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Adam Clendening

#6 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Oct 26, 1992 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA · 6'0", 194 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 36th overall in 2011 by CHI (round 2)

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.

Klas Dahlbeck ARI · 4 P in 23 GP Grant Clitsome WPG · 4 P in 24 GP Steven Kampfer FLA · 4 P in 25 GP Brandon Gormley ARI · 4 P in 27 GP Mike Weaver MTL · 4 P in 31 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.

05102014-15: 4 points414-152015-16: 7 points715-162016-17: 11 points1116-172017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 0 points018-19

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 CHI 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0.50
2014-15 VAN 17 0 2 2 1 8 15 8 0.12
2015-16 PIT 9 0 1 1 3 10 11 4 0.11 $761K
2015-16 EDM 20 1 5 6 3 10 32 15 0.30
2016-17 NYR 32 2 9 11 3 17 38 22 0.34 $600K
2017-18 ARI 5 0 2 2 -1 2 4 2 0.40 $650K
2018-19 CBJ 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0.00 $700K
5 seasons Career 91 4 20 24 11 49 105 53 0.26

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 CBJ 7 0 1 1 1 2 9 6 0.14
1 season Playoffs 7 0 1 1 1 2 9 6 0.14

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
21 1 3 4 2 10 17 9 0.19 5.9 16:38

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $600K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $761K

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

-1.7Goals above replacement591st of 665 skaters, 201st of 233 defencemen
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.9Goals 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-0.8 51st percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 27th percentilePower play+0.0 80th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 33rd percentilePenalties-0.6 48th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2-101232014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

49.9Corsi for %269 attempts for, 270 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.6Expected goals for %10.2 expected for, 13.8 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %15 for, 12 against
101.7PDO9.7% shooting + 92.0% saves
37Attempts 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Stanton · Adam ClendeningVAN16176:2050.643.98-3
Michal Rozsival · Adam ClendeningCHI434:3350.032.43-2
Dan Hamhuis · Adam ClendeningVAN1729:1452.250.91-1
Luca Sbisa · Adam ClendeningVAN1027:1746.246.43-4

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 30 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt13th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected58thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Mar 7, 2015 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:26
Mar 5, 2015 @ ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:56
Mar 3, 2015 vs SJS L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:17
Mar 1, 2015 vs STL W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:46
Feb 26, 2015 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:23
Feb 24, 2015 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:05
Feb 22, 2015 @ NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:48
Feb 20, 2015 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:56
Feb 19, 2015 @ NYR W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:24
Feb 16, 2015 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:55
Feb 14, 2015 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:29
Feb 13, 2015 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:34
Feb 11, 2015 @ CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:03
Feb 7, 2015 vs PIT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:28
Feb 5, 2015 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:33
Feb 3, 2015 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:36
Feb 1, 2015 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:03
Nov 26, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:20
Nov 23, 2014 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:10
Nov 22, 2014 @ EDM W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:30
Nov 20, 2014 @ CGY W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 10:41