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Ice Lab

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

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 ice732:1348.6%48.6%47.1%47.1%1.701.921926981.4
Team with player off ice1553:3754.8%54.9%54.1%54.1%1.921.634945990.0
Relative (on − off)–-6.2%–-7.1%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 40 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.8%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.8%
Quality of teammates
24.8%
Teammates' xGF%: 51.6%
Offensive zone starts
60.1%
71.3% 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%23.023.524.024.525.025.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsZubrusParisePelleyRolstonLangenbrunnerZajacClarksonWhiteKovalchukZharkovFraserGreeneEliasCorrenteMairSestitoTedenbyArnottTallinderVolchenkovFaynePalmieriVasyunovJosefsonSteckelSalmela

Close and late

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
47.1%
41.5%