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Mark Eaton

#4 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born May 6, 1977 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA · 6'1", 215 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Lee TBL · 0 P in 22 GP Nate Prosser MIN · 0 P in 17 GP Stu Bickel NYR · 0 P in 16 GP Matt Gilroy NYR · 0 P in 15 GP Hal Gill NSH · 0 P in 32 GP

Career

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

0510151999-00: 2 points299-002000-01: 11 points1100-012001-02: 8 points801-022002-03: 9 points902-032003-04: 13 points1303-042005-06: 4 points405-062006-07: 3 points306-072007-08: 3 points307-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 3 points310-112011-12: 4 points411-122012-13: 0 points012-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 PHI 27 1 1 2 1 8 25 21 0.07
2000-01 NSH 34 3 8 11 7 14 32 29 0.32
2001-02 NSH 58 3 5 8 -12 24 52 59 0.14
2002-03 NSH 50 2 7 9 1 22 52 14 0.18
2003-04 NSH 75 4 9 13 16 26 82 51 0.17
2005-06 NSH 69 3 1 4 -2 44 28 39 0.06
2006-07 PIT 35 0 3 3 -6 16 22 18 0.09
2007-08 PIT 36 0 3 3 6 4 28 17 0.08
2008-09 PIT 68 4 5 9 3 36 34 43 0.13
2009-10 PIT 79 3 13 16 5 26 65 27 0.20
2010-11 NYI 34 0 3 3 -2 8 29 30 0.09
2011-12 NYI 62 1 3 4 -17 10 44 53 0.06
2012-13 PIT 23 0 0 0 9 4 8 9 0.00
13 seasons Career 650 24 61 85 9 242 501 410 0.13

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 PHI 7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 0.00
2005-06 NSH 5 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 0.00
2006-07 PIT 5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00
2008-09 PIT 24 4 3 7 4 10 16 9 0.29
2009-10 PIT 13 0 3 3 -4 4 13 11 0.23
2012-13 PIT 8 0 3 3 2 0 6 3 0.38
6 seasons Playoffs 62 4 9 13 -1 22 43 33 0.21

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 0 0 0 9 4 8 9 0.00 0.0 17:59

2012-13 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-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

-2-10122010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

39.1Corsi for %92 attempts for, 143 against
-9.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.0Expected goals for %3.7 expected for, 5.3 against
-7.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %9 for, 6 against
106.9PDO15.5% shooting + 91.4% saves
11Attempts 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
Mark Eaton · Kris Letang855:5943.143.16-3
Mark Eaton · Douglas Murray521:2136.141.51-1
Mark Eaton · Paul Martin714:2434.845.01-0
Mark Eaton · Brooks Orpik48:3843.828.20-1

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.09 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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 27, 2013 vs CAR W 8-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:46
Apr 25, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:46
Apr 23, 2013 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:20
Apr 20, 2013 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:23
Apr 17, 2013 vs MTL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:57
Apr 13, 2013 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:36
Apr 11, 2013 @ TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:44
Apr 9, 2013 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 22:54
Apr 5, 2013 vs NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 22:32
Apr 2, 2013 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:06
Mar 30, 2013 vs NYI W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:20
Mar 28, 2013 vs WPG W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:45
Mar 26, 2013 vs MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:32
Mar 24, 2013 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:46
Mar 22, 2013 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:59
Mar 19, 2013 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:44
Mar 17, 2013 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:14
Mar 16, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:41
Mar 12, 2013 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:21
Mar 10, 2013 vs NYI W 6-1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 16:04
Mar 7, 2013 @ PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:53
Mar 4, 2013 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:04
Mar 2, 2013 @ MTL W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:04