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Shane Gersich

#63 · Left wing · Washington Capitals

Born Jul 10, 1996 in Chaska, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 134th overall in 2014 by WSH (round 5)

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.

Alex Nylander BUF · 1 P in 3 GP Kyle Rau MIN · 1 P in 3 GP Vadim Shipachyov VGK · 1 P in 3 GP Henrik Borgstrom FLA · 1 P in 4 GP Landon Ferraro MIN · 1 P in 2 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 WSH 3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0.33 $925K
1 season Career 3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 WSH 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0.33 0.0 9:01

Contract

$925KCap hit2017-18
$925KCap dollars per point1 points in 3 games
$1.217MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 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

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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $925K

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

+0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.6Corsi for %30 attempts for, 26 against
+3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
68.3Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 0.6 against
+16.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
87.7PDO5.9% shooting + 81.8% saves
6Attempts 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
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Shane Gersich217:4161.084.00-1
Alex Chiasson · Chandler Stephenson · Shane Gersich17:3330.813.41-1
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Shane Gersich10:450.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes27th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt28th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected49thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

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 7, 2018 vs NJD W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 08:08
Apr 2, 2018 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:03
Mar 28, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 08:52