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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Justin Holl TOR · 18 P in 68 GP Vladislav Gavrikov CBJ · 18 P in 69 GP Matt Roy LAK · 18 P in 70 GP Brett Pesce CAR · 18 P in 61 GP Mark Pysyk FLA · 18 P in 58 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 7 11 18 -21 79 151 88 0.26 4.6 22:07

Contract

$9MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$500KCap dollars per point18 points in 68 games
-$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$10.9MValueworth 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 668 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-3.1Goals above replacement649th of 670 skaters, 219th of 231 defencemen
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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 43rd percentileEven-strength defence-3.6 7th percentilePower play-1.9 1st percentilePenalty kill+1.1 98th percentilePenalties-2.3 2nd 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

47.4Corsi for %1056 attempts for, 1170 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Expected goals for %47.4 expected for, 55.8 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
39.8Goals for %35 for, 53 against
97.4PDO5.8% shooting + 91.5% saves
215Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Andy Greene · P.K. Subban47415:3745.544.415-15
P.K. Subban · Damon Severson57216:5753.153.84-9
P.K. Subban · Mirco Mueller40207:2846.143.02-6
P.K. Subban · Will Butcher47159:2652.654.07-10

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.9Expected goalsfrom 208 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes66th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt38th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected55thOne 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.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 6Expected 5.9

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
Mar 10, 2020 vs PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 1 2 27:10
Mar 7, 2020 @ NYR W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 26:23
Mar 6, 2020 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 21:17
Mar 3, 2020 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 19:57
Mar 1, 2020 @ ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:23
Feb 29, 2020 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:44
Feb 27, 2020 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19:24
Feb 25, 2020 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 10 2 2 23:00
Feb 22, 2020 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 22:10
Feb 20, 2020 vs SJS W 2-1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 22:30
Feb 18, 2020 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 25:25
Feb 16, 2020 vs CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25:16
Feb 14, 2020 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:00
Feb 13, 2020 vs DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 22:08
Feb 11, 2020 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:10
Feb 8, 2020 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 24:28
Feb 6, 2020 @ PHI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 19:00
Feb 1, 2020 vs DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 23:50
Jan 30, 2020 vs NSH L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 23:51
Jan 27, 2020 @ OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 20:14
Jan 18, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 22:40
Jan 16, 2020 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 23:30
Jan 14, 2020 @ TOR L 4-7 1 0 1 -1 2 6 3 19:41
Jan 12, 2020 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 26:03
Jan 11, 2020 @ WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 21:07
Jan 9, 2020 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 6 2 19:04
Jan 7, 2020 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:54
Jan 4, 2020 vs COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:11
Jan 2, 2020 @ NYI W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 19:02
Dec 31, 2019 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 19:56
Dec 29, 2019 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:46
Dec 27, 2019 vs TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:35
Dec 23, 2019 @ CHI W 7-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 5 19:14
Dec 21, 2019 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:23
Dec 20, 2019 vs WSH L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:23
Dec 18, 2019 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:13
Dec 14, 2019 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 20:37
Dec 13, 2019 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 17:56
Dec 10, 2019 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 20:07
Dec 7, 2019 @ NSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 18:20
Dec 6, 2019 vs CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:48
Dec 3, 2019 vs VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 24:19
Dec 2, 2019 @ BUF L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 19:20
Nov 30, 2019 vs NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:54
Nov 28, 2019 @ MTL W 6-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 20:05
Nov 26, 2019 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:10
Nov 23, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 21:33
Nov 22, 2019 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:24
Nov 19, 2019 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 20:04
Nov 16, 2019 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 23:47
Nov 15, 2019 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:26
Nov 13, 2019 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:33
Nov 10, 2019 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 24:50
Nov 8, 2019 @ EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 7 1 24:36
Nov 7, 2019 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:24
Nov 5, 2019 @ WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:10
Nov 2, 2019 @ CAR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 22:55
Nov 1, 2019 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 25:24
Oct 30, 2019 vs TBL L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 24:00
Oct 25, 2019 vs ARI L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 25:22
Oct 19, 2019 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:35
Oct 17, 2019 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 9 1 26:52
Oct 14, 2019 vs FLA L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 4 1 3 21:26
Oct 12, 2019 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:48
Oct 10, 2019 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:06
Oct 9, 2019 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 26:43
Oct 5, 2019 @ BUF L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 10 1 1 19:28
Oct 4, 2019 vs WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 26:21