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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
59
Goals
2
Points
7
TOI per game
16:26
xGF% (5v5)
44.5%
Goals above expected
+0.5

Season by season

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

2009–10CHI73178+314:52482.1%02.0–
2010–11ATL59257+716:26405.0%11.544.5%
2010–11MTL12000−115:5440.0%00.136.1%
2010–11All teams71257+616:21444.5%11.643.1%
Total3 teams14431215+915:36923.3%13.643.1%

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)
00.10.20.31020304050
16m16m17m17m18m18m1020304050Game

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

Extra / AHL

2nd 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.0819th pct
  • Assists /600.327th pct
  • ixG /600.1012th pct
  • Shots /602.4614th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)43.1%9th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.1%6th pct
  • Relative xGF%−5.113th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5125th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:3615th pct
  • PP time share4.0%29th pct
  • PK time share56.6%95th pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%24th 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.

+0.5 goals above expected

00.511.521020304050Game

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

−10−50+5+10+15