Ryan Suter

#22 · Defence · Free agent, last with the St. Louis Blues

Born Jan 21, 1985 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 6'1", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 2003 by NSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Trevor Daley DAL · 38 P in 68 GP

Victor Hedman TBL · 38 P in 59 GP

Torey Krug BOS · 39 P in 78 GP

Nick Leddy NYI · 37 P in 78 GP

Aaron Ekblad FLA · 39 P in 81 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.

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	NSH	71	1	15	16	7	66	84	38	0.23	$785K
2006-07	NSH	82	8	16	24	10	54	87	45	0.29	$785K
2007-08	NSH	76	7	24	31	3	71	138	57	0.41	$785K
2008-09	NSH	82	7	38	45	-16	73	143	87	0.55	$3.5M
2009-10	NSH	82	4	33	37	4	48	125	55	0.45	$3.5M
2010-11	NSH	70	4	35	39	20	54	115	64	0.56	$3.5M
2011-12	NSH	79	7	39	46	15	30	134	46	0.58	$3.5M
2012-13	MIN	48	4	28	32	2	24	91	33	0.67	$7.538M
2013-14	MIN	82	8	35	43	15	34	150	72	0.52	$7.538M
2014-15	MIN	77	2	36	38	7	48	150	69	0.49	$7.538M
2015-16	MIN	82	8	43	51	10	30	188	69	0.62	$7.538M
2016-17	MIN	82	9	31	40	34	36	164	72	0.49	$7.538M
2017-18	MIN	78	6	45	51	-1	34	149	78	0.65	$7.538M
2018-19	MIN	82	7	40	47	-8	41	136	78	0.57	$7.538M
2019-20	MIN	69	8	40	48	-6	12	111	48	0.70	$7.538M
2020-21	MIN	56	3	16	19	9	12	86	38	0.34	$7.538M
2021-22	DAL	82	7	25	32	1	40	118	46	0.39	$3.65M
2022-23	DAL	82	3	22	25	0	26	92	81	0.30	$3.65M
2023-24	DAL	82	2	15	17	14	28	102	86	0.21	$3.65M
2024-25	STL	82	2	13	15	7	24	62	39	0.18	$775K
20 seasons	Career	1526	107	589	696	127	785	2425	1201	0.46

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	NSH	5	1	0	1	0	8	9	3	0.20
2007-08	NSH	6	1	1	2	-2	4	6	5	0.33
2009-10	NSH	6	0	0	0	-1	0	16	11	0.00
2010-11	NSH	12	1	5	6	2	6	23	21	0.50
2011-12	NSH	10	1	3	4	-3	4	30	12	0.40
2012-13	MIN	5	0	0	0	-5	4	5	10	0.00
2013-14	MIN	13	1	6	7	-5	4	29	25	0.54
2014-15	MIN	10	0	3	3	-8	0	13	15	0.30
2015-16	MIN	6	0	3	3	3	4	10	10	0.50
2016-17	MIN	5	1	2	3	-3	10	15	6	0.60
2019-20	MIN	3	0	1	1	1	0	3	5	0.33
2020-21	MIN	7	0	1	1	-4	0	9	10	0.14
2021-22	DAL	7	0	3	3	-1	2	6	5	0.43
2022-23	DAL	19	0	6	6	-3	18	21	31	0.32
2023-24	DAL	19	1	3	4	1	16	9	19	0.21
2024-25	STL	5	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	0.20
16 seasons	Playoffs	138	7	38	45	-30	80	206	190	0.33

2014-15 season totals

GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP	Shooting %	Avg TOI
77	2	36	38	7	48	150	69	0.49	1.3	29:04

Contract

$7.538MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA

$198KCap dollars per point38 points in 77 games

$1.511MCap dollars per goal above replacement5.0 goals above replacement

$3.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his

-$4MValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jul 4, 2012, as a new contract: 13 years and $98M, beginning in 2012-13. It was signed to run through 2024-25, but the Minnesota Wild bought it out on Jul 13, 2021, after 2020-21.

