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Linden Vey

#16 · Right wing · Calgary Flames

Born Jul 17, 1991 in Wakaw, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 189 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 96th overall in 2009 by LAK (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrik Berglund STL · 15 P in 42 GP Tom Kuhnhackl PIT · 15 P in 42 GP Colin Greening TOR · 15 P in 31 GP Emerson Etem VAN · 15 P in 58 GP Shawn Horcoff ANA · 15 P in 59 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.

051015202013-14: 5 points513-142014-15: 24 points2414-152015-16: 15 points1515-162016-17: 0 points016-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 LAK 18 0 5 5 0 0 8 2 0.28
2014-15 VAN 75 10 14 24 -3 18 61 14 0.32 $735K
2015-16 VAN 41 4 11 15 -14 6 40 4 0.37 $1M
2016-17 CGY 4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0.00 $700K
4 seasons Career 138 14 30 44 -19 24 110 21 0.32

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 4 11 15 -14 6 40 4 0.37 10.0 15:45

Contract

$1MCap hit2015-16
$67KCap dollars per point15 points in 41 games
-$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth 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. 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 $700K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $735K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-2.8Goals above replacement653rd of 675 skaters, 433rd of 445 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-2.0 20th percentileEven-strength defence-2.5 8th percentilePower play-0.4 17th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+0.2 51st 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.

-3-2-1012013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

44.7Corsi for %400 attempts for, 495 against
-2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.6Expected goals for %15.6 expected for, 23.8 against
-5.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.7Goals for %10 for, 18 against
97.8PDO4.3% shooting + 93.5% saves
52Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Alexandre Burrows · Linden Vey · Emerson Etem17159:5844.341.75-4
Linden Vey · Emerson Etem · Sven Baertschi1334:5244.433.50-2
Daniel Sedin · Linden Vey · Emerson Etem1128:0839.636.60-1
Linden Vey · Emerson Etem · Jared McCann321:3435.041.90-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.1Expected goalsfrom 60 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt80th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.1Goals 4

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 1, 2016 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:32
Mar 31, 2016 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:27
Mar 27, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:59
Mar 25, 2016 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:32
Mar 24, 2016 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:49
Mar 22, 2016 @ WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:19
Mar 19, 2016 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:48
Mar 18, 2016 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:38
Mar 16, 2016 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:04
Mar 14, 2016 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:53
Mar 12, 2016 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:36
Mar 9, 2016 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:56
Mar 7, 2016 @ LAK L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:59
Mar 5, 2016 @ SJS W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 23:31
Mar 3, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:08
Mar 1, 2016 vs NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 17:35
Feb 28, 2016 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:08
Feb 25, 2016 vs OTT W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 17:15
Feb 18, 2016 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:49
Feb 15, 2016 vs MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 18:10
Feb 13, 2016 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:20
Feb 10, 2016 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:26
Feb 9, 2016 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:04
Feb 6, 2016 vs CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:41
Feb 4, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:18
Jan 26, 2016 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:46
Jan 23, 2016 @ PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:07
Jan 21, 2016 @ BOS W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 17:37
Jan 19, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:49
Jan 17, 2016 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:30
Jan 15, 2016 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:11
Jan 14, 2016 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:30
Jan 11, 2016 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:05
Jan 9, 2016 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:13
Jan 6, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:29
Jan 4, 2016 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:42
Jan 1, 2016 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:46
Dec 28, 2015 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:59
Dec 26, 2015 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
Dec 20, 2015 @ FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:23
Dec 18, 2015 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:24