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Mike Mottau

#22 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Mar 19, 1978 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 182nd overall in 1997 by NYR (round 7)

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.

Mike Commodore TBL · 2 P in 31 GP Randy Jones WPG · 2 P in 39 GP John Erskine WSH · 2 P in 28 GP Cam Barker EDM · 2 P in 25 GP Chris Tanev VAN · 2 P in 25 GP

Career

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

0510152000-01: 3 points300-012001-02: 0 points001-022002-03: 0 points002-032007-08: 17 points1707-082008-09: 15 points1508-092009-10: 18 points1809-102010-11: 3 points310-112011-12: 2 points211-122013-14: 0 points013-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 NYR 18 0 3 3 -6 13 17 19 0.17
2001-02 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2002-03 CGY 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
2007-08 NJD 76 4 13 17 -11 48 68 41 0.22
2008-09 NJD 80 1 14 15 24 35 71 41 0.19
2009-10 NJD 79 2 16 18 4 41 74 75 0.23
2010-11 NYI 20 0 3 3 -12 8 21 17 0.15
2011-12 NYI 29 0 2 2 -10 15 19 27 0.07
2011-12 BOS 6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 11 0.00
2013-14 FLA 8 0 0 0 -3 4 1 3 0.00
9 seasons Career 321 7 51 58 -16 164 274 235 0.18

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 NJD 5 1 0 1 -3 0 4 5 0.20
2008-09 NJD 7 1 1 2 -3 0 1 6 0.29
2009-10 NJD 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.20
2011-12 BOS 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 19 2 2 4 -8 0 6 17 0.21

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 0 2 2 -11 15 22 38 0.06 0.0 14:05

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power 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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122013-14Goals 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

51.6Corsi for %16 attempts for, 15 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.3Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 0.5 against
+3.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
80.0PDO0.0% shooting + 80.0% saves
3Attempts 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
Mike Mottau · Greg Zanon219:5351.656.30-2

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 0.09 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 1.6% chance per attempt1st
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 7, 2012 vs BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:02
Apr 1, 2012 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:48
Mar 31, 2012 @ NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:57
Mar 10, 2012 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:52
Mar 8, 2012 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:06
Feb 28, 2012 vs OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:49
Feb 26, 2012 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:20
Dec 29, 2011 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:35
Dec 26, 2011 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:44
Dec 23, 2011 vs TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:52
Dec 22, 2011 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:58
Dec 20, 2011 @ WPG W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:18
Dec 17, 2011 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:42
Dec 15, 2011 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:29
Dec 13, 2011 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:18
Dec 10, 2011 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:00
Dec 8, 2011 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:59
Dec 6, 2011 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:40
Dec 3, 2011 @ DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 15:03
Dec 2, 2011 @ CHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:49
Nov 29, 2011 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:41
Nov 26, 2011 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:10
Nov 25, 2011 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:28
Nov 23, 2011 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:23
Nov 17, 2011 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:55
Nov 15, 2011 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 09:31
Nov 13, 2011 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:21
Nov 10, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:46
Oct 25, 2011 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:26
Oct 22, 2011 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:24
Oct 20, 2011 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:37
Oct 15, 2011 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:12
Oct 13, 2011 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 15:20
Oct 10, 2011 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:34
Oct 8, 2011 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 12:42