.42	0.34	0.69
2025-26	TBL	5	73:05	36.12	4.93	2.36	51.72	5.75	2.80	46.15	45.80	-0.02	0.71	-7.56

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

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6-Foot-9 Forward Makes NHL Debut As Senators Begin New Season In Tampa at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
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Maple Leafs' biggest opponent could be Lightning in 2025-26 at Editor in Leaf (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
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NHL’s 10 Best Left Wingers for 2025-26: Preseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
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Four-team mock draft strategy: When to draft Tkachuk, Kucherov and others at ESPN (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
A look at the Lightning lines at the beginning of training camp at Raw Charge (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
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Penguins 2025-26 Player Previews: Ville Koivunen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
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Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: No. 2 – Ville Koivunen at Pens Burgh (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: No. 2 – Ville Koivunen at Yahoo Sports (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Ryan McDonagh and Jake Guentzel invited to Team USA Orientation Camp at Raw Charge (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
3 Devils Named to USA Olympic Orientation Roster | NEWS at New Jersey Hockey Now (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Did a falter by the Hurricane’s front office or a big contract by the Lightning bring Jake Guentzel to Tampa Bay? at Bolts by the Bay (Tue Aug 19, 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	29	NMC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$12,263,157	$1,000,000	$13,263,157	$13,263,157	UFA
2025-26	30	NMC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$8,947,368	$1,000,000	$9,947,368	$9,947,368	UFA
2026-27	31	NMC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$3,957,985	$7,957,985	$7,957,895	UFA
2027-28	32	NMC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$6,957,895	$1,000,000	$7,957,895	$7,957,895	UFA
2028-29	33	NMC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$6,957,895	$1,000,000	$7,957,895	$7,957,895	UFA
2029-30	34	M-NTC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$6,957,895	$1,000,000	$7,957,895	$7,957,895	UFA
2030-31	35	M-NTC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$6,957,895	$1,000,000	$7,957,895	$7,957,895	UFA
2031-32	36	M-NTC	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	-	$6,957,895	$1,000,000	$7,957,895	$7,957,895	UFA
Total					-	$60,000,000	$10,957,985	$70,957,985	$70,957,895

Signed: June 30, 2024

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Julien Brisebois

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.23

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list for 2029-30, 2030-31 and 2031-32.

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Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	24		$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	25		$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26		$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27	M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2023-24	28	M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$30,000,000	$30,000,000	$30,000,000

Signed: Dec 27, 2018

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.36

Clause: In 2022-23 and 2023-24 player can submit a 12 team no trade list.

Retained Salary: Pittsburgh Penguins retained 25.0% of total salary on March 7, 2024

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	21	$734,167	$925,000	$257,500	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$734,167	$925,000	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	23	$734,167	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$572,500	$277,500	$1,925,000	$2,202,500	$210,000

Signed: May 23, 2016

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

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
2010-11	High-MN	Hill-Murray	28	19	30	49		10				3	4	2	6		4
2010-11	UMHSEL	Northwest	15	6	5	11		4				3
2011-12	High-MN	Hill-Murray	31	23	52	75		16				6	2	6	8
2011-12	UMHSEL	Southeast	21	14	27	41		8				3		3	3
2012-13	USHL	Sioux City	60	29	44	73	+13	24	153	1,895.0
2013-14	NCHC	Nebraska-Omaha	37	7	27	34		16
2014-15	NCHC	Nebraska-Omaha	36	14	25	39		34
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	35	19	27	46	+6	20
2015-16	AHL	Wilkes-Barre	11	2	4	6	-1		29	690.0		10	5	9	14	+2		30	1,670.0
2016-17	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	33	21	21	42	+21	12
2016-17	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	40	16	17	33	+7	10	81	19.8	15:53	25	13	8	21	+1	10	52	25.0	17:30
2017-18	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	26	48	-9	42	171	12.9	16:29	12	10	11	21	+10	8	34	29.4	18:11
2018-19	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	36	76	+13	26	227	17.6	19:21	4	1		1	-3		11	9.1	20:35
2019-20	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	39	20	23	43	+11	14	127	15.7	20:38	4	1	2	3	+1		13	7.7	21:45
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	56	23	34	57	+7	28	141	16.3	20:16	6	1	1	2	-6	6	25	4.0	19:27
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	40	44	84	+13	44	264	15.2	20:06	7	8	2	10	+1	2	39	20.5	22:28
2022-23	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	36	37	73	+2	46	244	14.8	20:07
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	50	22	30	52	+9	14	185	11.9	20:53
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	17	8	17	25	+16	8	53	15.1	17:30	11	4	5	9	+4	16	28	14.3	19:58
2024-25	4 Nations	United States	4	3	1	4	+2	2	13	23.0	85:03
2024-25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	41	39	80	+18	24	217	18.9	20:00	5	3	3	6	-3	6	16	18.8	22:45
2025-26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	1	4	5	-3		14	7.1	22:09
NHL Career			605	269	307	576	+84	256	1724	15.6	19:17	74	41	32	73	+5	48	218	18.8	19:21