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Neal Pionk

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Winnipeg Jets
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2030-31
Weight (lbs)	190	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	30 (July 29, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 17, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 6 years @ $7.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Aug 11, 2021	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 4 years @ $5.875M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 21, 2019	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 2 years @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2019-20
May 1, 2017	New York Rangers	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.
2017-18	NYR	28	504:55	0.12	0.83	0.95	0.20	-0.08	2.70	4.55	-1.84	4.26	2.13
2018-19	NYR	73	1152:46	0.10	0.36	0.47	0.22	-0.11	1.92	4.00	-2.07	1.35	1.35
2019-20	WPG	71	1281:54	0.14	0.56	0.70	0.21	-0.07	2.59	3.87	-1.28	0.60	4.82
2020-21	WPG	54	969:36	0.06	0.87	0.93	0.19	-0.13	1.28	3.88	-2.60	0.00	0.00
2021-22	WPG	77	1311:44	0.05	0.78	0.82	0.21	-0.16	0.98	4.43	-3.45	0.65	0.65
2022-23	WPG	82	1404:39	0.26	0.73	0.98	0.21	0.05	5.56	4.56	0.99	1.21	3.03
2023-24	WPG	82	1358:15	0.18	0.71	0.88	0.17	0.00	3.48	3.39	0.08	1.76	1.76
2024-25	WPG	69	1233:07	0.24	0.83	1.07	0.19	0.06	4.76	3.65	1.11	0.00	1.72

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
2017-18	NYR	28	504:55	35.65	2.14	2.06	50.15	2.14	2.88	50.00	41.73	-0.73	-0.12	-6.42
2018-19	NYR	73	1152:46	37.58	1.87	2.18	46.74	2.97	2.73	38.71	44.46	-0.24	0.07	-3.29
2019-20	WPG	71	1281:54	42.36	2.06	2.35	43.15	2.34	2.71	46.81	46.37	0.20	-0.06	2.74
2020-21	WPG	54	969:36	38.37	2.48	2.22	36.94	1.92	2.44	56.34	47.68	0.14	-0.19	3.41
2021-22	WPG	77	1311:44	41.44	2.65	2.62	47.11	2.61	2.97	50.43	46.80	-0.08	0.44	-4.81
2022-23	WPG	82	1404:39	43.14	2.39	2.69	43.87	2.65	2.86	47.46	48.49	-0.01	0.52	-5.09
2023-24	WPG	82	1358:15	41.17	2.56	2.27	42.81	2.30	2.47	52.73	47.93	-0.38	0.10	-4.90
2024-25	WPG	69	1233:07	43.30	2.58	2.42	40.39	1.80	2.24	58.89	51.94	-0.03	-0.07	0.46

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%
2021-22	77	22.4	0.1	5.9	6.0	94.8	62.4	80.5	13.3	6.2	41.8	18.5	39.6
2022-23	82	21.7	0.1	8.5	8.6	93.7	59.8	66.7	24.1	9.3	40.8	18.2	40.9
2023-24	82	21.5	0.1	8.5	8.6	96.9	61.9	80.9	16.4	2.7	41.1	18.5	40.4
2024-25	69	22.0	0.2	8.5	8.6	94.6	67.1	88.4	8.1	3.5	39.8	17.8	42.4

