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Eric Gryba

#2 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Apr 14, 1988 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'4", 222 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 68th overall in 2006 by OTT (round 3)

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.

Tom Gilbert MTL · 12 P in 72 GP Zbynek Michalek STL · 12 P in 68 GP Calvin de Haan NYI · 12 P in 65 GP Carl Gunnarsson STL · 12 P in 61 GP Andrew MacDonald PHI · 12 P in 58 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.

05102012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 12 points1214-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 6 points616-172017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 0 points018-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 OTT 33 2 4 6 -3 26 51 89 0.18 $562K
2013-14 OTT 57 2 9 11 9 64 57 161 0.19 $562K
2014-15 OTT 75 0 12 12 11 97 64 171 0.16 $1.25M
2015-16 EDM 53 1 5 6 0 75 58 132 0.11 $1.25M
2016-17 EDM 40 2 4 6 -5 65 45 145 0.15 $950K
2017-18 EDM 21 0 2 2 4 31 19 57 0.10 $900K
2018-19 NJD 10 0 0 0 -1 10 11 21 0.00 $700K
7 seasons Career 289 7 36 43 15 368 305 776 0.15

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 OTT 4 0 0 0 0 17 2 11 0.00
2014-15 OTT 6 0 0 0 -2 14 5 13 0.00
2016-17 EDM 3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 17 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 13 0 0 0 -3 35 7 41 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 0 12 12 11 97 64 171 0.16 0.0 15:39

Contract

$1.25MCap hit2014-15
$104KCap dollars per point12 points in 75 games
-$616KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.9MValueworth 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. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $950K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $562K

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

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence0.0Power 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.

-2-1012012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %74 attempts for, 80 against
-2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.3Expected goals for %2.0 expected for, 2.7 against
-9.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
95.5PDO3.0% shooting + 92.5% saves
10Attempts 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
Eric Gryba · Mark Borowiecki664:0248.943.11-2
Eric Gryba · Patrick Wiercioch68:2031.324.10-1
Marc Methot · Eric Gryba43:2675.045.50-0
Eric Gryba · Erik Karlsson10:42100.0100.00-0

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 9 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 1.5% chance per attempt1st
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 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:01
Apr 9, 2015 @ NYR W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 17:13
Apr 7, 2015 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:18
Apr 5, 2015 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:19
Apr 4, 2015 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 2 16:01
Apr 2, 2015 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:34
Mar 31, 2015 @ DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:01
Mar 29, 2015 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 12:30
Mar 28, 2015 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:19
Mar 26, 2015 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:10
Mar 23, 2015 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 16:11
Mar 21, 2015 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 12:21
Mar 19, 2015 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 12:17
Mar 10, 2015 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:03
Mar 8, 2015 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 17:59
Mar 6, 2015 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:47
Mar 4, 2015 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:23
Mar 3, 2015 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:41
Feb 28, 2015 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 16:46
Feb 26, 2015 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 18:27
Feb 25, 2015 @ ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 14:51
Feb 18, 2015 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 15:48
Feb 16, 2015 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 17:05
Feb 14, 2015 vs EDM W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 17:08
Feb 12, 2015 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 15:11
Feb 10, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 21:49
Feb 7, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:11
Feb 5, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:34
Jan 29, 2015 vs DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 14:49
Jan 21, 2015 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:26
Jan 20, 2015 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 17:34
Jan 17, 2015 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 13:38
Jan 15, 2015 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 15:51
Jan 13, 2015 @ DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:36
Jan 10, 2015 @ ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 18:51
Jan 8, 2015 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:19
Jan 6, 2015 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:08
Jan 4, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 16:27
Jan 3, 2015 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:21
Dec 29, 2014 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 19:20
Dec 27, 2014 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:20
Dec 22, 2014 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:30
Dec 20, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:45
Dec 19, 2014 vs ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 16:03
Dec 17, 2014 @ NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 20:24
Dec 15, 2014 @ BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:23
Dec 13, 2014 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:09
Dec 11, 2014 vs LAK L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 19:52
Dec 7, 2014 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:39
Dec 6, 2014 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:32
Dec 4, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:46
Dec 2, 2014 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:37
Nov 29, 2014 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:21
Nov 28, 2014 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12:29
Nov 25, 2014 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 13:23
Nov 24, 2014 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:49
Nov 22, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:31
Nov 20, 2014 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:30
Nov 15, 2014 @ CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 11:52
Nov 13, 2014 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 17 2 1 10:59
Nov 11, 2014 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:25
Nov 9, 2014 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:12
Nov 8, 2014 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:33
Nov 6, 2014 vs MIN W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:24
Nov 4, 2014 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:33
Nov 1, 2014 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 21:05
Oct 30, 2014 vs CHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 16:12
Oct 28, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 08:13
Oct 26, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 14:36
Oct 25, 2014 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:35
Oct 18, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:19
Oct 16, 2014 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 12:17
Oct 13, 2014 @ FLA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:02
Oct 11, 2014 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 16:47
Oct 9, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:27