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Victor Hedman

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'7"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	244	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	38
Age	34 (Dec 18, 1990)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 1, Overall 2 (TBL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 20, 2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	Placed on LTIR
Nov 20, 2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	Placed on IR
Jul 2, 2024	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 4 years @ $8.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 8 years @ $7.875M AAV starting in 2017-18
Dec 1, 2011	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 5 years @ $4.000M AAV starting in 2012-13
Jul 9, 2009	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 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	TBL	78	1294:40	0.32	0.97	1.30	0.27	0.05	5.56	4.68	0.88	0.00	2.15
2016-17	TBL	79	1394:38	0.30	0.90	1.20	0.24	0.07	7.00	5.47	1.53	1.16	6.36
2017-18	TBL	77	1420:50	0.59	0.68	1.27	0.33	0.26	9.15	5.10	4.05	1.76	4.41
2018-19	TBL	70	1110:11	0.43	0.65	1.08	0.36	0.07	6.02	5.01	1.00	3.09	4.12
2019-20	TBL	66	1098:35	0.38	1.04	1.42	0.28	0.10	7.00	5.15	1.85	2.70	3.38
2020-21	TBL	54	957:30	0.31	0.56	0.88	0.29	0.02	5.05	4.66	0.39	0.00	0.68
2021-22	TBL	82	1463:24	0.45	1.07	1.52	0.28	0.17	7.43	4.62	2.81	0.45	2.70
2022-23	TBL	76	1369:17	0.26	0.88	1.14	0.29	-0.02	4.17	4.52	-0.36	2.27	2.27
2023-24	TBL	78	1351:09	0.36	1.29	1.64	0.30	0.06	7.41	6.20	1.21	1.09	3.80
2024-25	TBL	79	1340:22	0.49	0.90	1.39	0.25	0.24	9.02	4.65	4.37	0.51	6.12
2025-26	TBL	15	228:57	0.00	1.31	1.31	0.16	-0.16	0.00	5.46	-5.46	0.00	4.17

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	TBL	78	1294:40	46.30	2.73	2.80	36.38	1.58	2.10	63.44	57.11	0.56	-0.19	7.70
2016-17	TBL	79	1394:38	42.33	2.45	2.48	38.76	2.28	2.27	51.82	52.24	0.08	-0.14	2.39
2017-18	TBL	77	1420:50	46.75	3.21	2.84	43.54	2.15	2.48	59.84	53.43	0.12	-0.01	1.23
2018-19	TBL	70	1110:11	46.05	3.19	2.90	42.16	2.38	2.56	57.28	53.11	0.19	0.11	0.62
2019-20	TBL	66	1098:35	45.55	3.50	2.76	39.92	1.97	2.25	64.00	55.11	0.34	0.00	3.24
2020-21	TBL	54	957:30	41.67	2.63	2.41	36.60	2.51	2.26	51.22	51.61	-0.06	-0.00	-0.55
2021-22	TBL	82	1463:24	45.63	3.20	2.94	39.48	2.46	2.47	56.52	54.38	0.35	-0.06	3.71
2022-23	TBL	76	1369:17	46.23	2.72	2.90	45.35	2.54	2.96	51.67	49.44	0.15	0.50	-3.22
2023-24	TBL	78	1351:09	45.25	3.20	2.78	42.63	2.62	2.68	54.96	50.97	0.57	0.55	0.03
2024-25	TBL	79	1340:22	45.44	3.09	2.67	41.85	2.10	2.38	59.48	52.80	0.35	0.06	2.97
2025-26	TBL	15	228:57	44.29	2.88	2.73	44.03	1.83	2.64	61.11	50.82	0.50	0.69	-2.47

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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	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

Lightning Lose Victor Hedman to IR, Activate Nick Paul at The Hockey Writers (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
Former NY Islanders defenseman Braydon Coburn says Matthew Schaefer reminds him of this future Hall-of-Famer at Eyes on Isles (Sat Nov 15, 2025)
Every Lightning Player Who Can Reach 1,000 Career Points With the Team at The Hockey Writers (Wed Nov 12, 2025)
Double-H History: Hedman and Hagel reach milestones at Bolts by the Bay (Sat Oct 25, 2025)
No Three-Peat For Panthers? Lightning's Victor Hedman Thinks So at The Hockey News (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
When Victor Hedman dominated the NHL at Bolts by the Bay (Fri Aug 1, 2025)
Draft memories: Drafting a cornerstone at Bolts by the Bay (Fri Jun 27, 2025)
Captain Hedman: Season one review at Bolts by the Bay (Mon May 19, 2025)

Current Contract

Victor Hedman signed a $32,000,000 4-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Julien Brisebois on July 2, 2024 with an AAV of $8,000,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2028-29 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 8.38% 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	34	NMC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$9,000,000	$1,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2026-27	35	NMC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$3,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2027-28	36	NMC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$7,500,000	$1,000,000	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	UFA
2028-29	37	NMC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$5,000,000	$1,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$25,500,000	$6,500,000	$32,000,000	$32,000,000

Signed: July 2, 2024

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Julien Brisebois

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.38

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Victor Hedman signed an $63,000,000 8-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Steve Yzerman on July 1, 2016 with an AAV of $7,875,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 10.50% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	26	NMC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2018-19	27	NMC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2019-20	28	NMC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2020-21	29	NMC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2021-22	30	NMC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2022-23	31	M-NTC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2023-24	32	M-NTC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2024-25	33	M-NTC	$7,875,000	$7,875,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$12,000,000	$51,000,000	$63,000,000	$63,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2016

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.5

Clause: No movement clause converts to a list of 10 teams player can be traded to starting on June 15, 2022.

