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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Tanev VAN · 1 P in 29 GP Joe Callahan FLA · 1 P in 27 GP Jordan Hendry CHI · 1 P in 37 GP Kyle Quincey COL · 1 P in 21 GP Nolan Yonkman PHX · 1 P in 16 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 0 1 1 -10 39 28 23 0.03 0.0 12:08

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$600KCap dollars per point1 points in 29 games
$476KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$124KValueworth 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 315 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 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $600K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacement507th of 672 skaters, 159th of 233 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals 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.

Even-strength offence-1.1 52nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 39th percentilePower play0.0 79th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 34th percentilePenalties+0.5 90th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

52.4Corsi for %302 attempts for, 274 against
-0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Expected goals for %10.7 expected for, 12.4 against
-4.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
30.8Goals for %8 for, 18 against
93.7PDO5.4% shooting + 88.2% saves
55Attempts 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
Carlo Colaiacovo · Tyson Strachan1488:5040.731.90-4
Tyson Strachan · Nikita Nikitin1381:1457.347.64-7
Nathan Oystrick · Tyson Strachan753:1665.161.33-3
Tyson Strachan · Ian Cole824:0052.143.90-0

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
1.0Expected goalsfrom 42 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected31stOne 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.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.0Goals 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
Mar 22, 2011 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 10:06
Mar 3, 2011 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 08:33
Mar 1, 2011 vs CGY L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:40
Feb 27, 2011 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:13
Feb 25, 2011 @ EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:44
Feb 4, 2011 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:34
Jan 26, 2011 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:32
Jan 24, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:51
Jan 22, 2011 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 10:53
Jan 13, 2011 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:21
Dec 18, 2010 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:37
Dec 16, 2010 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 0 17 1 1 14:05
Dec 15, 2010 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:48
Dec 1, 2010 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:42
Nov 27, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:02
Nov 24, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:18
Nov 20, 2010 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:04
Nov 19, 2010 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:12
Nov 17, 2010 @ DET L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 12:44
Nov 15, 2010 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:58
Nov 13, 2010 @ PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:53
Nov 11, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:43
Nov 10, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:21
Nov 7, 2010 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 11:49
Nov 6, 2010 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18:24
Nov 4, 2010 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:29
Oct 30, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:59
Oct 28, 2010 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41
Oct 16, 2010 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 04:48