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Defence · #5

Nicklas Lidstrom

Age
56
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Vasteras, SWE
Draft
1989, round 3, #53 (DET)

Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12

Games
234
Goals
36
Points
145
TOI per game
24:15
xGF% (5v5)
53.8%
Goals above expected
+8.1

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10DET8294049+2225:261944.6%209.5–
2010–11DET82164662−223:281759.1%3910.450.7%
2011–12DET70112334+2123:461487.4%178.157.4%
Total1 team23436109145+4124:155177.0%7627.953.8%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.511.550100150200
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

98th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3894th pct
  • Assists /601.1592nd pct
  • ixG /600.3092nd pct
  • Shots /605.4790th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)53.8%90th pct
  • CF% (5v5)53.8%90th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.661st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2260th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game24:1595th pct
  • PP time share66.0%94th pct
  • PK time share38.4%65th pct
  • Quality of competition26.0%100th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+8.1 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20