Dominic James
Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Plymouth, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2022, #173 overall by Chicago
vs Minnesota · 7:00 PM ETDominic James scored 15 points (7 goals, 8 assists) in 43 games in 2025-26, T-17th on Tampa Bay.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesTampa Bay have played 3 games and Dominic James has not dressed yet (ir, hand). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Minnesota. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 43 games15 points in 43 games on a team that finished 5th
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay'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 7 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 7 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
112 attempts across the 38 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 43 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 in the 96th percentile of forwards: 23.71 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
Points come in bunches, not every night (11 of 43)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
BUFL 2-61011013:06
CARL 4-51014016:55
TORW 4-20003010:59
FLAW 6-10110+315:23BUFW 4-3 OT0002013:02
BOSW 6-5 SO0003−113:41
WPGW 4-11013+211:30
UTAW 2-00004013:14
CBJL 5-80000013:49
CHIW 2-1 SO0002−112:38Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 16.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 54th 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 Tampa Bay
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26Oliver Bjorkstrand 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 7 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 8 assists.
By opponent
Vegas3 P in 21.50 P/GPCarolina3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Dallas2 P in 21.00 P/GP
San Jose2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Washington1 P in 20.50 P/GPBuffalo1 P in 20.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsOne season, all with the Lightning
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct