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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Oskar Sundqvist STL · 5 P in 42 GP Taylor Leier PHI · 5 P in 39 GP Max McCormick OTT · 5 P in 30 GP David Booth DET · 5 P in 28 GP Zack Mitchell MIN · 5 P in 23 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 2 3 5 -13 4 21 74 0.11 9.5 9:21

Contract

$613KCap hit2017-18
$123KCap dollars per point5 points in 44 games
$3.475MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$725KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$112KValueworth 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 691 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement506th of 691 skaters, 343rd of 451 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-2.5 17th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 66th percentilePower play0.0 59th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 90th percentilePenalties+0.2 47th 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.

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

47.3Corsi for %257 attempts for, 286 against
-5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %10.3 expected for, 11.0 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
23.1Goals for %6 for, 20 against
90.6PDO4.4% shooting + 86.2% 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
Ryan Reaves · Tom Kuhnhackl · Carter Rowney1773:4443.940.52-4
Carl Hagelin · Bryan Rust · Carter Rowney1138:3267.172.61-2
Ryan Reaves · Carter Rowney · Dominik Simon1022:1137.219.40-4
Riley Sheahan · Tom Kuhnhackl · Carter Rowney615:4942.354.71-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.0Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt23rd
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Expected 2.0Goals 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 15, 2018 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:11
Mar 14, 2018 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 08:52
Mar 11, 2018 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:45
Mar 10, 2018 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:06
Mar 1, 2018 @ BOS L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 08:06
Feb 27, 2018 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:01
Feb 24, 2018 @ FLA L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:23
Feb 23, 2018 @ CAR W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:13
Feb 18, 2018 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:29
Feb 17, 2018 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:48
Feb 15, 2018 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:37
Feb 13, 2018 vs OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:36
Feb 11, 2018 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:52
Feb 9, 2018 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:38
Feb 6, 2018 vs VGK W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:01
Feb 3, 2018 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:54
Feb 2, 2018 vs WSH W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:05
Jan 2, 2018 @ PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:00
Dec 31, 2017 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:13
Dec 29, 2017 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 09:05
Dec 27, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:13
Dec 23, 2017 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:41
Dec 21, 2017 vs CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:42
Dec 18, 2017 @ COL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:11
Dec 16, 2017 @ ARI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 07:44
Dec 14, 2017 @ VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:35
Dec 11, 2017 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:58
Dec 9, 2017 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:24
Dec 7, 2017 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:40
Dec 5, 2017 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:39
Dec 2, 2017 vs BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:19
Dec 1, 2017 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:29
Nov 27, 2017 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 15:56
Nov 25, 2017 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:04
Nov 24, 2017 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 15:50
Oct 21, 2017 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:05
Oct 20, 2017 @ FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:04
Oct 17, 2017 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:10
Oct 14, 2017 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:06
Oct 12, 2017 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 06:25
Oct 11, 2017 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:04
Oct 7, 2017 vs NSH W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:00
Oct 5, 2017 @ CHI L 1-10 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:57
Oct 4, 2017 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 08:04