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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Letestu CBJ · 34 P in 82 GP Valeri Nichushkin DAL · 34 P in 79 GP Sean Monahan CGY · 34 P in 75 GP R.J. Umberger CBJ · 34 P in 74 GP Lee Stempniak PIT · 34 P in 73 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 18 16 34 -6 18 166 51 0.41 10.8 15:47

Contract

$3.5MCap hit2013-14
$103KCap dollars per point34 points in 82 games
$153KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.3MValueworth 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 641 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 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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacement537th of 672 skaters, 357th of 438 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-2.3 19th percentileEven-strength defence-0.6 32nd percentilePower play-1.5 1st percentilePenalty kill0.0 38th percentilePenalties+0.2 42nd 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

53.4Corsi for %866 attempts for, 757 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Expected goals for %35.5 expected for, 30.6 against
-2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.6Goals for %30 for, 33 against
99.3PDO6.9% shooting + 92.4% saves
218Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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 · Ryane Clowe · Adam Henrique33273:2152.256.47-12
Patrik Elias · Michael Ryder · Adam Henrique2279:2642.239.82-3
Michael Ryder · Adam Henrique · Reid Boucher1551:0661.954.11-1
Michael Ryder · Ryane Clowe · Andrei Loktionov1045:4253.857.02-2

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
16.6Expected goalsfrom 224 unblocked attempts
+1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt54th
Finishing +1.4 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 18Expected 16.6

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 13, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 14:05
Apr 11, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:30
Apr 10, 2014 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:33
Apr 7, 2014 vs CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:46
Apr 5, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14:23
Apr 4, 2014 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:32
Apr 1, 2014 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:08
Mar 31, 2014 vs FLA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:49
Mar 29, 2014 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:27
Mar 27, 2014 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:56
Mar 23, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:06
Mar 22, 2014 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:16
Mar 20, 2014 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:53
Mar 18, 2014 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 15:08
Mar 15, 2014 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 15:26
Mar 14, 2014 @ FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:13
Mar 11, 2014 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 11:59
Mar 8, 2014 vs CAR W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 12:56
Mar 7, 2014 @ DET L 4-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:40
Mar 4, 2014 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:17
Mar 2, 2014 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:44
Mar 1, 2014 @ NYI W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 17:52
Feb 27, 2014 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:07
Feb 8, 2014 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:32
Feb 7, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 20:00
Feb 3, 2014 vs COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:32
Jan 31, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:42
Jan 30, 2014 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:26
Jan 28, 2014 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:22
Jan 26, 2014 vs NYR L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 15:40
Jan 24, 2014 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:07
Jan 21, 2014 vs STL W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:29
Jan 18, 2014 @ PHX L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 20:05
Jan 16, 2014 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:04
Jan 14, 2014 @ MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 15:52
Jan 12, 2014 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:07
Jan 11, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:10
Jan 9, 2014 vs DAL W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 16:00
Jan 7, 2014 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:12
Jan 4, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:34
Jan 3, 2014 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 13:57
Dec 31, 2013 vs PIT W 2-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 17:03
Dec 28, 2013 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 15:30
Dec 27, 2013 vs CBJ L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:33
Dec 23, 2013 @ CHI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:03
Dec 21, 2013 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:23
Dec 20, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:17
Dec 18, 2013 vs OTT W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:03
Dec 14, 2013 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:25
Dec 13, 2013 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:01
Dec 10, 2013 @ CBJ L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:46
Dec 7, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 12:02
Dec 6, 2013 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 15:38
Dec 4, 2013 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 17:11
Dec 2, 2013 @ MTL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 17:34
Nov 30, 2013 vs BUF W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:04
Nov 29, 2013 @ CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:04
Nov 27, 2013 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:21
Nov 25, 2013 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:19
Nov 23, 2013 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:19
Nov 21, 2013 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:29
Nov 20, 2013 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:10
Nov 16, 2013 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:30
Nov 15, 2013 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:50
Nov 12, 2013 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:08
Nov 10, 2013 vs NSH W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:45
Nov 8, 2013 @ TOR L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 15:56
Nov 7, 2013 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:33
Nov 3, 2013 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:37
Nov 2, 2013 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:43
Oct 29, 2013 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:37
Oct 26, 2013 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:30
Oct 24, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:32
Oct 22, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 17:45
Oct 19, 2013 vs NYR W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:38
Oct 17, 2013 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 2 2 2 16:42
Oct 13, 2013 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:10
Oct 11, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:39
Oct 8, 2013 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:56
Oct 7, 2013 @ EDM L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:05
Oct 4, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:47
Oct 3, 2013 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:54