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Justin Fontaine

#14 · Right wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Nov 6, 1987 in Bonnyville, Alberta, CAN · 5'10", 174 lb · Shoots right

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.

Rickard Rakell ANA · 31 P in 71 GP Jiri Tlusty WPG · 31 P in 72 GP Jeff Skinner CAR · 31 P in 77 GP Mark Arcobello ARI · 31 P in 77 GP Blake Comeau PIT · 31 P in 61 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.

01020302013-14: 21 points2113-142014-15: 31 points3114-152015-16: 16 points1615-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 MIN 66 13 8 21 6 26 79 9 0.32 $600K
2014-15 MIN 71 9 22 31 13 12 104 9 0.44 $1M
2015-16 MIN 60 5 11 16 3 20 54 9 0.27 $1M
3 seasons Career 197 27 41 68 22 58 237 27 0.35

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 MIN 9 1 1 2 0 2 13 4 0.22
2014-15 MIN 6 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 0.33
2015-16 MIN 4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 19 2 2 4 -1 4 21 7 0.21

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 9 22 31 13 12 104 9 0.44 8.7 11:57

Contract

$1MCap hit2014-15
$32KCap dollars per point31 points in 71 games
$132KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.6 goals above replacement
$5.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.1MValueworth 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 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
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $600K

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

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-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.

024682013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %43 attempts for, 43 against
+9.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.5Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 1.3 against
+11.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.9PDO5.3% shooting + 95.7% saves
10Attempts 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
Sean Bergenheim · Kyle Brodziak · Justin Fontaine326:2555.662.60-1
Matt Cooke · Kyle Brodziak · Justin Fontaine321:2751.550.31-0
Thomas Vanek · Charlie Coyle · Justin Fontaine33:3633.355.80-0
Thomas Vanek · Kyle Brodziak · Justin Fontaine21:22100.0100.00-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

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, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:08
Apr 7, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:32
Apr 6, 2015 vs WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:39
Apr 4, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:06
Apr 2, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 13:52
Mar 28, 2015 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:42
Mar 27, 2015 vs CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:05
Mar 24, 2015 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:53
Mar 23, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 11:56
Mar 21, 2015 vs STL W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 12:47
Mar 19, 2015 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:51
Mar 17, 2015 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:31
Mar 14, 2015 @ STL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:14
Mar 13, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:25
Mar 10, 2015 vs NJD W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:37
Mar 8, 2015 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 11:40
Mar 6, 2015 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:51
Mar 5, 2015 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:41
Mar 3, 2015 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 09:47
Feb 28, 2015 @ COL W 3-1 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 09:53
Feb 26, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 11:48
Feb 24, 2015 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:32
Feb 22, 2015 vs DAL W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 15:59
Feb 20, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 15:36
Feb 18, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 12:56
Feb 16, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:02
Feb 14, 2015 vs CAR W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 12:25
Feb 12, 2015 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:31
Feb 10, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:05
Jan 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:28
Jan 27, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:55
Jan 20, 2015 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 12:18
Jan 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:19
Jan 17, 2015 vs ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 12:57
Jan 15, 2015 @ BUF W 7-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:02
Jan 13, 2015 @ PIT L 2-7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:52
Jan 11, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:08
Jan 8, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:15
Jan 6, 2015 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:07
Jan 2, 2015 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:09
Dec 31, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:12
Dec 29, 2014 @ WPG W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:23
Dec 27, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:14
Dec 20, 2014 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:11
Dec 17, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 10:42
Dec 16, 2014 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:05
Dec 13, 2014 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:17
Dec 11, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:55
Dec 9, 2014 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:16
Dec 5, 2014 vs ANA L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:09
Dec 3, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:49
Nov 29, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:29
Nov 26, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:35
Nov 24, 2014 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:48
Nov 22, 2014 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:25
Nov 20, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:23
Nov 16, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 08:01
Nov 15, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:26
Nov 13, 2014 vs BUF W 6-3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 10:00
Nov 11, 2014 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:11
Nov 8, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:20
Nov 6, 2014 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:17
Nov 4, 2014 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:10
Nov 1, 2014 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:08
Oct 30, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 11:14
Oct 28, 2014 @ BOS W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 09:27
Oct 27, 2014 @ NYR L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13:52
Oct 25, 2014 vs TBL W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:04
Oct 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16
Oct 19, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:12
Oct 17, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:45