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Jason Pominville

#29 · Right wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Nov 30, 1982 in Repentigny, Quebec, CAN · 5'11", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 55th overall in 2001 by BUF (round 2)

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

Gustav Nyquist DET · 54 P in 82 GP Jonathan Huberdeau FLA · 54 P in 79 GP Bobby Ryan OTT · 54 P in 78 GP Eric Staal CAR · 54 P in 77 GP Ryan Callahan TBL · 54 P in 77 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.

0204060802003-04: 0 points003-042005-06: 30 points302006-07: 68 points6806-072007-08: 80 points802008-09: 66 points6608-092009-10: 62 points622010-11: 52 points5210-112011-12: 73 points732012-13: 34 points3412-132013-14: 60 points602014-15: 54 points5414-152015-16: 36 points362016-17: 47 points4716-172017-18: 34 points342018-19: 31 points3118-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
2005-06 BUF 57 18 12 30 -4 22 124 29 0.53 $450K
2006-07 BUF 82 34 34 68 25 30 212 45 0.83 $1.033M
2007-08 BUF 82 27 53 80 16 20 232 30 0.98 $1.033M
2008-09 BUF 82 20 46 66 -4 18 239 44 0.80 $1.033M
2009-10 BUF 82 24 38 62 13 22 252 45 0.76 $5.3M
2010-11 BUF 73 22 30 52 1 15 215 35 0.71 $5.3M
2011-12 BUF 82 30 43 73 -7 12 235 30 0.89 $5.3M
2012-13 BUF 37 10 15 25 1 8 94 17 0.68 $5.3M
2012-13 MIN 10 4 5 9 0 0 24 4 0.90
2013-14 MIN 82 30 30 60 3 16 226 23 0.73 $5.3M
2014-15 MIN 82 18 36 54 9 8 252 44 0.66 $5.6M
2015-16 MIN 75 11 25 36 10 12 187 31 0.48 $5.6M
2016-17 MIN 78 13 34 47 2 4 176 44 0.60 $5.6M
2017-18 BUF 82 16 18 34 -17 8 168 39 0.41 $5.6M
2018-19 BUF 73 16 15 31 -4 4 134 18 0.42 $5.6M
15 seasons Career 1060 293 434 727 44 199 2773 478 0.69

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 BUF 18 5 5 10 0 8 22 15 0.56
2006-07 BUF 16 4 6 10 2 0 40 16 0.63
2009-10 BUF 6 2 2 4 -1 2 18 15 0.67
2010-11 BUF 5 1 3 4 0 2 9 3 0.80
2012-13 MIN 2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0.00
2013-14 MIN 13 2 7 9 -3 0 32 12 0.69
2014-15 MIN 10 3 3 6 -1 0 33 10 0.60
2015-16 MIN 6 4 3 7 0 6 16 5 1.17
2016-17 MIN 5 0 1 1 1 0 11 2 0.20
9 seasons Playoffs 81 21 30 51 -3 18 185 80 0.63

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 18 36 54 9 8 252 44 0.66 7.1 18:17

Contract

$5.6MCap hit2014-15
$104KCap dollars per point54 points in 82 games
$571KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.8 goals above replacement
$6.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$859KValueworth 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 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
2014-15 to 2018-19 $5.6M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $5.3M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $5.3M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $1.033M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $450K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.8Goals above replacement64th of 665 skaters, 49th of 432 forwards
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.7Goals 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+4.1 87th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 31st percentilePower play+0.0 67th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties+2.2 92nd 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.

0510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %1191 attempts for, 1010 against
+4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Expected goals for %48.7 expected for, 37.2 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.6Goals for %53 for, 39 against
100.8PDO8.3% shooting + 92.5% saves
292Attempts 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
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund50496:0155.460.325-10
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Zach Parise31216:4453.755.89-8
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Jason Zucker21200:2761.162.611-10
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Nino Niederreiter1261:1051.151.03-0

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
18.7Expected goalsfrom 336 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.75 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 5.6% chance per attempt6th
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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 18.7Goals 18

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 11, 2015 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17:27
Apr 9, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:29
Apr 7, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 16:50
Apr 6, 2015 vs WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:32
Apr 4, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 19:53
Apr 2, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:45
Mar 28, 2015 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:41
Mar 27, 2015 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:40
Mar 24, 2015 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 20:18
Mar 23, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:50
Mar 21, 2015 vs STL W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:19
Mar 19, 2015 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:31
Mar 17, 2015 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:30
Mar 14, 2015 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:53
Mar 13, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:15
Mar 10, 2015 vs NJD W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:52
Mar 8, 2015 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:06
Mar 6, 2015 @ CAR W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 15:48
Mar 5, 2015 @ WSH W 2-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 17:04
Mar 3, 2015 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 16:57
Feb 28, 2015 @ COL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 15:45
Feb 26, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:34
Feb 24, 2015 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:13
Feb 22, 2015 vs DAL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:36
Feb 20, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:38
Feb 18, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 16:37
Feb 16, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:56
Feb 14, 2015 vs CAR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:11
Feb 12, 2015 vs FLA W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:25
Feb 10, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 19:07
Feb 9, 2015 vs VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 19:24
Feb 7, 2015 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19:12
Feb 3, 2015 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 16:32
Feb 1, 2015 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:42
Jan 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 18:37
Jan 27, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:32
Jan 20, 2015 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:52
Jan 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:22
Jan 17, 2015 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 21:41
Jan 15, 2015 @ BUF W 7-0 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 17:59
Jan 13, 2015 @ PIT L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 18:29
Jan 11, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:30
Jan 10, 2015 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:33
Jan 8, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 19:57
Jan 6, 2015 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 19:55
Jan 3, 2015 @ DAL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 18:17
Jan 2, 2015 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:35
Dec 31, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:22
Dec 29, 2014 @ WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 20:49
Dec 27, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 20:37
Dec 23, 2014 vs PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 5 2 19:59
Dec 20, 2014 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 19:14
Dec 17, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 17:58
Dec 16, 2014 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 19:44
Dec 13, 2014 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 20:37
Dec 11, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:42
Dec 9, 2014 vs NYI W 5-4 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 16:01
Dec 5, 2014 vs ANA L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:18
Dec 3, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:05
Nov 29, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 6 1 22:50
Nov 28, 2014 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 7 0 17:54
Nov 26, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:43
Nov 24, 2014 @ FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 18:35
Nov 22, 2014 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:32
Nov 20, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 20:11
Nov 16, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 17:31
Nov 15, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:46
Nov 13, 2014 vs BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 16:34
Nov 11, 2014 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:28
Nov 8, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 16:58
Nov 6, 2014 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:57
Nov 4, 2014 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:42
Nov 1, 2014 vs DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 15:43
Oct 30, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 23:00
Oct 28, 2014 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 17:23
Oct 27, 2014 @ NYR L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:32
Oct 25, 2014 vs TBL W 7-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 15:40
Oct 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:28
Oct 19, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:42
Oct 17, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:53
Oct 11, 2014 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:04
Oct 9, 2014 vs COL W 5-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 15:01