Roster ratings · 2016-17 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Who has actually been good

TeamTampa Bay Lightning
Season2016-17

Every Tampa Bay Lightning player rated out of 100 against NHL players at his own position. Wins above replacement sits beside each rating, and the bars show where the number comes from — sort by any situation to see who is driving the power play or holding up defensively.

90+Elite75+Top of the roster60+Middle of the roster40+Everyday NHLer20+Depth0+Below replacement
Focus
Roster total29.6wins above replacement across 37 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Peter BudajG91603308Situation split+5.49
2Nikita KucherovR99741439Situation split+3.08
3Andrei VasilevskiyG66502831Situation split+2.90
4Ben BishopG50392223Situation split+2.08
5Ondrej PalatL89751434Situation split+1.63
6Victor HedmanD94791936Situation split+1.63
7Jonathan DrouinL86731293Situation split+1.51
8Brayden PointC85681165Situation split+1.49
9Tyler JohnsonC79661242Situation split+1.27
10Alex KillornL78811458Situation split+1.24
11Anton StralmanD85731672Situation split+1.15
12Vladislav NamestnikovC63741094Situation split+0.91
13Valtteri FilppulaC55791375Situation split+0.76
14Brian BoyleC5475978Situation split+0.74
15Braydon CoburnD56801339Situation split+0.60
16Andrej SustrD50801407Situation split+0.48
17Nikita NesterovD4848782Situation split+0.44
18Jake DotchinD4735645Situation split+0.40
19Steven StamkosC3717304Situation split+0.38
20Cedric PaquetteC3658668Situation split+0.36
21Jason GarrisonD34701300Situation split+0.23
22Gabriel DumontC2339377Situation split+0.16
23Yanni GourdeC2220307Situation split+0.15
24Adam ErneL1726307Situation split+0.11
25Greg McKeggC1646456Situation split+0.10
26JT BrownR1364664Situation split+0.08
27Slater KoekkoekD1929377Situation split+0.06
28Ryan CallahanR1018255Situation split+0.05
29Cory ConacherC—11127Situation split+0.04
30Michael BournivalL—19193Situation split+0.04
31Luke WitkowskiD1734336Situation split+0.03
32Erik CondraR—13125Situation split+0.02
33Joel VerminR—18197Situation split+0.02
34Matthew PecaC—10115Situation split+0.01
35Tanner RichardC—338Situation split+0.00
36Byron FroeseC—663Situation split-0.01
37Kristers GudlevskisG—112Situation split-0.07
Situation split
Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defensePenalties (drawn minus taken)Finishing (goals above expected)

A rating is a player's percentile among NHL players at his position — defensemen are ranked against defensemen, not against forwards, so a 70 means different things for a winger and a blueliner in raw wins. It is measured from wins above replacement, which converts on-ice and individual contributions into wins beyond what a freely available replacement would provide. Bars are drawn on a shared scale, so they are comparable down the column. How this is calculated