Austin Watson

Detroit Red Wings

34 y.o.

Left Wing

🏒Right Shot

United States

Drafted18th Overallby

Nashville Predatorsin2010

Career Summary

Austin Watson played 11 NHL SEASONS from 2012-13 to 2024-25 for the Predators, Senators, Lightning, and Wings. Across his NHL career, Watson recorded 63 GOALS and 58 ASSISTS for 121 CAREER POINTS. In the playoffs, Watson added 10 GOALS and 19 POINTS in 45 games.

Statistics

Per game

International

Regular Season Stats


2005-06	T1EMBHL	Compuware Bantam Minor AAA	28	10	26	36	0	-	-	18
2006-07	T1EBHL	Compuware Bantam Major AAA	29	24	38	62	0	-	-	55
2007-08	T1EHL U16	Compuware U16	31	12	28	40	0	-	-	36
2008-09	OHL	Windsor	63	10	19	29	15	-	-	41
2009-10	OHL	Windsor	42	11	23	34	11	-	-	14
2009-10	OHL	Peterborough	10	9	11	20	5	-	-	8
2010-11	OHL	Peterborough	68	34	34	68	-38	-	-	54
2010-11	AHL	Milwaukee	5	0	0	0	0	2	0.0%	0
2011-12	OHL	Peterborough	32	14	19	33	-1	-	-	33
2011-12	OHL	London	29	11	24	35	3	-	-	14
2012-13	NHL	Nashville Predators	6	1	0	1	-2	4	25.0%	0
2012-13	AHL	Milwaukee	72	20	17	37	4	163	12.3%	22
2013-14	AHL	Milwaukee	76	22	24	46	4	192	11.5%	24
2014-15	AHL	Milwaukee	76	26	18	44	-2	159	16.4%	34
2015-16	NHL	Nashville Predators	57	3	7	10	-4	55	5.5%	32
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	77	5	12	17	14	90	5.6%	99
2016-17	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	3	1	0	1	1	-	-	9
2017-18	NHL	Nashville Predators	76	14	5	19	2	96	14.6%	123
2018-19	NHL	Nashville Predators	37	7	9	16	11	64	10.9%	39
2018-19	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	2	4	0	4	3	-	-	0
2019-20	NHL	Nashville Predators	53	6	8	14	-9	50	12.0%	65
2020-21	NHL	Ottawa Senators	34	3	7	10	-7	41	7.3%	40
2021-22	NHL	Ottawa Senators	67	10	6	16	-3	88	11.4%	91
2022-23	NHL	Ottawa Senators	75	9	2	11	-7	79	11.4%	123
2023-24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	33	2	2	4	2	17	11.8%	93
2024-25	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	13	3	0	3	1	13	23.1%	17
2024-25	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	60	19	23	42	10	-	-	112
2025-26	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	62	12	12	24	2	-	-	146

NHL Totals	–	528	63	58	121	-2	597	10.6%	722
AHL Totals	–	356	104	94	198	22	516	20.2%	347

Juniors Totals	–	244	89	130	219	-5	-	-	164

UsingAHLstats

Scores a goal every 5.2 games

Records an assist every 5.2 games

Earns a point every 2.6 games

Gets 2.4 PIMs per game

Playoff Stats


2008-09	OHL	Windsor	20	0	3	3	1	-	-	15
2008-09	M-Cup	Windsor	5	0	1	1	-1	-	-	2
2009-10	OHL	Peterborough	4	2	0	2	-4	-	-	2
2010-11	AHL	Milwaukee	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	0
2011-12	OHL	London	19	10	7	17	10	-	-	10
2011-12	M-Cup	London	4	2	3	5	0	13	15.4%	0
2012-13	AHL	Milwaukee	4	1	0	1	0	10	10.0%	0
2013-14	AHL	Milwaukee	3	0	0	0	-3	8	0.0%	6
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	22	4	5	9	3	28	14.3%	28
2017-18	NHL	Nashville Predators	13	5	3	8	3	25	20.0%	12
2018-19	NHL	Nashville Predators	6	1	1	2	-2	14	7.1%	6
2019-20	NHL	Nashville Predators	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.0%	2
2024-25	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	3	0	0	0	-3	-	-	4
2025-26	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	0

NHL Totals	–	45	10	9	19	4	73	13.7%	48
AHL Totals	–	14	1	0	1	-6	18	5.6%	10

Juniors Totals	–	43	12	10	22	7	-	-	27

Last 5 Games

Season	Opponent	Date	G	P	+/-	S	Shifts	TOI
Regular	@ TOR	Apr 17	1	1	0	4	18	14:00
Regular	@ NJD	Apr 16	0	0	0	1	13	7:12
Regular	vs DAL	Apr 14	0	0	0	1	15	10:14
Regular	@ TBL	Apr 11	0	0	1	0	14	9:52
Regular	@ FLA	Apr 10	0	0	0	0	17	11:31