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Defence · #29

Anssi Salmela

Atlanta Thrashers New Jersey Devils(traded during the season)
Age
42
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Nokia, FIN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2009–10 to 2010–11

Games
86
Goals
3
Points
15
TOI per game
15:40
xGF% (5v5)
47.1%
Goals above expected
−0.8

Season by season

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

2009–10ATL29145+413:10273.7%01.0–
2009–10NJD9123−514:27147.1%00.6–
2009–10All teams38268−113:28414.9%01.6–
2010–11NJD48167−1117:24571.8%02.147.1%
Total2 teams8631215−1215:40983.1%03.847.1%

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)
00.10.20.30.41020304050607080
12m14m16m18m20m1020304050607080Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2010–11 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

31st 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1339th pct
  • Assists /600.5339th pct
  • ixG /600.1748th pct
  • Shots /604.3771st pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.1%27th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.6%34th pct
  • Relative xGF%−7.15th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)1.9292nd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:4017th pct
  • PP time share10.4%42nd pct
  • PK time share5.4%6th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%65th 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.

−0.8 goals above expected

0123420406080Game

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

−10−50+5+10+15