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Toronto Maple Leafs

John Tavares

#91Center6'1"209 lb

+9.3 in 3 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
5
SOG
0.0% SH
16:47
TOI/GP

C · TOR · NHL id 8475166

John Tavares has played 2 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 5 shots while averaging 16:47 a night (11:09 at even strength, 3:57 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with William Nylander and 87% with Gavin McKenna over the last 2 games, and the Maple Leafs have controlled 39% of shot attempts with Tavares on the ice (2-2 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Maple Leafs' most recent game against NYI he was on L2 with William Nylander and Gavin McKenna and on PP1; moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 13.7% across the 727 games in our data.

Right now

From the Sep 30 game vs NYI, detected from shift data

Line
L2
William NylanderGavin McKenna
Power play
PP1
William NylanderDarren RaddyshAuston MatthewsKirill Marchenko
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last gameLast 2: L3/PP1 · L2/PP1
Ascension43Steadylast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 2, 2026
  • −3:30 5v5 TOI
  • 1 P in last 2 (1.00/GP before)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 15:05 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine32▲0m3m7m10m13m17mSep 29Sep 30
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 15:05 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

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed71st7222.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph62nd6382
Hardest shot73rd7388.5 mph
Offensive-zone time65th6543.2%
Distance skated89th90228.6 mi
High-danger SOG98th99106
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

2026-27 · 8 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at TOR: 8 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals, 0.94 expected goals; best chance John Tavares at 0.29 xG.

  • 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 · 82 GP · 71 points vs 67.6 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +36. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

16.2%
99.2
72.4%
G vs xG
31 / 32.0
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
0102030-1.0goals below expected-0.2σ10/84/15
  • 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: 2 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 5 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played82
  • Goals3136th
  • Assists4063rd
  • Points7147th
  • Power-play points2076th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal19265th
  • Hits74271st
  • Blocked shots24531st
  • Plus/minus−28698th
  • Penalty minutes28321st
  • Faceoffs won8013rd

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

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 · 82 of 82 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.039
Season net
−0.75xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.071
Season
+0.98G
57.5%1392 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 346-293 · NZ 243-142 · DZ 212-156

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.78
Attempts
15
0.039

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.92G
Per 60
+0.037
Drawn / taken
18.5 / 14minors

MethodLeaders
48.3%
47.2%
48.2%
Transition CF/60
3.6
Turnovers won/60
20.9
Turnovers lost/60
21.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
192 shots on goal, 31 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot39%23%17
Crease11%3%3
R Point1%6%0
L Point1%5%0
Center Point4%9%0
R Circle8%12%1
Outside R2%4%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 13, 2026 vs DALForecheck turnover—023.9—
Apr 4, 2026 @ LAKRebound—3*3.4rebound
Apr 2, 2026 @ SJSOdd-man rushcarry3*55.03-on-2
Mar 30, 2026 @ ANADeflectioncarry3*52.5deflection
Mar 30, 2026 @ ANARebound—037.4rebound
Mar 25, 2026 vs NYROdd-man rushcarry074.32-on-1
Mar 21, 2026 @ OTTRushcarry028.6—
Mar 20, 2026 vs CARForecheck turnover—1*27.6—
Mar 12, 2026 vs ANARebound—010.4rebound
Feb 26, 2026 @ FLAForecheck turnover—014.2—
Feb 25, 2026 @ TBLOdd-man rushcarry3*58.53-on-2
Feb 3, 2026 @ EDMDeflection—1*25.4one-timer
Jan 23, 2026 vs VGKReboundcarry026.3rebound
Jan 19, 2026 vs MINForecheck turnover—047.0one-timer
Jan 15, 2026 @ VGKDeflection—2*34.8deflection
Jan 10, 2026 vs VANForecheck turnover—149.6—
Dec 27, 2025 vs OTTCycle—221.2—
Dec 20, 2025 @ NSHDeflection—4*20.2—
Dec 2, 2025 @ FLAOdd-man rushcarry035.11-on-0
Nov 20, 2025 vs CBJRushcarry244.7—
Nov 13, 2025 vs LAKForecheck turnover—020.4—
Nov 13, 2025 vs LAKForecheck turnover—017.2—
Nov 9, 2025 vs CARReboundloose019.82-on-1, rebound
Nov 8, 2025 vs BOSForecheck turnover—360.3one-timer
Nov 5, 2025 vs UTADump and chasedump024.0—
Oct 29, 2025 @ CBJOdd-man rushcarry055.13-on-2
Oct 25, 2025 vs BUFOdd-man rushcarry174.61-on-0
Oct 21, 2025 vs NJDForecheck turnover—018.3—
Oct 18, 2025 vs SEAOff the faceoff—114.6—
Oct 18, 2025 vs SEARushloose072.4—
Oct 14, 2025 vs NSHCyclecarry6*14.54-on-3
May 9, 2025 @ FLADeflection—5*20.4—
May 9, 2025 @ FLAOdd-man rushcarry1*10.33-on-2
Apr 26, 2025 @ OTTDeflection—3*46.6deflection
Apr 22, 2025 vs OTTForecheck turnover—229.7—
Apr 20, 2025 vs OTTDeflection—39.6deflection
Apr 13, 2025 @ CARForecheck turnover—019.1—
Apr 8, 2025 @ FLAOdd-man rushcarry057.63-on-2
Apr 2, 2025 vs FLADeflectionloose036.0deflection
Mar 29, 2025 @ LAKRushloose050.3—

