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Defence · #52

Alexander Sulzer

Age
42
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Kaufbeuren, DEU
Draft
2003, round 3, #92 (NSH)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
129
Goals
7
Points
22
TOI per game
16:56
xGF% (5v5)
48.4%
Goals above expected
+1.4

Season by season

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

2009–10NSH20022+413:23150.0%00.4–
2010–11NSH31134−517:42303.3%21.447.4%
2010–11FLA9011−317:0070.0%00.249.2%
2010–11All teams40145−817:33372.7%21.647.8%
2011–12VAN12011+615:59110.0%00.541.4%
2011–12BUF15358+219:182213.6%11.557.8%
2011–12All teams27369+817:49339.1%12.051.5%
2012–13BUF17314+316:311520.0%00.549.0%
2013–14BUF25022−318:08210.0%11.145.2%
Total4 teams12971522+416:561215.8%45.648.4%

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)
00.20.40.60.820406080100120
12m14m16m18m20m20406080100120Game

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

34th 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 /600.1962nd pct
  • Assists /600.4119th pct
  • ixG /600.1539th pct
  • Shots /603.3239th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.4%37th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.7%38th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.671st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4923rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:5632nd pct
  • PP time share11.7%44th pct
  • PK time share21.2%34th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%45th 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.

+1.4 goals above expected

0246820406080100120Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25