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Mark Pysyk

#13 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 11, 1992 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, CAN · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 23rd overall in 2010 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Stuart Percy TOR · 3 P in 9 GP Brad Hunt EDM · 3 P in 11 GP Brandon Manning PHI · 3 P in 11 GP Matt Donovan NYI · 3 P in 12 GP Ryan Murray CBJ · 3 P in 12 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.

0510152012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 7 points713-142014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 11 points1115-162016-17: 17 points1716-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 12 points1221-22

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 BUF 19 1 4 5 -7 0 21 6 0.26
2013-14 BUF 44 1 6 7 -11 16 51 37 0.16 $900K
2014-15 BUF 7 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 0.43
2015-16 BUF 55 1 10 11 -1 32 44 37 0.20 $1.125M
2016-17 FLA 82 4 13 17 0 10 86 72 0.21 $1.125M
2017-18 FLA 82 3 13 16 -8 20 106 102 0.20 $2.733M
2018-19 FLA 70 1 10 11 -1 26 64 133 0.16 $2.733M
2019-20 FLA 58 9 9 18 4 20 64 47 0.31 $2.733M
2020-21 DAL 36 3 1 4 6 20 51 36 0.11 $750K
2021-22 BUF 68 3 9 12 -4 16 64 41 0.18 $900K
10 seasons Career 521 28 76 104 -18 162 555 512 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 FLA 4 0 0 0 -1 0 8 11 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -1 0 8 11 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 0.43 50.0 18:11

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $900K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $750K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $2.733M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $2.733M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $1.125M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $900K

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

+1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.2Power play+0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.1

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.

-4-2024682012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

34.8Corsi for %64 attempts for, 120 against
+5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.4Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 4.4 against
+6.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %6 for, 3 against
109.3PDO14.3% shooting + 95.0% saves
7Attempts 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
Mark Pysyk · Nikita Zadorov443:0642.157.33-1
Andrej Meszaros · Mark Pysyk342:1927.627.82-0
Josh Gorges · Mark Pysyk419:4335.331.60-1
Mike Weber · Mark Pysyk33:1740.043.90-1

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
0.4Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +1.6 goals above expected84thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 0.4

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
Feb 26, 2015 vs VAN W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:19
Feb 24, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 18:18
Feb 22, 2015 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:51
Dec 31, 2014 vs TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:34
Dec 29, 2014 @ OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 14:40
Dec 23, 2014 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:35
Dec 21, 2014 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:58