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Defence · #8

Matt Walker

Age
46
Shoots
Right
Height
193 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Beaverlodge, CAN
Draft
1998, round 3, #83 (STL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12

Games
74
Goals
2
Points
5
TOI per game
15:38
xGF% (5v5)
31.7%
Goals above expected
−0.1

Season by season

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

2009–10TBL66235−1116:09543.7%01.7–
2010–11PHI4000011:3830.0%00.330.9%
2011–12PHI4000−210:5820.0%00.132.1%
Total2 teams74235−1315:38593.4%02.131.7%

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)
00.10.20.310203040506070
12m14m16m18m20m10203040506070Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

0th 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 /600.1027th pct
  • Assists /600.161st pct
  • ixG /600.1119th pct
  • Shots /603.0630th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)31.7%0th pct
  • CF% (5v5)38.8%0th pct
  • Relative xGF%−27.00th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)3.570th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game15:3815th pct
  • PP time share0.3%3rd pct
  • PK time share2.1%3rd pct
  • Quality of competition22.8%2nd 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). This player is below the threshold, so the percentiles and ratings are for reference only.

Most similar players this season

Needs a regular role to compare.

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.

−0.1 goals above expected

00.511.5210203040506070Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20