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David Desharnais

#51 · Centre · New York Rangers

Born Sep 14, 1986 in Laurier-Station, Quebec, CAN · 5'7", 180 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Sullivan NSH · 22 P in 44 GP Nikolay Zherdev PHI · 22 P in 56 GP Mattias Tedenby NJD · 22 P in 58 GP Radek Dvorak ATL · 22 P in 66 GP Andreas Nodl PHI · 22 P in 67 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.

02040602009-10: 1 points109-102010-11: 22 points2210-112011-12: 60 points6011-122012-13: 28 points2812-132013-14: 52 points5213-142014-15: 48 points4814-152015-16: 29 points2915-162016-17: 14 points1416-172017-18: 28 points2817-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 MTL 6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 0.17
2010-11 MTL 43 8 14 22 -3 12 55 16 0.51 $550K
2011-12 MTL 81 16 44 60 10 24 98 33 0.74 $850K
2012-13 MTL 48 10 18 28 -2 26 66 26 0.58 $850K
2013-14 MTL 79 16 36 52 11 24 96 23 0.66 $3.5M
2014-15 MTL 82 14 34 48 22 24 90 43 0.59 $3.5M
2015-16 MTL 65 11 18 29 -6 20 90 31 0.45 $3.5M
2016-17 MTL 31 4 6 10 5 6 30 2 0.32 $3.5M
2016-17 EDM 18 2 2 4 -1 6 16 3 0.22
2017-18 NYR 71 6 22 28 -22 18 55 22 0.39 $1M
9 seasons Career 524 87 195 282 13 160 598 201 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 MTL 5 0 1 1 0 2 10 2 0.20
2012-13 MTL 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 10 0.20
2013-14 MTL 17 2 6 8 4 6 26 11 0.47
2014-15 MTL 11 1 2 3 -1 4 15 12 0.27
2016-17 EDM 13 1 3 4 3 0 6 7 0.31
5 seasons Playoffs 51 4 13 17 7 14 60 42 0.33

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 8 14 22 -3 12 55 16 0.51 14.5 12:52

Contract

$550KCap hitends in 2011, then RFA
$25KCap dollars per point22 points in 43 games
$169KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.3MValueworth 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 315 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 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $550K

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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1M
2013-14 to 2016-17 $3.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $850K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $850K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $550K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %46 attempts for, 39 against
+9.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.5Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 0.9 against
+18.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
99.0PDO4.0% shooting + 95.0% saves
13Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Benoit Pouliot · David Desharnais · Ryan White314:1138.962.70-0
Tom Pyatt · David Desharnais · Ryan White412:1873.971.90-0
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · David Desharnais17:1252.957.40-0
Jeff Halpern · Tom Pyatt · David Desharnais13:2950.077.30-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes33rd
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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 9, 2011 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:59
Apr 7, 2011 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:46
Apr 5, 2011 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:59
Apr 2, 2011 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:22
Mar 30, 2011 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:01
Mar 29, 2011 vs ATL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:58
Mar 26, 2011 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:08
Mar 24, 2011 @ BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:11
Mar 22, 2011 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:20
Mar 20, 2011 @ MIN W 8-1 0 3 3 4 0 1 0 18:21
Mar 18, 2011 @ NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 16:20
Mar 17, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:27
Mar 15, 2011 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:32
Mar 12, 2011 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:03
Mar 10, 2011 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:54
Mar 8, 2011 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:27
Mar 5, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 08:25
Mar 3, 2011 @ FLA W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:24
Mar 1, 2011 @ ATL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:50
Feb 26, 2011 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 10:46
Feb 24, 2011 vs TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:53
Feb 22, 2011 @ VAN W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 05:01
Feb 20, 2011 @ CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:14
Feb 17, 2011 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:06
Feb 15, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:55
Feb 12, 2011 vs TOR W 3-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 16:13
Feb 10, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15:31
Feb 9, 2011 @ BOS L 6-8 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 13:08
Feb 6, 2011 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:08
Feb 5, 2011 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:45
Feb 2, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:11
Feb 1, 2011 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:10
Jan 25, 2011 @ PHI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 15:58
Jan 22, 2011 vs ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:20
Jan 21, 2011 @ OTT W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:46
Jan 18, 2011 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:07
Jan 17, 2011 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:38
Jan 15, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:13
Jan 12, 2011 vs PIT L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:09
Jan 11, 2011 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:46
Jan 8, 2011 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:29
Jan 6, 2011 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:09
Jan 2, 2011 vs ATL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:23