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Paul Mara

#22 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Sep 7, 1979 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA · 6'4", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 1997 by TBL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Bruno Gervais NYI · 6 P in 53 GP Mark Stuart ATL · 6 P in 54 GP Steve Eminger NYR · 6 P in 65 GP Jonas Holos COL · 6 P in 39 GP Colin White NJD · 6 P in 69 GP

Career

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

0102030401998-99: 2 points298-991999-00: 18 points1899-002000-01: 20 points2000-012001-02: 24 points2401-022002-03: 25 points2502-032003-04: 42 points4203-042005-06: 47 points4705-062006-07: 23 points2306-072007-08: 17 points1707-082008-09: 21 points2108-092009-10: 8 points809-102010-11: 6 points610-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 TBL 1 1 1 2 -3 0 1 1 2.00
1999-00 TBL 54 7 11 18 -27 73 78 62 0.33
2000-01 TBL 46 6 10 16 -17 40 58 45 0.35
2000-01 PHX 16 0 4 4 1 14 20 17 0.25
2001-02 PHX 75 7 17 24 -6 58 112 129 0.32
2002-03 PHX 73 10 15 25 -7 78 95 22 0.34
2003-04 PHX 81 6 36 42 -11 48 140 90 0.52
2005-06 PHX 78 15 32 47 -12 70 157 52 0.60
2006-07 BOS 59 3 15 18 -22 95 60 57 0.31
2006-07 NYR 19 2 3 5 6 18 40 15 0.26
2007-08 NYR 61 1 16 17 1 52 80 74 0.28
2008-09 NYR 76 5 16 21 2 94 102 123 0.28
2009-10 MTL 42 0 8 8 -16 48 30 50 0.19
2010-11 ANA 33 1 1 2 -1 40 34 61 0.06
2010-11 MTL 20 0 4 4 2 48 16 27 0.20
12 seasons Career 734 64 189 253 -110 776 1023 825 0.34

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 PHX 5 0 0 0 -4 4 7 6 0.00
2006-07 NYR 10 2 2 4 -4 18 11 7 0.40
2007-08 NYR 10 0 1 1 3 20 12 16 0.10
2008-09 NYR 7 1 1 2 -2 8 7 4 0.29
2010-11 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 33 3 4 7 -7 50 37 37 0.21

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 1 5 6 1 88 50 88 0.11 2.0 18:17

2010-11 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
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

On the ice

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

30.8Corsi for %8 attempts for, 18 against
-9.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
16.9Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.6 against
-23.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
27.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% 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
Brent Sopel · Paul Mara18:1343.820.00-0
Roman Hamrlik · Paul Mara11:0725.032.70-0

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 2 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes30th
Shot quality 1.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 50 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

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 9, 2011 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:47
Apr 7, 2011 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:56
Apr 5, 2011 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:48
Apr 2, 2011 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:29
Mar 30, 2011 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:09
Mar 29, 2011 vs ATL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 16:10
Mar 26, 2011 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:28
Mar 24, 2011 @ BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 9 0 4 11:26
Mar 22, 2011 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:52
Mar 20, 2011 @ MIN W 8-1 0 0 0 1 12 0 2 13:23
Mar 18, 2011 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:07
Mar 17, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:13
Mar 15, 2011 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 12:51
Mar 12, 2011 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 14:31
Mar 10, 2011 @ STL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 17:04
Mar 8, 2011 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:42
Mar 1, 2011 @ ATL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:52
Feb 24, 2011 vs TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:30
Feb 22, 2011 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 12:03
Feb 20, 2011 @ CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:46
Jan 18, 2011 @ OTT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 14:54
Dec 18, 2010 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 18:43
Dec 10, 2010 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:02
Dec 8, 2010 @ VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 21:25
Dec 7, 2010 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 20:04
Dec 5, 2010 vs PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 18:24
Dec 3, 2010 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:07
Dec 1, 2010 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:58
Nov 29, 2010 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:37
Nov 27, 2010 @ PHX W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22:19
Nov 26, 2010 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:07
Nov 19, 2010 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:34
Nov 17, 2010 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:38
Nov 16, 2010 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:53
Nov 14, 2010 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:45
Nov 12, 2010 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 20:50
Nov 10, 2010 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 22:07
Nov 9, 2010 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 25:01
Nov 7, 2010 vs NSH W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 23:18
Nov 5, 2010 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:51
Nov 3, 2010 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24:33
Oct 30, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 17:21
Oct 29, 2010 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 22:32
Oct 26, 2010 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:07
Oct 23, 2010 @ DET L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:32
Oct 21, 2010 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:35
Oct 20, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:27
Oct 17, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 21:06
Oct 15, 2010 vs ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:22
Oct 13, 2010 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:46
Oct 11, 2010 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 14 0 2 13:03
Oct 9, 2010 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 19:20
Oct 8, 2010 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:22