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Denis Gurianov

#15 · Right wing · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jun 7, 1997 in Togliatti, RUS · 6'3", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 12th overall in 2015 by DAL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kurtis Gabriel NJD · 4 P in 22 GP Corban Knight PHI · 4 P in 23 GP Patrik Berglund BUF · 4 P in 23 GP Andreas Martinsen CHI · 4 P in 24 GP Phillip Di Giuseppe NSH · 4 P in 24 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: 0 points016-172018-19: 4 points418-192019-20: 29 points2919-202020-21: 30 points3020-212021-22: 31 points3121-222022-23: 17 points1722-232023-24: 2 points223-24

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 DAL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
2018-19 DAL 21 1 3 4 -3 0 23 23 0.19 $894K
2019-20 DAL 64 20 9 29 5 13 132 63 0.45 $894K
2020-21 DAL 55 12 18 30 0 21 130 63 0.55 $2.55M
2021-22 DAL 73 11 20 31 2 16 144 67 0.42 $2.55M
2022-23 DAL 43 2 7 9 -2 4 70 23 0.21 $2.9M
2022-23 MTL 23 5 3 8 -7 6 46 20 0.35
2023-24 NSH 14 1 1 2 4 0 22 13 0.14 $850K
2023-24 PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.00
7 seasons Career 298 52 61 113 -2 60 571 274 0.38

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 DAL 24 9 8 17 3 2 48 87 0.71
2021-22 DAL 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 29 9 8 17 4 2 51 94 0.59

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
21 1 3 4 -3 0 23 23 0.19 4.3 10:52

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$224KCap dollars per point4 points in 21 games
-$14KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$909KValueworth 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 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $894K
2019-20 $894K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2023-24 to 2023-24 $850K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $2.9M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $2.55M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement592nd of 699 skaters, 392nd of 455 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-1.1 35th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 42nd percentilePower play-0.3 27th percentilePenalty kill0.0 39th percentilePenalties+0.0 36th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-202462016-172018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

42.9Corsi for %164 attempts for, 218 against
-6.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Expected goals for %6.8 expected for, 8.2 against
-5.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
99.8PDO3.6% shooting + 96.2% saves
33Attempts 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
Brett Ritchie · Roope Hintz · Denis Gurianov839:0137.234.90-1
Jamie Benn · Tyler Seguin · Denis Gurianov622:5147.542.12-0
Jason Spezza · Jamie Benn · Denis Gurianov216:0732.447.51-1
Jason Spezza · Valeri Nichushkin · Denis Gurianov714:5828.113.70-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 35 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt18th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.4Goals 1

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
Feb 28, 2019 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:24
Feb 26, 2019 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:34
Feb 14, 2019 @ TBL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:32
Feb 9, 2019 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:01
Feb 7, 2019 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:12
Feb 4, 2019 vs ARI W 5-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 09:30
Feb 2, 2019 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:25
Feb 1, 2019 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:59
Jan 30, 2019 vs BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:56
Jan 19, 2019 vs WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:24
Jan 2, 2019 vs NJD W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:44
Dec 31, 2018 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:53
Dec 29, 2018 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:18
Dec 27, 2018 @ NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:24
Dec 23, 2018 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:30
Dec 22, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:35
Dec 20, 2018 vs CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 15:58
Dec 18, 2018 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:21
Dec 15, 2018 @ COL L 4-6 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 13:41
Nov 10, 2018 vs NSH L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 11:56
Nov 8, 2018 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:02