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Ray Whitney

#13 · Left wing · Dallas Stars

Born May 8, 1972 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CAN · 5'10", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 23rd overall in 1991 by SJS (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joe Thornton SJS · 77 P in 82 GP Marian Hossa CHI · 77 P in 81 GP Anze Kopitar LAK · 76 P in 82 GP Marian Gaborik NYR · 76 P in 82 GP Patrik Elias NJD · 78 P in 81 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0204060801991-92: 3 points391-921992-93: 10 points101993-94: 40 points4093-941994-95: 25 points251995-96: 41 points4195-961996-97: 2 points21997-98: 65 points6597-981998-99: 64 points641999-00: 71 points7199-002000-01: 34 points342001-02: 61 points6101-022002-03: 76 points762003-04: 43 points4303-042005-06: 55 points552006-07: 83 points8306-072007-08: 61 points612008-09: 77 points7708-092009-10: 58 points582010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 77 points772012-13: 29 points2912-132013-14: 32 points32

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1991-92 SJS 2 0 3 3 -1 0 4 0 1.50
1992-93 SJS 26 4 6 10 -14 4 24 0 0.38
1993-94 SJS 61 14 26 40 2 14 82 0 0.66
1994-95 SJS 39 13 12 25 -7 14 67 0 0.64
1995-96 SJS 60 17 24 41 -23 16 106 0 0.68
1996-97 SJS 12 0 2 2 -6 4 24 0 0.17
1997-98 EDM 9 1 3 4 -1 0 19 1 0.44
1997-98 FLA 68 32 29 61 10 28 156 7 0.90
1998-99 FLA 81 26 38 64 -3 18 193 14 0.79
1999-00 FLA 81 29 42 71 16 35 198 17 0.88
2000-01 FLA 43 10 21 31 -16 28 117 6 0.72
2000-01 CBJ 3 0 3 3 -1 2 3 2 1.00
2001-02 CBJ 67 21 40 61 -22 12 210 14 0.91
2002-03 CBJ 81 24 52 76 -26 22 235 1 0.94
2003-04 DET 67 14 29 43 7 22 119 7 0.64
2005-06 CAR 64 17 38 55 0 42 147 5 0.86
2006-07 CAR 81 32 51 83 -5 46 215 17 1.02
2007-08 CAR 66 25 36 61 -6 30 204 13 0.92
2008-09 CAR 82 24 53 77 2 32 219 27 0.94
2009-10 CAR 80 21 37 58 -6 26 171 24 0.73
2010-11 PHX 75 17 40 57 0 24 156 29 0.76
2011-12 PHX 82 24 53 77 26 28 185 28 0.94
2012-13 DAL 32 11 18 29 1 4 62 10 0.91 $4.5M
2013-14 DAL 69 9 23 32 -6 14 124 14 0.46 $4.5M
22 seasons Career 1331 385 679 1064 -79 465 3040 236 0.80

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1993-94 SJS 14 0 4 4 -4 8 16 0 0.29
1994-95 SJS 11 4 4 8 -3 2 15 0 0.73
1999-00 FLA 4 1 0 1 -2 4 17 3 0.25
2003-04 DET 6 0 2 2 -1 2 9 0 0.33
2005-06 CAR 24 9 6 15 -1 14 40 1 0.63
2008-09 CAR 18 3 8 11 -9 4 55 4 0.61
2010-11 PHX 4 1 2 3 0 2 11 3 0.75
2011-12 PHX 16 2 5 7 -1 10 34 12 0.44
2013-14 DAL 5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 102 20 31 51 -22 46 200 24 0.50

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 24 53 77 26 28 185 28 0.94 13.0 18:39

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2013-14 $4.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2011-12 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-0.2Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0510152010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

