James Neal
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Birth place: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 3" (191 cm) | 212 lb (96 kg)
Birth place: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 3" (191 cm) | 212 lb (96 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17 | 2005 | Team Canada | U18 World Championship | Ceske Budejovice and Plzen, Czech Republic |
 | 19 | 2007 | Team Canada | U20 World Championship | Mora and Leksand, Sweden |
 | 19 | 2007 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL J. Ross Robertson Cup Champion | Plymouth Whalers defeated Sudbury Wolves 4‑2 in a best of seven series. |
| 21 | 2009 | Team Canada | IIHF World Championship | Bern and Kloten, Switzerland |
| IIHF U18 World Championship Medals | | ||||
| IIHF U20 World Championship Medals | | ||||
| IIHF World Championship Medals | | ||||
| OHL J. Ross Robertson Cup Championships | | ||||
Last 5 NHL Games
| Overall | Time on Ice | Goals | Assists | Points | per 60 All Situations | per 60 Even-Strength | per 60 Power-Play | Shots | Defensive | Faceoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Game | Score | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | TOI | ES | PP | SH | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | ESA | PPA | SHA | GWA | OTA | ESP | PPP | SHP | GWP | OTP | PPP% | G/60 | A/60 | P/60 | ESG/60 | ESA/60 | ESP/60 | PPG/60 | PPA/60 | PPP/60 | SHOTS | SH% | HITS | BS | FOW | FOL | FO% |
| Nov 18, 2021 | SJS @ STL | (1-4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 | 10:03 | 3:02 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Nov 20, 2021 | STL @ DAL | (1-4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:20 | 6:10 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Nov 22, 2021 | VGK @ STL | (2-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 | 9:57 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Jan 13, 2022 | SEA @ STL | (1-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 | 8:19 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Jan 15, 2022 | TOR @ STL | (6-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 | 12:38 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
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Regular Season
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 2003‑04 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004‑05 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 17 | 67 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 32 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2005‑06 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 18 | 66 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 109 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006‑07 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 19 | 45 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 94 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007‑08 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 20 | 62 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 63 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13.2 |
| 2008‑09 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 |
| 2008‑09 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 21 | 77 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 51 | -11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 |
| 2009‑10 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 22 | 78 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 64 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13.5 |
| 2010‑11 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 23 | 59 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 60 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13.1 |
| 2010‑11 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 23 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 |
| 2011‑12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 24 | 80 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 87 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 12.2 |
| 2012‑13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 25 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15.4 |
| 2013‑14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 26 | 59 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 55 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11.3 |
| 2014‑15 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 27 | 67 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10.4 |
| 2015‑16 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 28 | 82 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 65 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11.6 |
| 2016‑17 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 29 | 70 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 35 | -10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11.4 |
| 2017‑18 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 30 | 71 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 24 | -11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12.4 |
| 2018‑19 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 31 | 63 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2019‑20 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 32 | 55 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 12 | -20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 |
| 2020‑21 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 33 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 |
| 2021‑22 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 34 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 2021‑22 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 34 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 10 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15.6 |
| NHL Totals | 869 | 296 | 263 | 559 | 581 | 7 | 87 | 1 | 47 | 11.8 | |||
| OHL Totals | 187 | 68 | 105 | 173 | 235 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 95 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 75 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 14.9 | |||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004‑05 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005‑06 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 18 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006‑07 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 19 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006‑07 | Plymouth Whalers | Memorial Cup | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 42 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010‑11 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2011‑12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| 2012‑13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 |
| 2013‑14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| 2014‑15 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| 2015‑16 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 2016‑17 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 29 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 |
| 2017‑18 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 30 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 |
| 2018‑19 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019‑20 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| 2020‑21 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021‑22 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 34 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7.4 |
| NHL Totals | 110 | 33 | 25 | 58 | 92 | -13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8.9 | |||
| OHL Totals | 37 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 93 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7.4 | |||
| Memorial Cup Totals | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 42 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Canada - U18 World Championship 2005 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Team Canada - U20 World Championship 2007 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Canada - World Championship 2009 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Team Canada - World Championship 2011 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| World Championship Totals | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | |
| U20 World Championship Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| U18 World Championship Totals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team OHL - CHL Canada Russia Series 2006 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Canada - U20‑WJC Pre Camp 2006 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| U20 National Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CHL Canada Russia Series Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All-Star Game Appearences
| Year | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Team Davidson | CHL | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | Western Conference All-Stars | OHL | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Team Alfredsson | NHL | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | Team Central | NHL | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| 2018 | Team Pacific | NHL | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| NHL All-Star Game Totals | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | |||
| CHL Top Prospects Game Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| OHL All-Star Game Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |