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Defence · #55

Brent Sopel

Age
49
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
1995, round 6, #144 (VAN)

Career · 2009–10 to 2010–11

Games
144
Goals
3
Points
15
TOI per game
15:36
xGF% (5v5)
43.1%
Goals above expected
−0.6

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice893:2043.1%43.9%43.1%43.2%1.902.5136361,019.4
Team with player off ice2411:5347.8%48.4%48.2%48.3%2.312.488799996.3
Relative (on − off)–-4.7%–-5.1%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 74 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.0%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.1%
Quality of teammates
22.8%
Teammates' xGF%: 47.0%
Offensive zone starts
34.1%
57.9% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

30%40%50%60%70%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.026.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsCammalleriPlekanecGiontaMoenLapierreKostitsynPaciorettyGomezSpacekMaraGorgesHamrlikGillHalpernDarchePouliotEllerPyattPicardSubbanDesharnaisWisniewskiWeberWhiteSopel

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
43.1%
42.9%