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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jesper Boqvist NJD · 23 P in 56 GP Oskar Sundqvist DET · 23 P in 59 GP Rudolfs Balcers SJS · 23 P in 61 GP Noah Gregor SJS · 23 P in 63 GP Sean Monahan CGY · 23 P in 65 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
57 12 11 23 -13 43 93 153 0.40 12.9 12:42

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2021-22
$109KCap dollars per point23 points in 57 games
-$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.8MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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. 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 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

-2.7Goals above replacement674th of 723 skaters, 456th of 481 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals 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-0.3 50th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 24th percentilePower play-0.5 23rd percentilePenalty kill-0.3 15th percentilePenalties-2.6 1st 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

49.5Corsi for %598 attempts for, 610 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Expected goals for %26.2 expected for, 29.9 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.0Goals for %25 for, 36 against
98.1PDO8.5% shooting + 89.5% saves
135Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Loui Eriksson · Nick Ritchie · Barrett HaytonARI14106:1947.038.17-9
Jason Spezza · Wayne Simmonds · Nick RitchieTOR1678:4652.151.61-3
Nick Ritchie · Mitch Marner · Auston MatthewsTOR860:2666.768.00-3
John Tavares · Nick Ritchie · Mitch MarnerTOR645:3251.144.40-0

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.7Expected goalsfrom 134 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.05 expected goals per 60 minutes81st
Shot quality 9.4% chance per attempt81st
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected49thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Expected 12.7Goals 12

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 18, 2022 vs CAR L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 13:43
Apr 16, 2022 @ CGY L 1-9 1 0 1 -3 0 2 1 14:48
Apr 14, 2022 @ VAN L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 15:00
Apr 12, 2022 vs NJD L 2-6 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 14:22
Apr 9, 2022 @ VGK L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 0 5 4 14:32
Apr 7, 2022 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:05
Apr 4, 2022 @ STL L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:59
Apr 1, 2022 vs ANA L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 14:24
Mar 30, 2022 vs SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 15:16
Mar 28, 2022 @ EDM L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:36
Mar 27, 2022 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 13:19
Mar 25, 2022 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:18
Mar 22, 2022 vs SEA L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 09:21
Mar 20, 2022 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 12:19
Mar 19, 2022 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 13:01
Mar 15, 2022 @ MTL W 6-3 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 11:47
Mar 14, 2022 @ OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 10:56
Mar 12, 2022 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 13:55
Mar 10, 2022 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:43
Mar 8, 2022 @ DET W 9-2 2 1 3 3 8 3 2 13:36
Mar 5, 2022 vs OTT W 8-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 14:42
Mar 3, 2022 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 11:39
Feb 27, 2022 vs WPG L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 12:37
Feb 25, 2022 vs VGK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 11:14
Jan 12, 2022 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 09:21
Jan 11, 2022 @ VGK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 08:35
Jan 8, 2022 @ COL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 10:51
Jan 5, 2022 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:31
Dec 11, 2021 vs CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:23
Dec 9, 2021 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:55
Dec 7, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 11:39
Dec 5, 2021 @ WPG L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 13:04
Dec 4, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 08:39
Dec 1, 2021 vs COL W 8-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 10:15
Nov 28, 2021 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:40
Nov 26, 2021 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 5 12:26
Nov 24, 2021 @ LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 13:29
Nov 21, 2021 @ NYI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 10:48
Nov 20, 2021 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:20
Nov 18, 2021 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:29
Nov 16, 2021 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 12:45
Nov 13, 2021 @ BUF W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:40
Nov 12, 2021 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:00
Nov 10, 2021 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 0 2 7 1 12:32
Nov 8, 2021 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:30
Nov 6, 2021 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:42
Nov 4, 2021 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:25
Nov 2, 2021 vs VGK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:02
Oct 30, 2021 vs DET W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:16
Oct 27, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:34
Oct 25, 2021 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 11:05
Oct 23, 2021 @ PIT L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:30
Oct 22, 2021 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 11:37
Oct 18, 2021 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:01
Oct 16, 2021 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 16:04
Oct 14, 2021 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 14:40
Oct 13, 2021 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:59