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Tyson Strachan

#28 · Defence · Minnesota Wild

Born Oct 30, 1984 in Melfort, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 137th overall in 2003 by CAR (round 5)

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.

Andre Benoit STL · 0 P in 2 GP Gustav Olofsson MIN · 0 P in 2 GP Matt Irwin BOS · 0 P in 2 GP Trevor Carrick CAR · 0 P in 2 GP Brett Lernout MTL · 0 P in 1 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.

0123452008-09: 3 points308-092009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 5 points514-152015-16: 0 points015-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 STL 30 0 3 3 8 39 21 23 0.10
2009-10 STL 8 0 2 2 3 4 7 8 0.25
2010-11 STL 29 0 1 1 -10 39 28 23 0.03 $600K
2011-12 FLA 15 1 2 3 1 5 14 31 0.20 $750K
2012-13 FLA 38 0 4 4 -13 40 42 110 0.11 $600K
2013-14 WSH 18 0 2 2 -2 28 7 31 0.11 $550K
2014-15 BUF 46 0 5 5 -30 44 38 67 0.11 $650K
2015-16 MIN 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00 $650K
8 seasons Career 186 1 19 20 -42 199 157 297 0.11

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 FLA 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0.50
1 season Playoffs 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0.50

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00 0.0 7:33

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$2.326MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $650K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $650K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $650K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $600K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $750K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $600K

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

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

61.5Corsi for %16 attempts for, 10 against
+19.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
83.1Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 0.2 against
+37.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
65.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
112.5PDO12.5% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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
Tyson Strachan · Marco Scandella28:5657.168.41-0
Tyson Strachan · Jonas Brodin24:4675.0100.00-0
Tyson Strachan · Mathew Dumba10:350.00.00-0
Tyson Strachan · Jared Spurgeon10:230.00.00-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 1.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected58thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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
Jan 7, 2016 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 06:06
Jan 5, 2016 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:00