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Ryan Whitney

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: February 19, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 22 PIT NHL 68 6 32 38 12 -7 85 4 2 0 1 113 5.3 1620 23:50
2006-07 23 PIT NHL 81 14 45 59 19 9 77 5 9 0 2 129 10.9 1939 23:56
2007-08 24 PIT NHL 76 12 28 40 14 -2 45 4 7 1 1 119 10.1 1706 22:27
2008-09 25 TOT NHL 48 2 21 23 7 -14 28 1 1 0 0 71 2.8 1146 23:52
2008-09 25 PIT NHL 28 2 11 13 4 -15 16 1 1 0 0 42 4.8 688 24:34
2008-09 25 ANA NHL 20 0 10 10 3 1 12 0 0 0 0 29 0.0 458 22:53
2009-10 26 TOT NHL 81 7 32 39 13 1 70 4 3 0 1 151 4.6 2005 24:45
2009-10 26 ANA NHL 62 4 24 28 9 -6 48 1 3 0 0 107 3.7 1523 24:34
2009-10 26 EDM NHL 19 3 8 11 4 7 22 3 0 0 1 44 6.8 482 25:23
2010-11 27 EDM NHL 35 2 25 27 8 13 33 2 0 0 0 43 4.7 887 25:20
2011-12 28 EDM NHL 24 1 7 8 2 -10 6 0 1 0 0 14 7.1 465 19:22
Career NHL 413 44 190 234 74 -10 344 20 23 1 5 640 6.9 9767 23:39

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2005-06 22 PIT NHL 68 0.09 0.47 0.56 0.17 1.25 1.66 6 31 37 12 84 35 89 33 -7 2.4 2.4 4.8
2006-07 23 PIT NHL 81 0.17 0.56 0.73 0.24 0.95 1.59 15 45 60 20 125 59 76 19 9 5.3 4.5 9.8
2007-08 24 PIT NHL 76 0.16 0.37 0.53 0.18 0.59 1.57 13 30 43 15 102 46 76 18 -2 3.7 3.3 6.9
2008-09 25 TOT NHL 48 0.04 0.44 0.48 0.14 0.58 1.48 2 21 23 7 54 21 56 9 -14 1.2 1.0 2.2
2008-09 25 PIT NHL 28 0.07 0.39 0.46 0.14 0.57 1.50 2 11 13 4 30 11 39 5 -15 0.8 0.0 0.7
2008-09 25 ANA NHL 20 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.13 0.60 1.45 0 10 10 3 24 10 17 4 1 0.5 1.0 1.5
2009-10 26 TOT NHL 81 0.09 0.40 0.48 0.15 0.86 1.86 7 33 40 13 117 37 99 20 1 2.7 4.0 6.7
2009-10 26 ANA NHL 62 0.06 0.39 0.45 0.14 0.77 1.73 4 25 29 9 83 29 75 15 -6 1.7 2.4 4.1
2009-10 26 EDM NHL 19 0.16 0.42 0.58 0.20 1.16 2.32 3 8 11 4 34 8 24 5 7 1.0 1.6 2.6
2010-11 27 EDM NHL 35 0.06 0.71 0.77 0.22 0.94 1.23 2 27 29 8 54 16 42 17 13 2.1 2.9 5.0
2011-12 28 EDM NHL 24 0.04 0.29 0.33 0.10 0.25 0.58 2 11 13 4 -10 0.4 0.2 0.7
Career NHL 413 0.11 0.46 0.57 0.18 0.83 1.55 47 198 245 80 536 214 438 116 -10 17.8 18.4 36.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2006-07 23 PIT NHL 5 1 1 2 -4 6 0 1 0 0 4 25.0 114 22:51
2007-08 24 PIT NHL 20 1 5 6 8 25 0 1 0 0 37 2.7 415 20:46
2008-09 25 ANA NHL 13 1 5 6 -1 9 0 1 0 0 9 11.1 280 21:34
Career NHL 38 3 11 14 3 40 0 3 0 0 50 6.0 810 21:19

