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Defence · #6

Ryan Whitney

Age
43
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Boston, USA
Draft
2002, round 1, #5 (PIT)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
208
Goals
16
Points
99
TOI per game
22:38
xGF% (5v5)
43.1%
Goals above expected
−0.7

Season by season

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

2009–10ANA6242428−624:341073.7%136.2–
2009–10EDM193811+725:23446.8%42.7–
2009–10All teams8173239+124:451514.6%178.9–
2010–11EDM3522527+1325:20434.7%73.141.9%
2011–12EDM5131720−1620:58417.3%102.944.8%
2012–13EDM344913−718:293013.3%71.440.5%
2013–14FLA7000−716:4580.0%00.349.1%
Total3 teams208168399−1622:382735.9%4116.743.1%

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)
00.5150100150200
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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

3rd pair

29th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2064th pct
  • Assists /601.0691st pct
  • ixG /600.2168th pct
  • Shots /603.4843rd pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)43.1%4th pct
  • CF% (5v5)42.9%2nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.230th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.823rd pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game22:3886th pct
  • PP time share53.5%88th pct
  • PK time share20.9%33rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%58th 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.

−0.7 goals above expected

05101550100150200Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25