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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Samberg, D	WPG	703:43	3.07	1.79	63.16	2.63	2.01	56.68	0.26	-0.32	6.24
2024-25	Fleury, H	WPG	189:39	1.58	2.85	35.71	1.97	2.98	39.75	-0.39	0.66	-10.61
2024-25	Stanley, L	WPG	114:59	1.04	1.57	40.00	1.87	2.23	45.60	-0.59	-0.02	-6.63
2024-25	Morrissey, J	WPG	110:40	1.08	2.17	33.33	2.59	2.01	56.32	0.15	-0.26	4.47
2024-25	DeMelo, D	WPG	38:04	4.73	0.00	100.00	2.15	2.21	49.34	-0.29	-0.06	-2.46
2024-25	Miller, C	WPG	31:04	5.79	0.00	100.00	3.48	1.58	68.83	1.03	-0.71	17.03
2023-24	Dillon, B	WPG	916:43	2.42	2.23	52.11	2.13	2.49	46.15	-0.49	0.11	-6.25
2023-24	Morrissey, J	WPG	170:33	4.57	2.81	61.90	3.15	2.82	52.74	0.66	0.40	2.00
2023-24	Samberg, D	WPG	145:30	1.65	0.41	80.00	2.51	1.75	58.90	-0.01	-0.68	8.04
2023-24	Schmidt, N	WPG	46:24	2.59	3.88	40.00	2.39	2.71	46.89	-0.14	0.39	-5.30
2023-24	DeMelo, D	WPG	37:54	0.00	1.58	0.00	1.56	2.60	37.45	-0.98	0.21	-13.98
2022-23	Dillon, B	WPG	679:23	2.30	2.56	47.27	2.50	2.53	49.69	-0.22	0.01	-2.19
2022-23	Morrissey, J	WPG	466:17	3.22	2.44	56.82	3.11	3.17	49.54	0.44	0.72	-2.66
2022-23	Schmidt, N	WPG	86:06	0.70	1.39	33.33	3.05	2.94	50.90	0.29	0.42	-1.34
2022-23	Samberg, D	WPG	82:54	1.45	1.45	50.00	2.10	3.17	39.83	-0.58	0.77	-12.88
2022-23	DeMelo, D	WPG	37:19	3.22	3.22	50.00	2.25	2.94	43.32	-0.45	0.41	-8.27
2021-22	Dillon, B	WPG	780:40	2.92	2.54	53.52	2.77	2.99	48.06	0.15	0.34	-1.68
2021-22	Schmidt, N	WPG	176:38	2.04	2.72	42.86	2.48	3.04	44.93	-0.16	0.28	-3.93
2021-22	Samberg, D	WPG	104:31	2.87	2.30	55.56	2.15	2.65	44.81	-0.72	-0.08	-6.46
2021-22	Heinola, V	WPG	95:03	3.16	3.16	50.00	2.26	2.59	46.65	-0.38	-0.15	-2.47
2021-22	Morrissey, J	WPG	78:44	1.52	3.81	28.57	2.76	2.83	49.37	0.08	0.14	-0.58
2021-22	DeMelo, D	WPG	23:31	2.55	0.00	100.00	1.52	2.86	34.79	-1.14	0.15	-14.77
2020-21	Forbort, D	WPG	802:15	2.24	2.09	51.72	2.22	2.37	48.37	0.12	-0.27	4.06
2020-21	Morrissey, J	WPG	82:20	3.64	0.73	83.33	1.73	2.50	40.95	-0.41	-0.07	-4.61
2020-21	Stanley, L	WPG	24:39	2.43	0.00	100.00	2.19	3.76	36.86	0.12	1.28	-8.67
2019-20	Kulikov, D	WPG	437:57	1.92	1.64	53.85	2.43	2.51	49.25	0.20	-0.26	4.51
2019-20	Sbisa, L	WPG	333:54	2.34	3.41	40.62	2.32	2.91	44.33	0.17	0.12	0.87
2019-20	Morrissey, J	WPG	224:07	1.61	1.34	54.55	2.20	2.64	45.43	-0.04	-0.11	0.61
2019-20	Heinola, V	WPG	103:01	2.91	2.33	55.56	2.16	2.82	43.47	-0.14	0.35	-4.86
2019-20	Dahlstrom, C	WPG	64:33	0.93	1.86	33.33	2.73	2.07	56.80	0.78	-0.45	13.30
2019-20	Beaulieu, N	WPG	34:04	3.52	1.76	66.67	2.29	3.19	41.77	-0.02	0.41	-3.55
2019-20	Niku, S	WPG	32:15	1.86	5.58	25.00	1.61	3.16	33.78	-0.59	0.43	-10.82
2018-19	Staal, M	NYR	644:14	1.77	3.07	36.54	1.97	2.55	43.62	-0.45	-0.19	-3.35
2018-19	Skjei, B	NYR	195:33	2.76	3.38	45.00	2.35	3.10	43.14	0.01	0.44	-3.65
2018-19	Claesson, F	NYR	52:53	1.13	0.00	100.00	1.84	2.88	38.98	-0.32	0.26	-6.26
2018-19	Gilmour, J	NYR	44:27	0.00	2.70	0.00	2.05	3.65	36.00	-0.53	1.07	-14.04
2018-19	Hajek, L	NYR	42:38	4.22	1.41	75.00	3.24	1.07	75.28	0.78	-1.70	28.17
2018-19	Smith, B	NYR	36:13	3.31	4.97	40.00	2.77	4.35	38.94	0.36	1.75	-9.19
2018-19	Shattenkirk, K	NYR	23:46	2.52	2.52	50.00	3.48	2.78	55.57	1.12	0.26	7.15
2018-19	Lindgren, R	NYR	20:44	0.00	8.68	0.00	4.37	2.90	60.11	2.42	-0.81	25.61
2017-18	Staal, M	NYR	317:20	2.46	1.51	61.90	2.26	2.99	43.08	-0.29	-0.19	-1.43
2017-18	Skjei, B	NYR	116:09	0.52	3.10	14.29	1.93	2.69	41.86	-0.67	-0.27	-5.01
2017-18	Gilmour, J	NYR	33:23	5.39	3.59	60.00	1.37	1.99	40.75	-1.26	-0.99	-6.09

