Age 37 Oct 29, 1984
Thunder Bay CAN
Center shoots left
6'4" 193 cm
206 lbs 93 kg
ELC Signing Age 21
Waivers Signing Age 18
UFA Year 2011
Agent Richard Curran
Transaction History
Jul 13, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal signed a professional tryout with the Panthers on Wednesday, Bob McKenzie of TSN reports. | |
Jan 13, 2022 | Eric Staal | Staal agreed to terms on a professional tryout agreement with AHL Iowa on Thursday. | |
Jun 22, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal and added three hits in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Golden Knights in Game 5. | |
Jun 6, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal notched an assist in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Jets in Game 3. | |
Jun 2, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal and provided an assist in Wednesday night's 5-3 win over the Jets in Game 1. | |
May 31, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal recorded two assists in Monday's 3-1 win over the Maple Leafs in Game 7. | |
May 27, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal recorded an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Maple Leafs in Game 5. | |
May 25, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal (undisclosed) is in the lineup for Game 4 on Tuesday against Toronto, John Lu of TSN.ca reports. | |
May 24, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal (undisclosed) is injured and won't play in Monday's Game 3 against the Maple Leafs, per coach Dominique Ducharme, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports. | |
May 20, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal managed an assist, two shots on goal and three hits in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Maple Leafs. | |
May 6, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal put up an assist and two shots on goal in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Maple Leafs. | |
Apr 19, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal on two shots in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Oilers. | |
Apr 5, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal scored the overtime winner in Monday's 3-2 victory over the Oilers. | |
Apr 5, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal (not injury related) will play in Monday's game versus the Oilers, Jim Matheson reports. | |
Apr 4, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal finished his seven-day quarantine and skated Sunday, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports. | |
Mar 31, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal remains in quarantine and will be eligible to play his first game for Montreal next Monday against Edmonton, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports. | |
Mar 26, 2021 | Trade | TRADE ANALYSIS The Montreal Canadiens acquired Eric Staal from the Buffalo Sabres for 2021 third round pick and 2021 fifth round pick (1) Leave a Comment |
Mar 9, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal posted an assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Flyers. | |
Feb 21, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal recorded an assist Saturday in a 3-2 win over the Devils. | |
Jan 25, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal netted a power-play goal in Sunday's win over Washington. | |
Jan 15, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal (head) is in the lineup for Friday's contest against Washington, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports. | |
Jan 15, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal (head) will be a game-time decision for Friday's clash with the Capitals, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports. | |
Jan 14, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal (head) exited Thursday's game against the Capitals after a collision with Nic Dowd. Per head coach Ralph Krueger, Staal is day-to-day, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports. | |
Sep 16, 2020 | Trade | TRADE ANALYSIS The Buffalo Sabres acquired Eric Staal from the Minnesota Wild for Marcus Johansson (1) Leave a Comment |
Feb 25, 2019 | Minnesota Wild | signed C Eric Staal to a two-year, $6.5 million contract extension. | |
Jul 1, 2016 | Minnesota Wild | signed C Eric Staal to a three-year, $10.5 million contract. | |
Feb 28, 2016 | Trade | New York Rangers | acquired C Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes for C Aleksi Saarela, a 2016 second-round drat pick and a 2017 second-round draft pick. |
Regular Season Stats
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GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 |
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Career Stats
Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 | Playoffs | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | ||
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1999-2000 | Thunder Bay Kings U15 AAA | U15 AAA | 59 | 48 | 52 | 100 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
2000-2001 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 63 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 23 | Playoffs | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
2001-2002 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 56 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 40 | Playoffs | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
2001-2002 | Canada U18 | WJC-18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2001-2002 | Canada U18 | Hlinka Gretzky Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Draft Yr | 2002-2003 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 66 | 39 | 59 | 98 | 36 | Playoffs | 7 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
2003-2004 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
2004-2005 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 77 | 26 | 51 | 77 | 88 | Playoffs | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
2005-2006 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 45 | 55 | 100 | 81 | Playoffs | 25 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||
2006-2007 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
2006-2007 | Canada | WC | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2007-2008 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 38 | 44 | 82 | 50 | 1,206 | 50.85 | 51.90 | 2.97 | 52.41 | 0.63 | 1.05 | 2.04 | ||||||||
2007-2008 | Canada | WC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2008-2009 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 50 | 1,151 | 58.76 | 56.72 | 9.64 | 55.87 | 5.71 | 1.15 | 2.19 | Playoffs | 18 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
2009-2010 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 70 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 68 | 1,001 | 53.93 | 48.14 | 1.72 | 49.47 | 2.16 | 0.72 | 2.10 | ||||||||
2009-2010 | Canada | OG | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2010-2011 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 72 | 1,176 | 46.36 | 48.18 | 0.75 | 51.36 | 4.20 | 0.77 | 1.63 | ||||||||
2011-2012 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 24 | 46 | 70 | 48 | 1,253 | 43.59 | 48.92 | 2.95 | 49.83 | 2.21 | 0.57 | 1.87 | ||||||||
2012-2013 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 48 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 54 | 732 | 56.10 | 47.86 | -1.34 | 48.98 | -2.45 | 1.06 | 3.28 | ||||||||
2012-2013 | Canada | WC | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2013-2014 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 79 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 74 | 1,184 | 46.73 | 50.27 | 2.84 | 51.58 | 2.58 | 0.76 | 1.98 | ||||||||
2014-2015 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 77 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 41 | 1,153 | 46.84 | 56.15 | 8.06 | 56.43 | 6.98 | 0.68 | 1.67 | ||||||||
2015-2016 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 63 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 32 | 962 | 50.00 | 56.53 | 7.81 | 56.36 | 5.43 | 0.44 | 1.31 | ||||||||
2015-2016 | New York Rangers | NHL | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 262 | 56.25 | 46.33 | 3.97 | 50.34 | 4.59 | 0.69 | 1.37 | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2016-2017 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 82 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 34 | 1,146 | 55.10 | 56.74 | 1.74 | 52.33 | 2.69 | 0.94 | 1.88 | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2017-2018 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 82 | 42 | 34 | 76 | 42 | 1,114 | 53.85 | 54.54 | 1.47 | 50.19 | 3.26 | 1.19 | 2.48 | Playoffs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018-2019 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 81 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 34 | 1,145 | 55.17 | 57.04 | 3.66 | 52.61 | 2.42 | 0.73 | 1.68 | ||||||||
2019-2020 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 66 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 28 | 875 | 49.50 | 52.90 | -1.00 | 48.70 | -1.70 | 0.89 | 1.99 | Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
2020-2021 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 439 | 27.60 | 49.90 | 3.50 | 52.10 | 5.00 | 0.14 | 0.27 | ||||||||
2020-2021 | Montréal Canadiens | NHL | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 236 | 15.40 | 46.40 | -4.00 | 49.40 | -3.20 | 0.25 | 0.51 | Playoffs | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
2021-2022 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2021-2022 | Canada | OG | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Eric Staal Stats by Elite Prospects | Eric Staal Advanced Stats by ![]() |
Contract History
Standard Contract | 2 Years $6,500,000 3.99% of cap space
Standard Contract | 3 Years $10,500,000 4.79% of cap space
Standard Contract | 7 Years $57,750,000 14.52% of cap space
Standard Contract | 3 Years $13,500,000 10.23% of cap space