James Neal

Springfield Thunderbirds

38 y.o.

Left Wing

🏒Left Shot

Canada

Drafted33rd Overallby

Dallas Starsin2005

Career Summary

James Neal played 14 NHL SEASONS from 2008-09 to 2021-22 for the Stars, Penguins, Predators, Knights, Flames, Oilers, and Blues. Across his NHL career, Neal recorded 296 GOALS and 263 ASSISTS for 559 CAREER POINTS. In the playoffs, Neal added 33 GOALS and 58 POINTS in 110 games.

Statistics

Per game

International

Regular Season Stats


2002-03	ETAMMHL	Whitby Wildcats Minor Midget AAA	47	18	23	41	0	-	-	47
2003-04	OPJHL	Bowmanville	43	28	27	55	-	-	-	-
2003-04	OHL	Plymouth	9	2	4	6	-	-	-	0
2004-05	OHL	Plymouth	67	18	26	44	-5	-	-	32
2005-06	OHL	Plymouth	66	21	37	58	1	-	-	109
2006-07	OHL	Plymouth	45	27	38	65	28	-	-	94
2007-08	AHL	Iowa	62	18	19	37	1	-	-	63
2008-09	NHL	Dallas Stars	77	24	13	37	-11	171	14.0%	51
2008-09	AHL	Manitoba	5	4	1	5	4	-	-	2
2009-10	NHL	Dallas Stars	78	27	28	55	-5	200	13.5%	64
2010-11	NHL	Dallas Stars	59	21	18	39	8	160	13.1%	60
2010-11	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	20	1	5	6	-1	52	1.9%	6
2011-12	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	40	41	81	6	329	12.2%	87
2012-13	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	40	21	15	36	5	136	15.4%	26
2013-14	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	59	27	34	61	15	238	11.3%	55
2014-15	NHL	Nashville Predators	67	23	14	37	12	221	10.4%	57
2015-16	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	31	27	58	27	268	11.6%	65
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	70	23	18	41	-10	202	11.4%	35
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	71	25	19	44	-11	202	12.4%	24
2018-19	NHL	Calgary Flames	63	7	12	19	-5	141	5.0%	28
2019-20	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	55	19	12	31	-20	112	17.0%	12
2020-21	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	29	5	5	10	-2	51	9.8%	11
2021-22	NHL	St. Louis Blues	19	2	2	4	-1	31	6.5%	0
2021-22	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	28	14	12	26	-1	-	-	10

NHL Totals	–	869	296	263	559	7	2514	11.8%	581
AHL Totals	–	95	36	32	68	4	-	-	75

Juniors Totals	–	187	68	105	173	24	-	-	235

Scores a goal every 2.0 games

Records an assist every 2.3 games

Earns a point every 1.1 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 5.6 games

Playoff Stats


2003-04	OJHL	Bowmanville Eagles	15	12	3	15	-	-	-	22
2004-05	OHL	Plymouth	4	1	1	2	0	-	-	6
2005-06	OHL	Plymouth	13	9	7	16	5	-	-	33
2006-07	OHL	Plymouth	20	13	12	25	7	-	-	54
2006-07	M-Cup	Plymouth	5	5	1	6	-	-	-	42
2010-11	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	1	1	2	-1	20	5.0%	6
2011-12	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	2	4	6	-3	28	7.1%	12
2012-13	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	13	6	4	10	-3	51	11.8%	8
2013-14	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	13	2	2	4	2	49	4.1%	24
2014-15	NHL	Nashville Predators	6	4	1	5	0	25	16.0%	8
2015-16	NHL	Nashville Predators	14	4	4	8	1	47	8.5%	8
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	22	6	3	9	-8	67	9.0%	14
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	20	6	5	11	0	64	9.4%	12
2018-19	NHL	Calgary Flames	4	0	0	0	-3	7	0.0%	0
2019-20	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	4	2	1	3	3	11	18.2%	0
2020-21	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.0%	0
2021-22	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	17	4	8	12	-2	-	-	10

NHL Totals	–	110	33	25	58	-13	372	8.9%	92
AHL Totals	–	17	4	8	12	-2	-	-	10

Juniors Totals	–	37	23	20	43	12	-	-	93

Scores a goal every 4.3 games

Records an assist every 2.1 games

Earns a point every 1.4 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 3.4 games

Last 5 Games

Season	Opponent	Date	+/-	S	Shifts	TOI
Regular	vs TOR	Jan 15	0	1	18	13:42
Regular	vs SEA	Jan 13	0	1	16	11:25
Regular	vs VGK	Nov 22	1	2	13	10:43
Regular	@ DAL	Nov 20	-1	3	14	10:20
Regular	vs SJS	Nov 18	0	1	16	13:05