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Ryan Spooner

#15 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jan 30, 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 45th overall in 2010 by BOS (round 2)

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.

Derick Brassard OTT · 39 P in 81 GP Martin Hanzal MIN · 39 P in 71 GP Michael Grabner NYR · 40 P in 76 GP Mikko Rantanen COL · 38 P in 75 GP Adam Henrique NJD · 40 P in 82 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.

0102030402012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 18 points1814-152015-16: 49 points4915-162016-17: 39 points3916-172017-18: 41 points4117-182018-19: 9 points918-19

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 BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.00
2013-14 BOS 23 0 11 11 0 6 42 10 0.48
2014-15 BOS 29 8 10 18 2 2 73 17 0.62 $760K
2015-16 BOS 80 13 36 49 -9 35 162 53 0.61 $950K
2016-17 BOS 78 11 28 39 -8 14 145 24 0.50 $950K
2017-18 BOS 39 9 16 25 10 2 70 38 0.64 $2.825M
2017-18 NYR 20 4 12 16 -4 2 37 28 0.80
2018-19 NYR 16 1 1 2 -5 0 24 10 0.13 $4M
2018-19 EDM 25 2 1 3 -6 2 25 18 0.12
2018-19 VAN 11 0 4 4 -1 0 18 11 0.36
7 seasons Career 325 48 119 167 -21 63 600 210 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 BOS 4 0 2 2 -2 0 2 6 0.50
1 season Playoffs 4 0 2 2 -2 0 2 6 0.50

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 11 28 39 -8 14 145 24 0.50 7.6 14:06

Contract

$950KCap hit2016-17
$24KCap dollars per point39 points in 78 games
$414KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.1MValueworth 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. 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 $4M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $2.825M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $950K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $760K

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

-0.4Goals 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-0.1Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-4-20242012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

47.6Corsi for %40 attempts for, 44 against
-2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.2Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 1.6 against
+3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
91.5PDO4.5% shooting + 87.0% 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Backes · Drew Stafford · Ryan Spooner215:1051.761.51-0
Drew Stafford · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano29:2156.530.50-1
Dominic Moore · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano14:3554.564.30-0
Ryan Spooner · Tim Schaller · Frank Vatrano11:270.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected51stOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 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 8, 2017 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 18:26
Apr 6, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:40
Apr 4, 2017 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13:27
Apr 2, 2017 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:07
Apr 1, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:51
Mar 30, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:15
Mar 28, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:52
Mar 25, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:02
Mar 23, 2017 vs TBL L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 11:58
Mar 21, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:56
Mar 20, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 11:17
Mar 16, 2017 @ EDM L 4-7 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 14:33
Mar 15, 2017 @ CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 14:40
Mar 6, 2017 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:32
Mar 4, 2017 vs NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:12
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:30
Feb 28, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:28
Feb 26, 2017 @ DAL W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 11:32
Feb 23, 2017 @ LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:27
Feb 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:16
Feb 19, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:03
Feb 12, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:23
Feb 11, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 12:55
Feb 9, 2017 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:23
Feb 4, 2017 vs TOR L 5-6 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 12:14
Feb 1, 2017 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 13:53
Jan 31, 2017 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11:10
Jan 26, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:24
Jan 24, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 14:16
Jan 22, 2017 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:02
Jan 20, 2017 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:49
Jan 18, 2017 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -3 0 0 2 15:31
Jan 16, 2017 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:15
Jan 14, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:57
Jan 12, 2017 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:00
Jan 10, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 11:13
Jan 8, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:30
Jan 7, 2017 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13:22
Jan 5, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:06
Jan 2, 2017 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:20
Dec 31, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:12
Dec 29, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17:12
Dec 27, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:23
Dec 23, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 17:56
Dec 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:23
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:17
Dec 18, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:39
Dec 15, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:04
Dec 14, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:35
Dec 12, 2016 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 10:57
Dec 10, 2016 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:47
Dec 8, 2016 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:21
Dec 7, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:03
Dec 5, 2016 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:24
Dec 3, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:08
Dec 1, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:00
Nov 29, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 12:12
Nov 27, 2016 vs TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 10:38
Nov 25, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:52
Nov 24, 2016 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:53
Nov 22, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:38
Nov 19, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:24
Nov 17, 2016 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:01
Nov 13, 2016 @ COL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:50
Nov 12, 2016 @ ARI W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:27
Nov 10, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 15:25
Nov 8, 2016 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:53
Nov 7, 2016 vs BUF W 4-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 19:16
Nov 5, 2016 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 15:24
Nov 3, 2016 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:50
Nov 1, 2016 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:57
Oct 29, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:46
Oct 26, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:32
Oct 25, 2016 vs MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:12
Oct 22, 2016 vs MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 4 2 14:10
Oct 17, 2016 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 10:44
Oct 15, 2016 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:35
Oct 13, 2016 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:37