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Mike Grier

#25 · Right wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 5, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 6'1", 224 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 219th overall in 1993 by STL (round 9)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brad Winchester ANA · 16 P in 76 GP Travis Moen MTL · 16 P in 79 GP Chris Neil OTT · 16 P in 80 GP Chuck Kobasew MIN · 16 P in 64 GP Chris Conner PIT · 16 P in 60 GP

Career

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

0102030401996-97: 32 points3296-971997-98: 15 points1597-981998-99: 44 points4498-991999-00: 31 points3199-002000-01: 36 points3600-012001-02: 25 points2501-022002-03: 32 points3202-032003-04: 29 points2903-042005-06: 23 points2305-062006-07: 33 points3306-072007-08: 22 points2207-082008-09: 23 points2308-092009-10: 22 points2209-102010-11: 16 points1610-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 EDM 79 15 17 32 7 45 89 0 0.41
1997-98 EDM 66 9 6 15 -3 73 90 163 0.23
1998-99 EDM 82 20 24 44 5 54 143 188 0.54
1999-00 EDM 65 9 22 31 9 68 115 174 0.48
2000-01 EDM 74 20 16 36 11 20 124 144 0.49
2001-02 EDM 82 8 17 25 1 32 112 136 0.30
2002-03 WSH 82 15 17 32 -14 36 133 51 0.39
2003-04 WSH 68 8 12 20 -19 32 115 85 0.29
2003-04 BUF 14 1 8 9 10 4 18 21 0.64
2005-06 BUF 81 7 16 23 -7 28 109 113 0.28
2006-07 SJS 81 16 17 33 -5 43 125 117 0.41
2007-08 SJS 78 9 13 22 -8 24 132 119 0.28
2008-09 SJS 62 10 13 23 8 25 108 147 0.37
2009-10 BUF 73 10 12 22 -4 14 123 97 0.30
2010-11 BUF 73 5 11 16 0 12 107 112 0.22
14 seasons Career 1060 162 221 383 -9 510 1643 1667 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 EDM 12 3 1 4 -2 4 21 0 0.33
1997-98 EDM 12 2 2 4 4 13 14 31 0.33
1998-99 EDM 4 1 1 2 3 6 9 23 0.50
2000-01 EDM 6 0 0 0 -2 8 6 33 0.00
2002-03 WSH 6 1 1 2 0 2 10 13 0.33
2005-06 BUF 18 3 5 8 3 2 32 57 0.44
2006-07 SJS 11 2 2 4 1 27 31 27 0.36
2007-08 SJS 13 0 1 1 -2 2 22 28 0.08
2008-09 SJS 6 0 0 0 -2 6 8 16 0.00
2009-10 BUF 6 2 0 2 0 2 19 33 0.33
2010-11 BUF 7 0 1 1 -3 0 5 17 0.14
11 seasons Playoffs 101 14 14 28 0 72 177 278 0.28

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 5 11 16 0 12 107 112 0.22 4.7 14:24

2010-11 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence-0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.3Penalties+0.2

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.

On the ice

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

44.8Corsi for %43 attempts for, 53 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
35.7Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 3.1 against
-7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
89.9PDO4.2% shooting + 85.7% saves
7Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick416:3143.832.11-1
Mike Grier · Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick416:1157.140.90-0
Mike Grier · Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis13:1925.046.40-0
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick21:5950.080.00-0

The lines 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 lines 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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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
Mar 26, 2011 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:03
Mar 25, 2011 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:04
Mar 22, 2011 @ MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:48
Mar 20, 2011 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 10:48
Mar 19, 2011 vs ATL W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:26
Mar 15, 2011 vs CAR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:20
Mar 13, 2011 vs OTT W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:17
Mar 12, 2011 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:11
Mar 10, 2011 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 14:22
Mar 5, 2011 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:40
Mar 3, 2011 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 08:54
Mar 1, 2011 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:20
Feb 26, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:53
Feb 25, 2011 vs OTT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:04
Feb 23, 2011 vs ATL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:40
Feb 20, 2011 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:10
Feb 18, 2011 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:39
Feb 16, 2011 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:35
Feb 15, 2011 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:16
Feb 13, 2011 vs NYI L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:19
Feb 10, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:53
Feb 8, 2011 @ TBL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:51
Feb 5, 2011 vs TOR W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:26
Feb 4, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 7 16:09
Jan 25, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:34
Jan 23, 2011 @ NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 13:46
Jan 21, 2011 vs NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:37
Jan 20, 2011 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:26
Jan 18, 2011 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:39
Jan 15, 2011 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:28
Jan 13, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:34
Jan 11, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:30
Jan 8, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:28
Jan 6, 2011 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:58
Jan 4, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:23
Jan 1, 2011 vs BOS W 7-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:27
Dec 28, 2010 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:20
Dec 27, 2010 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 16:52
Dec 23, 2010 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 16:37
Dec 21, 2010 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:45
Dec 18, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:00
Dec 17, 2010 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13:14
Dec 15, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:29
Dec 11, 2010 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:29
Dec 9, 2010 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 16:59
Dec 7, 2010 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:18
Dec 4, 2010 @ OTT W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:09
Dec 3, 2010 vs CBJ W 5-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:34
Nov 27, 2010 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:38
Nov 26, 2010 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 15:48
Nov 24, 2010 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:05
Nov 20, 2010 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:25
Nov 19, 2010 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:30
Nov 17, 2010 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:35
Nov 15, 2010 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:15
Nov 13, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:10
Nov 11, 2010 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:33
Nov 10, 2010 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:21
Nov 6, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:33
Nov 5, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 17:48
Nov 3, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:09
Oct 30, 2010 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15:02
Oct 29, 2010 @ ATL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:38
Oct 26, 2010 @ PHI L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:52
Oct 23, 2010 @ NJD W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 12:25
Oct 22, 2010 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:16
Oct 20, 2010 @ ATL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:28
Oct 16, 2010 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:20
Oct 15, 2010 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 17:58
Oct 13, 2010 vs NJD L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:04
Oct 11, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 14:46
Oct 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:33
Oct 8, 2010 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:43