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Alex Chiasson

#48 · Right wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Oct 1, 1990 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'4", 208 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 38th overall in 2009 by DAL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Boone Jenner CBJ · 24 P in 70 GP Alex Galchenyuk MIN · 24 P in 59 GP Ondrej Kase BOS · 24 P in 55 GP Erik Haula FLA · 24 P in 48 GP Nick Cousins VGK · 25 P in 65 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.

01020302012-13: 7 points712-132013-14: 35 points3513-142014-15: 26 points2614-152015-16: 14 points1415-162016-17: 24 points2416-172017-18: 18 points1817-182018-19: 38 points3818-192019-20: 24 points2419-202020-21: 16 points1620-212021-22: 22 points2221-222022-23: 9 points922-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 DAL 7 6 1 7 3 0 13 10 1.00
2013-14 DAL 79 13 22 35 -21 38 144 76 0.44 $867K
2014-15 OTT 76 11 15 26 -5 67 105 93 0.34 $867K
2015-16 OTT 77 8 6 14 2 45 88 103 0.18 $1.2M
2016-17 CGY 81 12 12 24 -6 46 104 74 0.30 $800K
2017-18 WSH 61 9 9 18 1 26 59 57 0.30 $660K
2018-19 EDM 73 22 16 38 -1 32 123 85 0.52 $650K
2019-20 EDM 65 11 13 24 -3 42 97 56 0.37 $2.15M
2020-21 EDM 45 9 7 16 -10 33 65 40 0.36 $2.15M
2021-22 VAN 67 13 9 22 4 24 98 68 0.33 $750K
2022-23 DET 20 6 3 9 -8 6 25 14 0.45 $750K
11 seasons Career 651 120 113 233 -44 359 921 676 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 DAL 6 1 1 2 -7 2 14 10 0.33
2014-15 OTT 4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 12 0.00
2016-17 CGY 4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 11 0.00
2017-18 WSH 16 1 1 2 0 4 14 5 0.13
2019-20 EDM 4 1 1 2 1 0 7 5 0.50
2020-21 EDM 3 1 0 1 -2 0 6 9 0.33
6 seasons Playoffs 37 4 3 7 -12 8 47 52 0.19

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 11 13 24 -3 42 97 56 0.37 11.3 13:07

Contract

$2.15MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$90KCap dollars per point24 points in 65 games
$466KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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 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 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $2.15M
2020-21 $2.15M

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 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $2.15M
2019-20 to 2020-21 $2.15M
2017-18 to 2018-19 $660K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $800K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.2M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $867K

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

-0.3Goals above replacement509th of 670 skaters, 361st of 439 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: 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-3.2 7th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 46th percentilePower play+1.7 96th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 42nd percentilePenalties-1.1 6th 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 forwards. 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.

-2-101232012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

50.4Corsi for %624 attempts for, 615 against
+3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %26.2 expected for, 27.4 against
+0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %21 for, 19 against
100.4PDO6.4% shooting + 94.0% saves
113Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James Neal · Alex Chiasson · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins14121:0958.162.05-4
Sam Gagner · Alex Chiasson · Gaetan Haas1382:1851.746.41-2
Alex Chiasson · Joakim Nygard · Gaetan Haas854:3444.953.82-1
Alex Chiasson · Markus Granlund · Gaetan Haas939:4143.133.81-1

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.8Expected goalsfrom 132 unblocked attempts
-2.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.97 expected goals per 60 minutes81st
Shot quality 10.5% chance per attempt97th
Finishing -2.8 goals above expected19thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 13.8Goals 11

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 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:51
Mar 9, 2020 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 11:26
Mar 7, 2020 vs CBJ W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 10:21
Mar 5, 2020 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:02
Mar 3, 2020 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:59
Mar 2, 2020 @ NSH W 8-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:47
Feb 29, 2020 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08
Feb 26, 2020 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:09
Feb 25, 2020 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:39
Feb 23, 2020 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:53
Feb 21, 2020 vs MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:50
Feb 19, 2020 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:01
Feb 16, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:37
Feb 15, 2020 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:46
Feb 13, 2020 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:13
Feb 11, 2020 vs CHI W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 11:19
Feb 8, 2020 vs NSH W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 14:19
Feb 6, 2020 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:57
Feb 4, 2020 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:23
Feb 1, 2020 @ CGY W 8-3 0 1 1 0 10 2 0 12:47
Jan 31, 2020 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 11:57
Jan 29, 2020 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 12:11
Jan 18, 2020 vs ARI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:40
Jan 14, 2020 vs NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12:25
Jan 11, 2020 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:48
Jan 9, 2020 @ MTL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 12:08
Jan 6, 2020 @ TOR W 6-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 11:51
Jan 4, 2020 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:31
Jan 2, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:25
Dec 27, 2019 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:44
Dec 23, 2019 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:03
Dec 21, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:21
Dec 20, 2019 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:13
Dec 18, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:14
Dec 16, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:46
Dec 14, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 11:43
Dec 12, 2019 @ MIN L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:34
Dec 8, 2019 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:08
Dec 6, 2019 vs LAK W 2-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 09:24
Dec 4, 2019 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:12
Dec 1, 2019 @ VAN W 3-2 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 11:25
Nov 30, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:26
Nov 27, 2019 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:43
Nov 24, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:03
Nov 23, 2019 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 14:28
Nov 21, 2019 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 12 2 0 08:16
Nov 19, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:06
Nov 14, 2019 vs COL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:52
Nov 12, 2019 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:41
Nov 10, 2019 @ ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 14:23
Nov 8, 2019 vs NJD W 4-0 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 13:54
Nov 6, 2019 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 13:23
Nov 4, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:47
Nov 2, 2019 @ PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12:09
Oct 30, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:29
Oct 29, 2019 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:08
Oct 27, 2019 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:24
Oct 24, 2019 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 14:04
Oct 22, 2019 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:28
Oct 20, 2019 @ WPG L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:45
Oct 18, 2019 vs DET W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 17:18
Oct 16, 2019 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:35
Oct 14, 2019 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:54
Oct 12, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:55
Oct 2, 2019 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:41