Vinni
Lettieri
C · TOR · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 24
- WAR
- -0.3
- Value
- 43
- PTS
- 5
2024-25№ 524 / 596
Vinni Lettieri (Toronto Maple Leafs) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Vinni Lettieri
HEIGHT : 178 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : February 5, 1995 · Excelsior, United States
Contract : $850,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Two-Way Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | Boston Bruins | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023-24 | Minnesota Wild | 46 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 2022-23 | Boston Bruins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Anaheim Ducks | 31 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 2020-21 | Anaheim Ducks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | New York Rangers | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 2017-18 | New York Rangers | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 163 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 64 | |
Vinni Lettieri: our analysis
2024-25 season: 26 GP, 3 G, 2 A, 5 PTS, -9 +/-, 13:31 TOI. WAR -0.3 (524th of 596) · PAL 24, below average.
In 2024-25, Vinni Lettieri, 31, posts a PAL Rating of 24 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of -0.3 ranks 524th among 596 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: creation (76, well above average). On the other hand, offense (18, well below average) and possession (20, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), no component is positive; the costliest: finishing (-2.1).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 14 in 2023-24 to 24; his WAR, though, went from 0.1 to -0.3.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 43 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Vinni Lettieri's story
Born February 6, 1995 in Excelsior, Vinni Lettieri grew up surrounded by a strong hockey lineage. That family background — including a grandfather who reached the professional ranks — accompanied his early development and influenced his route through junior hockey and college.
Lettieri spent two seasons with the Lincoln Stars in the USHL before committing to the University of Minnesota. Four years with the Golden Gophers gave him steady competitive minutes and he was part of teams that took the Big Ten regular season title in each of those four campaigns.
Undrafted, he entered the professional ranks by signing a two-year entry-level deal with the New York Rangers on March 27, 2017. His first NHL appearance came in December 2017, when he scored in his debut; the next seasons saw him alternate frequently between the Rangers and their AHL affiliate in Hartford. After four seasons in the Rangers organization, Lettieri signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Anaheim Ducks on October 10, 2020 and extended for another year in July 2021.
On July 13, 2022 he agreed to terms with the Boston Bruins and produced strong play with their AHL affiliate in Providence, earning selection to the AHL All-Star roster for the Atlantic Division. Brief NHL recalls were affected by injury and waiver transactions, but he continued to provide depth options for Boston when needed.
As a free agent he returned home on July 1, 2023 with a two-year, two-way contract from the Minnesota Wild. His time there included recalls, several goals that ended scoring droughts, and a role as a depth forward over the course of the season. Traded back to Boston on June 29, 2024, he again became an offensive catalyst in Providence during 2024–25 and contributed in the Bruins organization and playoffs before signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 2025–26. With Toronto he played the season in the AHL with the Marlies, helped them to a Calder Cup run and re-signed a one-year, two-way deal on July 3, 2026.
Lettieri's game is defined by versatility and persistence: a centre who can chip in offensively in the AHL and answer the call as a bottom-six option in the NHL, he has built a career on adaptability between leagues rather than sustained top-line minutes.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 9:44
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:49
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:01
- Pts/GP
- 0.11
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 25
- Blocks
- 9
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 36.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 24.4 %
- Faceoffs
- 100.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
6between 1 and 18 (80% range)
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 2
- Games
- 26
So far: 1 pts in 9 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.31 pts per game.
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: 0.20 in 23-24, 0.19 in 24-25
- PAL Rating: 14 → 24
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 31: the age when production usually declines
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2024-25
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 43 %
61
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 66
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 65
- Confidence 48 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 61
- Confidence 67 %
- DU
- Durability
- 43
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 82
- Confidence 48 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 77
- Confidence 30 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 68
- Confidence 48 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 64
- Confidence 43 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 75
- Confidence 43 %
- DF
- Defense
- 75
- Confidence 38 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 54
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating66
- Top speed (35 %)35.6 · 66
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)7.581 · 80
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.7 · 80
- Speed consistency (15 %)32.3 · 40
ST — Strength65
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.535 · 76
- Body mass (50 %)-1.233 · 60
EN — Endurance61
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.2 · 64
- Total ice time (20 %)305 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)45.7 · 76
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)11 · 54
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.633 · 63
DU — Durability43
- Share of games played (100 %)0.569 · 43
CK — Checking82
- Hits /60 (70 %)6.865 · 82
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)6.303 · 85
- Season volume (10 %)4.043 · 73
FG — Fighting77
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.836 · 77
DI — Discipline68
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.002 · 68
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.633 · 74
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.618 · 67
PA — Passing64
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.534 · 66
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.301 · 57
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.026 · 73
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.809 · 63
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.311 · 62
SC — Scoring75
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.769 · 72
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.834 · 78
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.219 · 72
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.368 · 80