46.5Corsi for %208 attempts for, 239 against
+5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.4Expected goals for %7.0 expected for, 9.8 against
+1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %5 for, 5 against
100.7PDO4.5% shooting + 96.2% saves
43Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ray Whitney · Radim Vrbata · Martin Hanzal11106:5749.239.33-2
Ray Whitney · Radim Vrbata · Antoine Vermette632:0840.743.70-2
Ray Whitney · Shane Doan · Antoine Vermette925:1242.638.30-1
Ray Whitney · Daymond Langkow · Shane Doan621:1339.044.11-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.1Expected goalsfrom 50 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 6.2% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected22ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0123Expected 3.1Goals 2

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 @ MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:59
Apr 6, 2012 @ STL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:11
Apr 3, 2012 vs CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:30
Mar 31, 2012 vs ANA W 4-0 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 16:13
Mar 29, 2012 vs SJS W 2-0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 17:30
Mar 25, 2012 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:59
Mar 24, 2012 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:49
Mar 22, 2012 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:05
Mar 20, 2012 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 23:09
Mar 18, 2012 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 22:14
Mar 15, 2012 @ CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 17:23
Mar 14, 2012 @ VAN W 5-4 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 17:43
Mar 12, 2012 vs NSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 17:29
Mar 10, 2012 vs SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:19
Mar 8, 2012 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:25
Mar 6, 2012 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 22:06
Mar 5, 2012 @ PIT L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:28
Mar 3, 2012 vs CBJ L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 22:20
Mar 1, 2012 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:42
Feb 28, 2012 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 23:48
Feb 25, 2012 @ EDM W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 18:48
Feb 23, 2012 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 22:21
Feb 21, 2012 vs LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:25
Feb 18, 2012 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:21
Feb 16, 2012 @ LAK W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 19:40
Feb 13, 2012 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:53
Feb 11, 2012 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:26
Feb 9, 2012 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:00
Feb 7, 2012 @ DAL W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16:11
Feb 6, 2012 vs DET W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 18:34
Feb 4, 2012 vs SJS W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 21:12
Jan 31, 2012 vs ANA L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:06
Jan 24, 2012 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:04
Jan 21, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 22:48
Jan 19, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:40
Jan 18, 2012 @ ANA L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 17:28
Jan 16, 2012 vs COL W 6-1 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 20:58
Jan 13, 2012 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:01
Jan 12, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:50
Jan 10, 2012 @ NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:06
Jan 7, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21:48
Jan 5, 2012 @ LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:32
Jan 3, 2012 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:29
Dec 31, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 21:16
Dec 29, 2011 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 17:26
Dec 28, 2011 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:11
Dec 26, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:02
Dec 23, 2011 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 17:41
Dec 21, 2011 @ CAR W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 15:28
Dec 20, 2011 @ FLA W 2-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 16:31
Dec 17, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:20
Dec 15, 2011 vs EDM W 4-2 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 15:57
Dec 14, 2011 @ ANA L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:45
Dec 10, 2011 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:27
Dec 8, 2011 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 17:35
Dec 6, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:23
Dec 5, 2011 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:00
Dec 3, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:23
Dec 1, 2011 @ WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:24
Nov 29, 2011 @ CHI W 4-1 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 17:04
Nov 26, 2011 vs DAL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:53
Nov 25, 2011 vs VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:39
Nov 23, 2011 vs ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 18:59
Nov 21, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:47
Nov 19, 2011 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:13
Nov 17, 2011 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:49
Nov 15, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:52
Nov 12, 2011 @ SJS W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:30
Nov 10, 2011 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:57
Nov 5, 2011 vs EDM W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 17:07
Nov 3, 2011 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:50
Nov 2, 2011 @ COL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 13:40
Oct 29, 2011 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:34
Oct 27, 2011 vs NJD W 5-3 2 1 3 1 0 5 0 16:11
Oct 25, 2011 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 21:14
Oct 23, 2011 @ ANA W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:34
Oct 20, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:00
Oct 18, 2011 vs CHI L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 15:18
Oct 15, 2011 vs WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 17:44
Oct 13, 2011 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 15:24
Oct 10, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:24
Oct 8, 2011 @ SJS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:23