Gage Goncalves

Gage Goncalves

C · Left shotThird LinerAge 256'2" · 193 lbMission, Canada
cap hit$1.2M2-year signingsigned July 1, 2025contract ledger →

Points by season

Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).

24: 0 pts02425: 20 pts2026: 33 pts332629PROJ27: 3 pts (projected 29)27

Pool value

Projected full-season fantasy worth.

28/100
why 28?

Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.

  • proj goals8 × 3+24
  • proj assists20 × 1+20
  • PP points6 × 0.5+3
  • game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
  • OT goals0 × 0.25+0
  • shots73 × 0.1+7.3
  • PIM0 × 0.05+0
  • ice time (min)1297 × 0.01+13
  • total67 pool points  ·  an elite forward season scores 24267 = 28/100

Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best forwards in the NHL — an elite season scores about 242 points, and that is what 100 means. So 67 points is 28 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (15 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.

The Situation

  • Minutes are shrinking: 13:37/game over the last 6, down 19% from 16:52 earlier in the season.
  • Off the net: 0.7 SOG/game lately vs 1.3 before — chances have dried up.
  • Hot window: 3.3 pts/10 over the last 6 vs 1.7/10 season baseline.
  • Availability: played 12 of 15 for TBL — missed 3 games (2026-10-15, 2026-11-08, 2026-11-11).
  • Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
  • Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.

Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.

Season stats

NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPPSHGTOI/GPGWGOTGSS%FOW%
2023-24Lightning2000060009:580000.0%0.0%
2024-25Lightning608122071412012:48106113.1%50.0%
2025-26Lightning74112233264102013:05207714.3%30.4%
2026-27Lightning160330001015:1200140.0%50.0%
84-G projLightning8482029—20—3—15:19——110——

84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 25 that is 1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.

Comparable player-seasons: Kyle Turris (2020-20) · Fedor Svechkov (2025-25) · Samuel Blais (2023-23) · Phillip Di Giuseppe (2023-23) · Max Jones (2023-23).

Goals — with the line

TimeSTTypeGoalHis lineOpp ice
Nov 3 · vs DET
P2 08:41EVAssist#? (Goncalves, Moser) → 3-0
Hagel · Goncalves
Crozier · Moser
Copp · Raymond · Mazur
Faulk · Wallinder
Tarasov (G)
Oct 29 · vs WPG
P2 15:56PPAssistCirelli (Holmberg, Goncalves) → 3-1
Cirelli · Holmberg · Goncalves · Geekie
Carlson
Lowry · Iafallo
Fleury · Ferraro
Skinner (G)
Oct 23 · @ COL
P3 15:13EVAssistD'Astous (Goncalves, Crozier) → 3-5
Point · Guentzel · Goncalves
Crozier · D'Astous
Svechkov · Schwartz · Kadri
Manson · Burns
Blackwood (G)

Line mates

Teammates sharing the most ice time with Gage over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).

PlayerShared minGP
J.J. Moser TBL5610
Conor Geekie TBL4810
Brayden Point TBL479
John Carlson TBL4610
Victor Hedman TBL4410

Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats