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Tage Thompson

Position	Center / Right Wing	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	7 years
Height	6'6"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	220	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	32
Age	27 (Oct 30, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 1, Overall 26 (STL)

News and Opinions

Buffalo Sabres projected lineup after trades, NHL draft and free agency at Sabres Noise (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
What if the Sabres never traded Ryan O’Reilly? at Sabres Noise (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
Sharpen Your Sabres Smarts, Pop Quiz Time at Die by the Blade (Thu Jul 17, 2025)
Which Teams Should Wild Fans Root For To Become Deadline Sellers? at Hockey Wilderness (Tue Jul 15, 2025)
Could this left winger be of interest to the Sabres in a trade? at Sabres Noise (Thu Jul 10, 2025)
Tage Thompson trade chatter could explode if Sabres start slow at Sabres Noise (Tue Jul 8, 2025)
Josh Norris now has golden opportunity to prove Senators wrong in Buffalo at SenShot (Thu Jun 26, 2025)
Sabres may do the unthinkable with JJ Peterka at the draft at Sabres Noise (Fri Jun 20, 2025)
Tage Thompson’s Case to Make the US Olympic Team in 2026 at Sabres Noise (Thu Jun 19, 2025)
Speedy left wing could be great sleeper pick late in the first round at Broad Street Buzz (Tue Jun 17, 2025)
3 realistic free agent signings for the Sabres at Sabres Noise (Wed Jun 11, 2025)
3 Sabres dream free agent signings to win the Stanley Cup in 2026 at Sabres Noise (Wed Jun 4, 2025)
2 trade targets to help the Hurricanes fix their 2C and bolster the lineup for 2025-26 at Cardiac Cane (Wed Jun 4, 2025)
Devils Comeback Falls Just Short in Buffalo at Devils Army (Mon Feb 3, 2025)
Minnesota Wild vs. Sabres: A matchup of two scoring sensations at Gone Puck Wild (Sat Jan 7, 2023)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 27, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Activated from IR
Nov 15, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Placed on IR
Aug 30, 2022	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 7 years @ $7.143M AAV starting in 2023-24
Oct 5, 2020	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 3 years @ $1.400M AAV starting in 2020-21
Mar 7, 2017	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			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	Bantam	Alaska All Stars 14U AA	12	23	29	52		6
2010-11	14U AA	Alaska All Stars 14U AA										5	8	5	13		4
2011-12	AYHL 14U	Mid Fairfield Rangers 14U AAA	22	16	5	21		10
2012-13	AYHL 15U	Long Island Royals 15U	14	12	13	25		19
2013-14	USPHL	PAL Islanders	16	17	14	31		8
2014-15	USHL	USNTDP	25	7	7	14	+10	20	26	2,690.0
2014-15	U-18	USNTDP	39	5	7	12		12
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	36	14	18	32	-14	12
2016-17	AHL	Chicago Wolves	16	1	1	2	+1	2				10	2	1	3	-4	4
2016-17	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	34	19	13	32	-6	24
2016-17	WJC-20	USA U20	7	1	4	5	+4	4
2017-18	NHL	St. Louis Blues	41	3	6	9	-12	12	55	5.4	11:55
2017-18	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	30	8	10	18	-4	4
2017-18	WC	USA	10	1	2	3	+3	16
2018-19	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	65	7	5	12	-22	20	108	6.5	12:08
2018-19	AHL	Rochester Americans	8	6	3	9	+6	4				3	2		2	-2	2
2019-20	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0				0.0	6:59
2019-20	AHL	Rochester Americans	16	6	6	12	+5	8
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	38	8	6	14	-6	17	96	8.3	13:52
2020-21	WC	USA	8	1	4	5	-1	2
2021-22	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	78	38	30	68	-17	37	253	15.0	17:53
2022-23	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	78	47	47	94	+4	39	295	15.9	18:35
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	71	29	27	56	-1	43	246	11.8	18:07
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	76	44	28	72	-2	35	242	18.2	18:45
2024-25	WC	USA	10	6	3	9	+7	6
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	2	0	2
NHL Career			448	176	149	325	-56	203	1295	13.6	16:27