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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Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	30	M-NTC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2026-27	31	M-NTC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2028-29	33	M-NTC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2029-30	34	M-NTC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2030-31	35	M-NTC	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$4,000,000	$38,000,000	$42,000,000	$42,000,000

Signed: Apr 17, 2025

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.33

Clause: Player can submit a 15 team no trade list for 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-27 and a 10 team no trade list for 2028-29, 2029-30 and 2030-31.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	26	$5,875,000	$5,875,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27	$5,875,000	$5,875,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	28	$5,875,000	$5,875,000	-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2024-25	29	$5,875,000	$5,875,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$23,500,000	$23,500,000	$23,500,000

Signed: Aug 11, 2021

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.21

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	24	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	-	$2,850,000	$2,850,000	$2,850,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	25	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	-	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000

Signed: July 21, 2019

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.68

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	22	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	23	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,700,000	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: May 1, 2017

Team: New York Rangers

GM: -

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
2011-12	USHS-MN	Hermantown High	25	7	6	13		12				3		3	3		2
2012-13	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	12	1	5	6	+3	2
2012-13	USHS-MN	Hermantown High	25	14	15	29		25				3	2	3	5	+2	2
2012-13	UMHSEHL	Team North	20	1	10	11		32				3	1		1
2012-13	MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)										3	1	2	3
2013-14	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	54	2	21	23	+18	93				7		1	1		10
2013-14	WJAC-19	USA U19										4		2	2		8
2014-15	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	53	7	41	48	+23	104				5		1	1	-4	10
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	40	4	13	17	+11	44
2016-17	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	42	7	27	34	+24	25
2017-18	NHL	New York Rangers	28	1	13	14	-1	12	54	1.8	22:23
2017-18	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	48	1	16	17	-9	20
2017-18	WC	USA	10	2	1	3	+7	4
2018-19	NHL	New York Rangers	73	6	20	26	-16	35	132	4.6	21:10
2019-20	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	71	6	39	45	+10	32	177	3.4	23:23	4		2	2	-6		10	0.0	23:04
2020-21	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	54	3	29	32	+6	20	100	3.0	21:58	8		4	4	-2	2	17	0.0	26:00
2021-22	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	77	3	31	34	+5	46	140	2.1	21:08
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	10	23	33	-12	44	142	7.0	21:56	5		7	7	-6		9	0.0	27:18
2023-24	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	5	28	33	+9	63	146	3.4	20:50	5		1	1	-2	4	5	0.0	21:57
2024-25	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	69	10	29	39	+21	44	123	8.1	22:04	13	1	6	7	+1	14	23	4.3	24:25
NHL Career			536	44	212	256	+22	296	1014	4.3	21:47	35	1	20	21	-15	20	64	1.6	24:41