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Nathan Beaulieu

#28 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Dec 5, 1992 in Strathroy, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 17th overall in 2011 by MTL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Manning PHI · 2 P in 6 GP Yannick Weber MTL · 2 P in 6 GP Brett Bellemore CAR · 2 P in 8 GP Jarred Tinordi MTL · 2 P in 8 GP Matt Tennyson SJS · 2 P in 4 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.

010202012-13: 2 points212-132013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 9 points914-152015-16: 19 points1915-162016-17: 28 points2816-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 12 points1218-192019-20: 8 points819-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 4 points422-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 MTL 6 0 2 2 5 0 8 3 0.33
2013-14 MTL 17 0 2 2 6 8 15 7 0.12
2014-15 MTL 64 1 8 9 6 45 62 50 0.14 $925K
2015-16 MTL 64 2 17 19 -6 55 74 59 0.30 $1M
2016-17 MTL 74 4 24 28 8 44 118 65 0.38 $1M
2017-18 BUF 59 1 8 9 -19 36 67 45 0.15 $2.4M
2018-19 BUF 30 3 4 7 1 32 35 33 0.23 $2.4M
2018-19 WPG 18 0 5 5 5 7 25 27 0.28
2019-20 WPG 38 1 7 8 15 29 38 62 0.21 $1M
2020-21 WPG 25 0 1 1 -5 20 26 39 0.04 $1.25M
2021-22 WPG 24 0 4 4 -7 25 24 19 0.17 $1.25M
2022-23 ANA 52 0 4 4 -23 39 33 49 0.08 $850K
11 seasons Career 471 12 86 98 -14 340 525 458 0.21

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 MTL 7 0 2 2 3 2 4 3 0.29
2014-15 MTL 5 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 0.20
2016-17 MTL 5 0 1 1 -3 0 5 8 0.20
2019-20 WPG 4 0 1 1 1 7 4 15 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 21 0 5 5 2 9 16 31 0.24

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 2 2 5 0 8 3 0.33 0.0 15:22

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $850K
2020-21 to 2021-22 $1.25M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1M
2017-18 to 2018-19 $2.4M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $925K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.2Even-strength defence-0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-6-4-20242012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

56.3Corsi for %89 attempts for, 69 against
+1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
71.7Expected goals for %5.9 expected for, 2.3 against
+16.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
72.7Goals for %8 for, 3 against
107.5PDO15.4% shooting + 92.1% saves
13Attempts 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
Francis Bouillon · Nathan Beaulieu643:3045.969.82-1
Davis Drewiske · Nathan Beaulieu424:5468.672.94-1
P.K. Subban · Nathan Beaulieu56:1563.668.91-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu10:480.00.00-0

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 10 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes67th
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt64th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 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
Apr 15, 2013 vs PHI L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:41
Apr 13, 2013 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:08
Apr 11, 2013 @ BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 16:50
Apr 9, 2013 vs WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 14:00
Apr 1, 2013 vs CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15:17
Mar 30, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:17