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 16 Thayer Academy High-MA 22 5 33 38
2000-01 17 U.S. National Team Development Program U-18 40 7 23 30 64
2000-01 17 U.S. National Team Development Program USHL 20 2 8 10 22
2000-01 17 United States WJ18-A 6 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 0
2001-02 18 Boston University Terriers H-East 35 4 17 21 46
2001-02 18 United States WJC-A 7 1 2 3 2 20 0 1 0 0
2002-03 19 Boston University Terriers H-East 34 3 10 13 48 1 2 0 0
2002-03 19 United States WJC-A 7 1 4 5 3 14 0 1 0 0
2003-04 20 Boston University Terriers H-East 38 9 16 25 56 5 4 0 1
2004-05 21 Wilkes-Barre Penguins AHL 80 6 35 41 -12 101 2 4 0 2
2005-06 22 Wilkes-Barre Penguins AHL 9 5 9 14 7 6 2 3 0 3
2008-09 25 Wilkes-Barre Penguins AHL 1 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
2009-10 26 United States Olympics 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 90 11 45 56 -6 109 4 7 0 5
Career 3 Seasons H-East 107 16 43 59 150 6 6 0 1
Career 1 Season High-MA 22 5 33 38
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season U-18 40 7 23 30 64
Career 1 Season USHL 20 2 8 10 22
Career 1 Season WJ18-A 6 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 2 6 8 5 34 0 2 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2003-04 20 Wilkes-Barre Penguins AHL 20 1 9 10 6 1 0 0 0
2004-05 21 Wilkes-Barre Penguins AHL 11 2 7 9 2 12 1 1 0 0
2005-06 22 Wilkes-Barre Penguins AHL 11 1 4 5 -2 8 1 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 42 4 20 24 0 26 3 1 0 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 6 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ryan Whitney 9.8 6.9 6.7 5.0 4.8 2.2
Butch Bouchard 94.0 8.2 5.9 5.9 5.3 3.5 1.6
Richard Smehlik 93.8 9.4 6.7 5.2 5.0 3.4 2.6
Christian Ehrhoff 93.1 10.2 7.3 6.4 6.2 4.6 2.4
Alexei Zhitnik 90.8 9.6 6.7 6.1 5.4 4.4 2.4
Jerry Korab 90.8 9.9 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.3
Robert Picard 90.7 8.6 6.6 6.2 4.9 4.8 2.5
Gary Sargent 90.5 9.0 8.0 7.1 6.2 4.8 2.0
Bob Dailey 89.6 11.0 7.1 6.8 6.2 6.1 3.2
Bill Quackenbush 89.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 4.3 4.3 1.1
Ryan Suter 89.1 8.5 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.4 3.5
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ryan Whitney 9.8 6.9 6.7 5.0 4.8 2.2
Niklas Kronwall 88.7 8.3 7.0 6.7 4.9 3.8 2.3 1.3
Ryan Suter 87.5 8.5 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.4 3.5
Dennis Wideman 85.7 10.5 8.2 6.2 5.5 3.7 3.2
Gary Sargent 85.0 9.0 8.0 7.1 6.2 4.8 2.0 1.7 1.2
Marc-Andre Bergeron 83.5 7.8 7.4 7.1 5.7 5.6 2.9 0.6 0.6
Dunc Munro 83.1 6.9 5.9 4.7 4.7 3.4 3.0 0.3 0.1
Brent Seabrook 82.8 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.5 4.3
Joe Jerwa 82.0 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.5 2.8 0.6 0.1
Alexei Kasatonov 81.5 7.5 6.9 4.5 3.9 3.5 3.4 0.7
Brent Burns 81.2 9.6 8.6 6.6 5.5 2.5 0.3 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Total Goals On-Ice Against

2009-10 NHL 99 (7)

Transactions

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February 26, 2009: Traded to Anaheim by Pittsburgh for Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi, February 26, 2009.

March 3, 2010: Traded to Edmonton by Anaheim with Anaheim's 6th round choice (Brandon Davidson) in 2010 Entry Draft for Lubomir Visnovsky, March 3, 2010.

December 28, 2010: Missed majority of 2010-11 due to ankle injury vs. Buffalo, December 28, 2010.

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