Right wing · #37
Mikael Samuelsson
- Age
- 49
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 99 kg
- Born
- Mariefred, SWE
- Draft
- 1998, round 5, #145 (SJS)
Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14
- Games
- 233
- Goals
- 63
- Points
- 138
- TOI per game
- 15:53
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.2%
- Goals above expected
- +17.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   VAN | 74 | 30 | 23 | 53 | +10 | 17:10 | 219 | 13.7% | 14 | 18.1 | – |
| 2010–11 | VAN | 75 | 18 | 32 | 50 | +8 | 16:38 | 215 | 8.4% | 19 | 15.3 | 48.7% |
| 2011–12 | VAN | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 15:53 | 13 | 7.7% | 2 | 0.7 | 47.4% |
| 2011–12 |   FLA | 48 | 13 | 15 | 28 | +2 | 15:57 | 125 | 10.4% | 11 | 9.4 | 51.0% |
| 2011–12 | All teams | 54 | 14 | 17 | 31 | +1 | 15:57 | 138 | 10.1% | 13 | 10.1 | 50.7% |
| 2012–13 |   DET | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 12:52 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 41.8% |
| 2013–14 | DET | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 10:21 | 36 | 2.8% | 2 | 2.2 | 47.5% |
| Total | 3 teams | 233 | 63 | 75 | 138 | +12 | 15:53 | 612 | 10.3% | 48 | 46.0 | 49.2% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
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
1st line
81st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.0288th pct
- Assists /601.2276th pct
- ixG /600.7557th pct
- Goals above expected+17.095th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.2%49th pct
- CF% (5v5)53.2%84th pct
- Relative xGF%+0.257th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0534th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game15:5368th pct
- PP time share44.4%79th pct
- Offensive zone starts61.5%65th pct
- Quality of competition24.7%68th pct
Percentiles among forwards 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Samuelsson wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2013–14, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 929+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
34.7%
33–62 · below the 929 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
35.2%
Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.
Wins above average
−14
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.4
95 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone23.6% 13–42
- Neutral zone55.0% 11–9
- Defensive zone45.0% 9–11
By strength
- Even strength33.8% 27–53
- Power play41.7% 5–7
- Shorthanded0.0% 0–2
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Paul Stastny20.0% 1–4
- Brian Boyle50.0% 2–2
- David Legwand33.3% 1–2
- Mikko Koivu0.0% 0–3
- Brad Richards100.0% 3–0
- Steve Ott0.0% 0–3
- Chris Kelly66.7% 2–1
- Shawn Horcoff50.0% 1–1
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 32 | 37.5% | 36.9% |
| 2010–11 | 28 | 32.1% | 32.7% |
| 2011–12 | 33 | 36.4% | 37.8% |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0.0% | 1.5% |
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.
+17.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games