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Photo of NHL player Jack Eichel

Vegas Golden Knights Logo Jack Eichel

Position Center Current Team Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots Right Current Contract 8 years ($10.0M CapHit)
Height 6'2" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 208 Extended 8 years ($13.5M CapHit)
Age (DOB) 29 (Oct 28, 1996) Expiry Age (Jun 30) 37
Drafted 2015, Round 1, Overall 2 (BUF) Expiry Status UFA 2034
Date Team Transaction
Oct 8, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 8 years @ $13.500M AAV starting in 2026-27
Oct 3, 2017 Buffalo Sabres Signed 8 years @ $10.000M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 1, 2015 Buffalo Sabres Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon


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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2015-16 BUF 81 0.36 0.07 0.22 0.22 -1.54 -0.01 - -0.23
2016-17 BUF 61 0.66 0.51 0.04 -0.09 -0.81 0.30 - -0.65
2017-18 BUF 67 1.48 0.55 1.36 1.18 -1.30 -0.70 - -0.43
2018-19 BUF 77 1.51 1.16 0.38 -0.21 0.19 -0.62 - -0.76
2019-20 BUF 68 0.15 -0.39 0.49 1.02 -1.21 0.82 - -0.29
2020-21 BUF 21 0.20 2.58 -1.31 -1.08 -1.29 -0.75 - -1.10
2021-22 VGK 34 0.01 -1.04 1.45 0.42 -1.37 0.13 2.45 1.86
2022-23 VGK 67 1.17 0.12 1.28 1.28 0.04 1.28 2.36 -0.24
2023-24 VGK 63 1.77 0.52 1.58 0.32 -0.07 0.48 1.50 0.28
2024-25 VGK 77 1.46 0.92 0.82 0.70 -1.04 0.67 2.18 0.42
2025-26 VGK 74 1.69 0.82 1.28 0.92 -0.64 0.81 2.43 0.23

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2015-16 BUF 81 1.25 0.86 -1.28 -0.79 -0.07 1.61 41.0
2016-17 BUF 61 1.70 1.54 -1.64 0.52 0.92 0.48 38.9
2017-18 BUF 67 1.27 1.45 -0.73 0.61 1.05 0.61 41.5
2018-19 BUF 77 1.38 1.46 -1.08 0.97 1.54 0.53 47.0
2019-20 BUF 68 2.19 1.88 -1.48 0.62 1.18 0.73 46.8
2020-21 BUF 21 1.66 1.86 -2.12 2.09 0.88 -2.58 49.7
2021-22 VGK 34 1.31 1.18 -1.94 -0.93 -0.63 0.90 48.5
2022-23 VGK 67 0.84 0.98 -1.08 1.09 1.11 -0.20 45.3
2023-24 VGK 63 0.61 1.47 0.98 0.79 0.74 -0.27 45.5
2024-25 VGK 77 1.01 1.62 1.19 0.16 0.57 0.56 45.6
2025-26 VGK 74 1.11 1.68 0.16 0.82 1.61 0.73 47.7

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2015-16 BUF 81 1151:25 0.63 0.89 1.51 0.59 0.03 7.41 7.03 0.38 4.02 1.34
2016-17 BUF 61 952:01 0.63 1.07 1.70 0.68 -0.05 5.88 6.32 -0.44 4.65 3.26
2017-18 BUF 67 960:07 1.00 1.06 2.06 0.62 0.38 10.67 6.66 4.00 2.58 2.06
2018-19 BUF 77 1151:10 0.78 1.62 2.40 0.87 -0.09 7.50 8.36 -0.86 2.83 5.67
2019-20 BUF 68 1105:39 0.92 0.92 1.85 0.66 0.26 12.50 8.93 3.57 5.61 2.55
2020-21 BUF 21 321:22 0.19 1.31 1.49 0.47 -0.28 2.94 7.41 -4.47 2.13 2.13
2021-22 VGK 34 512:35 1.17 0.59 1.76 1.00 0.17 10.10 8.65 1.45 4.27 2.56
2022-23 VGK 67 947:59 1.27 1.20 2.47 0.86 0.40 12.90 8.78 4.12 6.32 7.37
2023-24 VGK 63 841:39 1.07 1.35 2.42 0.92 0.15 9.26 7.99 1.27 4.88 7.80
2024-25 VGK 77 1148:29 1.04 1.41 2.46 0.84 0.20 12.99 10.49 2.49 3.45 4.43
2025-26 VGK 74 1074:27 1.17 1.45 2.62 0.87 0.30 12.14 9.00 3.13 3.90 6.06

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2015-16 BUF 81 1151:25 37.41 2.03 1.93 44.55 2.50 2.36 44.83 44.99 0.03 0.34 -3.38
2016-17 BUF 61 952:01 43.42 2.27 2.25 46.26 2.77 2.51 45.00 47.30 0.21 0.18 0.55
2017-18 BUF 67 960:07 42.81 2.44 2.28 44.49 2.87 2.40 45.88 48.65 0.44 0.20 3.23
2018-19 BUF 77 1151:10 47.95 3.18 3.00 45.08 3.18 2.63 50.00 53.25 0.88 0.08 7.84
2019-20 BUF 68 1105:39 43.03 2.93 2.26 42.71 2.50 2.35 54.00 49.01 0.19 0.11 1.07
2020-21 BUF 21 321:22 41.45 1.87 2.39 34.17 2.99 1.99 38.46 54.55 0.24 -0.54 8.67
2021-22 VGK 34 512:35 45.53 2.69 2.70 41.55 1.99 2.37 57.50 53.24 -0.23 -0.09 -1.07
2022-23 VGK 67 947:59 44.75 3.61 2.90 42.79 2.22 2.60 61.96 52.75 0.33 -0.04 3.44
2023-24 VGK 63 841:39 45.27 3.07 2.75 40.21 2.35 2.30 56.58 54.46 0.32 0.04 2.65
2024-25 VGK 77 1148:29 44.41 3.55 2.98 40.85 2.14 2.37 62.39 55.75 0.54 0.12 3.64
2025-26 VGK 74 1074:27 46.46 3.69 3.20 37.69 2.46 2.37 60.00 57.47 0.84 0.21 5.21

