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Nicklas Grossmann

#8 · Defence · Calgary Flames

Born Jan 22, 1985 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'4", 230 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 56th overall in 2004 by DAL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Robyn Regehr LAK · 14 P in 79 GP Marc Staal NYR · 14 P in 72 GP Josh Gorges MTL · 14 P in 66 GP Paul Ranger TOR · 14 P in 53 GP Barret Jackman STL · 15 P in 79 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.

05102006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 7 points707-082008-09: 12 points1208-092009-10: 7 points709-102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 11 points1111-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 14 points1413-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 7 points715-162016-17: 0 points016-17

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 DAL 8 0 0 0 -1 4 8 11 0.00
2007-08 DAL 62 0 7 7 10 22 34 87 0.11
2008-09 DAL 81 2 10 12 -8 51 60 178 0.15 $975K
2009-10 DAL 71 0 7 7 -3 32 58 150 0.10 $975K
2010-11 DAL 59 1 9 10 7 35 38 161 0.17 $1.625M
2011-12 DAL 52 0 5 5 0 26 38 96 0.10 $1.625M
2011-12 PHI 22 0 6 6 5 10 18 68 0.27
2012-13 PHI 30 1 3 4 -1 21 21 81 0.13 $3.5M
2013-14 PHI 78 1 13 14 -6 55 71 189 0.18 $3.5M
2014-15 PHI 68 5 9 14 8 32 43 132 0.21 $3.5M
2015-16 ARI 58 3 4 7 -3 24 42 106 0.12 $3.5M
2016-17 CGY 3 0 0 0 -4 2 3 7 0.00 $575K
11 seasons Career 592 13 73 86 4 314 434 1266 0.15

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 DAL 18 1 1 2 3 6 14 34 0.11
2011-12 PHI 9 0 1 1 0 8 3 22 0.11
2013-14 PHI 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 31 1 2 3 3 16 18 60 0.10

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 1 13 14 -6 55 71 189 0.18 1.4 19:07

Contract

$3.5MCap hit2013-14
$250KCap dollars per point14 points in 78 games
$5.625MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$895KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 641 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $575K
2012-13 to 2015-16 $3.5M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $1.625M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $975K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement448th of 672 skaters, 147th of 234 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 234 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-3.6 5th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 55th percentilePower play-0.1 51st percentilePenalty kill+1.1 99th percentilePenalties-1.9 11th 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.

-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

47.2Corsi for %1096 attempts for, 1228 against
-4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %42.7 expected for, 45.6 against
-2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.5Goals for %40 for, 52 against
99.3PDO7.1% shooting + 92.2% saves
164Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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 pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Streit · Nicklas Grossmann66745:3549.749.926-28
Braydon Coburn · Nicklas Grossmann76338:3447.147.49-18
Nicklas Grossmann · Luke Schenn6174:0028.941.13-3
Andrej Meszaros · Nicklas Grossmann1131:1346.936.70-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.9Expected goalsfrom 121 unblocked attempts
-1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes21st
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt16th
Finishing -1.9 goals above expected13thOne 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.

012Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 2.9Goals 1

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 8, 2014 @ FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 19:47
Apr 6, 2014 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:09
Apr 5, 2014 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 17:18
Apr 3, 2014 vs CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:07
Apr 1, 2014 @ STL L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:01
Mar 30, 2014 vs BOS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 20:23
Mar 28, 2014 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 21:30
Mar 26, 2014 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:40
Mar 24, 2014 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:01
Mar 22, 2014 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 15:09
Mar 20, 2014 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 20:08
Mar 18, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 18:23
Mar 16, 2014 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:31
Mar 15, 2014 vs PIT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:35
Mar 11, 2014 vs NJD L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 17:36
Mar 8, 2014 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 17:15
Mar 5, 2014 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:49
Mar 2, 2014 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 17:10
Mar 1, 2014 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:02
Feb 27, 2014 vs SJS L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 18:26
Feb 8, 2014 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:05
Feb 6, 2014 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:20
Feb 3, 2014 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 19:19
Feb 1, 2014 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21:54
Jan 30, 2014 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:58
Jan 28, 2014 vs DET W 5-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 19:47
Jan 25, 2014 vs BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 6 0 4 17:49
Jan 23, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:12
Jan 22, 2014 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:22
Jan 20, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:10
Jan 18, 2014 vs NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 18:21
Jan 16, 2014 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 17:56
Jan 14, 2014 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:04
Jan 12, 2014 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 4 1 2 17:08
Jan 11, 2014 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 17:33
Jan 8, 2014 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:56
Jan 7, 2014 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 15:12
Jan 4, 2014 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:54
Jan 2, 2014 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:03
Dec 31, 2013 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 19:08
Dec 30, 2013 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 22:54
Dec 28, 2013 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 20:26
Dec 23, 2013 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:12
Dec 19, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:23
Dec 17, 2013 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 3 15:52
Dec 15, 2013 @ WSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:54
Dec 12, 2013 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:56
Dec 11, 2013 @ CHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 21:07
Dec 9, 2013 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 21:56
Dec 7, 2013 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 22:40
Dec 4, 2013 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:41
Dec 2, 2013 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:09
Nov 30, 2013 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:49
Nov 29, 2013 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 20:33
Nov 27, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 19:38
Nov 25, 2013 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:45
Nov 23, 2013 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:36
Nov 21, 2013 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:34
Nov 19, 2013 vs OTT W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 19:02
Nov 15, 2013 @ WPG L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:27
Nov 13, 2013 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19:48
Nov 12, 2013 @ OTT W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:28
Nov 9, 2013 vs EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:51
Nov 7, 2013 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:37
Nov 5, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 21:50
Nov 2, 2013 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:19
Nov 1, 2013 vs WSH L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 20:57
Oct 29, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 21:20
Oct 26, 2013 @ NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 20:33
Oct 24, 2013 vs NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 19:52
Oct 17, 2013 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:23
Oct 15, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 3 4 18:42
Oct 12, 2013 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 20:02
Oct 11, 2013 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:20
Oct 8, 2013 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:21
Oct 6, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 19:52
Oct 5, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 16:13
Oct 2, 2013 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:40