Season	Cap hit	Base salary	Signing bonus	Paid in all	Clause
2012-13	$7.538M	$2M	$10M	$12M	NMC
2013-14	$7.538M	$2M	$10M	$12M	NMC
2014-15	$7.538M	$6M	$5M	$11M	NMC
2015-16	$7.538M	$9M	$0	$9M	NMC
2016-17	$7.538M	$9M	$0	$9M	NMC
2017-18	$7.538M	$9M	$0	$9M	NMC
2018-19	$7.538M	$9M	$0	$9M	NMC
2019-20	$7.538M	$9M	$0	$9M	NMC
2020-21	$7.538M	$8M	$0	$8M	NMC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed	Signed by	Kind	Seasons	Years	In all	Cap hit
			2025-26 to 2025-26			$775K
Jul 10, 2024	St. Louis Blues	New contract	2024-25 to 2024-25	1	$3M	$775K
Jul 28, 2021	Dallas Stars	New contract (35+) bought out, Jun 28, 2024	2021-22 to 2023-24	4	$14.6M	$3.65M
Jul 4, 2012	Minnesota Wild	New contract bought out, Jul 13, 2021	2012-13 to 2020-21	13	$98M	$7.538M
Jun 16, 2008	Nashville Predators	Extension	2008-09 to 2011-12	4	$14M	$3.5M
Sep 8, 2004	Nashville Predators	Entry-level	2005-06 to 2007-08	3	$2.356M	$785K

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

+5.0Goals above replacement213th of 665 skaters, 58th of 233 defencemen

+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

-2.5Goals 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.

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

51.6Corsi for %1568 attempts for, 1473 against

+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him

55.6Expected goals for %64.3 expected for, 51.5 against

+1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him

52.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts

52.0Goals for %64 for, 59 against

99.9PDO7.6% shooting + 92.3% saves

240Attempts 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 pair	GP	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Jonas Brodin	66	957:48	50.6	57.0	33-27
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	50	374:45	55.2	56.8	15-16
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba	46	116:00	57.7	60.2	7-2
Ryan Suter · Nate Prosser	41	58:26	53.8	55.7	1-3

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

6.2Expected goalsfrom 229 unblocked attempts

-4.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals

Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes45th

Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt29th

Finishing -4.2 goals above expected2ndOne 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.

