Chris Tanev
Age 36 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 199 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Undrafted
at Vegas · 10:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 11 games, 0-2-2, 0.18 points per game Season detail →
Chris Tanev has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 2 points in 11 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 18th-placed Toronto
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
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.
20+ mph bursts in the 79th percentile of defencemen: 3
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.55vs
OTT3 Oct · 1st 10:45 - 20.13vs
NYI30 Sep · 2nd 02:05 - 19.31vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 08:24
- 18.85vsNYI30 Sep · 1st 07:39
- 18.45vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 13:55
- 18.39vs
MTL29 Sep · 1st 11:08 - 18.29vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 06:41
- 18.02vsMTL29 Sep · 3rd 14:00
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 68.69vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 03:23
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.81vs
NSH6 Oct · 18:38 TOI - 2.42vsOTT3 Oct · 17:28 TOI
- 2.75vsNYI30 Sep · 20:39 TOI
- 2.58vsMTL29 Sep · 18:39 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.64 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
The last ten games
NSHW 5-4 OT0000+118:38OTTL 2-30000017:28NYIW 2-10000020:39MTLL 2-30001018:392 points in 11 games on a team that finished 28th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Chris Tanev has 11.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
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.
No goals yet: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
19 attempts across the 10 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 · 11 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 20.51 mph, hardest shot 79.17 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Chris Tanev has 11.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (2 of 11)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
DETOTL 2-3 OT0001020:10OTTW 7-50000+221:27
PITW 6-30001+117:23
PHIW 5-20110+214:50
NJDL 2-50000−15:57
SEAOTL 3-4 OT0003020:32
NYRW 2-1 OT0001017:52NSHW 7-40001+219:42DETL 2-30000+119:00DETL 3-60110+117:46NSHW 5-4 OT0000+118:38OTTL 2-30000017:28NYIW 2-10000020:39MTLL 2-30001018:39Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.5M a season through 2029-30
Contract terms from public reports. 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
Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27189th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeventeen seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct