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Robbie Russo

#18 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Feb 15, 1993 in Westmont, Illinois, USA · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 95th overall in 2011 by NYI (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Lindholm COL · 0 P in 12 GP Casey Nelson BUF · 0 P in 11 GP Derrick Pouliot PIT · 0 P in 11 GP Nelson Nogier WPG · 0 P in 10 GP Petter Granberg NSH · 0 P in 10 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 DET 19 0 0 0 2 2 18 24 0.00 $680K
1 season Career 19 0 0 0 2 2 18 24 0.00

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 0 0 0 2 2 18 24 0.00 0.0 16:04

Contract

$680KCap hit2016-17

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $680K

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

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.6Even-strength defence-0.5Power play+0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

52.6Corsi for %246 attempts for, 222 against
+5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Expected goals for %8.2 expected for, 9.7 against
-6.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %8 for, 6 against
101.2PDO6.1% shooting + 95.1% saves
38Attempts 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
Robbie Russo · Xavier Ouellet19227:3752.447.67-2
Robbie Russo · Danny DeKeyser921:3660.032.31-3
Niklas Kronwall · Robbie Russo812:3835.727.20-1
Mike Green · Robbie Russo54:5640.089.60-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt6th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected44thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 0

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 9, 2017 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:41
Apr 8, 2017 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 18:19
Apr 4, 2017 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:26
Apr 3, 2017 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:38
Apr 1, 2017 vs TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:08
Mar 30, 2017 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 17:10
Mar 28, 2017 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:40
Mar 27, 2017 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:51
Mar 26, 2017 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:51
Mar 24, 2017 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41
Mar 21, 2017 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:05
Mar 20, 2017 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:04
Mar 18, 2017 vs COL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:04
Mar 16, 2017 @ ARI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:18
Mar 15, 2017 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:34
Mar 12, 2017 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:46
Mar 10, 2017 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:10
Mar 8, 2017 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:09
Mar 7, 2017 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:44