* 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 Tavares

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Tavares apartCF% mate apart
William NylanderRW219:2187%35.4%50% (2-2)66.7% 2:5630.0% 4:00
Gavin McKennaLW219:1787%28.9%0% (0-2)88.9% 3:0025.0% 5:20
Darren RaddyshD210:1746%56.0%33% (1-2)24.1% 12:0047.6% 21:43
Oliver Ekman-LarssonD28:4239%37.5%100% (1-0)40.0% 13:3550.0% 18:46
Morgan RiellyD28:1937%47.4%33% (1-2)34.3% 13:5850.0% 23:43
Troy StecherD27:1332%33.3%100% (1-0)41.7% 15:0445.8% 20:55
Chris TanevD26:4030%13.3%— (0-0)48.7% 15:3745.0% 23:11
Jake McCabeD12:3512%0.0%— (0-0)28.6% 8:1234.8% 11:35
Easton CowanRW11:518%100.0%100% (1-0)39.1% 9:3940.0% 10:06
Colton SissonsC11:146%66.7%— (0-0)50.0% 10:1646.2% 11:36

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,155 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank

46.2%

11th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

50.4%

89th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Hard minutes: tough opponents with little help from linemates.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Tavares shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Sep 30vs NYIW 2-1000-1120138%16:5810:474:26—
Sep 29vs MTLL 2-30110421256%16:3611:303:27—

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations233:3416:47374346.3%45.0%20222340%2.03.2100%
Even strength222:1711:09213338.9%37.5%11182250%0.91.7100%
5v5222:1711:09213338.9%37.5%11182250%0.91.7100%
Power play27:533:5711284.6%80.0%72010%0.80.2100%
5v427:533:5711284.6%80.0%72010%0.80.2100%
6v5, own net empty22:081:045455.6%57.1%2000—0.31.2—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27TOR2011-1450.0%1316:47
2025-26TOR82314071-282819216.1%742418:11
2024-25PlayoffsTOR13527-6104012.5%221418:33
2024-25TOR75383674+104620019.0%924518:14
2023-24PlayoffsTOR711202224.5%34519:03
2023-24TOR80293665+23027910.4%1343717:52
2022-23PlayoffsTOR11448-14449.1%26518:44
2022-23TOR80364480-73427713.0%1123617:39
2021-22PlayoffsTOR7336021421.4%15818:35
2021-22TOR79274976-83223711.4%904418:04
2020-21PlayoffsTOR1000000—002:53
2020-21TOR56193150+121416311.7%512818:12
2019-20TOR63263460-72419713.2%323119:33
2018-19PlayoffsTOR7235-50219.5%7419:40
2018-19TOR82474188+193428616.4%595319:05
2017-18NYI82374784-122625714.4%303419:56

John Tavares 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.