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Jake Guentzel
Center #59 Lightning $9.000M
Player Information

Jake Guentzel has 60 points (26 goals, 34 assists) in 55 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 631 points (294 goals, 337 assists) in 655 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.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 31.4 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)
Player Evaluation

The 31-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Lightning controlling 63% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Jake Guentzel is off the ice, the Lightning control 50% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 47% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 22% in the defensive zone.

  • 88

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 7th of 247 Centers
    Defense:Def: 6th of 247 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.12
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.63
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.30
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.36
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.97
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.80
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.37
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.54
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.83
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.85
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.47
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.53
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.72
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.96
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.51
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.71
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.02
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.62
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.22
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    6.47
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $9.000M
Player Contract Value: $13.000M
Remaining: 6 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 37.7 yrs (06.10.1994)
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Jake Guentzel
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
26.01.2026 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 1 1 0 18:33 1 0.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 2 15:00 1 0.0% 0
01.02.2026 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 2 2 0 27:40 3 0.0% 2
03.02.2026 Team Logo Sabres 1 1 1 2 1 26:07 1 100.0% 0
05.02.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 1 0 1 0 17:07 1 100.0% 10
Total 5 2 4 6 3 7 28.6% 12
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 55 26 34 60 13 20:28 142 18.3% 33
Season Projection 82 39 51 90 19 20:28 212 18.4% 49
Total 655 294 337 631 100 1852 15.9% 289
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 Match
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 31.4 yrs 180 cm / 79 kg 1.09 0.96 87 91 $9.000M
82% Lucas Raymond Team Logo LW 23.9 yrs 180 cm / 84 kg 1.07 0.84 83 89 $8.075M
80% Brandon Hagel Team Logo LW 27.5 yrs 188 cm / 84 kg 1.08 0.83 87 88 $6.500M
79% Alex DeBrincat Team Logo RW 28.2 yrs 173 cm / 81 kg 0.98 0.84 91 85 $7.875M
79% Brayden Point Team Logo C 30 yrs 180 cm / 80 kg 0.81 0.96 82 85 $3.817M
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