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James van Riemsdyk

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	Detroit Red Wings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	210	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	37
Age	36 (May 4, 1989)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2007, Round 1, Overall 2 (PHI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 11, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Activated from IR
Oct 2, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 1 year @ $1.750M AAV starting in 2025-26
Sep 15, 2024	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 1 year @ $900K AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 1, 2023	Boston Bruins	Signed 1 year @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 1, 2018	Philadelphia Flyers	Signed 5 years @ $7.000M AAV starting in 2018-19
Aug 30, 2011	Philadelphia Flyers	Signed 6 years @ $4.250M AAV starting in 2012-13
Apr 1, 2009	Philadelphia Flyers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 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

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.
2015-16	TOR	40	544:29	0.88	0.88	1.76	0.83	0.05	9.52	8.96	0.57	5.08	1.69
2016-17	TOR	82	1049:18	1.32	1.09	2.40	0.99	0.32	13.22	9.97	3.25	2.58	5.58
2017-18	TOR	81	967:59	1.30	0.56	1.86	1.15	0.15	12.96	11.46	1.50	6.25	5.42
2018-19	PHI	66	841:38	0.93	0.86	1.78	0.65	0.27	12.15	8.59	3.56	2.22	4.44
2019-20	PHI	66	778:37	1.16	1.16	2.31	0.89	0.27	14.42	11.07	3.35	2.90	8.70
2020-21	PHI	56	725:41	0.58	1.57	2.15	0.61	-0.03	8.05	8.49	-0.44	0.00	4.50
2021-22	PHI	82	1048:54	0.86	0.74	1.60	0.76	0.10	10.95	9.66	1.29	3.45	9.77
2022-23	PHI	61	768:19	0.62	1.02	1.64	0.74	-0.11	8.42	9.92	-1.49	8.00	2.40
2023-24	BOS	71	763:57	0.31	1.65	1.96	0.82	-0.50	4.21	10.96	-6.75	2.38	11.90
2024-25	CBJ	71	799:04	0.98	1.43	2.40	0.74	0.24	17.11	12.93	4.18	1.79	11.61
2025-26	DET	18	172:29	0.35	0.35	0.70	0.73	-0.38	7.14	15.01	-7.86	0.00	14.81

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	TOR	40	544:29	48.27	2.53	2.86	42.21	1.98	2.24	56.10	56.09	0.51	-0.20	7.00
2016-17	TOR	82	1049:18	46.49	3.20	2.84	46.55	2.57	2.60	55.45	52.16	0.06	-0.05	0.97
2017-18	TOR	81	967:59	46.24	2.67	3.01	41.84	2.42	2.35	52.44	56.14	0.28	-0.46	6.80
2018-19	PHI	66	841:38	39.99	2.42	2.22	46.77	3.07	2.81	44.16	44.17	-0.19	0.39	-5.76
2019-20	PHI	66	778:37	43.62	3.08	2.77	36.83	2.16	2.14	58.82	56.43	0.47	-0.23	7.22
2020-21	PHI	56	725:41	42.08	2.98	2.27	36.05	2.89	2.10	50.70	52.02	0.05	-0.20	2.80
2021-22	PHI	82	1048:54	40.56	2.35	2.51	45.30	2.69	2.79	46.59	47.36	0.23	0.05	1.93
2022-23	PHI	61	768:19	43.50	2.66	2.74	40.45	2.42	2.41	52.31	53.17	0.34	-0.28	6.03
2023-24	BOS	71	763:57	41.70	2.36	2.74	43.67	1.65	2.44	58.82	52.83	0.29	-0.09	3.68
2024-25	CBJ	71	799:04	40.70	3.30	2.39	42.50	3.15	2.52	51.16	48.65	0.16	0.08	0.92
2025-26	DET	18	172:29	51.48	1.04	3.11	38.61	2.44	2.27	30.00	57.78	0.88	-0.35	11.84

