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Defence · #52

Craig Rivet

Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)
Age
52
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
North Bay, CAN
Draft
1992, round 3, #68 (MTL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2010–11

Games
115
Goals
3
Points
19
TOI per game
17:05
xGF% (5v5)
53.0%
Goals above expected
−1.9

Season by season

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

2009–10BUF7811415−618:13631.6%63.3–
2010–11BUF23123−513:02205.0%01.051.6%
2010–11CBJ14101−717:22137.7%00.554.9%
2010–11All teams37224−1214:41336.1%01.553.0%
Total2 teams11531619−1817:05963.1%64.953.0%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.620406080100
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2010–11 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

40th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.0924th pct
  • Assists /600.4930th pct
  • ixG /600.1538th pct
  • Shots /602.9328th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)53.0%79th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.2%56th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.837th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1968th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game17:0527th pct
  • PP time share15.7%49th pct
  • PK time share20.6%28th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%8th 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.

−1.9 goals above expected

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

−10−50+5+10+15