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Defence · #2

Keith Ballard

Florida Panthers Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild(traded during the season)
Age
43
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Baudette, USA
Draft
2002, round 1, #11 (BUF)

Career · 2009–10 to 2014–15

Games
289
Goals
13
Points
54
TOI per game
17:06
xGF% (5v5)
47.5%
Goals above expected
−1.3
ShowAll teamsFlorida PanthersVancouver CanucksMinnesota Wild

Season by season

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

2009–10FLA8282028−722:24908.9%85.6–
2010–11VAN65257+1015:54533.8%02.047.3%
2011–12VAN47167015:33412.4%02.846.1%
2012–13VAN36022−215:28350.0%02.151.6%
2013–14MIN45279−713:37296.9%21.745.9%
2014–15MIN14011−312:0350.0%00.147.7%
Total3 teams289134154−917:062535.1%1014.347.5%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250
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Player card

Model-based

How 2009–10 to 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

22nd 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1647th pct
  • Assists /600.5034th pct
  • ixG /600.1748th pct
  • Shots /603.0729th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.5%29th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.1%30th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.611th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2163rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game17:0637th pct
  • PP time share5.9%35th pct
  • PK time share18.4%31st pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%22nd 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Connor MurphyPHX0.87
  2. Tyson StrachanBUF0.83
  3. Jason StrudwickEDM0.78
  4. Mirco Mueller0.78
  5. Connor Carrick0.76
  6. Justin FalkMIN/NYR0.74

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−1.3 goals above expected

05101550100150200250Game

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

−100+10+20+30