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Marco Scandella

#6 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Feb 23, 1990 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 55th overall in 2008 by MIN (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonas Siegenthaler NJD · 14 P in 70 GP Zdeno Chara NYI · 14 P in 72 GP Jake Middleton MIN · 14 P in 66 GP Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS · 14 P in 75 GP Derek Forbort BOS · 14 P in 76 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.

051015202010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 12 points1211-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 23 points2314-152015-16: 21 points2115-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 13 points1318-192019-20: 13 points1319-202020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 8 points823-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 MIN 20 0 2 2 -9 2 13 20 0.10
2011-12 MIN 63 3 9 12 -22 19 77 46 0.19
2012-13 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 4 7 8 0.17
2013-14 MIN 76 3 14 17 10 20 80 70 0.22 $1.025M
2014-15 MIN 64 11 12 23 8 56 112 90 0.36 $1.025M
2015-16 MIN 73 5 16 21 6 22 126 66 0.29 $4M
2016-17 MIN 71 4 9 13 -2 25 88 50 0.18 $4M
2017-18 BUF 82 5 17 22 -15 37 138 91 0.27 $4M
2018-19 BUF 63 6 7 13 -13 26 83 53 0.21 $4M
2019-20 BUF 31 3 6 9 9 8 39 38 0.29 $4M
2019-20 MTL 20 1 2 3 1 8 21 25 0.15
2019-20 STL 11 0 1 1 4 4 17 15 0.09
2020-21 STL 49 3 6 9 14 24 55 60 0.18 $3.275M
2021-22 STL 70 3 11 14 17 18 76 106 0.20 $3.275M
2022-23 STL 20 1 1 2 2 6 17 27 0.10 $3.275M
2023-24 STL 65 2 6 8 2 15 42 70 0.12 $3.275M
14 seasons Career 784 51 119 170 11 294 991 835 0.22

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 MIN 5 1 1 2 -1 0 6 5 0.40
2013-14 MIN 13 2 1 3 4 0 20 21 0.23
2014-15 MIN 10 2 1 3 4 0 17 15 0.30
2015-16 MIN 6 1 0 1 -7 4 12 6 0.17
2016-17 MIN 5 0 0 0 -1 2 10 11 0.00
2019-20 STL 6 0 0 0 -4 0 7 9 0.00
2020-21 STL 4 0 0 0 -4 0 3 6 0.00
2021-22 STL 4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 8 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 53 6 3 9 -12 6 77 81 0.17

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 3 11 14 17 18 76 106 0.20 3.9 18:08

Contract

$3.275MCap hit2021-22
$234KCap dollars per point14 points in 70 games
-$893KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.2MValueworth 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 716 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
2022-23 to 2023-24 $3.275M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $3.275M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $4M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4M
2015-16 to 2019-20 $4M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.025M

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.1Goals 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 offence-0.1Even-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.

-10-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

46.3Corsi for %38 attempts for, 44 against
+1.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.8Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 2.0 against
+5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
88.5PDO0.0% shooting + 88.5% saves
7Attempts 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
Robert Bortuzzo · Marco Scandella214:3947.854.40-0
Marco Scandella · Justin Faulk410:0165.467.90-1
Marco Scandella · Colton Parayko48:0738.115.50-2
Marco Scandella · Niko Mikkola32:3920.00.00-0

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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 61 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 26, 2022 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 11:50
Apr 24, 2022 @ ANA W 6-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 22:14
Apr 23, 2022 @ ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:06
Apr 21, 2022 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 19:28
Apr 19, 2022 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:46
Apr 17, 2022 @ NSH W 8-3 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 22:19
Apr 16, 2022 vs MIN W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:47
Apr 14, 2022 @ BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:14
Apr 12, 2022 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:51
Apr 9, 2022 vs NYI W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18:02
Apr 8, 2022 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:10
Apr 6, 2022 vs SEA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 18:18
Apr 4, 2022 vs ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:57
Apr 2, 2022 @ CGY W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:04
Apr 1, 2022 @ EDM L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 20:49
Mar 30, 2022 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:57
Mar 28, 2022 vs VAN W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 19:32
Mar 26, 2022 vs CAR L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:16
Mar 24, 2022 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:24
Mar 22, 2022 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 17:14
Mar 19, 2022 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:28
Mar 17, 2022 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 17:12
Mar 13, 2022 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:53
Mar 12, 2022 @ NSH W 7-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 20:29
Mar 10, 2022 vs NYR W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 16:44
Feb 10, 2022 vs NJD L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 15:20
Jan 29, 2022 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:07
Jan 27, 2022 vs CGY W 5-1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 13:51
Jan 24, 2022 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:13
Jan 23, 2022 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:18
Jan 21, 2022 @ SEA W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:40
Jan 17, 2022 vs NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:26
Jan 15, 2022 vs TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:45
Jan 13, 2022 vs SEA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:00
Jan 9, 2022 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:35
Jan 7, 2022 vs WSH W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 15:00
Jan 5, 2022 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:34
Jan 1, 2022 @ MIN W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:50
Dec 29, 2021 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:42
Dec 19, 2021 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:11
Dec 17, 2021 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:34
Dec 14, 2021 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:35
Dec 12, 2021 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:14
Dec 11, 2021 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:46
Dec 9, 2021 vs DET W 6-2 1 1 2 3 0 4 1 20:29
Dec 7, 2021 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:05
Dec 4, 2021 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:59
Dec 2, 2021 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:13
Nov 30, 2021 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:56
Nov 27, 2021 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12:41
Nov 26, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:34
Nov 24, 2021 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:56
Nov 22, 2021 vs VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:02
Nov 20, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:25
Nov 18, 2021 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:17
Nov 16, 2021 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:39
Nov 14, 2021 vs EDM L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:12
Nov 13, 2021 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 15:33
Nov 11, 2021 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 20:51
Nov 9, 2021 @ WPG W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 23:36
Nov 7, 2021 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:15
Nov 4, 2021 @ SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:30
Nov 3, 2021 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:58
Oct 30, 2021 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 21:39
Oct 28, 2021 vs COL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 21:51
Oct 25, 2021 vs LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 21:16
Oct 23, 2021 vs LAK W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 20:39
Oct 20, 2021 @ VGK W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 20:51
Oct 18, 2021 @ ARI W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:06
Oct 16, 2021 @ COL W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 26:12