Tyson
Foerster
R · PHI · Defensive · Very good
- PAL
- 76
- WAR
- 1.7
- Value
- 69
- PTS
- 17
2025-26№ 79 / 615
Tyson Foerster (Philadelphia Flyers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Tyson Foerster
#71RPlays: Right wing · 0% of faceoffs
Philadelphia Flyers
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 98 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : January 17, 2002 · Alliston, Canada
Drafted : 2020 · PHI · round 1, pick #23
Contract : $3,750,000 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract (Extension) · RFA (Arb)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Philadelphia Flyers | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025-26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 29 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | Philadelphia Flyers | 81 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 49 |
| 2023-24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 77 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 32 |
| 2022-23 | Philadelphia Flyers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| NHL totals | 212 | 64 | 41 | 105 | 121 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Playoff totals | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Tyson Foerster: our analysis
2025-26 season: 29 GP, 13 G, 4 A, 17 PTS, +8 +/-, 17:18 TOI. WAR 1.7 (79th of 615) · PAL 76, very good.
In 2025-26, Tyson Foerster, 24, posts a PAL Rating of 76 out of 100 (very good), and his WAR of 1.7 ranks 79th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: shooting (92, among the best in the league), defense (92, among the best in the league) and power play (71, above average). On the other hand, discipline (8, among the weakest in the league) and creation (30, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+6.7); his biggest cost: penalties (-0.7).
A slight dip from 2024-25, when his PAL was 80; his WAR, though, went from 1.7 to 1.7.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 69 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Tyson Foerster's story
Growing up in Alliston, Ontario, Foerster emerged through the minor ranks and turned heads with a productive season for the Barrie Jr. Colts, scoring 20 goals and compiling 61 points in 34 games and contributing five goals across five OHL Cup appearances. Those youth results established his profile as a goal-producing forward early on.
Barrie selected him 55th overall in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection, and he settled into junior hockey quickly, netting his first Barrie goal on October 7 in a 4–2 victory over Kingston. His second OHL season included a 13-game points streak with six straight multi-point contests, a stretch that helped him set new personal highs in both goals and assists and drew attention from NHL scouts.
Foerster’s stock rose ahead of the 2020 draft after a strong showing at the CHL Top Prospects Game—two goals and a Player of the Game nod for Team White—and he was taken 23rd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers, signing an entry-level deal on October 14, 2020. With the OHL paused, he attended Flyers camp and was reassigned to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms camp in January 2021 to continue developing; a collision in his Phantoms debut on February 6, 2021 resulted in a broken tibia that sidelined him briefly.
He made his NHL debut on March 9, 2023 against the Carolina Hurricanes, playing nearly 14 minutes, blocking three shots and recording two shots on goal. He earned his first NHL assist on March 17 and scored his first NHL goal the following day against Frederik Andersen. After totaling three goals in eight NHL games, he was loaned back to the Phantoms on March 26. On July 1, 2026, he signed an eight-year contract extension with the Flyers.
Foerster characterizes his game simply: a shoot-first winger who also brings playmaking ability—an offensive player comfortable finishing chances and setting up teammates.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 17:15
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:24
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:23
- Pts/GP
- 0.28
- EV points
- 4
- Hits
- 33
- Blocks
- 13
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 47.9 %
- Off. zone starts
- 27.3 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
28between 12 and 44 (80% range)
- Goals
- 18
- Assists
- 10
- Games
- 62
So far: 5 pts in 18 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.53 pts per game (last season: 0.59).
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
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.43 in 23-24, 0.59 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 80 → 76
Outlook, age included
↑ Trending 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 76 %
77
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 61
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 81
- Confidence 80 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 76
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 62
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 72
- Confidence 80 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 77
- Confidence 55 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 65
- Confidence 80 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 61
- Confidence 76 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 81
- Confidence 76 %
- DF
- Defense
- 90
- Confidence 72 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 88
- Confidence 43 %
- EX
- Experience
- 65
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating61
- Top speed (35 %)34.9 · 56
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)3.34 · 61
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.1 · 74
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.5 · 63
ST — Strength81
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.989 · 75
- Body mass (50 %)0.755 · 83
EN — Endurance76
- Ice time per game (45 %)16 · 80
- Total ice time (20 %)485 · 54
- Shift length (15 %)44.7 · 69
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)15.6 · 83
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.722 · 80
DU — Durability62
- Share of games played (100 %)0.71 · 62
CK — Checking72
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.131 · 73
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.647 · 76
- Season volume (10 %)3.332 · 63
FG — Fighting77
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.863 · 77
DI — Discipline65
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.011 · 65
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.745 · 72
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.68 · 70
PA — Passing61
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.473 · 59
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.388 · 67
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.037 · 69
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.728 · 63
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.315 · 64
SC — Scoring81
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.118 · 82
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.879 · 76
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.978 · 87
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.477 · 78
- xG per shot (10 %)0.081 · 79
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13.9 · 74
DF — Defense90
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.163 · 91
