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Matt Calvert

#11 · Left wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Dec 24, 1989 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN · 5'11", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 127th overall in 2008 by CBJ (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dale Weise PHI · 15 P in 64 GP Kyle Brodziak STL · 15 P in 69 GP Anthony Duclair ARI · 15 P in 58 GP Ondrej Kase ANA · 15 P in 53 GP Chris VandeVelde PHI · 15 P in 81 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.

010202010-11: 20 points2010-112011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 16 points1612-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 23 points2314-152015-16: 24 points2415-162016-17: 15 points1516-172017-18: 24 points2417-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 25 points2519-202020-21: 3 points320-21

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 CBJ 42 11 9 20 3 12 50 51 0.48
2011-12 CBJ 13 0 3 3 -5 16 4 8 0.23
2012-13 CBJ 42 9 7 16 -9 32 63 57 0.38 $712K
2013-14 CBJ 56 9 15 24 -1 53 90 111 0.43 $988K
2014-15 CBJ 56 13 10 23 1 28 93 92 0.41 $988K
2015-16 CBJ 73 11 13 24 1 51 114 91 0.33 $2.2M
2016-17 CBJ 65 10 5 15 -4 48 92 61 0.23 $2.2M
2017-18 CBJ 69 9 15 24 -10 33 108 61 0.35 $2.2M
2018-19 COL 82 11 15 26 -10 58 141 115 0.32 $2.85M
2019-20 COL 50 12 13 25 13 39 89 58 0.50 $2.85M
2020-21 COL 19 0 3 3 -2 6 26 12 0.16 $2.85M
11 seasons Career 567 95 108 203 -23 376 870 717 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 CBJ 6 2 2 4 2 4 13 19 0.67
2016-17 CBJ 4 1 1 2 4 4 9 13 0.50
2017-18 CBJ 6 3 1 4 4 4 15 15 0.67
2018-19 COL 8 0 4 4 3 18 11 21 0.50
2019-20 COL 5 1 2 3 2 2 12 11 0.60
5 seasons Playoffs 29 7 10 17 15 32 60 79 0.59

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 10 5 15 -4 48 92 61 0.23 10.9 13:21

Contract

$2.2MCap hit2016-17
$147KCap dollars per point15 points in 65 games
-$949KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.1MValueworth 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 2020-21 $2.85M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $2.2M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $988K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $712K

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

+0.8Goals 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+0.8Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

-4-2024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

52.0Corsi for %51 attempts for, 47 against
-6.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.9Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 1.8 against
+12.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %4 for, 0 against
115.4PDO15.4% shooting + 100.0% 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
Matt Calvert · William Karlsson · Josh Anderson439:5452.669.83-0
Matt Calvert · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Alexander Wennberg11:2850.026.90-0
Matt Calvert · Cam Atkinson · William Karlsson21:0066.70.00-0
Scott Hartnell · Sam Gagner · Matt Calvert10:50100.0100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.46 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 11.6% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 1

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 @ TOR W 3-2 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 14:17
Apr 8, 2017 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:05
Apr 6, 2017 vs WPG L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 09:02
Apr 2, 2017 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:33
Mar 31, 2017 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:03
Mar 30, 2017 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:17
Mar 28, 2017 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:02
Mar 25, 2017 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:35
Mar 23, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11:22
Mar 22, 2017 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:22
Mar 19, 2017 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:40
Mar 18, 2017 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 12:26
Mar 16, 2017 vs FLA W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 12:18
Mar 13, 2017 @ PHI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:17
Feb 19, 2017 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:55
Feb 17, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:30
Feb 15, 2017 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 10:29
Feb 13, 2017 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:06
Feb 11, 2017 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:23
Feb 9, 2017 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:32
Feb 7, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:26
Feb 4, 2017 vs NJD L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 14:05
Feb 3, 2017 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 12:01
Jan 31, 2017 @ NYR W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 12:55
Jan 26, 2017 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:50
Jan 24, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:16
Jan 22, 2017 @ OTT W 7-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:40
Jan 19, 2017 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:02
Jan 17, 2017 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:03
Jan 14, 2017 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:15
Jan 13, 2017 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:12
Jan 8, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 13:01
Jan 7, 2017 vs NYR L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:51
Jan 5, 2017 @ WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:33
Jan 3, 2017 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:17
Dec 31, 2016 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 05:20
Dec 29, 2016 @ WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:19
Dec 27, 2016 vs BOS W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:53
Dec 23, 2016 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:37
Dec 22, 2016 vs PIT W 7-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:57
Dec 20, 2016 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:34
Dec 18, 2016 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:59
Dec 16, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 14:36
Dec 13, 2016 @ EDM W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 12:13
Dec 10, 2016 vs NYI W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 13:09
Dec 9, 2016 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 12:50
Dec 5, 2016 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:15
Dec 3, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:05
Nov 21, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:25
Nov 20, 2016 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:22
Nov 18, 2016 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 12:39
Nov 15, 2016 vs WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:18
Nov 12, 2016 vs STL W 8-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:00
Nov 10, 2016 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:07
Nov 9, 2016 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 17:30
Nov 5, 2016 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:37
Nov 4, 2016 vs MTL W 10-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 14:41
Nov 1, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:04
Oct 28, 2016 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:10
Oct 27, 2016 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:38
Oct 25, 2016 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:30
Oct 22, 2016 @ DAL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:34
Oct 21, 2016 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:35
Oct 15, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:27
Oct 13, 2016 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:29