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	STL	41	431:29	0.42	0.56	0.97	0.59	-0.17	6.12	8.69	-2.57	3.80	1.27
2018-19	BUF	65	709:52	0.51	0.34	0.85	0.67	-0.16	6.38	8.40	-2.01	1.45	2.17
2019-20	BUF	1	6:59	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.94	-0.94	-	-	-	0.00	0.00
2020-21	BUF	38	449:39	0.40	0.67	1.07	0.98	-0.58	3.61	8.84	-5.23	5.05	6.06
2021-22	BUF	78	1040:27	1.38	1.27	2.65	0.90	0.48	14.20	9.23	4.98	3.00	4.29
2022-23	BUF	78	1062:29	1.36	1.69	3.05	1.11	0.24	12.50	10.26	2.24	3.58	6.81
2023-24	BUF	71	944:15	1.02	0.83	1.84	0.92	0.10	9.88	8.91	0.97	3.98	6.19
2024-25	BUF	76	1078:57	1.84	0.67	2.50	0.84	0.99	19.64	8.99	10.65	2.07	4.15

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	STL	41	431:29	40.88	1.11	2.11	43.39	2.64	2.66	29.63	44.21	-0.39	0.36	-7.90
2018-19	BUF	65	709:52	40.06	1.18	2.11	45.81	2.79	2.78	29.79	43.21	-0.32	0.20	-5.45
2019-20	BUF	1	6:59	42.96	0.00	2.41	34.37	0.00	1.61	-	59.90	-0.40	-1.24	10.26
2020-21	BUF	38	449:39	37.90	1.73	2.33	48.84	2.13	2.81	44.83	45.31	0.14	0.35	-1.82
2021-22	BUF	78	1040:27	44.17	3.75	2.78	45.44	3.92	2.82	48.87	49.63	0.67	0.36	3.46
2022-23	BUF	78	1062:29	49.07	3.78	3.15	44.61	3.28	3.11	53.60	50.32	0.67	0.48	1.76
2023-24	BUF	71	944:15	47.53	2.92	2.74	41.49	2.29	2.54	56.10	51.97	0.32	0.04	2.71
2024-25	BUF	76	1078:57	45.27	3.45	2.68	42.93	3.00	2.54	53.45	51.40	0.46	0.01	4.57

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	78	22.6	0.5	6.0	6.0	101.6	44.5	19.6	50.9	29.4	42.2	18.9	38.8
2022-23	78	22.0	0.6	9.5	9.8	101.7	59.5	14.3	49.8	35.9	40.2	19.0	40.8
2023-24	71	22.9	0.5	9.4	9.7	102.1	60.3	18.3	56.0	25.7	40.3	18.7	41.0
2024-25	76	22.8	0.5	9.6	9.8	106.0	68.6	24.7	54.4	20.9	40.2	18.6	41.2

