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Nick Ritchie

#27 · Left wing · Calgary Flames

Born Dec 5, 1995 in Orangeville, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 236 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2014 by ANA (round 1)

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.

Tomas Plekanec MTL · 28 P in 78 GP Vladislav Namestnikov TBL · 28 P in 74 GP Artturi Lehkonen MTL · 28 P in 73 GP Antoine Vermette ANA · 28 P in 72 GP Zach Hyman TOR · 28 P in 82 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: 28 points2816-172017-18: 27 points2717-182018-19: 31 points3118-192019-20: 21 points2119-202020-21: 26 points2620-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 26 points2622-23

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 ANA 33 2 2 4 -2 37 55 93 0.12 $894K
2016-17 ANA 77 14 14 28 4 62 149 247 0.36 $894K
2017-18 ANA 76 10 17 27 3 72 122 221 0.36 $894K
2018-19 ANA 60 9 22 31 6 82 96 123 0.52 $1.499M
2019-20 ANA 41 8 11 19 3 78 70 79 0.46 $1.499M
2019-20 BOS 7 1 1 2 -2 19 8 23 0.29
2020-21 BOS 56 15 11 26 -7 37 121 102 0.46 $1.499M
2021-22 TOR 33 2 7 9 -6 23 52 79 0.27 $2.5M
2021-22 ARI 24 10 4 14 -7 20 41 74 0.58
2022-23 ARI 58 9 12 21 -15 43 87 171 0.36 $2.5M
2022-23 CGY 16 4 1 5 -6 10 33 47 0.31
8 seasons Career 481 84 102 186 -29 483 834 1259 0.39

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 ANA 15 4 0 4 -1 46 27 52 0.27
2017-18 ANA 4 0 0 0 -2 8 3 9 0.00
2019-20 BOS 6 1 0 1 -3 16 5 23 0.17
2020-21 BOS 11 1 3 4 0 10 17 32 0.36
4 seasons Playoffs 36 6 3 9 -6 80 52 116 0.25

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 14 14 28 4 62 149 247 0.36 9.4 12:59

Contract

$894KCap hit2016-17
$32KCap dollars per point28 points in 77 games
$239KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.7 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.1MValueworth 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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $2.5M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2.5M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1.499M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $1.499M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $894K

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

+3.7Goals above replacement255th of 664 skaters, 179th of 435 forwards
+0.6Wins 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 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+2.4 77th percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 43rd percentilePower play-0.1 41st percentilePenalty kill0.0 35th percentilePenalties-1.1 7th 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.

-4-20242015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals 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

51.6Corsi for %906 attempts for, 850 against
+2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Expected goals for %39.8 expected for, 32.8 against
+3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.6Goals for %33 for, 31 against
99.8PDO6.6% shooting + 93.2% saves
248Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Antoine Vermette · Nick Ritchie · Ondrej Kase33274:3254.359.69-9
Ryan Getzlaf · Corey Perry · Nick Ritchie40193:4754.959.16-4
Antoine Vermette · Corey Perry · Nick Ritchie28128:2047.849.24-2
Ryan Getzlaf · Nick Ritchie · Ondrej Kase1565:0661.460.13-2

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
15.3Expected goalsfrom 207 unblocked attempts
-2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.92 expected goals per 60 minutes82nd
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -2.3 goals above expected27thOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 15.3Goals 13

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2017 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 09:18
Apr 4, 2017 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11:44
Apr 2, 2017 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:27
Apr 1, 2017 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 13:42
Mar 30, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:14
Mar 28, 2017 @ VAN W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 12:27
Mar 26, 2017 vs NYR W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:48
Mar 24, 2017 vs WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:08
Mar 22, 2017 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12:51
Mar 18, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 11:33
Mar 17, 2017 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 11:31
Mar 15, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 09:17
Mar 12, 2017 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:41
Mar 7, 2017 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 12:30
Mar 5, 2017 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 8 15:02
Mar 3, 2017 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 10:25
Feb 25, 2017 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:09
Feb 22, 2017 vs BOS W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 12:56
Feb 20, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:12
Feb 19, 2017 vs LAK W 1-0 0 1 1 1 2 4 3 18:34
Feb 17, 2017 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:33
Feb 14, 2017 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 14:15
Feb 11, 2017 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:48
Feb 9, 2017 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 12:28
Feb 7, 2017 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:38
Feb 4, 2017 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:54
Feb 3, 2017 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:56
Jan 31, 2017 vs COL W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 5 10:53
Jan 25, 2017 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 5 5 15:41
Jan 23, 2017 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:06
Jan 21, 2017 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 14:32
Jan 19, 2017 vs COL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 12:53
Jan 17, 2017 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:46
Jan 15, 2017 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 11:14
Jan 14, 2017 @ ARI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 10:30
Jan 12, 2017 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:32
Jan 10, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 15:33
Jan 8, 2017 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:50
Jan 6, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 15:56
Jan 4, 2017 vs DET W 2-0 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 13:55
Jan 1, 2017 vs PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 4 3 15:16
Dec 30, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:57
Dec 29, 2016 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:51
Dec 27, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 11:56
Dec 22, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:50
Dec 20, 2016 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 9 11:34
Dec 19, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 10:00
Dec 17, 2016 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 5 12:16
Dec 15, 2016 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:15
Dec 13, 2016 @ DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:55
Dec 11, 2016 vs OTT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 12:52
Dec 9, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 13:01
Dec 7, 2016 vs CAR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 2 2 11:13
Dec 4, 2016 @ CGY L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:14
Dec 3, 2016 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:04
Dec 1, 2016 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:37
Nov 29, 2016 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 11:02
Nov 26, 2016 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:26
Nov 25, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 12:53
Nov 22, 2016 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 13:10
Nov 20, 2016 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:17
Nov 17, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:00
Nov 15, 2016 vs EDM W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 14:40
Nov 12, 2016 @ NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:57
Nov 10, 2016 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:19
Nov 9, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 15:28
Nov 6, 2016 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 13:36
Nov 1, 2016 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:06
Oct 28, 2016 vs CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:05
Oct 26, 2016 vs NSH W 6-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 12:48
Oct 25, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 16:54
Oct 23, 2016 vs VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 16:02
Oct 20, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 12:22
Oct 18, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 14:30
Oct 16, 2016 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 17:02
Oct 15, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 21:14
Oct 13, 2016 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 5 16:48