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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Markus Granlund CGY · 18 P in 48 GP Dmitrij Jaskin STL · 18 P in 54 GP Tomas Jurco DET · 18 P in 63 GP Casey Cizikas NYI · 18 P in 70 GP James Sheppard NYR · 18 P in 71 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 8 10 18 2 2 73 17 0.62 11.0 14:32

Contract

$760KCap hit2014-15
$42KCap dollars per point18 points in 29 games
$5.415MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement
$634KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$126KValueworth 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 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 $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 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

+0.1Goals above replacement492nd of 665 skaters, 331st of 432 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals 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+0.2 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.9 12th percentilePower play+0.4 79th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties+0.2 44th 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.

-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

50.1Corsi for %321 attempts for, 320 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Expected goals for %11.1 expected for, 13.1 against
-7.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %12 for, 12 against
101.3PDO7.1% shooting + 94.2% saves
65Attempts 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
Milan Lucic · Ryan Spooner · David Pastrnak24203:3155.752.411-5
Milan Lucic · Matt Fraser · Ryan Spooner320:5350.045.40-0
Chris Kelly · Reilly Smith · Ryan Spooner17:3772.271.10-0
Daniel Paille · Jordan Caron · Ryan Spooner16:5041.730.70-1

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.9Expected goalsfrom 92 unblocked attempts
+3.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes51st
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing +3.1 goals above expected82ndOne 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.

02468Game 20Goals 8Expected 4.9

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 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:24
Apr 9, 2015 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:44
Apr 8, 2015 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:14
Apr 4, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:41
Apr 2, 2015 @ DET W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 14:29
Mar 31, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 15:19
Mar 29, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:59
Mar 28, 2015 vs NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:59
Mar 26, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 11:39
Mar 22, 2015 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:46
Mar 21, 2015 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:20
Mar 19, 2015 @ OTT L 4-6 2 0 2 -1 0 7 2 14:34
Mar 17, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:16
Mar 15, 2015 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:43
Mar 14, 2015 @ PIT W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:32
Mar 12, 2015 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:59
Mar 10, 2015 @ OTT W 3-1 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 13:03
Mar 8, 2015 vs DET W 5-3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 12:12
Mar 7, 2015 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:29
Mar 5, 2015 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 16:51
Feb 28, 2015 vs ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:07
Feb 27, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:48
Feb 24, 2015 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:25
Feb 22, 2015 @ CHI W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 15:53
Oct 15, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:22
Oct 13, 2014 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:36
Oct 11, 2014 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:10
Oct 9, 2014 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:01
Oct 8, 2014 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:01