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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Scott Harrington CBJ · 17 P in 73 GP Matt Benning EDM · 17 P in 70 GP Travis Dermott TOR · 17 P in 64 GP Brett Kulak MTL · 17 P in 57 GP Sami Vatanen NJD · 17 P in 50 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 3 14 17 -3 40 82 61 0.22 3.7 20:44

Contract

$5.4MCap hit2018-19
$318KCap dollars per point17 points in 78 games
-$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$7.1MValueworth 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 696 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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-3.4Goals above replacement675th of 699 skaters, 230th of 244 defencemen
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 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-4.9 5th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 38th percentilePower play-0.1 43rd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 38th percentilePenalties-3.0 2nd 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

48.0Corsi for %1200 attempts for, 1301 against
-5.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %56.0 expected for, 54.1 against
-5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.7Goals for %42 for, 46 against
99.9PDO6.4% shooting + 93.5% saves
156Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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 · Colton Parayko69809:0549.254.627-15
Jay Bouwmeester · Robert Bortuzzo44161:4444.745.53-6
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo42153:1148.446.06-13
Jay Bouwmeester · Jordan Schmaltz1368:4038.245.41-5

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.3Expected goalsfrom 113 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt76th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 4.3Goals 3

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 6, 2019 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:48
Apr 4, 2019 vs PHI W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:45
Apr 3, 2019 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:52
Apr 1, 2019 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:57
Mar 30, 2019 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 22:02
Mar 29, 2019 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:21
Mar 25, 2019 vs VGK W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 22:05
Mar 23, 2019 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25:07
Mar 21, 2019 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22:32
Mar 19, 2019 vs EDM W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:01
Mar 17, 2019 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:05
Mar 16, 2019 @ PIT W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 23:40
Mar 14, 2019 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:41
Mar 12, 2019 vs ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:16
Mar 9, 2019 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:01
Mar 7, 2019 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:00
Mar 6, 2019 @ ANA W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:30
Mar 2, 2019 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:55
Mar 1, 2019 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21:38
Feb 26, 2019 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:37
Feb 24, 2019 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 23:16
Feb 23, 2019 vs BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:43
Feb 21, 2019 @ DAL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 4 3 2 17:49
Feb 19, 2019 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:32
Feb 17, 2019 @ MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 20:17
Feb 16, 2019 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:05
Feb 14, 2019 @ ARI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:09
Feb 12, 2019 vs NJD W 8-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:48
Feb 10, 2019 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 24:40
Feb 9, 2019 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:58
Feb 7, 2019 @ TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25:35
Feb 5, 2019 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 23:26
Feb 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:43
Jan 23, 2019 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:01
Jan 21, 2019 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:42
Jan 19, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:03
Jan 17, 2019 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:15
Jan 15, 2019 @ NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 21:20
Jan 14, 2019 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23:26
Jan 12, 2019 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 25:16
Jan 10, 2019 vs MTL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 19:09
Jan 8, 2019 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:23
Jan 7, 2019 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:54
Jan 5, 2019 vs NYI L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:10
Jan 3, 2019 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:17
Dec 31, 2018 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:54
Dec 29, 2018 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:12
Dec 27, 2018 vs BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 20:11
Dec 22, 2018 @ CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:52
Dec 20, 2018 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:17
Dec 18, 2018 @ EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 21:28
Dec 16, 2018 vs CGY L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:04
Dec 14, 2018 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 21:56
Dec 11, 2018 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:00
Dec 9, 2018 vs VAN L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 19:27
Dec 7, 2018 @ WPG W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:24
Dec 5, 2018 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24:03
Dec 1, 2018 @ ARI L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:22
Nov 30, 2018 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:27
Nov 28, 2018 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:51
Nov 24, 2018 vs WPG L 4-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:33
Nov 23, 2018 vs NSH W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:54
Nov 21, 2018 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:10
Nov 19, 2018 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:34
Nov 17, 2018 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:20
Nov 16, 2018 @ VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:34
Nov 14, 2018 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:56
Nov 3, 2018 vs MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 14:29
Nov 1, 2018 vs VGK W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:35
Oct 27, 2018 vs CHI W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:17
Oct 25, 2018 vs CBJ L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:29
Oct 22, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 20:49
Oct 17, 2018 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 19:19
Oct 14, 2018 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:05
Oct 13, 2018 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:59
Oct 11, 2018 vs CGY W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 19:52
Oct 6, 2018 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:26
Oct 4, 2018 vs WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 21:20