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Ryan O'Byrne

#23 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Jul 19, 1984 in Victoria, British Columbia, CAN · 6'5", 234 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 79th overall in 2003 by MTL (round 3)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Deryk Engelland PIT · 6 P in 42 GP Bryan Allen ANA · 6 P in 41 GP Douglas Murray PIT · 6 P in 43 GP Matt Hunwick COL · 6 P in 43 GP Greg Zanon COL · 6 P in 44 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.

02468102007-08: 7 points707-082008-09: 5 points508-092009-10: 4 points409-102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 6 points612-13

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 MTL 33 1 6 7 7 45 10 65 0.21
2008-09 MTL 37 0 5 5 -7 58 14 77 0.14
2009-10 MTL 55 1 3 4 -3 74 27 119 0.07
2010-11 MTL 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 11 0.00
2010-11 COL 64 0 10 10 -7 71 42 168 0.16
2011-12 COL 74 1 6 7 -5 57 42 180 0.09
2012-13 COL 34 1 3 4 -8 54 21 76 0.12 $1.8M
2012-13 TOR 8 1 1 2 4 6 5 28 0.25
6 seasons Career 308 5 34 39 -19 369 164 724 0.13

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 MTL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 0.00
2008-09 MTL 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0.00
2009-10 MTL 13 0 0 0 1 10 7 32 0.00
2012-13 TOR 6 0 0 0 2 4 0 27 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 25 0 0 0 0 16 10 66 0.00

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 2 4 6 -4 60 26 104 0.14 7.7 18:32

Contract

$1.8MCap hit2012-13
$300KCap dollars per point6 points in 42 games
-$5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.8MValueworth 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 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

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
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.8M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 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
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.2

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.

-8-6-4-202010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

44.5Corsi for %81 attempts for, 101 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %3.9 expected for, 3.4 against
+10.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %4 for, 2 against
103.3PDO7.5% shooting + 95.7% saves
1Attempts 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
Ryan O'Byrne · Jake Gardiner436:5143.543.20-1
John-Michael Liles · Ryan O'Byrne333:1945.664.83-0
Dion Phaneuf · Ryan O'Byrne54:5933.360.61-1
Ryan O'Byrne · Carl Gunnarsson33:0933.331.30-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.02 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt77th
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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 24, 2013 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:05
Apr 20, 2013 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:08
Apr 18, 2013 vs NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:31
Apr 16, 2013 @ WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:20
Apr 15, 2013 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 16:35
Apr 13, 2013 vs MTL W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 7 19:15
Apr 10, 2013 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:44
Apr 8, 2013 vs NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 15:47
Apr 2, 2013 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15:11
Apr 1, 2013 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:33
Mar 30, 2013 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 20:35
Mar 28, 2013 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:28
Mar 27, 2013 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:10
Mar 23, 2013 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 7 17:08
Mar 20, 2013 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:26
Mar 18, 2013 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:52
Mar 16, 2013 vs MIN L 4-6 0 0 0 1 5 0 3 16:26
Mar 12, 2013 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 17:04
Mar 10, 2013 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 17:01
Mar 8, 2013 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:49
Mar 6, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 23:56
Mar 5, 2013 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:50
Mar 3, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:11
Feb 28, 2013 vs CGY W 5-4 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 18:41
Feb 26, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 4 18:02
Feb 24, 2013 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 22:03
Feb 23, 2013 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:32
Feb 20, 2013 vs STL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:01
Feb 18, 2013 vs NSH W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23:20
Feb 16, 2013 @ EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:34
Feb 14, 2013 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:01
Feb 11, 2013 vs PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 17:26
Feb 6, 2013 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 18:57
Feb 4, 2013 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 19:54
Feb 2, 2013 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:13
Jan 31, 2013 @ CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:45
Jan 30, 2013 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:02
Jan 28, 2013 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:03
Jan 26, 2013 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 19 1 0 12:01
Jan 24, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 19:34
Jan 22, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:33
Jan 19, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:32