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Petr Sykora

#15 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Nov 19, 1976 in Plzen, CZE · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 18th overall in 1995 by NJD (round 1)

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

Dainius Zubrus NJD · 44 P in 82 GP Kyle Brodziak MIN · 44 P in 82 GP Derek Roy BUF · 44 P in 80 GP Mike Richards LAK · 44 P in 74 GP Jeff Skinner CAR · 44 P in 64 GP

Career

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

0204060801995-96: 42 points4295-961996-97: 3 points31997-98: 36 points3697-981998-99: 72 points721999-00: 68 points6899-002000-01: 81 points812001-02: 48 points4801-022002-03: 59 points592003-04: 52 points5203-042005-06: 51 points512006-07: 53 points5306-072007-08: 63 points632008-09: 46 points4608-092009-10: 3 points32011-12: 44 points4411-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1995-96 NJD 63 18 24 42 7 32 128 0 0.67
1996-97 NJD 19 1 2 3 -8 4 26 0 0.16
1997-98 NJD 58 16 20 36 0 22 130 21 0.62
1998-99 NJD 80 29 43 72 16 22 222 65 0.90
1999-00 NJD 79 25 43 68 24 26 222 33 0.86
2000-01 NJD 73 35 46 81 36 32 249 19 1.11
2001-02 NJD 73 21 27 48 12 44 194 35 0.66
2002-03 ANA 82 34 25 59 -7 24 299 6 0.72
2003-04 ANA 81 23 29 52 -9 34 277 21 0.64
2005-06 ANA 34 7 13 20 1 28 118 3 0.59
2005-06 NYR 40 16 15 31 5 22 112 12 0.78
2006-07 EDM 82 22 31 53 -20 40 206 7 0.65
2007-08 PIT 81 28 35 63 1 41 201 26 0.78
2008-09 PIT 76 25 21 46 3 36 180 14 0.61
2009-10 MIN 14 2 1 3 -7 8 13 2 0.21
2011-12 NJD 82 21 23 44 4 40 170 19 0.54
15 seasons Career 1017 323 398 721 58 455 2747 283 0.71

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 NJD 2 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.00
1997-98 NJD 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
1998-99 NJD 7 3 3 6 -3 4 12 14 0.86
1999-00 NJD 23 9 8 17 8 10 45 5 0.74
2000-01 NJD 25 10 12 22 15 12 71 21 0.88
2001-02 NJD 4 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 0.25
2002-03 ANA 21 4 9 13 3 12 58 9 0.62
2005-06 NYR 4 0 0 0 -5 0 9 7 0.00
2007-08 PIT 20 6 3 9 2 16 42 8 0.45
2008-09 PIT 7 0 1 1 -3 0 7 4 0.14
2011-12 NJD 18 2 3 5 3 6 24 11 0.28
11 seasons Playoffs 133 34 40 74 22 62 289 82 0.56

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 21 23 44 4 40 170 19 0.54 12.4 15:54

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.8Goals above replacement307th of 680 skaters, 216th of 445 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+2.7 78th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 26th percentilePower play-0.5 16th percentilePenalty kill0.0 39th percentilePenalties-1.9 2nd 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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.0Corsi for %920 attempts for, 817 against
+3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Expected goals for %39.3 expected for, 36.5 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.5Goals for %50 for, 37 against
102.0PDO9.7% shooting + 92.2% saves
259Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus59567:5452.449.824-19
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · David Clarkson25138:0250.850.29-5
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · Zach Parise857:4757.362.02-2
Petr Sykora · Dainius Zubrus · David Clarkson1044:3144.845.60-1

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.

21Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.3Expected goalsfrom 238 unblocked attempts
+4.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.75 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt37th
Finishing +4.7 goals above expected85thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 21Expected 16.3

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 vs OTT W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:24
Apr 5, 2012 @ DET W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:11
Apr 3, 2012 vs NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:29
Mar 31, 2012 @ CAR W 5-0 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 12:44
Mar 29, 2012 vs TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:15
Mar 27, 2012 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 09:05
Mar 25, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 2 1 14:36
Mar 23, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:55
Mar 20, 2012 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:18
Mar 19, 2012 @ NYR L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 13:20
Mar 17, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 15:48
Mar 15, 2012 vs COL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:44
Mar 13, 2012 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:03
Mar 11, 2012 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:32
Mar 10, 2012 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:54
Mar 8, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:48
Mar 6, 2012 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:22
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:17
Mar 2, 2012 @ WSH W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:00
Mar 1, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 13:54
Feb 27, 2012 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:12
Feb 26, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:19
Feb 24, 2012 vs VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:49
Feb 21, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 13:09
Feb 19, 2012 @ MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:56
Feb 17, 2012 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:05
Feb 14, 2012 @ BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:17
Feb 11, 2012 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:49
Feb 9, 2012 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:46
Feb 7, 2012 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:53
Feb 5, 2012 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:00
Feb 4, 2012 @ PHI W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:37
Feb 2, 2012 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:56
Jan 31, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:42
Jan 24, 2012 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:33
Jan 21, 2012 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:01
Jan 19, 2012 vs BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 19:02
Jan 17, 2012 vs WPG W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 12:24
Jan 14, 2012 @ WPG W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:51
Jan 11, 2012 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:43
Jan 10, 2012 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:46
Jan 7, 2012 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:55
Jan 6, 2012 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 16:05
Jan 4, 2012 vs BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:14
Jan 2, 2012 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:08
Dec 31, 2011 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:19
Dec 28, 2011 vs BUF W 3-1 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 16:18
Dec 26, 2011 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:16
Dec 23, 2011 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:10
Dec 20, 2011 vs NYR L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 17:17
Dec 17, 2011 @ MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 12:53
Dec 16, 2011 vs DAL W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:43
Dec 13, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:50
Dec 12, 2011 @ TBL W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 19:25
Dec 10, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:44
Dec 8, 2011 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 13:25
Dec 6, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 17:51
Dec 3, 2011 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:39
Dec 2, 2011 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:23
Nov 30, 2011 @ COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:23
Nov 26, 2011 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:37
Nov 25, 2011 @ NYI W 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:12
Nov 23, 2011 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:33
Nov 21, 2011 @ FLA L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 17:14
Nov 19, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:58
Nov 16, 2011 @ BUF W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:53
Nov 15, 2011 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:53
Nov 12, 2011 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:59
Nov 11, 2011 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:12
Nov 8, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 21:08
Nov 5, 2011 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:15
Nov 3, 2011 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:58
Nov 2, 2011 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 21:21
Oct 29, 2011 @ DAL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 2 6 0 16:44
Oct 27, 2011 @ PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 13:22
Oct 25, 2011 @ LAK W 3-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 15:32
Oct 22, 2011 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 15:32
Oct 21, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:53
Oct 15, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:43
Oct 13, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:41
Oct 10, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 15:54
Oct 8, 2011 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 12:19