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Ryan Ellis

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Philadelphia Flyers
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)

News and Opinions

Flyers should call these 3 teams to move Ryan Ellis’ contract at Broad Street Buzz (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
One of the Flyers worst trades still haunt them to this day at Broad Street Buzz (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
Flyers Should Pull the Plug, Trade Ryan Ellis's Contract Now at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
Flyers Weekly Mailbag (Part One): Will there be a franchise altering move made next season? Thoughts on the Goaltending situation? “Playoffs?! You kiddin’ me?” at Flyers Nitty Gritty (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Top 5: Biggest Philadelphia Flyers “What Ifs” in the 2020s (So Far!) at Brotherly Puck (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
Game Takes: Ducks 4 Flames 3 (OT) at Calgary Puck (Thu Apr 10, 2025)
Ranking The 10 Best Nashville Predators Of The 2010s at Nashville Hockey Now (Tue Sep 10, 2024)

Date	Team	Transaction
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

			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	OHL	Windsor	63	15	48	63	+30	51				5	2	3	5		2
2007-08	WJ18-A	Canada	7	3	4	7
2008-09	OHL	Windsor	57	22	67	89	+52	57				20	8	23	31	+16	20
2008-09	WJC-A	Canada	6	1	6	7
2008-09	M-Cup	Windsor										6	3	1	4		4		0.0
2009-10	OHL	Windsor	48	12	49	61	+39	38				19	3	30	33	+14	14
2009-10	WJC-A	Canada	6	1	7	8		2
2009-10	M-Cup	Windsor										4		5	5		6		0.0
2010-11	OHL	Windsor	58	24	77	101	+24	61				18	6	13	19	+9	12
2010-11	WJC-A	Canada	7	3	7	10	+2	2
2010-11	AHL	Milwaukee										7	1	1	2		2
2011-12	NHL	Nashville Predators	32	3	8	11	+5	4	34	8.8	14:50	3				+2		2	0.0	6:54
2011-12	AHL	Milwaukee	29	4	14	18	+6	8	60	667.0
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	NHL	Nashville Predators	79	10	22	32	+13	35	152	6.6	20:54	14		6	6		4	22	0.0	24:12
2015-16	WC-A	Canada	5	1	1	2	+2		14
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

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	0.21	0.07	5.66	4.22	1.44	0.70	0.70
2016-17	NSH	71	1258:36	0.48	0.48	0.95	0.18	0.30	12.20	4.51	7.68	1.65	1.65
2017-18	NSH	44	763:11	0.47	1.02	1.49	0.21	0.26	8.22	3.73	4.49	1.90	0.00
2018-19	NSH	82	1476:37	0.16	0.93	1.10	0.16	-0.00	3.96	4.01	-0.05	0.68	3.38
2019-20	NSH	49	846:29	0.21	1.42	1.63	0.20	0.01	4.00	3.83	0.17	1.98	3.96
2020-21	NSH	35	609:31	0.30	0.98	1.28	0.18	0.12	5.88	3.57	2.32	0.00	3.03
2021-22	PHI	4	66:20	0.90	0.90	1.81	0.20	0.71	20.00	4.32	15.68	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	2.58	34.49	2.07	1.94	55.88	56.99	0.26	-0.07	3.55
2016-17	NSH	71	1258:36	43.24	2.57	2.49	44.14	2.19	2.48	54.00	50.11	0.15	0.21	-0.69
2017-18	NSH	44	763:11	49.53	3.46	2.87	39.70	2.04	2.33	62.86	55.14	0.42	-0.09	4.90
2018-19	NSH	82	1476:37	45.59	2.64	2.63	42.87	2.32	2.43	53.28	51.97	0.09	-0.10	1.92
2019-20	NSH	49	846:29	50.18	4.11	2.89	41.04	2.55	2.21	61.70	56.67	0.54	-0.34	8.71
2020-21	NSH	35	609:31	44.99	2.56	2.62	40.36	2.46	2.39	50.98	52.31	0.36	0.18	1.78
2021-22	PHI	4	66:20	34.37	1.81	1.57	34.37	0.90	1.78	66.67	46.89	-0.98	-1.40	2.35

