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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Suter MIN · 40 P in 82 GP Shayne Gostisbehere PHI · 39 P in 76 GP Matt Niskanen WSH · 39 P in 78 GP Brent Seabrook CHI · 39 P in 79 GP Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI · 39 P in 79 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 10 30 40 -8 44 142 78 0.61 7.0 24:24

Contract

$9MCap hit2016-17
$225KCap dollars per point40 points in 66 games
$805KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.2 goals above replacement
$7.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+11.2Goals above replacement45th of 664 skaters, 12th of 229 defencemen
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 229 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 84th percentileEven-strength defence+3.8 93rd percentilePower play0.0 75th percentilePenalty kill0.0 45th percentilePenalties+0.7 94th 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

54.9Corsi for %1237 attempts for, 1018 against
+4.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Expected goals for %52.1 expected for, 41.4 against
+6.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.1Goals for %47 for, 45 against
98.7PDO7.0% shooting + 91.7% saves
203Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm641044:1655.656.238-36
P.K. Subban · Roman Josi2487:1247.954.93-4
P.K. Subban · Ryan Ellis4239:2163.062.63-0
P.K. Subban · Matt Irwin2116:3347.655.51-0

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.6Expected goalsfrom 195 unblocked attempts
+3.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes61st
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing +3.4 goals above expected94thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 9Expected 5.6

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 8, 2017 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:20
Apr 6, 2017 @ DAL W 7-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 22:21
Apr 4, 2017 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 23:06
Apr 2, 2017 @ STL L 1-4 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 24:37
Apr 1, 2017 vs MIN W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 25:34
Mar 30, 2017 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 25:39
Mar 28, 2017 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 24:06
Mar 27, 2017 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25:06
Mar 25, 2017 vs SJS W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 26:05
Mar 23, 2017 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:47
Mar 20, 2017 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:55
Mar 18, 2017 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 24:27
Mar 16, 2017 @ WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 25:34
Mar 13, 2017 vs WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 27:13
Mar 11, 2017 @ SJS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 25:10
Mar 9, 2017 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27:59
Mar 7, 2017 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26:07
Mar 4, 2017 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 25:17
Mar 2, 2017 @ MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 24:33
Feb 28, 2017 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 22:54
Feb 26, 2017 vs EDM W 5-4 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 22:49
Feb 25, 2017 vs WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 23:09
Feb 23, 2017 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:40
Feb 21, 2017 vs CGY L 5-6 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 24:03
Feb 19, 2017 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 23:04
Feb 18, 2017 @ MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 20:06
Feb 12, 2017 vs DAL W 5-3 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 20:30
Feb 11, 2017 vs FLA L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 7 1 2 18:43
Feb 9, 2017 @ NYR L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 24:40
Feb 7, 2017 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 18:50
Feb 4, 2017 vs DET L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:31
Feb 2, 2017 vs EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:48
Jan 31, 2017 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 24:36
Jan 26, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 27:24
Jan 24, 2017 vs BUF L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 24:50
Jan 22, 2017 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 23:33
Jan 20, 2017 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 22:53
Dec 15, 2016 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 25:14
Dec 13, 2016 vs STL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 22:49
Dec 10, 2016 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 5 0 25:29
Dec 8, 2016 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 27:11
Dec 6, 2016 vs COL W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 28:17
Dec 4, 2016 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 28:02
Dec 3, 2016 vs NJD L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 26:16
Nov 29, 2016 @ COL W 5-3 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 28:56
Nov 27, 2016 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 25:43
Nov 25, 2016 vs WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 24:05
Nov 23, 2016 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25:40
Nov 21, 2016 vs TBL W 3-1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 23:21
Nov 19, 2016 @ STL L 1-3 0 1 1 -3 0 2 3 25:12
Nov 17, 2016 @ OTT W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 23:31
Nov 15, 2016 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 24:19
Nov 12, 2016 vs ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 22:17
Nov 10, 2016 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24:05
Nov 8, 2016 vs OTT W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 25:22
Nov 5, 2016 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 26:33
Nov 3, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 25:51
Nov 1, 2016 @ COL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 24:26
Oct 29, 2016 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:21
Oct 27, 2016 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:36
Oct 26, 2016 @ ANA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:57
Oct 22, 2016 vs PIT W 5-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 22:18
Oct 21, 2016 @ DET L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 2 3 1 26:45
Oct 18, 2016 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 26:03
Oct 15, 2016 @ CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 2 2 3 24:58
Oct 14, 2016 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 4 4 2 23:04