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Andrew Desjardins

#11 · Left wing · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Jul 27, 1986 in Lively, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blair Jones TBL · 3 P in 18 GP Victor Oreskovich VAN · 3 P in 16 GP Chris Mueller NSH · 3 P in 15 GP Eric Godard PIT · 3 P in 19 GP Eric Tangradi PIT · 3 P in 15 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: 3 points310-112011-12: 17 points1711-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 10 points1014-152015-16: 13 points1315-162016-17: 1 points116-17

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 SJS 17 1 2 3 -1 4 12 34 0.18
2011-12 SJS 76 4 13 17 4 47 80 93 0.22 $500K
2012-13 SJS 42 2 1 3 -6 61 51 53 0.07 $640K
2013-14 SJS 81 3 14 17 -8 86 95 103 0.21 $750K
2014-15 SJS 56 5 3 8 -2 50 43 96 0.14 $750K
2014-15 CHI 13 0 2 2 1 7 16 32 0.15
2015-16 CHI 77 8 5 13 -8 30 96 102 0.17 $800K
2016-17 CHI 46 0 1 1 -6 22 46 73 0.02 $800K
7 seasons Career 408 23 41 64 -26 307 439 586 0.16

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 SJS 3 1 0 1 1 4 4 5 0.33
2011-12 SJS 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 9 0.20
2012-13 SJS 11 0 0 0 1 6 9 28 0.00
2013-14 SJS 7 0 2 2 0 31 3 12 0.29
2014-15 CHI 21 1 3 4 -4 4 28 41 0.19
2015-16 CHI 6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 10 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 53 3 5 8 -3 47 52 105 0.15

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 1 2 3 -1 4 12 34 0.18 8.3 7:08

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2016-17 $750K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $640K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.3

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.

-6-4-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

51.4Corsi for %114 attempts for, 108 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 3.9 against
-4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %5 for, 6 against
95.7PDO7.5% shooting + 88.2% saves
22Attempts 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
Jamal Mayers · Ben Eager · Andrew Desjardins1151:4641.752.81-2
Jamal Mayers · Andrew Desjardins · John McCarthy15:2166.738.50-1
Jamal Mayers · Andrew Desjardins · Brandon Mashinter24:0442.916.50-0
Jamal Mayers · Dany Heatley · Andrew Desjardins43:3250.0100.00-0

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt16th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.9

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. 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 8, 2011 @ PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 07:32
Apr 6, 2011 @ ANA L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 13:21
Apr 4, 2011 vs LAK W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 14:57
Apr 2, 2011 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:36
Mar 31, 2011 vs DAL W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:26
Mar 26, 2011 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:24
Mar 24, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:09
Mar 23, 2011 vs CGY W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 07:58
Mar 19, 2011 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:02
Mar 17, 2011 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 05:33
Mar 15, 2011 @ DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:35
Mar 14, 2011 @ CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:21
Mar 10, 2011 vs VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:19
Mar 8, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:13
Jan 17, 2011 @ PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:46
Jan 13, 2011 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:55
Jan 3, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:16