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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joel Hanley DAL · 0 P in 16 GP Joe Hicketts DET · 0 P in 11 GP Eric Gryba NJD · 0 P in 10 GP Justin Falk OTT · 0 P in 10 GP Marc Methot DAL · 0 P in 9 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 0 0 0 1 2 10 17 0.00 0.0 10:13

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2019, then UFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $650K

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
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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence+0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.2

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. 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

51.3Corsi for %118 attempts for, 112 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.3Expected goals for %4.4 expected for, 3.7 against
-2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
101.0PDO4.9% shooting + 96.1% saves
21Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nate Prosser · Nick Seeler13111:1048.052.11-2
Matt Bartkowski · Nate Prosser215:5752.054.42-0
Nate Prosser · Jonas Brodin68:3476.582.50-0
Ryan Suter · Nate Prosser43:14100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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
Jan 17, 2019 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:02
Jan 15, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:57
Jan 14, 2019 @ PHI L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:19
Jan 12, 2019 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:04
Jan 10, 2019 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:07
Jan 8, 2019 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:17
Jan 7, 2019 @ MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:57
Dec 31, 2018 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:16
Dec 29, 2018 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11:49
Dec 27, 2018 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:29
Dec 22, 2018 vs DAL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:21
Dec 20, 2018 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 09:08
Dec 18, 2018 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:47
Nov 27, 2018 vs ARI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:44
Oct 16, 2018 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:03