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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
164
Goals
21
Points
60
TOI per game
20:31
xGF% (5v5)
46.0%
Goals above expected
+8.2

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 ice1390:4051.2%52.0%46.0%46.1%1.982.3247491,004.9
Team with player off ice3091:4854.1%54.9%51.7%51.8%2.262.11132921,018.1
Relative (on − off)–-2.9%–-5.8%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 68 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
24.7%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.8%
Quality of teammates
25.0%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.1%
Offensive zone starts
53.9%
51.1% 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.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsBurrowsKeslerRaymondSedinSamuelssonSedinBieksaEhrhoffEdlerGlassBolducRomeHansenAlbertsTambelliniTorresMalhotraOreskovichTanevHodgsonHamhuisBallardLapierreHigginsWeiseVolpattiEbbettBoothSulzerBitzKassianPahlssonGragnaniDalpeMatthiasSestitoSchroederJensenGarrisonWeberStantonSalo

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
48.8%
55.6%