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Tage Thompson
Center #72 Sabres $7.143M
Player Information

Tage Thompson has 59 points (30 goals, 29 assists) in 57 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 384 points (206 goals, 178 assists) in 505 regular-season games for the St. Louis Blues and the Buffalo Sabres.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 28.3 yrs (30.10.1997)
    Height / Weight: 198 cm / 99 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 26th in 2016
    Draft Team: Team logoSt. Louis Blues
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 28-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 58% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Tage Thompson is off the ice, the Sabres control 45% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 42% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 24% in the defensive zone.

  • 81

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 13th of 246 Centers
    Defense:Def: 122nd of 246 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.13
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.58
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.94
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.67
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.08
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.54
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.34
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.21
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.54
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.84
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.42
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.85
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.11
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.47
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.60
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2.09
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.26
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.81
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.24
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $7.143M
Player Contract Value: $8.700M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 33.7 yrs (30.10.1997)
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Tage Thompson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 1 18:04 5 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 1 1 1 22:21 5 0.0% 2
02.02.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 1 0 1 2 20:13 4 25.0% 0
03.02.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 1 1 -1 22:08 5 0.0% 0
05.02.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 1 0 1 -3 23:18 7 14.3% 0
Total 5 2 2 4 0 26 7.7% 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 57 30 29 59 -8 19:08 204 14.7% 27
Season Projection 82 43 42 85 -12 19:09 293 14.7% 39
Total 505 206 178 384 -64 1499 13.7% 230
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
Player Match
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 28.3 yrs 198 cm / 99 kg 1.04 0.76 86 73 $7.143M
80% Andrei Svechnikov Team Logo RW 25.9 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.86 0.77 84 71 $7.750M
80% Morgan Geekie Team Logo C 27.6 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.96 0.55 83 73 $5.500M
80% Kirill Marchenko Team Logo RW 25.6 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.92 0.70 81 79 $3.850M
78% Gabriel Vilardi Team Logo C 26.5 yrs 191 cm / 97 kg 0.89 0.69 82 65 $7.500M
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