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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jyrki Jokipakka OTT · 6 P in 41 GP Klas Dahlbeck CAR · 6 P in 43 GP Matt Tennyson CAR · 6 P in 45 GP Erik Gudbranson VAN · 6 P in 30 GP Dalton Prout NJD · 6 P in 29 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
40 2 4 6 -5 65 45 145 0.15 4.4 16:08

Contract

$950KCap hit2016-17
$158KCap dollars per point6 points in 40 games
$284KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$666KValueworth 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 664 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 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

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-0.3

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

46.6Corsi for %34 attempts for, 39 against
+7.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 1.5 against
+21.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
98.5PDO14.3% shooting + 84.2% saves
3Attempts 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 · Darnell Nurse221:1254.851.30-2
Eric Gryba · Griffin Reinhart111:3045.262.31-1
Eric Gryba · Oscar Klefbom13:0550.071.11-0
Andrej Sekera · Eric Gryba11:180.00.00-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.04 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 58 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 9, 2017 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 4 2 14:59
Apr 1, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:38
Mar 28, 2017 vs LAK W 2-1 1 0 1 1 5 1 5 14:37
Mar 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 14:20
Mar 20, 2017 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 16:00
Mar 12, 2017 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:24
Mar 7, 2017 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:47
Mar 4, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:36
Feb 28, 2017 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 17:52
Feb 24, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 6 16:57
Feb 22, 2017 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 17:20
Feb 18, 2017 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 5 1 4 14:44
Feb 16, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 8 17:48
Feb 14, 2017 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 17:03
Feb 5, 2017 @ MTL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:34
Jan 18, 2017 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:14
Jan 14, 2017 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:08
Jan 10, 2017 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 10:17
Jan 8, 2017 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 16:52
Jan 7, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:13
Jan 5, 2017 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 13:37
Dec 31, 2016 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 17:13
Dec 29, 2016 vs LAK W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 18:53
Dec 23, 2016 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:55
Dec 21, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 2 20 0 6 13:37
Dec 19, 2016 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 16:31
Nov 17, 2016 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 16:20
Nov 15, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:46
Nov 13, 2016 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 14:43
Nov 11, 2016 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 19:44
Nov 8, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 17:05
Nov 6, 2016 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 19:21
Nov 5, 2016 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 22:24
Oct 30, 2016 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:01
Oct 28, 2016 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:21
Oct 26, 2016 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 18:01
Oct 23, 2016 @ WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 18:03
Oct 20, 2016 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:06
Oct 16, 2016 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 17:45
Oct 14, 2016 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:46