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Centre · #73

Teddy Blueger

Pittsburgh Penguins Vegas Golden Knights Vancouver Canucks Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Riga, LVA
Draft
2012, round 2, #52 (PIT)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
457
Goals
58
Points
169
TOI per game
14:32
xGF% (5v5)
49.0%
Goals above expected
−11.0
ShowAll teamsPittsburgh PenguinsVegas Golden KnightsVancouver CanucksToronto Maple Leafs

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19PIT286410+711:033318.2%03.249.5%
2019–20PIT6991322+215:491028.8%09.749.7%
2020–21PIT4371522+1014:514914.3%05.343.7%
2021–22PIT6591928+1215:01939.7%09.952.1%
2022–23PIT452810−712:46623.2%06.949.6%
2022–23VGK18246−213:16238.7%03.045.3%
2022–23All teams6341216−912:55854.7%09.948.0%
2023–24VAN6862228+414:56976.2%012.558.0%
2024–25VAN8281826−714:19948.5%013.145.7%
2025–26VAN359817−1216:315117.6%15.340.0%
2026–27TOR4000−110:3920.0%00.128.9%
Total4 teams45758111169+614:326069.6%169.049.0%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400
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Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

34th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.5229th pct
  • Assists /601.0063rd pct
  • ixG /600.6230th pct
  • Goals above expected−11.013th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.0%53rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.4%46th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.335th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.0534th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game14:3264th pct
  • PP time share2.3%18th pct
  • Offensive zone starts22.8%2nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%49th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. David KampfCHI/TOR/VAN0.93
  2. Nic DowdWSH/VGK0.93
  3. Michael McLeodNJD0.92
  4. Johan LarssonBUF/WSH0.92
  5. Colton SissonsNSH/VGK/TOR0.91
  6. Radek FaksaDAL/STL0.90

Faceoffs

How often Blueger wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1549+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

49.9%

2434–2440 · #100 of 196 regulars, 49th percentile

Against an average centre

50.1%

Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.

Wins above average

+6

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

11.0

4,874 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

53%1031 · +0.753%530 · +1.845%285 · +2.064%147 · +1.050%82 · +0.463%156 · −0.540%137 · +0.454%1156 · +1.742%1350 · +2.5Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone50.2% 409–406
  • Neutral zone54.0% 838–715
  • Defensive zone47.4% 1187–1319

By strength

  • Even strength52.1% 1920–1763
  • Power play50.0% 40–40
  • Shorthanded42.7% 474–636

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +6 after a win, −25 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2018–199244.6%44.9%
2019–2089045.2%45.8%
2020–2141348.7%48.6%
2021–2267253.1%53.4%
2022–2357552.0%52.3%
2023–2478153.1%53.3%
2024–25101550.2%50.2%
2025–2641448.1%47.9%
2026–272245.5%45.7%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−11.0 goals above expected

020406080100200300400Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.3 km/h28th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
  • Hardest shot130.3 km/h69th pct
  • Distance skated11 km40th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.6%26th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.8 km/h39th pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2024–25

3535.53636.53737.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.4 km/h, 66th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 69th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 30th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 35.4 km/h, 27th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 35.8 km/h, 39th percentile (35 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.337th pct

▲ +0.3 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 6.0, 58th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 5.8, 59th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 5.3, 53rd percentile (68 games)2024–25: 3.9, 33rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 4.3, 37th percentile (35 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km27th pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.4 km, 38th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 14.9 km, 21st percentile (63 games)2023–24: 14.8 km, 16th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 14.8 km, 9th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 15.1 km, 27th percentile (35 games)

Hardest shot

130.6 km/h13th pct

▼ −14.2 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 134.7 km/h, 16th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 130.7 km/h, 8th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 136.8 km/h, 26th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 144.9 km/h, 73rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 130.6 km/h, 13th percentile (35 games)

Offensive-zone time

37.1%3rd pct

▼ −2.6 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.3%, 32nd percentile (65 games)2022–23: 39.8%, 22nd percentile (63 games)2023–24: 41.0%, 40th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 39.7%, 20th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.1%, 3rd percentile (35 games)