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Defence · #16

Cory Sarich

Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
48
Shoots
Right
Height
193 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Saskatoon, CAN
Draft
1996, round 2, #27 (BUF)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
277
Goals
7
Points
42
TOI per game
16:38
xGF% (5v5)
51.5%
Goals above expected
−0.3

Season by season

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

2009–10CGY57156+415:57462.2%11.8–
2010–11CGY7641317+1117:53755.3%02.553.3%
2011–12CGY62167+116:07362.8%01.353.8%
2012–13CGY28022−814:52140.0%00.451.2%
2013–14COL541910+717:05482.1%01.346.6%
Total2 teams27773542+1516:382193.2%17.351.5%

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)
00.10.20.30.450100150200250
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

47th 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 /600.0923rd pct
  • Assists /600.4625th pct
  • ixG /600.108th pct
  • Shots /602.8520th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.5%72nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.3%60th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.177th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.0287th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:3827th pct
  • PP time share1.5%13th pct
  • PK time share27.7%50th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%30th 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.

−0.3 goals above expected

0246850100150200250Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25