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Xavier Ouellet

#61 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jul 29, 1993 in Bayonne, FRA · 6'0", 197 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 48th overall in 2011 by DET (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Harpur OTT · 1 P in 5 GP Andrew Campbell TOR · 1 P in 6 GP Scott Mayfield NYI · 1 P in 6 GP TJ Brennan TOR · 1 P in 7 GP Tommy Cross BOS · 1 P in 3 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.

05102013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 7 points717-182018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 2 points219-202020-21: 0 points020-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 DET 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 0.00
2014-15 DET 21 2 1 3 4 2 27 11 0.14
2015-16 DET 5 0 1 1 -2 2 4 5 0.20
2016-17 DET 66 3 9 12 2 51 89 73 0.18 $715K
2017-18 DET 45 0 7 7 -3 6 57 36 0.16 $1.25M
2018-19 MTL 19 0 3 3 -3 13 32 32 0.16 $700K
2019-20 MTL 12 0 2 2 0 4 8 24 0.17 $700K
2020-21 MTL 6 0 0 0 -1 2 5 17 0.00 $738K
8 seasons Career 178 5 23 28 -3 82 226 205 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 DET 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
2019-20 MTL 10 0 1 1 2 14 9 22 0.10
2 seasons Playoffs 11 0 1 1 1 14 10 22 0.09

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 1 1 -2 2 4 5 0.20 0.0 16:15

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2021-22 $738K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1.25M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $715K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence-0.8Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

-1012342013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21Goals 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

48.8Corsi for %61 attempts for, 64 against
-5.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %2.8 expected for, 3.8 against
-16.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %2 for, 4 against
96.2PDO5.7% shooting + 90.5% saves
9Attempts 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
Alexey Marchenko · Xavier Ouellet560:2649.546.62-3
Kyle Quincey · Xavier Ouellet55:4728.628.70-0
Mike Green · Xavier Ouellet45:1581.868.70-1
Brendan Smith · Xavier Ouellet21:200.00.00-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes75th
Shot quality 4.8% chance per attempt98th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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
Feb 21, 2016 @ NYR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:43
Feb 20, 2016 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:44
Feb 18, 2016 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:13
Feb 15, 2016 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:03
Feb 14, 2016 vs BOS W 6-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:30