Jeffrey Viel
Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 218 lb · Born Rimouski, Quebec, CAN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 45 games, 3-7-10, 0.22 points per game Season detail →
Jeffrey Viel has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 10 points in 45 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 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.
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 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
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 45 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 20.95 mph, hardest shot 70.29 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
- 20.95@
NYR1 Oct · 2nd 01:52 - 19.94vs
PHI5 Oct · 1st 17:17 - 19.79vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 01:03
- 19.47vs
WSH3 Oct · 1st 01:07 - 19.32vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 04:20
- 18.97@NYR1 Oct · 1st 11:05
- 18.75@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 06:07
- 18.69@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 13:52
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 70.29vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 08:32
- 58.11vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 04:45
- 42.08vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 17:06
- 40.49vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 15:04
- 37.90@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 06:09
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.29vsPHI5 Oct · 8:49 TOI
- 1.25vsWSH3 Oct · 7:34 TOI
- 1.40@NYR1 Oct · 8:49 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.31 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
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINL 2-30000011:16PHIW 4-1000108:49WSHW 3-10001−17:34NYRW 5-10001−28:4910 points in 45 games
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 (0.2). 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
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 3 goals and 7 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
134 attempts across the 43 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 45 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 67th percentile of forwards: 22.79 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.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (9 of 45)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINL 2-30000011:16
NSHW 5-40111+211:58MINL 2-30000011:16
VANOTL 3-4 OT0002−111:12
SJSW 6-10000012:43NSHL 0-50003−18:49
CGYL 3-50002−210:08
STLL 2-61012010:57SJSL 3-40000013:24
TOROTL 4-5 OT0004−111:45
EDML 2-40113+114:21PHIW 4-1000108:49WSHW 3-10001−17:34NYRW 5-10001−28:49Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.5M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 4.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 353rd 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
373rd 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 playoffsFive seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct