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Taylor Leier

#20 · Left wing · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Feb 15, 1994 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 5'11", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 117th overall in 2012 by PHI (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jason Dickinson DAL · 2 P in 10 GP Markus Hannikainen CBJ · 2 P in 10 GP Matthew Peca TBL · 2 P in 10 GP Justin Dowling DAL · 2 P in 9 GP Peter Cehlarik BOS · 2 P in 11 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.

0123452015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 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
2015-16 PHI 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00
2016-17 PHI 10 1 1 2 -1 4 7 7 0.20 $780K
2017-18 PHI 39 1 4 5 -7 6 48 10 0.13 $807K
3 seasons Career 55 2 5 7 -8 10 58 19 0.13

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 1 1 2 -1 4 7 7 0.20 14.3 9:04

Contract

$780KCap hit2016-17
$390KCap dollars per point2 points in 10 games
$7.015MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 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 $780K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty 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.

00.20.40.60.812015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

45.5Corsi for %61 attempts for, 73 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 2.4 against
+1.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
99.4PDO6.9% shooting + 92.5% saves
14Attempts 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
Dale Weise · Nick Cousins · Taylor Leier747:1343.145.81-2
Wayne Simmonds · Brayden Schenn · Taylor Leier310:3120.017.40-0
Claude Giroux · Jakub Voracek · Taylor Leier110:1253.336.10-0
Boyd Gordon · Nick Cousins · Taylor Leier14:4366.781.20-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt29th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Dec 30, 2016 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:21
Dec 28, 2016 @ STL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:29
Dec 22, 2016 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:01
Dec 21, 2016 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:33
Dec 19, 2016 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:20
Dec 17, 2016 @ DAL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 09:04
Dec 14, 2016 @ COL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 09:41
Dec 11, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:54
Dec 8, 2016 vs EDM W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:50
Dec 6, 2016 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:23