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Ryan Pulock

#6 · Defence · New York Islanders

Born Oct 6, 1994 in Dauphin, Manitoba, CAN (age 32) · 6'2", 221 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 15th overall in 2013 by NYI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Connor Carrick TOR · 4 P in 19 GP Adam Pardy EDM · 4 P in 23 GP Casey Nelson BUF · 4 P in 7 GP Justin Falk CBJ · 4 P in 24 GP Christian Folin MIN · 4 P in 26 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.

01020302015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 32 points3217-182018-19: 37 points3718-192019-20: 35 points3519-202020-21: 17 points1720-212021-22: 21 points2121-222022-23: 26 points2622-232023-24: 19 points1923-242024-25: 23 points2324-252025-26: 27 points2725-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 NYI 15 2 2 4 1 5 15 13 0.27 $863K
2016-17 NYI 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 $863K
2017-18 NYI 68 10 22 32 -4 14 184 113 0.47 $863K
2018-19 NYI 82 9 28 37 21 22 180 143 0.45 $2M
2019-20 NYI 68 10 25 35 8 14 163 110 0.51 $2M
2020-21 NYI 56 2 15 17 15 8 121 97 0.30 $5M
2021-22 NYI 56 5 16 21 0 2 122 86 0.38 $5M
2022-23 NYI 82 5 21 26 10 14 126 140 0.32 $6.15M
2023-24 NYI 58 5 14 19 3 12 90 99 0.33 $6.15M
2024-25 NYI 74 5 18 23 2 16 97 100 0.31 $6.15M
2025-26 NYI 76 3 24 27 9 16 93 49 0.36 $6.15M
2026-27 NYI 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 $6.15M
12 seasons Career 640 56 185 241 66 123 1192 954 0.38

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 NYI 6 1 2 3 -4 0 5 12 0.50
2018-19 NYI 8 0 1 1 -2 4 9 14 0.13
2019-20 NYI 22 2 8 10 -1 6 45 54 0.45
2020-21 NYI 19 4 2 6 -3 4 29 70 0.32
2022-23 NYI 6 1 3 4 0 6 12 26 0.67
2023-24 NYI 5 0 3 3 1 0 2 14 0.60
6 seasons Playoffs 66 8 19 27 -9 20 102 190 0.41

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 2 2 4 1 5 15 13 0.27 13.3 15:44

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$216KCap dollars per point4 points in 15 games
$556KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 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

Signed by the New York Islanders on Oct 1, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.275M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $863K $833K $93K $500K $925K
2016-17 $863K $833K $0 $500K $833K
2017-18 $863K $833K $0 $500K $833K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 14, 2021 New York Islanders New contract 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $49.2M $6.15M
Nov 4, 2020 New York Islanders New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $10M $5M
Jul 17, 2018 New York Islanders New contract 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $4M $2M
Oct 1, 2013 New York Islanders Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $4.275M $863K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.2

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.

-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

50.4Corsi for %181 attempts for, 178 against
+6.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Expected goals for %7.2 expected for, 7.1 against
+4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.5Goals for %13 for, 10 against
104.7PDO14.9% shooting + 89.8% saves
32Attempts 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
Thomas Hickey · Ryan Pulock1277:1644.542.68-6
Brian Strait · Ryan Pulock544:3254.554.91-2
Nick Leddy · Ryan Pulock931:3158.669.82-0
Calvin de Haan · Ryan Pulock529:2550.044.82-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes44th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt14th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected80thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 0.7

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 10, 2016 vs PHI L 2-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 16:32
Apr 9, 2016 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:19
Apr 7, 2016 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 17:10
Apr 5, 2016 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:09
Apr 4, 2016 vs TBL W 5-2 1 0 1 2 5 4 1 18:25
Mar 25, 2016 @ TBL L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:00
Mar 23, 2016 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:49
Mar 17, 2016 @ NSH L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:39
Mar 14, 2016 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:10
Mar 12, 2016 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:04
Mar 9, 2016 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:23
Mar 8, 2016 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:44
Mar 3, 2016 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:11
Mar 1, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:35
Feb 28, 2016 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:46