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Ryan Sproul

#25 · Defence · New York Rangers

Born Jan 13, 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 55th overall in 2011 by DET (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Warsofsky COL · 5 P in 16 GP Brendan Guhle BUF · 5 P in 18 GP Ryan Murphy MIN · 5 P in 21 GP Dennis Seidenberg NYI · 5 P in 28 GP John Gilmour NYR · 5 P in 28 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.

02462013-14: 0 points013-142016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 5 points517-18

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00
2016-17 DET 27 1 6 7 -8 6 46 12 0.26 $625K
2017-18 NYR 16 1 4 5 -6 6 15 6 0.31 $625K
3 seasons Career 44 2 10 12 -14 12 64 20 0.27

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 1 4 5 -6 6 15 6 0.31 6.7 16:22

Contract

$625KCap hit2017-18
$125KCap dollars per point5 points in 16 games
$701KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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.

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 2017-18 $625K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.8Even-strength defence-0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.3

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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512013-142016-172017-18Goals 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

49.6Corsi for %241 attempts for, 245 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Expected goals for %9.9 expected for, 12.2 against
+3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %10 for, 14 against
98.5PDO8.6% shooting + 89.9% saves
45Attempts 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
Ryan Sproul · John Gilmour13122:1048.843.06-6
Ryan Sproul · Brady Skjei12101:4550.846.92-6
Rob O'Gara · Ryan Sproul75:2460.040.10-1
Ryan Sproul · Neal Pionk64:1233.319.00-1

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes54th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt55th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.9

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 7, 2018 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:52
Apr 5, 2018 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:17
Apr 3, 2018 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 14:43
Mar 31, 2018 @ CAR W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:12
Mar 30, 2018 vs TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:56
Mar 28, 2018 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:34
Mar 26, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:59
Mar 24, 2018 vs BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 14:25
Mar 22, 2018 @ PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 20:05
Mar 20, 2018 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:00
Mar 17, 2018 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:12
Mar 14, 2018 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 15:29
Feb 18, 2018 vs PHI L 4-7 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:23
Feb 17, 2018 @ OTT L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:00
Feb 15, 2018 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:51
Feb 13, 2018 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:58