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Centre · #21

Ryan Potulny

Age
42
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Grand Forks, USA
Draft
2003, round 3, #87 (PHI)

Career · 2009–10 to 2010–11

Games
74
Goals
15
Points
32
TOI per game
15:09
xGF% (5v5)
35.4%
Goals above expected
+1.4

Season by season

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

2009–10EDM64151732−2116:171529.9%913.3–
2010–11CHI3000−110:0720.0%00.121.0%
2010–11OTT700006:5750.0%00.248.7%
2010–11All teams10000−17:5470.0%00.335.4%
Total3 teams74151732−2215:091599.4%913.635.4%

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)
00.20.40.60.810203040506070
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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

4th line

23rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.8058th pct
  • Assists /600.9141st pct
  • ixG /600.7347th pct
  • Goals above expected+1.463rd pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)35.4%2nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.6%14th pct
  • Relative xGF%−12.71st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0544th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game15:0952nd pct
  • PP time share8.0%31st pct
  • Offensive zone starts75.0%97th pct
  • Quality of competition22.9%5th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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). This player is below the threshold, so the percentiles and ratings are for reference only.

Most similar players this season

Needs a regular role to compare.

Faceoffs

How often Potulny wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2010–11, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 405+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

47.1%

398–447 · #133 of 179 regulars, 26th percentile

Against an average centre

47.6%

Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.

Wins above average

−20

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

12.6

845 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

35%155 · +0.454%154 · +2.743%99 · +2.347%30 · +2.442%26 · +0.863%32 · +2.548%25 · −0.655%175 · +1.144%149 · +0.8Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone49.8% 125–126
  • Neutral zone41.4% 111–157
  • Defensive zone49.7% 162–164

By strength

  • Even strength48.2% 298–320
  • Power play56.0% 42–33
  • Shorthanded38.7% 55–87

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +6 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1081947.4%47.9%
2010–112638.5%38.3%

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.

+1.4 goals above expected

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40