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Michael Ryder

#17 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Mar 31, 1980 in Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 216th overall in 1998 by MTL (round 8)

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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.

Brad Marchand BOS · 41 P in 77 GP Mike Santorelli FLA · 41 P in 82 GP Nik Antropov ATL · 41 P in 76 GP Rich Peverley BOS · 41 P in 82 GP Devin Setoguchi SJS · 41 P in 72 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.

02040602003-04: 63 points6303-042005-06: 55 points5505-062006-07: 58 points5806-072007-08: 31 points3107-082008-09: 53 points5308-092009-10: 33 points3309-102010-11: 41 points4110-112011-12: 62 points6211-122012-13: 35 points3512-132013-14: 34 points3413-142014-15: 19 points1914-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 MTL 81 25 38 63 10 26 215 117 0.78
2005-06 MTL 81 30 25 55 -5 40 243 111 0.68
2006-07 MTL 82 30 28 58 -25 60 221 130 0.71
2007-08 MTL 70 14 17 31 -4 30 134 122 0.44
2008-09 BOS 74 27 26 53 28 26 185 107 0.72
2009-10 BOS 82 18 15 33 3 35 191 109 0.40
2010-11 BOS 79 18 23 41 -1 26 165 70 0.52
2011-12 DAL 82 35 27 62 17 46 211 86 0.76
2012-13 DAL 19 6 8 14 4 8 42 19 0.74 $3.5M
2012-13 MTL 27 10 11 21 -2 8 59 16 0.78
2013-14 NJD 82 18 16 34 -6 18 166 51 0.41 $3.5M
2014-15 NJD 47 6 13 19 -1 30 89 53 0.40 $3.5M
11 seasons Career 806 237 247 484 18 353 1921 991 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
2003-04 MTL 11 1 2 3 -5 4 36 26 0.27
2005-06 MTL 6 2 3 5 -4 0 13 8 0.83
2007-08 MTL 4 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 0.00
2008-09 BOS 11 5 8 13 4 8 25 12 1.18
2009-10 BOS 13 4 1 5 -4 2 37 24 0.38
2010-11 BOS 25 8 9 17 8 8 44 24 0.68
2012-13 MTL 5 1 1 2 0 2 8 4 0.40
7 seasons Playoffs 75 21 24 45 0 26 169 101 0.60

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 18 23 41 -1 26 165 70 0.52 10.9 14:29

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2014-15 $3.5M

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.9Goals above replacement261st of 672 skaters, 197th of 439 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals 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+0.1 48th percentileEven-strength defence-1.7 16th percentilePower play+0.9 87th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties+1.3 78th 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. 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.

-202468102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

48.3Corsi for %896 attempts for, 960 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Expected goals for %34.0 expected for, 39.6 against
-3.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.6Goals for %40 for, 39 against
100.9PDO8.2% shooting + 92.7% saves
230Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Ryder · Blake Wheeler · David Krejci18105:4752.949.83-2
Michael Ryder · Chris Kelly · Rich Peverley1395:2858.364.35-2
Michael Ryder · Blake Wheeler · Tyler Seguin1692:0044.054.95-5
Marc Savard · Michael Ryder · Nathan Horton876:1357.354.75-5

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
17.1Expected goalsfrom 219 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.90 expected goals per 60 minutes78th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt64th
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected63rdOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 18Expected 17.1

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 10, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:39
Apr 9, 2011 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:09
Apr 6, 2011 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 10:48
Apr 4, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 10:56
Apr 2, 2011 vs ATL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 13:26
Mar 31, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:21
Mar 26, 2011 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:40
Mar 24, 2011 vs MTL W 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:18
Mar 22, 2011 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:15
Mar 19, 2011 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:20
Mar 17, 2011 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 7 0 16:01
Mar 11, 2011 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:59
Mar 10, 2011 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11:27
Mar 8, 2011 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:57
Mar 5, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 14:00
Mar 3, 2011 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:49
Mar 1, 2011 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:54
Feb 27, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 17:30
Feb 26, 2011 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:55
Feb 22, 2011 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 14:29
Feb 18, 2011 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 13:47
Feb 17, 2011 @ NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:00
Feb 15, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 16:44
Feb 13, 2011 @ DET L 2-4 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 15:08
Feb 11, 2011 vs DET L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:34
Feb 9, 2011 vs MTL W 8-6 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 15:20
Feb 5, 2011 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:31
Feb 3, 2011 vs DAL W 6-3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 16:39
Feb 1, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:37
Jan 26, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:31
Jan 24, 2011 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:06
Jan 22, 2011 @ COL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:50
Jan 20, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:42
Jan 18, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:36
Jan 17, 2011 vs CAR W 7-0 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 13:09
Jan 15, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 2 7 1 19:35
Jan 13, 2011 vs PHI W 7-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:39
Jan 11, 2011 vs OTT W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:10
Jan 10, 2011 @ PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:28
Jan 8, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:57
Jan 6, 2011 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:19
Jan 3, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:05
Jan 1, 2011 @ BUF L 6-7 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:37
Dec 30, 2010 @ ATL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 20:37
Dec 28, 2010 @ TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:52
Dec 27, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 5 0 15:45
Dec 23, 2010 vs ATL W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 14:33
Dec 20, 2010 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 15:06
Dec 18, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:46
Dec 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:56
Dec 15, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:31
Dec 11, 2010 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:25
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:11
Dec 7, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:55
Dec 4, 2010 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:49
Dec 2, 2010 vs TBL W 8-1 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 16:21
Dec 1, 2010 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 13:36
Nov 28, 2010 @ ATL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:23
Nov 26, 2010 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:11
Nov 24, 2010 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:05
Nov 22, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:14
Nov 20, 2010 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:50
Nov 18, 2010 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:51
Nov 17, 2010 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:39
Nov 15, 2010 vs NJD W 3-0 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 12:49
Nov 13, 2010 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 12:47
Nov 11, 2010 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:50
Nov 10, 2010 @ PIT W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:56
Nov 6, 2010 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:47
Nov 5, 2010 @ WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 14:08
Nov 3, 2010 @ BUF W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 16:18
Oct 30, 2010 @ OTT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:03
Oct 28, 2010 vs TOR W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:05
Oct 23, 2010 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:52
Oct 21, 2010 vs WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12:10
Oct 19, 2010 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:44
Oct 16, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 12:12
Oct 10, 2010 @ PHX W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 13:15
Oct 9, 2010 vs PHX L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 14:54