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Defence · #28

Brian Rafalski

Age
53
Shoots
Right
Height
178 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Dearborn, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2009–10 to 2010–11

Games
141
Goals
12
Points
90
TOI per game
22:32
xGF% (5v5)
53.7%
Goals above expected
+0.5

Season by season

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

2009–10DET7883442+2324:141346.0%197.2–
2010–11DET6344448+1120:251063.8%174.353.7%
Total1 team141127890+3422:322405.0%3611.553.7%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.220406080100120140
18m20m22m24m26m20406080100120140Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2010–11 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

88th 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 /600.2372nd pct
  • Assists /601.47100th pct
  • ixG /600.2267th pct
  • Shots /604.5374th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)53.7%84th pct
  • CF% (5v5)57.0%99th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.772nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2855th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game22:3282nd pct
  • PP time share64.0%92nd pct
  • PK time share4.1%4th pct
  • Quality of competition24.1%28th 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.

+0.5 goals above expected

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

−10−50+5+10+15