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Wayne Simmonds

#24 · Right wing · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Aug 26, 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 184 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 61st overall in 2007 by LAK (round 2)

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Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Leadership and Growing the Game 2018-19

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jussi Jokinen FLA · 60 P in 81 GP Ryan Johansen NSH · 60 P in 80 GP Ryan O'Reilly BUF · 60 P in 71 GP Mats Zuccarello NYR · 61 P in 81 GP Daniel Sedin VAN · 61 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.

02040602008-09: 23 points2308-092009-10: 40 points402010-11: 30 points3010-112011-12: 49 points492012-13: 32 points3212-132013-14: 60 points602014-15: 50 points5014-152015-16: 60 points602016-17: 54 points5416-172017-18: 46 points462018-19: 30 points3018-192019-20: 25 points252020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 16 points162022-23: 2 points222-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 LAK 82 9 14 23 -8 73 127 132 0.28
2009-10 LAK 78 16 24 40 22 116 127 126 0.51
2010-11 LAK 80 14 16 30 -2 75 117 125 0.38
2011-12 PHI 82 28 21 49 -1 114 197 140 0.60 $1.75M
2012-13 PHI 45 15 17 32 -7 84 110 72 0.71 $1.75M
2013-14 PHI 82 29 31 60 -4 106 209 132 0.73 $3.975M
2014-15 PHI 75 28 22 50 -5 66 188 168 0.67 $3.975M
2015-16 PHI 81 32 28 60 -7 147 229 192 0.74 $3.975M
2016-17 PHI 82 31 23 54 -18 122 224 162 0.66 $3.975M
2017-18 PHI 75 24 22 46 -16 57 176 129 0.61 $3.975M
2018-19 PHI 62 16 11 27 -20 90 136 113 0.44 $3.975M
2018-19 NSH 17 1 2 3 4 9 21 24 0.18
2019-20 NJD 61 8 16 24 -17 64 110 128 0.39 $5M
2019-20 BUF 7 0 1 1 -4 2 9 17 0.14
2020-21 TOR 38 7 2 9 -3 45 62 64 0.24 $1.5M
2021-22 TOR 72 5 11 16 -7 96 79 148 0.22 $900K
2022-23 TOR 18 0 2 2 1 49 9 44 0.11 $900K
15 seasons Career 1037 263 263 526 -92 1315 2130 1916 0.51

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 LAK 6 2 1 3 1 9 14 23 0.50
2010-11 LAK 6 1 2 3 -1 20 12 11 0.50
2011-12 PHI 11 1 5 6 -6 38 16 25 0.55
2013-14 PHI 7 4 1 5 -2 20 16 15 0.71
2015-16 PHI 6 0 2 2 -1 13 17 22 0.33
2017-18 PHI 6 0 2 2 0 6 15 20 0.33
2018-19 NSH 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0.00
2020-21 TOR 7 0 1 1 0 2 9 13 0.14
2021-22 TOR 2 0 0 0 -1 14 0 6 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 53 8 14 22 -9 122 100 140 0.42

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 32 28 60 -7 147 229 192 0.74 14.0 17:14

Contract

$3.975MCap hit2015-16
$66KCap dollars per point60 points in 81 games
$341KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.7 goals above replacement
$7.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4MValueworth 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 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. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $900K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $900K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1.5M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $5M
2013-14 to 2018-19 $3.975M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.75M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.75M

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+11.7Goals above replacement33rd of 675 skaters, 23rd of 445 forwards
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+7.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 ranked forwards: 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+5.0 93rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 24th percentilePower play+2.3 98th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 62nd percentilePenalties+1.5 86th 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 forwards. 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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

53.0Corsi for %1103 attempts for, 977 against
+3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Expected goals for %43.0 expected for, 40.4 against
+3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.8Goals for %47 for, 42 against
100.2PDO8.4% shooting + 91.8% saves
285Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Claude Giroux · Wayne Simmonds · Brayden Schenn28243:3152.943.513-9
Claude Giroux · Jakub Voracek · Wayne Simmonds26233:3252.050.612-11
Wayne Simmonds · Matt Read · Sean Couturier24215:1657.161.17-8
Jakub Voracek · Wayne Simmonds · Sean Couturier1267:5760.059.77-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

