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John Scott

#22 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Sep 26, 1982 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'8", 260 lb · Shoots left

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.

Steve MacIntyre EDM · 1 P in 36 GP David Koci COL · 1 P in 35 GP Paul Bissonnette PHX · 1 P in 48 GP Drayson Bowman CAR · 1 P in 23 GP Jan Mursak DET · 1 P in 19 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.

012342008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 4 points414-152015-16: 1 points115-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 MIN 20 0 1 1 -1 21 6 17 0.05 $523K
2009-10 MIN 51 1 1 2 -3 90 22 62 0.04 $500K
2010-11 CHI 40 0 1 1 0 72 15 60 0.03 $513K
2011-12 CHI 29 0 1 1 0 48 8 29 0.03 $513K
2011-12 NYR 6 0 0 0 -1 5 1 10 0.00
2012-13 BUF 34 0 0 0 -1 69 15 38 0.00 $600K
2013-14 BUF 56 1 0 1 -12 125 16 95 0.02 $750K
2014-15 SJS 38 3 1 4 0 87 19 94 0.11 $700K
2015-16 ARI 11 0 1 1 0 25 6 20 0.09 $575K
2015-16 MTL 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 0.00
8 seasons Career 286 5 6 11 -19 544 108 428 0.04

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 CHI 4 0 0 0 1 22 2 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 1 22 2 6 0.00

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
40 0 1 1 0 72 15 60 0.03 0.0 6:15

Contract

$513KCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$513KCap dollars per point1 points in 40 games
$154KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$359KValueworth 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 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2011-12, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $513K
2011-12 $513K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $575K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $750K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $600K
2010-11 to 2011-12 $513K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $500K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $523K

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

-0.8Goals above replacement555th of 672 skaters, 382nd of 439 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.9 19th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 57th percentilePower play0.0 59th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 71st percentilePenalties+0.0 37th 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.

-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

50.6Corsi for %203 attempts for, 198 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.6Expected goals for %7.7 expected for, 8.1 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %7 for, 6 against
101.0PDO6.1% shooting + 94.8% saves
32Attempts 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
Jassen Cullimore · John Scott323:2635.931.20-0
Brent Seabrook · John Scott313:4568.076.11-0
Nick Boynton · John Scott410:3047.872.91-0
Jake Dowell · Viktor Stalberg · John Scott39:3975.085.60-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 23 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected38thOne 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.

00.51Game 20Game 40Expected 1.1Goals 0

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
Mar 20, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:21
Mar 17, 2011 @ DAL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 10 0 4 08:22
Mar 14, 2011 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 07:44
Mar 9, 2011 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 07:16
Feb 28, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 04:43
Feb 18, 2011 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:18
Feb 16, 2011 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:36
Feb 12, 2011 @ PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:23
Jan 23, 2011 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:46
Jan 5, 2011 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:41
Dec 30, 2010 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 03:48
Dec 28, 2010 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 06:57
Dec 26, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:57
Dec 22, 2010 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:23
Dec 19, 2010 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 07:27
Dec 17, 2010 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:19
Dec 15, 2010 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 05:01
Dec 13, 2010 @ COL L 5-7 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 04:25
Dec 11, 2010 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 06:46
Dec 8, 2010 vs DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 05:41
Dec 5, 2010 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:59
Dec 3, 2010 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:15
Nov 30, 2010 vs STL W 7-5 0 0 0 -2 7 0 1 05:31
Nov 27, 2010 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 07:10
Nov 10, 2010 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:33
Nov 7, 2010 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 3 05:38
Nov 6, 2010 @ ATL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:49
Nov 3, 2010 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:19
Nov 1, 2010 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:51
Oct 30, 2010 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 06:11
Oct 23, 2010 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:11
Oct 22, 2010 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 09:38
Oct 20, 2010 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:55
Oct 18, 2010 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 02:29
Oct 16, 2010 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:07
Oct 15, 2010 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:32
Oct 13, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 10:07
Oct 11, 2010 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16:51
Oct 9, 2010 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:10
Oct 7, 2010 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:58