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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael Dal Colle NYI · 10 P in 53 GP Gaetan Haas EDM · 10 P in 58 GP Mackenzie MacEachern STL · 10 P in 51 GP Adam Lowry WPG · 10 P in 49 GP Jujhar Khaira EDM · 10 P in 64 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 4 6 10 -12 6 77 30 0.18 5.2 11:05

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$70KCap dollars per point10 points in 55 games
$317KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.8MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $700K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals 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-0.5Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.3Penalties+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.

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

46.1Corsi for %89 attempts for, 104 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.5Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 4.0 against
-7.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
27.3Goals for %3 for, 8 against
94.1PDO8.1% shooting + 86.0% saves
18Attempts 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
Mikael Backlund · Tobias Rieder · Andrew Mangiapane628:4541.228.31-1
Tobias Rieder · Mark Jankowski · Derek Ryan426:0747.745.51-2
Johnny Gaudreau · Tobias Rieder · Sean Monahan421:2271.467.21-3
Zac Rinaldo · Tobias Rieder · Derek Ryan47:3417.62.70-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt48th
Finishing +1.6 goals above expected85thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 106 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0123Goals 3Expected 1.4

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
Mar 6, 2020 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:37
Mar 4, 2020 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:00
Mar 1, 2020 @ FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:09
Feb 29, 2020 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:05
Feb 27, 2020 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:52
Feb 25, 2020 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:20
Feb 23, 2020 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:27
Feb 21, 2020 vs BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:33
Feb 17, 2020 vs ANA W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:29
Feb 15, 2020 vs CHI L 4-8 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:20
Feb 12, 2020 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:56
Feb 10, 2020 @ SJS W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 11:36
Feb 8, 2020 @ VAN W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:50
Feb 6, 2020 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:54
Feb 1, 2020 vs EDM L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 08:46
Jan 29, 2020 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:41
Jan 18, 2020 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:30
Jan 16, 2020 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:04
Jan 13, 2020 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:48
Jan 11, 2020 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:47
Jan 5, 2020 @ MIN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:02
Jan 2, 2020 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:01
Dec 31, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:16
Dec 29, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:47
Dec 27, 2019 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:40
Dec 23, 2019 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:41
Dec 22, 2019 @ DAL W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:03
Dec 19, 2019 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:41
Dec 17, 2019 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:30
Dec 14, 2019 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:57
Dec 12, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:39
Dec 10, 2019 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:38
Dec 9, 2019 @ COL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:50
Dec 7, 2019 vs LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 07:51
Dec 5, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 10:10
Nov 30, 2019 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:03
Nov 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:40
Nov 25, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:10
Nov 17, 2019 @ VGK L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:52
Nov 16, 2019 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:31
Nov 13, 2019 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:43
Nov 9, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:37
Nov 7, 2019 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:56
Nov 5, 2019 vs ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:36
Nov 3, 2019 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:53
Oct 29, 2019 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:40
Oct 26, 2019 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:52
Oct 22, 2019 vs WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:57
Oct 20, 2019 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:14
Oct 19, 2019 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:20
Oct 13, 2019 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:22
Oct 12, 2019 @ VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:51
Oct 10, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:34
Oct 8, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:41
Oct 5, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:34