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

Red Wings-Predators Tweetcap: pre-Thanksgiving setback to Nashville due to mental mistakes at The Malik Report (Wed Nov 26, 2025)
Red Wings-Devils Tweetcap: defensive mistakes bedevil the Wings, but grit, scrappy demeanor nearly yields another comeback at The Malik Report (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Recent Red Wings addition has been better than his stats show at Octopus Thrower (Sat Nov 22, 2025)
Detroit Red Wings all but stole these two hidden gems in free agency at Octopus Thrower (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Red Wings-Maple Leafs Tweetcap: stolen holiday at The Malik Report (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Videos on Sunday: van Riemsdyk, Appleton and coach McLellan speak with the media; a Swedish-language interview with Lucas Raymond at The Malik Report (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Red Wings Activate James van Riemsdyk at Winging it in Mowtown (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
van Riemsdyk’s (almost) ready and raring to go at The Malik Report (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Red Wings 2025-26 Season Preview: Depth Chart, X-Factors & More at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
New Father Of Twins James van Riemsdyk Happy To Be With Red Wings at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Red Wings News & Rumors: Edvinsson, van Riemsdyk, Danielson & More at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Putting Family Ahead of Team Right Call For Red Wings JVR at Detroit Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
JVR Still MIA in Red Wings Camp at Detroit Hockey Now (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Coach McLellan on Carter Mazur and James van Riemsdyk’s ‘spots’ in the lineup at The Malik Report (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Todd McLellan Shares Impact of James van Riemsdyk’s Training Camp Absence at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
On scrimmaging, Elmer Soderblom’s opportunity, James van Riemsdyk’s absence and Guralnick’s gallery at The Malik Report (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
How do the Red Wings forwards stack up heading into the preseason? at Octopus Thrower (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
James van Riemsdyk's got one obvious role with the Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Red Wings’ New Additions: Roles & Predictions for 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
James van Riemsdyk will fill multiple roles…for now at The Malik Report (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Red Wings Like Versatility That Van Riemsdyk Offers at Detroit Hockey Now (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Video: James van Riemsdyk will appear on Daily Faceoff’s ‘Morning Cuppa Hockey’ on Wednesday morning at The Malik Report (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Checking in with James van Riemsdyk at The Malik Report (Tue Aug 5, 2025)
James van Riemsdyk Excited To Join Former USA Teammate Patrick Kane With Red Wings at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
This characteristic is Steve Yzerman's blueprint for rebuilding the Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Thu Jul 31, 2025)
Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk are finally teammates 18 years later at Octopus Thrower (Mon Jul 14, 2025)
Is James van Riemsdyk really an upgrade over Vladimir Tarasenko? at Octopus Thrower (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
James van Riemsdyk's 2024-25 season in review, he was everything the Blue Jackets needed him to be at Union Blue (Mon Apr 28, 2025)

Current Contract

James van Riemsdyk signed a $1,000,000 1-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on July 1, 2025 with an AAV of $1,000,000. 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 1.05% 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	36		$1,000,000	$1,750,000	$750,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total					$750,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2025

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.05

Note: $250,000 for 50 games played, $250,000 for making playoffs, $250,000 for winning first round of playoffs.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

James van Riemsdyk signed a $900,000 1-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Don Waddell on September 15, 2024 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.02% 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	35		$900,000	$900,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000

Signed: Sep 15, 2024

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.02

James van Riemsdyk signed a $1,000,000 1-year contract with the Boston Bruins and General Manager Don Sweeney on August 1, 2023 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.20% 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	34		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Signed: Aug 1, 2023

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: Don Sweeney

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.2

James van Riemsdyk signed a $35,000,000 5-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and General Manager Ron Hextall on July 1, 2018 with an AAV of $7,000,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 8.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	29	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$7,000,000	$8,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
2019-20	30	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$7,000,000	$8,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
2020-21	31	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$6,000,000	$7,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2021-22	32	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$6,000,000	$7,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2022-23	33	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$5,000,000	$30,000,000	$35,000,000	$30,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2018

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

GM: Ron Hextall

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.81

James van Riemsdyk signed a $25,500,000 6-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and General Manager Paul Holmgren on August 30, 2011 with an AAV of $4,250,000. This contract will start in 2012-13 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.08% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	23		$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
2013-14	24		$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	RFA-arb
2014-15	25		$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	RFA-arb
2015-16	26		$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	27	M-NTC	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2017-18	28	M-NTC	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$25,500,000	$25,500,000	$25,500,000

Signed: Aug 30, 2011

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

GM: Paul Holmgren

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.08

Clause: Player has a 10 team no trade list in 2016-17 and 2017-18.

