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David Jones

#12 · Right wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Aug 10, 1984 in Guelph, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 208 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 288th overall in 2003 by COL (round 9)

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.

Zemgus Girgensons BUF · 30 P in 61 GP Matt Read PHI · 30 P in 80 GP Justin Fontaine MIN · 31 P in 71 GP Rickard Rakell ANA · 31 P in 71 GP Jiri Tlusty WPG · 31 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.

0102030402007-08: 6 points607-082008-09: 13 points1308-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 45 points4510-112011-12: 37 points3711-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 30 points3014-152015-16: 18 points1815-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 COL 27 2 4 6 -5 8 37 40 0.22
2008-09 COL 40 8 5 13 -8 8 47 54 0.33
2009-10 COL 23 10 6 16 1 2 39 29 0.70 $838K
2010-11 COL 77 27 18 45 -2 28 153 93 0.58
2011-12 COL 72 20 17 37 -8 32 136 85 0.51 $4M
2012-13 COL 33 3 6 9 -11 6 62 45 0.27 $4M
2013-14 CGY 48 9 8 17 1 10 104 102 0.35 $4M
2014-15 CGY 67 14 16 30 -3 18 114 125 0.45 $4M
2015-16 CGY 59 9 6 15 -8 10 67 115 0.25 $4M
2015-16 MIN 16 2 1 3 1 0 17 32 0.19
9 seasons Career 462 104 87 191 -42 122 776 720 0.41

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 COL 10 0 1 1 0 6 18 11 0.10
2014-15 CGY 11 2 3 5 1 2 22 36 0.45
2015-16 MIN 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 0.17
3 seasons Playoffs 27 2 5 7 1 8 43 57 0.26

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 14 16 30 -3 18 114 125 0.45 12.3 14:20

Contract

$4MCap hit2014-15
$133KCap dollars per point30 points in 67 games
$563KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.1 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$826KValueworth 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
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4M
2011-12 to 2014-15 $4M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $838K

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

+7.1Goals above replacement127th of 665 skaters, 92nd of 432 forwards
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.4Goals 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+2.6 79th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 73rd percentilePower play-0.3 26th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 50th percentilePenalties+0.9 72nd 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.

024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

43.8Corsi for %756 attempts for, 970 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Expected goals for %33.1 expected for, 33.1 against
+3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.5Goals for %33 for, 35 against
100.3PDO8.3% shooting + 92.0% saves
188Attempts 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
David Jones · Mikael Backlund · Lance Bouma31263:1444.850.19-9
David Jones · Curtis Glencross · Sean Monahan24197:2043.045.78-3
Matt Stajan · David Jones · Lance Bouma2443:4942.558.43-0
David Jones · Lance Bouma · Sean Monahan1033:0143.562.82-1

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.4Expected goalsfrom 160 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt64th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected63rdOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 13Expected 12.4

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 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 16:24
Apr 7, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:08
Apr 4, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:23
Apr 2, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:10
Mar 30, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 14:22
Mar 29, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:35
Mar 27, 2015 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:52
Mar 25, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:30
Mar 23, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 13:17
Mar 21, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:26
Mar 19, 2015 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:42
Mar 17, 2015 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 15:53
Mar 14, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 14:33
Mar 13, 2015 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:36
Mar 11, 2015 vs ANA W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:28
Mar 8, 2015 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:22
Mar 5, 2015 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:44
Mar 3, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:54
Feb 27, 2015 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:24
Feb 25, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:38
Feb 24, 2015 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:48
Feb 20, 2015 vs ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:23
Feb 18, 2015 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 16:34
Feb 16, 2015 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:19
Feb 14, 2015 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:44
Feb 12, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 6 17:58
Feb 9, 2015 @ SJS W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:24
Feb 6, 2015 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 15:32
Feb 4, 2015 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 15:45
Feb 2, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 16:52
Jan 31, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 17:09
Jan 29, 2015 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:35
Jan 27, 2015 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15:34
Jan 21, 2015 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 12:54
Jan 19, 2015 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:52
Jan 17, 2015 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:46
Jan 15, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 15:36
Jan 10, 2015 @ VAN W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 15:12
Jan 9, 2015 vs FLA L 5-6 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 12:44
Jan 7, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:54
Jan 2, 2015 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:17
Dec 31, 2014 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 08:21
Dec 29, 2014 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:32
Dec 27, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:52
Dec 22, 2014 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:22
Dec 20, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 11:39
Dec 19, 2014 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:47
Dec 16, 2014 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:22
Dec 14, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:49
Dec 12, 2014 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:17
Dec 11, 2014 @ BUF L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 10:54
Dec 9, 2014 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:15
Dec 6, 2014 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:54
Dec 4, 2014 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:49
Dec 2, 2014 vs ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 16:27
Nov 29, 2014 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 17:37
Nov 26, 2014 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:06
Nov 15, 2014 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:45
Nov 13, 2014 vs ARI W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 19:28
Nov 10, 2014 @ CAR L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:51
Nov 8, 2014 @ FLA W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:47
Nov 6, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:15
Nov 4, 2014 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:13
Nov 2, 2014 @ MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 16:36
Oct 31, 2014 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:22
Oct 28, 2014 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:49
Oct 9, 2014 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:22