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John Tavares
Center #91 Maple Leafs
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John Tavares has 40 points (16 goals, 24 assists) in 44 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2009 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, he has 1154 points (510 goals, 644 assists) in 1228 regular-season games for the New York Islanders and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He also has 53 points (28 goals, 25 assists) in 75 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 35.3 yrs (20.09.1990)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 98 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 1st in 2009
    Draft Team: Team logoNew York Islanders
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 35-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Maple Leafs controlling 60% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When John Tavares is off the ice, the Maple Leafs control 43% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 46% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 22% in the defensive zone.

  • 79

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 17th of 244 Centers
    Defense:Def: 152nd of 244 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.17
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.60
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.03
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.16
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.85
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    1.01
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.28
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.16
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.18
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.46
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.46
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.64
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.73
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.64
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.77
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.62
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.39
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    3.33
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.22
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $4.380M
Player Contract Value: $7.200M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 39.8 yrs (20.09.1990)
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John Tavares
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
01.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 0 1 1 0 16:01 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 -2 17:04 1 0.0% 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 1 1 1 14:56 2 0.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 1 1 1 17:53 0 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 1 0 1 1 12:25 1 100.0% 0
Total 5 1 3 4 1 5 20.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Team Logo Islanders 82 24 30 54 -15 18:00 186 12.9% 22
2010-11 Team Logo Islanders 79 29 38 67 -16 19:15 243 11.9% 53
2011-12 Team Logo Islanders 82 31 50 81 -6 20:34 286 10.8% 26
2012-13 Team Logo Islanders 48 28 19 47 -2 20:46 162 17.3% 18
2013-14 Team Logo Islanders 59 24 42 66 -6 21:15 188 12.8% 40
2014-15 Team Logo Islanders 82 38 48 86 5 20:40 278 13.7% 46
2015-16 Team Logo Islanders 78 33 37 70 6 20:00 250 13.2% 38
2016-17 Team Logo Islanders 77 28 38 66 4 20:25 260 10.8% 38
2017-18 Team Logo Islanders 82 37 47 84 -12 19:55 257 14.4% 26
2018-19 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 47 41 88 19 19:04 286 16.4% 34
2019-20 Team Logo Maple Leafs 63 26 34 60 -7 19:33 197 13.2% 24
2020-21 Team Logo Maple Leafs 56 19 31 50 12 18:11 163 11.7% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 79 27 49 76 -8 18:04 237 11.4% 32
2022-23 Team Logo Maple Leafs 80 36 44 80 -7 17:38 277 13.0% 34
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 80 29 36 65 2 17:52 279 10.4% 30
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 75 38 36 74 10 18:13 200 19.0% 46
2025-26 Team Logo Maple Leafs 44 16 24 40 -3 17:53 110 14.5% 20
Season Projection 82 30 45 75 -6 17:54 205 14.6% 37
Total 1228 510 644 1154 -24 3859 13.2% 541
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2012-13 Team Logo Islanders 6 3 2 5 -4 20:34 21 14.3% 4
2014-15 Team Logo Islanders 7 2 4 6 2 19:19 18 11.1% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Islanders 11 6 5 11 -3 22:53 40 15.0% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 2 3 5 -5 19:40 21 9.5% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Maple Leafs 5 2 1 3 -3 22:41 24 8.3% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 0 0 0 2:52 0 0
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 3 3 6 0 18:34 14 21.4% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Maple Leafs 11 4 4 8 -1 18:43 44 9.1% 4
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 1 1 2 0 19:03 22 4.5% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 13 5 2 7 -6 18:33 40 12.5% 10
Total 75 28 25 53 -20 244 11.5% 30
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
John Tavares Team Logo C 35.3 yrs 185 cm / 98 kg 0.91 0.94 84 69 $4.380M
84% Sebastian Aho Team Logo C 28.5 yrs 183 cm / 85 kg 0.96 0.93 82 73 $9.750M
83% Mika Zibanejad Team Logo C 32.7 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 0.89 0.80 77 68 $8.500M
80% Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Team Logo C 32.8 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 1.00 0.79 80 68 $5.125M
79% Tim Stützle Team Logo C 24 yrs 183 cm / 84 kg 1.02 0.90 81 75 $8.350M
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