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Ryan Poehling

#25 · Centre · Anaheim Ducks

Born Jan 3, 1999 in Lakeville, Minnesota, USA (age 27) · 6'2", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 25th overall in 2017 by MTL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Connor Bunnaman PHI · 2 P in 21 GP Brandon Pirri VGK · 2 P in 16 GP Logan O'Connor COL · 2 P in 16 GP Charles Hudon MTL · 2 P in 15 GP Matthew Peca OTT · 2 P in 14 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.

01020302018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 2 points219-202021-22: 17 points1721-222022-23: 14 points1422-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 31 points3124-252025-26: 36 points3625-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 MTL 1 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 3.00 $925K
2019-20 MTL 27 1 1 2 -4 4 26 38 0.07 $925K
2021-22 MTL 57 9 8 17 -21 6 91 40 0.30 $750K
2022-23 PIT 53 7 7 14 -2 8 64 57 0.26 $750K
2023-24 PHI 77 11 17 28 -11 6 111 62 0.36 $1.4M
2024-25 PHI 68 12 19 31 -4 16 71 26 0.46 $1.9M
2025-26 ANA 75 11 25 36 8 12 94 44 0.48 $1.9M
2026-27 ANA 5 1 1 2 -1 4 6 3 0.40 $3.75M
8 seasons Career 363 55 78 133 -32 56 466 271 0.37

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 ANA 11 4 1 5 -1 4 17 12 0.45
1 season Playoffs 11 4 1 5 -1 4 17 12 0.45

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 1 1 2 -4 4 26 38 0.07 3.8 10:20

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2021
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 27 games
-$386KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Mar 31, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.475M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2019-20 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $850K $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
Mar 5, 2026 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2026-27 to 2029-30 4 $15M $3.75M
Jan 26, 2024 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $3.8M $1.9M
Jul 1, 2023 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1.4M $1.4M
Aug 27, 2021 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K
Mar 31, 2019 Montreal Canadiens Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $4.475M $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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement580th of 670 skaters, 396th of 439 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.6 25th percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 39th percentilePower play-0.1 36th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 63rd percentilePenalties-0.1 29th 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.

-505102018-192019-202021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

51.1Corsi for %245 attempts for, 234 against
-3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Expected goals for %9.5 expected for, 10.6 against
-6.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %4 for, 8 against
96.4PDO3.0% shooting + 93.4% saves
43Attempts 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
Nate Thompson · Riley Barber · Ryan Poehling848:2952.254.10-1
Nick Cousins · Ryan Poehling · Jesperi Kotkaniemi838:4156.146.41-2
Nate Thompson · Dale Weise · Ryan Poehling828:1550.035.60-0
Artturi Lehkonen · Ryan Poehling · Jesperi Kotkaniemi424:1053.147.70-0

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
2.5Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt32nd
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.5Goals 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 4, 2020 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 09:56
Feb 2, 2020 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:04
Jan 30, 2020 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:33
Jan 27, 2020 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:41
Jan 18, 2020 vs VGK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:38
Jan 16, 2020 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:24
Jan 15, 2020 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:00
Jan 13, 2020 vs CGY W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 13:21
Jan 11, 2020 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:29
Jan 9, 2020 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:58
Jan 7, 2020 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:05
Jan 6, 2020 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:55
Jan 4, 2020 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:06
Jan 2, 2020 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:09
Dec 31, 2019 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 15:52
Dec 29, 2019 @ FLA L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:44
Dec 28, 2019 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:34
Dec 23, 2019 @ WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:40
Dec 21, 2019 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:15
Dec 19, 2019 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:03
Dec 17, 2019 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:44
Dec 14, 2019 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:26
Dec 11, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:48
Nov 12, 2019 vs CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:50
Nov 9, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:00
Nov 7, 2019 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:38
Nov 5, 2019 vs BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:20