Evan Rodrigues

Evan Rodrigues (born July 28, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, and Florida Panthers, winning back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Panthers in 2024 and 2025.

Early life Rodrigues was born on July 28, 1993, in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada to parents Christine and Norbert. His father is an immigrant from Portugal who moved to Canada as a teenager. Rodrigues was raised alongside two older brothers, and all three played ice hockey growing up.

College Rodrigues attended Boston University, where he played four seasons (2011–2015) with the Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team, which competes in the NCAA Men's Division I Hockey East conference. A two time Hockey East Second-Team All-Star, Rodrigues tallied 121 points (42 goals, 79 assists) in 146 contests throughout his career as a BU Terrier. During his senior year, Rodrigues finished second in the nation in scoring with 61 points and was named Hockey East Player of the Month in both January and April 2015. Rodrigues was second only to teammate Jack Eichel.

Professional On April 22, 2015, Rodrigues agreed to a two-way, entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres. He played most of the season with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League before receiving his first NHL call-up and playing his first game on April 8, 2016. He scored his first NHL goal and first NHL assist the following night in a game against the New York Islanders.

On July 27, 2017, the Sabres re-signed Rodrigues to a two-year, $1.3 million contract worth $650,000 annually.

Rodrigues joined the Sabres full-time during the 2018–19 season. In 74 games, he recorded nine goals and 20 assists. Rodrigues as a member of the Colorado Avalanche battles for position against Jamie Oleksiak (left) in 2023. On July 25, 2019, the Sabres re-signed Rodrigues to a one-year, $2 million contract extension. In the following 2019–20 season, Rodrigues struggled to replicate his previous offensive totals with the Sabres, posting just 5 goals and 9 points through 38 games. At the trade deadline, Rodrigues was dealt by the Sabres, along with Conor Sheary to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Dominik Kahun on February 24, 2020.

On August 25, 2020, Rodrigues was traded by the Penguins to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with David Warsofsky, Filip Hållander and the 15th overall pick in the 2020 NHL entry draft in exchange for Kasperi Kapanen, Jesper Lindgren and Pontus Åberg. However, on October 9, 2020, unable to come to terms with Maple Leafs and having not received a qualifying offer, Rodrigues returned to Pittsburgh as a free agent on a one-year, $700,000 contract. He would be re-signed by the Penguins to a one-year, $1 million contract. On January 2, 2022, Rodrigues and Bryan Rust each recorded a hat-trick in the third period to lift the Penguins 8–5 over the San Jose Sharks. This was the first time since 2008 that the Penguins had two players record hat tricks in a single game. On September 12, 2022, Rodrigues as a free agent was signed to a one-year, $2 million deal with the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche.

Following his successful lone season with the Avalanche, Rodrigues left as a free agent and was signed to a four-year, $12 million contract with the Florida Panthers on July 2, 2023.

On June 30, 2026, Rodrigues was traded to the New Jersey Devils, alongside Jesper Boqvist and Ben Steeves, in exchange for Angus Crookshank and Jacob Markström.

Personal life Evan and his wife Christina have three children together.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 Georgetown Raiders OJHL 56 20 31 51 22 11 4 2 6 2 2010–11 Georgetown Raiders OJHL 37 21 33 54 42 5 1 3 4 0 2011–12 Boston University HE 36 2 10 12 24 — — — — — 2012–13 Boston University HE 38 14 20 34 28 — — — — — 2013–14 Boston University HE 31 5 9 14 20 — — — — — 2014–15 Boston University HE 41 21 40 61 31 — — — — — 2015–16 Rochester Americans AHL 72 9 21 30 39 — — — — — 2015–16 Buffalo Sabres NHL 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2016–17 Rochester Americans AHL 48 9 21 30 27 — — — — — 2016–17 Buffalo Sabres NHL 30 4 2 6 4 — — — — — 2017–18 Rochester Americans AHL 8 5 5 10 2 — — — — — 2017–18 Buffalo Sabres NHL 48 7 18 25 14 — — — — — 2018–19 Buffalo Sabres NHL 74 9 20 29 25 — — — — — 2019–20 Buffalo Sabres NHL 38 5 4 9 10 — — — — — 2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 35 7 7 14 6 2 0 1 1 0 2021–22 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 19 24 43 14 7 3 2 5 4 2022–23 Colorado Avalanche NHL 69 16 23 39 30 7 1 4 5 2 2023–24 Florida Panthers NHL 80 12 27 39 34 24 7 8 15 4 2024–25 Florida Panthers NHL 82 15 17 32 38 21 2 13 15 10 2025–26 Florida Panthers NHL 69 11 20 31 38 — — — — —NHL totals 616 107 163 270 217 61 13 28 41 20

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 Canada East WJAC 5 3 4 7 2Junior totals 5 3 4 7 2

Awards and honours Award Year RefNHL Stanley Cup champion 2024, 2025