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Aaron Johnson

#45 · Defence · Boston Bruins

Born Apr 30, 1983 in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, CAN · 6'1", 204 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 85th overall in 2001 by CBJ (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chad Ruhwedel BUF · 0 P in 7 GP Nolan Yonkman FLA · 0 P in 7 GP Alexander Petrovic FLA · 0 P in 6 GP Chris Summers PHX · 0 P in 6 GP Mark Borowiecki OTT · 0 P in 6 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0510152003-04: 8 points803-042005-06: 8 points805-062006-07: 10 points1006-072007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 8 points808-092009-10: 10 points1009-102011-12: 16 points1611-122012-13: 0 points012-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2003-04 CBJ 29 2 6 8 -2 32 33 23 0.28
2005-06 CBJ 26 2 6 8 9 23 28 29 0.31
2006-07 CBJ 61 3 7 10 -9 38 52 65 0.16
2007-08 NYI 30 0 2 2 2 30 16 41 0.07
2008-09 CHI 38 3 5 8 19 33 27 41 0.21
2009-10 CGY 22 1 2 3 0 19 13 26 0.14
2009-10 EDM 19 3 4 7 -6 16 23 44 0.37
2011-12 CBJ 56 3 13 16 -12 26 63 99 0.29
2012-13 BOS 10 0 0 0 0 10 8 18 0.00
8 seasons Career 291 17 45 62 1 227 263 386 0.21

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 0 0 0 10 8 18 0.00 0.0 14:52

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.6

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.

-202462011-122012-13Goals 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

60.2Corsi for %145 attempts for, 96 against
+3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.8Expected goals for %5.4 expected for, 4.3 against
+0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %4 for, 4 against
97.9PDO5.6% shooting + 92.3% saves
22Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Ference · Aaron Johnson653:0164.458.61-2
Aaron Johnson · Johnny Boychuk649:2258.360.71-1
Aaron Johnson · Dennis Seidenberg715:4059.148.31-0
Aaron Johnson · Adam McQuaid27:3735.78.80-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.09 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt6th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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, 2013 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:50
Mar 27, 2013 vs MTL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:33
Mar 25, 2013 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:50
Mar 23, 2013 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 19:13
Mar 21, 2013 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:56
Mar 14, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 17:43
Jan 29, 2013 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:13
Jan 28, 2013 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:29
Jan 23, 2013 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 11:52
Jan 21, 2013 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:03