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Edmonton Oilers

Curtis Lazar

#20Center31 years oldShoots R6'0"203 lb

0.0 in 4 days
2025-26 regular season
45
GP
4
G
2
A
6
P
30
SOG
13.3% SH
8:55
TOI/GP

C · EDM · NHL id 8477508

Curtis Lazar has played 45 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2025-26, scoring 4 goals and 2 assists (6 points) on 30 shots while averaging 8:55 a night (8:21 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:33 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 52% of his 5v5 minutes with Darnell Nurse and 50% with Adam Henrique over the last 10 games, and the Oilers have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Lazar on the ice (11-14 in goals, 31% offensive-zone starts). In the Oilers' most recent game against ANA he was on L4 with Colton Dach and Josh Samanski and off the power play. He is shooting 13.3% this season against 8.8% across the 465 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 30 game vs ANA, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Colton DachJosh Samanski
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 12 games, 8:47 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine44444444443▲4▼0m3m7m10m13mMar 17Mar 21Mar 26Mar 31Apr 4Apr 8Apr 13Apr 20Apr 24Apr 28
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
12 games shown, 8:47 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 speed50th5022.2 mph
Bursts 20+ mph47th4756
Hardest shot30th3081.9 mph
Offensive-zone time4th537.6%
Distance skated31st3168.0 mi
High-danger SOG36th3617
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 · 74 attempts, 32 on goal, 4 goals

Shot map, OPP at EDM: 74 attempts, 32 on goal, 4 goals, 4.72 expected goals; best chance Curtis Lazar at 0.40 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 · 45 GP · 6 points vs 8.0 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -17. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

13.3%
99.1
54.5%
G vs xG
4 / 4.3
Goals against expected goals
0246-0.3goals below expected-0.1σ10/184/16
  • 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.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played45
  • Goals4481st
  • Assists2674th
  • Points6639th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal30647th
  • Hits95193rd
  • Blocked shots20586th
  • Plus/minus−3397th
  • Penalty minutes10608th
  • Faceoffs won178143rd

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 45 of 45 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.014
Season net
−0.09xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.130
Season
+0.38G
61.2%291 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 28-18 · NZ 44-28 · DZ 106-67

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.64
Attempts
4
0.106

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.41G
Per 60
−0.061
Drawn / taken
3 / 5minors

MethodLeaders
44.9%
51.1%
45.2%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
22.1
Turnovers lost/60
19.8

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
30 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot50%23%2
L Circle3%13%0
Center Point0%9%0
R Point0%6%0
L Point0%5%0
High Slot3%7%1
Crease7%3%0

Role changes

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

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How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 7, 2026 @ UTAOdd-man rushpass034.52-on-1
Jan 6, 2026 vs NSHRebound—025.6rebound
Dec 6, 2025 vs WPGRushloose355.1—
Oct 18, 2025 @ NJDOdd-man rushpass061.82-on-1
Mar 1, 2025 @ UTAForecheck turnover—051.3—
Oct 25, 2024 vs NYIForecheck turnover—159.1one-timer
Apr 2, 2024 vs PITForecheck turnover—019.1—
Jan 22, 2024 vs VGKDeflection—05.4deflection
Jan 22, 2024 vs VGKRebound—049.4one-timer, rebound
Nov 28, 2023 vs NYIRebound—06.4rebound
Nov 16, 2023 @ PITOdd-man rushcarry1*52.52-on-1
Nov 5, 2023 @ CHIOdd-man rushcarry015.12-on-1
Nov 3, 2023 @ STLForecheck turnover—027.1—

* 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 Lazar

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Lazar apartCF% mate apart
Ty EmbersonD43176:3443%43.8%60% (6-4)47.8% 191:4346.2% 434:28
Darnell NurseD48158:0838%42.0%22% (2-7)46.0% 246:2249.1% 771:17
Mattias JanmarkC26141:4934%50.9%33% (2-4)37.7% 68:5945.0% 118:28
Trent FredericC25137:5433%48.2%25% (1-3)43.9% 71:2553.9% 118:47
Jake WalmanD31101:5425%42.9%38% (3-5)47.7% 163:4248.7% 412:27
Adam HenriqueC1492:5622%46.5%50% (3-3)45.2% 32:0539.0% 61:08
Andrew MangiapaneLW1679:1219%41.4%50% (3-3)46.7% 58:4753.8% 94:15
Spencer StastneyD2278:5619%44.1%40% (2-3)50.3% 94:2448.4% 228:56
Brett KulakD1570:4417%41.0%33% (1-2)45.7% 62:0544.7% 167:05
Mattias EkholmD2752:2613%55.0%50% (3-3)41.4% 187:5656.7% 426:05
Evan BouchardD2750:4612%55.8%50% (2-2)44.3% 195:1654.9% 439:35
Connor MurphyD1249:2512%40.0%33% (1-2)46.3% 55:0045.6% 173:53
Max JonesLW749:1712%42.9%60% (3-2)23.8% 10:3852.9% 10:44
Alec RegulaD1743:5911%34.4%0% (0-4)47.4% 88:5450.5% 197:56

