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Mark Friedman

#51 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Vancouver Canucks

Born Dec 25, 1995 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 86th overall in 2014 by PHI (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jack Rathbone VAN · 3 P in 8 GP Andrew Peeke CBJ · 3 P in 11 GP Jordan Gross ARI · 3 P in 7 GP Connor Mackey CGY · 3 P in 6 GP Scott Harrington CBJ · 3 P in 12 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.

0123452018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 5 points521-222022-23: 3 points322-232023-24: 1 points123-242024-25: 0 points024-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 PHI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.00 $749K
2019-20 PHI 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 8 0.17 $749K
2020-21 PHI 4 0 0 0 -2 4 3 5 0.00 $725K
2020-21 PIT 5 2 1 3 3 5 6 9 0.60
2021-22 PIT 26 1 4 5 1 23 27 27 0.19 $725K
2022-23 PIT 23 1 2 3 2 15 36 52 0.13 $775K
2023-24 VAN 23 0 1 1 4 21 16 33 0.04 $775K
2024-25 VAN 5 0 0 0 -4 10 4 6 0.00 $775K
7 seasons Career 93 4 9 13 3 80 95 141 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 PIT 6 1 0 1 3 0 7 3 0.17
1 season Playoffs 6 1 0 1 3 0 7 3 0.17

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 2 1 3 1 9 9 14 0.33 22.2 11:03

Contract

$725KCap hitends in 2022
$242KCap dollars per point3 points in 9 games
$1.029MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.7 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 Philadelphia Flyers on Jul 13, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.45M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2021-22, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $725K $700K $0 $700K
2021-22 $725K $750K $0 $750K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jun 19, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Mar 20, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 13, 2020 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.45M $725K
Mar 21, 2017 Philadelphia Flyers Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2.475M $749K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.5

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.

-1012342018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

44.5Corsi for %77 attempts for, 96 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %3.8 expected for, 4.4 against
-2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %6 for, 6 against
101.3PDO13.0% shooting + 88.2% saves
11Attempts 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Ceci · Mark FriedmanPIT545:3741.748.56-4
Robert Hagg · Mark FriedmanPHI317:1335.322.90-0
Travis Sanheim · Mark FriedmanPHI210:5566.775.80-1
Marcus Pettersson · Mark FriedmanPIT36:1066.791.20-0

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 11 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes97th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected82ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 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
May 6, 2021 vs BUF W 8-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:39
May 4, 2021 @ PHI W 7-3 1 0 1 1 5 2 3 13:20
May 3, 2021 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 13:02
Mar 4, 2021 vs PHI L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 04:55
Mar 2, 2021 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 10:25
Feb 21, 2021 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:10
Jan 26, 2021 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:44
Jan 23, 2021 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 15:35
Jan 21, 2021 @ BOS L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:35