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Ice Lab

Defence · #38

Michael Sauer

New York Rangers
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

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 ice1439:1849.8%49.9%56.2%56.2%2.752.1462361,036.7
Team with player off ice2976:2548.2%48.3%51.8%51.6%2.842.64117122999.8
Relative (on − off)–1.7%–4.4%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game 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
22.0%
Teammates' xGF%: 53.0%
Offensive zone starts
46.4%
63.8% 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.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsPrustGaborikAveryDubinskyFedotenkoStepanBoyleCallahanChristensenFrolovAnisimovZottoGirardiStaalRozsivalEmingerWhiteGilroyDruryZuccarelloMcDonaghWolskiNewburyProspalMcCabeRichardsRuppErixonWoywitkaStralmanMitchellHagelinSauer

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
56.2%
57.1%