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Defence · #8

Casey Nelson

Age
34
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Wisconsin Rapids, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2015–16 to 2018–19

Games
93
Goals
4
Points
18
TOI per game
16:22
xGF% (5v5)
45.9%
Goals above expected
+0.2

Season by season

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

2015–16BUF7044+114:4950.0%20.147.4%
2016–17BUF11000−312:36100.0%00.243.8%
2017–18BUF37358−1418:47486.3%02.243.4%
2018–19BUF38156+115:25372.7%01.248.9%
Total1 team9341418−1516:221004.0%23.845.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.6102030405060708090
12m14m16m18m20m102030405060708090Game

Player card

How 2015–16 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

27th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1644th pct
  • Assists /600.5539th pct
  • ixG /600.1528th pct
  • Shots /603.9442nd pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)45.9%14th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.6%65th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.820th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2663rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:2234th pct
  • PP time share6.1%43rd pct
  • PK time share20.4%38th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%22nd 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.

+0.2 goals above expected

0123420406080Game

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

−100+10+20+30