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Defence · #6

Simon Despres

Pittsburgh Penguins Anaheim Ducks(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
99 kg
Born
Laval, CAN
Draft
2009, round 1, #30 (PIT)

Career · 2011–12 to 2016–17

Games
193
Goals
6
Points
43
TOI per game
16:45
xGF% (5v5)
54.9%
Goals above expected
−5.0

Season by season

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

2011–12PIT18134+514:13224.5%11.268.4%
2012–13PIT33257+915:07336.1%11.457.9%
2013–14PIT34055+416:45410.0%11.453.0%
2014–15PIT5921517+916:23762.6%13.851.9%
2014–15ANA16156+218:40273.7%00.954.7%
2014–15All teams7532023+1116:521032.9%14.852.6%
2015–16ANA32044+219:38320.0%12.252.8%
2016–17ANA1000016:0810.0%00.024.3%
Total2 teams19363743+3116:452322.6%511.054.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.620406080100120140160180
12m14m16m18m20m22m20406080100120140160180Game

Player card

How 2011–12 to 2016–17 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

86th 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 /600.1129th pct
  • Assists /600.6964th pct
  • ixG /600.2061st pct
  • Shots /604.3162nd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)54.9%96th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.1%81st pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.894th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)1.9094th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:4537th pct
  • PP time share10.9%46th pct
  • PK time share16.9%33rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%41st 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.

−5.0 goals above expected

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

−100+10+20+30+40