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Ryan Shea

#6 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Feb 11, 1997 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA (age 29) · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 121st overall in 2015 by CHI (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacob Moverare LAK · 1 P in 24 GP Mark Friedman VAN · 1 P in 23 GP Jack St. Ivany PIT · 1 P in 14 GP Daemon Hunt MIN · 1 P in 12 GP Nick Blankenburg CBJ · 1 P in 12 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.

01020302023-24: 1 points123-242024-25: 5 points524-252025-26: 35 points3525-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 PIT 31 1 0 1 1 6 17 24 0.03 $775K
2024-25 PIT 39 2 3 5 -9 14 19 20 0.13 $775K
2025-26 PIT 80 6 29 35 30 22 72 38 0.44 $900K
2026-27 EDM 5 1 2 3 4 0 3 5 0.60 $4M
4 seasons Career 155 10 34 44 26 42 111 87 0.28

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 PIT 6 0 1 1 0 2 5 3 0.17
1 season Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 2 5 3 0.17

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 1 0 1 1 6 17 24 0.03 5.9 12:37

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 31 games
-$651KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2026-27 to 2030-31 5 $20M $4M
Mar 7, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $900K $900K
Jul 1, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jun 29, 2022 Dallas Stars Extension 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Aug 18, 2020 Dallas Stars Entry-level 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $3.125M $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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-1.9Goals above replacement640th of 721 skaters, 215th of 252 defencemen
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 252 ranked defencemen: 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-2.1 29th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 42nd percentilePower play0.0 64th percentilePenalty kill0.0 41st percentilePenalties-0.3 67th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-505102023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

48.8Corsi for %336 attempts for, 352 against
-3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %15.1 expected for, 16.7 against
-4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.0Goals for %12 for, 13 against
100.2PDO7.3% shooting + 92.9% saves
34Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Shea · Jack St. Ivany988:2141.548.74-2
Chad Ruhwedel · Ryan Shea1182:1150.042.71-3
Ryan Shea · John Ludvig1063:0053.649.71-2
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea1533:5453.950.81-2

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 23 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 1.9% chance per attempt4th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected63rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.4

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. 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 17, 2024 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:41
Apr 15, 2024 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:32
Apr 13, 2024 vs BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:21
Apr 11, 2024 vs DET W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:10
Apr 8, 2024 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:17
Apr 6, 2024 vs TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:55
Apr 4, 2024 @ WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 13:12
Apr 2, 2024 @ NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:55
Apr 1, 2024 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:09
Dec 8, 2023 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:26
Dec 6, 2023 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 14:31
Dec 4, 2023 @ PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:28
Dec 2, 2023 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:56
Nov 30, 2023 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:54
Nov 28, 2023 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:15
Nov 25, 2023 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:48
Nov 24, 2023 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:22
Nov 22, 2023 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:48
Nov 19, 2023 vs VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Nov 18, 2023 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:43
Nov 16, 2023 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:53
Nov 14, 2023 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:08
Nov 11, 2023 vs BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:30
Nov 9, 2023 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:29
Nov 7, 2023 @ ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:46
Nov 4, 2023 @ SJS W 10-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:00
Oct 30, 2023 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:07
Oct 28, 2023 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:05
Oct 26, 2023 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 13:59
Oct 24, 2023 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:07
Oct 21, 2023 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:32