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Cody Eakin

#20 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born May 24, 1991 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'0", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 85th overall in 2009 by WSH (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cam Atkinson CBJ · 40 P in 78 GP Reilly Smith BOS · 40 P in 81 GP Chris Kunitz PIT · 40 P in 74 GP Matt Moulson BUF · 41 P in 77 GP Anders Lee NYI · 41 P in 76 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.

0102030402011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 24 points2412-132013-14: 35 points3513-142014-15: 40 points4014-152015-16: 35 points3515-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 27 points2717-182018-19: 41 points4118-192019-20: 15 points1519-202020-21: 7 points720-212021-22: 12 points1221-22

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 WSH 30 4 4 8 2 4 31 15 0.27
2012-13 DAL 48 7 17 24 1 31 67 71 0.50 $572K
2013-14 DAL 81 16 19 35 -9 36 161 91 0.43 $572K
2014-15 DAL 78 19 21 40 -1 26 142 62 0.51 $1.9M
2015-16 DAL 82 16 19 35 3 42 132 98 0.43 $1.9M
2016-17 DAL 60 3 9 12 -7 49 82 65 0.20 $3.85M
2017-18 VGK 80 11 16 27 -6 22 107 63 0.34 $3.85M
2018-19 VGK 78 22 19 41 19 16 120 88 0.53 $3.85M
2019-20 VGK 41 4 6 10 -9 16 53 41 0.24 $3.85M
2019-20 WPG 8 1 4 5 6 0 8 8 0.63
2020-21 BUF 46 3 4 7 -9 14 39 33 0.15 $2.25M
2021-22 BUF 69 4 8 12 -15 22 74 33 0.17 $2.25M
11 seasons Career 701 110 146 256 -25 278 1016 668 0.37

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 2 3 5 2 0 13 9 0.83
2015-16 DAL 13 1 7 8 -4 8 16 18 0.62
2017-18 VGK 20 3 1 4 3 4 19 62 0.20
2018-19 VGK 7 2 0 2 1 17 13 18 0.29
2019-20 WPG 4 0 0 0 -4 4 1 6 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 50 8 11 19 -2 33 62 113 0.38

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 19 21 40 -1 26 142 62 0.51 13.4 17:12

Contract

$1.9MCap hit2014-15
$48KCap dollars per point40 points in 78 games
$480KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.0 goals above replacement
$2.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2.25M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $2.25M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $3.85M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $3.85M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.9M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $572K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+4.0Goals above replacement260th of 665 skaters, 187th of 432 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-1.0 35th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 82nd percentilePower play-0.7 12th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 16th percentilePenalties+0.6 59th 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.

-6-4-202462011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

50.1Corsi for %1007 attempts for, 1001 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Expected goals for %41.4 expected for, 40.6 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.0Goals for %47 for, 49 against
99.8PDO9.4% shooting + 90.4% saves
214Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin · Ryan Garbutt56479:4350.552.519-30
Jamie Benn · Cody Eakin · Tyler Seguin25189:3358.555.013-8
Jason Spezza · Ales Hemsky · Cody Eakin623:3766.151.11-1
Ales Hemsky · Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin1422:3850.061.51-0

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.

19Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.0Expected goalsfrom 205 unblocked attempts
+3.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes54th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt67th
Finishing +3.0 goals above expected81stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 19Expected 16.0

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. 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
Apr 11, 2015 vs NSH W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 19:04
Apr 8, 2015 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:04
Apr 6, 2015 @ SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:49
Apr 4, 2015 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:03
Apr 3, 2015 vs STL L 5-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:13
Mar 30, 2015 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:39
Mar 28, 2015 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 21:54
Mar 27, 2015 @ EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 16:00
Mar 25, 2015 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:42
Mar 23, 2015 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:45
Mar 21, 2015 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:08
Mar 19, 2015 vs PIT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 17:47
Mar 15, 2015 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:21
Mar 13, 2015 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:24
Mar 12, 2015 @ CAR W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 17:48
Mar 7, 2015 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:28
Mar 5, 2015 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 20:11
Mar 3, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 18:21
Mar 1, 2015 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:31
Feb 27, 2015 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 17:15
Feb 24, 2015 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:37
Feb 22, 2015 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:16
Feb 21, 2015 vs DET L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 17:36
Feb 19, 2015 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:57
Feb 17, 2015 @ STL W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 18:06
Feb 14, 2015 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:14
Feb 13, 2015 vs FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:27
Feb 10, 2015 @ BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 17:57
Feb 8, 2015 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:23
Feb 7, 2015 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:37
Feb 5, 2015 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:16
Feb 3, 2015 vs COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 18:56
Jan 31, 2015 @ WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:42
Jan 29, 2015 @ OTT W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 17:04
Jan 27, 2015 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:39
Jan 20, 2015 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:18
Jan 18, 2015 @ CHI W 6-3 2 1 3 2 0 4 1 17:45
Jan 17, 2015 vs WSH W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 20:43
Jan 15, 2015 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:43
Jan 13, 2015 vs OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:52
Jan 10, 2015 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:02
Jan 8, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:38
Jan 6, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:29
Jan 4, 2015 @ CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:44
Jan 3, 2015 vs MIN W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:22
Dec 31, 2014 vs ARI W 6-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 16:18
Dec 29, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:42
Dec 27, 2014 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:22
Dec 23, 2014 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:08
Dec 21, 2014 @ EDM W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 14:57
Dec 19, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 18:34
Dec 17, 2014 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:50
Dec 13, 2014 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 17:39
Dec 9, 2014 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:58
Dec 6, 2014 vs MTL W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 18:09
Dec 4, 2014 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 18:20
Dec 2, 2014 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 15:53
Nov 29, 2014 @ COL L 2-5 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 19:05
Nov 28, 2014 vs MIN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 19:26
Nov 25, 2014 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:23
Nov 22, 2014 vs LAK W 5-4 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 18:09
Nov 20, 2014 vs ARI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 21:05
Nov 18, 2014 vs CAR L 4-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:22
Nov 16, 2014 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:48
Nov 15, 2014 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:25
Nov 13, 2014 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:39
Nov 4, 2014 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15:24
Nov 1, 2014 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:23
Oct 31, 2014 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:22
Oct 28, 2014 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:11
Oct 25, 2014 @ NYI L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:53
Oct 24, 2014 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 12:55
Oct 21, 2014 vs VAN W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:28
Oct 18, 2014 vs PHI L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:41
Oct 16, 2014 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:41
Oct 14, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 15:39
Oct 11, 2014 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:55
Oct 9, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:31