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Defence · #27

Derek Smith

Ottawa Senators Calgary Flames(traded during the season)
Age
41
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
Belleville, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
83
Goals
2
Points
13
TOI per game
13:53
xGF% (5v5)
49.3%
Goals above expected
−1.6

Season by season

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

2009–10OTT2000−412:2040.0%00.1–
2010–11OTT9011+315:19130.0%00.358.7%
2011–12CGY472911−115:56444.5%42.350.9%
2012–13CGY22011−512:15180.0%00.851.6%
2013–14CGY14011−109:32120.0%00.534.3%
Total2 teams9421214−1713:59912.2%44.050.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.81020304050607080
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

42nd 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 /600.0923rd pct
  • Assists /600.5544th pct
  • ixG /600.1852nd pct
  • Shots /604.1564th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.2%56th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.0%42nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.946th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.0878th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game13:596th pct
  • PP time share10.9%42nd pct
  • PK time share5.4%9th pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%16th 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.

−1.6 goals above expected

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25