Victor Hedman signed a $20,000,000 5-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Steve Yzerman on December 1, 2011 with an AAV of $4,000,000. This contract will start in 2012-13 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.67% 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	21		$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA
2013-14	22		$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2014-15	23		$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2015-16	24		$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	25	NMC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,500,000	$18,500,000	$20,000,000	$20,000,000

Signed: Dec 1, 2011

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.67

Victor Hedman signed a $2,700,000 3-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Brian Lawton on July 9, 2009 with an AAV of $900,000. 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 1.58% 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	$900,000	$3,500,000	$2,600,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2010-11	19	$900,000	$3,500,000	$2,600,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2011-12	20	$900,000	$3,500,000	$2,600,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$7,800,000	$270,000	$2,430,000	$2,700,000	$202,500

Signed: July 9, 2009

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: Brian Lawton

Exp. Status: RFA

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	U16 SM	MODO Hockey U16	5	1	3	4	+5	6
2005-06	Swe-Jr.	Modo Jr.	10	0	1	1		8
2005-06	Swe-U18	MODO U18	8	3	3	6		14				2							0.0
2006-07	Swe-U18	MODO U18	3	3	0	3		29
2006-07	Swe-Jr.	Modo Jr.	34	13	12	25		30				5	1	1	2		44		0.0
2007-08	WJC-A	Sweden	6	0	1	1		4
2007-08	WJ18-A	Sweden	4	1	3	4		10
2007-08	Sweden	Modo	39	2	2	4		44				5	1		1		4		0.0
2007-08	Swe-Jr.	Modo Jr.	6	2	1	3		26				3	2		2		4		0.0
2008-09	Sweden	Modo	43	7	14	21		52
2008-09	WJC-A	Sweden	6	0	2	2		6
2008-09	Swe-Jr.	Modo Jr.	2	0	2	2		10				5		1	1		2		0.0
2009-10	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	74	4	16	20	-3	79	90	4.4	20:51
2009-10	WC-A	Sweden	9	1	1	2		6
2010-11	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	79	3	23	26	+3	70	101	3.0	21:01	18		6	6		8	24	0.0	22:16
2011-12	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	61	5	18	23	-9	65	82	6.1	23:06
2011-12	WC-A	Sweden	8	0	1	1	-1	14
2012-13	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	44	4	16	20	+1	31	76	5.3	22:40
2012-13	KHL	Astana	26	1	21	22		70
2013-14	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	75	13	42	55	+5	53	170	7.6	22:26	4	1	2	3	-2	2	3	33.3	24:29
2014-15	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	59	10	28	38	+12	40	115	8.7	22:41	26	1	13	14	+11	6	64	1.6	23:58
2015-16	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	78	10	37	47	+21	46	180	5.6	23:04	17	4	10	14	+2	14	46	8.7	27:26
2016-17	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	79	16	56	72	+3	47	166	9.6	24:31
2016-17	WC	Sweden	10	2	2	4	+8	6
2016-17	WCup	Sweden	4	1	0	1	-1
2016-17	EHT	Sweden	3	1	0	1	-4	6
2017-18	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	77	17	46	63	+32	54	216	7.9	25:51	17	1	10	11	-4	10	35	2.9	26:04
2018-19	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	12	42	54	+24	44	182	6.6	22:46	2				-2	10	6	0.0	23:14
2019-20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	66	11	44	55	+27	31	155	7.1	24:04	25	10	12	22	+13	24	82	12.2	26:28
2020-21	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	54	9	36	45	+5	28	136	6.6	25:03	23	2	16	18	+1	8	55	3.6	24:42
2021-22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	20	65	85	+26	36	219	9.1	25:05	23	3	16	19	+2	10	77	3.9	24:40
2022-23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	9	40	49	+10	42	185	4.9	23:43	5		3	3	+4	2	8	0.0	23:38
2023-24	WC	Sweden	10	1	7	8	+6	2
2023-24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	78	13	63	76	+18	76	168	7.7	24:48	5	1	6	7	-1		15	6.7	25:45
2024-25	4 Nations	Sweden	3	0	1	1	+3	2	4	0.0	75:56
2024-25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	79	15	51	66	+18	30	181	8.3	23:05	5		3	3	-6		10	0.0	24:32
2025-26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	15	0	12	12	+1	4	23	0.0	22:36
NHL Career			1146	171	635	806	+194	776	2445	7.0	23:26	170	23	97	120	+18	94	425	5.4	24:58