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
2024-25	Tuch, A	Peterka, J	BUF	186:22	3.54	2.58	57.89	2.88	2.01	58.94	0.66	-0.60	12.99
2024-25	Peterka, J	Kulich, J	BUF	157:33	6.47	3.43	65.38	3.14	2.84	52.52	0.76	0.31	4.04
2024-25	Kulich, J	Benson, Z	BUF	151:31	3.96	3.17	55.56	2.78	2.24	55.37	0.50	-0.40	9.09
2024-25	Zucker, J	Tuch, A	BUF	107:16	3.92	2.24	63.64	2.46	3.24	43.19	0.01	1.04	-9.63
2024-25	Zucker, J	Cozens, D	BUF	67:48	1.77	4.42	28.57	2.60	2.91	47.22	0.09	0.31	-1.95
2024-25	Tuch, A	Greenway, J	BUF	48:56	1.23	1.23	50.00	2.58	2.06	55.61	0.19	-0.39	6.17
2024-25	Tuch, A	Benson, Z	BUF	42:19	2.84	2.84	50.00	2.07	1.82	53.24	-0.03	-0.53	6.02
2024-25	McLeod, R	Peterka, J	BUF	33:49	1.77	5.32	25.00	2.21	5.29	29.48	-0.25	2.76	-19.92
2024-25	Zucker, J	McLeod, R	BUF	21:21	2.81	0.00	100.00	3.34	1.83	64.53	0.97	-0.64	15.59
2024-25	Quinn, J	Peterka, J	BUF	21:20	2.81	2.81	50.00	1.77	1.87	48.63	-0.49	-0.77	2.55
2023-24	Skinner, J	Tuch, A	BUF	235:39	2.04	2.55	44.44	2.74	2.40	53.36	0.28	-0.14	4.07
2023-24	Tuch, A	Peterka, J	BUF	151:28	5.15	1.98	72.22	2.97	3.18	48.25	0.68	0.52	2.09
2023-24	Tuch, A	Benson, Z	BUF	65:28	1.83	2.75	40.00	2.70	2.97	47.60	0.29	0.57	-2.52
2023-24	Tuch, A	Greenway, J	BUF	63:01	3.81	0.95	80.00	2.94	1.95	60.09	0.47	-0.54	10.33
2023-24	Okposo, K	Skinner, J	BUF	56:36	1.06	1.06	50.00	2.70	3.60	42.84	0.21	1.33	-9.46
2023-24	Girgensons, Z	Tuch, A	BUF	53:53	5.57	1.11	83.33	2.83	2.62	51.92	0.63	0.24	3.88
2023-24	Skinner, J	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	40:41	2.95	2.95	50.00	2.74	1.89	59.16	0.01	-0.45	5.28
2023-24	Greenway, J	Cozens, D	BUF	33:45	5.33	3.56	60.00	4.19	2.01	67.56	1.76	-0.36	16.89
2023-24	Tuch, A	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	27:48	2.16	2.16	50.00	2.70	0.25	91.43	0.37	-1.99	40.55
2023-24	Greenway, J	Benson, Z	BUF	23:48	0.00	2.52	0.00	1.34	2.39	35.89	-1.31	-0.00	-16.63
2023-24	Skinner, J	Peterka, J	BUF	21:22	2.81	0.00	100.00	1.80	3.32	35.15	-0.83	0.78	-15.75
2022-23	Skinner, J	Tuch, A	BUF	575:24	4.28	3.34	56.16	3.45	3.22	51.71	0.93	0.64	2.29
2022-23	Skinner, J	Quinn, J	BUF	79:28	4.53	3.78	54.55	3.09	3.12	49.79	0.48	0.29	1.77
2022-23	Okposo, K	Skinner, J	BUF	54:27	5.51	4.41	55.56	3.19	2.44	56.67	0.48	-0.23	6.30
2022-23	Greenway, J	Cozens, D	BUF	49:08	3.66	2.44	60.00	3.30	2.82	53.95	0.66	0.09	4.71
2022-23	Tuch, A	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	44:59	0.00	4.00	0.00	2.24	3.33	40.23	-0.40	0.61	-9.08
2022-23	Skinner, J	Olofsson, V	BUF	31:47	1.89	0.00	100.00	1.19	4.15	22.29	-1.55	1.44	-28.01
2022-23	Skinner, J	Greenway, J	BUF	26:51	6.70	8.94	42.86	1.58	3.33	32.22	-1.19	0.40	-16.42
2022-23	Tuch, A	Peterka, J	BUF	24:04	2.49	4.99	33.33	3.49	2.70	56.45	0.78	-0.03	6.58
2022-23	Skinner, J	Hinostroza, V	BUF	21:16	5.64	2.82	66.67	5.50	3.31	62.41	2.78	0.34	14.58
2021-22	Skinner, J	Tuch, A	BUF	376:04	4.47	4.63	49.12	3.25	2.81	53.66	1.08	0.22	8.02
2021-22	Skinner, J	Olofsson, V	BUF	235:13	3.83	4.59	45.45	2.57	3.26	44.13	0.21	0.90	-5.98
2021-22	Skinner, J	Asplund, R	BUF	98:43	3.04	1.22	71.43	2.65	2.04	56.44	0.64	-0.64	13.57
2021-22	Olofsson, V	Asplund, R	BUF	96:54	3.10	1.86	62.50	2.82	2.16	56.62	0.60	-0.42	10.30
2021-22	Tuch, A	Peterka, J	BUF	24:59	4.80	4.80	50.00	2.79	2.41	53.61	0.84	-0.56	14.07
2021-22	Skinner, J	Hinostroza, V	BUF	23:12	5.17	5.17	50.00	3.90	2.66	59.45	1.66	0.24	11.40
2020-21	Asplund, R	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	170:54	1.76	2.11	45.45	2.20	2.88	43.29	-0.04	0.19	-2.20
