Age 39 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
Jun 8, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal logged an assist in Thursday's 3-2 overtime win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3. |
Jun 3, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored a shorthanded goal, dished two hits and added two PIM in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1. |
Apr 19, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal provided a goal in Florida's 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 2 on Wednesday. |
Mar 20, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal in Florida's 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. |
Mar 1, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. |
Feb 21, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal on four shots in Monday's 4-3 overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks. |
Feb 9, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored two shorthanded, empty-net goals Thursday in a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks. |
Feb 7, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored on his only shot in Monday's 7-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. |
Jan 26, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal (upper body) is expected to be activated off injured reserve and return to the lineup Friday versus the Los Angeles Kings, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports. |
Jan 19, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal (upper body) won't return to Thursday's game versus the Montreal Canadiens. |
Jan 3, 2023 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal provided two goals in a 5-3 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. |
Dec 19, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal on four shots in the Florida Panthers' 7-3 loss to Boston on Monday. |
Dec 3, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal produced an assist in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Seattle Kraken. |
Dec 1, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal logged an assist and two shots on goal in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. |
Nov 27, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal logged a season-high 18:44 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues. |
Oct 27, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal played 10:37 in Thursday's 4-3 loss to Philadelphia. |
Oct 27, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal will be in the Florida lineup versus the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, Adam Kimelman of NHL.com reports. |
Oct 21, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal signed a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Florida Panthers on Friday, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports. |
Oct 10, 2022 | Eric Staal | Florida released Staal from his professional tryout offer Monday, George Richards of Panthers Press Box reports. |
Sep 25, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal has impressed head coach Paul Maurice during the early stages of training camp, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports. |
Jul 13, 2022 | Florida Panthers | Eric Staal | Staal signed a professional tryout with the Florida 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 Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5. |
Jun 6, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal notched an assist in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg Jets in Game 1. |
May 31, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal recorded two assists in Monday's 3-1 win over the Toronto 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 Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5. |
May 25, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal (undisclosed) is in the lineup for Game 4 on Tuesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, 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 Toronto 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 Toronto 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 Toronto Maple Leafs. |
Apr 19, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal scored a goal on two shots in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. |
Apr 5, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal scored the overtime winner in Monday's 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. |
Apr 5, 2021 | Montreal Canadiens | Eric Staal | Staal (not injury related) will play in Monday's game versus the Edmonton 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 | Jake Evans | Evans is expected to lose his roster spot when Eric Staal (quarantine) is ready to play for Montreal, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette 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 the Edmonton Oilers, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports. |
Mar 26, 2021 | TRADE ANALYSIS The Montreal Canadiens acquired Eric Staal from the Buffalo Sabres for 2021 third round pick and 2021 fifth round pick |
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 Philadelphia Flyers. |
Feb 21, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal recorded an assist Saturday in a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. |
Jan 30, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Taylor Hall | Hall is expected to skate with Eric Staal and Dylan Cozens on the Buffalo Sabres' second line during Saturday's matchup with New Jersey, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports. |
Jan 25, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal netted a power-play goal in Sunday's win over the Washington Capitals. |
Jan 15, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal (head) is in the lineup for Friday's contest against the Washington Capitals, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports. |
Jan 15, 2021 | Washington Capitals | Nic Dowd | Dowd will not have his hit on Sabres center Eric Staal reviewed by the Department of Player Safety, Samantha Pell of The Washington Post reports. |
Jan 15, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal (head) will be a game-time decision for Friday's clash with the Washington Capitals, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports. |
Jan 14, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres | Eric Staal | Staal (head) exited Thursday's game against the Washington 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 ANALYSIS The Buffalo Sabres acquired Eric Staal from the Minnesota Wild for Marcus Johansson |
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 | 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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Eric Staal Stats by Elite Prospects | Eric Staal Advanced Stats by ![]() |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
2022-2023 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 72 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 26 | 815 | 48.40 | 50.70 | -4.20 | 50.40 | -5.40 | 0.88 | 1.91 | Playoffs | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
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