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Ales Hemsky

#83 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Aug 13, 1983 in Pardubice, CZE · 6'0", 177 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 13th overall in 2001 by EDM (round 1)

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.

Adam Henrique NJD · 43 P in 77 GP Ryan Kesler VAN · 43 P in 77 GP Tyler Ennis BUF · 43 P in 80 GP Mathieu Perreault ANA · 43 P in 69 GP Tomas Plekanec MTL · 43 P in 81 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.

02040602002-03: 30 points3002-032003-04: 34 points342005-06: 77 points7705-062006-07: 53 points532007-08: 71 points7107-082008-09: 66 points662009-10: 22 points2209-102010-11: 42 points422011-12: 36 points3611-122012-13: 20 points202013-14: 43 points4313-142014-15: 32 points322015-16: 39 points3915-162016-17: 7 points72017-18: 0 points017-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 EDM 59 6 24 30 5 14 50 7 0.51
2003-04 EDM 71 12 22 34 -7 14 87 25 0.48
2005-06 EDM 81 19 58 77 -5 64 178 37 0.95 $902K
2006-07 EDM 64 13 40 53 -7 40 122 23 0.83 $4.1M
2007-08 EDM 74 20 51 71 -9 34 184 24 0.96 $4.1M
2008-09 EDM 72 23 43 66 1 32 185 16 0.92 $4.1M
2009-10 EDM 22 7 15 22 7 8 57 5 1.00 $4.1M
2010-11 EDM 47 14 28 42 3 18 100 29 0.89 $4.1M
2011-12 EDM 69 10 26 36 -13 43 137 22 0.52 $4.1M
2012-13 EDM 38 9 11 20 -6 16 82 11 0.53 $5M
2013-14 EDM 55 9 17 26 -13 20 94 26 0.47 $5M
2013-14 OTT 20 4 13 17 -2 4 44 11 0.85
2014-15 DAL 76 11 21 32 -8 16 140 22 0.42 $4M
2015-16 DAL 75 13 26 39 3 20 155 25 0.52 $4M
2016-17 DAL 15 4 3 7 -1 0 30 1 0.47 $4M
2017-18 MTL 7 0 0 0 -1 10 5 0 0.00 $1M
15 seasons Career 845 174 398 572 -53 353 1650 284 0.68

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 EDM 6 0 0 0 -5 0 7 3 0.00
2005-06 EDM 24 6 11 17 -3 14 47 12 0.71
2015-16 DAL 13 1 3 4 -1 2 41 5 0.31
3 seasons Playoffs 43 7 14 21 -9 16 95 20 0.49

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 13 30 43 -15 24 138 37 0.57 9.4 15:58

Contract

$5MCap hit2013-14
$116KCap dollars per point43 points in 75 games
$692KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.2 goals above replacement
$4.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$319KValueworth less cap hit

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 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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $4M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $5M
2006-07 to 2011-12 $4.1M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $902K

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

+7.2Goals above replacement131st of 672 skaters, 94th of 438 forwards
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.9Goals 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+2.0 74th percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 82nd percentilePower play-0.3 22nd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 28th percentilePenalties+0.8 69th 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.

-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

49.6Corsi for %889 attempts for, 902 against
+2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %39.2 expected for, 37.8 against
+5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.4Goals for %39 for, 45 against
98.7PDO8.0% shooting + 90.8% saves
199Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Spezza · Ales Hemsky · Milan MichalekOTT18198:5954.452.113-12
Ryan Smyth · Ales Hemsky · Boyd GordonEDM13114:4045.548.72-2
Ales Hemsky · Sam Gagner · Nail YakupovEDM1795:0551.556.02-2
Ales Hemsky · David Perron · Mark ArcobelloEDM1460:4653.457.44-2

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.1Expected goalsfrom 177 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes41st
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected53rdOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 13.1Goals 13

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 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:47
Apr 12, 2014 vs TOR W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:21
Apr 10, 2014 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:23
Apr 8, 2014 @ NYI W 4-1 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 15:33
Apr 5, 2014 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:09
Apr 4, 2014 vs MTL L 4-7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 09:31
Apr 2, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:03
Mar 31, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:54
Mar 30, 2014 vs CGY W 6-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 15:17
Mar 28, 2014 vs CHI W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 16:05
Mar 25, 2014 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:04
Mar 24, 2014 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:25
Mar 22, 2014 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:01
Mar 20, 2014 vs TBL L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:15
Mar 18, 2014 vs NYR L 4-8 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 15:31
Mar 16, 2014 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:20
Mar 15, 2014 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 14:03
Mar 10, 2014 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 17:54
Mar 8, 2014 @ WPG W 5-3 0 3 3 2 0 3 3 14:04
Mar 5, 2014 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:55
Mar 4, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 17:41
Mar 1, 2014 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:41
Feb 27, 2014 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:26
Feb 7, 2014 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:23
Feb 6, 2014 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:55
Feb 3, 2014 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:10
Feb 1, 2014 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:05
Jan 14, 2014 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:17
Jan 12, 2014 @ CHI L 3-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:19
Jan 10, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:47
Jan 7, 2014 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:03
Jan 5, 2014 vs TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 15:34
Jan 3, 2014 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:39
Jan 2, 2014 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:35
Dec 31, 2013 @ PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:51
Dec 28, 2013 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:30
Dec 27, 2013 @ CGY W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:20
Dec 23, 2013 vs WPG W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 19:35
Dec 21, 2013 vs STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:17
Dec 19, 2013 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:00
Dec 17, 2013 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:46
Dec 13, 2013 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:42
Dec 12, 2013 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:55
Dec 10, 2013 vs CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:07
Dec 7, 2013 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 19:42
Dec 5, 2013 vs COL W 8-2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 13:27
Dec 3, 2013 vs PHX L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 16:11
Dec 1, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:08
Nov 29, 2013 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 20:26
Nov 28, 2013 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:42
Nov 25, 2013 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 14:38
Nov 21, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:36
Nov 19, 2013 vs CBJ W 7-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 14:44
Nov 16, 2013 @ CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:02
Nov 15, 2013 vs SJS L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 15:40
Nov 13, 2013 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:51
Nov 10, 2013 @ CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:57
Nov 9, 2013 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:55
Nov 7, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 18:31
Nov 5, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:39
Nov 2, 2013 vs DET L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:12
Oct 29, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 18:44
Oct 27, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:30
Oct 26, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:14
Oct 24, 2013 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:03
Oct 22, 2013 @ MTL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 18:52
Oct 19, 2013 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:11
Oct 17, 2013 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:23
Oct 15, 2013 @ PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:35
Oct 14, 2013 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:47
Oct 12, 2013 @ TOR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:42
Oct 10, 2013 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 18:18
Oct 7, 2013 vs NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:38
Oct 5, 2013 @ VAN L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 16:27
Oct 1, 2013 vs WPG L 4-5 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 19:55