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Jeffrey Viel

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Anaheim Ducks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($775.0K CapHit)
Height	6'1"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	214	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age (DOB)	29 (Jan 28, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 16, 2026	Anaheim Ducks	Acquired from Boston Bruins
Jan 16, 2026	Boston Bruins	Traded to Anaheim Ducks
Apr 3, 2025	Boston Bruins	Assigned to AHL
Mar 31, 2025	Boston Bruins	Emergency Recall
Mar 5, 2025	Boston Bruins	Assigned to AHL
Mar 4, 2025	Boston Bruins	Recalled from AHL
Mar 3, 2025	Boston Bruins	Assigned to AHL
Feb 28, 2025	Boston Bruins	Recalled from AHL
Nov 20, 2024	Boston Bruins	Assigned to AHL
Nov 20, 2024	Boston Bruins	Recalled from AHL
Nov 19, 2024	Boston Bruins	Assigned to AHL
Nov 18, 2024	Boston Bruins	Recalled from AHL
Oct 7, 2024	Boston Bruins	Assigned to AHL
Oct 7, 2024	Boston Bruins	Cleared Waivers
Oct 6, 2024	Boston Bruins	Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2024	Boston Bruins	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 1, 2023	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jun 14, 2021	San Jose Sharks	Signed 2 years @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
May 29, 2019	San Jose Sharks	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

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2020-21	SJS	11	-2.14	-1.46	-1.41	-2.04	4.23	-1.74	-	-3.56
2021-22	SJS	34	-0.56	-1.00	0.25	0.04	-0.29	-0.67	-0.03	2.40
2022-23	SJS	4	-2.40	-1.69	-1.50	-3.12	4.04	-1.90	0.23	-1.33
2024-25	BOS	5	-	-	-	-4.05	4.46	-1.59	-0.26	2.19
2025-26	ANA, BOS	45	-1.38	-0.73	-1.19	-1.54	0.24	-0.98	0.05	-1.01

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2020-21	SJS	11	-3.12	-2.13	-2.21	-1.87	-1.16	2.11	-
2021-22	SJS	34	-2.22	-1.95	-2.00	-0.61	-1.33	-1.26	-
2022-23	SJS	4	-1.56	-1.86	-1.94	-0.73	-0.78	-0.08	-
2024-25	BOS	5	-2.78	-1.99	-2.15	1.41	0.34	-1.68	-
2025-26	ANA, BOS	45	-0.25	-1.73	-1.96	0.89	0.96	-0.26	-

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

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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.
2020-21	SJS	11	79:04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.65	-0.65	0.00	8.55	-8.55	0.00	18.18
2021-22	SJS	34	294:35	0.61	0.41	1.02	0.61	0.00	10.71	10.64	0.07	2.70	5.41
2022-23	SJS	4	35:52	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.80	-0.80	0.00	11.92	-11.92	0.00	20.00
2024-25	BOS	5	38:14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.72	-0.72	0.00	15.33	-15.33	0.00	20.00
2025-26	ANA	35	421:15	0.43	0.85	1.28	0.84	-0.41	6.52	12.79	-6.27	1.35	8.11
2025-26	BOS	10	90:36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.74	-0.74	0.00	10.16	-10.16	0.00	12.50
2025-26	ANA, BOS	45	511:51	0.35	0.70	1.06	0.82	-0.47	5.26	12.28	-7.02	1.11	8.89

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
2020-21	SJS	11	79:04	39.46	0.76	3.08	44.77	5.31	3.16	12.50	49.37	0.11	0.95	-8.02
2021-22	SJS	34	294:35	33.61	1.22	2.07	40.74	1.63	2.30	42.86	47.36	-0.27	-0.45	1.39
2022-23	SJS	4	35:52	33.46	1.67	3.19	51.86	1.67	3.47	50.00	47.86	1.04	0.05	9.33
2024-25	BOS	5	38:14	37.66	0.00	1.79	34.52	1.57	2.19	0.00	44.94	-0.34	0.19	-6.64
2025-26	ANA	35	421:15	49.00	2.71	3.05	40.88	3.13	2.99	46.34	50.50	0.06	0.30	-2.16
2025-26	BOS	10	90:36	50.99	1.99	3.09	35.10	2.65	1.89	42.86	62.00	0.16	-0.89	10.71
2025-26	ANA, BOS	45	511:51	49.35	2.58	3.06	39.86	3.05	2.79	45.83	52.24	0.08	0.08	-0.11

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
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% 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

