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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kris Russell STL · 12 P in 55 GP Alec Martinez LAK · 12 P in 51 GP Nate Prosser MIN · 12 P in 51 GP Scott Hannan CGY · 12 P in 78 GP Chris Pronger PHI · 12 P in 13 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 3 9 12 -22 19 77 46 0.19 3.9 21:47

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement445th of 680 skaters, 138th of 235 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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-2.9 17th percentileEven-strength defence-1.5 25th percentilePower play-0.8 15th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 91st percentilePenalties+0.9 92nd 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.

-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

43.4Corsi for %828 attempts for, 1081 against
-0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %32.9 expected for, 42.2 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.8Goals for %22 for, 43 against
97.5PDO5.2% shooting + 92.3% saves
125Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Marco Scandella · Jared Spurgeon51656:3044.144.216-20
Marco Scandella · Nate Prosser25100:2841.943.91-6
Nick Schultz · Marco Scandella2280:0438.439.42-4
Tom Gilbert · Marco Scandella1457:0552.761.12-2

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.1Expected goalsfrom 113 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected28thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 4.1Goals 3

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 7, 2012 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 23:15
Apr 5, 2012 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 35:32
Apr 3, 2012 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:27
Apr 1, 2012 @ CHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 20:29
Mar 29, 2012 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23:21
Mar 27, 2012 vs NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 23:26
Mar 25, 2012 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:34
Mar 24, 2012 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:15
Mar 22, 2012 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 26:00
Mar 19, 2012 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:30
Mar 17, 2012 vs CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 25:08
Mar 13, 2012 vs DAL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:59
Mar 11, 2012 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:00
Mar 8, 2012 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 31:11
Mar 6, 2012 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 23:10
Mar 4, 2012 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25:13
Mar 2, 2012 @ DET L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 23:52
Mar 1, 2012 @ MTL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24:09
Feb 28, 2012 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 5 1 0 20:48
Feb 26, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 23:34
Feb 24, 2012 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22:32
Feb 23, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:46
Feb 19, 2012 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:09
Feb 18, 2012 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:09
Feb 16, 2012 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 23:17
Feb 14, 2012 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:42
Jan 7, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:50
Jan 4, 2012 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:28
Dec 29, 2011 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:35
Dec 28, 2011 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:15
Dec 26, 2011 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 27:09
Dec 22, 2011 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:52
Dec 20, 2011 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:42
Dec 19, 2011 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:06
Dec 17, 2011 vs NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:11
Dec 14, 2011 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:40
Dec 13, 2011 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:09
Dec 10, 2011 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:39
Dec 8, 2011 @ LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 22:38
Dec 6, 2011 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:01
Dec 4, 2011 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:43
Dec 2, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 19:28
Nov 30, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:27
Nov 28, 2011 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24:05
Nov 27, 2011 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:06
Nov 25, 2011 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 22:27
Nov 23, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:47
Nov 12, 2011 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 02:18
Nov 10, 2011 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 21:00
Nov 8, 2011 @ CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:04
Nov 5, 2011 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:03
Nov 3, 2011 vs VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 19:51
Nov 1, 2011 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 20:39
Oct 29, 2011 vs DET W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:23
Oct 27, 2011 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:06
Oct 22, 2011 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:04
Oct 20, 2011 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:00
Oct 18, 2011 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:37
Oct 15, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21:17
Oct 13, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:23
Oct 11, 2011 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:12
Oct 10, 2011 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:36
Oct 8, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 21:58