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Defence · #5

Steve Montador

Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks(traded during the season)
Age
46
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Vancouver, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12

Games
203
Goals
15
Points
63
TOI per game
17:26
xGF% (5v5)
54.3%
Goals above expected
+1.0

Season by season

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

2009–10BUF7851823017:061343.7%15.4–
2010–11BUF7352126+1619:431184.2%15.553.9%
2011–12CHI525914+414:46578.8%63.255.0%
Total2 teams203154863+2017:263094.9%814.054.3%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200
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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

1st pair

82nd 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 /600.2576th pct
  • Assists /600.8172nd pct
  • ixG /600.2477th pct
  • Shots /605.2485th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)54.3%92nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.5%73rd pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.873rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1768th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game17:2635th pct
  • PP time share14.9%47th pct
  • PK time share22.4%36th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%27th 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.

+1.0 goals above expected

05101550100150200Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20