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Tobias Rieder

#13 · Left wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 10, 1993 in Landshut, DEU · 5'11", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 114th overall in 2011 by EDM (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blake Coleman NJD · 25 P in 79 GP Alex Iafallo LAK · 25 P in 75 GP Mark Jankowski CGY · 25 P in 72 GP Nick Bonino NSH · 25 P in 71 GP Michael Frolik CGY · 25 P in 70 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.

01020302014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 37 points3715-162016-17: 34 points3416-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 7 points720-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 ARI 72 13 8 21 -19 14 189 123 0.29 $853K
2015-16 ARI 82 14 23 37 -21 10 189 54 0.45 $853K
2016-17 ARI 80 16 18 34 -8 6 155 24 0.43 $2.225M
2017-18 ARI 58 8 11 19 -11 6 80 76 0.33 $2.225M
2017-18 LAK 20 4 2 6 -1 0 34 20 0.30
2018-19 EDM 67 0 11 11 -8 8 92 69 0.16 $2M
2019-20 CGY 55 4 6 10 -12 6 77 30 0.18 $700K
2020-21 BUF 44 5 2 7 -9 2 63 21 0.16 $700K
7 seasons Career 478 64 81 145 -89 52 879 417 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 -1 0 7 7 0.00
2019-20 CGY 10 3 2 5 -2 0 12 20 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 14 3 2 5 -3 0 19 27 0.36

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 12 13 25 -12 6 114 96 0.32 10.5 14:39

Contract

$2.225MCap hit2017-18
$89KCap dollars per point25 points in 78 games
$799KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.8 goals above replacement
$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$162KValueworth 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 691 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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $2M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.225M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $853K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 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-0.6Even-strength defence+0.0Power play+0.0Penalty 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.

02468102014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21Goals 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

37.5Corsi for %45 attempts for, 75 against
-13.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.8Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 2.2 against
-7.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
97.0PDO0.0% shooting + 97.0% saves
11Attempts 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
Trevor Lewis · Tobias Rieder · Adrian Kempe317:3245.546.00-1
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Tobias Rieder215:5844.826.20-0
Jeff Carter · Trevor Lewis · Tobias Rieder111:5618.25.40-0
Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar · Tobias Rieder32:4728.666.70-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected44thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 75 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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 7, 2018 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:51
Apr 5, 2018 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:00
Apr 2, 2018 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:03
Mar 30, 2018 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:57
Mar 29, 2018 vs ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:12
Mar 26, 2018 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:40
Mar 24, 2018 @ EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10:34
Mar 22, 2018 @ COL W 7-1 2 0 2 1 0 5 3 13:45
Mar 20, 2018 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:32
Mar 19, 2018 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:19
Mar 17, 2018 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 09:34
Mar 15, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:51
Mar 13, 2018 @ ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:42
Mar 12, 2018 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:52
Mar 3, 2018 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:00
Mar 1, 2018 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:41
Feb 27, 2018 @ VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:39
Feb 26, 2018 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:51
Feb 24, 2018 vs EDM L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 16:24
Feb 22, 2018 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:19
Feb 17, 2018 vs EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:43
Feb 15, 2018 vs MTL W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 14:34
Feb 13, 2018 @ SJS W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 17:04
Feb 12, 2018 vs CHI W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 15:27
Feb 10, 2018 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:51
Feb 8, 2018 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:09
Feb 3, 2018 @ LAK L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:02
Feb 1, 2018 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:52
Jan 25, 2018 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:38
Jan 22, 2018 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:29
Jan 20, 2018 @ STL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 13:00
Jan 18, 2018 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:09
Jan 16, 2018 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:30
Jan 13, 2018 @ SJS L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:26
Jan 12, 2018 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:24
Jan 6, 2018 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:47
Jan 4, 2018 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:18
Dec 31, 2017 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 5 15:51
Dec 28, 2017 vs TOR L 4-7 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 12:29
Dec 27, 2017 @ COL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:41
Dec 23, 2017 vs COL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:05
Dec 22, 2017 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:46
Dec 19, 2017 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 14:41
Dec 16, 2017 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 17:20
Dec 14, 2017 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:34
Dec 10, 2017 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:04
Dec 9, 2017 @ CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:40
Dec 7, 2017 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:14
Dec 3, 2017 @ VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:30
Dec 2, 2017 vs NJD W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:53
Nov 30, 2017 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:24
Nov 28, 2017 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:39
Nov 25, 2017 vs VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:22
Nov 24, 2017 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:58
Nov 22, 2017 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:53
Nov 20, 2017 @ TOR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:41
Nov 18, 2017 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:45
Nov 16, 2017 @ MTL W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:41
Nov 14, 2017 @ WPG L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 16:21
Nov 11, 2017 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:14
Nov 9, 2017 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:03
Nov 7, 2017 @ PIT L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:35
Nov 6, 2017 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:20
Nov 4, 2017 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:33
Nov 2, 2017 vs BUF L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:57
Oct 31, 2017 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:13
Oct 30, 2017 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:35
Oct 28, 2017 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:46
Oct 26, 2017 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:37
Oct 24, 2017 @ NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:24
Oct 21, 2017 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:32
Oct 19, 2017 vs DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:21
Oct 17, 2017 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:06
Oct 14, 2017 vs BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:55
Oct 12, 2017 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:25
Oct 10, 2017 @ VGK L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:19
Oct 7, 2017 vs VGK L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 11:45
Oct 5, 2017 @ ANA L 4-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 15:32