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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Damon Severson NJD · 21 P in 72 GP Travis Hamonic NYI · 21 P in 72 GP Andrej Sustr TBL · 21 P in 77 GP Jacob Trouba WPG · 21 P in 81 GP John-Michael Liles BOS · 21 P in 81 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 5 16 21 6 22 126 66 0.29 4.0 20:42

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$190KCap dollars per point21 points in 73 games
$962KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$807KValueworth 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. It runs through 2019-20, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $4M
2016-17 $4M
2017-18 $4M
2018-19 $4M
2019-20 $4M

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
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 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

+4.2Goals above replacement235th of 675 skaters, 72nd of 230 defencemen
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 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-0.9 43rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 47th percentilePower play0.0 70th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 18th percentilePenalties+0.8 93rd 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

47.3Corsi for %1050 attempts for, 1169 against
-2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %42.0 expected for, 44.0 against
-3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %45 for, 36 against
101.9PDO7.8% shooting + 94.1% saves
253Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba67409:1745.044.120-16
Marco Scandella · Jonas Brodin61396:2240.245.910-8
Marco Scandella · Nate Prosser41211:4851.356.43-3
Marco Scandella · Christian Folin1693:1955.554.74-3

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.5Expected goalsfrom 189 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt44th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 5.5Goals 5

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 CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:50
Apr 5, 2016 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:15
Apr 3, 2016 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:11
Apr 1, 2016 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:36
Mar 31, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 24:01
Mar 29, 2016 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:56
Mar 26, 2016 @ COL W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:53
Mar 24, 2016 vs CGY W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:58
Mar 22, 2016 vs LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:01
Mar 20, 2016 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:31
Mar 19, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:51
Mar 17, 2016 @ NJD L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 18:49
Mar 15, 2016 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 23:43
Mar 12, 2016 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:45
Mar 10, 2016 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:16
Mar 6, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:44
Mar 5, 2016 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:55
Mar 3, 2016 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:29
Mar 1, 2016 vs COL W 6-3 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 24:08
Feb 28, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 23:30
Feb 26, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:25
Feb 25, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:34
Feb 23, 2016 vs NYI L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:27
Feb 21, 2016 vs CHI W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:14
Feb 15, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:47
Feb 13, 2016 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:01
Feb 11, 2016 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:42
Feb 9, 2016 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:12
Feb 6, 2016 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:53
Feb 4, 2016 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 18:46
Feb 2, 2016 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:11
Jan 25, 2016 vs ARI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18:39
Jan 23, 2016 @ SJS L 3-4 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 19:11
Jan 21, 2016 @ LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:47
Jan 20, 2016 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:16
Jan 16, 2016 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:35
Jan 15, 2016 vs WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:54
Jan 12, 2016 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:50
Jan 10, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:34
Jan 9, 2016 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:03
Jan 7, 2016 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 21:50
Jan 5, 2016 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 22:24
Jan 3, 2016 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:42
Jan 2, 2016 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:54
Dec 31, 2015 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 19:26
Dec 28, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 21:41
Dec 26, 2015 vs PIT L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 21:00
Dec 22, 2015 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:33
Dec 21, 2015 vs DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 21:54
Dec 19, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19:26
Dec 17, 2015 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 22:18
Dec 15, 2015 vs VAN W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 23:01
Dec 12, 2015 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:34
Dec 11, 2015 @ ARI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:32
Dec 7, 2015 @ COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:18
Dec 5, 2015 vs COL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 22:19
Dec 3, 2015 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:00
Dec 1, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21:17
Nov 17, 2015 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 20:58
Nov 14, 2015 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:22
Nov 7, 2015 vs TBL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:05
Nov 5, 2015 vs NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 23:50
Oct 31, 2015 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:55
Oct 30, 2015 vs CHI W 5-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 21:06
Oct 27, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 19:14
Oct 25, 2015 @ WPG L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:41
Oct 24, 2015 vs ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:27
Oct 22, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:30
Oct 18, 2015 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 19:25
Oct 16, 2015 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:29
Oct 15, 2015 @ ARI W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 21:24
Oct 10, 2015 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:26
Oct 8, 2015 @ COL W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:42