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Anton Lander

#51 · Centre · Edmonton Oilers

Born Apr 24, 1991 in Sundsvall, SWE · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 40th overall in 2009 by EDM (round 2)

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

Harry Zolnierczyk NSH · 4 P in 24 GP Marcus Sorensen SJS · 4 P in 19 GP Ryan Callahan TBL · 4 P in 18 GP Chris Terry MTL · 4 P in 14 GP Derek Dorsett VAN · 4 P in 14 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.

051015202011-12: 6 points611-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 4 points416-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 EDM 56 2 4 6 -8 12 54 32 0.11
2012-13 EDM 11 0 1 1 -4 2 11 7 0.09
2013-14 EDM 27 0 1 1 -10 4 18 29 0.04 $880K
2014-15 EDM 38 6 14 20 -12 14 61 59 0.53 $600K
2015-16 EDM 61 1 2 3 -9 18 54 58 0.05 $988K
2016-17 EDM 22 1 3 4 2 6 12 28 0.18 $988K
6 seasons Career 215 10 25 35 -41 56 210 213 0.16

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 1 3 4 2 6 12 28 0.18 8.3 9:46

Contract

$988KCap hit2016-17
$247KCap dollars per point4 points in 22 games
$234KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$754KValueworth 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
2015-16 to 2016-17 $988K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $880K

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

-0.5Goals above replacement530th of 664 skaters, 360th of 435 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-1.2 34th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 63rd percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 28th percentilePenalties-0.5 20th 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. 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.

-2-1012011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

49.4Corsi for %129 attempts for, 132 against
-4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.2Expected goals for %5.3 expected for, 5.9 against
-5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %7 for, 7 against
98.4PDO8.4% shooting + 90.0% saves
19Attempts 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
Mark Letestu · Anton Lander · Tyler Pitlick1358:2040.241.14-3
Matt Hendricks · Mark Letestu · Anton Lander317:4569.075.71-2
Mark Letestu · Anton Lander · Zack Kassian616:4955.247.30-1
Mark Letestu · Anton Lander · Anton Slepyshev413:5150.035.40-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Feb 11, 2017 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 12:42
Feb 5, 2017 @ MTL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:36
Jan 10, 2017 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 03:24
Jan 8, 2017 @ OTT L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 08:15
Jan 7, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:43
Jan 5, 2017 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:26
Nov 15, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:16
Nov 13, 2016 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:24
Nov 11, 2016 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:15
Nov 8, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:05
Nov 6, 2016 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:00
Nov 5, 2016 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:43
Nov 3, 2016 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:31
Nov 1, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 09:48
Oct 30, 2016 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:23
Oct 28, 2016 @ VAN W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:30
Oct 26, 2016 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:10
Oct 23, 2016 @ WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:28
Oct 20, 2016 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:20
Oct 18, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:31
Oct 16, 2016 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:01
Oct 14, 2016 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:31