Roster ratings · 2017-18 · St. Louis Blues

Who has actually been good

TeamSt. Louis Blues
Season2017-18

Every St. Louis Blues 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 total22.4wins above replacement across 32 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Vladimir TarasenkoR98801523Situation split+2.46
2Jake AllenG64603320Situation split+2.05
3Brayden SchennC95821618Situation split+2.04
4Colton ParaykoD98821854Situation split+2.03
5Carter HuttonG62321610Situation split+1.96
6Jaden SchwartzL89621202Situation split+1.68
7Alexander SteenL84761421Situation split+1.39
8Paul StastnyC83821501Situation split+1.39
9Vince DunnD86751292Situation split+1.22
10Alex PietrangeloD79782008Situation split+1.04
11Dmitrij JaskinR5776946Situation split+0.79
12Vladimir SobotkaC53811387Situation split+0.70
13Patrik BerglundC5257921Situation split+0.68
14Joel EdmundsonD65691431Situation split+0.64
15Carl GunnarssonD46631019Situation split+0.42
16Nate ProsserD4057767Situation split+0.36
17Ivan BarbashevL3453647Situation split+0.36
18Robert BortuzzoD37721066Situation split+0.32
19Magnus PaajarviL2379984Situation split+0.21
20Kyle BrodziakC22811091Situation split+0.19
21Scottie UpshallR2163684Situation split+0.19
22Tage ThompsonC2041489Situation split+0.17
23Oskar SundqvistC1242440Situation split+0.09
24Nikita SoshnikovR—15165Situation split+0.01
25Jordan SchmaltzD—13143Situation split+0.01
26Sammy BlaisL—11119Situation split+0.00
27Chris ButlerD—680Situation split+0.00
28Mitch ReinkeD—113Situation split+0.00
29Wade MeganC—18Situation split+0.00
30Beau BennettR—665Situation split-0.00
31Jay BouwmeesterD835705Situation split-0.01
32Chris ThorburnR350352Situation split-0.02
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