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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Morrissey WPG · 31 P in 59 GP Tyler Myers WPG · 31 P in 80 GP Jaccob Slavin CAR · 31 P in 82 GP Dustin Byfuglien WPG · 31 P in 42 GP Jake Gardiner TOR · 30 P in 62 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 9 22 31 5 60 168 56 0.49 5.4 22:40

Contract

$9MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$290KCap dollars per point31 points in 63 games
$6.985MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$7.5MValueworth 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 696 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 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement427th of 699 skaters, 132nd of 244 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 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+1.9 86th percentileEven-strength defence-3.1 13th percentilePower play-1.1 2nd percentilePenalty kill-0.3 21st percentilePenalties-0.9 37th 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

53.9Corsi for %1186 attempts for, 1015 against
+4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Expected goals for %50.7 expected for, 48.6 against
+0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.5Goals for %47 for, 46 against
99.3PDO7.2% shooting + 92.1% saves
231Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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 Ekholm61880:0755.853.435-31
P.K. Subban · Roman Josi44119:0250.943.94-7
P.K. Subban · Matt Irwin1635:1542.444.42-3
P.K. Subban · Ryan Ellis3426:3640.055.81-2

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
5.8Expected goalsfrom 226 unblocked attempts
+3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt21st
Finishing +3.2 goals above expected95thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 9Expected 5.8

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 6, 2019 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 22:22
Apr 4, 2019 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:51
Apr 2, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 23:29
Mar 30, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 19:29
Mar 29, 2019 @ PIT W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 22:15
Mar 25, 2019 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 24:43
Mar 23, 2019 @ WPG L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 21:47
Mar 21, 2019 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 25:20
Mar 19, 2019 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:52
Mar 16, 2019 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 25:56
Mar 14, 2019 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 25:41
Mar 12, 2019 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 24:39
Mar 9, 2019 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 23:07
Mar 5, 2019 vs MIN W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 4 1 27:05
Mar 3, 2019 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:54
Mar 1, 2019 @ WPG L 3-5 1 0 1 -3 0 3 1 23:55
Feb 26, 2019 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 22:50
Feb 25, 2019 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 24:39
Feb 23, 2019 vs COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 24:45
Feb 21, 2019 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:29
Feb 19, 2019 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 25:52
Feb 16, 2019 @ VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 21:37
Feb 14, 2019 vs MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 22:31
Feb 12, 2019 vs DET L 2-3 1 0 1 -2 2 2 0 27:29
Feb 10, 2019 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 6 2 22:56
Feb 9, 2019 @ STL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 22:28
Feb 7, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 21:52
Feb 5, 2019 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:29
Feb 2, 2019 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 22:32
Feb 1, 2019 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 17:36
Jan 23, 2019 @ VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 17:01
Jan 21, 2019 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:16
Jan 19, 2019 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:31
Jan 17, 2019 vs WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 24:28
Jan 15, 2019 vs WSH W 7-2 0 1 1 1 12 0 1 20:56
Jan 13, 2019 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:02
Jan 10, 2019 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:38
Jan 9, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:39
Jan 7, 2019 @ TOR W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 3 19:42
Jan 5, 2019 @ MTL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 14:45
Jan 4, 2019 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 25:26
Jan 1, 2019 vs PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 21:37
Dec 31, 2018 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:48
Dec 29, 2018 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 20:43
Dec 27, 2018 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 17:02
Nov 13, 2018 @ SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:07
Nov 12, 2018 @ ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:49
Nov 10, 2018 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 25:43
Nov 7, 2018 @ COL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 22:52
Nov 3, 2018 vs BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:30
Nov 1, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:57
Oct 30, 2018 vs VGK W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 22:29
Oct 27, 2018 vs EDM L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 26:22
Oct 25, 2018 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 25:42
Oct 23, 2018 vs SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24:25
Oct 20, 2018 @ EDM W 3-0 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 21:35
Oct 19, 2018 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:00
Oct 15, 2018 vs MIN W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 24:52
Oct 13, 2018 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:42
Oct 11, 2018 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24:37
Oct 9, 2018 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 21:17
Oct 6, 2018 @ NYI W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 25:09
Oct 4, 2018 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 22:39