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Luke Evangelista has 31 points (6 goals, 25 assists) in 41 games for the Nashville Predators this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 42) of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators, he has 117 points (39 goals, 78 assists) in 213 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators.

He also has 1 points (1 goals, 0 assists) in 6 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 23.9 yrs (21.02.2002)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 83 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 42nd in 2020
    Draft Team: Team logoNashville Predators
    Awards: -
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The 23-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Predators controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Luke Evangelista is off the ice, the Predators control 45% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 38% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 16% in the defensive zone.

  • 77

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 62nd of 249 Wings
    Defense:Def: 108th of 249 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    24.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.14
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    16.57
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.06
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.75
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.45
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.89
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.65
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.92
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    1.06
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.61
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.32
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    4.71
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.37
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    1.96
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.45
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    0.91
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    2.26
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.36
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.11
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Luke Evangelista at his age (23.9 yrs):
    Charlie Coyle (Rating of 77 in 2015, Today 67)
    Gustav Nyquist (Rating of 77 in 2012, Today 70)
    Travis Konecny (Rating of 77 in 2020, Today 80)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $3.000M
Player Contract Value: $6.200M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 RFA
Age at the end: 26.4 yrs (21.02.2002)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Mammoth 1 1 1 2 2 16:37 3 33.3% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 2 2 1 17:19 2 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 1 1 -1 18:55 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 -2 17:33 1 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 1 1 1 20:18 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 5 6 1 9 11.1% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2022-23 Team Logo Predators 24 7 8 15 7 16:34 54 13.0% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 80 16 23 39 0 13:56 172 9.3% 18
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 68 10 22 32 -2 13:52 134 7.5% 22
2025-26 Team Logo Predators 41 6 25 31 7 16:31 93 6.5% 8
Season Projection 81 12 49 61 14 16:31 184 6.5% 16
Total 213 39 78 117 12 453 8.6% 54
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 6 1 0 1 0 13:22 14 7.1% 2
Total 6 1 0 1 0 14 7.1% 2
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Luke Evangelista Team Logo RW 23.9 yrs 183 cm / 83 kg 0.76 0.55 80 73 $3.000M
82% Kyle Palmieri Team Logo C 34.9 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.72 0.59 80 78 $4.750M
82% Ryan Leonard Team Logo RW 21 yrs 185 cm / 92 kg 0.69 0.58 81 69 $0.950M
82% Anton Lundell Team Logo C 24.3 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.74 0.56 78 68 $5.000M
81% Rickard Rakell Team Logo RW 32.7 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.71 0.65 81 69 $5.000M
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