James van Riemsdyk signed a $2,625,000 3-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and General Manager Paul Holmgren on April 1, 2009 with an AAV of $875,000. This contract will start in 2009-10 and end after the 2011-12 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.54% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2009-10	20	$875,000	$1,654,167	$850,000	$87,500	$787,500	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
2010-11	21	$875,000	$1,654,167	$637,500	$87,500	$787,500	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
2011-12	22	$875,000	$1,654,167	$850,000	$87,500	$787,500	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
Total				$2,337,500	$262,500	$2,362,500	$2,625,000	$195,000

Signed: Apr 1, 2009

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

GM: Paul Holmgren

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
2004-05	High-NJ	Christian Bros.	30	36	24	60
2005-06	U-18	USNTDP	14	1	3	4		6
2005-06	U-17	USNTDP	11	7	5	12		18
2005-06	WJ18-A	USA	6	0	1	1		2
2005-06	NAHL	USNTDP	37	18	11	29		36				7	1		1		8		0.0
2006-07	U-18	USNTDP	39	25	28	53		48
2006-07	NAHL	USNTDP	12	13	12	25		37
2006-07	WJ18-A	USA	7	5	7	12		4
2006-07	WJC-A	USA	7	1	0	1	+2	2
2007-08	H-East	New Hampshire	31	11	23	34		36
2007-08	WJC-A	USA	6	5	6	11		2
2008-09	H-East	New Hampshire	36	17	23	40		47
2008-09	WJC-A	USA	6	6	4	10		4
2008-09	AHL	Philadelphia	7	1	1	2		2				4					2		0.0
2009-10	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	78	15	20	35	-1	30	173	8.7	12:58	21	3	3	6	-4	4	41	7.3	11:54
2010-11	WC-A	USA	2	1	0	1	-3	2
2010-11	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	75	21	19	40	+15	35	173	12.1	14:32	11	7		7	-3	4	70	10.0	19:23
2011-12	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	43	11	13	24	-1	24	121	9.1	15:10	7	1	1	2	-2	4	9	11.1	13:45
2012-13	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	18	14	32	-7	26	140	12.9	19:12	7	2	5	7	-1	4	33	6.1	19:41
2013-14	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	30	31	61	-9	50	279	10.8	21:03
2013-14	Olympics	USA	6	1	6	7	+7	2	16
2014-15	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	27	29	56	-33	43	248	10.9	19:05
2015-16	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	40	14	15	29	+3	6	129	10.8	17:46
2016-17	WCup	USA	3	0	1	1	-4
2016-17	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	33	62	-2	37	238	12.2	15:53	6	2	1	3	+3		23	8.7	17:38
2017-18	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	81	36	18	54	+1	30	248	14.5	14:54	7	3	1	4	-4	4	13	23.1	14:19
2018-19	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	66	27	21	48	-10	18	167	16.2	16:36
2018-19	WC	USA	8	2	3	5
2019-20	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	66	19	21	40	+5	8	151	12.6	14:54	12	2		2	-3	2	23	8.7	14:20
2020-21	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	56	17	26	43	+2	14	132	12.9	16:33
2021-22	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	82	24	14	38	-33	25	186	12.9	16:07
2022-23	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	61	12	17	29	-3	28	119	10.1	15:21
2023-24	NHL	Boston Bruins	71	11	27	38	+7	20	142	7.7	13:30	11	1	4	5	-1		16	6.2	11:46
2024-25	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	71	16	20	36	-4	23	85	18.8	12:24
2025-26	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	20	3	1	4	-8	8	27	11.1	11:46
NHL Career			1102	330	339	669	-78	425	2758	12.0	15:52	82	21	15	36	-15	22	228	9.2	14:42