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Defence · #6

Sami Salo

Vancouver Canucks Tampa Bay Lightning(traded during the season)
Age
52
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Turku, FIN
Draft
1996, round 9, #239 (OTT)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
281
Goals
27
Points
94
TOI per game
20:01
xGF% (5v5)
48.8%
Goals above expected
+7.7

Season by season

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

2009–10VAN6891928+1420:411197.6%115.3–
2010–11VAN27347−320:21397.7%31.443.7%
2011–12VAN6991625+720:271366.6%146.147.0%
2012–13TBL4621517+520:59484.2%72.245.9%
2013–14TBL7141317+1118:11814.9%64.355.2%
Total2 teams281276794+3420:014236.4%4119.348.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.8150100150200250
16m18m20m22m24m50100150200250Game

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

2nd pair

71st 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 /600.2982nd pct
  • Assists /600.7162nd pct
  • ixG /600.2164th pct
  • Shots /604.5171st pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.8%41st pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.1%57th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.636th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1571st pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game20:0166th pct
  • PP time share42.1%80th pct
  • PK time share40.2%73rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%78th 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.

+7.7 goals above expected

-505101520253050100150200250Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25