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A.J. Greer

#18 · Left wing · Anaheim Ducks

Born Dec 14, 1996 in Joliette, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 6'3", 224 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 39th overall in 2015 by COL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2024-25

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Christoph Bertschy MIN · 1 P in 5 GP Nick Sorensen ANA · 1 P in 5 GP Alex Nylander BUF · 1 P in 4 GP Anton Rodin VAN · 1 P in 4 GP Ben Street DET · 1 P in 6 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.

01020302016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 2 points218-192020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 12 points1222-232023-24: 12 points1223-242024-25: 17 points1724-252025-26: 32 points3225-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 COL 5 0 1 1 -2 4 8 4 0.20 $742K
2017-18 COL 17 0 3 3 2 29 13 30 0.18 $742K
2018-19 COL 15 1 1 2 -2 14 9 20 0.13 $742K
2020-21 NJD 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0.00 $700K
2021-22 NJD 9 1 1 2 0 2 14 20 0.22 $750K
2022-23 BOS 61 5 7 12 9 114 66 101 0.20 $763K
2023-24 CGY 59 6 6 12 -7 35 57 100 0.20 $763K
2024-25 FLA 81 6 11 17 4 130 86 222 0.21 $850K
2025-26 FLA 78 17 15 32 14 113 104 203 0.41 $850K
2026-27 ANA 4 0 1 1 -5 4 9 8 0.25 $4.25M
10 seasons Career 330 36 46 82 13 452 366 708 0.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 FLA 16 2 1 3 -2 22 12 53 0.19
1 season Playoffs 16 2 1 3 -2 22 12 53 0.19

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 1 1 -2 4 8 4 0.20 0.0 13:39

Contract

$742KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$742KCap dollars per point1 points in 5 games
$847KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 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 Colorado Avalanche on Jul 1, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.475M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $742K $650K $75K $100K $725K
2017-18 $742K $675K $75K $75K $750K
2018-19 $742K $675K $75K $75K $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
Jul 1, 2026 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2026-27 to 2029-30 4 $17M $4.25M
Jul 1, 2024 Florida Panthers New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.7M $850K
Jul 13, 2022 Boston Bruins New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Aug 4, 2021 New Jersey Devils New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Oct 21, 2020 New York Islanders New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Aug 1, 2019 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $735K $735K
Jul 1, 2016 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.475M $742K

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

Rating

+0.9Goals 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+0.1Even-strength defence+0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-202462016-172018-192021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

51.7Corsi for %60 attempts for, 56 against
+6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.7Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 1.9 against
+25.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
93.4PDO3.0% shooting + 90.3% saves
8Attempts 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
Carl Soderberg · Matt Duchene · A.J. Greer220:0631.632.70-2
Nathan MacKinnon · A.J. Greer · Andreas Martinsen212:5165.085.70-0
Carl Soderberg · Rene Bourque · A.J. Greer212:3642.138.00-1
Rene Bourque · Nathan MacKinnon · A.J. Greer32:3080.082.10-0

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
1.2Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.09 expected goals per 60 minutes94th
Shot quality 12.5% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected40thOne 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.

00.51Expected 1.2Goals 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
Nov 23, 2016 vs EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 11:51
Nov 21, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:26
Nov 19, 2016 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:42
Nov 17, 2016 @ DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:44
Nov 13, 2016 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:34