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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Francois Beauchemin ANA · 23 P in 64 GP Toby Enstrom WPG · 23 P in 60 GP Dan Hamhuis VAN · 23 P in 59 GP Justin Braun SJS · 23 P in 70 GP Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS · 23 P in 70 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 11 12 23 8 56 112 90 0.36 9.8 21:43

Contract

$1.025MCap hit2014-15
$45KCap dollars per point23 points in 64 games
$175KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.8 goals above replacement
$4.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3MValueworth 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 649 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 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.8Goals above replacement177th of 665 skaters, 50th of 233 defencemen
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.2Goals 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+1.5 84th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 67th percentilePower play-0.2 34th percentilePenalty kill+0.9 95th percentilePenalties-1.8 15th 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

52.0Corsi for %1051 attempts for, 970 against
+1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Expected goals for %43.8 expected for, 36.6 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.8Goals for %47 for, 42 against
99.7PDO8.2% shooting + 91.5% saves
212Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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 Spurgeon48569:3453.357.924-14
Marco Scandella · Nate Prosser40149:0351.452.45-8
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba35136:1655.557.85-7
Marco Scandella · Christian Folin24135:2353.252.66-7

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.9Expected goalsfrom 167 unblocked attempts
+5.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.26 expected goals per 60 minutes75th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt71st
Finishing +5.1 goals above expected96thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 11Expected 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
Apr 11, 2015 @ STL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 20:55
Apr 9, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 19:32
Apr 7, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19:47
Apr 6, 2015 vs WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:38
Apr 4, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:23
Apr 2, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:34
Mar 28, 2015 vs LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 21:05
Mar 27, 2015 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:29
Mar 24, 2015 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:54
Mar 23, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:21
Mar 21, 2015 vs STL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:21
Feb 28, 2015 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 06:10
Feb 26, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 23:47
Feb 24, 2015 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:22
Feb 22, 2015 vs DAL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:31
Feb 20, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:22
Feb 18, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 23:23
Feb 16, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 20:33
Feb 14, 2015 vs CAR W 6-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 23:15
Feb 12, 2015 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:05
Feb 10, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 23:34
Feb 9, 2015 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:53
Feb 7, 2015 vs COL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 21:21
Feb 3, 2015 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 8 2 21:54
Feb 1, 2015 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:19
Jan 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:11
Jan 27, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:30
Jan 20, 2015 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 25:40
Jan 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:51
Jan 17, 2015 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 24:48
Jan 6, 2015 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:51
Jan 3, 2015 @ DAL L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 24:58
Jan 2, 2015 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 23:51
Dec 31, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:26
Dec 29, 2014 @ WPG W 3-2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 22:47
Dec 27, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 21:47
Dec 23, 2014 vs PHI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 23:43
Dec 20, 2014 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 23:33
Dec 17, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:34
Dec 16, 2014 @ CHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 21:15
Dec 9, 2014 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 20:47
Dec 5, 2014 vs ANA L 4-5 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 23:08
Dec 3, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:07
Nov 29, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 23:34
Nov 28, 2014 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 25:37
Nov 26, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:28
Nov 24, 2014 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:57
Nov 22, 2014 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 21:12
Nov 20, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 20:13
Nov 16, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 24:58
Nov 11, 2014 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 20:30
Nov 8, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 22:04
Nov 6, 2014 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 18:08
Nov 4, 2014 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 23:46
Nov 1, 2014 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:22
Oct 30, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:51
Oct 28, 2014 @ BOS W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 23:35
Oct 27, 2014 @ NYR L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 21:09
Oct 25, 2014 vs TBL W 7-2 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 21:20
Oct 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 17:35
Oct 19, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:04
Oct 17, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:55
Oct 11, 2014 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:36
Oct 9, 2014 vs COL W 5-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 18:11