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Tomas Tatar

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team
Shoots	Left	Current Contract
Height	5'10"	Expires
Weight (lbs)	173	Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age	34 (Dec 1, 1990)	Expiry Status
Drafted	2009, Round 2, Overall 60 (DET)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 2, 2024	New Jersey Devils	Signed 1 year @ $1.800M AAV starting in 2024-25
Sep 12, 2023	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $1.500M AAV starting in 2023-24
Aug 5, 2021	New Jersey Devils	Signed 2 years @ $4.500M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 21, 2017	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 4 years @ $5.300M AAV starting in 2017-18
Jul 27, 2014	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 3 years @ $2.750M AAV starting in 2014-15
Sep 18, 2009	Detroit Red Wings	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

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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	DET	81	896:16	0.87	0.87	1.74	0.85	0.02	10.74	10.50	0.24	4.73	5.33
2016-17	DET	82	1138:24	1.00	0.84	1.84	0.70	0.30	15.20	10.62	4.58	2.87	5.75
2017-18	VGK	20	247:24	0.73	0.24	0.97	0.71	0.02	11.54	11.22	0.32	7.50	2.50
2017-18	DET	62	844:11	0.43	0.57	1.00	0.61	-0.19	6.67	9.57	-2.90	6.20	2.33
2017-18	DET, VGK	82	1091:35	0.49	0.49	0.99	0.63	-0.14	7.76	9.94	-2.18	6.51	2.37
2018-19	MTL	80	1056:12	1.14	1.53	2.67	0.86	0.28	14.08	10.66	3.43	6.12	3.57
2019-20	MTL	68	887:59	0.68	1.96	2.64	0.71	-0.03	8.20	8.58	-0.39	3.12	3.75
2020-21	MTL	50	613:08	0.59	1.37	1.96	0.67	-0.08	9.09	10.34	-1.25	6.25	3.75
2021-22	NJD	76	928:54	0.78	0.58	1.36	0.76	0.01	10.81	10.64	0.17	6.25	6.88
2022-23	NJD	82	1046:08	0.86	1.15	2.01	0.84	0.02	12.00	11.67	0.33	4.49	8.99
2023-24	SEA	43	521:48	0.92	0.80	1.72	0.89	0.03	16.33	15.81	0.52	4.88	13.41
2023-24	COL	27	269:45	0.22	1.33	1.56	0.45	-0.23	6.25	12.78	-6.53	0.00	11.11
2023-24	COL, SEA	70	791:33	0.68	0.99	1.67	0.74	-0.06	13.85	15.06	-1.22	3.67	12.84
2024-25	NJD	74	742:38	0.48	0.57	1.05	0.44	0.05	11.32	10.24	1.08	2.78	9.72

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
2015-16	DET	81	896:16	43.45	2.61	2.54	36.08	2.34	2.14	52.70	54.23	0.22	-0.31	5.62
2016-17	DET	82	1138:24	38.05	2.79	2.25	37.95	2.53	2.28	52.48	49.71	0.01	-0.20	2.28
2017-18	VGK	20	247:24	41.23	1.70	2.55	46.56	3.88	2.85	30.43	47.22	0.27	0.24	0.59
2017-18	DET	62	844:11	43.36	2.42	2.51	41.44	2.63	2.62	47.89	48.86	0.17	0.08	0.96
2017-18	DET, VGK	82	1091:35	42.87	2.25	2.52	42.60	2.91	2.68	43.62	48.48	0.20	0.12	0.89
2018-19	MTL	80	1056:12	54.31	3.35	3.32	39.03	1.87	2.29	64.13	59.15	0.81	-0.18	8.75
2019-20	MTL	68	887:59	56.89	3.58	3.34	38.51	2.84	2.31	55.79	59.05	0.86	0.01	7.30
2020-21	MTL	50	613:08	47.56	2.74	2.79	33.66	2.45	1.95	52.83	58.82	0.40	-0.23	6.47
2021-22	NJD	76	928:54	45.09	2.13	2.60	42.57	3.23	2.45	39.76	51.53	-0.03	-0.11	0.85
2022-23	NJD	82	1046:08	51.05	3.50	3.29	36.76	1.61	2.12	68.54	60.84	0.49	-0.33	7.48
2023-24	SEA	43	521:48	42.20	2.53	2.43	40.36	1.26	2.31	66.67	51.26	0.16	-0.08	2.58
2023-24	COL	27	269:45	39.59	3.34	2.27	42.93	3.56	2.56	48.39	47.02	-0.64	0.21	-8.35
2023-24	COL, SEA	70	791:33	41.31	2.80	2.37	41.24	2.05	2.39	57.81	49.79	-0.14	0.02	-1.63
2024-25	NJD	74	742:38	35.87	1.94	2.00	36.28	2.26	1.94	46.15	50.78	-0.41	-0.39	-0.00

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

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The Daily: Swiss League Suspends Tatar; Red Wings New Threads Rock at Detroit Hockey Now (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
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Current Contract

Player does not currently have a contract.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Tomas Tatar signed a $1,800,000 1-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on July 2, 2024 with an AAV of $1,800,000. 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 2.05% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	33		$1,800,000	$1,800,000	-	-	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000

Signed: July 2, 2024

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.05

Tomas Tatar signed a $1,500,000 1-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on September 12, 2023 with an AAV of $1,500,000. 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 1.80% 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	32		$1,500,000	$1,500,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

Signed: Sep 12, 2023

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.8

Tomas Tatar signed a $9,000,000 2-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on August 5, 2021 with an AAV of $4,500,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.52% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	30	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,750,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	UFA
2022-23	31	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
Total				-	$3,000,000	$6,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000

Signed: Aug 5, 2021

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.52

Tomas Tatar signed a $21,200,000 4-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on July 21, 2017 with an AAV of $5,300,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.07% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	26	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	-	$1,125,000	$4,875,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	27	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2019-20	28	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2020-21	29	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	UFA
Total				-	$2,125,000	$19,075,000	$21,200,000	$21,200,000

Signed: July 21, 2017

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.07

Clause: Player had a full NTC from July 1, 2018 to Feb 1, 2020 after which player can submit a 15 team no trade list however Vegas Golden Knights chose not to honor the no trade clauses after acquiring a player in a trade.

