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Luke Gazdic

#20 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 25, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 225 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 172nd overall in 2007 by DAL (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zac Rinaldo PHI · 4 P in 67 GP Krys Barch FLA · 4 P in 55 GP Dustin Jeffrey DAL · 4 P in 34 GP Johan Larsson BUF · 4 P in 28 GP Stephen Weiss DET · 4 P in 26 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.

012342013-14: 4 points413-142014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 0 points016-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 EDM 67 2 2 4 -8 127 30 103 0.06 $635K
2014-15 EDM 40 2 1 3 -4 43 26 76 0.08 $800K
2015-16 EDM 29 1 0 1 -6 24 18 35 0.03 $800K
2016-17 NJD 11 0 0 0 -2 12 3 16 0.00 $700K
4 seasons Career 147 5 3 8 -20 206 77 230 0.05

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 2 2 4 -8 127 30 103 0.06 6.7 5:48

Contract

$635KCap hit2013-14
$159KCap dollars per point4 points in 67 games
-$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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 641 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
2014-15 to 2016-17 $800K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $635K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-2.7Goals above replacement639th of 672 skaters, 417th of 438 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-3.4 9th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 31st percentilePower play+0.0 66th percentilePenalty kill0.0 43rd percentilePenalties+0.3 47th 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.

-3-2-1012013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

37.2Corsi for %249 attempts for, 421 against
-8.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
31.2Expected goals for %8.1 expected for, 17.8 against
-13.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
35.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
31.6Goals for %6 for, 13 against
99.2PDO4.9% shooting + 94.3% saves
50Attempts 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
Ryan Smyth · Ryan Jones · Luke Gazdic1986:5641.636.80-2
Ryan Smyth · Jesse Joensuu · Luke Gazdic733:4745.534.51-2
Ben Eager · Luke Gazdic · Will Acton732:1647.763.51-0
Mike Brown · Luke Gazdic · Will Acton731:0631.715.11-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.8% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 2Expected 1.9

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
Mar 30, 2014 vs NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 03:04
Mar 28, 2014 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:19
Mar 25, 2014 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:44
Mar 22, 2014 vs CGY L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 09:44
Mar 20, 2014 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 02:41
Mar 18, 2014 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:09
Mar 16, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:03
Mar 14, 2014 @ DET L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 04:01
Mar 13, 2014 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 07:05
Mar 11, 2014 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:24
Mar 9, 2014 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:46
Mar 6, 2014 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:20
Mar 4, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:12
Mar 1, 2014 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 05:56
Feb 27, 2014 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 07:31
Feb 7, 2014 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:32
Feb 6, 2014 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:01
Feb 3, 2014 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:28
Feb 1, 2014 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 03:49
Jan 29, 2014 vs SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:53
Jan 27, 2014 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:02
Jan 26, 2014 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 09:20
Jan 21, 2014 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:27
Jan 18, 2014 @ WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:26
Jan 16, 2014 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:09
Jan 14, 2014 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:29
Jan 12, 2014 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 05:45
Jan 10, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:31
Jan 7, 2014 vs STL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 07:40
Jan 5, 2014 vs TBL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 06:57
Jan 3, 2014 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:03
Jan 2, 2014 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 10:25
Dec 31, 2013 @ PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:18
Dec 28, 2013 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:18
Dec 27, 2013 @ CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:36
Dec 23, 2013 vs WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 04:11
Dec 21, 2013 vs STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 07:40
Dec 19, 2013 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:20
Dec 17, 2013 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:14
Dec 15, 2013 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:10
Dec 13, 2013 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:17
Dec 12, 2013 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 05:23
Dec 10, 2013 vs CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:04
Dec 7, 2013 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:59
Dec 5, 2013 vs COL W 8-2 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 04:35
Nov 25, 2013 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:27
Nov 21, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:46
Nov 19, 2013 vs CBJ W 7-0 0 0 0 1 7 2 2 11:20
Nov 16, 2013 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 04:16
Nov 15, 2013 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 02:20
Nov 9, 2013 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 03:00
Nov 7, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:32
Nov 5, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:49
Nov 2, 2013 vs DET L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:51
Oct 29, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 10 2 2 07:54
Oct 27, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 03:04
Oct 26, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 06:18
Oct 24, 2013 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 06:47
Oct 22, 2013 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 07:02
Oct 19, 2013 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:59
Oct 17, 2013 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 03:44
Oct 14, 2013 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:24
Oct 12, 2013 @ TOR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:38
Oct 10, 2013 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 04:09
Oct 7, 2013 vs NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:08
Oct 5, 2013 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 06:12
Oct 1, 2013 vs WPG L 4-5 1 0 1 1 5 1 3 04:59