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Marco Scandella

#6 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Feb 23, 1990 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 55th overall in 2008 by MIN (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brendan Mikkelson CGY · 2 P in 24 GP Freddy Meyer ATL · 2 P in 15 GP Mark Fraser NJD · 2 P in 26 GP Danny Syvret PHI · 2 P in 10 GP Patrick Wiercioch OTT · 2 P in 8 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.

051015202010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 12 points1211-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 23 points2314-152015-16: 21 points2115-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 13 points1318-192019-20: 13 points1319-202020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 8 points823-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 MIN 20 0 2 2 -9 2 13 20 0.10
2011-12 MIN 63 3 9 12 -22 19 77 46 0.19
2012-13 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 4 7 8 0.17
2013-14 MIN 76 3 14 17 10 20 80 70 0.22 $1.025M
2014-15 MIN 64 11 12 23 8 56 112 90 0.36 $1.025M
2015-16 MIN 73 5 16 21 6 22 126 66 0.29 $4M
2016-17 MIN 71 4 9 13 -2 25 88 50 0.18 $4M
2017-18 BUF 82 5 17 22 -15 37 138 91 0.27 $4M
2018-19 BUF 63 6 7 13 -13 26 83 53 0.21 $4M
2019-20 BUF 31 3 6 9 9 8 39 38 0.29 $4M
2019-20 MTL 20 1 2 3 1 8 21 25 0.15
2019-20 STL 11 0 1 1 4 4 17 15 0.09
2020-21 STL 49 3 6 9 14 24 55 60 0.18 $3.275M
2021-22 STL 70 3 11 14 17 18 76 106 0.20 $3.275M
2022-23 STL 20 1 1 2 2 6 17 27 0.10 $3.275M
2023-24 STL 65 2 6 8 2 15 42 70 0.12 $3.275M
14 seasons Career 784 51 119 170 11 294 991 835 0.22

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 MIN 5 1 1 2 -1 0 6 5 0.40
2013-14 MIN 13 2 1 3 4 0 20 21 0.23
2014-15 MIN 10 2 1 3 4 0 17 15 0.30
2015-16 MIN 6 1 0 1 -7 4 12 6 0.17
2016-17 MIN 5 0 0 0 -1 2 10 11 0.00
2019-20 STL 6 0 0 0 -4 0 7 9 0.00
2020-21 STL 4 0 0 0 -4 0 3 6 0.00
2021-22 STL 4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 8 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 53 6 3 9 -12 6 77 81 0.17

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 0 2 2 -9 2 13 20 0.10 0.0 14:58

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2023-24 $3.275M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $3.275M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $4M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4M
2015-16 to 2019-20 $4M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.025M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement442nd of 672 skaters, 129th of 233 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals 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-1.4 42nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 58th percentilePower play0.0 70th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties+0.9 95th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-10-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

46.3Corsi for %208 attempts for, 241 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.1Expected goals for %6.1 expected for, 10.3 against
-6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.9Goals for %7 for, 20 against
92.2PDO6.9% shooting + 85.3% saves
23Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Burns · Marco Scandella15125:2350.952.93-8
Cam Barker · Marco Scandella753:3351.036.83-5
Nick Schultz · Marco Scandella845:4435.721.41-3
Greg Zanon · Marco Scandella1119:5934.48.00-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt68th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.6Goals 0

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 19, 2011 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:57
Mar 17, 2011 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:06
Mar 11, 2011 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:54
Mar 10, 2011 @ NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:06
Jan 14, 2011 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:59
Jan 11, 2011 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 15:14
Jan 9, 2011 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:52
Jan 8, 2011 @ PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13:31
Jan 6, 2011 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:39
Dec 31, 2010 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:12
Dec 29, 2010 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:05
Dec 27, 2010 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:20
Dec 26, 2010 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:38
Dec 23, 2010 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:12
Dec 20, 2010 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:35
Nov 20, 2010 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:52
Nov 19, 2010 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:37
Nov 17, 2010 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:09
Nov 14, 2010 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 14:52
Nov 12, 2010 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:33