Austin Watson #24

Left Wing

Detroit Red Wings

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Player Information

Selected by the Nashville Predators in the 1st round (No. 18) of the 2010 NHL Draft, he has 121 points (63 goals, 58 assists) in 528 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators, the Ottawa Senators, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings. He also has 19 playoff points (10 goals, 9 assists) in 45 games.

Country:	USA
Age:	33.8 yrs (13.01.1992)
Height / Weight:	193 cm / 91 kg
Shoots:	R
Drafted:	18th in 2010
Draft Team:	Nashville Predators
Awards:	-

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65

Overall Rating

Offense:Off: 223rd of 230 Wings

Defense:Def: 37th of 230 Wings

Season by Season Ratings:

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Actual AAV:	$0.775M
Player Contract Value:	$1.700M
Remaining:	1 year(s)
Contract Ends:	2027 UFA
Age at the end:	34.5 yrs (13.01.1992)

Austin Watson

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
10.04.2025	Panthers	1	0	0	0	0	11:31	0		0
11.04.2025	Lightning	1	0	0	0	1	9:52	0		0
14.04.2025	Stars	1	0	0	0	0	10:13	1	0.0%	0
16.04.2025	Devils	1	0	0	0	0	7:12	1	0.0%	0
17.04.2025	Maple Leafs	1	1	0	1	0	14:00	4	25.0%	0
Total		5	1	0	1	1		6	16.7%	0

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2012-13	Predators	6	1	0	1	-2	12:41	4	25.0%	0
2015-16	Predators	57	3	7	10	-4	10:00	55	5.5%	32
2016-17	Predators	77	5	12	17	14	12:25	90	5.6%	99
2017-18	Predators	76	14	5	19	2	12:19	96	14.6%	123
2018-19	Predators	37	7	9	16	11	14:30	64	10.9%	39
2019-20	Predators	53	6	8	14	-9	11:37	50	12.0%	65
2020-21	Senators	34	3	7	10	-7	12:00	41	7.3%	40
2021-22	Senators	67	10	6	16	-3	11:58	88	11.4%	91
2022-23	Senators	75	9	2	11	-7	10:13	79	11.4%	123
2023-24	Lightning	33	2	2	4	2	7:16	17	11.8%	93
2024-25	Red Wings	13	3	0	3	1	7:50	13	23.1%	17
Total		528	63	58	121	-2		597	10.6%	722

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2016-17	Predators	22	4	5	9	3	13:40	28	14.3%	28
2017-18	Predators	13	5	3	8	3	14:25	25	20.0%	12
2018-19	Predators	6	1	1	2	-2	12:25	14	7.1%	6
2019-20	Predators	4	0	0	0	0	10:34	6	0.0%	2
Total		45	10	9	19	4		73	13.7%	48

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