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 375 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards

48.2%

teammates' average xGF%

34th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.2%

opponents' average ice-time share

14th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Lazar's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Lazar's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Usage by score state

2025-26, 45 games.

Leading
9.4
min per 60
Tied
8.5
min per 60
Trailing
8.7
min per 60

Lazar plays 39 more seconds per 60 minutes when the team leads: a protect-the-lead role that loses minutes when the team falls behind. Power play: 0.0 min per 60 trailing, against 0.0 leading.

Garbage time: 2 of 6 points (33%) came with the team up or down 3+. League garbage-time table

Tonight's game-script forecast

Faceoffs

Dot map, splits and head-to-head →
Model rating
52.2%
90%: 49.4%–55.1% vs an average centre
2026-27
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0 of 0 so far: too early for a percentage
Next game
No projection yet.

Rating adjusts for opponents, home ice and dot side. All faceoff leaders

Game log

50 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 30PO@ ANAL 2-5000+1001050%4:284:28——
Apr 28POvs ANAW 4-10000005160%10:359:47—0:35
Apr 26PO@ ANAOTL 3-4000-1200038%9:018:57——
Apr 24PO@ ANAL 4-7000-1001055%7:307:08—0:22
Apr 22POvs ANAL 4-6000000500%8:047:57——
Apr 16vs VANW 6-1000-1106143%10:1410:14——
Apr 13vs COLOTL 1-20000001160%7:197:120:07—
Apr 11@ LAKL 0-10000102060%11:1811:08——
Apr 7@ UTAOTL 5-61010103025%7:517:51——
Apr 4vs VGKL 1-5000-1102088%10:4310:43——
Mar 31vs SEAW 3-0000+1102075%9:509:50——
Mar 28vs ANAW 4-20000102057%9:109:10——
Mar 3vs OTTW 5-400000030100%2:252:25——
Feb 28@ SJSL 4-50000004183%9:099:03——
Feb 26@ LAKW 8-1000+2001067%11:0311:03——
Feb 25@ ANAL 5-6000-1101169%10:139:12—1:01
Feb 4@ CGYL 3-4000-1100080%4:243:54—0:30
Jan 31vs MINL 3-70000121080%9:108:34—0:36
Jan 29vs SJSW 4-30000122250%8:457:34—1:11
Jan 26vs ANAW 7-40000103054%11:249:29—1:40

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations45401:238:5530041741.8%41.7%143195112035%13.021.123%
Even strength45375:268:2129434945.7%45.5%139158111444%12.915.631%
5v545375:268:2129434945.7%45.5%139158111444%12.915.631%
Power play30:220:0720100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.050%
Penalty kill3024:540:504685.6%5.8%337060%0.05.50%
4v53024:540:504685.6%5.8%337060%0.05.50%

Career by season

Regular season and playoffs since 2017-18. Seasons link to the team's stats that year; column headers open the league leaderboards.

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMSOGPPPSHPGWGHITBLKTKGVFOWFO%TOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsEDM5000-1020.0%000121121647.1%7:56
2025-26EDM45426-3103013.3%00195203917861.2%8:55
2024-25NJD48235-614277.4%0001071731120551.2%10:34
2023-24NJD7171825+1044749.5%01217964181617848.8%12:23
2022-23PlayoffsNJD610102425.0%000194001250.0%7:49
2022-23VAN, NJD49325-621555.5%0001385315514051.5%11:56
2021-22PlayoffsBOS7101+12911.1%000276001940.4%12:59
2021-22BOS708816-216958.4%01018651171113648.9%12:00
2020-21PlayoffsBOS10011-1060.0%000324403654.5%11:29
2020-21BUF, BOS507613-665512.7%001992218716047.8%13:19
2019-20BUF385510-393315.2%0107024131018551.2%11:50
2018-19CGY1000-100—0000100375.0%4:48
2017-18CGY6521012-823653.1%001130269184839.7%9:51
  • Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals.
  • Recording changed in 2024-25: giveaways roughly doubled and takeaways fell by a third, so compare within a season.

Curtis Lazar 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.