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Jonathan Ericsson

#52 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Mar 2, 1984 in Karlskrona, SWE · 6'4", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 291st overall in 2002 by DET (round 9)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Manson ANA · 15 P in 71 GP Kevin Bieksa ANA · 15 P in 71 GP Marc Staal NYR · 15 P in 77 GP Brendan Smith DET · 15 P in 63 GP Calvin de Haan NYI · 16 P in 72 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.

0510152007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 13 points1309-102010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 11 points1111-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 15 points1515-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 13 points1317-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 DET 8 1 0 1 -3 4 19 9 0.13
2008-09 DET 19 1 3 4 -1 15 25 28 0.21 $900K
2009-10 DET 62 4 9 13 -15 44 55 93 0.21 $900K
2010-11 DET 74 3 12 15 8 87 89 107 0.20 $900K
2011-12 DET 69 1 10 11 16 47 63 128 0.16 $3.25M
2012-13 DET 45 3 10 13 6 29 34 67 0.29 $3.25M
2013-14 DET 48 1 10 11 2 34 66 91 0.23 $3.25M
2014-15 DET 82 3 12 15 -5 70 82 114 0.18 $4.25M
2015-16 DET 71 3 12 15 2 56 68 121 0.21 $4.25M
2016-17 DET 51 1 8 9 -2 63 43 86 0.18 $4.25M
2017-18 DET 81 3 10 13 -7 47 86 133 0.16 $4.25M
2018-19 DET 52 3 2 5 -10 35 48 98 0.10 $4.25M
2019-20 DET 18 0 0 0 -12 4 16 24 0.00 $4.25M
13 seasons Career 680 27 98 125 -21 535 694 1099 0.18

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 DET 22 4 4 8 9 25 33 39 0.36
2009-10 DET 12 0 2 2 1 8 11 12 0.17
2010-11 DET 11 1 2 3 -2 4 24 23 0.27
2011-12 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 6 5 10 0.00
2012-13 DET 14 0 3 3 2 2 7 31 0.21
2014-15 DET 7 0 4 4 0 8 5 18 0.57
2015-16 DET 5 0 1 1 0 2 3 6 0.20
7 seasons Playoffs 76 5 16 21 9 55 88 139 0.28

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 3 12 15 2 56 68 121 0.21 4.4 18:32

Contract

$4.25MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$283KCap dollars per point15 points in 71 games
$15.396MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$737KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.5MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $4.25M
2016-17 $4.25M
2017-18 $4.25M
2018-19 $4.25M
2019-20 $4.25M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2019-20 $4.25M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.25M
2014-15 to 2019-20 $4.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.25M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $3.25M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $900K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement479th of 675 skaters, 155th of 230 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 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-1.0 42nd percentileEven-strength defence-2.3 17th percentilePower play0.0 63rd percentilePenalty kill+0.2 72nd percentilePenalties-1.0 40th 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.

-10-5052010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

49.3Corsi for %911 attempts for, 935 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Expected goals for %39.3 expected for, 42.4 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %42 for, 38 against
101.8PDO8.5% shooting + 93.3% saves
145Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Jonathan Ericsson · Danny DeKeyser57367:4747.452.015-8
Niklas Kronwall · Jonathan Ericsson46319:2547.845.212-12
Jonathan Ericsson · Alexey Marchenko31184:5350.848.16-6
Jonathan Ericsson · Mike Green31107:3155.455.26-6

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
2.7Expected goalsfrom 110 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt16th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 3Expected 2.7

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, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:12
Apr 7, 2016 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 18:22
Apr 6, 2016 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:51
Apr 2, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 15:10
Apr 1, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 16:31
Mar 29, 2016 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:30
Mar 28, 2016 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:10
Mar 26, 2016 vs PIT L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 20:09
Mar 24, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:40
Mar 22, 2016 @ TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 2 18:00
Mar 19, 2016 @ FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 20:25
Mar 17, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:11
Mar 15, 2016 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:34
Mar 13, 2016 vs TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:54
Mar 12, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 18:34
Mar 10, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 15:45
Mar 8, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 17:46
Mar 6, 2016 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:39
Mar 2, 2016 vs CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 17:00
Feb 29, 2016 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:57
Feb 27, 2016 @ COL W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 15:09
Feb 12, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:22
Feb 10, 2016 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 22:06
Feb 8, 2016 vs FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:51
Feb 6, 2016 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:21
Feb 4, 2016 @ FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:59
Feb 3, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:48
Jan 25, 2016 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 20:54
Jan 23, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 16:24
Jan 22, 2016 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 17:58
Jan 20, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:01
Jan 17, 2016 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 19:37
Jan 14, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:04
Jan 11, 2016 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 14:07
Jan 10, 2016 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:56
Jan 7, 2016 @ SJS W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 18:32
Jan 4, 2016 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:13
Jan 2, 2016 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:56
Dec 31, 2015 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:21
Dec 18, 2015 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:34
Dec 14, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:46
Dec 11, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24:03
Dec 10, 2015 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:50
Dec 8, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 20:02
Dec 5, 2015 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 19:31
Dec 3, 2015 vs ARI W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 16:17
Dec 1, 2015 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 23:48
Nov 29, 2015 vs FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:26
Nov 27, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:07
Nov 25, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 21:08
Nov 21, 2015 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:39
Nov 20, 2015 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:47
Nov 18, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:52
Nov 16, 2015 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:55
Nov 14, 2015 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:32
Nov 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 18:20
Nov 10, 2015 vs WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:11
Nov 8, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:27
Nov 6, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:52
Nov 3, 2015 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:28
Oct 31, 2015 @ OTT W 5-3 1 0 1 0 14 3 4 19:32
Oct 30, 2015 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:44
Oct 27, 2015 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:59
Oct 24, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 21:54
Oct 23, 2015 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 24:47
Oct 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:05
Oct 17, 2015 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:58
Oct 16, 2015 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 15:40
Oct 13, 2015 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:43
Oct 10, 2015 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:52
Oct 9, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:09