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Centre · #22

Hendrix Lapierre

Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins(traded during the season)
Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Gatineau, CAN
Draft
2020, round 1, #22 (WSH)

Career · 5 seasons

Games
162
Goals
14
Points
50
TOI per game
9:55
xGF% (5v5)
50.2%
Goals above expected
−3.2
ShowAll teamsWashington CapitalsPittsburgh Penguins

Season by season

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

2021–22WSH6101+29:35714.3%00.748.1%
After a break: 2023–24WSH5181422−111:265115.7%26.144.7%
2024–25WSH27088−39:48180.0%02.142.0%
2025–26WSH744121608:50537.5%07.757.1%
2026–27PIT4123−212:06250.0%20.656.4%
Total2 teams162143650−49:5513110.7%417.250.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.820406080100120140160
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Player card

Model-based

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

51st 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

3rd line
  • Goals /600.5229th pct
  • Assists /601.3481st pct
  • ixG /600.6431st pct
  • Goals above expected−3.234th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.2%61st pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.3%66th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.663rd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.3783rd pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game9:559th pct
  • PP time share12.1%37th pct
  • Offensive zone starts68.8%87th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%28th 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. Fedor SvechkovNSH0.84
  2. Zakhar BardakovCOL0.83
  3. Gage GoncalvesTBL0.74
  4. Matthew Poitras0.74
  5. Conor ShearyWSH/TBL/NYR0.74
  6. Adam Ruzicka0.67

Faceoffs

How often Lapierre wins the draw over 5 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 824+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

38.3%

276–444 · below the 824 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

38.4%

Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.

Wins above average

−83

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

Draws per game

5.1

720 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

34%171 · −0.442%171 · +2.635%75 · −0.458%36 · −1.238%34 · +1.817%18 · −8.529%31 · +0.135%74 · +2.045%110 · +1.1Attacking 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 zone39.4% 97–149
  • Neutral zone35.9% 104–186
  • Defensive zone40.8% 75–109

By strength

  • Even strength38.7% 272–431
  • Power play25.0% 4–12
  • Shorthanded0.0% 0–1

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2021–222326.1%25.9%
2023–2428037.5%37.2%
2024–2510139.6%40.2%
2025–2630139.9%40.2%
2026–271533.3%32.0%

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.

−3.2 goals above expected

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

−40−200+20+40+60

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 speed35.0 km/h73rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph669th pct
  • Hardest shot123.9 km/h51st pct
  • Distance skated9 km30th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.3%73rd 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

36.6 km/h66th pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 35.0 km/h, 19th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 36.3 km/h, 65th percentile (51 games)2024–25: 36.8 km/h, 72nd percentile (27 games)2025–26: 36.6 km/h, 66th percentile (74 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

12.393rd pct

▼ −1.3 since 2024–25

0510152021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 12.5, 94th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 15.5, 98th percentile (51 games)2024–25: 13.6, 96th percentile (27 games)2025–26: 12.3, 93rd percentile (74 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.5 km95th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 16.4 km, 92nd percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 16.7 km, 95th percentile (51 games)2024–25: 16.4 km, 91st percentile (27 games)2025–26: 16.5 km, 95th percentile (74 games)

Hardest shot

135.4 km/h33rd pct

▲ +4.7 km/h since 2024–25

11012013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 119.4 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 135.2 km/h, 19th percentile (51 games)2024–25: 130.6 km/h, 12th percentile (27 games)2025–26: 135.4 km/h, 33rd percentile (74 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.8%61st pct

▲ +3.0 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 40.9%, 38th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 39.4%, 21st percentile (51 games)2024–25: 39.7%, 21st percentile (27 games)2025–26: 42.8%, 61st percentile (74 games)