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Ryan Reaves

#75 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the San Jose Sharks

Born Jan 20, 1987 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'2", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 156th overall in 2005 by STL (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Milan Lucic EDM · 20 P in 79 GP Matt Cullen PIT · 20 P in 71 GP David Backes BOS · 20 P in 70 GP Jesper Fast NYR · 20 P in 66 GP Adam Erne TBL · 20 P in 65 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.

051015202010-11: 4 points410-112011-12: 4 points42012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 8 points82014-15: 12 points1214-152015-16: 4 points42016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 10 points102018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 15 points152020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 13 points132022-23: 15 points1522-232023-24: 6 points62024-25: 2 points224-252025-26: 3 points3

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 STL 28 2 2 4 -1 78 16 86 0.14 $525K
2011-12 STL 60 3 1 4 0 124 32 171 0.07 $525K
2012-13 STL 43 4 2 6 3 79 24 135 0.14 $600K
2013-14 STL 63 2 6 8 -1 126 25 211 0.13 $600K
2014-15 STL 81 6 6 12 -3 116 55 276 0.15 $1.125M
2015-16 STL 64 3 1 4 -6 68 31 206 0.06 $1.125M
2016-17 STL 80 7 6 13 4 104 58 239 0.16 $1.125M
2017-18 PIT 58 4 4 8 -9 84 34 161 0.14 $1.125M
2017-18 VGK 21 0 2 2 2 10 8 75 0.10
2018-19 VGK 80 9 11 20 1 74 95 305 0.25 $2.775M
2019-20 VGK 71 8 7 15 -5 47 61 316 0.21 $2.775M
2020-21 VGK 37 1 4 5 0 27 26 141 0.14 $1.75M
2021-22 NYR 69 5 8 13 -13 43 44 279 0.19 $1.75M
2022-23 NYR 12 0 0 0 -5 12 3 44 0.00 $1.75M
2022-23 MIN 61 5 10 15 -1 31 45 152 0.25
2023-24 TOR 49 4 2 6 -13 49 26 165 0.12 $1.35M
2024-25 TOR 35 0 2 2 -2 28 14 103 0.06 $1.35M
2025-26 SJS 50 3 0 3 -12 37 25 160 0.06 $1.35M
16 seasons Career 962 66 74 140 -61 1137 622 3225 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
2011-12 STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.00
2012-13 STL 6 0 0 0 -1 2 6 23 0.00
2013-14 STL 6 0 0 0 -1 6 1 15 0.00
2014-15 STL 6 1 0 1 1 0 2 18 0.17
2015-16 STL 5 0 0 0 0 7 3 19 0.00
2016-17 STL 11 0 0 0 -1 8 8 42 0.00
2017-18 VGK 10 2 0 2 4 18 6 37 0.20
2018-19 VGK 7 0 0 0 -1 17 8 38 0.00
2019-20 VGK 16 0 2 2 2 12 8 81 0.13
2020-21 VGK 12 0 1 1 1 16 3 70 0.08
2021-22 NYR 18 0 0 0 -1 12 13 52 0.00
2022-23 MIN 6 0 0 0 -1 14 2 21 0.00
2023-24 TOR 5 0 1 1 -1 2 2 26 0.20
13 seasons Playoffs 110 3 4 7 1 114 63 450 0.06

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 9 11 20 1 74 95 305 0.25 9.5 10:52

Contract

$2.775MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$139KCap dollars per point20 points in 80 games
$659KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$3.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$737KValueworth 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 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Jun 30, 2018, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $5.55M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $2.775M $2.775M $0 $2.775M
2019-20 $2.775M $2.775M $0 $2.775M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract (35+) 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $4.05M $1.35M
Jul 31, 2021 New York Rangers Extension (35+) 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.75M $1.75M
Jun 15, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $3.5M $1.75M
Jun 30, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $5.55M $2.775M
Jan 9, 2014 St. Louis Blues Extension 2014-15 to 2017-18 4 $4.5M $1.125M
Jan 9, 2012 St. Louis Blues Extension 2012-13 to 2013-14 2 $1.2M $600K
Jul 18, 2011 St. Louis Blues New contract 2011-12 to 2011-12 1 $525K $525K
Jul 19, 2010 St. Louis Blues New contract 2010-11 to 2010-11 1 $525K $525K
May 23, 2007 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2007-08 to 2009-10 3 $1.75M $525K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.2Goals above replacement238th of 699 skaters, 174th of 455 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-0.2 53rd percentileEven-strength defence+2.3 87th percentilePower play+0.0 71st percentilePenalty kill0.0 39th percentilePenalties-0.3 23rd 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.