Retained Salary: Vegas Golden Knights retained 9.4% of total salary on September 10, 2018

Tomas Tatar signed a $8,250,000 3-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on July 27, 2014 with an AAV of $2,750,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.99% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	23	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	$500,000	$2,250,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	RFA
2015-16	24	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	25	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$500,000	$7,750,000	$8,250,000	$8,250,000

Signed: July 27, 2014

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.99

Tomas Tatar signed a $2,070,000 3-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on September 18, 2009 with an AAV of $690,000. This contract will start in 2009-10 and end after the 2013-14 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.21% 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	18	$690,000	$900,000	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2010-11	19	$660,000	$870,000	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2011-12	20	$630,000	$840,000	$260,000	$90,000	$550,000	$640,000	$65,000	ELC
2012-13	21	$630,000	$840,000	$210,000	-	$600,000	$600,000	$65,000	ELC
2013-14	22	$630,000	$840,000	$160,000	-	$650,000	$650,000	$65,000	ELC
Total				$630,000	$270,000	$1,800,000	$2,070,000	$195,000

Signed: Sep 18, 2009

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons 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
2004-05	Svk-U18	Dubnica U18	1	0	0	0
2005-06	Svk-U18	Dubnica U18	43	11	15	26		18
2006-07	Svk-U18	Trencin U18	48	33	44	77		42
2006-07	Slovak-Jr.	Dubnica Jr.	6	3	0	3		2
2007-08	Slovak-Jr.	Trencin Jr.	42	41	35	76		32
2007-08	Svk-U18	Trencin U18	4	9	4	13
2008-09	WJC-A	Slovakia	7	7	4	11		4
2008-09	Slovak-2	Detva	1	1	1	2		2
2008-09	Slovakia	Zvolen	48	7	8	15		20				13	5	3	8		4		0.0
2009-10	AHL	Grand Rapids	58	16	16	32	+8	12
2009-10	WC-A	Slovakia	6	2	0	2		4
2009-10	WJC-A	Slovakia	6	3	2	5		6
2010-11	AHL	Grand Rapids	70	24	33	57	+14	45	163	1,472.0
2010-11	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	9	1	0	1			6	16.7	9:36
2011-12	AHL	Grand Rapids	76	24	34	58	+4	45	224	1,071.0
2011-12	WC-A	Slovakia	10	2	3	5	+1
2012-13	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	18	4	3	7	+2	4	32	12.5	11:22
2012-13	Slovakia	Piestany	8	5	5	10		6
2012-13	AHL	Grand Rapids	61	23	26	49	+8	50	205	1,122.0		24	16	5	21	-1	23	78	2,051.0
2013-14	WC-A	Slovakia	7	4	4	8	+5	6	19
2013-14	Olympics	Slovakia	4	1	1	2	+1	2	9
2013-14	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	73	19	20	39	+12	30	158	12.0	14:21	5				-3	8	19	0.0	15:07
2014-15	WC	Slovakia	6	0	2	2	-1	6
2014-15	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	82	29	27	56	+6	28	211	13.7	16:13	7	3	1	4	-3	2	18	16.7	15:45
2015-16	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	81	21	24	45	+4	24	165	12.7	14:21	5		3	3	+1	2	5	0.0	15:02
2016-17	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	82	25	21	46	-8	26	166	15.1	17:17
2016-17	WCup	Team Europe	6	3	0	3
2017-18	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	62	16	12	28	-8	24	140	11.4	16:44
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	20	4	2	6	-11	10	34	11.8	14:48	8	1	1	2	+1	2	7	14.3	12:25
2018-19	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	80	25	33	58	+21	34	195	12.8	16:25
2018-19	WC	Slovakia	7	2	4	6	+3	4
2019-20	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	68	22	39	61	+5	36	162	13.6	16:18	10	2		2	-1	4	13	15.4	16:02
2020-21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	50	10	20	30		8	82	12.2	14:59	5		1	1	-2	2	3	0.0	13:57
2021-22	NHL	New Jersey Devils	76	15	15	30	-22	22	132	11.4	14:50
2021-22	WC	Slovakia	8	3	3	6	+2
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	82	20	28	48	+41	30	153	13.1	15:07	12	1		1	-7	4	15	6.7	13:55
2023-24	NHL	Seattle Kraken	43	8	7	15	+8	10	53	15.1	13:11
2023-24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	27	1	8	9		10	19	5.3	11:17
2023-24	WC	Slovakia	8	1	5	6	+3	8
2024-25	OGQ	Slovakia	3	1	0	1	+1	2
2024-25	NHL	New Jersey Devils	74	7	10	17	-7	20	66	10.6	11:06	4				+1	2	3	0.0	11:43
NHL Career			927	227	269	496	+43	316	1774	12.8	14:54	56	7	6	13	-13	26	83	8.4	14:22