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Evan Rodrigues

#17 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 28, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 33) · 5'11", 182 lb · Shoots right

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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.

Stephen Gionta NYI · 6 P in 26 GP Timo Meier SJS · 6 P in 34 GP Adrian Kempe LAK · 6 P in 25 GP Jakub Vrana WSH · 6 P in 21 GP Gemel Smith DAL · 6 P in 17 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.

0102030402015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 6 points616-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 29 points2918-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 43 points4321-222022-23: 39 points3922-232023-24: 39 points3923-242024-25: 32 points3224-252025-26: 31 points3125-262026-27: 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 BUF 2 1 1 2 2 0 8 3 1.00 $843K
2016-17 BUF 30 4 2 6 -7 4 51 12 0.20 $843K
2017-18 BUF 48 7 18 25 -10 14 91 19 0.52 $650K
2018-19 BUF 74 9 20 29 -7 25 168 33 0.39 $650K
2019-20 BUF 38 5 4 9 -8 10 64 20 0.24 $2M
2019-20 PIT 7 1 0 1 0 4 11 4 0.14
2020-21 PIT 35 7 7 14 -3 6 65 21 0.40 $700K
2021-22 PIT 82 19 24 43 3 14 243 89 0.52 $1M
2022-23 COL 69 16 23 39 7 30 184 34 0.57 $2M
2023-24 FLA 80 12 27 39 26 34 186 104 0.49 $3M
2024-25 FLA 82 15 17 32 -4 38 161 128 0.39 $3M
2025-26 FLA 69 11 20 31 -16 38 160 63 0.45 $3M
2026-27 NJD 3 0 0 0 -4 0 2 5 0.00 $3.075M
12 seasons Career 619 107 163 270 -21 217 1394 535 0.44

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 PIT 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 6 0.50
2021-22 PIT 7 3 2 5 -2 4 27 11 0.71
2022-23 COL 7 1 4 5 4 2 18 17 0.71
2023-24 FLA 24 7 8 15 6 4 44 54 0.63
2024-25 FLA 21 2 13 15 3 10 33 44 0.71
5 seasons Playoffs 61 13 28 41 12 20 126 132 0.67

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 4 2 6 -7 4 51 12 0.20 7.8 12:56

Contract

$843KCap hitends in 2017
$140KCap dollars per point6 points in 30 games
$1.129MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.7 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$208KValueworth 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 Buffalo Sabres on Apr 22, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2016-17, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $843K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2016-17 $843K $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
Jul 2, 2023 Florida Panthers New contract 2023-24 to 2026-27 4 $12.075M $3M
Sep 12, 2022 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $2M $2M
Jul 28, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1M $1M
Oct 9, 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 25, 2019 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $2M $2M
Jul 27, 2017 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
Apr 22, 2015 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.85M $843K

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

+0.7Goals above replacement439th of 664 skaters, 306th of 435 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals 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-2.0 21st percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 57th percentilePower play+0.2 72nd percentilePenalty kill0.0 36th percentilePenalties+1.0 74th 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.

-50510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

47.0Corsi for %288 attempts for, 325 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.8Expected goals for %9.1 expected for, 13.2 against
-7.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
31.6Goals for %6 for, 13 against
97.1PDO3.8% shooting + 93.3% saves
87Attempts 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
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Evan Rodrigues1150:2335.733.20-3
Marcus Foligno · Hudson Fasching · Evan Rodrigues433:4056.748.20-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Evan Rodrigues1330:3639.239.70-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Evan Rodrigues826:0061.966.31-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.9Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
+1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +1.1 goals above expected66thOne 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.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 2.9

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 9, 2017 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:11
Apr 8, 2017 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:18
Apr 5, 2017 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:09
Apr 3, 2017 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:10
Apr 2, 2017 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:56
Mar 28, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-3 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 13:57
Mar 27, 2017 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:18
Mar 25, 2017 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:34
Mar 21, 2017 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:13
Mar 20, 2017 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:02
Mar 17, 2017 @ ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15:31
Mar 16, 2017 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 14:49
Mar 14, 2017 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:17
Mar 11, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:09
Mar 10, 2017 @ CBJ L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:59
Mar 7, 2017 vs PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:43
Mar 5, 2017 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:38
Mar 4, 2017 vs TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:03
Mar 2, 2017 vs ARI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:03
Feb 28, 2017 vs NSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:05
Feb 26, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 08:46
Feb 25, 2017 @ COL L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:46
Feb 19, 2017 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:49
Feb 18, 2017 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:27
Feb 16, 2017 vs COL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:47
Feb 14, 2017 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:07
Feb 12, 2017 vs VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11:12
Feb 11, 2017 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:50
Nov 17, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57
Nov 15, 2016 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:59