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Carter Rowney

#37 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born May 10, 1989 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 208 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2016-17

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mitchell Stephens DET · 6 P in 27 GP Matias Maccelli ARI · 6 P in 23 GP Matt Luff NSH · 6 P in 23 GP Jonas Rondbjerg VGK · 6 P in 30 GP Kevin Labanc SJS · 6 P in 21 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.

051015202016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 5 points517-182018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 19 points1919-202020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 6 points621-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 PIT 27 3 4 7 2 4 24 64 0.26 $613K
2017-18 PIT 44 2 3 5 -13 4 21 74 0.11 $613K
2018-19 ANA 62 7 13 20 0 12 53 178 0.32 $1.133M
2019-20 ANA 71 8 11 19 5 14 63 189 0.27 $1.133M
2020-21 ANA 19 0 6 6 -2 2 10 45 0.32 $1.133M
2021-22 DET 26 4 2 6 -4 0 15 36 0.23 $825K
6 seasons Career 249 24 39 63 -12 36 186 586 0.25

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 PIT 20 0 3 3 3 4 22 80 0.15
2017-18 PIT 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 23 0 3 3 3 4 23 86 0.13

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 4 2 6 -4 0 15 36 0.23 26.7 10:40

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$138KCap dollars per point6 points in 26 games
$1.072MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$430KValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2021-22 $825K

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $825K
2018-19 to 2020-21 $1.133M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $613K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement468th of 723 skaters, 318th of 481 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-2.1 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 84th percentilePower play0.0 63rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+0.2 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

012342016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Goals 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

42.6Corsi for %189 attempts for, 255 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.4Expected goals for %7.6 expected for, 10.3 against
-2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %12 for, 16 against
99.8PDO12.1% shooting + 87.7% saves
26Attempts 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
Sam Gagner · Carter Rowney · Joseph Veleno837:1138.845.21-2
Sam Gagner · Carter Rowney · Givani Smith733:0348.443.93-2
Sam Gagner · Carter Rowney · Mitchell Stephens526:2237.540.40-1
Carter Rowney · Mitchell Stephens · Givani Smith425:1243.228.50-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
+1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes6th
Shot quality 10.3% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing +1.8 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 2.2

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 4, 2022 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:33
Mar 1, 2022 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 14:23
Feb 26, 2022 vs TOR L 7-10 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:40
Feb 23, 2022 vs COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:58
Jan 4, 2022 vs SJS W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:52
Jan 2, 2022 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:58
Dec 31, 2021 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:25
Dec 16, 2021 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:27
Dec 14, 2021 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:12
Dec 10, 2021 @ COL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:52
Dec 9, 2021 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:22
Dec 7, 2021 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:47
Dec 4, 2021 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 11:43
Dec 1, 2021 vs SEA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:57
Nov 30, 2021 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 09:51
Nov 27, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 12:21
Nov 16, 2021 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:37
Nov 15, 2021 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:02
Nov 13, 2021 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:22
Nov 4, 2021 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:20
Nov 2, 2021 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:41
Oct 30, 2021 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:46
Oct 29, 2021 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:55
Oct 24, 2021 @ CHI W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 07:31
Oct 23, 2021 @ MTL L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 4 11:09
Oct 16, 2021 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:39