Luke Evangelista

Luke Evangelista

23-Year-Old Right WingRW
Nashville Predators
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Evangelista's production took a step back in his third campaign, as the 23-year-old finished with 10 goals and 32 points over 68 appearances in 2024-25. It's not fair to put the blame for that drop from 2023-24's 39-point output solely on Evangelista. He missed some time due to injuries and was also playing for one of the most disappointing teams in the league. Still, he shot just 7.5 percent, and that was down from a middling 9.3 percent the year before. Evangelista is young and talented, but it's time for him to command a larger role and become a top-six regular for the Predators. If that doesn't happen, he'll have enough offense to help in deeper fantasy formats, but managers in standard leagues can afford to wait and see how he starts 2025-26. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a two-year, $6 million contract with the Predators in October of 2025.
Inks two-year agreement
RWNashville Predators
October 3, 2025
Evangelista, who wasn't attending training camp because he was still a restricted free agent, signed a two-year, $6 million contract with Nashville on Friday, per Chris Johnston of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Evangelista had 10 goals and 32 points in 68 appearances with Nashville in 2024-25. Although the 23-year-old almost missed the start of the season because of his contract dispute, the price that the two sides settled on is one Nashville should be fairly happy with. Now that he's signed, Evangelista should enter the campaign serving in a middle-six role, and it wouldn't be shocking to see him take a step forward offensively this year. However, missing the vast majority of training camp might result in him being rusty for the start of the campaign, so it would be best to temper expectations for the early part of the season.
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2024–25 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    13:52
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    1:16
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    0:00
 
Ice Time
Power Play
Short-Handed
2022–23
16:34
3:13
0:00
2023–24
13:57
2:10
0:00
2024–25
13:52
1:16
0:00
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2023
Evangelista did well enough in his first full NHL campaign to finish ninth in Calder Trophy voting, but there are reasons to be pessimistic about his chances of taking a step forward this season. Evangelista had 16 goals and 39 points in 80 regular-season outings in 2023-24, which is a solid result when you consider that he averaged just 13:57 of ice time. That translates to 2.1 points per 60 minutes, which isn't that far behind Claude Giroux, who recorded 64 points in 82 outings while averaging 20:06. The problem is Evangelista will have a tough time earning a bigger role in Nashville after they signed Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault over the summer. The 22-year-old Evangelista does have offensive upside, but it would be best to pencil him in for 40 points or so in 2024-25.
Evangelista made his NHL debut at the end of February and proceeded to post seven goals and eight assists over 24 contests to close out 2022-23. That's enough of a statement to suggest he's ready to be a full-time NHLer in 2023-24. Top-six minutes and a large power-play role are likely to land in his lap this year. He may be among the most talented of the Predators' prospects, and at 21 years old, he still has plenty of room to grow. He'll likely end up in the neighborhood of 15 goals, 40 points and 10 power-play points in 2023-24. That's more than enough production to be worth a late-round flier in redraft formats.
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Absent for start of camp
RWNashville Predators
Contract Dispute
September 18, 2025
Evangelista isn't with the Predators for the start of training camp while he continues to negotiate a contract extension with the team, Emma Lingan of The Hockey News reports Thursday.
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Generates helper Wednesday
RWNashville Predators
April 16, 2025
Evangelista notched an assist, four shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Stars.
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Hits 10-goal mark
RWNashville Predators
April 15, 2025
Evangelista scored a goal and recorded four shots on goal in Monday's 7-3 loss to Utah.
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Supplies two assists in loss
RWNashville Predators
April 12, 2025
Evangelista recorded two assists, three shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Golden Knights.
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Eight points in last seven games
RWNashville Predators
April 1, 2025
Evangelista picked up two assists Tuesday in an 8-4 loss to the Blue Jackets.
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Heading north to continue training
RWNashville Predators
September 21, 2025
Evangelista has left Nashville and is returning to Canada to continue training while he remains in a contract dispute with the Predators, per Darren Dreger of TSN on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
Dreger relayed that discussions are ongoing between Evangelista's camp and the Predators, but both sides are far apart on salary for a two-year term. Considering Evangelista has left Nashville, it appears as though he'll miss a portion of the beginning of the 2025-26 campaign, but that could change if the restricted free agent agrees to a new deal in short order.
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