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Nick Paul

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	7 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	234	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Age	30 (Mar 20, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 4, Overall 101 (DAL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 20, 2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	Activated from LTIR
Oct 7, 2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	Placed on LTIR
Jul 1, 2022	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 7 years @ $3.150M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 14, 2020	Ottawa Senators	Signed 2 years @ $1.350M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 2, 2019	Ottawa Senators	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 16, 2018	Ottawa Senators	Signed 1 year @ $650K AAV starting in 2018-19
Dec 21, 2014	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 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	OTT	24	272:06	0.44	0.66	1.10	0.52	-0.08	7.14	8.50	-1.36	5.13	7.69
2016-17	OTT	1	15:16	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.66	-1.66	0.00	10.57	-10.57	16.67	0.00
2017-18	OTT	11	81:58	0.73	0.00	0.73	0.40	0.33	10.00	5.44	4.56	7.14	0.00
2018-19	OTT	20	166:41	0.36	0.36	0.72	0.96	-0.60	3.33	8.91	-5.58	2.78	8.33
2019-20	OTT	56	716:51	0.75	0.75	1.51	0.66	0.10	9.78	8.53	1.26	2.40	5.60
2020-21	OTT	56	719:50	0.33	0.58	0.92	0.64	-0.30	4.82	9.19	-4.37	2.27	5.30
2021-22	TBL	21	241:14	0.99	1.74	2.74	0.87	0.13	13.33	11.64	1.69	4.65	4.65
2021-22	OTT	59	808:55	0.67	0.52	1.19	0.76	-0.09	8.57	9.70	-1.13	2.63	5.92
2021-22	OTT, TBL	80	1050:09	0.74	0.80	1.54	0.78	-0.04	9.63	10.13	-0.50	3.08	5.64
2022-23	TBL	80	1038:33	0.52	0.75	1.27	0.62	-0.10	9.68	11.53	-1.86	4.96	5.67
2023-24	TBL	82	1049:00	0.80	0.74	1.54	0.65	0.15	12.73	10.31	2.42	3.82	13.38
2024-25	TBL	76	1054:36	0.74	0.80	1.54	0.64	0.10	11.30	9.72	1.59	1.85	4.94
2025-26	TBL	2	28:31	2.10	0.00	2.10	0.64	1.46	33.33	10.14	23.19	0.00	0.00

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	OTT	24	272:06	37.05	1.76	2.07	39.91	1.98	2.29	47.06	47.51	-0.13	-0.26	1.20
2016-17	OTT	1	15:16	55.02	0.00	3.90	19.65	3.93	2.49	0.00	61.05	0.05	0.10	-0.65
2017-18	OTT	11	81:58	40.99	0.73	1.73	33.67	2.93	1.77	20.00	49.36	-0.22	-0.90	7.14
2018-19	OTT	20	166:41	45.36	1.44	2.34	42.48	5.04	2.25	22.22	50.99	0.03	-0.81	7.93
2019-20	OTT	56	716:51	38.50	2.09	2.05	42.60	1.84	2.53	53.19	44.79	-0.68	-0.16	-5.64
2020-21	OTT	56	719:50	40.18	2.00	2.12	40.01	2.33	2.30	46.15	47.92	-0.42	-0.36	-0.84
2021-22	TBL	21	241:14	39.55	2.98	2.66	41.29	2.74	2.60	52.17	50.58	-0.25	-0.38	1.15
2021-22	OTT	59	808:55	41.98	1.71	2.52	42.13	2.67	2.66	38.98	48.60	0.14	-0.04	1.80
2021-22	OTT, TBL	80	1050:09	41.42	2.00	2.55	41.94	2.69	2.65	42.68	49.06	0.03	-0.13	1.47
2022-23	TBL	80	1038:33	40.56	2.37	2.46	39.17	1.85	2.48	56.16	49.83	-0.45	-0.19	-2.34
2023-24	TBL	82	1049:00	39.81	2.63	2.25	40.21	3.26	2.32	44.66	49.29	-0.22	-0.03	-1.99
2024-25	TBL	76	1054:36	37.27	2.33	2.18	39.20	1.76	2.31	56.94	48.59	-0.36	-0.01	-3.73
2025-26	TBL	2	28:31	18.94	2.10	1.04	31.56	0.00	1.49	100.00	41.02	-1.85	-0.45	-18.81

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

Jake Guentzel’s overtime winner pushes Lightning past Oilers, 2-1 at Raw Charge (Fri Nov 21, 2025)
Nick Paul set to make season debut against Edmonton Oilers at Raw Charge (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
Lightning Lose Victor Hedman to IR, Activate Nick Paul at The Hockey Writers (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
Ottawa Senators Trade History at The Hockey Writers (Sun Nov 16, 2025)
Every NHL Team’s Worst Contract at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
NHL Teams Give Injury Updates On Bruins' Pastrnak, Leafs' Domi, Lightning's Paul And 10 Others at The Hockey News (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Nick Paul to miss the start of the season at Raw Charge (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Lightning’s Nick Paul Undergoes Surgery, Will Miss Start of Season at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
4 Young Players the Senators Gave Up on Too Soon at The Hockey Writers (Fri Sep 12, 2025)
What the LA Kings Need From Ján Chovan Over the Next 3 Years at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
Alexei Yashin Trade Tree Continues to Grow at The Hockey Writers (Sat Jul 26, 2025)
Nick Paul looking to stay consistent at Bolts by the Bay (Fri May 23, 2025)

