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Ryan Craig

#12 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jan 6, 1982 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, CAN · 6'2", 213 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 255th overall in 2002 by TBL (round 8)

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.

Aaron Volpatti WSH · 0 P in 2 GP Brandon DeFazio VAN · 0 P in 2 GP Brendan Woods CAR · 0 P in 2 GP Carl Klingberg WPG · 0 P in 2 GP Chris Conner WSH · 0 P in 2 GP

Career

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

010202005-06: 28 points2805-062006-07: 27 points2706-072007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 0 points010-112013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 0 points014-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 TBL 48 15 13 28 -4 6 81 38 0.58
2006-07 TBL 72 14 13 27 -11 55 130 82 0.38
2007-08 TBL 7 1 1 2 -1 0 8 8 0.29
2008-09 TBL 54 2 4 6 -7 60 64 60 0.11
2009-10 TBL 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 0.00
2010-11 PIT 6 0 0 0 -3 22 7 6 0.00
2013-14 CBJ 6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 8 0.00
2014-15 CBJ 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
8 seasons Career 198 32 31 63 -29 148 301 207 0.32

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 TBL 5 0 0 0 -3 10 6 8 0.00
2006-07 TBL 6 0 0 0 -1 12 5 6 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 11 0 0 0 -4 22 11 14 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.0 7:17

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-0.500.512010-112013-142014-15Goals 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

36.4Corsi for %12 attempts for, 21 against
-4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 0.9 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
33.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
105.8PDO12.5% shooting + 93.3% saves
3Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Craig · Jared Boll · Mark Letestu212:2534.535.51-1
Ryan Craig · Mark Letestu · Corey Tropp10:300.00.00-0
Ryan Craig · Mark Letestu · Marko Dano10:240.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.51 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 12.2% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected52ndOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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 19, 2015 @ VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:34
Mar 18, 2015 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 06:59