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Centre · #58

Paul Szczechura

Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres(traded during the season)
Age
40
Shoots
Right
Height
178 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Brantford, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2 seasons

Games
61
Goals
6
Points
11
TOI per game
12:51
xGF% (5v5)
46.0%
Goals above expected
−2.7

Season by season

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

2009–10TBL52527−1513:05836.0%17.6–
After a break: 2011–12BUF9134011:26119.1%01.146.0%
Total2 teams616511−1512:51946.4%18.746.0%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.6102030405060
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Player card

How 2 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

20th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.4622nd pct
  • Assists /600.386th pct
  • ixG /600.6639th pct
  • Goals above expected−2.731st pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.0%22nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.4%11th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.881st pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.0833rd pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game12:5132nd pct
  • PP time share0.2%1st pct
  • Offensive zone starts62.9%70th pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%67th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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). This player is below the threshold, so the percentiles and ratings are for reference only.

Most similar players this season

Needs a regular role to compare.

Faceoffs

How often Szczechura wins the draw over 2 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 407+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.0%

212–249 · #151 of 183 regulars, 18th percentile

Against an average centre

45.9%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

−19

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

7.7

461 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

47%87 · +0.738%40 · +0.347%53 · −0.667%15 · +1.053%19 · −0.644%18 · +1.433%21 · −0.944%32 · +4.847%176 · +2.5Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone43.0% 40–53
  • Neutral zone47.5% 76–84
  • Defensive zone46.2% 96–112

By strength

  • Even strength49.6% 174–177
  • Power play63.6% 7–4
  • Shorthanded32.3% 30–63

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1039446.7%46.5%
2011–126741.8%42.0%

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.

−2.7 goals above expected

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40+50+60