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Stu Bickel

#4 · Defence · Minnesota Wild

Born Oct 2, 1986 in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA · 6'4", 207 lb · Shoots right

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.

Justin Falk MIN · 9 P in 47 GP Adrian Aucoin PHX · 9 P in 64 GP Alexander Sulzer BUF · 9 P in 27 GP Bryce Salvador NJD · 9 P in 82 GP Rob Scuderi LAK · 9 P in 82 GP

Career

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

024682011-12: 9 points911-122012-13: 0 points012-132014-15: 1 points114-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 NYR 51 0 9 9 2 108 22 68 0.18
2012-13 NYR 16 0 0 0 -2 49 2 13 0.00
2014-15 MIN 9 0 1 1 1 46 3 10 0.11
3 seasons Career 76 0 10 10 1 203 27 91 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
2011-12 NYR 18 0 0 0 -3 16 4 16 0.00
1 season Playoffs 18 0 0 0 -3 16 4 16 0.00

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 0 9 9 2 108 22 68 0.18 0.0 10:26

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
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.0Power 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.

-1.5-1-0.500.511.52011-122012-132014-15Goals 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 %80 attempts for, 75 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 3.4 against
-4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
92.1PDO2.6% shooting + 89.5% saves
15Attempts 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
Michael Del Zotto · Stu Bickel1763:3149.647.01-3
Marc Staal · Stu Bickel1312:2061.160.60-1
Ryan McDonagh · Stu Bickel66:1355.641.80-0
Steve Eminger · Stu Bickel14:5075.060.20-0

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes30th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected50thOne 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 0.2Goals 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 7, 2012 vs WSH L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:30
Apr 5, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:15
Apr 3, 2012 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 06:44
Apr 1, 2012 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:22
Mar 30, 2012 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:30
Mar 28, 2012 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 7 0 1 05:44
Mar 27, 2012 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:01
Mar 24, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:07
Mar 23, 2012 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:38
Mar 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:39
Mar 19, 2012 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 14:15
Mar 17, 2012 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 10:02
Mar 15, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 4 1 2 21:52
Mar 13, 2012 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 21:54
Mar 11, 2012 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 16:11
Mar 9, 2012 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:59
Mar 8, 2012 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:08
Mar 6, 2012 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:18
Mar 4, 2012 vs BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 2 7 0 4 18:28
Mar 2, 2012 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:26
Mar 1, 2012 @ CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 11:35
Feb 27, 2012 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:41
Feb 25, 2012 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:04
Feb 24, 2012 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 5 0 4 09:43
Feb 21, 2012 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 03:57
Feb 19, 2012 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:07
Feb 16, 2012 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 06:47
Feb 14, 2012 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:44
Feb 12, 2012 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:30
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 04:12
Feb 7, 2012 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:55
Feb 5, 2012 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 08:16
Feb 1, 2012 @ BUF W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 06:31
Jan 31, 2012 @ NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 06:20
Jan 24, 2012 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:43
Jan 21, 2012 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:27
Jan 19, 2012 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 05:19
Jan 17, 2012 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:55
Jan 15, 2012 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 05:17
Jan 14, 2012 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:29
Jan 12, 2012 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:35
Jan 10, 2012 vs PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:22
Jan 6, 2012 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:18
Jan 5, 2012 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:36
Jan 2, 2012 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:17
Dec 30, 2011 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 13:42
Dec 28, 2011 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 09:13
Dec 26, 2011 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 13:54
Dec 23, 2011 vs PHI W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 09:04
Dec 22, 2011 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 9 1 0 08:09
Dec 20, 2011 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 11:40