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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Barret Jackman STL · 15 P in 80 GP Nick Schultz PHI · 15 P in 80 GP Nate Guenin COL · 15 P in 76 GP Fedor Tyutin CBJ · 15 P in 67 GP Nikita Zadorov BUF · 15 P in 60 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 3 12 15 -5 70 82 114 0.18 3.7 19:35

Contract

$4.25MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$283KCap dollars per point15 points in 82 games
-$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$7.5MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 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 2019-20, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $4.25M
2015-16 $4.25M
2016-17 $4.25M
2017-18 $4.25M
2018-19 $4.25M
2019-20 $4.25M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence-0.8Power play+0.2Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+0.0

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

46.3Corsi for %74 attempts for, 86 against
-4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 4.0 against
-4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
96.6PDO2.4% shooting + 94.1% saves
9Attempts 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
Niklas Kronwall · Jonathan Ericsson676:0140.439.71-3
Jonathan Ericsson · Brendan Smith517:0050.030.70-0
Jonathan Ericsson · Danny DeKeyser44:1462.546.70-0
Marek Zidlicky · Jonathan Ericsson33:05100.0100.00-0

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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.05 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 2.0% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 44 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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 11, 2015 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:07
Apr 9, 2015 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:15
Apr 7, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23:05
Apr 5, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:43
Apr 4, 2015 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:15
Apr 2, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:45
Mar 31, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 22:46
Mar 29, 2015 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:05
Mar 28, 2015 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:12
Mar 26, 2015 vs SJS L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:14
Mar 24, 2015 vs ARI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 14:08
Mar 22, 2015 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:00
Mar 20, 2015 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:50
Mar 19, 2015 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:37
Mar 15, 2015 @ PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 16:37
Mar 14, 2015 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:40
Mar 12, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:30
Mar 9, 2015 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:20
Mar 8, 2015 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:29
Mar 6, 2015 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 17:55
Mar 4, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:29
Feb 28, 2015 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:12
Feb 26, 2015 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:28
Feb 24, 2015 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:41
Feb 23, 2015 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:34
Feb 21, 2015 @ DAL W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 19:36
Feb 18, 2015 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:03
Feb 16, 2015 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:39
Feb 14, 2015 vs WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:32
Feb 11, 2015 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 20:25
Feb 7, 2015 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21:08
Feb 5, 2015 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 19:19
Jan 31, 2015 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 17:39
Jan 29, 2015 @ TBL L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 16:37
Jan 27, 2015 @ FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 17:31
Jan 20, 2015 vs MIN W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 1 3 23:17
Jan 18, 2015 vs BUF W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15:00
Jan 17, 2015 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:38
Jan 15, 2015 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:28
Jan 13, 2015 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:39
Jan 10, 2015 @ WSH L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 20:31
Jan 7, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:11
Jan 6, 2015 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:03
Jan 3, 2015 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:45
Dec 31, 2014 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:30
Dec 29, 2014 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:59
Dec 27, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 23:02
Dec 23, 2014 vs BUF W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:45
Dec 21, 2014 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:18
Dec 19, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:11
Dec 16, 2014 vs CBJ L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:13
Dec 13, 2014 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 23:22
Dec 12, 2014 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:33
Dec 10, 2014 vs TOR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 24:41
Dec 7, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:46
Dec 6, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 23:15
Dec 4, 2014 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:12
Dec 2, 2014 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:54
Nov 30, 2014 vs VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 21:53
Nov 28, 2014 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:33
Nov 26, 2014 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 21:29
Nov 24, 2014 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:27
Nov 22, 2014 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 19:24
Nov 20, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 21:20
Nov 18, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 19:12
Nov 16, 2014 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:41
Nov 14, 2014 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 24:50
Nov 9, 2014 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22:19
Nov 7, 2014 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:24
Nov 5, 2014 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:24
Nov 4, 2014 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:40
Nov 2, 2014 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:19
Oct 31, 2014 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 21:35
Oct 29, 2014 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:01
Oct 25, 2014 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:59
Oct 23, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:52
Oct 21, 2014 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:55
Oct 18, 2014 vs TOR W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 21:28
Oct 17, 2014 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37
Oct 15, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:07
Oct 11, 2014 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 17:03
Oct 9, 2014 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:25