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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zenon Konopka MIN · 0 P in 37 GP Darroll Powe NYR · 0 P in 42 GP Brandon Bollig CHI · 0 P in 25 GP Krys Barch NJD · 0 P in 22 GP Jay Pandolfo BOS · 0 P in 18 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 0 0 0 -1 69 15 38 0.00 0.0 5:27

Contract

$600KCap hit2012-13
$72KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$528KValueworth 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
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 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

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement497th of 605 skaters, 335th of 397 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-2.1 9th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 86th percentilePower play0.0 55th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties-0.2 22nd 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. 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.

-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

45.5Corsi for %122 attempts for, 146 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.5Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 5.2 against
-5.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
98.6PDO2.9% shooting + 95.7% saves
24Attempts 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
Jochen Hecht · Patrick Kaleta · John Scott1139:2545.152.11-0
Drew Stafford · John Scott · Marcus Foligno435:2745.224.51-1
Nathan Gerbe · John Scott · Marcus Foligno316:3856.356.60-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · John Scott311:0357.126.20-0

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 20 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.6Goals 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
Apr 26, 2013 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 06:09
Apr 23, 2013 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:13
Apr 22, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 07:33
Apr 19, 2013 vs NYR L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:00
Apr 17, 2013 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:24
Apr 14, 2013 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:43
Apr 13, 2013 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 07:13
Apr 9, 2013 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:16
Apr 7, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 09:11
Apr 5, 2013 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:48
Mar 31, 2013 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:56
Mar 28, 2013 @ FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:31
Mar 21, 2013 vs TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 03:31
Mar 12, 2013 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:01
Mar 10, 2013 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 04:26
Mar 7, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:47
Feb 28, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 04:44
Feb 21, 2013 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 03:18
Feb 19, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 04:26
Feb 17, 2013 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:47
Feb 15, 2013 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:43
Feb 10, 2013 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:15
Feb 9, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:39
Feb 7, 2013 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:16
Feb 5, 2013 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04:51
Feb 3, 2013 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 04:04
Feb 2, 2013 @ MTL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:23
Jan 31, 2013 @ BOS W 7-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 04:28
Jan 29, 2013 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:04
Jan 27, 2013 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:12
Jan 25, 2013 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 03:21
Jan 24, 2013 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:45
Jan 21, 2013 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 01:58
Jan 20, 2013 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:10