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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jared McCann FLA · 7 P in 29 GP Tyler Motte CHI · 7 P in 33 GP Phillip Di Giuseppe CAR · 7 P in 36 GP Remi Elie DAL · 7 P in 18 GP Ales Hemsky DAL · 7 P in 15 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 3 4 7 2 4 24 64 0.26 12.5 10:58

Contract

$613KCap hit2016-17
$88KCap dollars per point7 points in 27 games
$313KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.0 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.2MValueworth 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 664 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
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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.0Goals above replacement358th of 664 skaters, 252nd of 435 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+0.3 59th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 67th percentilePower play0.0 65th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 84th percentilePenalties-0.3 27th 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

48.8Corsi for %231 attempts for, 242 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Expected goals for %11.4 expected for, 10.8 against
+2.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %10 for, 8 against
101.7PDO7.9% shooting + 93.8% saves
40Attempts 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
Scott Wilson · Josh Archibald · Carter Rowney550:1639.451.84-2
Patric Hornqvist · Scott Wilson · Carter Rowney927:0661.481.50-0
Tom Kuhnhackl · Oskar Sundqvist · Carter Rowney621:0131.49.80-1
Matt Cullen · Phil Kessel · Carter Rowney218:0352.643.92-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes29th
Shot quality 9.6% chance per attempt95th
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected55thOne 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.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 3.0

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
Apr 9, 2017 @ NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:55
Apr 8, 2017 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 18:29
Apr 6, 2017 @ NJD W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 09:53
Apr 4, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 12:55
Apr 2, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 12:44
Mar 31, 2017 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 08:56
Mar 29, 2017 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:58
Mar 26, 2017 vs PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 15:06
Mar 24, 2017 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 16:03
Mar 23, 2017 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:15
Mar 21, 2017 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:16
Mar 19, 2017 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:13
Mar 17, 2017 vs NJD W 6-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 05:10
Mar 15, 2017 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:24
Mar 13, 2017 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:15
Mar 11, 2017 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:30
Mar 10, 2017 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:34
Mar 1, 2017 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 09:26
Feb 21, 2017 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:24
Feb 16, 2017 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:40
Feb 14, 2017 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:44
Feb 11, 2017 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:02
Feb 9, 2017 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:02
Feb 7, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:57
Feb 4, 2017 @ STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 11:09
Feb 3, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:53
Jan 31, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:20