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Ryan Whitney

#6 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Feb 19, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · 6'4", 209 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 5th overall in 2002 by PIT (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jamie Oleksiak DAL · 0 P in 7 GP Matt Taormina TBL · 0 P in 7 GP Hal Gill PHI · 0 P in 6 GP Mike Mottau FLA · 0 P in 8 GP Patrik Nemeth DAL · 0 P in 8 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: 38 points3805-062006-07: 59 points5906-072007-08: 40 points4007-082008-09: 23 points2308-092009-10: 39 points3909-102010-11: 27 points2710-112011-12: 20 points2011-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 0 points013-14

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 PIT 68 6 32 38 -7 85 113 23 0.56
2006-07 PIT 81 14 45 59 9 77 129 38 0.73
2007-08 PIT 76 12 28 40 -2 45 119 30 0.53
2008-09 PIT 28 2 11 13 -15 16 42 21 0.46
2008-09 ANA 20 0 10 10 1 12 29 16 0.50
2009-10 ANA 62 4 24 28 -6 48 107 71 0.45
2009-10 EDM 19 3 8 11 7 22 44 18 0.58
2010-11 EDM 35 2 25 27 13 33 43 29 0.77
2011-12 EDM 51 3 17 20 -16 16 41 18 0.39
2012-13 EDM 34 4 9 13 -7 23 30 16 0.38 $4M
2013-14 FLA 7 0 0 0 -7 6 8 4 0.00
9 seasons Career 481 50 209 259 -30 383 705 284 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 PIT 5 1 1 2 -4 6 4 2 0.40
2007-08 PIT 20 1 5 6 8 25 37 11 0.30
2008-09 ANA 13 1 5 6 -1 9 9 13 0.46
3 seasons Playoffs 38 3 11 14 3 40 50 26 0.37

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -7 6 8 4 0.00 0.0 16:45

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $4M

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.4Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

42.2Corsi for %70 attempts for, 96 against
-9.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 3.4 against
+2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %2 for, 6 against
92.5PDO5.6% shooting + 87.0% saves
10Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Whitney · Erik Gudbranson655:3937.237.00-4
Tom Gilbert · Ryan Whitney411:5545.574.91-1
Ryan Whitney · Dylan Olsen111:0168.870.71-0
Mike Weaver · Ryan Whitney59:3837.534.10-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt31st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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 23, 2014 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:33
Nov 5, 2013 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:08
Nov 2, 2013 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:13
Oct 10, 2013 @ TBL L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 18:24
Oct 8, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:57
Oct 5, 2013 @ STL L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 15:33
Oct 3, 2013 @ DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:26