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Defence · #8

Nicklas Grossmann

Age
41
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
104 kg
Born
Stockholm, SWE
Draft
2004, round 2, #56 (DAL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2016–17

Games
441
Goals
11
Points
67
TOI per game
18:28
xGF% (5v5)
46.1%
Goals above expected
−1.3

Season by season

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

2009–10DAL71077−319:11580.0%11.7–
2010–11DAL591910+718:12382.6%01.447.8%
2011–12DAL52055018:59380.0%01.044.5%
2011–12PHI22066+518:25180.0%00.645.8%
2011–12All teams7401111+518:49560.0%01.744.9%
2012–13PHI30134−118:20214.8%00.945.8%
2013–14PHI7811314−619:07711.4%03.148.8%
2014–15PHI685914+817:394311.6%02.044.9%
2015–16ARI58347−317:47427.1%01.543.6%
2016–17CGY3000−413:0130.0%00.147.9%
Total4 teams441115667+318:283323.3%112.346.1%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.5100200300400
14m16m18m20m22m100200300400Game

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

Extra / AHL

11th 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.0818th pct
  • Assists /600.4119th pct
  • ixG /600.096th pct
  • Shots /602.459th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)46.1%17th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.4%13th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.723rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2947th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:2855th pct
  • PP time share1.3%11th pct
  • PK time share41.4%78th pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%79th 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.

−1.3 goals above expected

0510100200300400Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40+50