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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vladislav Namestnikov TBL · 35 P in 80 GP Teuvo Teravainen CHI · 35 P in 78 GP Alex Tanguay ARI · 35 P in 70 GP Evander Kane BUF · 35 P in 65 GP Tyler Bozak TOR · 35 P in 57 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 16 19 35 3 42 132 98 0.43 12.1 16:22

Contract

$1.9MCap hit2015-16
$54KCap dollars per point35 points in 82 games
-$804KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.7MValueworth 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. 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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacement625th of 675 skaters, 417th of 445 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.9Goals 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-1.8 23rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.0 13th percentilePower play-0.5 14th percentilePenalty kill-0.5 8th percentilePenalties-1.0 8th 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

49.3Corsi for %988 attempts for, 1015 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Expected goals for %40.9 expected for, 44.9 against
-6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.5Goals for %38 for, 42 against
99.1PDO7.5% shooting + 91.7% saves
173Attempts 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
Patrick Sharp · Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin26127:1047.751.65-3
Colton Sceviour · Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin21108:3044.947.12-4
Ales Hemsky · Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin19108:1055.658.84-2
Patrick Sharp · Jamie Benn · Cody Eakin19102:2043.236.22-2

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.4Expected goalsfrom 175 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes44th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected39thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 14.4Goals 13

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 9, 2016 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 15:26
Apr 7, 2016 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:08
Apr 3, 2016 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:27
Apr 2, 2016 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:09
Mar 31, 2016 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:29
Mar 29, 2016 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16:26
Mar 26, 2016 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:17
Mar 24, 2016 @ ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 17:36
Mar 22, 2016 @ CHI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 16:58
Mar 19, 2016 vs NYI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:20
Mar 17, 2016 vs TBL W 4-3 0 3 3 2 0 2 1 13:57
Mar 15, 2016 vs LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 16:07
Mar 12, 2016 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 19:12
Mar 11, 2016 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:59
Mar 8, 2016 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 2 3 17:25
Mar 6, 2016 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 12:59
Mar 4, 2016 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:00
Mar 1, 2016 @ NSH L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 14:45
Feb 29, 2016 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:00
Feb 27, 2016 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:46
Feb 25, 2016 vs WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 15:40
Feb 23, 2016 @ WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:44
Feb 20, 2016 vs BOS L 3-7 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 16:55
Feb 18, 2016 @ ARI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:22
Feb 16, 2016 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:30
Feb 15, 2016 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 20:04
Feb 13, 2016 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 12:08
Feb 11, 2016 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:45
Feb 9, 2016 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:11
Feb 6, 2016 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:39
Feb 4, 2016 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:09
Feb 2, 2016 @ WPG W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:39
Jan 25, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 17:30
Jan 23, 2016 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:30
Jan 21, 2016 vs EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 13:35
Jan 19, 2016 @ LAK L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:52
Jan 16, 2016 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 19:39
Jan 15, 2016 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:12
Jan 9, 2016 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:30
Jan 7, 2016 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:13
Jan 5, 2016 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:15
Jan 3, 2016 @ NYI L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 15:39
Jan 2, 2016 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 17:01
Dec 31, 2015 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:38
Dec 29, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:03
Dec 27, 2015 vs STL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 15:27
Dec 26, 2015 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 17:03
Dec 22, 2015 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:47
Dec 21, 2015 @ MIN W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 13:48
Dec 19, 2015 vs MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:09
Dec 17, 2015 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:11
Dec 15, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 17:05
Dec 12, 2015 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:45
Dec 11, 2015 vs PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 17:37
Dec 8, 2015 vs CAR W 6-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:25
Dec 4, 2015 @ EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:30
Dec 3, 2015 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:32
Dec 1, 2015 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:15
Nov 28, 2015 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 4 3 19:31
Nov 27, 2015 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:17
Nov 24, 2015 vs OTT L 4-7 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 16:20
Nov 21, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:15
Nov 19, 2015 @ WSH W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15:41
Nov 17, 2015 @ BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 17:28
Nov 14, 2015 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:56
Nov 12, 2015 vs WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:52
Nov 10, 2015 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:17
Nov 8, 2015 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:28
Nov 6, 2015 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:42
Nov 3, 2015 @ BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 17:12
Nov 2, 2015 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 13:51
Oct 31, 2015 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:05
Oct 29, 2015 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:26
Oct 27, 2015 vs ANA W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 18:18
Oct 24, 2015 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:28
Oct 22, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:52
Oct 20, 2015 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:24
Oct 17, 2015 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:40
Oct 15, 2015 @ TBL W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 18:01
Oct 13, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:43
Oct 10, 2015 @ COL L 3-6 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 18:12
Oct 8, 2015 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:49