Justin Abdelkader

Age 36 Feb 25, 1987

Muskegon USA

Left Wing shoots left

6'2" 188 cm

213 lbs 97 kg

ELC Signing Age 21

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2014

Agent Wade Arnott

Draft Year 2005
Drafted Overall 42
Draft Round 2
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.

View historical contract(s)
Career Earnings: $40,245,000

Transaction History

Jan 21, 2022	Justin Abdelkader \| Abdelkader agreed to terms on a professional tryout agreement with AHL Grand Rapids on Friday.
Oct 6, 2020	Detroit Red Wings \| Waived LW Justin Abdelkader.
Dec 10, 2019	Detroit Red Wings \| Activated RW Justin Abdelkader from injured reserve.
Jan 10, 2017	Detroit Red Wings \| Activated LW Justin Abdelkader from injured reserve.
Dec 2, 2016	Detroit Red Wings \| Placed LW Justin Abdelkader on IR.
Nov 12, 2015	Detroit Red Wings \| Signed LW Justin Abdelkader to a seven-year, $29.75 million contract extension.
Dec 18, 2013	Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL suspended D Deryk Engelland five games for a hit to the head of Justin Abdelkader.
May 9, 2013	Detroit Red Wings \| Announced LW Justin Abdelkader served his suspension.
May 5, 2013	Detroit Red Wings \| NHL suspended LW Justin Abdelkader two games for charging.
Sep 14, 2012	Detroit Red Wings \| Signed LW Justin Abdelkader to a four-year contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

Regular Season Stats

Justin Abdelkader	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
	2003-2004	Mona Shores High	USHS-MI	28	37	43	80	0
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	60	27	25	52	86									Playoffs	11	0	4	4	0
	2005-2006	Michigan State Univ.	NCAA	44	10	12	22	83
	2006-2007	Michigan State Univ.	NCAA	38	15	18	33	91
	2006-2007	USA U20	WJC-20	7	0	2	2	10
	2007-2008	Michigan State Univ.	NCAA	42	19	21	40	107
	2007-2008	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	2	0	0	0	2	22	50.00	75.43	4.67	54.06	-8.56	0.00	0.00
	2008-2009	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	76	24	28	52	102									Playoffs	10	6	2	8	0
	2008-2009	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	19		75.39	22.74	71.85	12.04	0.00	0.00	Playoffs	10	2	1	3	0
	2009-2010	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	50	3	3	6	35	471	31.03	52.67	0.36	51.70	-1.73	0.38	0.76	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	0
	2009-2010	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	33	11	13	24	86
	2010-2011	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	74	7	12	19	61	758	62.26	58.17	9.11	54.63	1.94	0.55	1.42	Playoffs	11	0	0	0	0
	2011-2012	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	81	8	14	22	62	864	56.14	56.91	1.34	53.77	-1.97	0.56	1.53	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
	2011-2012	USA	WC	8	1	3	4	4
	2012-2013	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	48	10	3	13	34	636	58.82	56.66	6.60	56.13	2.96	0.75	1.04	Playoffs	12	2	1	3	0
	2013-2014	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	10	18	28	31	940	53.52	49.28	-2.05	51.62	-0.30	0.57	1.53	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
	2013-2014	USA	WC	7	3	1	4	31
	2014-2015	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	71	23	21	44	72	947	55.07	55.96	5.49	56.37	3.68	0.82	1.58	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
	2015-2016	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	19	23	42	120	1,077	44.74	47.36	-3.08	49.58	-3.00	0.61	1.39	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
	2016-2017	USA	WCup	3	1	0	1	2
	2016-2017	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	7	14	21	50	804	32.69	43.65	-3.45	45.12	-2.41	0.15	0.82
	2017-2018	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	75	13	22	35	78	930	44.74	47.35	-2.02	48.84	0.24	0.52	1.55
	2018-2019	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	71	6	13	19	38	887	39.34	40.96	-5.85	46.34	-1.74	0.20	0.95
	2019-2020	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	49	0	3	3	25	475	24.00	43.80	-2.10	43.40	-2.90		0.38
	2020-2021	Zug	NL	9	4	4	8	22									Playoffs	13	6	3	9	0
	2020-2021	USA	WC	6	0	1	1	0
	2021-2022	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	3	0	0	0	2
	2021-2022	USA	OG	1	0	1	1	2
	2021-2022	Lugano	NL	6	0	1	1	33									Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0
	2022-2023	Zug	NL	24	2	3	5	41									Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
	2022-2023	Zug	Champions HL	4	1	1	2	4									Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date November 12, 2015
Signing Status UFA
Agent Wade Arnott

Contract Bought Out

Standard Contract | 7 Years $29,750,000 5.82% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Cap Hit	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
AAV	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$5,000,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,250,000	$3,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,750,000	$3,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
Minors Salary	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,750,000	$3,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
Clauses
UFA Year
Contract was bought out by Detroit Red Wings prior to the 2020-2021 season. % of remaining years was allocated to their cap according to the buyout calculator. Buyout Details & Cap Hits

Signing Team

Signing Date September 15, 2012
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 4 Years $7,200,000 3.00% of cap space

	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cap Hit	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	UFA
AAV	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,150,000	$1,550,000	$2,000,000	$2,250,000
Signing Bonuses	$250,000	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,400,000	$1,550,000	$2,000,000	$2,250,000
Minors Salary	$1,400,000	$1,550,000	$2,000,000	$2,250,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date August 24, 2010
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $1,575,000 1.33% of cap space

	2010-2011	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$787,500	$787,500	RFA
AAV	$787,500	$787,500
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$750,000	$825,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$750,000	$825,000
Minors Salary	$750,000	$825,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date April 4, 2008

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,550,000 1.47% of cap space

	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Cap Hit	$740,000	$740,000	$740,000	RFA
AAV	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$190,000	$140,000
Base Salary	$850,000	$660,000	$710,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$850,000	$660,000	$710,000
Minors Salary	$55,000	$60,000	$62,500
Clauses
UFA Year