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%
2021-22	4	20.4	0.2	5.3	5.3	95.0	55.8	66.7	16.7	16.7	41.3	17.6	41.1
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
2021-22	Provorov, I	PHI	52:34	2.28	0.00	100.00	1.42	1.63	46.51	-1.09	-1.46	1.70
2020-21	Josi, R	NSH	383:14	1.57	2.35	40.00	2.71	1.94	58.30	0.42	-0.47	9.58
2020-21	Ekholm, M	NSH	180:37	4.32	2.66	61.90	2.32	3.25	41.64	-0.06	1.01	-9.90
2020-21	Ekholm, M	NSH	89:16	4.03	2.69	60.00	2.44	2.45	49.94	0.30	-0.35	6.55
2019-20	Josi, R	NSH	744:32	3.87	2.26	63.16	2.82	2.11	57.16	0.40	-0.46	8.70
2019-20	Josi, R	NSH	70:18	2.56	3.41	42.86	3.90	1.62	70.57	1.25	-0.84	18.75
2019-20	Ekholm, M	NSH	50:25	4.76	4.76	50.00	3.11	2.80	52.56	0.59	0.40	1.38
2019-20	Fabbro, D	NSH	26:15	4.57	6.86	40.00	1.99	2.46	44.66	-0.51	0.08	-6.49
2018-19	Josi, R	NSH	1224:06	2.60	2.16	54.64	2.70	2.41	52.85	0.18	-0.12	3.03
2018-19	Ekholm, M	NSH	143:22	3.77	2.93	56.25	2.68	2.27	54.12	0.06	-0.21	2.76
2018-19	Josi, R	NSH	102:46	2.34	3.50	40.00	2.56	2.81	47.64	-0.48	0.38	-7.86
2018-19	Hamhuis, D	NSH	31:27	1.91	5.72	25.00	1.42	2.05	40.94	-1.25	-0.49	-10.38
2018-19	Subban, P	NSH	29:58	2.00	6.01	25.00	2.78	3.63	43.40	0.20	1.10	-7.11
2017-18	Josi, R	NSH	564:48	3.61	2.02	64.15	3.06	2.36	56.52	0.64	-0.08	6.73
2017-18	Josi, R	NSH	215:35	2.50	2.50	50.00	2.96	3.21	47.92	0.54	1.00	-4.29
2017-18	Ekholm, M	NSH	143:36	2.51	0.84	75.00	2.54	1.53	62.43	-0.08	-0.85	9.95
2017-18	Subban, P	NSH	23:07	5.19	5.19	50.00	1.13	4.56	19.80	-1.48	2.21	-32.75
2016-17	Josi, R	NSH	885:12	2.71	2.30	54.05	2.52	2.50	50.18	0.20	0.26	-0.68
2016-17	Josi, R	NSH	358:18	2.51	2.68	48.39	2.52	2.68	48.49	0.15	0.59	-4.68
2016-17	Irwin, M	NSH	212:40	2.26	2.26	50.00	2.31	2.57	47.37	-0.07	0.30	-3.85
2016-17	Ekholm, M	NSH	86:20	1.39	1.39	50.00	2.40	2.30	50.99	0.05	0.03	0.26
2016-17	Subban, P	NSH	40:35	4.44	0.00	100.00	3.84	1.82	67.85	1.39	-0.58	17.27
2016-17	Subban, P	NSH	20:46	5.78	0.00	100.00	3.73	1.82	67.22	1.34	-0.47	16.14
2015-16	Ekholm, M	NSH	894:11	3.02	2.08	59.21	2.65	1.86	58.71	0.32	-0.17	5.31
2015-16	Ekholm, M	NSH	244:28	1.72	1.72	50.00	2.37	1.99	54.35	0.33	-0.36	7.85
2015-16	Jackman, B	NSH	186:34	1.29	1.93	40.00	2.70	1.85	59.37	0.38	-0.12	5.26
2015-16	Josi, R	NSH	83:28	2.88	0.72	80.00	2.30	2.25	50.52	-0.10	0.33	-5.09
2015-16	Bitetto, A	NSH	63:28	1.89	2.84	40.00	2.77	2.98	48.20	0.32	0.91	-6.04
2015-16	Weber, S	NSH	32:47	0.00	3.66	0.00	1.28	2.43	34.49	-1.16	0.43	-20.50
2015-16	Jones, S	NSH	28:46	4.17	4.17	50.00	2.48	1.75	58.57	0.10	-0.15	3.03

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

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: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.67

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

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: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.62

Entry Level Contract

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: -

Exp. Status: RFA

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

*Age is as of September 15