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Jayson Megna

#20 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Feb 1, 1990 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots right

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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.

Christian Thomas ARI · 2 P in 6 GP Derek Ryan CAR · 2 P in 6 GP Tobias Lindberg TOR · 2 P in 6 GP Blake Pietila NJD · 2 P in 7 GP Dustin Jeffrey ARI · 2 P in 7 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.

024682013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 0 points017-182019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 8 points822-232023-24: 0 points023-24

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 PIT 36 5 4 9 1 6 36 47 0.25 $925K
2014-15 PIT 12 0 1 1 -2 14 13 40 0.08 $874K
2015-16 NYR 6 1 1 2 -1 2 9 6 0.33 $600K
2016-17 VAN 58 4 4 8 -4 6 72 87 0.14 $600K
2017-18 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $675K
2019-20 COL 8 0 0 0 -1 2 4 10 0.00 $700K
2020-21 COL 7 0 2 2 2 0 12 14 0.29 $700K
2021-22 COL 20 0 3 3 -2 4 19 27 0.15 $750K
2022-23 COL 14 0 0 0 -2 2 4 20 0.00 $750K
2022-23 ANA 41 2 6 8 -19 4 32 27 0.20
2023-24 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 seasons Career 204 12 21 33 -28 40 201 278 0.16

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 PIT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0.00

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 1 1 2 -1 2 9 6 0.33 11.1 12:15

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2016
$300KCap dollars per point2 points in 6 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $600K

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 2022-23 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $600K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $600K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $874K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $925K

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

-0.1Goals 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+0.0Even-strength defence-0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-3-2-101232013-142015-162017-182020-212022-23Goals 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

50.8Corsi for %63 attempts for, 61 against
-6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 2.5 against
-4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
94.7PDO6.7% shooting + 88.0% saves
19Attempts 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
Rick Nash · Derek Stepan · Jayson Megna429:0142.954.62-1
Derek Stepan · J.T. Miller · Jayson Megna416:2752.951.00-0
Dominic Moore · Tanner Glass · Jayson Megna16:4053.335.10-1
Dominic Moore · Daniel Paille · Jayson Megna14:1962.535.60-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.01 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected55thOne 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.

00.51Expected 1.2Goals 1

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 4, 2016 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:12
Jan 19, 2016 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:44
Jan 14, 2016 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:46
Jan 11, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 14:45
Jan 9, 2016 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:11
Jan 5, 2016 vs DAL W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 11:51