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James van Riemsdyk has 17 points (11 goals, 6 assists) in 36 games for the Detroit Red Wings this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 2) of the 2007 NHL Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, he has 682 points (338 goals, 344 assists) in 1118 regular-season games for the Philadelphia Flyers, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Boston Bruins, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Detroit Red Wings.

He also has 36 points (21 goals, 15 assists) in 82 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 36.7 yrs (04.05.1989)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 95 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 2nd in 2007
    Draft Team: Team logoPhiladelphia Flyers
    Awards: -
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The 36-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Red Wings controlling 62% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When James van Riemsdyk is off the ice, the Red Wings control 48% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 39% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 28% in the defensive zone.

  • 81

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 29th of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 62nd of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.14
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.62
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    12.26
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.50
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.54
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.27
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.58
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.39
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.81
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.95
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.39
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    3.60
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.67
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.72
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.68
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2.72
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.68
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.85
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.28
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
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Actual AAV: $1.000M
Player Contract Value: $8.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 38.2 yrs (04.05.1989)
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James van Riemsdyk
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 -1 9:49 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 1 0 1 0 10:01 2 50.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 -1 11:22 1 0.0% 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 1 2 3 2 12:43 2 50.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 2 2 2 16:38 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 2 4 6 2 8 25.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Team Logo Flyers 78 15 20 35 -1 12:58 173 8.7% 30
2010-11 Team Logo Flyers 75 21 19 40 15 14:31 173 12.1% 35
2011-12 Team Logo Flyers 43 11 13 24 -1 15:10 121 9.1% 24
2012-13 Team Logo Maple Leafs 48 18 14 32 -7 19:11 140 12.9% 26
2013-14 Team Logo Maple Leafs 80 30 31 61 -9 21:03 279 10.8% 50
2014-15 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 27 29 56 -33 19:04 248 10.9% 43
2015-16 Team Logo Maple Leafs 40 14 15 29 3 17:46 129 10.9% 6
2016-17 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 29 33 62 -2 15:52 238 12.2% 37
2017-18 Team Logo Maple Leafs 81 36 18 54 1 14:54 248 14.5% 30
2018-19 Team Logo Flyers 66 27 21 48 -10 16:36 167 16.2% 18
2019-20 Team Logo Flyers 66 19 21 40 5 14:54 151 12.6% 8
2020-21 Team Logo Flyers 56 17 26 43 2 16:33 132 12.9% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Flyers 82 24 14 38 -33 16:07 186 12.9% 25
2022-23 Team Logo Flyers 61 12 17 29 -3 15:20 119 10.1% 28
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 71 11 27 38 7 13:30 142 7.7% 20
2024-25 Team Logo Blue Jackets 71 16 20 36 -4 12:24 85 18.8% 23
2025-26 Team Logo Red Wings 36 11 6 17 -7 12:16 64 17.2% 10
Season Projection 73 22 12 34 -14 12:15 130 16.9% 20
Total 1118 338 344 682 -77 2795 12.1% 427
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Team Logo Flyers 21 3 3 6 -4 11:54 41 7.3% 4
2010-11 Team Logo Flyers 11 7 0 7 -3 19:22 70 10.0% 4
2011-12 Team Logo Flyers 7 1 1 2 -2 13:45 9 11.1% 4
2012-13 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 2 5 7 -1 19:40 33 6.1% 4
2016-17 Team Logo Maple Leafs 6 2 1 3 3 17:37 23 8.7% 0
2017-18 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 3 1 4 -4 14:19 13 23.1% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Flyers 12 2 0 2 -3 14:19 23 8.7% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 11 1 4 5 -1 11:46 16 6.2% 0
Total 82 21 15 36 -15 228 9.2% 22
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
James van Riemsdyk Team Logo LW 36.7 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.47 0.61 82 80 $1.000M
82% Jake DeBrusk Team Logo LW 29.2 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.52 0.57 79 76 $5.500M
82% Owen Tippett Team Logo RW 26.9 yrs 185 cm / 95 kg 0.60 0.54 77 78 $6.200M
81% Josh Doan Team Logo RW 23.9 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.69 0.55 83 80 $0.925M
81% Corey Perry Team Logo RW 40.7 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.60 0.67 83 75 $2.000M
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