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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nikita Zadorov COL · 13 P in 64 GP Jake McCabe BUF · 13 P in 66 GP Jordan Oesterle ARI · 13 P in 58 GP Scott Mayfield NYI · 13 P in 67 GP Robert Hagg PHI · 13 P in 49 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
62 4 9 13 14 20 77 78 0.21 5.2 17:35

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$308KCap dollars per point13 points in 62 games
$970KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.1 goals above replacement
$4.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$115KValueworth 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, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.1Goals above replacement217th of 670 skaters, 61st of 231 defencemen
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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+0.2 71st percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 66th percentilePower play-0.1 39th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 27th percentilePenalties-0.2 71st 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

52.1Corsi for %856 attempts for, 788 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Expected goals for %39.6 expected for, 34.3 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.5Goals for %46 for, 30 against
102.8PDO9.5% shooting + 93.3% saves
158Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Henri JokiharjuBUF30318:2552.553.517-12
Marco Scandella · Colton ParaykoSTL11170:2053.357.45-3
Jeff Petry · Marco ScandellaMTL17135:2952.256.46-8
Marco Scandella · Rasmus RistolainenBUF1748:0756.660.52-2

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 107 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt32nd
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 4Expected 3.0

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. 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
Mar 11, 2020 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:43
Mar 9, 2020 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 16:27
Mar 8, 2020 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:33
Mar 6, 2020 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 18:18
Mar 3, 2020 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:31
Feb 29, 2020 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:13
Feb 27, 2020 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:42
Feb 25, 2020 vs CHI W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:02
Feb 23, 2020 @ MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 21:31
Feb 21, 2020 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 20:49
Feb 20, 2020 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19:24
Feb 15, 2020 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:10
Feb 14, 2020 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:30
Feb 12, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:50
Feb 10, 2020 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:43
Feb 8, 2020 vs TOR W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:07
Feb 6, 2020 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:04
Feb 4, 2020 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:18
Feb 2, 2020 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:50
Feb 1, 2020 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:44
Jan 30, 2020 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:48
Jan 27, 2020 vs WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:20
Jan 18, 2020 vs VGK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 21:02
Jan 16, 2020 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:28
Jan 15, 2020 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:12
Jan 13, 2020 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:51
Jan 11, 2020 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 20:51
Jan 9, 2020 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:47
Jan 7, 2020 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:55
Jan 6, 2020 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:28
Jan 4, 2020 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 15:40
Dec 31, 2019 vs TBL L 4-6 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:21
Dec 23, 2019 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:04
Dec 21, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15:57
Dec 19, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 5 18:56
Dec 17, 2019 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:02
Dec 14, 2019 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:18
Dec 12, 2019 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:50
Dec 8, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 15:46
Dec 7, 2019 @ VAN L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:56
Dec 5, 2019 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:10
Dec 2, 2019 vs NJD W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:21
Nov 30, 2019 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:08
Nov 29, 2019 vs TOR W 6-4 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 14:47
Nov 27, 2019 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:55
Nov 25, 2019 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:33
Nov 24, 2019 @ FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 20:45
Nov 21, 2019 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:15
Nov 17, 2019 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:50
Nov 16, 2019 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:45
Nov 14, 2019 vs CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:18
Oct 24, 2019 @ NYR L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 08:03
Oct 22, 2019 vs SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:38
Oct 19, 2019 @ SJS W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 15:48
Oct 17, 2019 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:19
Oct 16, 2019 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:06
Oct 14, 2019 vs DAL W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:07
Oct 11, 2019 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 17:41
Oct 9, 2019 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:53
Oct 7, 2019 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:01
Oct 5, 2019 vs NJD W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:19
Oct 3, 2019 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:33