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Defence · #8

Kevin Klein

Nashville Predators New York Rangers(traded during the season)
Age
41
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Kitchener, CAN
Draft
2003, round 2, #37 (NSH)

Career · 2009–10 to 2016–17

Games
546
Goals
33
Points
139
TOI per game
19:22
xGF% (5v5)
47.5%
Goals above expected
+3.1

Season by season

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

2009–10NSH8111011−1319:55671.5%03.1–
2010–11NSH8121618+920:48992.0%04.146.3%
2011–12NSH6641721−819:56914.4%14.246.4%
2012–13NSH4731114−120:25545.6%02.947.0%
2013–14NSH47123−1118:48492.0%01.845.2%
2013–14NYR30156+415:01244.2%01.446.5%
2013–14All teams77279−717:20732.7%03.245.7%
2014–15NYR6591726+2418:297611.8%04.247.8%
2015–16NYR6991726+1620:236913.0%14.949.6%
2016–17NYR6031114+517:38545.6%13.249.4%
Total2 teams54633106139+2519:225835.7%329.947.5%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500
14m16m18m20m22m100200300400500Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2016–17 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

27th 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 /600.1960th pct
  • Assists /600.6052nd pct
  • ixG /600.1744th pct
  • Shots /603.3133rd pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)47.5%27th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.8%17th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.318th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3932nd pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:2263rd pct
  • PP time share4.6%32nd pct
  • PK time share43.1%82nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%59th 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.

+3.1 goals above expected

0102030100200300400500Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40+50