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Nate Thompson

#44 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Oct 5, 1984 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 183rd overall in 2003 by BOS (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

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

Max Talbot BOS · 18 P in 81 GP Brandon Prust MTL · 18 P in 82 GP Luke Glendening DET · 18 P in 82 GP Calle Jarnkrok NSH · 18 P in 74 GP James Sheppard NYR · 18 P in 71 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.

05101520252006-07: 0 points006-072008-09: 4 points42009-10: 10 points1009-102010-11: 25 points252011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 15 points152013-14: 16 points1613-142014-15: 18 points182015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 2 points22017-18: 17 points1717-182018-19: 13 points132019-20: 15 points1519-202020-21: 5 points52021-22: 3 points321-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.00
2008-09 NYI 43 2 2 4 -11 49 56 83 0.09 $500K
2009-10 NYI 39 1 5 6 -14 39 48 58 0.15 $550K
2009-10 TBL 32 1 3 4 -3 17 44 62 0.13
2010-11 TBL 79 10 15 25 -6 29 123 115 0.32 $625K
2011-12 TBL 68 9 6 15 -23 21 85 107 0.22 $900K
2012-13 TBL 45 7 8 15 -2 17 58 85 0.33 $900K
2013-14 TBL 81 9 7 16 3 27 105 114 0.20 $1.6M
2014-15 ANA 80 5 13 18 0 39 87 204 0.23 $1.6M
2015-16 ANA 49 3 3 6 -1 47 42 103 0.12 $1.6M
2016-17 ANA 30 1 1 2 4 14 19 69 0.07 $1.6M
2017-18 OTT 43 4 7 11 0 10 28 79 0.26 $1.65M
2017-18 LAK 26 1 5 6 -1 10 25 43 0.23
2018-19 LAK 53 4 2 6 3 17 35 54 0.11 $1.65M
2018-19 MTL 25 1 6 7 -4 0 36 33 0.28
2019-20 MTL 63 4 10 14 -2 21 62 103 0.22 $1M
2019-20 PHI 7 0 1 1 1 9 5 15 0.14
2020-21 WPG 44 2 3 5 4 4 20 60 0.11 $750K
2021-22 PHI 33 1 2 3 -15 31 23 49 0.09 $800K
15 seasons Career 844 65 99 164 -67 401 906 1439 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 TBL 18 1 3 4 3 4 26 31 0.22
2013-14 TBL 4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 12 0.00
2014-15 ANA 12 2 4 6 5 6 13 32 0.50
2015-16 ANA 7 2 0 2 0 2 10 28 0.29
2016-17 ANA 17 2 4 6 6 6 12 41 0.35
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 0.00
2019-20 PHI 13 0 0 0 -4 14 8 30 0.00
2020-21 WPG 8 0 2 2 1 2 1 15 0.25
8 seasons Playoffs 83 7 13 20 9 34 75 204 0.24

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 5 13 18 0 39 87 204 0.23 5.7 13:19

Contract

$1.6MCap hit2014-15
$89KCap dollars per point18 points in 80 games
$1.545MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$427KValueworth 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $800K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $750K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1M
2013-14 to 2018-19 $1.6M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $900K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $900K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $625K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $550K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $500K

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

+1.0Goals above replacement429th of 665 skaters, 292nd of 432 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: 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-3.6 7th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 81st percentilePower play-0.2 35th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 19th percentilePenalties+0.5 57th 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 forwards. 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.

-4-2024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %722 attempts for, 780 against
-4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Expected goals for %27.9 expected for, 30.5 against
-5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.2Goals for %25 for, 28 against
100.1PDO7.0% shooting + 93.0% saves
132Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nate Thompson · Andrew Cogliano · Jakob Silfverberg57227:5852.453.511-7
Tim Jackman · Nate Thompson · Patrick Maroon21109:1257.160.90-3
Tim Jackman · Nate Thompson · Emerson Etem1459:4152.055.91-0
Tim Jackman · Nate Thompson · Devante Smith-Pelly1046:3453.950.60-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.9Expected goalsfrom 123 unblocked attempts
-3.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt48th
Finishing -3.9 goals above expected11thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 8.9Goals 5

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
Apr 11, 2015 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:08
Apr 8, 2015 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:29
Apr 3, 2015 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:43
Apr 1, 2015 vs EDM W 5-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 12:28
Mar 29, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:07
Mar 28, 2015 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 11:39
Mar 26, 2015 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:13
Mar 24, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 10:44
Mar 22, 2015 @ NYR L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:38
Mar 20, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:48
Mar 18, 2015 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 14:51
Mar 15, 2015 vs NSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:36
Mar 13, 2015 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:14
Mar 11, 2015 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:01
Mar 9, 2015 @ VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 10:10
Mar 6, 2015 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 10:55
Mar 4, 2015 vs MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 13:28
Mar 3, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 12:14
Mar 1, 2015 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:02
Feb 23, 2015 vs DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:03
Feb 21, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 12:51
Feb 20, 2015 @ CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:56
Feb 18, 2015 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:34
Feb 15, 2015 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:40
Feb 12, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 12:22
Feb 10, 2015 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:20
Feb 8, 2015 @ TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11:37
Feb 6, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:17
Feb 5, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:50
Feb 3, 2015 vs CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:50
Jan 30, 2015 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:14
Jan 29, 2015 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12:31
Jan 27, 2015 @ VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:06
Jan 21, 2015 vs CGY W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 16:32
Jan 17, 2015 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:21
Jan 16, 2015 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 13:55
Jan 14, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:22
Jan 11, 2015 vs WPG W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:55
Jan 7, 2015 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:26
Jan 4, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:23
Jan 2, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 15:21
Dec 31, 2014 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:56
Dec 28, 2014 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:49
Dec 27, 2014 @ ARI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 12:52
Dec 22, 2014 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:14
Dec 19, 2014 @ OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:58
Dec 18, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 14:16
Dec 16, 2014 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 10:01
Dec 13, 2014 @ WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:47
Dec 12, 2014 @ EDM W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 14:41
Dec 10, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:03
Dec 7, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:52
Dec 5, 2014 @ MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 1 16:41
Dec 3, 2014 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:08
Dec 1, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:55
Nov 29, 2014 @ SJS L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:34
Nov 28, 2014 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:54
Nov 25, 2014 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16:54
Nov 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:46
Nov 20, 2014 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 13:32
Nov 18, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:57
Nov 16, 2014 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:16
Nov 15, 2014 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:10
Nov 12, 2014 vs LAK W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 09:21
Nov 9, 2014 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:29
Nov 7, 2014 vs ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:04
Nov 5, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:49
Nov 2, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:18
Oct 31, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:23
Oct 30, 2014 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:24
Oct 28, 2014 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:58
Oct 26, 2014 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 12:20
Oct 24, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 15:18
Oct 22, 2014 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 12:24
Oct 19, 2014 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:03
Oct 17, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:25
Oct 14, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:34
Oct 13, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:19
Oct 11, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:29
Oct 9, 2014 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 13:08