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Ryan Carter

#18 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Aug 3, 1983 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Letestu CBJ · 13 P in 54 GP David Booth TOR · 13 P in 59 GP Stephen Gionta NJD · 13 P in 61 GP Boyd Gordon EDM · 13 P in 68 GP Gabriel Bourque NSH · 13 P in 69 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.

0510152007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 9 points909-102010-11: 9 points910-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 10 points1013-142014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 12 points1215-16

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 ANA 34 4 4 8 -2 36 56 40 0.24
2008-09 ANA 48 3 6 9 3 52 40 67 0.19 $625K
2009-10 ANA 38 4 5 9 0 31 38 51 0.24 $625K
2010-11 ANA 18 1 2 3 -4 22 23 29 0.17 $625K
2010-11 CAR 32 0 3 3 0 22 26 66 0.09
2010-11 FLA 12 2 1 3 3 22 14 38 0.25
2011-12 FLA 7 0 0 0 -1 6 3 12 0.00 $750K
2011-12 NJD 65 4 4 8 -12 84 47 102 0.12
2012-13 NJD 44 6 9 15 -2 31 63 50 0.34 $775K
2013-14 NJD 62 7 3 10 -6 35 69 72 0.16 $775K
2014-15 MIN 53 3 10 13 3 55 47 77 0.25 $725K
2015-16 MIN 60 7 5 12 -3 48 62 87 0.20 $625K
9 seasons Career 473 41 52 93 -21 444 488 691 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 ANA 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0.00
2007-08 ANA 6 0 0 0 -2 6 6 15 0.00
2008-09 ANA 10 2 3 5 0 0 18 21 0.50
2011-12 NJD 23 5 2 7 4 32 21 32 0.30
2014-15 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2015-16 MIN 2 0 0 0 -1 10 1 6 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 46 7 5 12 0 48 46 80 0.26

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 3 10 13 3 55 47 77 0.25 6.4 10:05

Contract

$725KCap hit2014-15
$56KCap dollars per point13 points in 53 games
$272KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.7 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $625K
2012-13 to 2014-15 $775K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $750K
2008-09 to 2010-11 $625K

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

-0.3Goals 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-0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

41.7Corsi for %5 attempts for, 7 against
-21.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
11.5Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.7 against
-54.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Cooke · Kyle Brodziak · Ryan Carter15:3241.711.50-0

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.

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. "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, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:08
Apr 6, 2015 vs WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:14
Apr 4, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:34
Apr 2, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:58
Mar 28, 2015 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:12
Feb 9, 2015 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01:34
Feb 7, 2015 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:41
Feb 3, 2015 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:28
Feb 1, 2015 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 11:49
Jan 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:44
Jan 27, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:59
Jan 20, 2015 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 12:06
Jan 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:02
Jan 17, 2015 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:14
Jan 15, 2015 @ BUF W 7-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:46
Jan 13, 2015 @ PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:05
Jan 11, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 12:05
Jan 10, 2015 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 08:51
Jan 8, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:19
Jan 6, 2015 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:57
Jan 3, 2015 @ DAL L 1-7 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 10:07
Jan 2, 2015 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 10:12
Dec 31, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:21
Dec 29, 2014 @ WPG W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 12:41
Dec 27, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 08:11
Dec 23, 2014 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:00
Dec 20, 2014 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 08:51
Dec 11, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11:22
Dec 9, 2014 vs NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10:03
Dec 5, 2014 vs ANA L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:51
Dec 3, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:19
Nov 29, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:08
Nov 28, 2014 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:24
Nov 26, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:00
Nov 24, 2014 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:24
Nov 22, 2014 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:22
Nov 20, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 09:59
Nov 16, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 08:15
Nov 15, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 14:17
Nov 13, 2014 vs BUF W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 09:17
Nov 11, 2014 @ NJD L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:29
Nov 8, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:22
Nov 6, 2014 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:25
Nov 4, 2014 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 06:59
Oct 30, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 07:04
Oct 28, 2014 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 09:31
Oct 27, 2014 @ NYR L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 09:10
Oct 25, 2014 vs TBL W 7-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 13:26
Oct 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:04
Oct 19, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 07:23
Oct 17, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:22
Oct 11, 2014 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 07:43
Oct 9, 2014 vs COL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 11:01