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Jake Guentzel has 43 points (18 goals, 25 assists) in 41 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 77) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has 614 points (286 goals, 328 assists) in 641 regular-season games for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

He also has 73 points (41 goals, 32 assists) in 74 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 31.3 yrs (06.10.1994)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 79 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 77th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoPittsburgh Penguins
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
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The 31-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Lightning controlling 61% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Jake Guentzel is off the ice, the Lightning control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 46% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 23% in the defensive zone.

  • 88

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 11th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 16th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    67.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.19
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    20.02
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.34
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    1.48
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.63
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.73
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    5.57
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    5.05
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    1.07
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.45
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.07
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    7.44
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.85
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.73
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.49
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.25
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.48
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.16
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.14
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $9.000M
Player Contract Value: $12.800M
Remaining: 6 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 37.7 yrs (06.10.1994)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 1 0 1 1 27:13 3 33.3% 2
28.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 -2 18:41 0 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 3 20:06 2 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 2 2 1 17:43 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 2 2 0 16:55 1 0.0% 2
Total 5 1 4 5 3 8 12.5% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Penguins 40 16 17 33 7 15:52 81 19.8% 10
2017-18 Team Logo Penguins 82 22 26 48 -9 16:28 171 12.9% 42
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 82 40 36 76 13 19:21 227 17.6% 26
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 39 20 23 43 11 20:37 127 15.7% 14
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 56 23 34 57 7 20:16 141 16.3% 28
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 76 40 44 84 13 20:06 264 15.2% 44
2022-23 Team Logo Penguins 78 36 37 73 2 20:07 244 14.8% 46
2023-24 Team Logo Penguins 50 22 30 52 9 20:52 185 11.9% 14
2023-24 Team Logo Hurricanes 17 8 17 25 16 17:30 53 15.1% 8
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 80 41 39 80 18 20:00 217 18.9% 24
2025-26 Team Logo Lightning 41 18 25 43 9 20:40 106 17.0% 17
Season Projection 82 36 50 86 18 20:40 212 17.0% 34
Total 641 286 328 614 96 1816 15.7% 273
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Penguins 25 13 8 21 1 17:30 52 25.0% 10
2017-18 Team Logo Penguins 12 10 11 21 10 18:10 34 29.4% 8
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 4 1 0 1 -3 20:34 11 9.1% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 4 1 2 3 1 21:45 13 7.7% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 6 1 1 2 -6 19:26 25 4.0% 6
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 7 8 2 10 1 22:28 39 20.5% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Hurricanes 11 4 5 9 4 19:58 28 14.3% 16
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 5 3 3 6 -3 22:45 16 18.8% 6
Total 74 41 32 73 5 218 18.8% 48
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Jake Guentzel Team Logo C 31.3 yrs 180 cm / 79 kg 1.05 0.96 91 83 $9.000M
83% Tim Stützle Team Logo C 24 yrs 183 cm / 84 kg 1.08 0.91 88 77 $8.350M
81% Sam Reinhart Team Logo C 30.2 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 1.07 0.81 89 80 $8.625M
80% Nick Suzuki Team Logo C 26.4 yrs 180 cm / 93 kg 1.10 0.85 89 83 $7.875M
80% Sebastian Aho Team Logo C 28.4 yrs 183 cm / 85 kg 1.00 0.94 88 73 $9.750M
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