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Nate Prosser

#39 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born May 7, 1986 in Elk River, Minnesota, USA · 6'2", 201 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steven Santini NJD · 7 P in 38 GP Jamie Oleksiak DAL · 7 P in 41 GP Korbinian Holzer ANA · 7 P in 32 GP Anthony Bitetto NSH · 7 P in 29 GP Kevin Gravel LAK · 7 P in 49 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.

05102009-10: 1 points109-102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 12 points1211-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 8 points813-142014-15: 7 points714-152015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 0 points018-192020-21: 2 points220-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 MIN 3 0 1 1 2 8 4 2 0.33
2010-11 MIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $650K
2011-12 MIN 51 1 11 12 -17 57 32 34 0.24 $715K
2012-13 MIN 17 0 0 0 4 4 5 17 0.00 $825K
2013-14 MIN 53 2 6 8 2 58 30 22 0.15 $825K
2014-15 MIN 63 2 5 7 -1 32 38 34 0.11 $700K
2015-16 MIN 54 0 3 3 1 39 20 34 0.06 $625K
2016-17 MIN 39 2 5 7 0 12 20 30 0.18 $625K
2017-18 STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 $650K
2017-18 MIN 56 3 6 9 8 19 27 56 0.16
2018-19 MIN 15 0 0 0 1 2 10 17 0.00 $650K
2020-21 PHI 6 1 1 2 -7 0 5 3 0.33 $700K
11 seasons Career 360 11 38 49 -7 231 192 253 0.14

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 MIN 10 0 0 0 2 12 7 5 0.00
2014-15 MIN 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0.00
2015-16 MIN 6 0 1 1 -6 0 2 3 0.17
2016-17 MIN 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 0.33
2017-18 MIN 5 0 1 1 -1 14 2 4 0.20
5 seasons Playoffs 25 0 3 3 -6 30 15 14 0.12

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 2 5 7 0 12 20 30 0.18 10.0 12:44

Contract

$625KCap hit2016-17
$89KCap dollars per point7 points in 39 games
$2.092MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$765KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$140KValueworth 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 664 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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2014-15 to 2017-18 $700K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $825K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $825K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $715K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $650K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement474th of 664 skaters, 150th of 229 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 229 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-1.5 31st percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 68th percentilePower play+0.0 79th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 80th percentilePenalties-0.8 42nd 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. 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.

-3-2-101232010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

45.9Corsi for %397 attempts for, 468 against
-3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Expected goals for %15.9 expected for, 15.6 against
-5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %18 for, 18 against
100.6PDO8.4% shooting + 92.2% saves
51Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Marco Scandella · Nate Prosser26181:1748.849.53-8
Nate Prosser · Jonas Brodin1570:1047.946.45-2
Nate Prosser · Gustav Olofsson663:4038.848.61-3
Nate Prosser · Mike Reilly445:2047.859.83-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
+1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.09 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 2.0% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing +1.2 goals above expected79thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 0.8

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 8, 2017 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:55
Apr 6, 2017 @ COL W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 16:20
Mar 28, 2017 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 07:39
Mar 26, 2017 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 13:11
Mar 18, 2017 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:29
Mar 16, 2017 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 12:25
Mar 14, 2017 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:02
Mar 12, 2017 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:49
Mar 10, 2017 @ FLA W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:09
Mar 9, 2017 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:00
Mar 7, 2017 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:57
Feb 27, 2017 vs LAK W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:15
Feb 16, 2017 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:54
Feb 14, 2017 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:19
Feb 12, 2017 vs DET W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:11
Feb 10, 2017 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:43
Feb 8, 2017 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:22
Jan 31, 2017 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:16
Jan 26, 2017 vs STL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:09
Jan 24, 2017 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:08
Jan 22, 2017 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:11
Jan 19, 2017 vs ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:35
Jan 5, 2017 @ SJS W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:42
Dec 23, 2016 @ NYR W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:52
Dec 20, 2016 vs COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:41
Dec 11, 2016 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:26
Dec 9, 2016 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:33
Dec 7, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:28
Dec 4, 2016 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:09
Dec 2, 2016 @ CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:05
Nov 26, 2016 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:23
Nov 19, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:41
Nov 5, 2016 @ COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:31
Nov 1, 2016 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:56
Oct 29, 2016 vs DAL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:03
Oct 27, 2016 @ BUF W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 16:22
Oct 25, 2016 @ BOS W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:41
Oct 23, 2016 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:52
Oct 22, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:05