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Jeremy Davies

#4 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Dec 4, 1996 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 5'11", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 192nd overall in 2016 by NJD (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jalen Chatfield VAN · 1 P in 18 GP Slater Koekkoek EDM · 1 P in 18 GP Austin Strand LAK · 1 P in 13 GP Jack Johnson NYR · 1 P in 13 GP Brad Hunt MIN · 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.

00.511.522020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 0 points022-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 NSH 16 0 1 1 3 8 19 11 0.06 $925K
2021-22 NSH 6 0 2 2 -5 2 5 5 0.33 $750K
2022-23 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00 $750K
3 seasons Career 23 0 3 3 -2 12 25 16 0.13

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 1 1 3 8 19 11 0.06 0.0 15:02

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2021
$925KCap dollars per point1 points in 16 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the New Jersey Devils on Apr 3, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $2.65M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $925K $833K $93K $400K $925K
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $400K $925K

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, 2024 Ottawa Senators New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jun 26, 2023 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 26, 2021 Nashville Predators Extension 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Apr 3, 2019 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $2.65M $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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-0.5Power play-0.1Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.1

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.

-1-0.500.512020-212021-222022-23Goals 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

48.5Corsi for %166 attempts for, 176 against
+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.6Expected goals for %7.7 expected for, 8.8 against
-5.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.8Goals for %10 for, 7 against
105.6PDO11.6% shooting + 94.0% 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
Ben Harpur · Jeremy Davies1373:4538.536.05-4
Matt Benning · Jeremy Davies1168:0447.143.54-1
Roman Josi · Jeremy Davies721:2060.548.50-1
Alexandre Carrier · Jeremy Davies620:2944.038.70-0

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. 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
1.1Expected goalsfrom 25 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.28 expected goals per 60 minutes83rd
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt96th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected22ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.1Goals 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
May 10, 2021 vs CAR W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:29
Apr 15, 2021 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:44
Apr 13, 2021 vs TBL W 7-2 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 14:29
Apr 11, 2021 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:48
Apr 10, 2021 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:39
Apr 8, 2021 @ DET W 7-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:49
Apr 6, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:27
Apr 3, 2021 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:42
Mar 27, 2021 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:11
Mar 21, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:31
Mar 20, 2021 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:53
Mar 18, 2021 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:43
Mar 15, 2021 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:11
Mar 13, 2021 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:42
Mar 11, 2021 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:19
Mar 9, 2021 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 14:02