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Tage Thompson has 37 points (20 goals, 17 assists) in 40 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 26) of the 2016 NHL Draft by the St. Louis Blues, he has 362 points (196 goals, 166 assists) in 488 regular-season games for the St. Louis Blues and the Buffalo Sabres.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 28.2 yrs (30.10.1997)
    Height / Weight: 198 cm / 99 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 26th in 2016
    Draft Team: Team logoSt. Louis Blues
    Awards: -
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The 28-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Tage Thompson is off the ice, the Sabres control 46% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 43% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 23% in the defensive zone.

  • 80

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 24th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 160th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    78.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.11
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    18.59
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.94
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    1.12
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.83
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.41
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.57
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    5.26
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    1.03
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.46
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.03
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    10.27
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.58
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.43
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.74
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.08
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.78
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.66
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.16
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $7.143M
Player Contract Value: $7.800M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 33.7 yrs (30.10.1997)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
23.12.2025 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 -1 16:46 2 0.0% 0
27.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 2 2 2 17:55 4 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 0 19:11 3 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 2 1 3 3 18:45 7 28.6% 2
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 -3 22:41 4 0.0% 0
Total 5 2 3 5 1 20 10.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Blues 41 3 6 9 -12 11:55 55 5.5% 12
2018-19 Team Logo Sabres 65 7 5 12 -22 12:07 108 6.5% 20
2019-20 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 0 6:58 0 0
2020-21 Team Logo Sabres 38 8 6 14 -6 13:52 96 8.3% 17
2021-22 Team Logo Sabres 78 38 30 68 -17 17:52 253 15.0% 37
2022-23 Team Logo Sabres 78 47 47 94 4 18:34 295 15.9% 39
2023-24 Team Logo Sabres 71 29 27 56 -1 18:07 246 11.8% 43
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 76 44 28 72 -2 18:45 242 18.2% 35
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 40 20 17 37 -11 18:53 143 14.0% 19
Season Projection 82 41 35 76 -23 18:53 293 14.0% 39
Total 488 196 166 362 -67 1438 13.6% 222
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Tage Thompson Team Logo C 28.2 yrs 198 cm / 99 kg 0.92 0.74 87 66 $7.143M
81% Kirill Marchenko Team Logo RW 25.5 yrs 191 cm / 91 kg 0.89 0.69 85 71 $3.850M
80% Roope Hintz Team Logo C 29.1 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.86 0.81 89 69 $8.450M
78% Gabriel Vilardi Team Logo C 26.4 yrs 191 cm / 97 kg 0.88 0.68 87 57 $7.500M
77% Cutter Gauthier Team Logo LW 22 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.93 0.67 85 61 $0.950M
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