LW · TBL · NHL id 8479705
Jeffrey Viel has played 1 game for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 8:49 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 63% of his 5v5 minutes with Erik Cernak and 63% with Pontus Holmberg in his only game so far, and the Lightning have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Viel on the ice (0-2 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Lightning's most recent game against NYR he was on L4 with Zemgus Girgensons and Pontus Holmberg and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs NYR, detected from shift data
- −3:19 TOI a game
- 0 P in last 1 (0.35/GP before)
- Top-six in 0 of last 1 (was 8 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 8:49 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 3 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at TBL: 3 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.07 expected goals; best chance Jeffrey Viel at 0.06 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 45 GP · 10 points vs 15.2 expected
Last 20 games: -28. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 4.8%
- 96.7
- 40.0%
- G vs xG
- 3 / 6.0
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played45
- Goals3525th of 715
- Assists7544th of 715
- Points10563rd of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal62487th of 715
- Hits121123rd of 715
- Blocked shots21576th of 715
- Plus/minus−3397th of 715
- Penalty minutes7930th of 715
- Faceoffs won1432nd of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)53.6%109th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)54.9%70th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)53.2%171st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)53.1%171st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.3%291st of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)52.3%188th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.8541st of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.034303rd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.4529th of 719
- Faceoff win %20.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.228
Usage
- Ice time per game11:56599th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:09481st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %51.3%324th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−1.23690th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO967631st of 719
- Goals above expected−3.0625th of 715
- Luck Meter−62793rd of 828
- Ascension score41330th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.8174th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts52397th of 715
- Hardest shot82.8603rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.7%274th 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 · 44 of 45 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.043
- Season net
- −0.37xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.85
- Attempts
- 16
- 0.041
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2026 vs EDM | Cycle | — | 4* | 16.7 | — | |
| Apr 24, 2026 vs EDM | Rebound | pass | 2 | 37.5 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Apr 3, 2026 vs STL | Odd-man rush | loose | 3 | 25.1 | 3-on-2 | |
| Jan 21, 2026 @ COL | Rush | carry | 2* | 67.5 | — | |
| Jan 19, 2026 vs NYR | Rebound | — | 0 | 14.8 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Viel
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Viel apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | D | 1 | 5:35 | 63% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 46.2% 3:14 | 53.8% 8:57 |
| Pontus Holmberg | RW | 1 | 5:34 | 63% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 40.0% 3:15 | 40.0% 6:05 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | LW | 1 | 5:08 | 58% | 53.3% | 0% (0-1) | 33.3% 3:41 | 50.0% 1:54 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 1 | 5:01 | 57% | 57.1% | 0% (0-1) | 42.9% 3:48 | 81.8% 8:28 |
| Victor Hedman | D | 1 | 2:46 | 31% | 45.5% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 6:03 | 42.9% 10:52 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 1 | 2:41 | 30% | 45.5% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 6:08 | 52.9% 11:03 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | RW | 1 | 2:14 | 25% | 25.0% | 0% (0-1) | 52.9% 6:35 | 52.4% 8:08 |
| Conor Geekie | C | 1 | 1:50 | 21% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 47.4% 6:59 | 40.0% 7:21 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 1 | 1:18 | 15% | 25.0% | — (0-0) | 52.9% 7:31 | 50.0% 12:24 |
| Jansen Harkins | C | 1 | 1:12 | 14% | 0.0% | 0% (0-1) | 52.6% 7:37 | 37.5% 8:49 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ NYR | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 8:49 | 8:49 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 8:49 | 8:49 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | 42.9% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Even strength | 1 | 8:49 | 8:49 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | 42.9% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 8:49 | 8:49 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | 42.9% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 33% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | TBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8:49 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | ANA | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 17 | 17 | 11.8% | 51 | 3 | 12:10 |
| 2025-26 | ANA, BOS | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 79 | 62 | 4.8% | 121 | 21 | 11:56 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14 | 3 | 0.0% | 12 | 2 | 7:41 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.0% | 6 | 2 | 9:10 |
| 2021-22 | SJS | 34 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 114 | 30 | 10.0% | 84 | 11 | 8:48 |
| 2020-21 | SJS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 23 | 10 | 0.0% | 22 | 0 | 7:16 |
Jeffrey Viel news
- 3 Takeaways From Lightning Loss to PanthersThe Hockey Writers
- Jeffrey Viel StatsNHL.com
- Video - Lightning 2026-27 Player Preview: Jeffrey VielThe Hockey News
- Lightning 2026-27 Player Preview: Jeffrey Vielsports.yahoo.com
- Jeffrey Viel HomeNHL.com
- Jeffrey Viel Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 2026-27 Tampa Bay Lightning Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
- Video - Jeffrey Viel Ready to Embrace Lightning-Panthers Rivalry After Joining Tampa Baythehockeynews.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.