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.18 · 85
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.331 · 90
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.01 · 63
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.721 · 91
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)53.8 · 95
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.851 · 82
PS — Penalty shot88
- Shootouts (60 %)31.5 · 63
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.2 · 93
EX — Experience65
- Career regular-season games (65 %)74
- Career playoff games (25 %)45
- NHL seasons (10 %)55
OV — Overall77
- SC · Scoring (28 %)81
- PA · Passing (22 %)61
- DF · Defense (18 %)90
- SK · Skating (12 %)61
- EN · Endurance (8 %)76
- DI · Discipline (5 %)65
- ST · Strength (4 %)81
- CK · Checking (3 %)72
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77 | 61 | 81 | 90 |
| 2024-25 | 79 | 63 | 79 | 93 |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 66 | 77 | 93 |
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
1.7
wins above replacement
79 of 615
PAL Rating
76/ 100
Performance · Very good
101 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
69/ 100
Good value
3.75 M$ · expected PAL 59
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 67
- Defense
- 89
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- Offense
- 66
- Creation
- 30
- Shooting
- 92
- Possession
- 62
- Defense
- 92
- Discipline
- 8
- Power play
- 71
- 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 | PHI | 1.7 | 76 | 69 | 3.75 M$ |
| 2024-25 | PHI | 1.7 | 80 | 92 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2023-24 | PHI | 1.9 | 85 | 94 | 0.86 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
43/ 100
Average
better than 43% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
15/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
78/ 100
Very good
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, 240 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 9
- Shot selection
- 43
- Penalties drawn
- 17
- Puck management
- 59
Defense
- Takeaways
- 87
- Discipline
- 40
- Safe zone exits
- 64
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 | PHI | 43 | 15 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | PHI | 65 | 83 | 36 |
| 2023-24 | PHI | 69 | 77 | 49 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.7
wins above replacement
1.0 to 3.1 — 90% interval
79 of 615 forwards
+9.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- 0.0
- EV defense
- +1.4
- Power play
- +0.4
- Penalty kill
- -0.0
- Shooting
- +6.7
- Penalties
- -0.7
- Average → replacement
- +1.3
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PHI | 29 | 1.7 | 1.0 to 3.1 | 79/615 |
| 2024-25 | PHI | 78 | 1.7 | 0.8 to 2.8 | 92/596 |
| 2023-24 | PHI | 77 | 1.9 | 0.3 to 3.2 | 73/608 |
| 2022-23 | PHI | 8 | 0.1 | -0.2 to 0.6 | 336/617 |
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
- 148.5 km/h96th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.8 km/h40th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1542nd percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 41.1 %40th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 73.0 km75th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.97 km65th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 39.9 %28th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.5 %24th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 41.4 %32nd percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3784th percentile | 366th percentile | 8.1 %20th percentile |
| High danger | 1068th percentile | 157th percentile | 10.0 %22nd percentile |
| Mid range | 1996th percentile | 177th percentile | 5.3 %34th percentile |
| Long range | 383rd 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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PITTyson Foerster: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Tyson Foerster have in 2026-27?
Tyson Foerster has 3 goals and 5 points (2 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Tyson Foerster?
Tyson Foerster is 24 years old: he was born on January 18, 2002.
How tall is Tyson Foerster, and how much does he weigh?
Tyson Foerster is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 216 lb (98 kg).
Where is Tyson Foerster from?
Canada: Tyson Foerster was born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Tyson Foerster play for?
Tyson Foerster plays for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL, at R, wearing number 71.
Is Tyson Foerster injured?
No: Tyson Foerster is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Tyson Foerster?
Tyson Foerster produced 1.7 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 79th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 76 out of 100: very good for his position.
How much does Tyson Foerster make?
Tyson Foerster earns $3.8M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 69 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Tyson Foerster's contract end?
Tyson Foerster's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Tyson Foerster overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 69 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Tyson Foerster a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 79th 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 Tyson Foerster getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 80 in 2024-25 to 76 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Tyson Foerster played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Tyson Foerster has 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists).
What are Tyson Foerster's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Tyson Foerster has 212 games, 64 goals, 41 assists and 105 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 43 points in 81 games.
Where was Tyson Foerster drafted?
Tyson Foerster was drafted 23rd overall (round 1) by Philadelphia Flyers in 2020.
Is Tyson Foerster better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.33 points per game at home (3 in 9 games) and 0.22 on the road (2 in 9 games).
How does Tyson Foerster perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Tyson Foerster has 10 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.10 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.50).
Which player is most similar to Tyson Foerster?
Jake Neighbours: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jake Neighbours's page →Is Tyson Foerster a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 28 points in 2026-27, or 0.45 points per game.
What is Tyson Foerster's nationality?
Tyson Foerster is Canadian. Internationally: Team Canada: gold at the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
What awards has Tyson Foerster won?
Player of the Game, CHL Top Prospects Game (2020).
How many championships has Tyson Foerster won?
1: Gold at the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships with Team Canada.
Where did Tyson Foerster play before turning pro?
Barrie Colts (OHL) – selected in the 3rd round, 55th overall, in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection; Barrie Jr. Colts (minor hockey) in his final season before junior.
How many points is Tyson Foerster projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 28 points in 62 games in 2026-27 (12 to 44 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Philadelphia Flyers teammates
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