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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Copp WPG · 13 P in 77 GP Chris Neil OTT · 13 P in 80 GP Cody McLeod COL · 13 P in 82 GP Dmitrij Jaskin STL · 13 P in 65 GP Derek MacKenzie FLA · 13 P in 64 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 8 5 13 -8 30 96 102 0.17 8.3 13:23

Contract

$800KCap hit2015-16
$62KCap dollars per point13 points in 77 games
$487KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$801KValueworth 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 668 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
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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement391st of 675 skaters, 269th of 445 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-2.9 11th percentileEven-strength defence+2.0 87th percentilePower play-0.1 48th percentilePenalty kill-0.7 6th percentilePenalties+0.5 58th 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.

-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

50.3Corsi for %772 attempts for, 763 against
-0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Expected goals for %29.0 expected for, 31.4 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.0Goals for %14 for, 26 against
96.8PDO3.3% shooting + 93.5% saves
165Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Andrew Desjardins · Phillip Danault · Teuvo Teravainen23205:0352.452.83-2
Andrew Desjardins · Marcus Kruger · Andrew Shaw21123:5951.250.50-4
Andrew Desjardins · Marcus Kruger · Ryan Garbutt1150:0955.352.40-1
Tomas Fleischmann · Andrew Desjardins · Teuvo Teravainen647:4751.649.31-2

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.0Expected goalsfrom 128 unblocked attempts
-3.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt37th
Finishing -3.0 goals above expected23rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.0Goals 6

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 9, 2016 @ CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:50
Apr 7, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:51
Apr 5, 2016 vs ARI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:04
Apr 3, 2016 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:27
Apr 1, 2016 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:46
Mar 29, 2016 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:57
Mar 27, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:01
Mar 26, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:16
Mar 22, 2016 vs DAL L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 13:36
Mar 20, 2016 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:48
Mar 18, 2016 @ WPG W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:53
Mar 16, 2016 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:46
Mar 14, 2016 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:27
Mar 11, 2016 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:45
Mar 9, 2016 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:36
Mar 6, 2016 vs DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:01
Mar 3, 2016 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:31
Mar 2, 2016 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 11:48
Feb 28, 2016 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15:29
Feb 25, 2016 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 14:38
Feb 21, 2016 @ MIN L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:50
Feb 17, 2016 @ NYR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:36
Feb 15, 2016 vs TOR W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:38
Feb 13, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:38
Feb 11, 2016 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:31
Feb 9, 2016 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:38
Feb 6, 2016 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:15
Feb 4, 2016 @ ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:44
Feb 2, 2016 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:30
Jan 26, 2016 @ CAR L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:51
Jan 24, 2016 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:16
Jan 22, 2016 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 16:14
Jan 21, 2016 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:48
Jan 19, 2016 @ NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:26
Jan 17, 2016 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:24
Jan 15, 2016 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:25
Jan 14, 2016 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:42
Jan 12, 2016 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 13:06
Jan 10, 2016 vs COL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:06
Jan 8, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:59
Jan 6, 2016 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:46
Jan 5, 2016 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:55
Jan 3, 2016 vs OTT W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 15:18
Dec 31, 2015 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 16:32
Dec 29, 2015 @ ARI W 7-5 2 0 2 1 2 3 2 16:48
Dec 27, 2015 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 10:23
Dec 22, 2015 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:18
Dec 20, 2015 vs SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:00
Dec 19, 2015 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:31
Dec 17, 2015 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:06
Dec 15, 2015 vs COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:55
Dec 13, 2015 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:37
Dec 11, 2015 vs WPG W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 14:32
Dec 10, 2015 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 12:06
Dec 8, 2015 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:11
Dec 6, 2015 vs WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:45
Nov 28, 2015 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:03
Nov 27, 2015 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:14
Nov 25, 2015 @ SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 07:15
Nov 21, 2015 @ VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:04
Nov 20, 2015 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:04
Nov 12, 2015 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:21
Nov 8, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:40
Nov 6, 2015 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:40
Nov 4, 2015 vs STL L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:10
Nov 2, 2015 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:42
Oct 30, 2015 @ MIN L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:48
Oct 29, 2015 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:16
Oct 26, 2015 vs ANA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:06
Oct 24, 2015 vs TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:53
Oct 22, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:36
Oct 17, 2015 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:11
Oct 15, 2015 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:05
Oct 14, 2015 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:02
Oct 10, 2015 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:30
Oct 9, 2015 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:41
Oct 7, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:14