Roster ratings · 2020-21 · New Jersey Devils

Who has actually been good

TeamNew Jersey Devils
Season2020-21

Every New Jersey Devils 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 total18.5wins above replacement across 36 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Mackenzie BlackwoodG76352091Situation split+1.69
2Damon SeversonD90561259Situation split+1.32
3Jack HughesC83561068Situation split+1.28
4Yegor SharangovichC7854907Situation split+1.12
5Miles WoodL7455824Situation split+1.05
6Ty SmithD7348966Situation split+0.97
7Andreas JohnssonL6850697Situation split+0.92
8Jesper BrattL6746740Situation split+0.91
9P.K. SubbanD6544984Situation split+0.87
10Dmitry KulikovD6348920Situation split+0.86
11Janne KuokkanenC6150739Situation split+0.83
12Pavel ZachaC5550858Situation split+0.74
13Kyle PalmieriC5451845Situation split+0.72
14Sami VatanenD5239664Situation split+0.68
15Ryan MurrayD5248894Situation split+0.67
16Scott WedgewoodG5716893Situation split+0.65
17Travis ZajacC4346758Situation split+0.57
18Michael McLeodC4152718Situation split+0.55
19Nikita GusevL2731445Situation split+0.39
20Nico HischierC2421389Situation split+0.35
21Mikhail MaltsevL2433378Situation split+0.35
22Nathan BastianR2341518Situation split+0.35
23Will ButcherD1823438Situation split+0.26
24Nick MerkleyR1327311Situation split+0.23
25Jesper BoqvistC1128312Situation split+0.20
26Eric ComrieG34160Situation split+0.19
27Matt TennysonD621305Situation split+0.10
28Jonas SiegenthalerD—15234Situation split+0.05
29Connor CarrickD—11205Situation split+0.04
30Kevin BahlD—7118Situation split+0.02
31Marián StudenicR—886Situation split+0.01
32Nolan FooteL—658Situation split+0.01
33Tyce ThompsonR—761Situation split+0.01
34Colton WhiteD—229Situation split+0.00
35A.J. GreerL—19Situation split-0.00
36Aaron DellG97319Situation split-0.49
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