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Ryan Spooner

#15 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jan 30, 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 45th overall in 2010 by BOS (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mario Kempe ARI · 9 P in 52 GP William Carrier VGK · 9 P in 54 GP Victor Rask MIN · 9 P in 49 GP Jesse Puljujarvi EDM · 9 P in 46 GP Christoffer Ehn DET · 9 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.

0102030402012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 18 points1814-152015-16: 49 points4915-162016-17: 39 points3916-172017-18: 41 points4117-182018-19: 9 points918-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.00
2013-14 BOS 23 0 11 11 0 6 42 10 0.48
2014-15 BOS 29 8 10 18 2 2 73 17 0.62 $760K
2015-16 BOS 80 13 36 49 -9 35 162 53 0.61 $950K
2016-17 BOS 78 11 28 39 -8 14 145 24 0.50 $950K
2017-18 BOS 39 9 16 25 10 2 70 38 0.64 $2.825M
2017-18 NYR 20 4 12 16 -4 2 37 28 0.80
2018-19 NYR 16 1 1 2 -5 0 24 10 0.13 $4M
2018-19 EDM 25 2 1 3 -6 2 25 18 0.12
2018-19 VAN 11 0 4 4 -1 0 18 11 0.36
7 seasons Career 325 48 119 167 -21 63 600 210 0.51

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 BOS 4 0 2 2 -2 0 2 6 0.50
1 season Playoffs 4 0 2 2 -2 0 2 6 0.50

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 3 6 9 -12 2 67 39 0.17 4.5 11:26

Contract

$4MCap hit2018-19
$444KCap dollars per point9 points in 52 games
-$967KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5MValueworth 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 696 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 $4M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $2.825M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $950K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $760K

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

-2.3Goals above replacement653rd of 699 skaters, 435th of 455 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-2.1 19th percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 24th percentilePower play-0.8 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 53rd percentilePenalties+0.2 47th 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. 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.

-4-20242012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

46.1Corsi for %457 attempts for, 534 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Expected goals for %17.8 expected for, 23.0 against
-2.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.7Goals for %11 for, 19 against
98.3PDO4.8% shooting + 93.4% saves
85Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kreider · Ryan Spooner · Kevin HayesNYR643:2451.254.62-1
Alex Chiasson · Ryan Spooner · Ryan Nugent-HopkinsEDM535:0237.026.70-2
Ryan Spooner · Brock Boeser · Elias PetterssonVAN826:3853.854.10-2
Ryan Spooner · Josh Leivo · Adam GaudetteVAN426:3143.438.60-0

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. 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
6.8Expected goalsfrom 85 unblocked attempts
-3.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt52nd
Finishing -3.8 goals above expected17thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.8Goals 3

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 6, 2019 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:49
Apr 4, 2019 @ NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:43
Apr 2, 2019 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:33
Mar 30, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:19
Mar 28, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 13:59
Mar 3, 2019 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:09
Feb 28, 2019 @ ARI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:50
Feb 27, 2019 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:39
Feb 25, 2019 vs ANA W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 12:40
Feb 23, 2019 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:44
Feb 21, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:15
Jan 22, 2019 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:56
Jan 14, 2019 vs BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:32
Jan 12, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:23
Jan 10, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:30
Jan 8, 2019 @ SJS L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:25
Jan 5, 2019 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:55
Jan 2, 2019 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:37
Dec 31, 2018 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:05
Dec 27, 2018 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:35
Dec 22, 2018 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:20
Dec 16, 2018 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:25
Dec 14, 2018 vs PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:18
Dec 13, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 06:36
Dec 11, 2018 @ COL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:37
Dec 9, 2018 vs CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:06
Dec 7, 2018 vs MIN W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:21
Dec 5, 2018 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:37
Dec 1, 2018 vs VGK W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 08:59
Nov 29, 2018 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:43
Nov 27, 2018 vs DAL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:25
Nov 25, 2018 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:41
Nov 23, 2018 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:32
Nov 20, 2018 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:11
Nov 18, 2018 vs VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:16
Nov 17, 2018 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 10:35
Nov 12, 2018 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:13
Nov 10, 2018 @ CBJ W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:11
Nov 9, 2018 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:00
Nov 6, 2018 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:13
Nov 1, 2018 @ ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:42
Oct 30, 2018 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:18
Oct 28, 2018 @ LAK L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:27
Oct 25, 2018 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:33
Oct 23, 2018 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:07
Oct 17, 2018 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:45
Oct 16, 2018 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:56
Oct 13, 2018 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:36
Oct 11, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:23
Oct 7, 2018 @ CAR L 5-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:39
Oct 6, 2018 @ BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 14:49
Oct 4, 2018 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:59