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Raphael Diaz

#33 · Defence · New York Rangers

Born Jan 9, 1986 in Baar, CHE · 5'11", 197 lb · Shoots right

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.

Matt Bartkowski BOS · 4 P in 47 GP David Schlemko CGY · 4 P in 44 GP Jordan Leopold MIN · 4 P in 43 GP Mirco Mueller SJS · 4 P in 39 GP Nate Schmidt WSH · 4 P in 39 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.

0510152011-12: 16 points1611-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 15 points1513-142014-15: 4 points414-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 MTL 59 3 13 16 -7 30 61 40 0.27
2012-13 MTL 23 1 13 14 4 6 34 11 0.61 $1.225M
2013-14 MTL 46 0 11 11 -4 12 41 20 0.24 $1.225M
2013-14 VAN 6 1 1 2 -3 0 9 10 0.33
2013-14 NYR 11 1 1 2 5 4 18 6 0.18
2014-15 CGY 56 2 2 4 -3 10 52 24 0.07 $700K
4 seasons Career 201 8 41 49 -8 62 215 111 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 MTL 5 0 0 0 -4 0 10 11 0.00
2013-14 NYR 4 0 0 0 -1 0 8 2 0.00
2014-15 CGY 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00
2015-16 NYR 1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 1.00
4 seasons Playoffs 13 0 1 1 -5 0 21 14 0.08

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 2 2 4 -3 10 52 24 0.07 3.8 12:01

Contract

$700KCap hit2014-15
$175KCap dollars per point4 points in 56 games
$208KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.4 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.9MValueworth 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
2014-15 to 2014-15 $700K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.225M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $1.225M

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.4Goals above replacement290th of 665 skaters, 86th of 233 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-1.4 37th percentileEven-strength defence+3.1 92nd percentilePower play-0.5 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties-0.1 70th 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. 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.

-202462011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

46.2Corsi for %493 attempts for, 574 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Expected goals for %19.5 expected for, 20.0 against
+4.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.8Goals for %20 for, 21 against
100.2PDO8.1% shooting + 92.1% saves
99Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Deryk Engelland · Raphael Diaz34290:1945.750.86-13
David Schlemko · Raphael Diaz15140:1152.360.27-3
Ladislav Smid · Raphael Diaz960:4342.434.21-3
Dennis Wideman · Raphael Diaz1934:4930.135.42-1

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
2.5Expected goalsfrom 86 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt40th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected41stOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Expected 2.5Goals 2

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 2, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:30
Mar 30, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 08:21
Mar 29, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:25
Mar 27, 2015 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14:31
Mar 25, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:20
Mar 23, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:49
Mar 21, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:37
Mar 19, 2015 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:07
Mar 17, 2015 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:00
Mar 14, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 13:54
Mar 13, 2015 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:02
Mar 11, 2015 vs ANA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:12
Mar 8, 2015 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:42
Mar 6, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:54
Mar 5, 2015 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:13
Mar 3, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:59
Feb 27, 2015 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:41
Feb 25, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:59
Feb 24, 2015 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:27
Feb 20, 2015 vs ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:53
Feb 18, 2015 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:17
Feb 16, 2015 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:03
Feb 14, 2015 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:33
Feb 12, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:38
Feb 9, 2015 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:26
Feb 6, 2015 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 17:14
Feb 4, 2015 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:29
Feb 2, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:38
Jan 31, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:32
Jan 29, 2015 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:30
Jan 27, 2015 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:57
Jan 21, 2015 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:26
Jan 15, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:08
Jan 10, 2015 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:15
Jan 7, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:24
Jan 2, 2015 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:28
Dec 31, 2014 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 08:26
Dec 29, 2014 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:54
Dec 27, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 11:43
Dec 22, 2014 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:06
Dec 20, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:54
Dec 19, 2014 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:55
Dec 16, 2014 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:43
Dec 14, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:32
Dec 11, 2014 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:50
Dec 6, 2014 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:43
Nov 29, 2014 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:10
Nov 26, 2014 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:17
Nov 20, 2014 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:28
Nov 18, 2014 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:06
Nov 6, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:18
Nov 2, 2014 @ MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:54
Oct 19, 2014 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 08:50
Oct 17, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:25
Oct 15, 2014 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:52
Oct 9, 2014 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:37