2020-21	Hall, T	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	46:14	2.60	1.30	66.67	2.15	3.59	37.52	-0.13	1.26	-11.98
2020-21	Staal, E	Olofsson, V	BUF	24:03	2.49	7.48	25.00	2.31	2.86	44.66	0.10	0.94	-8.74
2020-21	Sheahan, R	Hall, T	BUF	22:47	0.00	2.63	0.00	2.65	2.73	49.24	0.45	0.39	0.74
2020-21	Hall, T	Eichel, J	BUF	22:12	2.70	2.70	50.00	2.55	1.38	64.95	0.35	-0.49	10.82
2020-21	Olofsson, V	Eichel, J	BUF	21:50	0.00	0.00	-	3.08	3.07	50.06	1.08	1.31	-3.18
2018-19	Pominville, J	Sobotka, V	BUF	96:54	0.62	0.62	50.00	2.67	2.66	50.05	0.33	0.07	2.63
2018-19	Larsson, J	Girgensons, Z	BUF	64:16	1.87	3.73	33.33	2.38	2.23	51.59	-0.11	-0.48	3.76
2018-19	Okposo, K	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	54:27	2.20	2.20	50.00	1.60	4.45	26.46	-0.83	1.68	-20.28
2018-19	Sobotka, V	Reinhart, S	BUF	42:25	2.83	1.41	66.67	2.50	1.28	66.10	0.30	-1.58	22.74
2018-19	Sobotka, V	Rodrigues, E	BUF	41:01	0.00	1.46	0.00	1.58	2.68	37.05	-0.94	0.04	-11.72
2018-19	Sheary, C	Mittelstadt, C	BUF	39:09	3.07	3.07	50.00	2.69	2.47	52.19	0.27	0.04	2.28
2018-19	Sobotka, V	Smith, C	BUF	29:30	0.00	0.00	-	0.82	2.62	23.95	-1.70	0.12	-26.27
2018-19	Sobotka, V	Sheary, C	BUF	27:27	2.19	4.37	33.33	2.17	4.36	33.26	-0.04	1.95	-14.63
2018-19	Sobotka, V	Okposo, K	BUF	20:33	2.92	0.00	100.00	1.90	2.88	39.84	-0.56	0.17	-7.86
2017-18	Sobotka, V	Jaskin, D	STL	99:45	1.20	1.80	40.00	1.86	2.37	43.99	-0.73	0.23	-10.69
2017-18	Sobotka, V	Berglund, P	STL	70:25	0.85	3.41	20.00	1.73	3.03	36.38	-0.88	0.54	-14.81
2017-18	Steen, A	Stastny, P	STL	56:39	2.12	3.18	40.00	3.54	2.58	57.80	1.33	-0.46	15.73
2017-18	Stastny, P	Sobotka, V	STL	30:36	1.96	3.92	33.33	2.20	2.72	44.79	-0.15	0.44	-6.02
2017-18	Schenn, B	Schwartz, J	STL	21:01	0.00	5.71	0.00	1.75	4.36	28.64	-0.60	2.10	-22.31
2017-18	Paajarvi, M	Sundqvist, O	STL	20:20	0.00	2.95	0.00	1.99	2.68	42.65	-0.29	0.14	-4.70

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25		$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	$2,000,000	$5,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	RFA-arb
2024-25	26	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	UFA
2025-26	27	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	UFA
2026-27	28	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	UFA
2027-28	29	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	UFA
2028-29	30	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	UFA
2029-30	31	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	UFA
Total					-	$2,000,000	$47,999,999	$49,999,999	$49,999,999

Signed: Aug 30, 2022

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.55

Clause: Starting in 2024-25 season player can submit a 5 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	22	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	RFA
2021-22	23	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	24	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000

Signed: Oct 5, 2020

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.72

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	19	$925,000	$1,137,500	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	20	$925,000	$1,137,500	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$925,000	$1,137,500	$425,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$637,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Mar 7, 2017

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15