Washington Capitals · #89 · Right wing

Alex Tuch

Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 225 lb · Born Syracuse, New York, USA

Drafted 2014, #18 overall by Minnesota

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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals21st on WSH
Assists0T-9th on WSH
Points2T-2nd on WSH
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots540.0% shooting
TOI / GP17:167th on WSH

2025-262025-26: 79 games, 33-33-66, 0.84 points per game Season detail →

Alex Tuch has 2 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 66 points in 79 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 2 games for the 22nd-placed Washington

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 603.4898th
Shooting %40.0%91st
Points / GP1.0084th
Shots / GP2.5082nd
Penalty differential+180th
Ice time17:1673rd
Takeaways169th
Hits345th
Blocked shots141st
PP points036th
Assists / 600.0021st

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points2T-2nd on WSH
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists0T-9th on WSH
Shooting %40.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time17:167th on WSH
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Washington's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:45
Power play1:12
Shorthanded3:20
Total17:16

22.5 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on WSH
PP assists0T-2nd on WSH
PP points0T-3rd on WSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-3rd on WSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Washington total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share36.9%of WSH PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

1 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals11st on WSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on WSH
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st2
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading1
Trailing0

1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Washington trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.48
Goals / 603.48
Shots / 608.7
ES points / 604.712 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 1 G
Slot4 att · 1 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.996th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.1
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.116
ixG per 601.61

2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 91st percentile of forwards: 86.63 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Hardest shot, mph86.6391st
Average shot, mph63.379th
20+ mph bursts561st
90+ mph shots048th
Top speed, mph21.0842nd
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.4326th
Distance skated, mi5.419th
Defensive-zone time48.0%4th
Offensive-zone time33.3%2nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.08Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph86.63Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.4 mi2.74 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts10.0%36.7% defensive · 53.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

33.3%All situations48.0%
35.3%Even strength44.3%
37.1%Power play45.6%
24.2%Shorthanded63.3%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.08@CAR2 Oct · 1st 06:25
  2. 20.59@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 00:16
  3. 20.09@CAR2 Oct · 1st 17:31
  4. 20.06@CAR2 Oct · 1st 00:13
  5. 20.04@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 01:37
  6. 19.77@CAR2 Oct · 3rd 15:09
  7. 19.41@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 14:19
  8. 19.37@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 00:21

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph5 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph9 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 86.63@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 01:38
  2. 80.53@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 12:37
  3. 71.65@CAR2 Oct · 1st 12:55
  4. 55.64@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 11:21
  5. 22.22@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 18:33

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph2 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.74@TBL3 Oct · 17:53 TOI
  2. 2.69@CAR2 Oct · 16:38 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.71 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-2nd on WSH
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio1.00
Hits3T-6th on WSH
Blocked shots1T-10th on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken94.5 a game
Won2
Win %22.2%
Offensive zone0 of 2

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of three

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Mar 2026@PITW 5-11013+217:37
5 Feb 2026vsPITL 2-50003−220:53
26 Nov 2025@PITL 2-40002−217:40

Prediction markets

Priced at 57% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Point tonight vs PIT1+ point57%57%59¢Best57¢Not listed
Goal tonight vs PITAnytime scorer31%35%32¢Best32¢Not listed
2+ points tonightMulti-point game18%21%Best21¢25¢Not listed
Assist tonight vs PIT1+ assist35%33%35¢Not listedNot listed
Selke TrophyBest defensive forward1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure


Contract

$10.5M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 6.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 292nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$10.5M10.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2033-34UFA at 38
Cap value$84MCap hit × 8 years

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 Washington

Linemates and opponents

Pierre-Luc Dubois 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

Pierre-Luc Dubois2
Alex Ovechkin1
Tom Wilson1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points2275th for Washington
Goals2204th
Assists0313th
Games played2387th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17MIN60000.000.0%
2017-18VGK781522370.478.8%
2018-19VGK742032520.7011.1%
2019-20VGK4289170.408.2%
2020-21VGK551815330.6012.7%
2021-22BUF501226380.768.6%
2022-23BUF743643791.0716.5%
2023-24BUF752237590.7911.5%
2024-25BUF823631670.8218.4%
2025-26BUF793333660.8416.9%
Career6152002484480.7313.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Minnesota · round 1From USA U-18 (USHL)#18

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WSH points

Games79
Goals23
Points400.51 P/GP
Game-winning goals8
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct