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Chris VandeVelde

#76 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Mar 15, 1987 in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 97th overall in 2005 by EDM (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Colton Orr TOR · 1 P in 5 GP Fabian Brunnstrom DET · 1 P in 5 GP JT Brown TBL · 1 P in 5 GP Riley Nash CAR · 1 P in 5 GP Jarod Palmer MIN · 1 P in 6 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.

0510152010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 14 points1415-162016-17: 15 points1516-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 EDM 12 0 2 2 -6 12 16 19 0.17
2011-12 EDM 5 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 0.20
2012-13 EDM 11 0 0 0 -3 4 7 12 0.00 $714K
2013-14 PHI 18 0 1 1 -3 6 8 24 0.06 $550K
2014-15 PHI 72 9 6 15 -6 28 70 121 0.21 $575K
2015-16 PHI 79 2 12 14 -7 27 77 139 0.18 $712K
2016-17 PHI 81 6 9 15 -5 16 69 114 0.19 $713K
7 seasons Career 278 18 30 48 -28 95 248 433 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 PHI 6 1 0 1 -1 0 1 10 0.17
1 season Playoffs 6 1 0 1 -1 0 1 10 0.17

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 0.20 100.0 9:52

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2016-17 $712K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $575K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $714K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

39.6Corsi for %19 attempts for, 29 against
-5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 0.9 against
-2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %2 for, 0 against
116.7PDO16.7% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Darcy Hordichuk · Ben Eager · Chris VandeVelde314:4835.354.20-0
Ben Eager · Lennart Petrell · Chris VandeVelde17:3214.30.00-0
Darcy Hordichuk · Lennart Petrell · Chris VandeVelde15:3150.040.40-0
Ales Hemsky · Lennart Petrell · Chris VandeVelde11:590.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.05 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.0

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
Apr 7, 2012 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:12
Apr 5, 2012 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:53
Apr 1, 2012 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:13
Mar 30, 2012 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:44
Mar 25, 2012 @ CBJ W 6-3 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 11:16