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Ryan Murray

#28 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Sep 27, 1993 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 2012 by CBJ (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Gross NSH · 3 P in 15 GP Philippe Myers TBL · 3 P in 11 GP Christian Wolanin VAN · 3 P in 16 GP Darren Raddysh TBL · 3 P in 17 GP Dylan Coghlan CAR · 3 P in 17 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.

010202013-14: 21 points2113-142014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 25 points2515-162016-17: 11 points1116-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 29 points2918-192019-20: 9 points919-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 3 points322-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 CBJ 66 4 17 21 4 10 62 26 0.32
2014-15 CBJ 12 1 2 3 1 8 8 5 0.25
2015-16 CBJ 82 4 21 25 -10 40 90 51 0.30 $894K
2016-17 CBJ 60 2 9 11 3 24 52 23 0.18 $2.825M
2017-18 CBJ 44 1 11 12 4 8 34 31 0.27 $2.825M
2018-19 CBJ 56 1 28 29 20 10 71 27 0.52 $2.825M
2019-20 CBJ 27 2 7 9 -9 4 32 12 0.33 $4.6M
2020-21 NJD 48 0 14 14 3 8 29 38 0.29 $4.6M
2021-22 COL 37 0 4 4 -3 2 26 32 0.11 $2M
2022-23 EDM 13 0 3 3 -4 4 8 11 0.23 $750K
10 seasons Career 445 15 116 131 9 118 412 256 0.29

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 CBJ 5 0 1 1 -1 0 9 2 0.20
2017-18 CBJ 6 0 1 1 3 2 3 4 0.17
2019-20 CBJ 9 1 0 1 0 2 6 9 0.11
3 seasons Playoffs 20 1 2 3 2 4 18 15 0.15

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 0 3 3 -4 4 8 11 0.23 0.0 13:07

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2023
$250KCap dollars per point3 points in 13 games
$2.524MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 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. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2022-23 $750K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $4.6M
2019-20 to 2020-21 $4.6M
2016-17 to 2018-19 $2.825M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $894K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.1

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.

-4-2024682013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %136 attempts for, 147 against
-2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %6.0 expected for, 6.6 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.7Goals for %5 for, 9 against
96.1PDO7.0% shooting + 89.0% saves
17Attempts 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 Murray · Evan Bouchard1061:5854.851.10-5
Tyson Barrie · Ryan Murray1144:5842.345.24-2
Ryan Murray · Cody Ceci717:1756.057.41-0
Ryan Murray · Markus Niemelainen713:4747.443.70-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes49th
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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
Nov 21, 2022 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:41
Nov 19, 2022 vs VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 14:25
Nov 16, 2022 vs LAK L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:25
Nov 10, 2022 @ CAR L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:48
Nov 8, 2022 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:35
Nov 7, 2022 @ WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14:55
Oct 26, 2022 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:16
Oct 24, 2022 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:04
Oct 22, 2022 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:45
Oct 20, 2022 vs CAR W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:10
Oct 18, 2022 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:43
Oct 15, 2022 vs CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 3 16:00
Oct 12, 2022 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:50