- xG per shot (10 %)0.08 · 71
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13.7 · 79
DF — Defense75
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.019 · 70
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.001 · 73
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.635 · 73
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.012 · 77
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.321 · 88
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.9 · 75
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.924 · 78
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)29.3 · 76
EX — Experience54
- Career regular-season games (65 %)71
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)75
OV — Overall61
- SC · Scoring (20 %)75
- PA · Passing (20 %)64
- DF · Defense (20 %)75
- SK · Skating (12 %)66
- EN · Endurance (8 %)61
- DI · Discipline (5 %)68
- ST · Strength (3 %)65
- CK · Checking (2 %)82
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61 | 66 | 75 | 75 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 61 | 74 | 74 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2024-25
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
-0.3
wins above replacement
524 of 596
PAL Rating
24/ 100
Performance · Below average
333 of 451 at the position
Value Rating
43/ 100
Poor return
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 28
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 29
- Defense
- 41
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- Offense
- 18
- Creation
- 76
- Shooting
- 32
- Possession
- 20
- Defense
- 55
- Discipline
- 43
- Power play
- 25
- Penalty kill
- 30
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | BOS | -0.3 | 24 | 43 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 0.1 | 14 | 26 | 0.78 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2024-25
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
71/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
98/ 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, 14 of 399 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 41
- Shot selection
- 46
- Penalties drawn
- 67
- Puck management
- 95
Defense
- Takeaways
- 94
- Discipline
- 39
- Safe zone exits
- 100
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | BOS | 96 | 71 | 98 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 13 | 12 | 32 |
WAR, 2024-25
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.3
wins above replacement
-0.7 to 0.2 — 90% interval
524 of 596 forwards
-1.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.0
- EV defense
- -0.2
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -2.1
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | BOS | 23 | -0.3 | -0.7 to 0.2 | 524/596 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 46 | 0.1 | -0.4 to 0.7 | 326/608 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 1 | 0.0 | -0.0 to 0.0 | 379/617 |
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
- 126.7 km/h30th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.5 km/h83rd percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 618th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 37.6 %10th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 20.2 km19th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.08 km10th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 36.5 %2nd percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.9 %85th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 43.4 %14th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 823rd percentile | 139th percentile | 12.5 %48th percentile |
| High danger | 221st percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %10th percentile |
| Mid range | 334th percentile | 177th percentile | 33.3 %96th percentile |
| Long range | 272nd 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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SJSVinni Lettieri: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Vinni Lettieri have in 2026-27?
Vinni Lettieri has 1 goal and 1 point (0 assists) in 9 games in 2026-27.
How old is Vinni Lettieri?
Vinni Lettieri is 31 years old: he was born on February 6, 1995.
How tall is Vinni Lettieri, and how much does he weigh?
Vinni Lettieri is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is Vinni Lettieri from?
United States: Vinni Lettieri was born in Excelsior, Minnesota, United States.
What team does Vinni Lettieri play for?
Vinni Lettieri plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL, at C, wearing number 71.
Is Vinni Lettieri injured?
No: Vinni Lettieri is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Vinni Lettieri?
Vinni Lettieri produced -0.3 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2024-25, 524th of 596 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 24 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Vinni Lettieri make?
Vinni Lettieri earns $775K for the 2024-25 season. His Value Rating is 43 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Vinni Lettieri's contract end?
Vinni Lettieri's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Vinni Lettieri overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 43 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Vinni Lettieri a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 524th of 596 players at his position in the NHL in 2024-25. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Vinni Lettieri getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 14 in 2023-24 to 24 in 2024-25 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Vinni Lettieri played lately?
Over his last 9 games, Vinni Lettieri has 1 point (1 goal, 0 assists).
What are Vinni Lettieri's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Vinni Lettieri has 163 games, 16 goals, 17 assists and 33 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 10 points in 31 games.
How does Vinni Lettieri perform in the playoffs?
Vinni Lettieri has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Is Vinni Lettieri a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 6 points in 2026-27, or 0.23 points per game.
Is Vinni Lettieri related to anyone famous?
Yes: Lou Nanne (grandfather, played, coached and was general manager of the Minnesota North Stars); Tino Lettieri (father, played professional soccer); Marty Nanne (uncle, drafted 161st overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1986 and played three seasons in the IHL); Tyler Nanne (cousin, drafted 142nd overall by the New York Rangers in 2014); Louis Nanne (cousin, drafted 188th overall by the Minnesota Wild in 2012).
What is Vinni Lettieri's nationality?
Vinni Lettieri is American.
What awards has Vinni Lettieri won?
Named an AHL All-Star, representing the Atlantic Division ; Led all skaters in playoff goals and points (2026).
How many championships has Vinni Lettieri won?
2: Big Ten regular season title, four straight seasons with the Minnesota Golden Gophers; Calder Cup with the Toronto Marlies (2026).
Where did Vinni Lettieri play before turning pro?
Lincoln Stars (USHL), two seasons; University of Minnesota – Minnesota Golden Gophers, four seasons (helped them win the Big Ten regular season title four straight seasons).
How many points is Vinni Lettieri projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 6 points in 26 games in 2026-27 (1 to 18 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Toronto Maple Leafs teammates
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