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Jonathan Ericsson

#52 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Mar 2, 1984 in Karlskrona, SWE · 6'4", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 291st overall in 2002 by DET (round 9)

Compare with a similar player

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

Anton Volchenkov NJD · 11 P in 72 GP Francis Bouillon NSH · 11 P in 66 GP Justin Braun SJS · 11 P in 66 GP Milan Jurcina NYI · 11 P in 65 GP Nicklas Grossmann PHI · 11 P in 74 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.

0510152007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 13 points1309-102010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 11 points1111-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 15 points1515-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 13 points1317-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 DET 8 1 0 1 -3 4 19 9 0.13
2008-09 DET 19 1 3 4 -1 15 25 28 0.21 $900K
2009-10 DET 62 4 9 13 -15 44 55 93 0.21 $900K
2010-11 DET 74 3 12 15 8 87 89 107 0.20 $900K
2011-12 DET 69 1 10 11 16 47 63 128 0.16 $3.25M
2012-13 DET 45 3 10 13 6 29 34 67 0.29 $3.25M
2013-14 DET 48 1 10 11 2 34 66 91 0.23 $3.25M
2014-15 DET 82 3 12 15 -5 70 82 114 0.18 $4.25M
2015-16 DET 71 3 12 15 2 56 68 121 0.21 $4.25M
2016-17 DET 51 1 8 9 -2 63 43 86 0.18 $4.25M
2017-18 DET 81 3 10 13 -7 47 86 133 0.16 $4.25M
2018-19 DET 52 3 2 5 -10 35 48 98 0.10 $4.25M
2019-20 DET 18 0 0 0 -12 4 16 24 0.00 $4.25M
13 seasons Career 680 27 98 125 -21 535 694 1099 0.18

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 DET 22 4 4 8 9 25 33 39 0.36
2009-10 DET 12 0 2 2 1 8 11 12 0.17
2010-11 DET 11 1 2 3 -2 4 24 23 0.27
2011-12 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 6 5 10 0.00
2012-13 DET 14 0 3 3 2 2 7 31 0.21
2014-15 DET 7 0 4 4 0 8 5 18 0.57
2015-16 DET 5 0 1 1 0 2 3 6 0.20
7 seasons Playoffs 76 5 16 21 9 55 88 139 0.28

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 1 10 11 16 47 63 128 0.16 1.6 17:05

Contract

$3.25MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$295KCap dollars per point11 points in 69 games
$3.125MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$971KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 367 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $3.25M
2012-13 $3.25M
2013-14 $3.25M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2019-20 $4.25M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.25M
2014-15 to 2019-20 $4.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.25M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $3.25M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $900K

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

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.3Penalties-0.5

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.

-10-5052010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

54.9Corsi for %79 attempts for, 65 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.0Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 2.6 against
+3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
95.2PDO4.3% shooting + 90.9% saves
8Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nicklas Lidstrom · Jonathan Ericsson541:1156.565.31-0
Jonathan Ericsson · Kyle Quincey423:1863.060.60-1
Brad Stuart · Jonathan Ericsson411:5137.534.81-2
Niklas Kronwall · Jonathan Ericsson31:5866.761.90-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 56 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:56
Apr 5, 2012 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:09
Apr 4, 2012 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 26:34
Apr 1, 2012 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:26
Mar 30, 2012 vs NSH L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:44
Mar 28, 2012 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:09
Feb 25, 2012 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:44
Feb 23, 2012 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 19:38
Feb 21, 2012 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:03
Feb 19, 2012 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 18:06
Feb 17, 2012 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:04
Feb 14, 2012 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:40
Feb 12, 2012 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:31
Feb 10, 2012 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:32
Feb 8, 2012 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 16:17
Feb 6, 2012 @ PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:49
Feb 4, 2012 @ EDM L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:57
Feb 2, 2012 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:12
Jan 31, 2012 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:27
Jan 25, 2012 @ MTL L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 16:49
Jan 23, 2012 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 18:33
Jan 21, 2012 vs CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:32
Jan 19, 2012 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:08
Jan 17, 2012 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:54
Jan 16, 2012 vs BUF W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 18:58
Jan 14, 2012 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 17:09
Jan 12, 2012 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:15
Jan 10, 2012 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:48
Jan 8, 2012 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 16:06
Jan 7, 2012 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:28
Jan 3, 2012 @ DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:25
Dec 31, 2011 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18:37
Dec 30, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 14:58
Dec 27, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:06
Dec 26, 2011 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:43
Dec 22, 2011 @ CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:29
Dec 21, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:47
Dec 19, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 17:11
Dec 17, 2011 vs LAK W 8-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 17:10
Dec 15, 2011 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:17
Dec 13, 2011 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:49
Dec 10, 2011 vs WPG W 7-1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 20:05
Dec 8, 2011 vs PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:18
Dec 6, 2011 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:54
Dec 4, 2011 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:42
Dec 2, 2011 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:03
Nov 30, 2011 vs TBL W 4-2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 17:20
Nov 26, 2011 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:08
Nov 25, 2011 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 19:53
Nov 23, 2011 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:48
Nov 20, 2011 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:16
Nov 19, 2011 @ LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 20:31
Nov 17, 2011 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:00
Nov 15, 2011 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16:08
Nov 12, 2011 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:50
Nov 11, 2011 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:06
Nov 8, 2011 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 13:26
Nov 5, 2011 vs ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:18
Nov 3, 2011 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:57
Nov 1, 2011 vs MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:21
Oct 29, 2011 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:37
Oct 28, 2011 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:16
Oct 25, 2011 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 16:46
Oct 22, 2011 @ WSH L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 15:35
Oct 21, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 15:28
Oct 15, 2011 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 14:31
Oct 13, 2011 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:44
Oct 8, 2011 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 16:46
Oct 7, 2011 vs OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 15:19