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Ryan Ellis

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	San Jose Sharks
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	8 years
Height	5'10"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	180	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	34 (Jan 3, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 1, Overall 11 (NSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 6, 2025	San Jose Sharks	Placed on IR
Oct 5, 2025	San Jose Sharks	Acquired from Philadelphia Flyers
Oct 5, 2025	Philadelphia Flyers	Traded to San Jose Sharks
Oct 7, 2024	Philadelphia Flyers	Placed on IR
Aug 14, 2018	Nashville Predators	Signed 8 years @ $6.250M AAV starting in 2019-20
Oct 5, 2014	Nashville Predators	Signed 5 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2014-15
Oct 19, 2009	Nashville Predators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	NSH	79	1302:58	0.28	0.64	0.92	0.20	0.07	5.66	4.16	1.51	0.00	0.70
2016-17	NSH	71	1258:36	0.48	0.48	0.95	0.17	0.30	12.20	4.43	7.76	0.00	1.65
2017-18	NSH	44	763:11	0.47	1.02	1.49	0.21	0.26	8.22	3.70	4.52	1.90	0.00
2018-19	NSH	82	1476:37	0.16	0.93	1.10	0.16	0.01	3.96	3.81	0.15	0.68	3.38
2019-20	NSH	49	846:29	0.21	1.42	1.63	0.19	0.02	4.00	3.61	0.39	1.98	3.96
2020-21	NSH	35	609:31	0.30	0.98	1.28	0.18	0.12	5.88	3.52	2.36	0.00	3.03
2021-22	PHI	4	66:20	0.90	0.90	1.81	0.19	0.72	20.00	4.14	15.86	0.00	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	NSH	79	1302:58	41.63	2.62	2.57	34.49	2.07	1.92	55.88	57.29	0.27	-0.06	3.57
2016-17	NSH	71	1258:36	43.24	2.57	2.47	44.14	2.19	2.44	54.00	50.30	0.11	0.17	-0.74
2017-18	NSH	44	763:11	49.53	3.46	2.87	39.70	2.04	2.32	62.86	55.32	0.37	-0.11	4.61
2018-19	NSH	82	1476:37	45.59	2.64	2.66	42.87	2.32	2.42	53.28	52.38	0.12	-0.14	2.52
2019-20	NSH	49	846:29	50.18	4.11	2.89	41.04	2.55	2.24	61.70	56.35	0.51	-0.35	8.43
2020-21	NSH	35	609:31	44.99	2.56	2.63	40.36	2.46	2.39	50.98	52.46	0.37	0.21	1.46
2021-22	PHI	4	66:20	34.37	1.81	1.58	34.37	0.90	1.74	66.67	47.59	-1.05	-1.49	2.74

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Flyers uncover silver lining on the blue line in Ellis' trade at Broad Street Buzz (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Flyers' massive cap dump trade comes with a surprise twist at Broad Street Buzz (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Jack’s Daily: Blackhawks Final Roster Decisions; Perfetti Injured; Ellis Traded at Chicago Hockey Now (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Around the NHL: Sharks acquire Ryan Ellis, Wild extend Gustavsson, Blackhawks sign Grzelcyk at The Leafs Nation (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Breaking Down the Ryan Ellis deal: Why did San Jose trade for Ryan Ellis’s contract, and why did the Flyers want to trade it? at Flyers Nitty Gritty (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Thank you for your service, Ryan Ellis? Flyers trade injured D to San Jose at Flyer Nation (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Sharks Pave Way for Misa & Dickinson? Trade for Ryan Ellis’s Contract at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
How Ryan Ellis trade affects Flyers’ salary cap at Broad Street Hockey (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Sharks create roster flexibility by trading Carl Grundstrom to the Flyers at Blades of Teal (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Ellis joins Sharks after injury-filled Flyers tenure at ESPN (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Flyers Place New Ryan Ellis Trade Acquisition on Waivers at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Flyers Dump Ryan Ellis & Draft Pick to Sharks for Depth at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Flyers Trade Ryan Ellis to San Jose Sharks at Philly Hockey Now (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Flyers dump Ryan Ellis’ contract in trade with Sharks at Broad Street Hockey (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Ryan Ellis traded to San Jose for cap flexibility at Flyers Nitty Gritty (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Flyers trade Ryan Ellis contract to Sharks, bring back two players at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Sharks trade two players to Flyers for defenseman Ryan Ellis, 2026 draft pick at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Flyers should call these 3 teams to move Ryan Ellis’ contract at Broad Street Buzz (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
Flyers Should Pull the Plug, Trade Ryan Ellis's Contract Now at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Jul 22, 2025)

