Overview
- D’Astous, 27, has 13 points in 33 games this season while averaging 19:05 of ice time in his rookie campaign.
- Injuries to Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh created his opportunity, and he has quarterbacked the second power-play unit.
- After a training-camp cut, he posted three points in four AHL games before a recall and has since played 33 straight NHL contests.
- Team metrics show 3.4 goals against per 60 minutes at even strength with him on the ice, the worst figure on the Lightning.
- The extension reduces Tampa Bay’s pending UFA group to Oliver Bjorkstrand, Darren Raddysh, Declan Carlile (Group VI), and Curtis Douglas (Group VI).