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Lucas Lessio

#53 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jan 23, 1993 in Maple, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 56th overall in 2011 by PHX (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Micheal Ferland CGY · 5 P in 26 GP Brian Gibbons CBJ · 5 P in 25 GP Phil Varone BUF · 5 P in 28 GP Michael Bournival MTL · 5 P in 29 GP William Karlsson CBJ · 5 P in 21 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.

0123452013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 5 points514-152015-16: 2 points215-16

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 PHX 3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 2 0.00
2014-15 ARI 26 2 3 5 -10 8 44 59 0.19 $831K
2015-16 MTL 12 1 1 2 1 2 14 24 0.17
3 seasons Career 41 3 4 7 -11 12 62 85 0.17

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 2 3 5 -10 8 44 59 0.19 4.5 12:45

Contract

$831KCap hit2014-15
$166KCap dollars per point5 points in 26 games
$500KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$719KValueworth 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 649 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
2014-15 to 2014-15 $831K

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 replacement396th of 665 skaters, 271st of 432 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-0.1 49th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 58th percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill0.0 41st percentilePenalties+0.4 50th 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. 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.

-0.500.511.522013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

48.6Corsi for %274 attempts for, 290 against
+0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Expected goals for %12.1 expected for, 10.6 against
+8.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
29.2Goals for %7 for, 17 against
93.9PDO4.3% shooting + 89.5% saves
61Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shane Doan · Antoine Vermette · Lucas Lessio850:1652.251.10-3
B.J. Crombeen · Brendan Shinnimin · Lucas Lessio645:3144.653.41-1
Sam Gagner · Mikkel Boedker · Lucas Lessio427:5332.748.42-2
Shane Doan · Kyle Chipchura · Lucas Lessio423:4853.155.31-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.6Expected goalsfrom 54 unblocked attempts
-2.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.83 expected goals per 60 minutes75th
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt84th
Finishing -2.6 goals above expected25thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.6Goals 2

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 28, 2015 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 13:40
Feb 26, 2015 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:36
Feb 24, 2015 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 15:40
Feb 23, 2015 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 14:28
Feb 21, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:16
Feb 16, 2015 @ COL L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 4 15:08
Feb 14, 2015 vs NYR L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 15:03
Feb 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:44
Feb 10, 2015 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:08
Feb 9, 2015 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:53
Feb 7, 2015 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:43
Feb 5, 2015 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:21
Feb 3, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:06
Feb 1, 2015 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:56
Jan 31, 2015 @ OTT L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:37
Jan 29, 2015 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 08:14
Jan 27, 2015 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 06:18
Jan 20, 2015 @ CHI L 1-6 1 0 1 0 2 4 4 14:01
Jan 17, 2015 @ MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:08
Jan 15, 2015 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:59
Jan 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:41
Jan 10, 2015 vs OTT L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 16:30
Jan 8, 2015 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:49
Nov 23, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:43
Nov 22, 2014 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20
Nov 18, 2014 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:37