Lucas
Raymond
L · DET · Offensive · Excellent
- PAL
- 82
- WAR
- 2.9
- Value
- 64
- PTS
- 76
2025-26№ 36 / 615
Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Lucas Raymond
#23LPlays: Left wing · 0% of faceoffs
Detroit Red Wings
HEIGHT : 180 cm · WEIGHT : 85 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : March 27, 2002 · Gothenburg, Sweden
Drafted : 2020 · DET · round 1, pick #4
Contract : $8,075,000 · 2024-25 → 2031-32 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFAM-NMC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025-26 | Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 18 |
| 2023-24 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 31 | 41 | 72 | 30 |
| 2022-23 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 24 |
| 2021-22 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 16 |
| NHL totals | 418 | 129 | 217 | 346 | 118 | |
Lucas Raymond: our analysis
2025-26 season: 80 GP, 25 G, 51 A, 76 PTS, +1 +/-, 18:48 TOI. WAR 2.9 (36th of 615) · PAL 82, excellent.
In 2025-26, Lucas Raymond, 24, posts a PAL Rating of 82 out of 100 (excellent), and his WAR of 2.9 ranks 36th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: discipline (96, among the best in the league), offense (92, among the best in the league) and power play (92, among the best in the league). On the other hand, creation (17, well below average) and defense (37, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+5.3); his biggest cost: EV defense (-0.4).
A marked decline: his PAL was 91 in 2024-25, against 82 now; his WAR, though, went from 2.4 to 2.9.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 64 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Lucas Raymond's story
Growing up in Göteborg with a French father, Lucas Raymond came up through Frölunda HC’s system and reached the senior level unusually early. He debuted in the SHL on 4 October 2018 at age 16 and scored his first professional goal on 28 December 2018 against Skellefteå AIK.
Following his emergence in Sweden — including appearances on Frölunda’s Champions Hockey League-winning sides noted in the sources — Raymond was taken fourth overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with Detroit on 17 April 2021 and arrived in North America ready to compete for a roster spot.
Raymond made the Red Wings opening-night lineup for 2021–22, recorded his first NHL goal on 19 October 2021 against Joonas Korpisalo and not long after scored his first NHL hat trick on 24 October versus Marc-André Fleury and the Chicago Blackhawks, a game in which he collected four points. His early-season play earned him NHL Rookie of the Month for November 2021. Over the following seasons he became a leading contributor, topping Detroit’s scoring in 2023–24 with 72 points (31 goals, 41 assists) and signing an eight-year, $64.6 million extension on 16 September 2024.
The next stretch of seasons brought further milestones: his first shorthanded goal came on 26 October 2024, he set a new personal high of 80 points in 2024–25, and on 11 October 2025 he scored his 100th NHL goal (a go-ahead power-play tally). On 8 January 2026 he logged his 300th NHL point, becoming the third youngest Red Wing to reach that mark after Steve Yzerman and Marcel Dionne. In April 2026 his and Moritz Seider’s play helped make 2025–26 the first Red Wings campaign since 2007–08 to include multiple players with 50+ assists.
Internationally, Raymond made a decisive impact early by netting a hat trick capped by an overtime winner against Russia to secure Sweden’s first-ever medal at the 2019 U18 Worlds. He served as an alternate captain for Sweden at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships, claiming bronze both years and producing 11 points in 2025, including key goals in the quarterfinal and bronze-medal games. At the 2026 Olympic tournament in Milan he posted one goal and a tournament-record eight assists in five games, finishing third overall in scoring before Sweden fell in the quarter-final to the United States.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 20:13
- PP TOI/GP
- 3:49
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:15
- Pts/GP
- 0.89
- EV points
- 7
- Hits
- 8
- Blocks
- 5
- Takeaways
- 7
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 54.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 31.8 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
78between 55 and 94 (80% range)
- Goals
- 27
- Assists
- 51
- Games
- 83
So far: 16 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.96 pts per game (last season: 0.95).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 0.88 in 23-24, 0.95 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 91 → 82
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 24: usually still improving
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 84 %
86
High-end
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 71
- Confidence 87 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 85
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 90
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 64
- Confidence 87 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 51
- Confidence 66 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 96
- Confidence 87 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 88
- Confidence 84 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 79
- Confidence 84 %
- DF
- Defense
- 74
- Confidence 82 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 90
- Confidence 60 %
- EX
- Experience
- 61
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)36.5 · 81
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.199 · 74
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.3 · 79
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.5 · 77
ST — Strength71
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.25 · 77
- Body mass (50 %)-0.896 · 68
EN — Endurance85
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.1 · 85
- Total ice time (20 %)1,427 · 88
- Shift length (15 %)47.6 · 80
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)16.2 · 85
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.166 · 84
DU — Durability90
- Share of games played (100 %)0.89 · 90
CK — Checking64
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.511 · 63
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.259 · 66
- Season volume (10 %)3.784 · 68
FG — Fighting51
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.656 · 51
DI — Discipline96
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.102 · 96
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.507 · 82
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.104 · 87
PA — Passing88
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)1.137 · 90
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.76 · 90
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.06 · 72
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)6.239 · 91
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.567 · 78
SC — Scoring79
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.074 · 80
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.834 · 71
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.964 · 87
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.216 · 70
- xG per shot (10 %)0.078 · 68
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14.9 · 78
DF — Defense74
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.027 · 70
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.05 · 78
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.673 · 71
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.098 · 86
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.4 · 77
