John Tavares
Age 36 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 211 lb · Born Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2009, #1 overall by NY Islanders
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 31-40-71, 0.87 points per game Season detail →
John Tavares has 3 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 71 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample3 points in 4 games for the 18th-placed Toronto
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 (0.8). 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 Toronto'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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Toronto trailing.
Most attempts from the crease, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
23 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 leadersHardest shot in the 81st percentile of forwards: 84.06 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
- 20.23vs
MTL29 Sep · 3rd 12:49 - 19.99vs
OTT3 Oct · 2nd 08:36 - 19.95vsOTT3 Oct · 2nd 08:28
- 19.35vs
NYI30 Sep · 1st 14:07 - 19.34vsNYI30 Sep · 3rd 02:04
- 19.33vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 15:04
- 19.12vsOTT3 Oct · 3rd 14:57
- 19.10vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 12:45
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 63.95vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 18:12
- 53.69vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 11:13
- 48.27vsOTT3 Oct · 2nd 08:37
- 47.23vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 19:27
- 45.00vsMTL29 Sep · 3rd 15:39
- 26.94vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 01:02
- 17.13vsMTL29 Sep · 3rd 09:29
- 12.77vsMTL29 Sep · 3rd 09:33
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.08vs
NSH6 Oct · 18:46 TOI - 2.82vsOTT3 Oct · 18:03 TOI
- 2.60vsNYI30 Sep · 16:58 TOI
- 2.46vsMTL29 Sep · 16:36 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.74 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 Vegas, a point in two of two
VGKL 3-61013−119:08VGKOTL 5-6 OT1121+118:25NSHW 5-4 OT1016018:46OTTL 2-30113−118:03NYIW 2-10001−116:58MTLL 2-30114016:3671 points in 82 games on a team that finished 28th
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 (0.9). 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 Toronto'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 31 goals and 40 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
10 of 31 goals broke a tie; 15 came with Toronto trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
405 attempts across the 84 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 leadersHardest shot in the 62nd percentile of forwards: 88.46 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 three games out of five (51 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vegas, a point in two of two
VGKL 3-61013−119:08VGKOTL 5-6 OT1121+118:25OTTL 1-30000020:05
DALL 5-61013+120:03
FLAL 2-60111−117:01NYIL 3-50111019:39
WSHL 0-40003−119:32
LAKOTL 6-7 OT1231−120:21
SJSL 1-41011−119:13
ANAW 5-4 OT2134+121:04
STLL 1-50001−114:48
NYRW 4-31012+119:19NSHW 5-4 OT1016018:46OTTL 2-30113−118:03NYIW 2-10001−116:58MTLL 2-30114016:36Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.39M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 16.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 59th 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Toronto
Nine seasons · 2018-19 to 2026-27Gavin McKenna 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 1 goal, 2026-27.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEighteen seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct