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Frank Vatrano

#77 · Right wing · Anaheim Ducks

Born Mar 14, 1994 in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA (age 32) · 5'11", 203 lb · Shoots left

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.

Patrick Sharp DAL · 18 P in 48 GP Shane Prince NYI · 18 P in 50 GP Brandon Pirri NYR · 18 P in 60 GP Drake Caggiula EDM · 18 P in 60 GP Alan Quine NYI · 18 P in 61 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.

02040602015-16: 11 points1115-162016-17: 18 points1816-172017-18: 10 points1017-182018-19: 39 points3918-192019-20: 34 points3419-202020-21: 26 points2620-212021-22: 32 points3221-222022-23: 41 points4122-232023-24: 60 points6023-242024-25: 45 points4524-252025-26: 9 points925-262026-27: 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 BOS 39 8 3 11 -3 14 99 61 0.28 $793K
2016-17 BOS 44 10 8 18 -3 14 116 51 0.41 $793K
2017-18 BOS 25 2 0 2 -3 22 42 34 0.08 $793K
2017-18 FLA 16 5 3 8 6 12 30 17 0.50
2018-19 FLA 81 24 15 39 -10 38 208 139 0.48 $925K
2019-20 FLA 69 16 18 34 -8 30 162 102 0.49 $2.533M
2020-21 FLA 56 18 8 26 8 26 158 69 0.46 $2.533M
2021-22 FLA 49 10 9 19 -2 16 105 48 0.39 $2.533M
2021-22 NYR 22 8 5 13 6 6 56 20 0.59
2022-23 ANA 81 22 19 41 -29 66 231 86 0.51 $3.65M
2023-24 ANA 82 37 23 60 -20 85 272 156 0.73 $3.65M
2024-25 ANA 81 21 24 45 -9 80 234 169 0.56 $3.65M
2025-26 ANA 50 5 4 9 -15 40 79 84 0.18 $4.571M
2026-27 ANA 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00 $4.571M
12 seasons Career 696 186 139 325 -83 449 1792 1036 0.47

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 BOS 6 1 0 1 -1 4 7 17 0.17
2019-20 FLA 2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 3 0.00
2020-21 FLA 6 1 1 2 3 4 12 10 0.33
2021-22 NYR 20 5 8 13 -1 13 41 40 0.65
4 seasons Playoffs 34 7 9 16 -1 23 63 70 0.47

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 10 8 18 -3 14 116 51 0.41 8.6 13:29

Contract

$793KCap hitends in 2018
$44KCap dollars per point18 points in 44 games
$421KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.9 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$982KValueworth 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

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Mar 15, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $793K $650K $93K $183K $743K
2016-17 $793K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2017-18 $793K $750K $93K $83K $843K

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
Jan 6, 2025 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $18M $4.571M
Jul 13, 2022 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $10.95M $3.65M
Feb 23, 2019 Florida Panthers Extension 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $7.6M $2.533M
Jun 29, 2018 Florida Panthers Extension 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $925K $925K
Mar 15, 2015 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $793K

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

+1.9Goals above replacement366th of 664 skaters, 256th of 435 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals 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-0.2 50th percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 43rd percentilePower play+0.3 77th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 30th percentilePenalties+0.4 57th 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.

-4-202462015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

57.6Corsi for %531 attempts for, 391 against
+3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Expected goals for %20.7 expected for, 16.5 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.2Goals for %17 for, 19 against
96.7PDO5.9% shooting + 90.8% saves
155Attempts 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
David Backes · David Krejci · Frank Vatrano19111:0360.155.24-6
Jimmy Hayes · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano1283:4249.449.04-2
David Krejci · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano535:0557.448.12-1
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Frank Vatrano334:4662.570.51-2

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.4Expected goalsfrom 160 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.95 expected goals per 60 minutes86th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt7th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected62ndOne 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.

0246810Game 20Game 40Goals 10Expected 9.4

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 8, 2017 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:21
Apr 6, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 11:48
Mar 28, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:00
Mar 25, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:25
Mar 23, 2017 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 14:07
Mar 21, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 12:20
Mar 20, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:22
Mar 16, 2017 @ EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 10:01
Mar 15, 2017 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:49
Mar 13, 2017 @ VAN W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 14:20
Mar 11, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:50
Mar 8, 2017 vs DET W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:50
Mar 6, 2017 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:28
Mar 4, 2017 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:07
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:12
Feb 28, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:41
Feb 26, 2017 @ DAL W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:33
Feb 23, 2017 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:48
Feb 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 15:24
Feb 19, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 12:17
Feb 12, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 13:10
Feb 11, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 11:27
Feb 9, 2017 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 12:46
Feb 4, 2017 vs TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:07
Feb 1, 2017 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:20
Jan 31, 2017 @ TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 14:17
Jan 26, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:56
Jan 24, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:12
Jan 22, 2017 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:52
Jan 20, 2017 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:28
Jan 18, 2017 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) 2 0 2 -1 2 6 0 13:40
Jan 16, 2017 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:36
Jan 14, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:49
Jan 12, 2017 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 16:30
Jan 10, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 14:56
Jan 8, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:39
Jan 7, 2017 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 13:19
Jan 5, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:52
Jan 2, 2017 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:52
Dec 31, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:29
Dec 29, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 3 13:39
Dec 27, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:33
Dec 23, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:27
Dec 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:22