Current Contract

Ryan Ellis signed an $50,000,000 8-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on August 14, 2018 with an AAV of $6,250,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.67% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	28	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$7,000,000	$700,000	$7,700,000	$7,700,000	UFA
2020-21	29	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	UFA
2021-22	30	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$7,700,000	$7,700,000	$7,700,000	UFA
2022-23	31	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	UFA
2023-24	32	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2024-25	33	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2025-26	34	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2026-27	35	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
Total				-	$7,000,000	$43,000,000	$50,000,000	$50,000,000

Signed: Aug 14, 2018

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.67

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Ryan Ellis signed a $12,500,000 5-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on October 5, 2014 with an AAV of $2,500,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.62% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	23	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
2015-16	24	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	25	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	26	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	27	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$12,500,000	$12,500,000	$12,500,000

Signed: Oct 5, 2014

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.62

Ryan Ellis signed a $2,700,000 3-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on October 19, 2009 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2009-10 and end after the 2013-14 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.58% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2009-10	18	$900,000	$1,500,000	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2010-11	19	$870,000	$1,470,000	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2011-12	20	$840,000	$1,440,000	$600,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2012-13	21	$840,000	$1,440,000	$600,000	-	$810,000	$810,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	22	$840,000	$1,440,000	$600,000	-	$810,000	$810,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$1,800,000	$270,000	$2,430,000	$2,700,000	$202,500

Signed: Oct 19, 2009

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2005-06	Big Nickel Bantam	Mississauga Reps Bantam AAA										7	1	2	3		6
2006-07	Minor-ON	Cambridge	75	37	56	93		151
2007-08	WJ18-A	Canada	7	3	4	7
2007-08	OHL	Windsor	63	15	48	63	+30	51				5	2	3	5		2
2008-09	WJC-A	Canada	6	1	6	7
2008-09	OHL	Windsor	57	22	67	89	+52	57				20	8	23	31	+16	20
2008-09	M-Cup	Windsor										6	3	1	4		4		0.0
2009-10	WJC-A	Canada	6	1	7	8		2
2009-10	OHL	Windsor	48	12	49	61	+39	38				19	3	30	33	+14	14
2009-10	M-Cup	Windsor										4		5	5		6		0.0
2010-11	WJC-A	Canada	7	3	7	10	+2	2
2010-11	OHL	Windsor	58	24	77	101	+24	61				18	6	13	19	+9	12
2010-11	AHL	Milwaukee										7	1	1	2		2
2011-12	AHL	Milwaukee	29	4	14	18	+6	8	60	667.0
2011-12	NHL	Nashville Predators	32	3	8	11	+5	4	34	8.8	14:50	3				+2		2	0.0	6:54
2012-13	NHL	Nashville Predators	32	2	4	6	-2	15	48	4.2	16:23
2012-13	AHL	Milwaukee	32	5	9	14	+4	18	80	625.0		4						10	0.0
2013-14	NHL	Nashville Predators	80	6	21	27	+9	24	123	4.9	16:04
2013-14	WC-A	Canada	7	1	4	5	+8		14
2014-15	NHL	Nashville Predators	58	9	18	27	+8	27	118	7.6	18:59	6		3	3	+4	2	13	0.0	26:24
2015-16	WC-A	Canada	5	1	1	2	+2		14
2015-16	NHL	Nashville Predators	79	10	22	32	+13	35	152	6.6	20:54	14		6	6		4	22	0.0	24:12
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	71	16	22	38	+17	29	140	11.4	23:57	22	5	8	13	+4	12	48	10.4	23:26
2017-18	NHL	Nashville Predators	44	9	23	32	+26	6	110	8.2	23:21	13		5	5	-4	8	30	0.0	24:53
2018-19	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	7	34	41	+21	20	149	4.7	24:01	6		3	3	-2		10	0.0	24:16
2019-20	NHL	Nashville Predators	49	8	30	38	+16	19	114	7.0	23:30	4	1	2	3		2	13	7.7	26:39
2020-21	NHL	Nashville Predators	35	5	13	18	+1	10	75	6.7	23:46	6	1	4	5	-1	2	13	7.7	25:26
2021-22	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	4	5	+2		6	16.7	22:48
NHL Career			566	76	199	275	+116	189	1069	7.1	20:52	74	7	31	38	+3	30	151	4.6	23:48