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Sean O'Donnell

#6 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Oct 13, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 238 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 123rd overall in 1991 by BUF (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Keith Ballard VAN · 7 P in 47 GP Marc Methot CBJ · 7 P in 46 GP Marc-Andre Bourdon PHI · 7 P in 45 GP Cory Sarich CGY · 7 P in 62 GP Alexei Emelin MTL · 7 P in 67 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

05101520251994-95: 2 points294-951995-96: 7 points71996-97: 17 points1796-971997-98: 17 points171998-99: 14 points1498-991999-00: 14 points142000-01: 17 points1700-012001-02: 25 points252002-03: 16 points1602-032003-04: 11 points112005-06: 11 points1105-062006-07: 17 points172007-08: 9 points907-082008-09: 12 points122009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 18 points182011-12: 7 points711-12

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 LAK 16 0 2 2 -2 49 12 0 0.13
1995-96 LAK 71 2 5 7 3 127 65 0 0.10
1996-97 LAK 55 5 12 17 -13 144 68 0 0.31
1997-98 LAK 80 2 15 17 7 179 71 100 0.21
1998-99 LAK 80 1 13 14 1 186 64 133 0.18
1999-00 LAK 80 2 12 14 4 114 51 154 0.18
2000-01 MIN 63 4 12 16 -2 128 58 81 0.25
2000-01 NJD 17 0 1 1 2 33 9 14 0.06
2001-02 BOS 80 3 22 25 27 89 112 102 0.31
2002-03 BOS 70 1 15 16 8 76 61 17 0.23
2003-04 BOS 82 1 10 11 10 110 72 45 0.13
2005-06 PHX 57 1 7 8 3 121 23 39 0.14
2005-06 ANA 21 1 2 3 3 26 10 13 0.14
2006-07 ANA 79 2 15 17 9 92 47 55 0.22
2007-08 ANA 82 2 7 9 9 84 25 54 0.11
2008-09 LAK 82 0 12 12 2 71 32 77 0.15
2009-10 LAK 78 3 12 15 14 70 44 88 0.19
2010-11 PHI 81 1 17 18 8 87 34 53 0.22
2011-12 CHI 51 0 7 7 -6 23 30 46 0.14
17 seasons Career 1225 31 198 229 87 1809 888 1071 0.19

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 LAK 4 1 0 1 1 36 7 5 0.25
1999-00 LAK 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 7 0.25
2000-01 NJD 23 1 2 3 5 41 9 28 0.13
2001-02 BOS 6 0 2 2 -2 4 6 7 0.33
2003-04 BOS 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.00
2005-06 ANA 16 2 3 5 8 23 10 11 0.31
2006-07 ANA 21 0 2 2 8 10 13 19 0.10
2007-08 ANA 6 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 0.33
2009-10 LAK 6 0 1 1 -2 4 2 2 0.17
2010-11 PHI 11 0 2 2 -2 5 4 10 0.18
2011-12 CHI 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0.00
11 seasons Playoffs 106 6 13 19 17 129 60 94 0.18

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 0 7 7 -6 23 30 46 0.14 0.0 13:31

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-6-4-202010-112011-12Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

40.5Corsi for %15 attempts for, 22 against
-20.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.6Expected goals for %0.4 expected for, 0.7 against
-21.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
30.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
75.0PDO0.0% shooting + 75.0% saves
2Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean O'Donnell · Nick Leddy29:1463.252.50-2
Sean O'Donnell · Niklas Hjalmarsson17:4014.30.00-1
Sean O'Donnell · Johnny Oduya21:0433.364.80-0
Sean O'Donnell · Brent Seabrook10:460.00.00-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.06 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 2.0% chance per attempt9th
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 56 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 2012 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:34
Apr 1, 2012 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:58
Mar 31, 2012 @ NSH W 5-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 08:48
Mar 29, 2012 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:54
Mar 27, 2012 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:54
Mar 25, 2012 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:47
Feb 26, 2012 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:13
Feb 25, 2012 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:17
Feb 19, 2012 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:23
Feb 18, 2012 @ CBJ W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:52
Feb 16, 2012 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 11:18
Feb 14, 2012 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:32
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:29
Feb 10, 2012 @ SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 11:52
Feb 7, 2012 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:56
Feb 3, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:27
Jan 24, 2012 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:37
Jan 21, 2012 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:45
Jan 20, 2012 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:43
Jan 18, 2012 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:59
Jan 15, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 14:36
Jan 14, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:19
Jan 12, 2012 vs MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:03
Jan 10, 2012 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 17:48
Jan 8, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:30
Jan 5, 2012 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:58
Dec 30, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:38
Dec 28, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:38
Dec 26, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:02
Dec 21, 2011 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:58
Dec 16, 2011 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:01
Dec 5, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:37
Dec 3, 2011 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:28
Dec 2, 2011 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 09:50
Nov 29, 2011 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:46
Nov 26, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:47
Nov 25, 2011 @ ANA W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:36
Nov 23, 2011 @ SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:27
Nov 19, 2011 @ EDM L 2-9 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:50
Nov 6, 2011 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:28
Nov 4, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:17
Nov 3, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:06
Oct 28, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:05
Oct 25, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 13:37
Oct 22, 2011 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:34
Oct 20, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:02
Oct 18, 2011 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:12
Oct 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:45
Oct 13, 2011 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:10
Oct 8, 2011 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:58
Oct 7, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:42