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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joel Eriksson Ek MIN · 7 P in 15 GP Remi Elie DAL · 7 P in 18 GP Carter Rowney PIT · 7 P in 27 GP Jared McCann FLA · 7 P in 29 GP Tyler Motte CHI · 7 P in 33 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 4 3 7 -1 0 30 1 0.47 13.3 14:25

Contract

$4MCap hit2016-17
$571KCap dollars per point7 points in 15 games
$2.598MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement

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.

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence+0.1Power play+0.3Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

51.4Corsi for %168 attempts for, 159 against
+1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Expected goals for %7.4 expected for, 7.2 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %5 for, 5 against
99.7PDO6.0% shooting + 93.8% saves
41Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ales Hemsky · Jamie Benn · Cody Eakin1070:5647.347.62-2
Ales Hemsky · Cody Eakin · Remi Elie756:0753.759.82-0
Ales Hemsky · Jamie Benn · Tyler Seguin412:1045.872.31-0
Ales Hemsky · Radek Faksa · Devin Shore410:1168.246.00-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.2Expected goalsfrom 41 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.88 expected goals per 60 minutes79th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt57th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Goals 4Expected 3.2

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
Mar 30, 2017 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:25
Mar 28, 2017 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:42
Mar 26, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:18
Mar 24, 2017 vs SJS W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:12
Mar 23, 2017 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 2 0 2 2 0 7 0 17:48
Mar 20, 2017 vs SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:28
Mar 17, 2017 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:10
Mar 16, 2017 @ VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:48
Mar 14, 2017 @ EDM L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:48
Mar 12, 2017 @ SJS L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:07
Mar 8, 2017 vs OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:02
Mar 6, 2017 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:39
Mar 4, 2017 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:12
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:07
Oct 22, 2016 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:32