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Blair Jones

#41 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Sep 27, 1986 in Central Butte, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'2", 216 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 102nd overall in 2005 by TBL (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

Linus Omark BUF · 2 P in 14 GP Matt Fraser BOS · 2 P in 14 GP Harry Zolnierczyk PIT · 2 P in 13 GP Chris Brown WSH · 2 P in 12 GP Ben Hanowski CGY · 2 P in 11 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.

024682006-07: 3 points306-072007-08: 0 points007-082009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 3 points310-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 0 points014-15

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 TBL 20 1 2 3 0 2 6 11 0.15
2007-08 TBL 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
2009-10 TBL 14 0 0 0 -5 10 26 22 0.00 $500K
2010-11 TBL 18 1 2 3 -2 2 20 12 0.17 $550K
2011-12 TBL 22 2 2 4 -3 10 21 24 0.18 $525K
2011-12 CGY 21 1 3 4 2 8 37 25 0.19
2012-13 CGY 15 0 1 1 -6 10 22 22 0.07 $650K
2013-14 CGY 14 2 0 2 0 21 14 30 0.14 $650K
2014-15 PHI 4 0 0 0 -4 2 0 7 0.00 $600K
8 seasons Career 132 7 10 17 -18 65 147 154 0.13

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 7 0 0 0 -1 2 5 16 0.00
1 season Playoffs 7 0 0 0 -1 2 5 16 0.00

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 2 0 2 0 21 14 30 0.14 14.3 11:23

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$325KCap dollars per point2 points in 14 games
$3.933MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $650K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $650K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $525K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $550K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $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 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

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence+0.6Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.1

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.

-0.500.511.52010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

43.9Corsi for %104 attempts for, 133 against
+4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %3.9 expected for, 4.2 against
+6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
100.6PDO4.5% shooting + 96.1% saves
25Attempts 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
Blair Jones · Paul Byron · Mikael Backlund218:2754.252.60-0
Blair Jones · Joe Colborne · Lance Bouma410:1035.316.60-0
Blair Jones · Joe Colborne · Sven Baertschi29:0943.843.30-0
Brian McGrattan · Blair Jones · Kevin Westgarth28:5026.763.11-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt13th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.3

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. 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
Jan 24, 2014 vs NSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:31
Jan 22, 2014 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:48
Jan 20, 2014 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14:08
Jan 18, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:02
Dec 17, 2013 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:16
Dec 15, 2013 @ NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 14:07
Dec 10, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:44
Dec 7, 2013 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 13:34
Dec 6, 2013 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:58
Dec 4, 2013 vs PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:47
Nov 30, 2013 @ LAK W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:14
Nov 29, 2013 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:41
Nov 27, 2013 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 08:48
Nov 22, 2013 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 12:38