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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
5 NHL skaters share the lead with 1 +/- for the San Jose Sharks in 2020-21.
Leaders: Plus/Minus, San Jose Sharks, 2020-21
1stTomas HertlSJS · 50 GP1
2ndAlexander BarabanovTOR/SJS · 22 GP1
3rdKurtis GabrielSJS · 11 GP1
4thNicolas MelocheSJS · 7 GP1
5thAlexander TrueSJS · 7 GP1
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Plus/Minus measures
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes. In 2020-21, 37 skaters qualify for this board; the median is -4 and Tomas Hertl leads at 1.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas HertlFSJS | SJS | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 43 | 19 | 87% |
| 2 | Alexander BarabanovFTOR/SJS | TOR/SJS | 1 | 22 | 0.05 | 8 | 3 | — |
| 3 | Kurtis GabrielFSJS | SJS | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Nicolas MelocheDSJS | SJS | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Alexander TrueFSJS | SJS | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 6 |  Greg PaterynDCOL/MIN/SJS | COL/MIN/SJS | 0 | 13 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 7 |  Fredrik ClaessonDSJS/TBL | SJS/TBL | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 |  Stefan NoesenFSJS/TOR | SJS/TOR | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 9 |  Antti SuomelaFSJS | SJS | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 |  Evander KaneFSJS | SJS | -1 | 56 | -0.02 | 49 | 22 | 3.9% |
| 11 |  Joel KellmanFSJS | SJS | -1 | 7 | -0.14 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 12 |  Brinson PasichnukDSJS | SJS | -1 | 4 | -0.25 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 |  Lean BergmannFSJS | SJS | -1 | 1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 |  Joachim BlichfeldFSJS | SJS | -2 | 5 | -0.40 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 15 |  Sasha ChmelevskiFSJS | SJS | -2 | 5 | -0.40 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 16 |  Jake MiddletonDSJS | SJS | -2 | 1 | -2.00 | 0 | 0 | 6.6%▲1.8 |
| 17 |  Fredrik HandemarkFSJS | SJS | -3 | 8 | -0.38 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 18 |  Ivan ChekhovichFSJS | SJS | -3 | 4 | -0.75 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 19 |  Matt NietoFSJS | SJS | -4 | 28 | -0.14 | 7 | 5 | — |
| 20 |  Christian JarosDSJS | SJS | -4 | 7 | -0.57 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 21 |  Timo MeierFSJS | SJS | -5 | 54 | -0.09 | 31 | 12 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 22 |  Marcus SorensenFSJS | SJS | -5 | 29 | -0.17 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 23 |  Mario FerraroDSJS | SJS | -6 | 56 | -0.11 | 17 | 1 | 12%▼1.2 |
| 24 |  Rudolfs BalcersFSJS | SJS | -6 | 41 | -0.15 | 17 | 8 | — |
| 25 |  John LeonardFSJS | SJS | -7 | 44 | -0.16 | 13 | 3 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Plus/Minus in 2020-21?
Tomas Hertl leads with 1. The median of the 37 qualified skaters is -4.
Which defenseman leads in Plus/Minus in 2020-21?
Nicolas Meloche leads NHL defensemen with 1; the top forward is Tomas Hertl at 1.
How is Plus/Minus calculated?
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Plus/Minus?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.