Tampa Bay Lightning · #21 · Centre

Brayden Point

Age 30 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 174 lb · Born Calgary, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2014, #79 overall by Tampa Bay

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-1st on TBL
Assists1T-6th on TBL
Points2T-5th on TBL
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots714.3% shooting
TOI / GP20:265th on TBL

2025-262025-26: 63 games, 18-32-50, 0.79 points per game Season detail →

Brayden Point has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 50 points in 63 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 12th-placed Tampa Bay

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Ice time20:2692nd
Blocked shots383rd
Shots / GP2.3378th
Takeaways169th
Points / GP0.6767th
Goals / 600.9861st
Shooting %14.3%61st
Assists / 600.9849th
PP points036th
Penalty differential−118th
Hits05th

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

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-5th on TBL
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-6th on TBL
Shooting %14.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:265th on TBL
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:59
Power play6:26
Shorthanded0:01
Total20:26

19.0 shifts a game, averaging 65 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on TBL
PP assists0T-1st on TBL
PP points0T-1st on TBL · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-1st on TBL

Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on TBL
Overtime goals0T-1st on TBL
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Tampa Bay trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.96
Goals / 600.98
Shots / 606.8
ES points / 602.862 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 · 0 G
Slot11 att · 1 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

17 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.345th
Goals1
Goals vs expected−0.3
Unblocked attempts14
xG per attempt.092
ixG per 601.26

2026-27 · 3 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

20+ mph bursts in the 96th percentile of forwards: 14

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

Defensive-zone time29.6%99th
Offensive-zone time52.0%98th
20+ mph bursts1496th
Top speed, mph21.9280th
Distance skated, mi9.574th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Average shot, mph51.134th
Hardest shot, mph73.2533rd
Distance / 60, mi9.3120th

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, mph21.92Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph73.25Forward average 74.7
Distance skated9.5 mi3.50 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts46.7%20.0% defensive · 33.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

52.0%All situations29.6%
47.8%Even strength31.5%
61.0%Power play25.6%
100.0%Shorthanded0.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.92vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 14:37
  2. 21.62@NYR1 Oct · 1st 08:59
  3. 21.29vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 10:16
  4. 21.00vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 09:47
  5. 20.94vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 06:28
  6. 20.91vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 14:54
  7. 20.82@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 17:42
  8. 20.35vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 02:33

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph14 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph39 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 73.25vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 02:35
  2. 66.38vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 03:15
  3. 64.61vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 07:16
  4. 63.64vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 06:49
  5. 57.66@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 16:31
  6. 53.68vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 15:36
  7. 51.10vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 08:56
  8. 46.75@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 16:16

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

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

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.74vsPHI5 Oct · 18:09 TOI
  2. 3.28vsWSH3 Oct · 20:32 TOI
  3. 3.50@NYR1 Oct · 22:38 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.17 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-3rd on TBL
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits0T-19th on TBL
Blocked shots3T-8th on TBL

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken279.0 a game
Won12
Win %44.4%
Offensive zone6 of 16

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026vsMINW 6-31012017:33
3 Mar 2026@MINL 1-50110019:50

Prediction markets

0.5% for the Art Ross Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Art Ross TrophyPoints leader0.5%—1¢Not listedNot listed
Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

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Contract

$9.5M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 5.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 318th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$9.5M9.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 5 of 8
Expires2029-30UFA at 34
Cap value$76MCap 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 Tampa Bay

Ten seasons · 2016-17 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

John Carlson 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

John Carlson1
Nikita Kucherov1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6876th for Tampa Bay
Goals3255th
Assists3626th
Games played7237th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, all with the Lightning

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17TBL681822400.5914.8%
2017-18TBL823234660.8014.7%
2018-19TBL794151921.1621.5%
2019-20TBL662539640.9717.7%
2020-21TBL562325480.8617.6%
2021-22TBL662830580.8815.9%
2022-23TBL825144951.1621.7%
2023-24TBL814644901.1120.3%
2024-25TBL774240821.0622.2%
2025-26TBL631832500.7914.0%
Career7203243616850.9518.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Tampa Bay · round 3#79

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · TBL points

Games99
Goals45
Points900.91 P/GP
Game-winning goals8
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct