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Jay Bouwmeester

#19 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Sep 27, 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'4", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2002 by FLA (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

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

Andrej Sustr TBL · 13 P in 72 GP Brendan Smith DET · 13 P in 76 GP Erik Gudbranson FLA · 13 P in 76 GP Robyn Regehr LAK · 13 P in 67 GP Brad Stuart COL · 13 P in 65 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.

0102030402002-03: 16 points1602-032003-04: 20 points202005-06: 46 points4605-062006-07: 42 points422007-08: 37 points3707-082008-09: 42 points422009-10: 29 points2909-102010-11: 24 points242011-12: 29 points2911-122012-13: 22 points222013-14: 37 points3713-142014-15: 13 points132015-16: 19 points1915-162016-17: 15 points152017-18: 7 points717-182018-19: 17 points172019-20: 9 points919-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 FLA 82 4 12 16 -29 14 110 68 0.20
2003-04 FLA 61 2 18 20 -15 30 85 92 0.33
2005-06 FLA 82 5 41 46 1 79 189 77 0.56 $946K
2006-07 FLA 82 12 30 42 23 66 174 143 0.51 $2.175M
2007-08 FLA 82 15 22 37 -5 72 182 105 0.45 $2.175M
2008-09 FLA 82 15 27 42 -2 68 182 115 0.51 $4.875M
2009-10 CGY 82 3 26 29 -4 48 130 73 0.35 $6.68M
2010-11 CGY 82 4 20 24 -2 44 121 72 0.29 $6.68M
2011-12 CGY 82 5 24 29 -21 26 107 69 0.35 $6.68M
2012-13 CGY 33 6 9 15 -11 16 55 33 0.45 $6.68M
2012-13 STL 14 1 6 7 5 6 24 8 0.50
2013-14 STL 82 4 33 37 26 20 152 51 0.45 $6.68M
2014-15 STL 72 2 11 13 7 24 92 42 0.18 $5.4M
2015-16 STL 72 3 16 19 -4 18 105 71 0.26 $5.4M
2016-17 STL 81 1 14 15 6 28 106 67 0.19 $5.4M
2017-18 STL 35 2 5 7 5 16 45 29 0.20 $5.4M
2018-19 STL 78 3 14 17 -3 40 82 61 0.22 $5.4M
2019-20 STL 56 1 8 9 6 20 53 42 0.16 $3.25M
17 seasons Career 1240 88 336 424 -17 635 1994 1218 0.34

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 STL 6 0 1 1 0 0 7 9 0.17
2013-14 STL 6 0 1 1 -1 2 13 4 0.17
2014-15 STL 6 0 0 0 -1 2 5 7 0.00
2015-16 STL 20 0 4 4 -1 24 20 28 0.20
2016-17 STL 11 0 0 0 -5 4 8 11 0.00
2018-19 STL 26 0 7 7 9 18 23 32 0.27
6 seasons Playoffs 75 0 13 13 1 50 76 91 0.17

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 2 11 13 7 24 92 42 0.18 2.2 22:40

Contract

$5.4MCap hit2014-15
$415KCap dollars per point13 points in 72 games
-$634KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6MValueworth 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. 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 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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $3.25M
2014-15 to 2018-19 $5.4M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $6.68M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $6.68M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $4.875M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $2.175M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $946K

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

-2.0Goals above replacement605th of 665 skaters, 204th of 233 defencemen
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.4Goals 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-2.8 13th percentileEven-strength defence-3.2 10th percentilePower play-0.3 33rd percentilePenalty kill+0.4 81st percentilePenalties-1.6 19th 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.

-10-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

50.5Corsi for %1139 attempts for, 1117 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %49.2 expected for, 44.0 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.4Goals for %53 for, 41 against
101.5PDO8.4% shooting + 93.1% saves
154Attempts 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
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo66766:2549.750.634-26
Zbynek Michalek · Jay Bouwmeester15174:0148.955.25-5
Jay Bouwmeester · Petteri Lindbohm891:5050.655.63-3
Jay Bouwmeester · Kevin Shattenkirk2089:1564.369.05-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.4Expected goalsfrom 146 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt45th
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected8thOne 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.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 4.4Goals 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 11, 2015 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:10
Apr 9, 2015 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:58
Apr 7, 2015 vs WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:37
Apr 5, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 24:30
Apr 3, 2015 @ DAL W 7-5 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 23:49
Apr 2, 2015 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:05
Mar 30, 2015 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:28
Mar 28, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:04
Mar 24, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:52
Mar 22, 2015 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:00
Mar 21, 2015 @ MIN L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 23:19
Mar 19, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:30
Mar 17, 2015 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:32
Mar 15, 2015 @ DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:48
Mar 14, 2015 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:25
Mar 12, 2015 vs PHI W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:56
Mar 5, 2015 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:56
Mar 1, 2015 @ VAN L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:50
Feb 28, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:16
Feb 26, 2015 @ WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:19
Feb 24, 2015 vs MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:43
Feb 21, 2015 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:23
Feb 20, 2015 vs BOS W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:40
Feb 17, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:31
Feb 15, 2015 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:20
Feb 12, 2015 @ TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 22:02
Feb 10, 2015 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 21:22
Feb 8, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:22
Feb 6, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-7 0 1 1 -3 0 2 2 22:44
Feb 5, 2015 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:59
Feb 3, 2015 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:33
Feb 1, 2015 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:25
Jan 30, 2015 @ CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:05
Jan 29, 2015 vs NSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:50
Jan 19, 2015 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:12
Jan 17, 2015 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:02
Jan 15, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 25:57
Jan 13, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:57
Jan 10, 2015 vs CAR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 28:08
Jan 8, 2015 vs SJS W 7-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 17:12
Jan 6, 2015 @ ARI W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:50
Jan 3, 2015 @ SJS W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:56
Jan 2, 2015 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:49
Dec 30, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:54
Dec 29, 2014 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:12
Dec 27, 2014 vs DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 23:32
Dec 23, 2014 @ COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 20:07
Dec 20, 2014 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:03
Dec 18, 2014 @ LAK L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 25:59
Dec 16, 2014 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 23:35
Dec 13, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:46
Dec 11, 2014 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 20:59
Nov 22, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 16:40
Nov 20, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 23:58
Nov 18, 2014 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 20:51
Nov 15, 2014 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 21:16
Nov 13, 2014 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:19
Nov 11, 2014 vs BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:11
Nov 8, 2014 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:07
Nov 6, 2014 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:29
Nov 4, 2014 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:27
Nov 3, 2014 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 27:08
Nov 1, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:17
Oct 30, 2014 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 22:19
Oct 28, 2014 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24:51
Oct 25, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 25:04
Oct 23, 2014 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:54
Oct 19, 2014 @ ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:38
Oct 18, 2014 @ ARI W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:02
Oct 16, 2014 @ LAK L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:34
Oct 11, 2014 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 24:45
Oct 9, 2014 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:30