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Matt Calvert

#11 · Left wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Dec 24, 1989 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN · 5'11", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 127th overall in 2008 by CBJ (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jack Studnicka BOS · 3 P in 20 GP Lucas Wallmark FLA · 3 P in 20 GP Kiefer Sherwood COL · 3 P in 16 GP Alex Barré-Boulet TBL · 3 P in 15 GP Lane Pederson ARI · 3 P in 15 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.

010202010-11: 20 points2010-112011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 16 points1612-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 23 points2314-152015-16: 24 points2415-162016-17: 15 points1516-172017-18: 24 points2417-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 25 points2519-202020-21: 3 points320-21

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 CBJ 42 11 9 20 3 12 50 51 0.48
2011-12 CBJ 13 0 3 3 -5 16 4 8 0.23
2012-13 CBJ 42 9 7 16 -9 32 63 57 0.38 $712K
2013-14 CBJ 56 9 15 24 -1 53 90 111 0.43 $988K
2014-15 CBJ 56 13 10 23 1 28 93 92 0.41 $988K
2015-16 CBJ 73 11 13 24 1 51 114 91 0.33 $2.2M
2016-17 CBJ 65 10 5 15 -4 48 92 61 0.23 $2.2M
2017-18 CBJ 69 9 15 24 -10 33 108 61 0.35 $2.2M
2018-19 COL 82 11 15 26 -10 58 141 115 0.32 $2.85M
2019-20 COL 50 12 13 25 13 39 89 58 0.50 $2.85M
2020-21 COL 19 0 3 3 -2 6 26 12 0.16 $2.85M
11 seasons Career 567 95 108 203 -23 376 870 717 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 CBJ 6 2 2 4 2 4 13 19 0.67
2016-17 CBJ 4 1 1 2 4 4 9 13 0.50
2017-18 CBJ 6 3 1 4 4 4 15 15 0.67
2018-19 COL 8 0 4 4 3 18 11 21 0.50
2019-20 COL 5 1 2 3 2 2 12 11 0.60
5 seasons Playoffs 29 7 10 17 15 32 60 79 0.59

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 0 3 3 -2 6 26 12 0.16 0.0 13:05

Contract

$2.85MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$950KCap dollars per point3 points in 19 games
$1.901MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $2.85M

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
2018-19 to 2020-21 $2.85M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $2.2M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $988K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $712K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.8Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.3Penalties+0.4

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-4-2024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

57.7Corsi for %198 attempts for, 145 against
-2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.3Expected goals for %8.7 expected for, 5.2 against
+1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %3 for, 6 against
95.7PDO3.2% shooting + 92.5% saves
41Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Calvert · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Logan O'Connor857:5567.085.90-0
Matt Calvert · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tyson Jost627:3153.848.50-0
Matt Calvert · Valeri Nichushkin · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare1023:5970.085.10-0
Matt Calvert · J.T. Compher · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare418:3655.976.81-0

The lines 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 lines 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
2.9Expected goalsfrom 32 unblocked attempts
-2.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes46th
Shot quality 9.1% chance per attempt78th
Finishing -2.9 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Expected 2.9Goals 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 23, 2021 @ ARI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:38
Mar 22, 2021 @ ARI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 11:11
Mar 20, 2021 vs MIN W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:23
Mar 18, 2021 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:40
Mar 16, 2021 vs ANA W 8-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:44
Mar 14, 2021 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:39
Mar 12, 2021 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:25
Mar 10, 2021 vs ARI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:31
Mar 8, 2021 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:03
Feb 26, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 2021 vs MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:03
Feb 22, 2021 vs VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:05
Feb 20, 2021 vs VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:32
Jan 24, 2021 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:01
Jan 22, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:52
Jan 21, 2021 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:03
Jan 19, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:57
Jan 15, 2021 vs STL W 8-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:50
Jan 13, 2021 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:58