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Defence · #38

Michael Sauer

Age
39
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
97 kg
Born
St. Cloud, USA
Draft
2005, round 2, #40 (NYR)

Career · 2010–11 to 2011–12

Games
95
Goals
4
Points
18
TOI per game
17:46
xGF% (5v5)
56.2%
Goals above expected
−1.1

Season by season

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

2010–11NYR7631215+2017:31545.6%14.257.0%
2011–12NYR19123+918:44147.1%01.053.2%
Total1 team9541418+2917:46685.9%15.156.2%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080
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Player card

How 2010–11 to 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

66th 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 /600.1443rd pct
  • Assists /600.5032nd pct
  • ixG /600.1856th pct
  • Shots /602.4214th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)56.2%96th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.8%51st pct
  • Relative xGF%+4.491st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1472nd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game17:4637th pct
  • PP time share2.8%21st pct
  • PK time share29.1%49th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%41st 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.

−1.1 goals above expected

01234520406080Game

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

−10−50+5+10