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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

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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

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
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.
2016-17	PIT	40	555:50	1.62	1.30	2.91	0.94	0.68	21.13	12.26	8.87	5.38	12.90
2017-18	PIT	82	1101:47	0.71	1.03	1.74	0.87	-0.16	9.56	11.79	-2.23	3.11	3.11
2018-19	PIT	82	1253:19	1.44	1.20	2.63	0.90	0.54	16.95	10.58	6.37	2.64	7.05
2019-20	PIT	39	619:03	1.26	1.55	2.81	0.96	0.30	13.83	10.59	3.24	3.36	6.72
2020-21	PIT	56	894:35	0.80	1.07	1.88	0.67	0.13	13.19	11.05	2.13	4.96	4.96
2021-22	PIT	76	1140:42	1.26	1.21	2.47	1.08	0.19	13.33	11.36	1.97	3.48	7.83
2022-23	PIT	78	1169:11	0.82	1.08	1.90	0.93	-0.11	10.88	12.37	-1.48	2.87	5.74
2023-24	CAR	17	247:11	0.73	1.70	2.43	1.19	-0.47	7.69	12.62	-4.93	5.17	5.17
2023-24	PIT	50	775:32	1.16	1.24	2.40	1.09	0.07	12.71	11.92	0.79	1.20	8.98
2023-24	CAR, PIT	67	1022:43	1.06	1.35	2.41	1.11	-0.06	11.46	12.09	-0.63	2.22	8.00
2024-25	TBL	80	1189:36	0.91	1.11	2.02	0.82	0.09	13.24	11.89	1.35	2.06	7.73
2025-26	TBL	22	306:22	1.37	1.57	2.94	0.83	0.54	20.00	12.09	7.91	4.44	13.33

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	3.34	44.69	3.02	2.93	56.92	53.33	0.65	0.59	-0.14
2017-18	PIT	82	1101:47	48.68	2.23	2.97	42.10	2.72	2.86	45.05	50.94	0.26	0.50	-2.51
2018-19	PIT	82	1253:19	49.60	3.59	3.06	43.90	2.30	2.56	60.98	54.44	0.53	0.06	4.17
2019-20	PIT	39	619:03	51.95	3.59	3.27	38.19	2.52	2.37	58.73	57.95	1.10	0.36	6.02
2020-21	PIT	56	894:35	42.12	2.68	2.60	40.24	2.28	2.49	54.05	51.04	0.44	0.28	1.62
2021-22	PIT	76	1140:42	50.02	3.21	3.34	44.55	2.42	2.79	57.01	54.48	0.79	0.51	1.60
2022-23	PIT	78	1169:11	51.47	3.03	3.34	46.55	2.51	2.91	54.63	53.41	0.51	0.37	0.73
2023-24	CAR	17	247:11	53.89	3.40	2.95	33.74	0.97	1.70	77.78	63.37	0.13	-0.59	8.17
2023-24	PIT	50	775:32	54.08	3.40	3.50	46.96	3.09	2.93	52.38	54.38	1.04	0.44	4.73
2023-24	CAR, PIT	67	1022:43	54.03	3.40	3.36	43.77	2.58	2.64	56.86	56.06	0.81	0.20	4.89
2024-25	TBL	80	1189:36	45.04	3.58	2.73	43.28	2.12	2.56	62.83	51.62	0.44	0.34	0.79
2025-26	TBL	22	306:22	41.71	4.31	2.63	42.89	2.94	2.40	59.46	52.23	0.25	0.27	-0.49

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

Red Wings-Lightning Tweetcap: The easy blame’s on Gibson. The real truth is that the Wings’ defensive game sucks right now. at The Malik Report (Fri Nov 28, 2025)
Jake Guentzel’s overtime winner pushes Lightning past Oilers, 2-1 at Raw Charge (Fri Nov 21, 2025)
Guentzel’s hat trick powers Lightning past Devils, 5-1 at Raw Charge (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Guentzel Picks Up Hat Trick as Lightning Rout Devils at The Hockey Writers (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Every Lightning Player Who Can Reach 1,000 Career Points With the Team at The Hockey Writers (Wed Nov 12, 2025)
Tampa Bay Lightning edge Capitals 3-2 behind big nights from Hagel and Guentzel at Bolts by the Bay (Sun Nov 9, 2025)
Jonas Johansson backstops Lightning to 4-2 victory over Mammoth at Raw Charge (Sun Nov 2, 2025)
Lightning score early, defend late to pick up 4-3 victory over the Bruins at Raw Charge (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Top-20 Penguins' Prospects 2025: Biggest Piece In Guentzel Trade Proving Himself at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
From The Archive: Struck By Lightning at Yahoo Sports (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
A Trade a Day: The Hurricanes reel in a big fish to form one of the best 1st lines in team history at Cardiac Cane (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
Ryan McDonagh and Jake Guentzel invited to Team USA Orientation Camp at Raw Charge (Wed Aug 20, 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)
Top-20 Penguins' Prospects 2025: Oft-Forgotten Part Of Jake Guentzel Trade Has Intrigue at Yahoo Sports (Sun Aug 10, 2025)
Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: No. 24 - Cruz Lucius at Pens Burgh (Mon Jul 28, 2025)
Revisiting Jake Guentzel Trade & The Rippling Assets at Yahoo Sports (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
Guentzel at home in Tampa Bay at Bolts by the Bay (Tue May 13, 2025)

Current Contract

Jake Guentzel signed an $70,957,985 8-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Julien Brisebois on June 30, 2024 with an AAV of $9,000,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2031-32 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 10.23% of the salary cap.

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.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Jake Guentzel signed a $30,000,000 5-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Jim Rutherford on December 27, 2018 with an AAV of $6,000,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.36% of the salary cap.

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

Jake Guentzel signed a $2,202,500 3-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Jim Rutherford on May 23, 2016 with an AAV of $734,167. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.01% 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	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	24	13	13	26	+4	6	66	19.7	20:40
NHL Career			624	281	316	597	+91	262	1776	15.8	19:18	74	41	32	73	+5	48	218	18.8	19:21