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Dennis Wideman

#6 · Defence · Calgary Flames

Born Mar 20, 1983 in Kitchener, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 202 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 241st overall in 2002 by BUF (round 8)

Compare with a similar player

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

Roman Josi NSH · 55 P in 81 GP John Carlson WSH · 55 P in 82 GP Kris Letang PIT · 54 P in 69 GP Tyson Barrie COL · 53 P in 80 GP Mark Streit PHI · 52 P in 81 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: 24 points2405-062006-07: 25 points2506-072007-08: 36 points3607-082008-09: 50 points5008-092009-10: 30 points3009-102010-11: 40 points4010-112011-12: 46 points4611-122012-13: 22 points2212-132013-14: 21 points2113-142014-15: 56 points5614-152015-16: 19 points1915-162016-17: 18 points1816-17

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 STL 67 8 16 24 -31 83 150 53 0.36
2006-07 STL 55 5 17 22 -7 44 94 63 0.40
2006-07 BOS 20 1 2 3 -3 27 28 15 0.15
2007-08 BOS 81 13 23 36 11 70 171 62 0.44 $600K
2008-09 BOS 79 13 37 50 32 34 169 67 0.63 $3.938M
2009-10 BOS 76 6 24 30 -14 34 146 100 0.39 $3.938M
2010-11 FLA 61 9 24 33 -26 33 135 75 0.54 $3.938M
2010-11 WSH 14 1 6 7 7 6 25 20 0.50
2011-12 WSH 82 11 35 46 -8 46 175 113 0.56 $3.938M
2012-13 CGY 46 6 16 22 -9 12 94 40 0.48 $5.25M
2013-14 CGY 46 4 17 21 -15 18 102 62 0.46 $5.25M
2014-15 CGY 80 15 41 56 6 34 173 94 0.70 $5.25M
2015-16 CGY 51 2 17 19 -9 30 75 37 0.37 $5.25M
2016-17 CGY 57 5 13 18 -6 32 87 61 0.32 $5.25M
12 seasons Career 815 99 288 387 -72 503 1624 862 0.47

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 BOS 6 0 3 3 -2 0 8 5 0.50
2008-09 BOS 11 0 7 7 3 4 28 8 0.64
2009-10 BOS 13 1 11 12 3 4 29 12 0.92
2011-12 WSH 14 0 3 3 -7 2 23 19 0.21
2014-15 CGY 11 0 7 7 -2 12 18 9 0.64
5 seasons Playoffs 55 1 31 32 -5 22 106 53 0.58

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 15 41 56 6 34 173 94 0.70 8.7 24:39

Contract

$5.25MCap hit2014-15
$94KCap dollars per point56 points in 80 games
$913KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.8 goals above replacement
$4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth 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
2012-13 to 2016-17 $5.25M
2008-09 to 2011-12 $3.938M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $600K

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

+5.8Goals above replacement179th of 665 skaters, 51st of 233 defencemen
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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+1.2 81st percentileEven-strength defence-4.9 4th percentilePower play+0.7 95th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 90th percentilePenalties+1.6 99th 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.

-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

43.0Corsi for %1289 attempts for, 1709 against
-2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Expected goals for %50.6 expected for, 67.0 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.8Goals for %67 for, 60 against
102.9PDO10.3% shooting + 92.6% saves
238Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dennis Wideman · Kris Russell781255:3443.544.758-46
Dennis Wideman · Ladislav Smid2678:1543.431.02-4
Dennis Wideman · Mark Giordano4949:4045.245.02-3
Dennis Wideman · TJ Brodie3343:3230.825.11-2

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.8Expected goalsfrom 251 unblocked attempts
+5.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes87th
Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt85th
Finishing +5.2 goals above expected96thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 15Expected 9.8

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, 2015 vs LAK W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 28:11
Apr 7, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 29:02
Apr 4, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 25:38
Apr 2, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 27:15
Mar 30, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 26:38
Mar 29, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 24:32
Mar 27, 2015 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:43
Mar 25, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30:14
Mar 23, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 27:00
Mar 21, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 27:44
Mar 19, 2015 vs PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 26:05
Mar 17, 2015 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:14
Mar 14, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 29:07
Mar 13, 2015 vs TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 21:22
Mar 11, 2015 vs ANA W 6-3 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 27:43
Mar 8, 2015 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 30:03
Mar 6, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 26:29
Mar 5, 2015 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 -1 0 4 2 33:04
Mar 3, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 29:25
Feb 27, 2015 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 30:24
Feb 25, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 24:09
Feb 24, 2015 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 23:38
Feb 20, 2015 vs ANA L 3-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 25:14
Feb 18, 2015 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 25:56
Feb 16, 2015 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 29:45
Feb 14, 2015 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 22:21
Feb 12, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 0 2 2 -2 2 1 1 21:26
Feb 9, 2015 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:45
Feb 6, 2015 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:09
Feb 4, 2015 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21:39
Feb 2, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 23:38
Jan 31, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 21:19
Jan 29, 2015 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:34
Jan 27, 2015 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:58
Jan 21, 2015 @ ANA L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 23:55
Jan 19, 2015 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 26:10
Jan 17, 2015 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 22:48
Jan 15, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 23:50
Jan 10, 2015 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:05
Jan 9, 2015 vs FLA L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 24:26
Jan 7, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 24:02
Jan 2, 2015 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:47
Dec 31, 2014 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26:37
Dec 29, 2014 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 25:06
Dec 27, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 22:54
Dec 22, 2014 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 4 27:49
Dec 20, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:35
Dec 19, 2014 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:07
Dec 16, 2014 vs NYR L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 22:51
Dec 14, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 25:53
Dec 12, 2014 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 23:43
Dec 11, 2014 @ BUF L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 25:57
Dec 9, 2014 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:51
Dec 6, 2014 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 28:44
Dec 4, 2014 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 24:33
Dec 2, 2014 vs ARI W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 23:25
Nov 29, 2014 @ ARI W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 24:21
Nov 26, 2014 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 26:42
Nov 25, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 23:56
Nov 22, 2014 vs NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 24:50
Nov 20, 2014 vs CHI L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 26:29
Nov 18, 2014 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 2 0 2 2 2 4 1 27:06
Nov 15, 2014 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 22:31
Nov 13, 2014 vs ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:18
Nov 10, 2014 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:16
Nov 8, 2014 @ FLA W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 19:48
Nov 6, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 23:24
Nov 4, 2014 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 25:32
Nov 2, 2014 @ MTL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 2 6 2 24:19
Oct 31, 2014 vs NSH W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 22:31
Oct 28, 2014 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:13
Oct 25, 2014 vs WSH L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 23:51
Oct 23, 2014 vs CAR W 5-0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 19:43
Oct 21, 2014 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 24:11
Oct 19, 2014 @ WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 23:19
Oct 17, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:50
Oct 15, 2014 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 25:53
Oct 14, 2014 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:10
Oct 11, 2014 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:09
Oct 8, 2014 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:30