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Scott Perunovich

#26 · Defence · Los Angeles Kings

Born Aug 18, 1998 in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA (age 28) · 5'10", 175 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 45th overall in 2018 by STL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lian Bichsel DAL · 9 P in 38 GP Shakir Mukhamadullin SJS · 9 P in 30 GP Daniil Miromanov CGY · 9 P in 44 GP Marc Del Gaizo NSH · 9 P in 46 GP Joel Hanley CGY · 9 P in 53 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.

0510152021-22: 6 points621-222023-24: 17 points1723-242024-25: 9 points924-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 STL 19 0 6 6 2 8 14 5 0.32 $925K
2023-24 STL 54 0 17 17 1 12 36 30 0.31 $775K
2024-25 STL 24 2 4 6 1 6 9 9 0.25 $1.15M
2024-25 NYI 11 0 3 3 -4 4 9 6 0.27
3 seasons Career 108 2 30 32 0 30 68 50 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 STL 7 0 4 4 -4 0 2 3 0.57
1 season Playoffs 7 0 4 4 -4 0 2 3 0.57

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 2 7 9 -3 10 18 15 0.26 11.1 16:00

Contract

$1.15MCap hitends in 2025
$128KCap dollars per point9 points in 35 games
$909KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$599KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Jun 18, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $1.15M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $1.15M $1.15M $0 $1.15M

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 Los Angeles Kings New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 1, 2025 Utah Mammoth New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Jun 18, 2024 St. Louis Blues Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1.15M $1.15M
Jun 24, 2023 St. Louis Blues Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 14, 2022 St. Louis Blues New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 13, 2020 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $4.35M $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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement439th of 698 skaters, 147th of 242 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 242 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-0.6 58th percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 57th percentilePower play-0.6 16th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 45th percentilePenalties+0.2 84th 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.

00.511.522.52021-222023-242024-25Goals 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

50.4Corsi for %476 attempts for, 468 against
+3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Expected goals for %20.1 expected for, 19.6 against
+1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.3Goals for %24 for, 29 against
96.3PDO9.4% shooting + 86.9% saves
38Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Faulk · Scott PerunovichSTL16105:0454.759.75-1
Adam Pelech · Scott PerunovichNYI993:1853.551.95-6
Scott Perunovich · Matthew KesselSTL1268:3047.249.43-5
Ryan Suter · Scott PerunovichSTL1534:2241.859.11-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +1.2 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 0.8

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, 2025 @ CBJ L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:17
Apr 15, 2025 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:25
Feb 25, 2025 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 16:37
Feb 23, 2025 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:11
Feb 8, 2025 @ MIN L 3-6 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 24:39
Feb 7, 2025 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:46
Feb 4, 2025 vs VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:20
Feb 2, 2025 @ FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 21:24
Feb 1, 2025 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:03
Jan 30, 2025 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 17:53
Jan 28, 2025 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 18:52
Jan 4, 2025 @ CBJ L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:36
Jan 3, 2025 vs OTT W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:10
Dec 20, 2024 @ FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:18
Dec 19, 2024 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:33
Dec 17, 2024 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:58
Dec 15, 2024 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:29
Dec 7, 2024 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:33
Dec 5, 2024 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:02
Dec 3, 2024 @ WPG W 4-1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 11:10
Nov 27, 2024 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17:56
Nov 25, 2024 @ NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:24
Nov 23, 2024 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:16
Nov 21, 2024 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:23
Nov 19, 2024 vs MIN L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19:20
Nov 17, 2024 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:42
Nov 16, 2024 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:50
Nov 14, 2024 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:44
Nov 12, 2024 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:17
Nov 9, 2024 vs WSH L 1-8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:56
Nov 7, 2024 vs UTA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:22
Nov 5, 2024 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:03
Oct 31, 2024 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:11
Oct 26, 2024 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:35
Oct 24, 2024 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:00