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Tage Thompson
Center #72 Sabres
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Tage Thompson has 41 points (22 goals, 19 assists) in 43 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 26) of the 2016 NHL Draft by the St. Louis Blues, he has 366 points (198 goals, 168 assists) in 491 regular-season games for the St. Louis Blues and the Buffalo Sabres.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 28.2 yrs (30.10.1997)
    Height / Weight: 198 cm / 100 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 26th in 2016
    Draft Team: Team logoSt. Louis Blues
    Awards: -
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The 28-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Tage Thompson is off the ice, the Sabres control 46% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 42% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 23% in the defensive zone.

  • 81

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 18th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 114th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.13
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.59
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.83
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.59
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.83
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.53
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.36
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.35
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.17
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.61
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.42
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    2.14
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.07
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.49
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.68
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.90
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.21
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.58
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.23
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $7.143M
Player Contract Value: $8.600M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 33.7 yrs (30.10.1997)
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Tage Thompson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 2 1 3 3 18:45 7 28.6% 2
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 -3 22:41 4 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 1 0 1 2 18:37 1 100.0% 4
08.01.2026 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 1 1 -1 16:38 2 0.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 1 1 2 0 19:49 3 33.3% 0
Total 5 4 3 7 1 17 23.5% 6
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Blues 41 3 6 9 -12 11:55 55 5.5% 12
2018-19 Team Logo Sabres 65 7 5 12 -22 12:07 108 6.5% 20
2019-20 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 0 6:58 0 0
2020-21 Team Logo Sabres 38 8 6 14 -6 13:52 96 8.3% 17
2021-22 Team Logo Sabres 78 38 30 68 -17 17:52 253 15.0% 37
2022-23 Team Logo Sabres 78 47 47 94 4 18:34 295 15.9% 39
2023-24 Team Logo Sabres 71 29 27 56 -1 18:07 246 11.8% 43
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 76 44 28 72 -2 18:45 242 18.2% 35
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 43 22 19 41 -10 18:51 149 14.8% 23
Season Projection 82 42 36 78 -19 18:51 284 14.8% 44
Total 491 198 168 366 -66 1444 13.7% 226
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Tage Thompson Team Logo C 28.2 yrs 198 cm / 100 kg 0.95 0.75 84 75 $7.143M
81% Kirill Marchenko Team Logo RW 25.5 yrs 191 cm / 91 kg 0.88 0.69 81 76 $3.850M
79% Drake Batherson Team Logo RW 27.7 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.98 0.77 83 79 $4.975M
78% Roope Hintz Team Logo C 29.2 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.85 0.81 86 79 $8.450M
76% Alex Tuch Team Logo RW 29.7 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.86 0.72 73 75 $4.750M
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