2026 Elimination Eval: Anaheim Ducks at Blue Shirt Banter (Sat May 16, 2026)
Viel Taunting Oilers Bench Could Wind Up Being a Massive Mistake at The Hockey Writers (Sun Apr 26, 2026)
Georges Laraque affirme que Josh Anderson aurait dû geler Cutter Gauthier à la suite du coup de Viel sur Kirby Dach at HABSolument Fan (Mon Mar 16, 2026)
Jeffrey Viel explains why he refused to fight Arber Xhekaj after injuring Kirby Dach at Habs Fanatics (Mon Mar 16, 2026)
Jeffrey Viel explique pourquoi il a refusé de se battre avec Arber Xhekaj et Josh Anderson at Dans Les Coulisses (Mon Mar 16, 2026)
Jeffrey Viel's agent explains why Ducks forward refused to fight Arber Xhekaj after Dach hit at Habs Fanatics (Mon Mar 16, 2026)
Canadiens' Dach exits after hit from Ducks' Viel at ESPN (Sun Mar 15, 2026)
Canadiens' Kirby Dach leaves game after high hit from Ducks' Jeffrey Viel at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Mar 15, 2026)
Kirby Dach exits Canadiens game vs Ducks following high hit from Jeffrey Viel at Habs Fanatics (Sun Mar 15, 2026)
Bruins Trade Jeffrey Viel, Recall Billy Sweezey at Boston Hockey Now (Fri Jan 16, 2026)
Should Marco Sturm's comments make you feel better about Jeffrey Viel? at Causway Crowd (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Making sense of Bruins’ final roster cuts of training camp at Boston.com (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Boston Bruins forward is forcing tough decisions on the coaching staff at Causway Crowd (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Former Teammate of Noah Dobson Reveals What Canadiens Fans Can Expect From Him at Habs Fanatics (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Jeffrey Viel : « La pression de Montréal, ça va être correct pour Noah Dobson » at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Aug 12, 2025)

Current Contract

Jeffrey Viel signed a $1,550,000 2-year contract with the Boston Bruins and General Manager Don Sweeney on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.88% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	27	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$375,000	UFA
2025-26	28	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$1,150,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: Don Sweeney

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2024-25 is $400,000.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Jeffrey Viel signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on July 1, 2023 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.93% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	26		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA-Grp6
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.93

Jeffrey Viel signed a $1,500,000 2-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Doug Wilson on June 14, 2021 with an AAV of $750,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	24	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$225,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	25	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$275,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$500,000

Signed: June 14, 2021

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Doug Wilson

Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6

Cap %: 0.92

Note: Minimum guaranteed salary in 2022-23 is $325,000.

Jeffrey Viel signed a $1,560,000 2-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Doug Wilson on May 29, 2019 with an AAV of $780,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.96% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	22	$780,000	$800,000	$20,000	$80,000	$700,000	$780,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	23	$780,000	$800,000	$20,000	$80,000	$700,000	$780,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$40,000	$160,000	$1,400,000	$1,560,000	$140,000

Signed: May 29, 2019

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Doug Wilson

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

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	RICBAA	Richelieu Éclaireurs Bantam AA	33	6	12	18		28
2011-12	RICBAA	École Fadette Vert et Noir AAA R	33	12	13	25		54
2012-13	QMAAA	Saint-Hyacinthe Gaulois	41	10	9	19		44				13	4	6	10		12
2013-14	QMAAA	Saint-Hyacinthe Gaulois	42	22	23	45		80				3	1		1		12
2014-15	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	64	8	10	18	-19	121
2015-16	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	66	33	23	56	-4	132				5	2	5	7	-1	4
2016-17	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	63	35	25	60	+6	117				11	10	5	15	+1	16
2017-18	M-Cup	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	4	3	7	10	+6	4
2017-18	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	58	39	23	62	+29	127				20	14	9	23	+9	34
2018-19	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	68	11	11	22	-9	94				4	1		1	-3	6
2019-20	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	54	13	17	30	-11	103
2020-21	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	17	2	2	4	-3	31
2020-21	NHL	San Jose Sharks	11	0	0	0	-7	23	10	0.0	7:16
2021-22	NHL	San Jose Sharks	34	3	2	5	-2	114	30	10.0	8:48
2021-22	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	13	4	2	6	-1	20
2022-23	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	60	15	16	31	+2	150
2022-23	NHL	San Jose Sharks	4	0	0	0		2	4	0.0	9:10
2023-24	AHL	Manitoba Moose	69	17	23	40	-4	142				2				+1	6
2024-25	NHL	Boston Bruins	5	0	0	0	-1	14	3	0.0	7:41
2024-25	AHL	Providence Bruins	68	13	24	37	+14	148				8		1	1	-2	14
2025-26	NHL	Boston Bruins	10	0	0	0	-1	30	11	0.0	9:30
2025-26	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	35	3	7	10	-2	49	51	5.9	12:37	12	2	2	4	+1	17	17	11.8	12:10
NHL Career			99	6	9	15	-13	232	109	5.5	10:01	12	2	2	4	+1	17	17	11.8	12:10