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Sean O'Donnell

#6 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Oct 13, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 238 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 123rd overall in 1991 by BUF (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07

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.

Kevin Klein NSH · 18 P in 81 GP Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS · 18 P in 80 GP Jason Garrison FLA · 18 P in 73 GP Anton Stralman CBJ · 18 P in 51 GP Francois Beauchemin ANA · 17 P in 81 GP

Career

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

05101520251994-95: 2 points294-951995-96: 7 points71996-97: 17 points1796-971997-98: 17 points171998-99: 14 points1498-991999-00: 14 points142000-01: 17 points1700-012001-02: 25 points252002-03: 16 points1602-032003-04: 11 points112005-06: 11 points1105-062006-07: 17 points172007-08: 9 points907-082008-09: 12 points122009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 18 points182011-12: 7 points711-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 LAK 16 0 2 2 -2 49 12 0 0.13
1995-96 LAK 71 2 5 7 3 127 65 0 0.10
1996-97 LAK 55 5 12 17 -13 144 68 0 0.31
1997-98 LAK 80 2 15 17 7 179 71 100 0.21
1998-99 LAK 80 1 13 14 1 186 64 133 0.18
1999-00 LAK 80 2 12 14 4 114 51 154 0.18
2000-01 MIN 63 4 12 16 -2 128 58 81 0.25
2000-01 NJD 17 0 1 1 2 33 9 14 0.06
2001-02 BOS 80 3 22 25 27 89 112 102 0.31
2002-03 BOS 70 1 15 16 8 76 61 17 0.23
2003-04 BOS 82 1 10 11 10 110 72 45 0.13
2005-06 PHX 57 1 7 8 3 121 23 39 0.14
2005-06 ANA 21 1 2 3 3 26 10 13 0.14
2006-07 ANA 79 2 15 17 9 92 47 55 0.22
2007-08 ANA 82 2 7 9 9 84 25 54 0.11
2008-09 LAK 82 0 12 12 2 71 32 77 0.15
2009-10 LAK 78 3 12 15 14 70 44 88 0.19
2010-11 PHI 81 1 17 18 8 87 34 53 0.22
2011-12 CHI 51 0 7 7 -6 23 30 46 0.14
17 seasons Career 1225 31 198 229 87 1809 888 1071 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 LAK 4 1 0 1 1 36 7 5 0.25
1999-00 LAK 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 7 0.25
2000-01 NJD 23 1 2 3 5 41 9 28 0.13
2001-02 BOS 6 0 2 2 -2 4 6 7 0.33
2003-04 BOS 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.00
2005-06 ANA 16 2 3 5 8 23 10 11 0.31
2006-07 ANA 21 0 2 2 8 10 13 19 0.10
2007-08 ANA 6 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 0.33
2009-10 LAK 6 0 1 1 -2 4 2 2 0.17
2010-11 PHI 11 0 2 2 -2 5 4 10 0.18
2011-12 CHI 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0.00
11 seasons Playoffs 106 6 13 19 17 129 60 94 0.18

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 1 17 18 8 87 34 53 0.22 2.9 15:33

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-5.9Goals above replacement667th of 672 skaters, 230th of 233 defencemen
-1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-10.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-4.1 5th percentileEven-strength defence-4.3 4th percentilePower play-0.1 60th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 82nd percentilePenalties-2.0 14th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-6-4-202010-112011-12Goals 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

45.9Corsi for %941 attempts for, 1111 against
-4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %42.3 expected for, 49.2 against
-6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.6Goals for %42 for, 41 against
101.3PDO8.2% shooting + 93.1% saves
86Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean O'Donnell · Andrej Meszaros78729:4447.849.037-22
Sean O'Donnell · Braydon Coburn77141:0843.338.02-6
Sean O'Donnell · Oskars Bartulis12130:1340.541.21-6
Sean O'Donnell · Matt Carle2724:5950.057.41-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 54 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.05 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt6th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 1.1Goals 1

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 this season, 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 vs NYI W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:48
Apr 8, 2011 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:03
Apr 5, 2011 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:57
Apr 3, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 11:51
Apr 1, 2011 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:25
Mar 31, 2011 vs ATL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:15
Mar 29, 2011 @ PIT W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 19:34
Mar 27, 2011 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:29
Mar 26, 2011 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 10 0 2 15:34
Mar 24, 2011 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:03
Mar 22, 2011 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:54
Mar 19, 2011 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 11:56
Mar 17, 2011 @ ATL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:45
Mar 15, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:34
Mar 12, 2011 vs ATL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 19:42
Mar 10, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:10
Mar 8, 2011 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:17
Mar 6, 2011 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:54
Mar 5, 2011 vs BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:59
Mar 3, 2011 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:00
Feb 26, 2011 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:55
Feb 24, 2011 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 17:41
Feb 20, 2011 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:03
Feb 18, 2011 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 11:33
Feb 16, 2011 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:50
Feb 15, 2011 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 14:24
Feb 13, 2011 vs LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:29
Feb 10, 2011 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:09
Feb 5, 2011 vs DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:00
Feb 3, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:58
Feb 1, 2011 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:38
Jan 25, 2011 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:05
Jan 23, 2011 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:23
Jan 22, 2011 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:58
Jan 20, 2011 vs OTT W 6-2 0 1 1 1 15 0 0 16:43
Jan 18, 2011 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:11
Jan 16, 2011 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:42
Jan 14, 2011 @ ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:14
Jan 13, 2011 @ BOS L 5-7 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 16:14
Jan 11, 2011 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:59
Jan 8, 2011 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:38
Jan 6, 2011 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:16
Jan 2, 2011 @ DET W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:39
Dec 31, 2010 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:17
Dec 30, 2010 @ LAK W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 18:00
Dec 28, 2010 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0 17:12
Dec 20, 2010 vs FLA L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 16:33
Dec 18, 2010 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:51
Dec 15, 2010 @ MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:44
Dec 14, 2010 vs PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:21
Dec 11, 2010 @ BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:14
Dec 9, 2010 @ TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 18:12
Dec 8, 2010 vs SJS L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:56
Dec 5, 2010 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:51
Dec 4, 2010 vs NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:47
Dec 1, 2010 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:11
Nov 27, 2010 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:58
Nov 26, 2010 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:59
Nov 24, 2010 @ MIN W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:13
Nov 22, 2010 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:58
Nov 20, 2010 @ WSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:50
Nov 18, 2010 vs TBL L 7-8 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 19:12
Nov 16, 2010 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 12:12
Nov 15, 2010 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 19:00
Nov 13, 2010 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:02
Nov 11, 2010 @ CAR W 8-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:54
Nov 7, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:25
Nov 6, 2010 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:22
Nov 4, 2010 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:42
Nov 1, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:59
Oct 30, 2010 vs NYI W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:16
Oct 29, 2010 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:43
Oct 26, 2010 vs BUF W 6-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 16:40
Oct 25, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:55
Oct 23, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:04
Oct 21, 2010 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:21
Oct 16, 2010 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:02
Oct 14, 2010 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 13:32
Oct 11, 2010 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:31
Oct 9, 2010 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:19
Oct 7, 2010 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 16:09