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Clarke MacArthur

#16 · Left wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Apr 6, 1985 in Lloydminster, Alberta, CAN · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 74th overall in 2003 by BUF (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Buddy Robinson OTT · 0 P in 4 GP Chandler Stephenson WSH · 0 P in 4 GP Connor Jones NYI · 0 P in 4 GP Kevin Rooney NJD · 0 P in 4 GP Linden Vey CGY · 0 P in 4 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.

02040602006-07: 7 points706-072007-08: 15 points1507-082008-09: 31 points3108-092009-10: 35 points3509-102010-11: 62 points6210-112011-12: 43 points4311-122012-13: 20 points2012-132013-14: 55 points5513-142014-15: 36 points3614-152015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 0 points016-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 BUF 19 3 4 7 4 4 16 20 0.37
2007-08 BUF 37 8 7 15 3 20 51 36 0.41
2008-09 BUF 71 17 14 31 -4 56 108 80 0.44 $523K
2009-10 BUF 60 13 13 26 -14 47 99 48 0.43 $1.4M
2009-10 ATL 21 3 6 9 -2 2 30 14 0.43
2010-11 TOR 82 21 41 62 -3 37 154 115 0.76 $1.1M
2011-12 TOR 73 20 23 43 3 37 148 60 0.59 $3.25M
2012-13 TOR 40 8 12 20 3 26 62 44 0.50 $3.25M
2013-14 OTT 79 24 31 55 12 78 159 108 0.70 $3.25M
2014-15 OTT 62 16 20 36 -6 36 140 70 0.58 $3.25M
2015-16 OTT 4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0.00 $4.65M
2016-17 OTT 4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 0.00 $4.65M
11 seasons Career 552 133 171 304 -6 343 976 602 0.55

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 TOR 5 2 1 3 -1 2 7 9 0.60
2014-15 OTT 6 2 0 2 -2 18 15 24 0.33
2016-17 OTT 19 3 6 9 5 12 32 28 0.47
3 seasons Playoffs 30 7 7 14 2 32 54 61 0.47

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 0.00 0.0 13:29

Contract

$4.65MCap hit2016-17

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2016-17 $4.65M
2015-16 to 2019-20 $4.65M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $3.25M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $3.25M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $1.1M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $1.4M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $523K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

51.1Corsi for %204 attempts for, 195 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Expected goals for %6.1 expected for, 7.9 against
-3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.3Goals for %9 for, 5 against
104.5PDO8.6% shooting + 95.9% saves
41Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 142 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
Clarke MacArthur · Kyle Turris · Mike Hoffman966:1554.345.83-2
Clarke MacArthur · Bobby Ryan · Derick Brassard1154:0747.043.63-1
Clarke MacArthur · Bobby Ryan · Kyle Turris922:3237.217.71-1
Clarke MacArthur · Kyle Turris · Mark Stone119:0562.554.71-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt18th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected71stOne 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.

0123Goals 3Expected 2.2

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 9, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:33
Apr 8, 2017 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:25
Apr 6, 2017 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:15
Apr 4, 2017 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:44