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Eric Gryba

#2 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Apr 14, 1988 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'4", 222 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 68th overall in 2006 by OTT (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Ellis NSH · 6 P in 32 GP Mark Fayne NJD · 6 P in 31 GP Toni Lydman ANA · 6 P in 35 GP David Schlemko PHX · 6 P in 30 GP John Erskine WSH · 6 P in 30 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.

05102012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 12 points1214-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 6 points616-172017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 0 points018-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 OTT 33 2 4 6 -3 26 51 89 0.18 $562K
2013-14 OTT 57 2 9 11 9 64 57 161 0.19 $562K
2014-15 OTT 75 0 12 12 11 97 64 171 0.16 $1.25M
2015-16 EDM 53 1 5 6 0 75 58 132 0.11 $1.25M
2016-17 EDM 40 2 4 6 -5 65 45 145 0.15 $950K
2017-18 EDM 21 0 2 2 4 31 19 57 0.10 $900K
2018-19 NJD 10 0 0 0 -1 10 11 21 0.00 $700K
7 seasons Career 289 7 36 43 15 368 305 776 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
2012-13 OTT 4 0 0 0 0 17 2 11 0.00
2014-15 OTT 6 0 0 0 -2 14 5 13 0.00
2016-17 EDM 3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 17 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 13 0 0 0 -3 35 7 41 0.00

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 2 4 6 -3 26 51 89 0.18 3.9 20:17

Contract

$562KCap hit2012-13
$94KCap dollars per point6 points in 33 games
-$102KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$664KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $950K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $562K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacement509th of 605 skaters, 166th of 208 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: 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-1.2 31st percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 31st percentilePower play-0.1 54th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 91st percentilePenalties-1.4 12th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2-1012012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

48.5Corsi for %492 attempts for, 523 against
-7.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Expected goals for %20.2 expected for, 20.8 against
-5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %15 for, 21 against
98.5PDO5.8% shooting + 92.7% saves
88Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Methot · Eric Gryba29350:4647.146.99-11
Chris Phillips · Eric Gryba23124:1247.552.94-3
Eric Gryba · Jared Cowen546:1162.065.41-2
Eric Gryba · Patrick Wiercioch914:1756.328.71-2

The pairs 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 pairs 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
2.2Expected goalsfrom 69 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt59th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.2Goals 2

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 27, 2013 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:07
Apr 25, 2013 @ WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:23
Apr 22, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:47
Apr 20, 2013 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:35
Apr 18, 2013 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:05
Apr 16, 2013 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:53
Apr 12, 2013 @ NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 23:31
Apr 11, 2013 @ PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 19:24
Apr 9, 2013 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 22:22
Apr 7, 2013 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:25
Apr 5, 2013 @ BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 15:19
Apr 2, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:56
Mar 30, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19:44
Mar 28, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:51
Mar 25, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24:20
Mar 23, 2013 vs TBL W 5-3 1 0 1 3 2 2 3 21:43
Mar 21, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:43
Mar 19, 2013 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:22
Mar 17, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 19:33
Mar 16, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:55
Mar 13, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 8 21:52
Mar 11, 2013 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 24:02
Mar 8, 2013 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 23:10
Mar 6, 2013 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 19:15
Mar 3, 2013 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 25:31
Mar 2, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 23:14
Feb 28, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:41
Feb 25, 2013 vs MTL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 23:15
Feb 23, 2013 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 22:01
Feb 21, 2013 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 22:16
Feb 19, 2013 vs NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 20:18
Feb 18, 2013 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 20:11
Feb 16, 2013 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 16:25