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Joseph Blandisi

#36 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jul 18, 1994 in Markham, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 162nd overall in 2012 by COL (round 6)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Phillip Di Giuseppe CAR · 17 P in 41 GP Sven Andrighetto MTL · 17 P in 44 GP Patrick Eaves DAL · 17 P in 54 GP Jay Beagle WSH · 17 P in 57 GP Shane Prince NYI · 17 P in 62 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.

0510152015-16: 17 points1715-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 5 points519-20

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 NJD 41 5 12 17 -14 34 43 39 0.41 $648K
2016-17 NJD 27 3 6 9 -10 26 24 37 0.33 $648K
2017-18 ANA 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0.00 $680K
2018-19 ANA 3 0 0 0 -1 6 1 4 0.00 $680K
2018-19 PIT 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0.00
2019-20 PIT 21 2 3 5 -3 10 12 26 0.24 $700K
5 seasons Career 101 10 21 31 -26 78 91 114 0.31

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 5 12 17 -14 34 43 39 0.41 11.6 15:36

Contract

$648KCap hit2015-16
$38KCap dollars per point17 points in 41 games
$437KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$851KValueworth 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 668 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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $680K
2015-16 to 2017-18 $648K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement401st of 675 skaters, 274th of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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 55th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 36th percentilePower play+0.2 75th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 30th percentilePenalties-0.1 35th 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. 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.

-1-0.500.511.52015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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 %380 attempts for, 456 against
-0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Expected goals for %18.1 expected for, 20.3 against
+1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.8Goals for %14 for, 24 against
96.9PDO7.0% shooting + 89.9% saves
65Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Lee Stempniak · Adam Henrique · Joseph Blandisi20129:0043.451.55-7
Mike Sislo · Joseph Blandisi · Sergey Kalinin1064:5940.043.02-5
Adam Henrique · Devante Smith-Pelly · Joseph Blandisi1058:0839.437.22-1
Travis Zajac · Kyle Palmieri · Joseph Blandisi2154:4050.042.23-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.8Expected goalsfrom 65 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 10.5% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected34thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.8Goals 5

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 7, 2016 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 6 0 2 11:16
Apr 2, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 14:11
Mar 31, 2016 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:59
Mar 29, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:56
Mar 27, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:32
Mar 25, 2016 vs WSH L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:20
Mar 24, 2016 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:16
Mar 20, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:14
Mar 19, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:38
Mar 17, 2016 vs MIN W 7-4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 14:13
Mar 14, 2016 @ ANA L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:32
Mar 12, 2016 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:57
Mar 10, 2016 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:43
Mar 6, 2016 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:33
Mar 4, 2016 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:13
Mar 3, 2016 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:53
Mar 1, 2016 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:11
Feb 26, 2016 vs TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:34
Feb 25, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 2 1 1 18:11
Feb 23, 2016 vs NYR W 5-2 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 16:38
Feb 20, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:40
Feb 19, 2016 vs NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:31
Feb 16, 2016 vs PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:27
Feb 14, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:39
Feb 13, 2016 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 15:18
Feb 9, 2016 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:51
Feb 8, 2016 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:45
Feb 6, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:21
Feb 4, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 18:53
Feb 2, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 12:56
Jan 26, 2016 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:32
Jan 23, 2016 @ WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:21
Jan 21, 2016 vs OTT W 6-3 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 13:07
Jan 19, 2016 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:15
Jan 16, 2016 @ ARI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 13:44
Jan 14, 2016 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:15
Jan 12, 2016 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 15:26
Jan 10, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:50
Dec 15, 2015 @ BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:40
Dec 13, 2015 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:34
Dec 11, 2015 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:37