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Defence · #33

Derrick Pouliot

Pittsburgh Penguins Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues Vegas Golden Knights Seattle Kraken San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Estevan, CAN
Draft
2012, round 1, #8 (PIT)

Career · 9 seasons

Games
67
Goals
2
Points
14
TOI per game
16:25
xGF% (5v5)
51.0%
Goals above expected
−3.2

Season by season

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

2014–15PIT34257−1117:33563.6%43.447.2%
2015–16PIT22077+415:27250.0%01.360.7%
2016–17PIT11000−414:53110.0%00.544.6%
2017–18VAN7131922−2217:51783.8%94.748.9%
2018–19VAN623912−117:10585.2%13.346.1%
2019–20STL2000−18:2010.0%00.066.4%
After a break: 2021–22VGK2011014:200–00.018.6%
2021–22SEA9033+615:4680.0%00.551.7%
2021–22All teams11044+615:3080.0%00.549.1%
2022–23SJS8022−116:5740.0%00.251.0%
2023–24DAL5000−112:0850.0%00.137.2%
Total7 teams22684654−3116:532463.3%1413.948.5%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.5102030405060
14m15m16m17m18m19m20m102030405060Game

Player card

Model-based

How 9 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

54th 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 /600.1333rd pct
  • Assists /600.7266th pct
  • ixG /600.2267th pct
  • Shots /603.8747th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.5%44th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.6%81st pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.665th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5334th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:5345th pct
  • PP time share28.8%77th pct
  • PK time share3.9%11th pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Adam ClendeningVAN0.80
  2. Ryan MurphyCAR0.76
  3. Carlo ColaiacovoPHI0.73
  4. Juuso VälimäkiCGY0.72
  5. Ryker Evans0.71
  6. Marek ZidlickyNJD0.69

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−3.2 goals above expected

0123456102030405060Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.3 km/h13th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph16th pct
  • Hardest shot119.0 km/h4th pct
  • Distance skated15 km11th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.9%70th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.3 km/h3rd pct

▲ +1.5 km/h since 2022–23

303234363821–2222–2323–242021–22: 32.5 km/h, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 31.8 km/h, 0th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 33.3 km/h, 3rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.028th pct

▲ +1.0 since 2022–23

012321–2222–2323–242021–22: 0.7, 22nd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 1.0, 28th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.8 km99th pct

▲ +1.0 km since 2022–23

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–242021–22: 14.5 km, 95th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.8 km, 66th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 14.8 km, 99th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

119.0 km/h0th pct

▼ −16.5 km/h since 2022–23

10012014016018021–2222–2323–242021–22: 156.9 km/h, 78th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 135.5 km/h, 3rd percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 119.0 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

42.9%71st pct

▼ −0.3 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–242021–22: 45.6%, 95th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 43.1%, 71st percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 42.9%, 71st percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)