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Defence · #41

Robert Bortuzzo

Pittsburgh Penguins St. Louis Blues New York Islanders Utah Hockey Club(traded during the season)
Age
37
Shoots
Right
Height
193 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Thunder Bay, CAN
Draft
2007, round 3, #78 (PIT)

Career · 2011–12 to 2024–25

Games
577
Goals
20
Points
76
TOI per game
14:06
xGF% (5v5)
52.1%
Goals above expected
−5.5
ShowAll teamsPittsburgh PenguinsSt. Louis BluesNew York IslandersUtah Hockey Club

Season by season

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

2011–12PIT6000+110:5430.0%00.246.7%
2012–13PIT15224+313:171020.0%00.647.7%
2013–14PIT5401010−315:29500.0%02.148.2%
2014–15PIT38246−615:28375.4%01.751.3%
2014–15STL13112−314:06195.3%00.763.5%
2014–15All teams51358−915:07565.4%02.454.7%
2015–16STL40213+213:16474.3%02.155.0%
2016–17STL38134+1114:05452.2%02.158.1%
2017–18STL724913+1114:48765.3%03.452.9%
2018–19STL592810+915:28752.7%03.756.1%
2019–20STL42246+1213:07365.6%01.749.9%
2020–21STL40145−314:10313.2%01.451.4%
2021–22STL73156−413:44472.1%02.949.7%
2022–23STL43235+912:34306.7%01.647.6%
2023–24STL4000+210:2410.0%00.049.6%
2023–24NYI23000−214:19100.0%00.744.3%
2023–24All teams27000013:44110.0%00.745.0%
2024–25UTA17022−210:5780.0%00.563.8%
Total4 teams577205676+3714:065253.8%025.552.1%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.5100200300400500
10m12m14m16m18m20m100200300400500Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2011–12 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

64th 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 /600.1543rd pct
  • Assists /600.4118th pct
  • ixG /600.1955th pct
  • Shots /603.8749th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.1%83rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.9%60th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.187th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.0892nd pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:0612th pct
  • PP time share0.8%9th pct
  • PK time share31.8%62nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.4%12th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Matt GreeneLAK0.86
  2. Greg PaterynMTL/DAL/MIN0.86
  3. Mike Commodore0.82
  4. Brayden PachalVGK/CGY0.82
  5. Keaton Middleton0.81
  6. Adam McQuaidBOS/NYR0.78

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−5.5 goals above expected

0510152025100200300400500Game

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

−200+20+40+60

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed32.2 km/h8th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph01st pct
  • Hardest shot133.5 km/h13th pct
  • Distance skated43 km18th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.1%72nd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

32.2 km/h0th pct

▼ −1.8 km/h since 2023–24

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 35.5 km/h, 60th percentile (73 games)2022–23: 34.2 km/h, 19th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 33.9 km/h, 13th percentile (27 games)2024–25: 32.2 km/h, 0th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −0.8 since 2023–24

012321–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 1.2, 42nd percentile (73 games)2022–23: 1.2, 40th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 0.8, 20th percentile (27 games)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km56th pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2023–24

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 13.8 km, 60th percentile (73 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 46th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 13.5 km, 43rd percentile (27 games)2024–25: 13.8 km, 56th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

133.5 km/h5th pct

▼ −1.0 km/h since 2023–24

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 152.2 km/h, 54th percentile (73 games)2022–23: 143.1 km/h, 19th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 134.5 km/h, 3rd percentile (27 games)2024–25: 133.5 km/h, 5th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

43.1%72nd pct

▲ +4.2 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 40.4%, 31st percentile (73 games)2022–23: 39.7%, 21st percentile (43 games)2023–24: 38.8%, 14th percentile (27 games)2024–25: 43.1%, 72nd percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)