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Philip Larsen

#63 · Defence · Vancouver Canucks

Born Dec 7, 1989 in Esbjerg, DNK · 6'1", 185 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 149th overall in 2008 by DAL (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Montour ANA · 6 P in 27 GP Dalton Prout NJD · 6 P in 29 GP Erik Gudbranson VAN · 6 P in 30 GP Brad Hunt NSH · 6 P in 12 GP Eric Gryba EDM · 6 P in 40 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.

05102009-10: 1 points109-102010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 11 points1111-122012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 12 points1213-142016-17: 6 points616-17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 DAL 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0.50
2010-11 DAL 6 0 2 2 1 0 11 1 0.33
2011-12 DAL 55 3 8 11 11 16 69 89 0.20
2012-13 DAL 32 2 3 5 -10 18 30 50 0.16 $1.025M
2013-14 EDM 30 3 9 12 -4 8 47 44 0.40 $1.025M
2016-17 VAN 26 1 5 6 -8 4 32 12 0.23 $1.025M
6 seasons Career 151 9 28 37 -9 46 190 197 0.25

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 1 5 6 -8 4 32 12 0.23 3.1 16:28

Contract

$1.025MCap hit2016-17
$171KCap dollars per point6 points in 26 games
-$57KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.025M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacement562nd of 664 skaters, 187th of 229 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 229 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-0.3 60th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 30th percentilePower play-0.5 22nd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 54th percentilePenalties-0.3 68th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-3-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142016-17Goals 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

47.6Corsi for %303 attempts for, 333 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.8Expected goals for %11.1 expected for, 16.2 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %10 for, 14 against
99.0PDO6.1% shooting + 92.9% saves
48Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Luca Sbisa · Philip Larsen21126:2752.149.32-3
Alexander Edler · Philip Larsen1785:0448.642.33-5
Philip Larsen · Nikita Tryamkin883:4041.031.43-4
Philip Larsen · Ben Hutton1530:5539.232.31-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.8Expected goalsfrom 49 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt81st
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected35thOne 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.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.8Goals 1

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
Apr 9, 2017 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:39
Mar 28, 2017 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:19
Mar 11, 2017 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:58
Mar 2, 2017 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:53
Feb 28, 2017 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 17:52
Feb 25, 2017 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:53
Feb 4, 2017 vs MIN L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:56
Feb 2, 2017 vs SJS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:38
Jan 26, 2017 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:55
Dec 6, 2016 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:56
Dec 3, 2016 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:32
Dec 1, 2016 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:31
Nov 29, 2016 vs MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:39
Nov 7, 2016 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:34
Nov 5, 2016 @ TOR L 3-6 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:24
Nov 3, 2016 @ OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:07
Nov 2, 2016 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 18:10
Oct 29, 2016 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:22
Oct 28, 2016 vs EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:05
Oct 25, 2016 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:05
Oct 23, 2016 @ ANA L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14:58
Oct 22, 2016 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 -2 0 4 2 16:42
Oct 20, 2016 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:11
Oct 18, 2016 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:12
Oct 16, 2016 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:10
Oct 15, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:14