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season
Season Teammate Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Jack Eichel signed an $80,000,000 8-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Jason Botterill on October 3, 2017 with an AAV of $10,000,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 12.58% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2018-19 21 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 RFA
2019-20 22 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 RFA-arb
2020-21 23 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - $7,500,000 $2,500,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 RFA-arb
2021-22 24 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 RFA-arb
2022-23 25 NMC $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - $7,500,000 $2,500,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 UFA
2023-24 26 NMC $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 UFA
2024-25 27 NMC $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 UFA
2025-26 28 NMC $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 UFA
Total - $15,000,000 $65,000,000 $80,000,000 $80,000,000
Signed: Oct 3, 2017
Team: Buffalo Sabres
GM: Jason Botterill
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 12.58

Contract Extension

Jack Eichel signed an $108,000,000 8-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on October 8, 2025 with an AAV of $13,500,000. This contract will start in 2026-27 and end after the 2033-34 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 12.98% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2026-27 29 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $16,850,000 $850,000 $17,700,000 $17,700,000 UFA
2027-28 30 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $16,800,000 $900,000 $17,700,000 $17,700,000 UFA
2028-29 31 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $16,250,000 $950,000 $17,200,000 $17,200,000 UFA
2029-30 32 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $11,800,000 $1,000,000 $12,800,000 $12,800,000 UFA
2030-31 33 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $9,400,000 $1,250,000 $10,650,000 $10,650,000 UFA
2031-32 34 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $9,400,000 $1,250,000 $10,650,000 $10,650,000 UFA
2032-33 35 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $9,400,000 $1,250,000 $10,650,000 $10,650,000 UFA
2033-34 36 NMC $13,500,000 $13,500,000 - $9,400,000 $1,250,000 $10,650,000 $10,650,000 UFA
Total - $99,300,000 $8,700,000 $108,000,000 $108,000,000
Signed: Oct 8, 2025
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 12.98

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Jack Eichel signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Tim Murray on July 1, 2015 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.30% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2015-16 18 $925,000 $3,775,000 $2,850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2016-17 19 $925,000 $3,775,000 $2,850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2017-18 20 $925,000 $3,775,000 $2,850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $8,550,000 $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: July 1, 2015
Team: Buffalo Sabres
GM: Tim Murray
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2010-11 EmJHL Boston Jr. Bruins 40 15 21 36 16 7 2 5 7 6
2011-12 EJHL Bos. Jr. Bruins 3 0 0 0
2011-12 EmJHL Bos. Jr. Bruins 36 39 47 86 36 5 3 1 4
2012-13 USHL USNTDP 35 13 14 27 -12 14 123 1,060.0
2012-13 U-17 USNTDP 16 15 8 23 10
2012-13 U-18 USNTDP 7 1 1 2 6
2013-14 U-18 USNTDP 29 18 24 42 22
2013-14 USHL USNTDP 24 20 25 45 +20 20 95 2,110.0
2013-14 WJ18-A USA 7 5 5 10 +6 2 42
2014-15 H-East Boston University 40 26 45 71 28
2014-15 WJC-A USA 5 1 3 4 -3 6 21
2015-16 NHL Buffalo Sabres 81 24 32 56 -16 22 238 10.1 19:07
2016-17 NHL Buffalo Sabres 61 24 33 57 -13 22 249 9.6 19:55
2016-17 WC USA 8 0 5 5 -1 4
2016-17 WCup Team North America 3 1 1 2
2017-18 NHL Buffalo Sabres 67 25 39 64 -25 32 246 10.2 20:09
2018-19 NHL Buffalo Sabres 77 28 54 82 -11 26 303 9.2 20:26
2018-19 WC USA 8 2 6 8 +2 2
2019-20 NHL Buffalo Sabres 68 36 42 78 +5 34 227 15.9 22:06
2020-21 NHL Buffalo Sabres 21 2 16 18 -9 6 61 3.3 20:30
2021-22 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 34 14 11 25 +3 10 133 10.5 19:24
2022-23 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 67 27 39 66 +26 6 223 12.1 18:46 22 6 20 26 +14 14 71 8.5 19:00
2023-24 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 63 31 37 68 +4 27 278 11.2 20:31 7 3 4 7 23 13.0 21:21
2024-25 4 Nations United States 4 0 4 4 +1 5 0.0 20:47
2024-25 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 77 28 66 94 +32 8 233 12.0 20:32 11 1 9 10 -8 30 3.3 23:08
2025-26 OG USA 6 2 4 6 +5 2 25 8.0 18:17
2025-26 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 74 27 63 90 +23 18 260 10.4 21:12 13 1 15 16 +6 10 38 2.6 22:30
NHL Career 690 266 432 698 +19 211 2451 10.8 20:16 53 11 48 59 +12 24 162 6.8 21:01