Tampa Bay Lightning · #93 · Centre

Gage Goncalves

Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 193 lb · Born Mission, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2020, #62 overall by Tampa Bay

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Minnesota · 7:00 PM ET1 P in the last 1 vs MINGame preview →
Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on TBL
Assists0T-9th on TBL
Points0T-11th on TBL
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP14:4312th on TBL

2025-262025-26: 74 games, 11-22-33, 0.45 points per game Season detail →

Gage Goncalves has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 33 points in 74 games last season.

This season

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

0 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

Takeaways169th
Penalty differential048th
Ice time14:4345th
Hits345th
PP points036th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Shots / GP0.6717th
Points / GP0.0013th
Blocked shots012th

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

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-11th on TBL
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-9th on TBL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:4312th on TBL
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the 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 strength13:06
Power play1:25
Shorthanded0:11
Total14:43

18.0 shifts a game, averaging 49 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

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.4276th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.4
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.105
ixG per 600.57

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

Top speed 20.17 mph, hardest shot 68.08 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

Defensive-zone time35.7%83rd
Offensive-zone time43.4%66th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance skated, mi6.939th
Distance / 60, mi9.4025th
Hardest shot, mph68.0819th
20+ mph bursts114th
Top speed, mph20.1711th
Average shot, mph40.07th

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, mph20.17Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph68.08Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.9 mi2.53 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts28.0%20.0% defensive · 52.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.4%All situations35.7%
43.4%Even strength35.0%
42.0%Power play43.0%
57.2%Shorthanded28.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.17vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 16:04
  2. 19.15vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 00:49
  3. 18.50vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 06:08
  4. 18.44@NYR1 Oct · 1st 09:19
  5. 18.33vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 08:07
  6. 18.23@NYR1 Oct · 1st 14:47
  7. 18.22vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 17:41
  8. 18.21vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 02:34

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph1 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph9 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 68.08vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 00:44
  2. 49.23vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 04:22
  3. 39.12vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 11:50
  4. 34.70@NYR1 Oct · 1st 12:52
  5. 8.91vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 13:58

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 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.48vsPHI5 Oct · 16:12 TOI
  2. 2.53vsWSH3 Oct · 15:47 TOI
  3. 1.91@NYR1 Oct · 12:09 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.31 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
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits3T-7th on TBL
Blocked shots0T-17th on TBL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken10.3 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 0

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in one of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026vsMINW 6-30112+115:31

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 27.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 29th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.2M1.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$2.4MCap hit × 2 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

Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

81st 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points5381st for Tampa Bay
Goals1979th
Assists3477th
Games played139101st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Lightning

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2023-24TBL20000.00—
2024-25TBL60812200.3313.1%
2025-26TBL741122330.4514.3%
Career1361934530.3913.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Tampa Bay · round 2#62

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · TBL points

Games12
Goals2
Points70.58 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct