Dominic James

23.7

#17Center6'0"190 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

12.5% SH

12:14

TOI/GP

C · TBL · NHL id 8483752

Dominic James has played 43 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2025-26, scoring 7 goals and 8 assists (15 points) on 56 shots while averaging 12:14 a night (11:21 at even strength, 0:42 on the power play and 0:04 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 50% of his 5v5 minutes with Gage Goncalves and 40% with Oliver Bjorkstrand over the last 10 games, and the Lightning have controlled 54% of shot attempts with James on the ice (19-16 in goals, 62% offensive-zone starts). In the Lightning's most recent game against MTL he was on L3 with Oliver Bjorkstrand and Gage Goncalves and on PP2; moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 12.5% this season against 13.2% across the 50 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 3 game vs MTL, detected from shift data

Line

Oliver Bjorkstrand Gage Goncalves

Power play

PP2

Corey Perry Nick Paul Charle-Edouard D'Astous Gage Goncalves

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last gameLast 5: L3/PP2 · L2 · L3/PP2 · L2/PP2 · L2/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

7 games shown, 12:06 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed97th9723.7 mph

Bursts 20+ mph74th75110

Hardest shot56th5786.1 mph

Offensive-zone time36th3641.1%

Distance skated36th3786.9 mi

High-danger SOG34th3516

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 131 attempts, 68 on goal, 9 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 43 GP · 15 points vs 15.6 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter+9

Last 20 games: +33. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+0.6 G

On-ice SH%+0.3 G

On-ice SV%+2.5 G

IPP+0.3 G

Points vs expected−0.6 P

: 12.5%
: 101.5
: 65.2%
G vs xG: 7 / 6.4

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:33 a game, 2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played43
Goals7376th of 715
Assists8513th of 715
Points15477th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal56521st of 715
Hits58346th of 715
Blocked shots13663rd of 715
Plus/minus+4211th of 715
Penalty minutes8640th of 715
Faceoffs won139155th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)53.8%102nd of 719
Fenwick (FF%)51.5%209th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)52.8%185th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.0%272nd of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.6%274th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)57.1%36th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.00298th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.104655th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.34155th of 719
Faceoff win %50.4%101st of 238
Draw Equity /100+0.03165th of 238

Usage

Ice time per game12:14584th of 715
Power-play time per game0:42379th of 715
Power-play share24.4%391st of 713
Ice-time share20.2%581st of 715
Offensive-zone start %61.5%129th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.9110th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1015193rd of 719
Goals above expected+0.6254th of 715
Luck Meter+9330th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.722nd of 715
20+ mph bursts110168th of 715
Hardest shot86.1462nd of 715
Offensive-zone time41.1%428th of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 43 of 43 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.054
Season net: −0.44xG

Offensive TK/600.88 (7)

Offensive GV/601.63 (13)

Neutral TK/600.38 (3)

Neutral GV/601.38 (11)

Defensive TK/600.38 (3)

Defensive GV/601.88 (15)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.031
Season: +0.09G
: 50.4%276 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 49-37 · NZ 49-64 · DZ 41-36

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.00
Attempts: 8
: 0.075

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +1.63G
Per 60: +0.186
Drawn / taken: 12 / 4minors

Method Leaders

: 51.0%
: 51.6%
: 52.8%
Transition CF/60: 3.1
Turnovers won/60: 20.3
Turnovers lost/60: 19.6

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

56 shots on goal, 7 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Circle	23%	13%	2
R Circle	20%	12%	0
R Point	0%	6%	0
High Slot	2%	7%	0
Outside L	0%	4%	0
Outside R	2%	4%	0
L Point	4%	5%	0

How his goals happened

9 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
May 3, 2026 vs MTL	Deflection	—	3*	71.9	one-timer
Apr 29, 2026 vs MTL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	62.4	2-on-1
Feb 28, 2026 vs BUF	Forecheck turnover	—	1	23.1	—
Feb 26, 2026 @ CAR	Rush	pass	3	65.5	—
Jan 29, 2026 vs WPG	Odd-man rush	pass	2	61.3	2-on-1
Jan 18, 2026 @ DAL	Odd-man rush	pass	0	64.2	3-on-2
Jan 3, 2026 @ SJS	Off the faceoff	—	1	12.2	—
Dec 2, 2025 @ NYI	Forecheck turnover	—	1	47.4	—
Nov 6, 2025 @ VGK	Rebound	carry	0	46.3	2-on-1, rebound

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without James

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% James apart	CF% mate apart
Gage Goncalves	C	39	269:51	48%	51.9%	54% (14-12)	53.8% 184:07	51.8% 155:07
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	35	248:30	44%	52.9%	33% (6-12)	51.1% 138:56	47.4% 116:55
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	40	167:43	30%	55.4%	38% (5-8)	53.4% 275:07	55.1% 476:36
J.J. Moser	D	48	147:56	26%	59.0%	50% (4-4)	51.3% 390:29	57.9% 721:24
Jake Guentzel	C	23	141:48	25%	54.3%	67% (6-3)	53.1% 133:42	56.6% 174:06
Declan Carlile	D	32	139:24	25%	48.9%	50% (6-6)	53.6% 219:45	49.5% 273:28
Darren Raddysh	D	41	128:53	23%	52.7%	56% (5-4)	54.1% 339:01	58.3% 570:02
Emil Lilleberg	D	29	123:36	22%	54.1%	30% (3-7)	53.0% 192:26	54.8% 301:03
Erik Cernak	D	35	114:16	20%	46.5%	63% (5-3)	53.6% 278:58	48.8% 412:59
Maxwell Crozier	D	23	112:55	20%	54.0%	33% (3-6)	50.4% 139:12	57.6% 208:23
Nick Paul	LW	16	88:17	16%	52.9%	14% (1-6)	48.8% 89:44	47.8% 89:52
Ryan McDonagh	D	25	79:20	14%	54.3%	71% (5-2)	56.6% 206:28	49.6% 304:54
Victor Hedman	D	16	61:31	11%	56.4%	40% (2-3)	56.6% 121:47	55.1% 146:11
Brandon Hagel	LW	17	58:17	10%	55.1%	80% (4-1)	49.6% 141:32	58.0% 179:30

Game log

50 games in 2025-26, newest first

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 3PO	vs MTL	L 1-2	1	0	1	-1	4	0	2	0	50%	13:27	12:33	0:54	—
May 1PO	@ MTL	W 1-0	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	100%	13:36	12:45	0:51	—
Apr 29PO	vs MTL	L 2-3	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	2	0%	13:14	11:53	1:21	—
Apr 26PO	@ MTL	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	17%	11:25	11:01	0:24	—
Apr 24PO	@ MTL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	0%	12:20	10:41	1:39	—
Apr 21PO	vs MTL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	13:25	13:06	0:19	—
Apr 19PO	vs MTL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	7:18	7:18	—	—
Feb 28	vs BUF	L 2-6	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	67%	13:06	12:55	—	—
Feb 26	@ CAR	L 4-5	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	82%	16:55	15:40	—	—
Feb 25	vs TOR	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	50%	10:59	10:46	0:13	—
Feb 5	vs FLA	W 6-1	0	1	1	+3	0	2	1	0	50%	15:23	10:36	2:00	2:47
Feb 3	vs BUF	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	45%	13:02	13:02	—	—
Feb 1	vs BOS	W 6-5	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	57%	13:41	13:05	0:36	—
Jan 29	vs WPG	W 4-1	1	0	1	+2	3	0	1	0	50%	11:30	11:17	—	—
Jan 26	vs UTA	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	40%	13:14	12:08	1:06	—
Jan 24	@ CBJ	L 5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	88%	13:49	13:36	0:13	—
Jan 23	@ CHI	W 2-1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	44%	12:38	12:38	—	—
Jan 20	vs SJS	W 4-1	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	67%	14:15	14:15	—	—
Jan 18	@ DAL	W 4-1	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	1	60%	11:14	11:14	—	—
Jan 16	@ STL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	7:43	7:43	—	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	43	526:11	12:14	509	417	55.0%	53.4%	230	209	23	17	57%	25.1	20.3	66%
Even strength	43	488:21	11:21	463	395	54.0%	51.6%	201	200	19	16	54%	21.6	19.0	63%
5v5	43	479:38	11:09	453	389	53.8%	51.5%	197	196	19	16	54%	20.9	18.7	62%
Power play	25	29:47	1:11	40	7	85.1%	87.2%	26	5	3	0	100%	2.9	0.5	92%
Penalty kill	2	2:49	1:25	0	3	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	0	1	0%	0.0	0.1	—
4v4	10	8:00	0:48	9	5	64.3%	62.5%	4	3	0	0	—	0.4	0.2	88%
5v4	24	27:47	1:09	33	7	82.5%	84.8%	21	5	3	0	100%	2.3	0.5	92%
4v5	2	2:49	1:25	0	3	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	0	1	0%	0.0	0.1	—
5v3	1	2:00	2:00	7	0	100.0%	100.0%	5	0	0	0	—	0.6	0.0	100%
6v5, own net empty	5	3:02	0:36	6	4	60.0%	80.0%	3	0	1	0	100%	0.6	0.4	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	7	2:12	0:19	0	8	0.0%	0.0%	0	3	0	0	—	0.0	0.2	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26Playoffs	TBL	7	2	1	3	-4	0	12	16.7%	10	3	12:06
2025-26	TBL	43	7	8	15	+4	8	56	12.5%	58	13	12:14

Dominic James news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Dominic James news