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P.K. Subban

#76 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born May 13, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 210 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 43rd overall in 2007 by MTL (round 2)

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King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2021-22

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.

Kris Letang PIT · 38 P in 35 GP Ryan Suter MIN · 32 P in 48 GP Andrei Markov MTL · 30 P in 48 GP Keith Yandle PHX · 30 P in 48 GP Cody Franson TOR · 29 P in 45 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.

02040602009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 38 points3810-112011-12: 36 points3611-122012-13: 38 points3812-132013-14: 53 points5313-142014-15: 60 points6014-152015-16: 51 points5115-162016-17: 40 points4016-172017-18: 59 points5917-182018-19: 31 points3118-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 19 points1920-212021-22: 22 points2221-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 MTL 2 0 2 2 1 2 4 1 1.00
2010-11 MTL 77 14 24 38 -8 124 197 110 0.49
2011-12 MTL 81 7 29 36 9 119 205 105 0.44
2012-13 MTL 42 11 27 38 12 57 126 51 0.90 $3.109M
2013-14 MTL 82 10 43 53 -4 81 204 135 0.65 $2.764M
2014-15 MTL 82 15 45 60 21 74 170 97 0.73 $9M
2015-16 MTL 68 6 45 51 4 75 176 102 0.75 $9M
2016-17 NSH 66 10 30 40 -8 44 142 78 0.61 $9M
2017-18 NSH 82 16 43 59 18 82 207 111 0.72 $9M
2018-19 NSH 63 9 22 31 5 60 168 56 0.49 $9M
2019-20 NJD 68 7 11 18 -21 79 151 88 0.26 $9M
2020-21 NJD 44 5 14 19 -16 26 99 41 0.43 $9M
2021-22 NJD 77 5 17 22 -8 82 114 69 0.29 $9M
13 seasons Career 834 115 352 467 5 905 1963 1044 0.56

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 MTL 14 1 7 8 2 6 23 12 0.57
2010-11 MTL 7 2 2 4 -2 2 16 11 0.57
2012-13 MTL 5 2 2 4 -1 31 21 8 0.80
2013-14 MTL 17 5 9 14 1 24 50 36 0.82
2014-15 MTL 12 1 7 8 1 31 36 24 0.67
2016-17 NSH 22 2 10 12 5 29 39 40 0.55
2017-18 NSH 13 4 5 9 -2 10 38 29 0.69
2018-19 NSH 6 1 2 3 -3 0 18 8 0.50
8 seasons Playoffs 96 18 44 62 1 133 241 168 0.65

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 11 27 38 12 57 126 51 0.90 8.7 23:15

Contract

$3.109MCap hit2012-13
$82KCap dollars per point38 points in 42 games
$504KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.2 goals above replacement
$5.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.8MValueworth 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 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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $9M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $9M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $9M
2014-15 to 2021-22 $9M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $2.764M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3.109M

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

+6.2Goals above replacement66th of 605 skaters, 12th of 208 defencemen
+1.0Wins 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+1.4 94th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 50th percentilePower play+1.9 99th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 80th percentilePenalties-0.7 34th 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. 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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

56.7Corsi for %698 attempts for, 532 against
+5.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Expected goals for %27.9 expected for, 21.3 against
+2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.0Goals for %35 for, 18 against
102.5PDO9.6% shooting + 92.9% saves
122Attempts 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
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban35333:3555.255.810-11
Francis Bouillon · P.K. Subban33223:3954.653.013-6
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban2769:2964.058.65-1
Tomas Kaberle · P.K. Subban419:2065.273.63-0

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.2Expected goalsfrom 166 unblocked attempts
+4.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.32 expected goals per 60 minutes93rd
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt50th
Finishing +4.8 goals above expected99thOne 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.

0246810Game 20Game 40Goals 10Expected 5.2

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. 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 27, 2013 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 24:57
Apr 25, 2013 @ WPG W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 25:04
Apr 23, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 23:30
Apr 20, 2013 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 21:34
Apr 18, 2013 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 29:11
Apr 17, 2013 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 1 17 1 1 16:18
Apr 15, 2013 vs PHI L 3-7 0 2 2 -1 2 2 0 25:40
Apr 13, 2013 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 6 1 24:49
Apr 11, 2013 @ BUF W 5-1 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 25:06
Apr 9, 2013 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:54
Apr 6, 2013 vs BOS W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 25:03
Apr 4, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 22:02
Apr 3, 2013 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 25:53
Apr 1, 2013 vs CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 24:55
Mar 30, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 3 3 1 2 3 0 19:34
Mar 27, 2013 @ BOS W 6-5 (SO) 1 1 2 3 0 4 1 30:39
Mar 26, 2013 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 24:55
Mar 23, 2013 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 25:03
Mar 21, 2013 @ NYI W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 24:26
Mar 19, 2013 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 25:50
Mar 16, 2013 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 22:33
Mar 13, 2013 vs OTT W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 5 2 30:50
Mar 10, 2013 @ FLA W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 5 0 24:42
Mar 9, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 27:42
Mar 7, 2013 @ CAR W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 27:05
Mar 5, 2013 @ NYI L 3-6 1 1 2 -2 0 7 1 25:17
Mar 3, 2013 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 5 26:49
Mar 2, 2013 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 22:19
Feb 27, 2013 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 19:46
Feb 25, 2013 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:08
Feb 23, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:40
Feb 21, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 21:10
Feb 19, 2013 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:56
Feb 18, 2013 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 19:58
Feb 16, 2013 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 20:49
Feb 14, 2013 @ FLA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:27
Feb 12, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 18:25
Feb 9, 2013 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:22
Feb 7, 2013 @ BUF L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 21:02
Feb 6, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 21:23
Feb 3, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 15:28
Feb 2, 2013 vs BUF W 6-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 18:01