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Tobias Rieder

#13 · Left wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 10, 1993 in Landshut, DEU · 5'11", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 114th overall in 2011 by EDM (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joakim Nordstrom CGY · 7 P in 44 GP Brett Howden NYR · 7 P in 42 GP Cody Eakin BUF · 7 P in 46 GP Matthew Highmore VAN · 7 P in 42 GP Kyle Clifford STL · 7 P in 50 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.

01020302014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 37 points3715-162016-17: 34 points3416-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 7 points720-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 ARI 72 13 8 21 -19 14 189 123 0.29 $853K
2015-16 ARI 82 14 23 37 -21 10 189 54 0.45 $853K
2016-17 ARI 80 16 18 34 -8 6 155 24 0.43 $2.225M
2017-18 ARI 58 8 11 19 -11 6 80 76 0.33 $2.225M
2017-18 LAK 20 4 2 6 -1 0 34 20 0.30
2018-19 EDM 67 0 11 11 -8 8 92 69 0.16 $2M
2019-20 CGY 55 4 6 10 -12 6 77 30 0.18 $700K
2020-21 BUF 44 5 2 7 -9 2 63 21 0.16 $700K
7 seasons Career 478 64 81 145 -89 52 879 417 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 -1 0 7 7 0.00
2019-20 CGY 10 3 2 5 -2 0 12 20 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 14 3 2 5 -3 0 19 27 0.36

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 5 2 7 -9 2 63 21 0.16 7.9 12:15

Contract

$700KCap hit2020-21
$100KCap dollars per point7 points in 44 games
$2.299MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$309KValueworth 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 633 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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $2M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.225M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $853K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement457th of 643 skaters, 308th of 430 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 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-2.6 6th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 66th percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 72nd percentilePenalties+0.9 80th 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.

02468102014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21Goals 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

41.5Corsi for %336 attempts for, 474 against
-7.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.5Expected goals for %13.0 expected for, 20.8 against
-9.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %10 for, 20 against
97.7PDO5.2% shooting + 92.5% saves
81Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder23138:3440.733.03-8
Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder · Steven Fogarty650:1335.635.30-0
Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder · Dylan Cozens842:2048.039.33-2
Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder · Drake Caggiula537:3052.956.11-3

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.4Expected goalsfrom 77 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes27th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.4Goals 5

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
May 1, 2021 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:46
Apr 29, 2021 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:36
Apr 27, 2021 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 09:41
Apr 25, 2021 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:53
Apr 23, 2021 vs BOS W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:31
Apr 22, 2021 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 10:50
Apr 20, 2021 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14
Apr 18, 2021 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:34
Apr 17, 2021 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:55
Apr 15, 2021 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:22
Apr 11, 2021 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:16
Apr 9, 2021 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:16
Apr 8, 2021 vs NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:14
Apr 6, 2021 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:47
Apr 3, 2021 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:35
Apr 1, 2021 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:39
Mar 31, 2021 vs PHI W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:34
Mar 29, 2021 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:22
Mar 18, 2021 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:16
Mar 16, 2021 @ NJD L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 12:01
Mar 15, 2021 vs WSH L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:49
Mar 13, 2021 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:43
Mar 9, 2021 @ PHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:24
Mar 7, 2021 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:44
Mar 6, 2021 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:36
Mar 4, 2021 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:56
Mar 2, 2021 @ NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:49
Feb 28, 2021 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:54
Feb 27, 2021 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:14
Feb 22, 2021 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 03:42
Feb 20, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:45
Feb 18, 2021 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:36
Feb 16, 2021 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:35
Feb 15, 2021 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:42
Jan 31, 2021 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:02
Jan 30, 2021 vs NJD W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:47
Jan 28, 2021 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:16
Jan 26, 2021 vs NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:47
Jan 24, 2021 @ WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:08
Jan 22, 2021 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:30
Jan 19, 2021 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:30
Jan 18, 2021 @ PHI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:49
Jan 15, 2021 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:42
Jan 14, 2021 vs WSH L 4-6 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:36