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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brent Burns SJS · 60 P in 82 GP Dennis Wideman CGY · 56 P in 80 GP John Carlson WSH · 55 P in 82 GP Roman Josi NSH · 55 P in 81 GP Erik Karlsson OTT · 66 P in 82 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 15 45 60 21 74 170 97 0.73 8.8 26:12

Contract

$9MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$150KCap dollars per point60 points in 82 games
$1.275MCap dollars per goal above replacement7.1 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.2MValueworth 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 649 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 2021-22, with 7 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $9M
2015-16 $9M
2016-17 $9M
2017-18 $9M
2018-19 $9M
2019-20 $9M
2020-21 $9M
2021-22 $9M

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
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+7.1Goals above replacement129th of 665 skaters, 36th of 233 defencemen
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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+3.0 93rd percentileEven-strength defence-3.2 11th percentilePower play+0.7 94th percentilePenalty kill+1.3 99th percentilePenalties-1.9 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. 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

52.1Corsi for %1553 attempts for, 1426 against
+6.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Expected goals for %59.8 expected for, 60.5 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.1Goals for %69 for, 54 against
101.5PDO8.7% shooting + 92.7% saves
234Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban811185:4152.351.053-36
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban50188:0151.346.18-8
P.K. Subban · Nathan Beaulieu3952:1155.547.02-2
Tom Gilbert · P.K. Subban4340:5642.944.90-3

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.9Expected goalsfrom 254 unblocked attempts
+8.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt29th
Finishing +8.1 goals above expected99thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 15Expected 6.9

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. 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 11, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 28:56
Apr 9, 2015 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 30:19
Apr 5, 2015 @ FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 22:28
Apr 3, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 29:40
Apr 2, 2015 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 24:06
Mar 30, 2015 vs TBL L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 27:42
Mar 28, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 25:24
Mar 26, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 27:28
Mar 24, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 3 2 25:26
Mar 21, 2015 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 25:54
Mar 19, 2015 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:52
Mar 17, 2015 @ FLA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 25:46
Mar 16, 2015 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 26:29
Mar 14, 2015 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 28:43
Mar 12, 2015 vs OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:32
Mar 10, 2015 vs TBL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24:34
Mar 7, 2015 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 26:45
Mar 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 31:35
Mar 4, 2015 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 26:43
Mar 2, 2015 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 26:15
Feb 28, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 24:34
Feb 26, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-2 1 2 3 5 0 2 1 26:01
Feb 24, 2015 @ STL W 5-2 0 2 2 1 4 2 1 23:11
Feb 21, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 26:39
Feb 19, 2015 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 30:28
Feb 18, 2015 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 30:45
Feb 16, 2015 @ DET W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 28:10
Feb 14, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 35:21
Feb 12, 2015 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 -2 2 1 1 27:40
Feb 10, 2015 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31:18
Feb 8, 2015 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 27:42
Feb 7, 2015 vs NJD W 6-2 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 25:12
Feb 3, 2015 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 29:22
Feb 1, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:04
Jan 31, 2015 vs WSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 27:53
Jan 29, 2015 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 25:12
Jan 27, 2015 vs DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 4 29:04
Jan 20, 2015 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 28:21
Jan 17, 2015 vs NYI W 6-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 27:10
Jan 15, 2015 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 26:49
Jan 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 23:09
Jan 10, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 26:13
Jan 6, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 24:53
Jan 3, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 27:04
Jan 2, 2015 @ NJD W 4-2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 27:28
Dec 30, 2014 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 25:04
Dec 29, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 24:31
Dec 23, 2014 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 25:03
Dec 20, 2014 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 26:48
Dec 18, 2014 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 25:13
Dec 16, 2014 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 25:08
Dec 12, 2014 vs LAK W 6-2 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 24:31
Dec 9, 2014 vs VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 25:36
Dec 6, 2014 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 29:21
Dec 5, 2014 @ CHI L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 6 6 5 25:50
Dec 3, 2014 @ MIN L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 27:08
Dec 1, 2014 @ COL W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 28:09
Nov 29, 2014 vs BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 26:38
Nov 28, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:38
Nov 23, 2014 @ NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 20:45
Nov 22, 2014 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:29
Nov 20, 2014 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 25:10
Nov 18, 2014 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:39
Nov 16, 2014 @ DET W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 26:08
Nov 15, 2014 vs PHI W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 22:09
Nov 13, 2014 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 22:49
Nov 11, 2014 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:55
Nov 8, 2014 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:13
Nov 5, 2014 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 28:06
Nov 4, 2014 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 25:05
Nov 2, 2014 vs CGY L 2-6 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 22:28
Oct 30, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 28:49
Oct 28, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 24:33
Oct 27, 2014 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 27:05
Oct 25, 2014 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 23:35
Oct 21, 2014 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:47
Oct 18, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 21:01
Oct 16, 2014 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 23:34
Oct 13, 2014 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 4 2 2 23:37
Oct 11, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 3 4 3 4 25:53
Oct 9, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 28:07
Oct 8, 2014 @ TOR W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 25:45