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Andy McDonald

#10 · Centre · St. Louis Blues

Born Aug 25, 1977 in Strathroy, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 175 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

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

Dany Heatley MIN · 21 P in 36 GP Mike Fisher NSH · 21 P in 38 GP Kyle Palmieri ANA · 21 P in 42 GP Michael Grabner NYI · 21 P in 45 GP Antoine Vermette PHX · 21 P in 48 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.

0204060802000-01: 1 points100-012001-02: 28 points2801-022002-03: 21 points2102-032003-04: 30 points3003-042005-06: 85 points8505-062006-07: 78 points7806-072007-08: 52 points5207-082008-09: 44 points4408-092009-10: 57 points5709-102010-11: 50 points5010-112011-12: 22 points2211-122012-13: 21 points2112-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2000-01 ANA 16 1 0 1 0 6 21 13 0.06
2001-02 ANA 53 7 21 28 2 10 79 52 0.53
2002-03 ANA 46 10 11 21 -1 14 92 3 0.46
2003-04 ANA 79 9 21 30 -13 24 162 56 0.38
2005-06 ANA 82 34 51 85 24 32 229 20 1.04
2006-07 ANA 82 27 51 78 16 46 252 44 0.95
2007-08 ANA 33 4 12 16 -4 30 79 10 0.48
2007-08 STL 49 14 22 36 -17 32 103 36 0.73
2008-09 STL 46 15 29 44 -13 24 128 24 0.96
2009-10 STL 79 24 33 57 -9 18 191 46 0.72
2010-11 STL 58 20 30 50 18 26 180 40 0.86
2011-12 STL 25 10 12 22 4 2 64 3 0.88
2012-13 STL 37 7 14 21 -2 16 86 10 0.57 $4.7M
12 seasons Career 685 182 307 489 5 280 1666 357 0.71

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 ANA 16 2 7 9 0 10 48 7 0.56
2006-07 ANA 21 10 4 14 6 10 64 18 0.67
2008-09 STL 4 1 3 4 1 0 19 2 1.00
2011-12 STL 9 5 5 10 -2 8 26 5 1.11
2012-13 STL 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 56 18 19 37 5 28 167 34 0.66

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 7 14 21 -2 16 86 10 0.57 8.1 17:15

Contract

$4.7MCap hit2012-13
$224KCap dollars per point21 points in 37 games
$1.975MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.4 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth 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. 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 $4.7M

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

+2.4Goals above replacement240th of 605 skaters, 168th of 397 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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+1.6 75th percentileEven-strength defence-1.6 10th percentilePower play-0.5 11th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 83rd percentilePenalties+0.9 83rd 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.

02468102010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

51.1Corsi for %438 attempts for, 419 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Expected goals for %18.3 expected for, 17.9 against
+0.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.3Goals for %21 for, 17 against
100.6PDO8.4% shooting + 92.2% saves
105Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andy McDonald · Alexander Steen · Vladimir Tarasenko15125:3254.258.46-4
Andy McDonald · Vladimir Sobotka · Chris Stewart872:1251.154.02-2
Andy McDonald · Alexander Steen · Chris Stewart938:5655.463.52-1
Andy McDonald · Vladimir Sobotka · Vladimir Tarasenko738:2557.451.92-2

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.7Expected goalsfrom 109 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt35th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected44thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 7.7Goals 7

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
Apr 27, 2013 vs CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:47
Apr 25, 2013 vs CGY W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:10
Apr 23, 2013 vs COL W 3-1 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 15:03
Apr 21, 2013 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:51
Apr 19, 2013 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:17
Apr 18, 2013 vs PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 17:36
Apr 16, 2013 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:57
Apr 14, 2013 vs CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 17:27
Apr 12, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 15:01
Apr 11, 2013 @ MIN W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:30
Apr 9, 2013 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:50
Apr 5, 2013 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:10
Apr 4, 2013 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:05
Apr 1, 2013 @ MIN W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 18:09
Mar 28, 2013 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 14:40
Mar 26, 2013 vs EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:50
Mar 24, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:15
Mar 23, 2013 @ EDM W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:19
Mar 19, 2013 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 19:24
Feb 23, 2013 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:09
Feb 20, 2013 @ COL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:21
Feb 19, 2013 vs SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:38
Feb 17, 2013 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:46
Feb 15, 2013 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:43
Feb 13, 2013 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 15:17
Feb 11, 2013 vs LAK L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 17:56
Feb 9, 2013 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 20:21
Feb 7, 2013 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:00
Feb 5, 2013 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 18:56
Feb 1, 2013 @ DET L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 18:53
Jan 31, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:25
Jan 27, 2013 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 17:57
Jan 26, 2013 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:10
Jan 24, 2013 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:13
Jan 22, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 16:05
Jan 21, 2013 @ NSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 19:26
Jan 19, 2013 vs DET W 6-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:47