Dominic James
Tampa Bay Lightning Center
Forty-three games, seven goals, and twenty-five goals for against thirteen.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12.5 | 12:14 |
| Career | 43 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12.5 | 12:14 |
Last Season
Seven goals and eight assists in 43 games — 15 points, plus-four, at 12:14 a night with only eight penalty minutes. His first NHL season, at 23.
The Finesse Game
Eighty-four unblocked attempts, eight goals, median 26 feet with 36 per cent from inside twenty. That is a fair conversion for a first-year forward in twelve minutes a night.
Eight assists in 43 games is modest. The speed is the tool and everything else is developing.
The Physical Game
Six foot even, 190, and light. Eight penalty minutes in 43 games is among the lowest rates on the club.
He does not go to the wall and does not win pucks. The skating is genuinely quick — that is why he is here — and it is currently the only thing separating him from the American League.
The Intangibles
Fifty-three point five per cent of the expected goals, 80th percentile, and 54.3 per cent of the shot attempts, 88th, across 486 minutes, with the goals 25 for and 13 against.
That is a very good fourth-line season and a small sample on the best possession club in the conference, and both caveats belong on the page.
Six points in his last ten, four of them goals. He is 24, a hundred and seventy-third overall pick out of Minnesota-Duluth, and the sort of late-round forward Tampa keeps finding.
The numbers underneath
On the ice
Five-on-five, 2025-26 · 486 minutes
- Expected goals
- 53.5%
- 80th pct
- Shot attempts
- 54.3%
- 88th pct
share of the chances while he was out there
share of the attempts while he was out there
Goals while he was on the ice: 25 for, 13 against. Expected: 20.0 and 17.3.
The eye and the numbers
The eye and the numbers broadly agree on him.
Recent form
Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first
6
points in his last 10 games — 4 goals, 2 assists, 27 shots
Each bar is one game by points. Filled bars are games he scored in.
Usual linemates
2025-26 · 486 minutes at five-on-five
Share of his five-on-five ice time spent alongside each player, measured from shift charts. Special teams are excluded: a power-play unit is not a line.
Where he shoots from
goal on goal missed
84 unblocked shots in 2025-26, 8 of them goals. His median goal came from 16 feet. 36% of his shots came from inside twenty feet, 21% from beyond forty.