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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Sutter VAN · 34 P in 81 GP Boone Jenner CBJ · 34 P in 82 GP Patrik Berglund STL · 34 P in 82 GP Sean Couturier PHI · 34 P in 66 GP Tyler Toffoli LAK · 34 P in 63 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 16 18 34 -8 6 155 24 0.43 10.3 17:19

Contract

$2.225MCap hit2016-17
$65KCap dollars per point34 points in 80 games
$1.391MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$631KValueworth 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement392nd of 664 skaters, 274th of 435 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-0.8 41st percentileEven-strength defence-3.3 4th percentilePower play+0.1 70th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 25th percentilePenalties+2.0 91st 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

45.2Corsi for %900 attempts for, 1093 against
+0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.1Expected goals for %37.1 expected for, 51.1 against
+0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.6Goals for %29 for, 39 against
99.4PDO5.9% shooting + 93.4% saves
203Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Radim Vrbata · Martin Hanzal · Tobias Rieder34211:0453.548.39-10
Tobias Rieder · Jordan Martinook · Brendan Perlini13118:1134.327.74-4
Shane Doan · Tobias Rieder · Jordan Martinook13113:1947.741.14-3
Shane Doan · Brad Richardson · Tobias Rieder875:3745.333.31-2

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.5Expected goalsfrom 222 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes52nd
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt47th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 16.5Goals 15

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 2017 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:01
Apr 6, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:33
Apr 4, 2017 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:43
Apr 2, 2017 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:08
Mar 31, 2017 vs WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:03
Mar 29, 2017 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:09
Mar 27, 2017 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:03
Mar 25, 2017 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:35
Mar 23, 2017 @ FLA L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 14:12
Mar 21, 2017 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:37
Mar 20, 2017 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:24
Mar 18, 2017 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:38
Mar 16, 2017 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:29
Mar 14, 2017 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:52
Mar 13, 2017 vs COL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:03
Mar 11, 2017 vs NJD W 5-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 20:20
Mar 9, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:17
Mar 5, 2017 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:27
Mar 3, 2017 @ CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 15:54
Mar 2, 2017 @ BUF L 3-6 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 17:13
Feb 28, 2017 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:32
Feb 26, 2017 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:30
Feb 24, 2017 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:52
Feb 23, 2017 @ CHI L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:15
Feb 20, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:33
Feb 18, 2017 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:21
Feb 16, 2017 @ LAK W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:07
Feb 14, 2017 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:24
Feb 13, 2017 @ CGY W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:00
Feb 11, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:24
Feb 9, 2017 vs MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:48
Feb 4, 2017 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:09
Feb 2, 2017 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:03
Jan 31, 2017 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:00
Jan 26, 2017 vs VAN W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:10
Jan 23, 2017 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:37
Jan 21, 2017 vs TBL W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 17:54
Jan 19, 2017 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:04
Jan 18, 2017 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:14
Jan 16, 2017 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:47
Jan 14, 2017 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:40
Jan 13, 2017 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:45
Jan 7, 2017 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:28
Jan 6, 2017 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:59
Jan 4, 2017 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:27
Dec 31, 2016 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:44
Dec 29, 2016 vs NYR L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 19:56
Dec 27, 2016 vs DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 20:14
Dec 23, 2016 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 19:27
Dec 21, 2016 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:02
Dec 19, 2016 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:57
Dec 17, 2016 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:59
Dec 15, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:04
Dec 13, 2016 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:50
Dec 12, 2016 @ PIT L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 17:05
Dec 10, 2016 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:21
Dec 8, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:24
Dec 6, 2016 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:37
Dec 5, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 14:08
Dec 3, 2016 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:20
Dec 1, 2016 vs LAK L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 17:25
Nov 29, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:58
Nov 27, 2016 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:28
Nov 25, 2016 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:28
Nov 23, 2016 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:03
Nov 19, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 21:50
Nov 16, 2016 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:35
Nov 12, 2016 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:48
Nov 10, 2016 vs WPG L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:26
Nov 8, 2016 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:16
Nov 4, 2016 @ ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:26
Nov 1, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:43
Oct 29, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:13
Oct 27, 2016 @ PHI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:25
Oct 25, 2016 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:58
Oct 23, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:03
Oct 21, 2016 @ NYI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:12
Oct 20, 2016 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:52
Oct 18, 2016 @ OTT L 4-7 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 14:21
Oct 15, 2016 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:41