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Byron Bitz

#34 · Right wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jul 21, 1984 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'5", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 107th overall in 2003 by BOS (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

Peter Regin OTT · 4 P in 10 GP Paul Szczechura BUF · 4 P in 9 GP Marc-Antoine Pouliot PHX · 4 P in 13 GP Casey Cizikas NYI · 4 P in 15 GP Patrick O'Sullivan PHX · 4 P in 23 GP

Career

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

05102008-09: 7 points708-092009-10: 11 points1109-102011-12: 4 points411-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 BOS 35 4 3 7 0 18 31 71 0.20
2009-10 BOS 45 4 5 9 -9 31 51 64 0.20
2009-10 FLA 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 19 0.29
2011-12 VAN 10 1 3 4 2 14 6 20 0.40
3 seasons Career 97 10 12 22 -6 65 95 174 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 BOS 5 1 1 2 0 2 4 12 0.40
2011-12 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 6 1 1 2 0 17 4 12 0.33

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 1 3 4 2 14 6 20 0.40 16.7 10:30

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.4

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

0.0Corsi for %0 attempts for, 4 against
-53.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
0.0Expected goals for %0.0 expected for, 0.1 against
-44.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
0.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
0Attempts 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
Manny Malhotra · Byron Bitz · Zack Kassian12:360.00.00-0

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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:49
Apr 5, 2012 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:30
Feb 24, 2012 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:23
Feb 18, 2012 vs TOR W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 11:10
Feb 15, 2012 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 09:35
Feb 13, 2012 vs PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 11:35
Feb 11, 2012 @ CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:39
Feb 9, 2012 @ MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12:10
Feb 7, 2012 @ NSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 12:36
Feb 4, 2012 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 08:32