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Defence · #45

Roman Polak

Age
40
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
109 kg
Born
Ostrava, CZE
Draft
2004, round 6, #180 (STL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2019–20

Games
712
Goals
25
Points
124
TOI per game
18:48
xGF% (5v5)
48.8%
Goals above expected
−8.6

Season by season

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

2009–10STL7841721+719:59735.5%02.9–
2010–11STL553912−419:57545.6%02.546.9%
2011–12STL7701111+618:52880.0%03.953.0%
2012–13STL48156−218:25392.6%01.749.7%
2013–14STL724913+317:20834.8%04.149.1%
2014–15TOR56549−2221:05618.2%03.543.1%
2015–16TOR5511213+819:44561.8%02.851.2%
2015–16SJS24033−217:49350.0%01.953.6%
2015–16All teams7911516+619:09911.1%04.751.9%
2016–17TOR754711+1017:55646.3%02.349.6%
2017–18TOR5421012+517:39474.3%02.349.4%
2018–19DAL77189+619:10771.3%03.846.6%
2019–20DAL41044−616:40340.0%02.049.7%
Total4 teams7122599124+918:487113.5%033.648.8%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.6100200300400500600700
14m16m18m20m22m24m100200300400500600700Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2019–20 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

25th 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 /600.1128th pct
  • Assists /600.4421st pct
  • ixG /600.1533rd pct
  • Shots /603.1925th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.8%44th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.8%27th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.019th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3057th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:4862nd pct
  • PP time share1.0%9th pct
  • PK time share48.2%91st pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%52nd 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.

−8.6 goals above expected

010203040100200300400500600700Game

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

−200+20+40+60