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, 2015	@ NSH	W 4-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	25:42
Apr 7, 2015	@ CHI	W 2-1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	29:41
Apr 6, 2015	vs WPG	L 0-2	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	33:19
Apr 4, 2015	vs DET	L 2-3 (SO)	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	31:43
Apr 2, 2015	vs NYR	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	27:06
Mar 28, 2015	vs LAK	W 4-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	27:24
Mar 27, 2015	vs CGY	W 4-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	28:15
Mar 24, 2015	@ NYI	W 2-1 (SO)	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	32:04
Mar 23, 2015	@ TOR	W 2-1	0	1	1	1	0	4	3	28:38
Mar 21, 2015	vs STL	W 6-3	0	2	2	3	2	1	0	22:44
Mar 19, 2015	vs WSH	L 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	30:38
Mar 17, 2015	@ NSH	W 3-2 (OT)	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	27:06
Mar 14, 2015	@ STL	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	29:34
Mar 13, 2015	vs ANA	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	30:37
Mar 10, 2015	vs NJD	W 6-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	25:43
Mar 8, 2015	vs COL	L 2-3	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	29:38
Mar 6, 2015	@ CAR	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25:59
Mar 5, 2015	@ WSH	W 2-1	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	30:38
Mar 3, 2015	vs OTT	W 3-2 (SO)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	33:46
Feb 28, 2015	@ COL	W 3-1	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	27:45
Feb 26, 2015	@ NSH	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	26:59
Feb 24, 2015	vs EDM	L 1-2	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	28:32
Feb 22, 2015	vs DAL	W 6-2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	26:29
Feb 20, 2015	@ EDM	W 4-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26:09
Feb 18, 2015	@ CGY	W 3-2 (OT)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	33:09
Feb 16, 2015	@ VAN	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26:02
Feb 14, 2015	vs CAR	W 6-3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	27:26
Feb 12, 2015	vs FLA	W 2-1	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	26:43
Feb 10, 2015	@ WPG	L 1-2 (OT)	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	29:36
Feb 9, 2015	vs VAN	W 5-3	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	27:16
Feb 7, 2015	vs COL	W 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29:30
Feb 3, 2015	vs CHI	W 3-0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	26:28
Feb 1, 2015	@ VAN	W 4-2	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	27:55
Jan 29, 2015	@ CGY	W 1-0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	23:39
Jan 27, 2015	@ EDM	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	29:24
Jan 20, 2015	@ DET	L 4-5 (SO)	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	30:49
Jan 19, 2015	vs CBJ	L 1-3	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	30:11
Jan 13, 2015	@ PIT	L 2-7	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	29:29
Jan 11, 2015	@ CHI	L 1-4	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	29:22
Jan 10, 2015	vs NSH	L 1-3	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	30:28
Jan 8, 2015	vs CHI	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33:22
Jan 6, 2015	vs SJS	L 3-4 (OT)	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	28:34
Jan 3, 2015	@ DAL	L 1-7	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	23:48
Jan 2, 2015	vs TOR	W 3-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	30:31
Dec 31, 2014	@ CBJ	L 1-3	0	0	0	-1	4	2	1	28:25
Dec 29, 2014	@ WPG	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	29:02
Dec 27, 2014	vs WPG	L 3-4 (OT)	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	32:14
Dec 23, 2014	vs PHI	L 2-5	0	1	1	-3	0	0	2	28:48
Dec 20, 2014	vs NSH	L 5-6 (OT)	0	2	2	-1	0	2	1	31:27
Dec 17, 2014	vs BOS	L 2-3 (OT)	0	1	1	1	0	5	2	31:46
Dec 16, 2014	@ CHI	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	29:56
Dec 13, 2014	@ ARI	W 4-3 (SO)	0	2	2	-2	2	1	4	33:47
Dec 11, 2014	@ SJS	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	28:37
Dec 9, 2014	vs NYI	W 5-4	0	3	3	0	0	4	0	29:08
Nov 29, 2014	vs STL	L 2-3 (SO)	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	32:30
Nov 28, 2014	@ DAL	W 5-4 (OT)	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	28:47
Nov 26, 2014	vs LAK	L 0-4	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	28:38
Nov 24, 2014	@ FLA	W 4-1	0	1	1	3	0	3	1	27:34
Nov 22, 2014	@ TBL	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	30:45
Nov 20, 2014	@ PHI	W 3-2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	29:33
Nov 16, 2014	vs WPG	W 4-3 (OT)	0	0	0	1	8	2	3	28:24
Nov 15, 2014	@ DAL	W 2-1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	31:19
Nov 13, 2014	vs BUF	W 6-3	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	29:30
Nov 11, 2014	@ NJD	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	28:57
Nov 8, 2014	@ MTL	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	27:22
Nov 6, 2014	@ OTT	L 0-3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	32:17
Nov 4, 2014	vs PIT	L 1-4	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	29:32
Nov 1, 2014	vs DAL	W 4-1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	28:28
Oct 30, 2014	vs SJS	W 4-3 (SO)	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	33:49
Oct 28, 2014	@ BOS	W 4-3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	28:16
Oct 27, 2014	@ NYR	L 4-5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	27:47
Oct 25, 2014	vs TBL	W 7-2	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	26:26
Oct 23, 2014	vs ARI	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	29:17
Oct 19, 2014	@ LAK	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	32:50
Oct 17, 2014	@ ANA	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	28:43
Oct 11, 2014	@ COL	W 3-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	28:19
Oct 9, 2014	vs COL	W 5-0	1	1	2	3	0	3	1	25:31