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Sheldon Souray

#44 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Jul 13, 1976 in Elk Point, Alberta, CAN · 6'4", 231 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 71st overall in 1994 by NJD (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dennis Seidenberg BOS · 17 P in 46 GP Sami Salo TBL · 17 P in 46 GP Joe Corvo CAR · 17 P in 40 GP Grant Clitsome WPG · 16 P in 44 GP Jake Muzzin LAK · 16 P in 45 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.

02040601997-98: 10 points1097-981998-99: 8 points898-991999-00: 11 points1199-002000-01: 11 points1100-012001-02: 8 points801-022003-04: 35 points3503-042005-06: 39 points3905-062006-07: 64 points6406-072007-08: 10 points1007-082008-09: 53 points5308-092009-10: 13 points1309-102011-12: 21 points2111-122012-13: 17 points1712-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 NJD 60 3 7 10 18 85 74 65 0.17
1998-99 NJD 70 1 7 8 5 110 101 109 0.11
1999-00 NJD 52 0 8 8 -6 70 74 97 0.15
1999-00 MTL 19 3 0 3 7 44 39 23 0.16
2000-01 MTL 52 3 8 11 -11 95 103 72 0.21
2001-02 MTL 34 3 5 8 -5 62 56 67 0.24
2003-04 MTL 63 15 20 35 4 104 186 108 0.56
2005-06 MTL 75 12 27 39 -11 116 202 105 0.52
2006-07 MTL 81 26 38 64 -28 135 224 101 0.79
2007-08 EDM 26 3 7 10 -7 36 71 29 0.38
2008-09 EDM 81 23 30 53 1 98 268 82 0.65
2009-10 EDM 37 4 9 13 -19 65 113 50 0.35
2011-12 DAL 64 6 15 21 11 73 179 55 0.33
2012-13 ANA 44 7 10 17 19 52 80 34 0.39 $3.667M
13 seasons Career 758 109 191 300 -22 1145 1770 997 0.40

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 NJD 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0.33
1998-99 NJD 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.50
2001-02 MTL 12 0 1 1 -4 16 10 18 0.08
2003-04 MTL 11 0 2 2 -2 39 31 18 0.18
2005-06 MTL 6 3 2 5 -1 8 16 2 0.83
2012-13 ANA 6 0 1 1 -2 4 13 1 0.17
6 seasons Playoffs 40 3 8 11 -8 69 71 45 0.28

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 7 10 17 19 52 80 34 0.39 8.8 20:56

Contract

$3.667MCap hit2012-13
$216KCap dollars per point17 points in 44 games
-$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.4MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 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
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3.667M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.7Goals above replacement591st of 605 skaters, 200th of 208 defencemen
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence0.0 64th percentileEven-strength defence-3.1 4th percentilePower play+0.1 84th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 60th percentilePenalties-2.7 1st percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-3-2-1012011-122012-13Goals 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

48.2Corsi for %619 attempts for, 665 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Expected goals for %24.3 expected for, 28.5 against
-3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.1Goals for %36 for, 22 against
104.4PDO11.1% shooting + 93.3% saves
107Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sheldon Souray · Francois Beauchemin43584:3149.145.629-17
Sheldon Souray · Luca Sbisa745:5842.458.66-3
Sheldon Souray · Ben Lovejoy1012:4345.246.50-0
Sheldon Souray · Sami Vatanen112:4334.541.30-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.1Expected goalsfrom 106 unblocked attempts
+2.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +2.9 goals above expected94thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 6Expected 3.1

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 27, 2013 vs PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 16:43
Apr 25, 2013 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17:34
Apr 19, 2013 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 23:31
Apr 17, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 20:33
Apr 13, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:06
Apr 10, 2013 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:51
Apr 7, 2013 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 22:51
Apr 5, 2013 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:53
Apr 3, 2013 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:50
Apr 1, 2013 @ DAL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 22:34
Mar 31, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:18
Mar 29, 2013 @ CHI W 2-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 21:55
Mar 27, 2013 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 18:06
Mar 25, 2013 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 20:56
Mar 24, 2013 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:30
Mar 22, 2013 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:37
Mar 20, 2013 vs CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 18:58
Mar 18, 2013 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 19:20
Mar 16, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:26
Mar 14, 2013 @ DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:42
Mar 12, 2013 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:23
Mar 10, 2013 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 19:17
Mar 8, 2013 vs CGY W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 17:57
Mar 6, 2013 vs PHX W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 22:12
Mar 4, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 24:40
Mar 2, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:36
Feb 27, 2013 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:24
Feb 25, 2013 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 15:40
Feb 24, 2013 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:36
Feb 18, 2013 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 23:10
Feb 16, 2013 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 23:04
Feb 15, 2013 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 21:25
Feb 12, 2013 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 24:54
Feb 9, 2013 @ STL W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 24:41
Feb 8, 2013 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 20:56
Feb 6, 2013 @ COL W 3-0 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 20:12
Feb 4, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 22:07
Feb 2, 2013 vs LAK W 7-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 26:03
Feb 1, 2013 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:58
Jan 29, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 20:05
Jan 26, 2013 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:59
Jan 25, 2013 vs VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:30
Jan 21, 2013 @ CGY W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:50
Jan 19, 2013 @ VAN W 7-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 19:00