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Scott Nichol

#12 · Centre · St. Louis Blues

Born Dec 31, 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 5'8", 179 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 272nd overall in 1993 by BUF (round 11)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tom Pyatt MTL · 7 P in 61 GP Chris Porter STL · 7 P in 45 GP Tim Stapleton ATL · 7 P in 45 GP Adam Cracknell STL · 7 P in 24 GP Bill Thomas FLA · 7 P in 24 GP

Career

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

0510151995-96: 0 points095-961997-98: 0 points097-982001-02: 17 points1701-022002-03: 10 points1002-032003-04: 18 points1803-042005-06: 6 points605-062006-07: 13 points1306-072007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 10 points1008-092009-10: 19 points1909-102010-11: 7 points710-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 1 points112-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1995-96 BUF 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 0.00
1997-98 BUF 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0.00
2001-02 CGY 60 8 9 17 -9 107 49 109 0.28
2002-03 CGY 68 5 5 10 -7 149 66 38 0.15
2003-04 CHI 75 7 11 18 -16 145 112 87 0.24
2005-06 NSH 34 3 3 6 3 79 32 37 0.18
2006-07 NSH 59 7 6 13 7 79 58 66 0.22
2007-08 NSH 73 10 8 18 12 72 101 110 0.25
2008-09 NSH 43 4 6 10 0 41 42 79 0.23
2009-10 SJS 79 4 15 19 0 72 93 226 0.24
2010-11 SJS 56 4 3 7 -3 50 61 114 0.13
2011-12 STL 80 3 5 8 -5 83 67 92 0.10
2012-13 STL 30 1 0 1 -2 25 13 27 0.03
13 seasons Career 662 56 71 127 -20 916 703 986 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
2005-06 NSH 3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 0.00
2006-07 NSH 5 0 0 0 1 17 3 4 0.00
2007-08 NSH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00
2009-10 SJS 15 1 1 2 -1 17 21 49 0.13
2010-11 SJS 15 0 0 0 -7 26 8 32 0.00
2011-12 STL 9 0 1 1 -3 14 8 25 0.11
6 seasons Playoffs 49 1 2 3 -12 76 43 118 0.06

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 4 3 7 -3 50 61 114 0.13 6.6 9:45

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacement549th of 672 skaters, 377th of 439 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: 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-3.0 9th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 68th percentilePower play+0.0 60th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 84th percentilePenalties-0.2 29th 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 forwards. 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.

-1-0.500.512010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

44.4Corsi for %313 attempts for, 392 against
-10.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %12.8 expected for, 15.2 against
-11.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.8Goals for %13 for, 16 against
99.7PDO7.3% shooting + 92.4% saves
80Attempts 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
Jamal Mayers · Scott Nichol · John McCarthy1792:2645.747.03-2
Jamal Mayers · Scott Nichol · Jamie McGinn1936:5533.338.30-1
Jamal Mayers · Scott Nichol · Ben Eager727:2245.636.10-0
Jamal Mayers · Scott Nichol · Frazer McLaren622:3841.760.01-0

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.

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.2Expected goalsfrom 75 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 5.6% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.2Goals 4

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 PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 09:33
Apr 8, 2011 @ PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 09:39
Feb 19, 2011 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 02:13
Feb 17, 2011 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:32
Feb 15, 2011 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:45
Feb 13, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:08
Feb 11, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:45
Feb 9, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:41
Feb 8, 2011 @ WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:22
Feb 5, 2011 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:21
Feb 2, 2011 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:52
Jan 17, 2011 @ PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:57
Jan 15, 2011 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 15:49
Jan 13, 2011 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 12:26
Jan 11, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 10:14
Jan 9, 2011 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:10
Jan 8, 2011 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:58
Jan 6, 2011 vs BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:29
Jan 3, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 16:12
Jan 1, 2011 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:03
Dec 30, 2010 @ CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 13:21
Dec 29, 2010 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:51
Dec 27, 2010 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 09:03
Dec 23, 2010 vs PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:57
Dec 21, 2010 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:09
Dec 18, 2010 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 05:20
Dec 16, 2010 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:23
Dec 15, 2010 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 07:56
Dec 13, 2010 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:42
Dec 11, 2010 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:02
Dec 9, 2010 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:38
Dec 8, 2010 @ PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:57
Dec 6, 2010 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 08:46
Dec 4, 2010 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 08:03
Dec 2, 2010 @ OTT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:02
Nov 30, 2010 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 09:52
Nov 24, 2010 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 6 10:13
Nov 20, 2010 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:39
Nov 18, 2010 @ DAL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:27
Nov 17, 2010 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:57
Nov 15, 2010 vs LAK W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 10:03
Nov 13, 2010 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:45
Nov 11, 2010 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:08
Nov 9, 2010 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:02
Nov 6, 2010 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11:28
Nov 4, 2010 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:13
Nov 2, 2010 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:03
Oct 30, 2010 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 10 1 2 08:48
Oct 27, 2010 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:57
Oct 24, 2010 @ CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:53
Oct 23, 2010 @ EDM W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 15:23
Oct 21, 2010 @ COL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 11:53
Oct 19, 2010 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 10:45
Oct 16, 2010 vs ATL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 07:12
Oct 9, 2010 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:43
Oct 8, 2010 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:50