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Chris Pronger

#20 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Oct 10, 1974 in Dryden, Ontario, CAN · 6'6", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 1993 by HFD (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1999-00

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alec Martinez LAK · 12 P in 51 GP Nate Prosser MIN · 12 P in 51 GP Kris Russell STL · 12 P in 55 GP Marco Scandella MIN · 12 P in 63 GP Scott Hannan CGY · 12 P in 78 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.

02040601993-94: 30 points3093-941994-95: 14 points141995-96: 25 points2595-961996-97: 35 points351997-98: 36 points3697-981998-99: 46 points461999-00: 62 points6299-002000-01: 47 points472001-02: 47 points4701-022002-03: 4 points42003-04: 54 points5403-042005-06: 56 points562006-07: 59 points5906-072007-08: 43 points432008-09: 48 points4808-092009-10: 55 points552010-11: 25 points2510-112011-12: 12 points12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1993-94 HFD 81 5 25 30 -3 113 174 0 0.37
1994-95 HFD 43 5 9 14 -12 54 94 0 0.33
1995-96 STL 78 7 18 25 -18 110 138 0 0.32
1996-97 STL 79 11 24 35 15 143 147 0 0.44
1997-98 STL 81 9 27 36 47 180 145 137 0.44
1998-99 STL 67 13 33 46 3 113 172 132 0.69
1999-00 STL 79 14 48 62 52 92 192 106 0.78
2000-01 STL 51 8 39 47 21 75 121 56 0.92
2001-02 STL 78 7 40 47 23 120 204 115 0.60
2002-03 STL 5 1 3 4 -2 10 11 3 0.80
2003-04 STL 80 14 40 54 -1 88 203 73 0.68
2005-06 EDM 80 12 44 56 2 74 155 65 0.70 $6.25M
2006-07 ANA 66 13 46 59 27 69 166 77 0.89 $6.25M
2007-08 ANA 72 12 31 43 -1 128 182 74 0.60 $6.25M
2008-09 ANA 82 11 37 48 0 88 196 78 0.59 $6.25M
2009-10 PHI 82 10 45 55 22 79 175 104 0.67 $6.25M
2010-11 PHI 50 4 21 25 7 44 112 41 0.50 $4.936M
2011-12 PHI 13 1 11 12 1 10 23 15 0.92 $4.936M
18 seasons Career 1167 157 541 698 183 1590 2610 1076 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1995-96 STL 13 1 5 6 0 16 20 0 0.46
1996-97 STL 6 1 1 2 0 22 19 0 0.33
1997-98 STL 10 1 9 10 -2 26 24 23 1.00
1998-99 STL 13 1 4 5 -2 28 43 51 0.38
1999-00 STL 7 3 4 7 0 32 22 27 1.00
2000-01 STL 15 1 7 8 10 32 35 45 0.53
2001-02 STL 9 1 7 8 5 24 16 28 0.89
2002-03 STL 7 1 3 4 3 14 15 6 0.57
2005-06 EDM 24 5 16 21 10 26 61 35 0.88
2006-07 ANA 19 3 12 15 10 26 58 27 0.79
2007-08 ANA 6 2 3 5 -1 12 12 16 0.83
2008-09 ANA 13 2 8 10 4 12 27 15 0.77
2009-10 PHI 23 4 14 18 5 36 41 48 0.78
2010-11 PHI 3 0 1 1 -3 4 4 1 0.33
14 seasons Playoffs 168 26 94 120 39 310 397 322 0.71

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 1 11 12 1 10 23 15 0.92 4.3 22:29

Contract

$4.936MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$411KCap dollars per point12 points in 13 games
$1.978MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2016-17, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $4.936M
2012-13 $4.936M
2013-14 $4.936M
2014-15 $4.936M
2015-16 $4.936M
2016-17 $4.936M

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
2010-11 to 2016-17 $4.936M
2005-06 to 2009-10 $6.25M

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence+0.8Power play+0.7Penalty kill+0.3Penalties-0.5

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

00.511.522.52010-112011-12Goals 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

51.5Corsi for %152 attempts for, 143 against
+4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.3Expected goals for %8.1 expected for, 5.3 against
+8.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
69.2Goals for %9 for, 4 against
104.0PDO9.6% shooting + 94.4% saves
24Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Pronger · Matt Carle13128:3952.156.46-3
Chris Pronger · Kimmo Timonen812:0037.968.31-1
Chris Pronger · Braydon Coburn97:2228.618.90-0
Chris Pronger · Andrej Meszaros65:2861.978.81-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.8Expected goalsfrom 26 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes44th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt38th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.8

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 this season, 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
Nov 19, 2011 @ WPG L 4-6 0 2 2 -2 2 0 1 26:41
Nov 17, 2011 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:41
Nov 14, 2011 @ CAR W 5-3 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 24:54
Nov 13, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 24:13
Nov 9, 2011 @ TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25:22
Oct 24, 2011 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:47
Oct 22, 2011 vs STL L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 24:31
Oct 20, 2011 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 21:38
Oct 18, 2011 @ OTT W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 21:48
Oct 15, 2011 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 25:24
Oct 12, 2011 vs VAN W 5-4 1 1 2 -1 2 2 0 23:41
Oct 8, 2011 @ NJD W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 22:57
Oct 6, 2011 @ BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 24:34