Luke Evangelista
Age 24 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 183 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2020, #42 overall by Nashville
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 12-44-56, 0.69 points per game Season detail →
Luke Evangelista has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 56 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample3 points in 3 games for the 28th-placed New Jersey
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 2 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 2 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
17 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 19.90 mph, hardest shot 75.31 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.90vs
PHI1 Oct · 2nd 17:13 - 19.82vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 15:59
- 19.55vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 06:59
- 19.41vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 18:55
- 19.03@
NYI3 Oct · 1st 10:09 - 18.80@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 06:36
- 18.63@NYI3 Oct · 1st 19:50
- 18.62@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 06:26
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 75.31@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 13:32
- 70.67vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 00:09
- 62.29vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 09:03
- 60.01@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 00:19
- 54.04@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 14:08
- 52.91vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 13:50
- 52.19vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 16:09
- 52.10vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 07:23
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.73vs
UTA6 Oct · 18:18 TOI - 2.88@NYI3 Oct · 18:55 TOI
- 2.76vsPHI1 Oct · 18:10 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.79 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Vancouver, a point in one of three
VANOTL 3-4 SO0001−121:12VANOTL 4-5 OT0223+119:25VANW 2-10002014:21UTAL 3-52022+118:18NYIW 6-00003018:55PHIW 3-2 OT0114018:1056 points in 81 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 12 goals and 44 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 12 goals broke a tie; 6 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
332 attempts across the 82 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 22.41 mph, hardest shot 80.44 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (40 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of three
VANOTL 3-4 SO0001−121:12VANOTL 4-5 OT0223+119:25VANW 2-10002014:21
ANAL 4-50223−114:22
SJSL 2-32023+219:06
MINW 2-10112+117:08UTAL 1-40001−115:05ANAW 5-00001012:59
LAKOTL 2-3 SO0003−116:41SJSW 6-30115+112:46LAKW 5-4 SO0001−210:50
TBLL 2-30002−114:57
MTLL 1-40004−219:26UTAL 3-52022+118:18NYIW 6-00003018:55PHIW 3-2 OT0114018:10Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 18.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 44th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With New Jersey
Jack Hughes sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFour seasons, all with the Predators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct