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Phil Varone

#44 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Dec 4, 1990 in Vaughan, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 193 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 147th overall in 2009 by SJS (round 5)

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.

Michael Bournival MTL · 5 P in 29 GP Lucas Lessio ARI · 5 P in 26 GP Micheal Ferland CGY · 5 P in 26 GP Brian Gibbons CBJ · 5 P in 25 GP Michael Chaput CBJ · 5 P in 33 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.

02462013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 5 points514-152015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 0 points016-172018-19: 7 points718-19

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 BUF 9 1 1 2 -3 4 15 7 0.22
2014-15 BUF 28 3 2 5 -14 10 28 30 0.18 $587K
2015-16 BUF 5 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 0.40
2015-16 OTT 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.00
2016-17 OTT 7 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 0.00 $700K
2018-19 PHI 47 3 4 7 -2 8 34 23 0.15 $650K
5 seasons Career 97 8 9 17 -20 26 80 67 0.18

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 3 2 5 -14 10 28 30 0.18 10.7 13:27

Contract

$587KCap hit2014-15
$117KCap dollars per point5 points in 28 games
-$729KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $700K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $587K

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

-2.1Goals above replacement613th of 665 skaters, 405th of 432 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.2Goals 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-1.7 25th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 30th percentilePower play-0.3 27th percentilePenalty kill0.0 41st percentilePenalties-0.4 22nd 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-3-2-1012013-142014-152015-162016-172018-19Goals 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

36.5Corsi for %233 attempts for, 406 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.9Expected goals for %8.6 expected for, 16.1 against
-7.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
29.6Goals for %8 for, 19 against
96.9PDO5.8% shooting + 91.1% saves
39Attempts 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
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Phil Varone674:4834.032.80-3
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Phil Varone841:4335.028.21-3
Cody Hodgson · Zac Dalpe · Phil Varone740:5738.237.91-4
Zac Dalpe · Nicolas Deslauriers · Phil Varone520:5948.850.51-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 36 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt77th
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected57thOne 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.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 3.0

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
Apr 11, 2015 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:30
Apr 10, 2015 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:20
Apr 6, 2015 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:57
Apr 4, 2015 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:38
Apr 3, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:55
Apr 1, 2015 vs TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:41
Mar 30, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:25
Mar 28, 2015 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:14
Mar 26, 2015 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:44
Mar 23, 2015 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:12
Mar 21, 2015 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:53
Mar 20, 2015 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:52
Mar 17, 2015 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:41
Mar 16, 2015 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:52
Mar 14, 2015 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:04
Mar 11, 2015 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:41
Mar 7, 2015 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:26
Mar 6, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 14:25
Mar 3, 2015 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:01
Feb 28, 2015 @ FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:15
Feb 26, 2015 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:03
Jan 18, 2015 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:20
Jan 17, 2015 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:19
Jan 15, 2015 vs MIN L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:25
Jan 13, 2015 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:24
Jan 9, 2015 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:14
Jan 8, 2015 @ CAR L 2-5 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 15:19
Jan 6, 2015 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 5 1 13:38