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Ice Lab

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
49
Goals
1
Points
10
TOI per game
19:14
xGF% (5v5)
53.2%
Goals above expected
−2.1

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 ice788:0350.0%51.1%53.2%53.9%2.272.002832988.0
Team with player off ice1501:2353.7%54.6%51.8%52.3%2.182.0256451,007.6
Relative (on − off)–-3.7%–1.4%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
24.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.8%
Quality of teammates
24.0%
Teammates' xGF%: 52.5%
Offensive zone starts
41.4%
57.2% 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%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsCoglianoSelannePerryKoivuBoninoGetzlafPalmieriSilfverbergWinnikBeleskeyMaroonRakellFowlerSbisaLovejoyBeaucheminLindholmAllenSmith-PellyEtemKeslerJackmanThompsonStonerVatanenFleischmannSekacMansonWisniewskiWagnerHorcoffSantorelliHagelinStewartBieksaGarbuttRitchieMcGinnTheodorePerronHolzerBollVermetteDespres

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
54.9%
60.6%