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Defence · #28

Patrick Wiercioch

Ottawa Senators Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
36
Shoots
Left
Height
196 cm
Weight
92 kg
Born
Burnaby, CAN
Draft
2008, round 2, #42 (OTT)

Career · 6 seasons

Games
268
Goals
16
Points
74
TOI per game
16:48
xGF% (5v5)
50.3%
Goals above expected
−0.5

Season by season

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

2010–11OTT8022013:5430.0%10.253.6%
After a break: 2012–13OTT4251419+915:42816.2%103.557.0%
2013–14OTT5341923−116:22974.1%124.548.6%
2014–15OTT5631013+318:03793.8%53.655.7%
2015–16OTT52055+217:20560.0%22.249.8%
2016–17COL574812−1816:40636.3%02.440.8%
Total2 teams268165874−516:483794.2%3016.550.3%

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)
00.20.40.60.8150100150200250
12m14m16m18m20m50100150200250Game

Player card

How 6 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

75th 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

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2167th pct
  • Assists /600.7775th pct
  • ixG /600.2269th pct
  • Shots /605.0579th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.3%61st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.6%78th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.576th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2849th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:4835th pct
  • PP time share32.2%74th pct
  • PK time share9.2%17th pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%25th 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.

−0.5 goals above expected

05101550100150200250Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40