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.7 · 78
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)1.58 · 60
PS — Penalty shot90
- Shootouts (60 %)36.4 · 92
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience61
- Career regular-season games (65 %)85
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall86
- SC · Scoring (28 %)79
- PA · Passing (22 %)88
- DF · Defense (18 %)74
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- EN · Endurance (8 %)85
- DI · Discipline (5 %)96
- ST · Strength (4 %)71
- CK · Checking (3 %)64
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 86 | 79 | 79 | 74 |
| 2024-25 | 85 | 77 | 80 | 72 |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 76 | 81 | 66 |
| 2022-23 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 65 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
2.9
wins above replacement
36 of 615
PAL Rating
82/ 100
Performance · Excellent
76 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
64/ 100
Good value
8.08 M$ · expected PAL 72
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 79
- Defense
- 44
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- Offense
- 92
- Creation
- 17
- Shooting
- 64
- Possession
- 59
- Defense
- 37
- Discipline
- 96
- Power play
- 92
- Penalty kill
- 65
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DET | 2.9 | 82 | 64 | 8.08 M$ |
| 2024-25 | DET | 2.4 | 91 | 81 | 8.08 M$ |
| 2023-24 | DET | 2.5 | 73 | 84 | 0.93 M$ |
| 2022-23 | DET | 0.5 | 21 | 32 | 0.93 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
96/ 100
Elite
better than 96% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
66/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
99/ 100
Elite
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 15 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 84
- Shot selection
- 13
- Penalties drawn
- 93
- Puck management
- 36
Defense
- Takeaways
- 91
- Discipline
- 90
- Safe zone exits
- 91
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DET | 96 | 66 | 99 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 84 | 65 | 83 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 99 | 99 | 89 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 83 | 56 | 88 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.9
wins above replacement
1.5 to 4.7 — 90% interval
36 of 615 forwards
+15.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +2.2
- EV defense
- -0.4
- Power play
- +1.8
- Penalty kill
- +0.1
- Shooting
- +5.3
- Penalties
- +2.5
- Average → replacement
- +3.7
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DET | 80 | 2.9 | 1.5 to 4.7 | 36/615 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 78 | 2.4 | 0.8 to 3.9 | 54/596 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 82 | 2.5 | 0.9 to 4.1 | 48/608 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 74 | 0.5 | -0.3 to 2.2 | 208/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 148.0 km/h96th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.2 km/h77th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 2772nd percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 46.4 %90th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 95.1 km97th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 6.16 km94th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 43.2 %84th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.4 %19th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 36.2 %88th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 5597th percentile | 687th percentile | 10.9 %38th percentile |
| High danger | 1278th percentile | 386th percentile | 25.0 %68th percentile |
| Mid range | 2799th percentile | 396th percentile | 11.1 %48th percentile |
| Long range | 695th percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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TBL
FLA
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EDM
CGY
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SJS
PHI
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NYRLucas Raymond: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Lucas Raymond have in 2026-27?
Lucas Raymond has 6 goals and 16 points (10 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Lucas Raymond?
Lucas Raymond is 24 years old: he was born on March 28, 2002.
How tall is Lucas Raymond, and how much does he weigh?
Lucas Raymond is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 187 lb (85 kg).
Where is Lucas Raymond from?
Sweden: Lucas Raymond was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
What team does Lucas Raymond play for?
Lucas Raymond plays for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, at L, wearing number 23.
Is Lucas Raymond injured?
No: Lucas Raymond is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Lucas Raymond?
Lucas Raymond produced 2.9 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 36th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 82 out of 100: excellent for his position.
How much does Lucas Raymond make?
Lucas Raymond earns $8.1M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 64 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Lucas Raymond's contract end?
Lucas Raymond's contract runs through the 2031-32 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NMC clause.
Is Lucas Raymond overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 64 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Lucas Raymond a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 36th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Lucas Raymond getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 91 in 2024-25 to 82 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Lucas Raymond played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Lucas Raymond has 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists).
What are Lucas Raymond's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Lucas Raymond has 418 games, 129 goals, 217 assists and 346 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 80 points in 82 games.
Where was Lucas Raymond drafted?
Lucas Raymond was drafted 4th overall (round 1) by Detroit Red Wings in 2020.
Is Lucas Raymond better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.70 points per game at home (7 in 10 games) and 1.13 on the road (9 in 8 games).
How does Lucas Raymond perform in the playoffs?
Lucas Raymond has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Lucas Raymond?
Jared McCann: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jared McCann's page →Is Lucas Raymond a good fantasy pick?
Yes, a solid pick: our projection has him at 78 points in 2026-27, or 0.94 points per game.
What is Lucas Raymond's nationality?
Lucas Raymond is Swedish. Internationally: Sweden — gold medal at the 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship; bronze medals at the 2024 and 2025 IIHF World Championships; played at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
What awards has Lucas Raymond won?
NHL Rookie of the Month — November 2021.
How many championships has Lucas Raymond won?
3: 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship — gold with Sweden; 2024 IIHF World Championship — bronze with Sweden; 2025 IIHF World Championship — bronze with Sweden.
Where did Lucas Raymond play before turning pro?
Frölunda HC (SHL) — made professional debut on 4 October 2018.
How many points is Lucas Raymond projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 78 points in 83 games in 2026-27 (55 to 94 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Detroit Red Wings teammates
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