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Marc Savard

#91 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Jul 17, 1977 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 91st overall in 1995 by NYR (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacob Josefson NJD · 10 P in 28 GP Greg Mauldin COL · 10 P in 29 GP Steve Reinprecht FLA · 10 P in 29 GP Matt Beleskey ANA · 10 P in 35 GP Freddy Modin CGY · 10 P in 40 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.

0204060801997-98: 6 points697-981998-99: 45 points4598-991999-00: 53 points5399-002000-01: 65 points6500-012001-02: 33 points3301-022002-03: 50 points5002-032003-04: 52 points5203-042005-06: 97 points9705-062006-07: 96 points9606-072007-08: 78 points7807-082008-09: 88 points8808-092009-10: 33 points3309-102010-11: 10 points1010-11

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 NYR 28 1 5 6 -4 4 32 4 0.21
1998-99 NYR 70 9 36 45 -7 38 116 30 0.64
1999-00 CGY 78 22 31 53 -2 56 184 44 0.68
2000-01 CGY 77 23 42 65 -12 46 197 48 0.84
2001-02 CGY 56 14 19 33 -18 48 140 16 0.59
2002-03 CGY 10 1 2 3 -3 8 21 0 0.30
2002-03 ATL 58 16 31 47 -11 77 127 6 0.81
2003-04 ATL 45 19 33 52 -8 85 133 9 1.16
2005-06 ATL 82 28 69 97 7 100 212 27 1.18
2006-07 BOS 82 22 74 96 -19 96 221 35 1.17 $5M
2007-08 BOS 74 15 63 78 3 66 196 38 1.05 $5M
2008-09 BOS 82 25 63 88 25 70 213 25 1.07 $5M
2009-10 BOS 41 10 23 33 2 14 90 13 0.80 $5M
2010-11 BOS 25 2 8 10 -7 29 50 5 0.40 $4.021M
13 seasons Career 808 207 499 706 -54 737 1932 300 0.87

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 BOS 7 1 5 6 -1 6 14 3 0.86
2008-09 BOS 11 6 7 13 2 4 17 2 1.18
2009-10 BOS 7 1 2 3 2 12 22 3 0.43
3 seasons Playoffs 25 8 14 22 3 22 53 8 0.88

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 2 8 10 -7 29 50 5 0.40 4.0 15:48

Contract

$4.021MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$402KCap dollars per point10 points in 25 games
-$527KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.5MValueworth 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 315 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 2016-17, with 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $4.021M
2011-12 $4.021M
2012-13 $4.021M
2013-14 $4.021M
2014-15 $4.021M
2015-16 $4.021M
2016-17 $4.021M

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 $4.021M
2006-07 to 2009-10 $5M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-2.4Goals above replacement624th of 672 skaters, 415th of 439 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: 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 offence-0.9 33rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.6 8th percentilePower play-0.4 16th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 63rd percentilePenalties+0.3 48th 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.2Corsi for %322 attempts for, 320 against
-3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.7Expected goals for %11.2 expected for, 15.1 against
-9.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.0Goals for %11 for, 14 against
99.3PDO6.3% shooting + 93.0% saves
60Attempts 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
Marc Savard · Nathan Horton · Milan Lucic1479:0955.746.34-5
Marc Savard · Michael Ryder · Nathan Horton876:1357.354.75-5
Marc Savard · Michael Ryder · Tyler Seguin1062:3637.928.61-0
Marc Savard · Michael Ryder · Milan Lucic624:2760.460.90-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.5Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.5Goals 2

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
Jan 22, 2011 @ COL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:03
Jan 20, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 19:13
Jan 18, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:19
Jan 17, 2011 vs CAR W 7-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14:34
Jan 15, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 21:55
Jan 13, 2011 vs PHI W 7-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:17
Jan 11, 2011 vs OTT W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:12
Jan 10, 2011 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 17:34
Jan 8, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:49
Jan 6, 2011 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 14:59
Jan 3, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 14:34
Jan 1, 2011 @ BUF L 6-7 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 16:08
Dec 30, 2010 @ ATL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 16:47
Dec 28, 2010 @ TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:21
Dec 27, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 17:56
Dec 23, 2010 vs ATL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 15:08
Dec 20, 2010 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:06
Dec 18, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:12
Dec 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 16:40
Dec 15, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:14
Dec 11, 2010 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:17
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 13:15
Dec 7, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:26
Dec 4, 2010 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:21
Dec 2, 2010 vs TBL W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:45