29Goalsnot counting empty-netters
31.3Expected goalsfrom 314 unblocked attempts
-2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.35 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 10.0% chance per attempt98th
Finishing -2.3 goals above expected28thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0102030Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 31.3Goals 29

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 9, 2016 vs PIT W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 2 19:42
Apr 7, 2016 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 7 0 20:12
Apr 6, 2016 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 4 3 2 18:36
Apr 3, 2016 @ PIT L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 2 3 6 17:10
Apr 2, 2016 vs OTT W 3-2 2 1 3 0 0 6 0 15:18
Mar 30, 2016 vs WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 19:24
Mar 28, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 18:21
Mar 26, 2016 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 17:38
Mar 24, 2016 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 17:33
Mar 22, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 17:57
Mar 21, 2016 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 17:00
Mar 19, 2016 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:56
Mar 16, 2016 @ CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 15:04
Mar 15, 2016 vs DET W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 20:18
Mar 12, 2016 @ FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:33
Mar 11, 2016 @ TBL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:49
Mar 7, 2016 vs TBL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 4 20:22
Mar 5, 2016 vs CBJ W 6-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 14:20
Mar 3, 2016 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 4 2 1 19:27
Feb 29, 2016 vs CGY W 5-3 2 0 2 2 2 6 2 16:51
Feb 27, 2016 vs ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:16
Feb 25, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:22
Feb 23, 2016 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 19:50
Feb 20, 2016 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 2 6 5 15:52
Feb 19, 2016 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:20
Feb 16, 2016 @ NJD W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 14:21
Feb 14, 2016 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 20:17
Feb 13, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 21:45
Feb 11, 2016 vs BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 11:51
Feb 9, 2016 vs ANA L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 8 19:17
Feb 7, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 21:23
Feb 6, 2016 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 20 1 1 03:14
Feb 4, 2016 @ NSH W 6-3 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 15:15
Feb 2, 2016 vs MTL W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 8 3 17:52
Jan 27, 2016 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 20:47
Jan 25, 2016 vs BOS L 2-3 2 0 2 0 2 9 5 21:04
Jan 21, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 4 22:21
Jan 19, 2016 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:11
Jan 17, 2016 @ DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 19:32
Jan 16, 2016 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 22:14
Jan 13, 2016 vs BOS W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 18:33
Jan 9, 2016 vs NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:58
Jan 7, 2016 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 19:25
Jan 5, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 14:58
Jan 2, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 23:28
Dec 30, 2015 @ SJS L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:57
Dec 27, 2015 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:07
Dec 21, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 17:40
Dec 19, 2015 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 17 0 1 13:38
Dec 17, 2015 vs VAN W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 4 17:06
Dec 15, 2015 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 17 0 1 11:18
Dec 11, 2015 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 4 0 2 15:03
Dec 10, 2015 @ STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 14:50
Dec 8, 2015 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:04
Dec 5, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 15:49
Dec 4, 2015 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 2 1 17:02
Dec 1, 2015 @ OTT W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 19:01
Nov 28, 2015 @ NYR W 3-0 2 1 3 3 0 5 1 17:34
Nov 27, 2015 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:06
Nov 25, 2015 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 5 2 1 14:43
Nov 23, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 16:19
Nov 21, 2015 @ OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 5 5 4 17:32
Nov 19, 2015 vs SJS L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 15:51
Nov 17, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:29
Nov 14, 2015 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 17:36
Nov 12, 2015 vs WSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 6 15:40
Nov 10, 2015 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 14:29
Nov 7, 2015 @ WPG W 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 18:11
Nov 5, 2015 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 15:57
Nov 3, 2015 @ EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 15:02
Nov 2, 2015 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 4 18:01
Oct 30, 2015 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 10 1 2 15:29
Oct 29, 2015 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 15:39
Oct 27, 2015 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:25
Oct 24, 2015 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 17:38
Oct 21, 2015 @ BOS W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 19:03
Oct 20, 2015 vs DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 2 3 4 17:25
Oct 14, 2015 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:09
Oct 12, 2015 vs FLA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 08:41
Oct 10, 2015 @ FLA L 1-7 0 1 1 -1 2 2 5 11:55
Oct 8, 2015 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:32