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Ben Chiarot

#8 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born May 9, 1991 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN (age 35) · 6'3", 224 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 120th overall in 2009 by ATL (round 4)

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

Darnell Nurse EDM · 10 P in 69 GP Ben Lovejoy PIT · 10 P in 66 GP Rob Scuderi LAK · 10 P in 63 GP Braydon Coburn TBL · 10 P in 80 GP Matt Hunwick TOR · 10 P in 60 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.

010202013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 8 points814-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 14 points1417-182018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 21 points2119-202020-21: 7 points720-212021-22: 26 points2621-222022-23: 19 points1922-232023-24: 20 points2023-242024-25: 13 points1324-252025-26: 15 points1525-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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 WPG 1 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 0.00 $618K
2014-15 WPG 40 2 6 8 5 22 37 70 0.20 $600K
2015-16 WPG 70 1 9 10 -9 43 74 130 0.14 $850K
2016-17 WPG 59 2 10 12 2 33 49 78 0.20 $850K
2017-18 WPG 57 2 12 14 15 32 57 105 0.25 $1.4M
2018-19 WPG 78 5 15 20 6 62 111 171 0.26 $1.4M
2019-20 MTL 69 9 12 21 5 61 130 152 0.30 $3.5M
2020-21 MTL 41 1 6 7 -16 50 81 77 0.17 $3.5M
2021-22 MTL 54 7 11 18 -18 42 96 110 0.33 $3.5M
2021-22 FLA 20 2 6 8 4 6 47 47 0.40
2022-23 DET 76 5 14 19 -31 51 110 147 0.25 $4.75M
2023-24 DET 77 5 15 20 -4 56 107 163 0.26 $4.75M
2024-25 DET 81 4 9 13 -14 69 109 127 0.16 $4.75M
2025-26 DET 82 5 10 15 -9 75 103 170 0.18 $4.75M
2026-27 DET 5 0 0 0 0 6 5 7 0.00 $3.85M
14 seasons Career 810 50 135 185 -67 608 1116 1557 0.23

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 WPG 2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 7 0.00
2017-18 WPG 16 0 3 3 3 15 18 51 0.19
2018-19 WPG 6 0 0 0 2 0 8 16 0.00
2019-20 MTL 10 0 2 2 2 12 15 38 0.20
2020-21 MTL 22 1 1 2 -6 16 33 88 0.09
2021-22 FLA 10 0 1 1 -1 8 17 36 0.10
6 seasons Playoffs 66 1 7 8 -2 53 93 236 0.12

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 1 9 10 -9 43 74 130 0.14 1.4 14:27

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2017
$85KCap dollars per point10 points in 70 games
$1.357MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$958KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$108KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Jun 18, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.7M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $850K $850K $0 $850K
2016-17 $850K $850K $0 $850K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jan 28, 2026 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $11.55M $3.85M
Jul 13, 2022 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $19M $4.75M
Jul 4, 2019 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $10.5M $3.5M
Jun 24, 2017 Winnipeg Jets Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $2.8M $1.4M
Jun 18, 2015 Winnipeg Jets Extension 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.7M $850K
Jul 26, 2014 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2014-15 to 2014-15 1 $600K $600K
Mar 15, 2011 Atlanta Thrashers Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $1.855M $618K

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

+0.6Goals above replacement460th of 675 skaters, 147th of 230 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 ranked defencemen: 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-2.8 11th percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 72nd percentilePower play-0.1 55th percentilePenalty kill-0.7 11th percentilePenalties-0.4 63rd 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 defencemen. 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.

-15-10-5052013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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 %844 attempts for, 868 against
-2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Expected goals for %32.0 expected for, 34.8 against
-4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.2Goals for %32 for, 42 against
98.2PDO7.5% shooting + 90.8% saves
161Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dustin Byfuglien · Ben Chiarot49309:4150.549.817-19
Tyler Myers · Ben Chiarot35217:4350.848.26-8
Mark Stuart · Ben Chiarot38204:4542.240.82-6
Paul Postma · Ben Chiarot17147:3756.055.46-7

The pairs 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 pairs 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
2.8Expected goalsfrom 114 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt18th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected14thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 2.8Goals 1

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 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:20
Apr 7, 2016 @ SJS W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:21
Apr 5, 2016 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:49
Apr 3, 2016 vs MIN W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:18
Apr 1, 2016 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:18
Mar 30, 2016 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:37
Mar 28, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 20:07
Mar 26, 2016 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:22
Mar 24, 2016 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:40
Mar 22, 2016 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:16
Mar 20, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 11:36
Mar 18, 2016 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12:44
Mar 16, 2016 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:56
Mar 14, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:32
Mar 12, 2016 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:31
Mar 10, 2016 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:18
Mar 8, 2016 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 08:55
Mar 6, 2016 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:33
Mar 5, 2016 vs MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 15:22
Mar 3, 2016 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:11
Mar 1, 2016 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:03
Feb 27, 2016 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 4 14:26
Feb 25, 2016 @ DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 18:09
Feb 23, 2016 vs DAL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 10:02
Feb 20, 2016 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:13
Feb 18, 2016 @ TBL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 10:37
Feb 16, 2016 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:46
Feb 13, 2016 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:40
Feb 11, 2016 vs BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:31
Feb 9, 2016 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 14:43
Feb 6, 2016 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 18:09
Feb 5, 2016 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:20
Feb 2, 2016 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:30
Jan 26, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16:31
Jan 23, 2016 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:53
Jan 21, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:41
Jan 18, 2016 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:07
Jan 15, 2016 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:09
Jan 14, 2016 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 09:36
Jan 12, 2016 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:51
Jan 10, 2016 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 12:46
Jan 7, 2016 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 11:21
Jan 5, 2016 @ NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:17
Jan 3, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:21
Jan 2, 2016 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:35
Dec 31, 2015 @ ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 10:01
Dec 29, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:57
Dec 27, 2015 vs PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:56
Dec 22, 2015 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:00
Dec 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:51
Dec 18, 2015 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:46
Dec 15, 2015 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:15
Dec 11, 2015 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 08:09
Dec 10, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:45
Dec 6, 2015 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:11
Dec 5, 2015 vs WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:34
Dec 2, 2015 vs TOR W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:10
Nov 14, 2015 @ NSH L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 12 0 1 10:05
Nov 12, 2015 @ DAL L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:50
Nov 5, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:47
Nov 4, 2015 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:08
Nov 1, 2015 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:21
Oct 31, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:01
Oct 29, 2015 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:37
Oct 27, 2015 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:20
Oct 25, 2015 vs MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:49
Oct 23, 2015 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:58
Oct 12, 2015 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 13:37
Oct 9, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:16
Oct 8, 2015 @ BOS W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 20:36