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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Colin Miller VGK · 29 P in 65 GP Brett Pesce CAR · 29 P in 73 GP Dmitry Orlov WSH · 29 P in 82 GP Charlie McAvoy BOS · 28 P in 54 GP Nate Schmidt VGK · 30 P in 61 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 1 28 29 20 10 71 27 0.52 1.4 21:26

Contract

$2.825MCap hit2018-19
$97KCap dollars per point29 points in 56 games
$433KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.5 goals above replacement
$5.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.3MValueworth 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 696 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
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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+6.5Goals above replacement148th of 699 skaters, 35th of 244 defencemen
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 ranked defencemen: 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+1.2 83rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 80th percentilePower play-0.3 28th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 83rd percentilePenalties-0.7 46th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

50.7Corsi for %922 attempts for, 896 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %46.9 expected for, 40.7 against
+4.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.2Goals for %58 for, 47 against
101.2PDO11.0% shooting + 90.2% saves
122Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Murray · Markus Nutivaara48461:1550.353.825-23
Ryan Murray · Seth Jones43428:0950.153.224-16
David Savard · Ryan Murray3855:2555.055.76-5
Ryan Murray · Zach Werenski1410:5456.858.21-0

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
4.0Expected goalsfrom 98 unblocked attempts
-4.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes50th
Shot quality 4.1% chance per attempt89th
Finishing -4.0 goals above expected2ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 4.0Goals 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 18, 2019 vs TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 03:24
Feb 16, 2019 @ CHI W 5-2 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 23:59
Feb 14, 2019 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 21:24
Feb 12, 2019 vs WSH W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 23:09
Feb 9, 2019 @ VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:42
Feb 7, 2019 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 24:44
Feb 2, 2019 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:31
Jan 31, 2019 @ WPG L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 22:44
Jan 29, 2019 vs BUF L 4-5 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 19:57
Jan 19, 2019 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:03
Jan 18, 2019 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:29
Jan 15, 2019 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:23
Jan 13, 2019 vs NYR W 7-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 17:55
Jan 10, 2019 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:36
Jan 8, 2019 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:56
Jan 5, 2019 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:54
Jan 4, 2019 @ CAR L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 21:53
Dec 31, 2018 vs OTT W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 22:06
Dec 28, 2018 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:02
Dec 27, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:27
Dec 23, 2018 @ NJD W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 23:35
Dec 22, 2018 @ PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 22:43
Dec 20, 2018 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:00
Dec 17, 2018 vs VGK W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 23:16
Dec 15, 2018 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:34
Dec 13, 2018 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 21:25
Dec 11, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:18
Dec 8, 2018 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:46
Dec 6, 2018 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:29
Dec 4, 2018 vs CGY L 6-9 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 20:12
Dec 1, 2018 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:03
Nov 29, 2018 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:51
Nov 26, 2018 @ DET W 7-5 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 20:17
Nov 24, 2018 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 25:23
Nov 23, 2018 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 23:35
Nov 19, 2018 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:40
Nov 17, 2018 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:05
Nov 15, 2018 vs FLA W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 19:53
Nov 12, 2018 @ DAL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 25:39
Nov 10, 2018 vs NYR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:14
Nov 9, 2018 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:20
Nov 6, 2018 vs DAL W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 21:24
Nov 4, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:29
Nov 3, 2018 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 21:07
Nov 1, 2018 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 23:13
Oct 30, 2018 vs DET L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:53
Oct 27, 2018 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 22:34
Oct 25, 2018 @ STL W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 20:22
Oct 23, 2018 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:03
Oct 20, 2018 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:25
Oct 18, 2018 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 23:37
Oct 13, 2018 @ TBL L 2-8 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 23:05
Oct 11, 2018 @ FLA W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:50
Oct 9, 2018 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 25:28
Oct 5, 2018 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:19
Oct 4, 2018 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:11