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Keith Yandle

#3 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Sep 9, 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · 6'1", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 105th overall in 2005 by PHX (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Reilly BOS · 27 P in 55 GP Miro Heiskanen DAL · 27 P in 55 GP Jake Muzzin TOR · 27 P in 53 GP Justin Schultz WSH · 27 P in 46 GP Seth Jones CBJ · 28 P in 56 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.

02040602006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 12 points122008-09: 30 points3008-092009-10: 41 points412010-11: 59 points5910-112011-12: 43 points432012-13: 30 points3012-132013-14: 53 points532014-15: 52 points5214-152015-16: 47 points472016-17: 41 points4116-172017-18: 56 points562018-19: 62 points6218-192019-20: 45 points452020-21: 27 points2720-212021-22: 19 points19

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 PHX 7 0 2 2 0 8 10 4 0.29
2007-08 PHX 43 5 7 12 -12 14 72 13 0.28
2008-09 PHX 69 4 26 30 -4 37 118 46 0.43
2009-10 PHX 82 12 29 41 16 45 145 36 0.50 $1.2M
2010-11 PHX 82 11 48 59 12 68 199 30 0.72 $1.2M
2011-12 PHX 82 11 32 43 5 51 196 31 0.52 $5.25M
2012-13 PHX 48 10 20 30 4 54 130 18 0.63 $5.25M
2013-14 PHX 82 8 45 53 -23 63 241 22 0.65 $5.25M
2014-15 ARI 63 4 37 41 -32 32 185 39 0.65 $5.25M
2014-15 NYR 21 2 9 11 6 8 47 14 0.52
2015-16 NYR 82 5 42 47 -4 40 160 43 0.57 $5.25M
2016-17 FLA 82 5 36 41 -6 39 178 28 0.50 $6.35M
2017-18 FLA 82 8 48 56 7 35 179 26 0.68 $6.35M
2018-19 FLA 82 9 53 62 -17 50 199 47 0.76 $6.35M
2019-20 FLA 69 5 40 45 0 20 129 18 0.65 $6.35M
2020-21 FLA 56 3 24 27 -8 38 113 18 0.48 $6.35M
2021-22 PHI 77 1 18 19 -47 14 105 29 0.25 $900K
16 seasons Career 1109 103 516 619 -103 616 2406 462 0.56

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 PHX 7 2 3 5 -1 4 17 6 0.71
2010-11 PHX 4 0 5 5 -5 0 9 1 1.25
2011-12 PHX 16 1 8 9 5 10 22 4 0.56
2014-15 NYR 19 2 9 11 7 10 32 9 0.58
2015-16 NYR 5 1 0 1 -4 2 16 2 0.20
2019-20 FLA 4 0 3 3 -2 0 6 1 0.75
2020-21 FLA 3 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 0.67
7 seasons Playoffs 58 6 30 36 -2 26 105 23 0.62

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 3 24 27 -8 38 113 18 0.48 2.7 17:15

Contract

$6.35MCap hit2020-21
$235KCap dollars per point27 points in 56 games
$12.622MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.1MValueworth 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 633 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 $900K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $6.35M
2018-19 to 2022-23 $6.35M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6.35M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $5.25M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $5.25M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $1.2M

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacement436th of 643 skaters, 141st of 213 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 213 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-0.5 52nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 28th percentilePower play+0.8 95th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 54th percentilePenalties-2.1 2nd 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.

-10-5052010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

56.2Corsi for %684 attempts for, 533 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.2Expected goals for %31.4 expected for, 25.5 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.5Goals for %28 for, 31 against
97.4PDO6.9% shooting + 90.5% saves
122Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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
Keith Yandle · Radko Gudas48346:3356.456.320-11
Keith Yandle · Anton Stralman34140:0253.752.62-6
Keith Yandle · Markus Nutivaara1761:5262.560.71-4
Keith Yandle · Noah Juulsen441:2444.049.50-3

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.1Expected goalsfrom 143 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.26 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected21stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.1Goals 3

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
May 10, 2021 vs TBL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:08
May 8, 2021 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:13
May 3, 2021 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 17:55
May 1, 2021 @ CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:25
Apr 29, 2021 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:48
Apr 27, 2021 @ NSH W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 19:58
Apr 26, 2021 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 15:56
Apr 24, 2021 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:40
Apr 22, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 21:56
Apr 20, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:57
Apr 19, 2021 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:12
Apr 17, 2021 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:09
Apr 15, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:02
Apr 13, 2021 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 19:09
Apr 10, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:55
Apr 8, 2021 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:38
Apr 6, 2021 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:50
Apr 4, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:15
Apr 3, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:20
Apr 1, 2021 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:15
Mar 30, 2021 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:51
Mar 28, 2021 @ DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:45
Mar 27, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:21
Mar 25, 2021 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:40
Mar 23, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:19
Mar 21, 2021 @ TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 18:30
Mar 20, 2021 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:42
Mar 18, 2021 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:30
Mar 15, 2021 vs CHI W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:55
Mar 13, 2021 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:30
Mar 11, 2021 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:40
Mar 9, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:14
Mar 7, 2021 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 22:19
Mar 6, 2021 @ NSH W 6-2 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 21:23
Mar 4, 2021 @ NSH W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:20
Mar 1, 2021 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:02
Feb 27, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:07
Feb 25, 2021 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:46
Feb 24, 2021 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 24:27
Feb 22, 2021 vs DAL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:21
Feb 20, 2021 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 21:55
Feb 19, 2021 @ DET W 7-2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 18:52
Feb 17, 2021 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:03
Feb 15, 2021 @ TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 -3 4 2 0 17:38
Feb 13, 2021 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 21:40
Feb 11, 2021 vs TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 16:45
Feb 9, 2021 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:42
Feb 7, 2021 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:15
Feb 5, 2021 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:31
Feb 4, 2021 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:36
Jan 31, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 16:31
Jan 30, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 17:11
Jan 28, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:39
Jan 26, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:29
Jan 19, 2021 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 17:26
Jan 17, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 15:56