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Ice Lab

Defence · #45

Roman Polak

St. Louis Blues Toronto Maple Leafs San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars(traded during the season)
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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice9668:4747.8%48.1%48.8%48.9%2.192.30310344996.6
Team with player off ice19993:2952.0%52.0%51.9%51.8%2.432.257987141,004.5
Relative (on − off)–-4.1%–-3.0%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 93 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.7%
Quality of teammates
22.9%
Teammates' xGF%: 50.8%
Offensive zone starts
33.6%
60.9% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsMorrowBarchBennPetersenNealSutherbyErikssonWandellOttRibeiroRichardsGrossmannRobidasDaleyFistricSkrastinsWoywitkaNiskanenSegalBurishDowellDvorakFiddlerRyderGoligoskiSourayNystromPardyLarsenSmithGarbuttVincourDillonBennWhitneyEakinSceviourRomeRoyRousselJagrColeOleksiakFraserHorcoffJeffreyChiassonPeverleyNichushkinSeguinGoncharConnautonNemethMorinHemskySpezzaJokipakkaKlingbergDemersSharpFaksaJanmarkOduyaEavesJohnsShoreRitchieCracknellKorpikoskiHamhuisHonkaLindellHudlerDickinsonPitlickElieRadulovPaterynHeatheringtonComeauHintzHeiskanenCarrickMethotSmithDowlingGurianovHanleyBayreutherFedunHanzalCoglianoL'EsperanceLovejoyPavelskiSekeraPerryPolak

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
48.8%
47.4%