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Ashton Sautner

#29 · Defence · Vancouver Canucks

Born May 27, 1994 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, CAN · 6'1", 192 lb · Shoots left

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.

Jason Garrison EDM · 1 P in 17 GP Jeremy Lauzon BOS · 1 P in 16 GP Connor Clifton BOS · 1 P in 19 GP Haydn Fleury CAR · 1 P in 20 GP Jake Dotchin ANA · 1 P in 20 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.

00.511.522017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 VAN 5 0 2 2 4 2 3 9 0.40 $675K
2018-19 VAN 17 0 1 1 -2 2 21 25 0.06 $675K
2019-20 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $675K
3 seasons Career 23 0 3 3 2 4 25 34 0.13

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 0 1 1 -2 2 21 25 0.06 0.0 14:33

Contract

$675KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$675KCap dollars per point1 points in 17 games
$1.337MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 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 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $675K
2019-20 $675K

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
2018-19 to 2019-20 $675K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $675K

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

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence+1.1Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+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.

-0.500.512017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

48.0Corsi for %200 attempts for, 217 against
-2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %6.6 expected for, 7.8 against
-1.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %6 for, 8 against
98.7PDO5.5% shooting + 93.2% saves
37Attempts 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
Luke Schenn · Ashton Sautner13147:5749.847.54-6
Ashton Sautner · Troy Stecher1127:2128.621.70-0
Erik Gudbranson · Ashton Sautner226:4455.243.40-2
Alex Biega · Ashton Sautner1021:1941.940.61-0

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
0.7Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected40thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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
Mar 26, 2019 vs ANA L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:40
Mar 24, 2019 vs CBJ L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:20
Mar 23, 2019 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:49
Mar 20, 2019 vs OTT W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:09
Mar 18, 2019 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:27
Mar 17, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:51
Mar 15, 2019 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:47
Mar 13, 2019 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:31
Mar 9, 2019 vs VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:11
Mar 7, 2019 @ EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10:27
Mar 6, 2019 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:55
Mar 3, 2019 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:25
Feb 28, 2019 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:30
Feb 27, 2019 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:07
Feb 25, 2019 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 14:10
Feb 23, 2019 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 16:51
Feb 21, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:05