Daniel Carr

Daniel Carr (born November 1, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for HC Ajoie of the National League (NL). Originally undrafted by teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), Carr has previously played for the Montreal Canadiens, Vegas Golden Knights, Nashville Predators, and Washington Capitals.

Playing career Collegiate Carr played collegiate hockey with the Union Dutchmen in the ECAC Hockey conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In his senior year of 2013–14, Carr's outstanding play was rewarded with a selection to the ECAC Hockey All-Conference First Team.

Professional On April 24, 2014, as an undrafted free agent, Carr signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).

During the 2015–16 season, Carr became one of only a few NHL players to score a goal on the first shot during the first shift of their NHL debut on November 29, 2015, in a game versus the Carolina Hurricanes. He re-signed with the Canadiens on July 1, 2016.

On July 1, 2018, Carr signed a one-year, $750,000 deal with the Vegas Golden Knights after not receiving a qualifying offer from the Canadiens. In the 2018–19 season, Carr won the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP while he was assigned to the Golden Knights American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. He recorded a career-best 30 goals and 41 assists for 71 points in just 52 games. He was recalled through the season to feature in six games for Vegas, registering a goal. In returning to the Wolves for the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs, Carr recorded 12 points in 15 games before falling in the Finals to the Charlotte Checkers.

On July 1, 2019, Carr agreed to a one-way $700,000 contract with the Nashville Predators for the 2019–20 season.

On September 5, 2020, as a free agent from the Predators, Carr signed a three-month contract through November 15 by HC Lugano of the National League (NL) as a replacement for injured forward Jani Lajunen. At the opening of free agency, he was signed by the Washington Capitals to a one-year, two-way contract on October 12, 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Carr remained in Switzerland with Lugano until the commencement of the Capitals' training camp.

In the 2020–21 season, Carr served the majority of his tenure with the Capitals as a healthy scratch, registering an assist in six regular season games and drawing into a first-round playoff contest against the Boston Bruins.

As an impending free agent, Carr opted to return to Switzerland, rejoining HC Lugano on a one-year contract in July 2021. Shortly thereafter, he agreed to a three-year extension with the team on January 1, 2022.

Following the 2024–25 NL season, Carr did not sign an extension with HC Lugano and returned to North America, signing a two-year AHL contract with former club the Milwaukee Admirals on July 2, 2025.

Carr posted 31 points through 49 regular season games with the Admirals in the 2025–26 season, before opting for a release from the final year of his contract with Milwaukee to return to the Swiss NL with HC Ajoie, on a one-year agreement on August 6, 2026.

International play In January 2022, Carr was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2007–08 St. Albert Steel AJHL 62 16 11 27 36 5 0 0 0 0 2008–09 St. Albert Steel AJHL 59 27 28 55 81 4 2 2 4 2 2009–10 St. Albert Steel AJHL 30 24 30 54 15 — — — — — 2009–10 Powell River Kings BCHL 22 10 17 27 14 23 15 11 26 10 2010–11 Union College ECAC 40 20 15 35 28 — — — — — 2011–12 Union College ECAC 41 20 20 40 30 — — — — — 2012–13 Union College ECAC 40 16 16 32 26 — — — — — 2013–14 Union College ECAC 39 22 28 50 28 — — — — — 2014–15 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 76 24 15 39 21 — — — — — 2015–16 St. John's IceCaps AHL 24 10 11 21 10 — — — — — 2015–16 Montreal Canadiens NHL 23 6 3 9 8 — — — — — 2016–17 Montreal Canadiens NHL 33 2 7 9 6 — — — — — 2016–17 St. John's IceCaps AHL 19 6 5 11 2 — — — — — 2017–18 Laval Rocket AHL 20 11 8 19 14 — — — — — 2017–18 Montreal Canadiens NHL 38 6 10 16 8 — — — — — 2018–19 Chicago Wolves AHL 52 30 41 71 10 15 5 7 12 0 2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 6 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2019–20 Nashville Predators NHL 11 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2019–20 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 47 23 27 50 20 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Lugano NL 8 4 4 8 4 — — — — — 2020–21 Washington Capitals NHL 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2021–22 HC Lugano NL 29 17 10 27 16 6 1 3 4 0 2022–23 HC Lugano NL 30 10 4 14 45 8 4 3 7 6 2023–24 HC Lugano NL 39 17 29 46 63 9 5 3 8 6 2024–25 HC Lugano NL 50 16 21 37 22 6 1 3 4 4 2025–26 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 49 16 15 31 32 — — — — —NHL totals 117 16 21 37 28 1 0 0 0 2NL totals 155 64 68 132 150 29 11 12 23 16

Awards and honours

Award Year RefCollege ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team 2011 ECAC All-Tournament Team 2012, 2013, 2014 ECAC Tournament MVP 2014 All-ECAC Third Team 2012–13 AHL Les Cunningham Award (MVP) 2018–19 First All-Star Team 2018–19 All-Star Game 2018–19 International Spengler Cup All-Star Team 2024