Current Contract

Nick Paul signed a $22,050,000 7-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Julien Brisebois on July 1, 2022 with an AAV of $3,150,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2028-29 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.82% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27	NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$3,400,000	$750,000	$4,150,000	$4,150,000	UFA
2023-24	28	NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,150,000	$4,150,000	$4,150,000	UFA
2024-25	29	NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
2025-26	30	NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2026-27	31	M-NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2028-29	33	M-NTC	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$8,400,000	$13,650,000	$22,050,000	$22,050,000

Signed: July 1, 2022

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Julien Brisebois

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.82

Clause: Starting June 15, 2026 players full NTC converts to a 16 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Nick Paul signed a $2,700,000 2-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion on October 14, 2020 with an AAV of $1,350,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.66% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000

Signed: Oct 14, 2020

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.66

Retained Salary: Ottawa Senators retained 44.5% of total salary on March 20, 2022

Nick Paul signed a $750,000 1-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion on July 2, 2019 with an AAV of $750,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% 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		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$165,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$165,000

Signed: July 2, 2019

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.92

Nick Paul signed a $650,000 1-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion on July 16, 2018 with an AAV of $650,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.82% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23		$650,000	$650,000	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$80,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$80,000

Signed: July 16, 2018

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.82

Nick Paul signed a $2,102,500 3-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Bryan Murray on December 21, 2014 with an AAV of $700,833. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.02% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	19	$700,833	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2015-16	20	$670,000	$894,167	$257,500	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$670,000	$894,167	$232,500	$92,500	$600,000	$692,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$670,000	$894,167	$182,500	-	$650,000	$650,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$672,500	$277,500	$1,825,000	$2,102,500	$210,000

Signed: Dec 21, 2014

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Bryan Murray

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2009-10	Big Nickel Bntm Tourn.	Mississauga Senators Bantam AAA										6	3	1	4
2010-11	GTHL	Miss. Senators	37	14	11	25		12
2011-12	GTHL	Miss. Reps	33	25	32	57
2011-12	Exhib.	Miss. Reps	30	23	28	51
2011-12	ON-Jr.A	Mississauga	9	3	2	5		4
2012-13	OHL	Brampton	66	12	16	28	+6	21				5		1	1	-4
2013-14	OHL	North Bay	67	26	20	46	+12	39				22	12	6	18	+9	10
2014-15	WJC-A	Canada	7	3	0	3	+6	2	14
2014-15	OHL	North Bay	58	37	29	66	+25	49				15	7	8	15	+1	6
2015-16	AHL	Binghamton	45	6	11	17	-4	10	77	780.0
2015-16	NHL	Ottawa Senators	24	2	3	5	-3	6	28	7.1	12:12
2016-17	AHL	Binghamton Senators	72	15	22	37	-17	30
2016-17	NHL	Ottawa Senators	1	0	0	0	-2		4	0.0	16:29
2017-18	AHL	Belleville Senators	54	14	13	27	-17	40
2017-18	NHL	Ottawa Senators	11	1	0	1	-4		11	9.1	7:54
2018-19	AHL	Belleville Senators	43	16	23	39	+20	29
2018-19	NHL	Ottawa Senators	20	1	1	2	-10	4	30	3.3	8:28
2019-20	NHL	Ottawa Senators	56	9	11	20		24	103	8.7	14:27
2019-20	AHL	Belleville Senators	3	1	3	4	+4
2020-21	NHL	Ottawa Senators	56	5	15	20	+5	19	105	4.8	16:05
2020-21	WC	Canada	10	2	2	4	-1	4
2021-22	NHL	Ottawa Senators	59	11	7	18	-18	22	131	8.4	17:22
2021-22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	21	5	9	14	+4	17	35	14.3	14:06	23	5	4	9		6	44	11.4	18:18
2022-23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	17	15	32	+11	33	120	14.2	16:10	6	1		1	-1	2	8	12.5	16:37
2023-24	WC	Canada	10	3	3	6	+6	4
2023-24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	22	46	-16	27	153	15.7	17:16	5	2		2	-4	6	14	14.3	17:13
2024-25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	22	19	41	+13	30	141	15.6	16:27	5	2		2	-4	2	12	16.7	16:35
2025-26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	3	1	0	1	+1		4	25.0	17:14
NHL Career			489	98	102	200	-19	182	865	11.3	15:33	39	10	4	14	-9	16	78	12.8	17:41