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R.J. Umberger

#20 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born May 3, 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · 6'2", 214 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2001 by VAN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Curtis Lazar OTT · 15 P in 67 GP Jordin Tootoo NJD · 15 P in 68 GP Brad Malone CAR · 15 P in 65 GP Scottie Upshall FLA · 15 P in 63 GP Chris VandeVelde PHI · 15 P in 72 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.

020402005-06: 38 points3805-062006-07: 28 points2806-072007-08: 50 points5007-082008-09: 46 points4608-092009-10: 55 points5509-102010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 40 points4011-122012-13: 18 points1812-132013-14: 34 points3413-142014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 11 points1115-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 PHI 73 20 18 38 9 18 138 41 0.52
2006-07 PHI 81 16 12 28 -32 41 134 69 0.35 $1.15M
2007-08 PHI 74 13 37 50 0 19 173 64 0.68 $1.15M
2008-09 CBJ 82 26 20 46 -10 53 234 92 0.56 $3.75M
2009-10 CBJ 82 23 32 55 -16 40 221 107 0.67 $3.75M
2010-11 CBJ 82 25 32 57 3 38 220 114 0.70 $3.75M
2011-12 CBJ 77 20 20 40 -10 27 200 102 0.52 $3.75M
2012-13 CBJ 48 8 10 18 3 16 96 51 0.38 $4.6M
2013-14 CBJ 74 18 16 34 -3 26 136 113 0.46 $4.6M
2014-15 PHI 67 9 6 15 -9 19 96 114 0.22 $4.6M
2015-16 PHI 39 2 9 11 1 15 48 59 0.28 $4.6M
11 seasons Career 779 180 212 392 -64 312 1696 926 0.50

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 PHI 5 1 0 1 -3 2 6 6 0.20
2007-08 PHI 17 10 5 15 7 10 40 17 0.88
2008-09 CBJ 4 3 0 3 0 0 9 7 0.75
2013-14 CBJ 4 0 1 1 -2 2 3 6 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 30 14 6 20 2 14 58 36 0.67

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 9 6 15 -9 19 96 114 0.22 9.4 13:49

Contract

$4.6MCap hit2014-15
$307KCap dollars per point15 points in 67 games
-$801KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.4MValueworth 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 649 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 2015-16 $4.6M
2008-09 to 2011-12 $3.75M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.15M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacement616th of 665 skaters, 407th of 432 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-2.5 16th percentileEven-strength defence-2.2 10th percentilePower play-0.8 9th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 22nd percentilePenalties+0.8 66th 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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

46.5Corsi for %639 attempts for, 734 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.8Expected goals for %22.1 expected for, 30.8 against
-9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %20 for, 28 against
99.2PDO6.2% shooting + 93.0% saves
160Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
R.J. Umberger · Matt Read · Sean Couturier49380:3045.037.610-12
R.J. Umberger · Ryan White · Brayden Schenn1077:4156.058.93-2
Vincent Lecavalier · R.J. Umberger · Scott Laughton424:5445.542.40-1
Vincent Lecavalier · R.J. Umberger · Wayne Simmonds423:1548.632.30-0

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.7Expected goalsfrom 136 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes38th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt45th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.7Goals 9

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
Mar 8, 2015 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:19
Mar 7, 2015 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:02
Mar 5, 2015 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:06
Mar 3, 2015 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:11
Feb 28, 2015 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:38
Feb 26, 2015 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:43
Feb 24, 2015 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:00
Feb 22, 2015 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:47
Feb 21, 2015 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:23
Feb 19, 2015 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:22
Feb 17, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 11:51
Feb 15, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 12:16
Feb 13, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:10
Feb 10, 2015 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:38
Feb 8, 2015 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:53
Feb 5, 2015 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:23
Jan 31, 2015 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:42
Jan 29, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 12:46
Jan 27, 2015 vs ARI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 4 15:10
Jan 20, 2015 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:10
Jan 19, 2015 @ NYI L 4-7 0 0 0 -4 0 1 4 15:30
Jan 17, 2015 @ BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 14:55
Jan 15, 2015 vs VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:13
Jan 14, 2015 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:40
Jan 12, 2015 vs TBL W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 15:21
Jan 10, 2015 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:32
Jan 8, 2015 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 4 3 14:50
Jan 6, 2015 vs OTT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:26
Jan 3, 2015 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:25
Jan 2, 2015 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:44
Dec 31, 2014 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:58
Dec 29, 2014 @ ARI L 2-4 2 0 2 2 2 5 3 15:32
Dec 27, 2014 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:14
Dec 23, 2014 @ MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:53
Dec 21, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:54
Dec 20, 2014 @ TOR W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 13:54
Dec 18, 2014 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:59
Dec 16, 2014 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:56
Dec 13, 2014 vs CAR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:50
Dec 11, 2014 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:53
Dec 9, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:26
Dec 6, 2014 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 14:21
Dec 3, 2014 @ ANA L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:34
Dec 2, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:12
Nov 29, 2014 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:54
Nov 28, 2014 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:51
Nov 26, 2014 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:07
Nov 24, 2014 @ NYI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:10
Nov 22, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:56
Nov 20, 2014 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:34
Nov 19, 2014 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:44
Nov 15, 2014 @ MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:54
Nov 14, 2014 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:39
Nov 8, 2014 vs COL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:26
Nov 6, 2014 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:35
Nov 4, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:59
Nov 1, 2014 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:41
Oct 30, 2014 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:04
Oct 28, 2014 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:38
Oct 25, 2014 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:01
Oct 22, 2014 @ PIT W 5-3 1 1 2 2 5 4 1 15:10
Oct 21, 2014 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:02
Oct 18, 2014 @ DAL W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:21
Oct 14, 2014 vs ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:47
Oct 11, 2014 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:13
Oct 9, 2014 vs NJD L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:48
Oct 8, 2014 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:35