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Byron Froese

#51 · Centre · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Mar 12, 1991 in Winkler, Manitoba, CAN · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 119th overall in 2009 by CHI (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonathan Gruden PIT · 1 P in 13 GP Waltteri Merela TBL · 1 P in 19 GP Patrick Brown BOS · 1 P in 11 GP Jack Studnicka SJS · 1 P in 22 GP Milos Kelemen ARI · 1 P in 10 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.

05102015-16: 5 points515-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 11 points1117-182020-21: 1 points120-212022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 1 points123-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 TOR 56 2 3 5 -11 16 64 51 0.09 $575K
2016-17 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.00 $575K
2016-17 TBL 4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 3 0.00
2017-18 MTL 48 3 8 11 0 26 49 54 0.23 $650K
2020-21 CGY 6 1 0 1 1 2 2 8 0.17 $725K
2022-23 VGK 9 1 1 2 0 4 15 11 0.22 $763K
2023-24 VGK 16 0 1 1 -2 4 17 22 0.06 $763K
6 seasons Career 141 7 13 20 -15 57 153 149 0.14

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 1 1 -2 4 17 22 0.06 0.0 10:40

Contract

$763KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$763KCap dollars per point1 points in 16 games
$6.397MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $763K

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 2023-24 $763K
2020-21 to 2021-22 $725K
2015-16 to 2017-18 $575K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence+1.2Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1012342015-162016-172017-182020-212022-232023-24Goals 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

42.5Corsi for %128 attempts for, 173 against
-4.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 5.1 against
-2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %4 for, 6 against
97.3PDO5.8% shooting + 91.5% saves
29Attempts 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
Byron Froese · Keegan Kolesar · Jonas Rondbjerg750:4152.647.40-0
Byron Froese · Sheldon Rempal · Mason Morelli432:4140.346.31-3
Byron Froese · Keegan Kolesar · Mason Morelli422:0843.550.72-2
Byron Froese · Keegan Kolesar · Paul Cotter915:5624.29.30-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 25 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected38thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.3Goals 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. 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
Mar 7, 2024 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:39
Mar 4, 2024 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 09:48
Mar 2, 2024 @ BUF L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:17
Feb 29, 2024 @ BOS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:41
Feb 27, 2024 @ TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:52
Feb 24, 2024 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:02
Feb 22, 2024 vs TOR L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:27
Feb 19, 2024 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:51
Feb 17, 2024 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:27
Jan 27, 2024 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:48
Jan 26, 2024 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:44
Jan 23, 2024 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:14
Jan 22, 2024 @ NJD L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:13
Jan 20, 2024 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:39
Jan 18, 2024 vs NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 13:38
Jan 13, 2024 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:22