-10-5052010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

54.8Corsi for %795 attempts for, 657 against
+0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.0Expected goals for %38.1 expected for, 28.8 against
+2.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.0Goals for %27 for, 23 against
100.1PDO6.2% shooting + 93.9% saves
141Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare47362:2855.459.810-10
Ryan Reaves · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek24119:5953.854.23-4
Ryan Reaves · Ryan Carpenter · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare1184:5366.067.93-3
Ryan Reaves · Oscar Lindberg · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare728:5059.365.71-0

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.9Expected goalsfrom 127 unblocked attempts
-3.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 10.2% chance per attempt96th
Finishing -3.9 goals above expected15thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 12.9Goals 9

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 6, 2019 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:15
Apr 1, 2019 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:11
Mar 30, 2019 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 09:11
Mar 29, 2019 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:07
Mar 27, 2019 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:32
Mar 25, 2019 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:30
Mar 23, 2019 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 11:41
Mar 21, 2019 vs WPG W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 12:38
Mar 18, 2019 @ SJS W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:42
Mar 17, 2019 vs EDM W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 10:17
Mar 15, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:21
Mar 10, 2019 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 7 11:17
Mar 9, 2019 @ VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:57
Mar 6, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:08
Mar 3, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 11:25
Mar 1, 2019 @ ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 08:49
Feb 28, 2019 vs FLA W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:00
Feb 26, 2019 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 10:48
Feb 22, 2019 vs WPG L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 12:31
Feb 20, 2019 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:04
Feb 18, 2019 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 08:53
Feb 16, 2019 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:14
Feb 14, 2019 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 08:58
Feb 12, 2019 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 08:31
Feb 9, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 11:33
Feb 7, 2019 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:52
Feb 5, 2019 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:47
Feb 2, 2019 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:55
Feb 1, 2019 @ CAR L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 10:48
Jan 23, 2019 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:22
Jan 21, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 09:00
Jan 19, 2019 vs PIT W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:00
Jan 15, 2019 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:08
Jan 12, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:11
Jan 10, 2019 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 13:37
Jan 8, 2019 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 07:29
Jan 6, 2019 vs NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 1 4 2 4 13:52
Jan 4, 2019 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 09:42
Jan 1, 2019 vs LAK W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 10:18
Dec 30, 2018 @ ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11:10
Dec 29, 2018 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:23
Dec 27, 2018 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 10:31
Dec 23, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 08:23
Dec 22, 2018 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 09:19
Dec 20, 2018 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 09:44
Dec 17, 2018 @ CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:57
Dec 14, 2018 @ NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10:07
Dec 12, 2018 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:12
Dec 9, 2018 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 14:23
Dec 8, 2018 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:25
Dec 6, 2018 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:49
Dec 4, 2018 vs WSH W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 15 3 5 10:48
Dec 1, 2018 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:23
Nov 29, 2018 @ VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 13:24
Nov 27, 2018 @ CHI W 8-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 2 10:32
Nov 24, 2018 vs SJS W 6-0 0 1 1 1 10 1 3 13:03
Nov 23, 2018 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:34
Nov 21, 2018 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13:47
Nov 19, 2018 @ CGY L 2-7 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 15:18
Nov 18, 2018 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:17
Nov 16, 2018 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11:39
Nov 14, 2018 vs ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:30
Nov 11, 2018 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 13:15
Nov 10, 2018 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:40
Nov 8, 2018 @ OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 2 5 1 5 11:28
Nov 6, 2018 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:04
Nov 3, 2018 vs CAR W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 09:17
Nov 1, 2018 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:49
Oct 30, 2018 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:50
Oct 28, 2018 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 11:48
Oct 26, 2018 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 14:12
Oct 24, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 7 09:43
Oct 20, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 7 11:48
Oct 16, 2018 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 09:21
Oct 13, 2018 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:23
Oct 11, 2018 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:00
Oct 10, 2018 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:24
Oct 8, 2018 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:52
Oct 6, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 10:47
Oct 4, 2018 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 09:56