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Christian Ehrhoff

#55 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Jul 6, 1982 in Moers, DEU · 6'2", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 106th overall in 2001 by SJS (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Evgeny Medvedev PHI · 12 P in 45 GP Jyrki Jokipakka CGY · 12 P in 58 GP Dennis Seidenberg BOS · 12 P in 61 GP Jordie Benn DAL · 12 P in 64 GP Oscar Klefbom EDM · 12 P in 30 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.

010203040502003-04: 12 points1203-042005-06: 23 points2305-062006-07: 33 points3306-072007-08: 22 points2207-082008-09: 42 points4208-092009-10: 44 points4409-102010-11: 50 points5010-112011-12: 32 points3211-122012-13: 22 points2212-132013-14: 33 points3313-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 12 points1215-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 SJS 41 1 11 12 4 14 58 15 0.29
2005-06 SJS 64 5 18 23 10 32 124 39 0.36
2006-07 SJS 82 10 23 33 8 63 164 39 0.40 $850K
2007-08 SJS 77 1 21 22 9 72 97 92 0.29 $850K
2008-09 SJS 77 8 34 42 -12 63 165 79 0.55 $3.1M
2009-10 VAN 80 14 30 44 36 42 181 54 0.55 $3.1M
2010-11 VAN 79 14 36 50 19 52 209 54 0.63 $3.1M
2011-12 BUF 66 5 27 32 -2 47 136 47 0.48 $4M
2012-13 BUF 47 5 17 22 6 34 102 38 0.47 $4M
2013-14 BUF 79 6 27 33 -27 38 161 49 0.42 $4M
2014-15 PIT 50 3 11 14 8 26 110 73 0.28 $4M
2015-16 LAK 40 2 8 10 -10 32 61 34 0.25 $1.5M
2015-16 CHI 8 0 2 2 -1 2 19 5 0.25
12 seasons Career 790 74 265 339 48 517 1587 618 0.43

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 SJS 11 2 6 8 2 18 27 6 0.73
2006-07 SJS 11 0 2 2 1 6 12 7 0.18
2007-08 SJS 10 0 5 5 1 14 9 12 0.50
2008-09 SJS 6 0 0 0 -2 2 20 9 0.00
2009-10 VAN 12 3 4 7 -1 8 25 13 0.58
2010-11 VAN 23 2 10 12 -13 16 50 28 0.52
6 seasons Playoffs 73 7 27 34 -12 64 143 75 0.47

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 2 10 12 -11 34 80 39 0.25 2.5 15:29

Contract

$1.5MCap hit2015-16
$125KCap dollars per point12 points in 48 games
$219KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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. 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 668 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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.5M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $4M
2011-12 to 2020-21 $4M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $3.1M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $850K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement545th of 675 skaters, 177th of 230 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 ranked defencemen: 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-1.7 27th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 33rd percentilePower play+0.3 89th percentilePenalty kill0.0 42nd percentilePenalties-0.7 50th 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 defencemen. 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

54.1Corsi for %604 attempts for, 512 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Expected goals for %21.6 expected for, 23.2 against
-5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
39.0Goals for %16 for, 25 against
96.4PDO5.3% shooting + 91.1% saves
133Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Jamie McBainLAK24252:2455.049.78-6
Christian Ehrhoff · Luke SchennLAK880:2856.249.23-3
Christian Ehrhoff · Trevor van RiemsdykCHI666:1558.458.62-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Jake MuzzinLAK1152:2060.052.40-5

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.8Expected goalsfrom 123 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt50th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected15thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 3.8Goals 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. 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 9, 2016 @ CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:46
Mar 29, 2016 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:49
Mar 27, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15:11
Mar 16, 2016 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:25
Mar 11, 2016 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:52
Mar 9, 2016 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 11:45
Mar 3, 2016 @ BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 21:19
Mar 2, 2016 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:13
Feb 9, 2016 @ BOS W 9-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 12:33
Jan 27, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:23
Jan 24, 2016 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:22
Jan 23, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 12:19
Jan 16, 2016 vs OTT L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 15:22
Jan 11, 2016 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:15
Jan 9, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:45
Jan 7, 2016 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:22
Jan 4, 2016 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:54
Jan 2, 2016 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:54
Dec 31, 2015 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:18
Dec 22, 2015 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:13
Dec 19, 2015 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:04
Dec 17, 2015 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 14:35
Dec 14, 2015 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:58
Dec 12, 2015 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:32
Dec 11, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:48
Dec 8, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 17:02
Dec 6, 2015 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 14:17
Dec 5, 2015 vs PIT W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 14:12
Dec 1, 2015 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:18
Nov 28, 2015 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 18:33
Nov 25, 2015 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:51
Nov 23, 2015 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:34
Nov 22, 2015 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:04
Nov 14, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:58
Nov 12, 2015 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 15:10
Nov 5, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:22
Nov 3, 2015 @ STL W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 15:02
Nov 2, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 14:08
Oct 31, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:18
Oct 27, 2015 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:46
Oct 25, 2015 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:22
Oct 23, 2015 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:34
Oct 22, 2015 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:06
Oct 18, 2015 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:51
Oct 16, 2015 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:41
Oct 13, 2015 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:21
Oct 9, 2015 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:42
Oct 7, 2015 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 3 2 20:04