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Marian Gaborik

#12 · Right wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Feb 14, 1982 in Trencin, SVK · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2000 by MIN (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2013-14

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Riley Nash CAR · 22 P in 64 GP Lauri Korpikoski EDM · 22 P in 71 GP Jaden Schwartz STL · 22 P in 33 GP JT Brown TBL · 22 P in 78 GP Alexandre Burrows VAN · 22 P in 79 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: 36 points3600-012001-02: 67 points672002-03: 65 points6502-032003-04: 40 points402005-06: 66 points6605-062006-07: 57 points572007-08: 83 points8307-082008-09: 23 points232009-10: 86 points8609-102010-11: 48 points482011-12: 76 points7611-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 30 points3013-142014-15: 47 points472015-16: 22 points2215-162016-17: 21 points212017-18: 21 points2117-18

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 MIN 71 18 18 36 -6 32 179 25 0.51
2001-02 MIN 78 30 37 67 0 34 221 22 0.86
2002-03 MIN 81 30 35 65 12 46 280 4 0.80
2003-04 MIN 65 18 22 40 10 20 220 20 0.62
2005-06 MIN 65 38 28 66 6 64 252 21 1.02 $1.86M
2006-07 MIN 48 30 27 57 12 40 196 22 1.19 $6.333M
2007-08 MIN 77 42 41 83 17 63 278 59 1.08 $6.333M
2008-09 MIN 17 13 10 23 3 2 68 15 1.35 $6.333M
2009-10 NYR 76 42 44 86 15 37 272 59 1.13 $7.5M
2010-11 NYR 62 22 26 48 8 18 192 46 0.77 $7.5M
2011-12 NYR 82 41 35 76 15 34 276 63 0.93 $7.5M
2012-13 NYR 35 9 10 19 -8 8 113 19 0.54 $7.5M
2012-13 CBJ 12 3 5 8 5 6 38 2 0.67
2013-14 CBJ 22 6 8 14 0 6 47 5 0.64 $7.5M
2013-14 LAK 19 5 11 16 7 4 56 10 0.84
2014-15 LAK 69 27 20 47 7 16 174 39 0.68 $4.875M
2015-16 LAK 54 12 10 22 -6 20 142 29 0.41 $4.875M
2016-17 LAK 56 10 11 21 -4 18 123 21 0.38 $4.875M
2017-18 LAK 30 7 7 14 9 18 53 9 0.47 $4.875M
2017-18 OTT 16 4 3 7 -7 6 27 3 0.44
17 seasons Career 1035 407 408 815 95 492 3207 493 0.79

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 MIN 18 9 8 17 2 6 52 2 0.94
2006-07 MIN 5 3 1 4 3 8 18 5 0.80
2007-08 MIN 6 0 1 1 -3 4 25 2 0.17
2010-11 NYR 5 1 1 2 0 2 20 13 0.40
2011-12 NYR 20 5 6 11 0 2 60 20 0.55
2013-14 LAK 26 14 8 22 6 6 78 15 0.85
2015-16 LAK 4 0 1 1 2 2 8 3 0.25
7 seasons Playoffs 84 32 26 58 10 30 261 60 0.69

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 12 10 22 -6 20 142 29 0.41 8.5 14:57

Contract

$4.875MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$222KCap dollars per point22 points in 54 games
$1.32MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.7 goals above replacement
$2.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2MValueworth 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 668 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 2020-21, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $4.875M
2016-17 $4.875M
2017-18 $4.875M
2018-19 $4.875M
2019-20 $4.875M
2020-21 $4.875M

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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.875M
2014-15 to 2020-21 $4.875M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $7.5M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $7.5M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $6.333M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $1.86M

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.7Goals above replacement265th of 675 skaters, 183rd of 445 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+1.4 69th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 65th percentilePower play-0.7 10th percentilePenalty kill0.0 35th percentilePenalties+0.1 44th 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.

0510152010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

56.9Corsi for %690 attempts for, 522 against
+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.9Expected goals for %29.6 expected for, 21.5 against
+4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.4Goals for %19 for, 28 against
94.9PDO5.1% shooting + 89.8% saves
176Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Marian Gaborik · Anze Kopitar · Tanner Pearson19161:0958.257.39-5
Marian Gaborik · Anze Kopitar · Milan Lucic2290:5456.351.22-8
Marian Gaborik · Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar1989:2557.758.81-1
Vincent Lecavalier · Marian Gaborik · Trevor Lewis1059:2141.537.90-3

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.7Expected goalsfrom 183 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.02 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Expected 13.7Goals 11

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
Feb 12, 2016 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 03:31
Feb 11, 2016 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:36
Feb 9, 2016 @ BOS W 9-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 13:31
Feb 4, 2016 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 14:23
Feb 2, 2016 @ ARI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:15
Jan 27, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:10
Jan 24, 2016 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:14
Jan 23, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:55
Jan 21, 2016 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 13:13
Jan 19, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:06
Jan 17, 2016 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:35
Jan 16, 2016 vs OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:12
Jan 11, 2016 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:42
Jan 9, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:19
Jan 7, 2016 vs TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 14:34
Jan 4, 2016 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:32
Jan 2, 2016 vs PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:35
Dec 31, 2015 @ CGY W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 12:59
Dec 29, 2015 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:25
Dec 28, 2015 @ VAN W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:04
Dec 26, 2015 @ ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:01
Dec 22, 2015 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:18
Dec 19, 2015 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -4 0 8 2 18:06
Dec 17, 2015 @ MTL W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 16:17
Dec 14, 2015 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:48
Dec 12, 2015 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:34
Dec 11, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 16:35
Dec 8, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:17
Dec 6, 2015 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:10
Dec 5, 2015 vs PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 16:30
Dec 1, 2015 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16:04
Nov 28, 2015 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 17:28
Nov 25, 2015 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 18:49
Nov 23, 2015 @ FLA W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 13:03
Nov 22, 2015 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:36
Nov 20, 2015 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 12:53
Nov 17, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:05
Nov 14, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 13:31
Nov 12, 2015 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:47
Nov 10, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:12
Nov 7, 2015 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:04
Nov 5, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:59
Nov 3, 2015 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:04
Nov 2, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 15:52
Oct 31, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:06
Oct 27, 2015 @ WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:24
Oct 25, 2015 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:50
Oct 23, 2015 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:37
Oct 22, 2015 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:33
Oct 18, 2015 vs COL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:49
Oct 16, 2015 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:55
Oct 13, 2015 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:34
Oct 9, 2015 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:44
Oct 7, 2015 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 17:34