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Wade Belak

#3 · Right wing · Nashville Predators

Born Jul 3, 1976 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'5", 222 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 12th overall in 1994 by QUE (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Matt Ellis BUF · 0 P in 14 GP Brandon Mashinter SJS · 0 P in 13 GP Aaron Voros ANA · 0 P in 12 GP Guillaume Desbiens VAN · 0 P in 12 GP Josh Green ANA · 0 P in 12 GP

Career

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

024681996-97: 0 points096-971997-98: 2 points297-981998-99: 1 points198-991999-00: 2 points299-002000-01: 2 points200-012001-02: 4 points401-022002-03: 9 points902-032003-04: 2 points203-042005-06: 3 points305-062006-07: 3 points306-072007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 2 points208-092009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 0 points010-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 COL 5 0 0 0 -1 11 1 0 0.00
1997-98 COL 8 1 1 2 -3 27 2 10 0.25
1998-99 COL 23 0 0 0 -2 71 5 18 0.00
1998-99 CGY 9 0 1 1 3 23 2 9 0.11
1999-00 CGY 41 0 2 2 -4 122 11 41 0.05
2000-01 CGY 23 0 0 0 -2 79 8 26 0.00
2000-01 TOR 16 1 1 2 -4 31 8 32 0.13
2001-02 TOR 64 1 3 4 2 142 47 102 0.06
2002-03 TOR 55 3 6 9 -2 196 33 49 0.16
2003-04 TOR 34 1 1 2 0 109 15 46 0.06
2005-06 TOR 55 0 3 3 -13 109 16 100 0.05
2006-07 TOR 65 0 3 3 -8 110 16 76 0.05
2007-08 TOR 30 1 0 1 -2 66 13 28 0.03
2007-08 FLA 17 0 0 0 0 12 4 13 0.00
2008-09 FLA 15 0 0 0 0 25 4 20 0.00
2008-09 NSH 38 0 2 2 -1 54 15 37 0.05
2009-10 NSH 39 0 2 2 0 58 8 30 0.05
2010-11 NSH 16 0 0 0 -1 18 4 20 0.00
14 seasons Career 553 8 25 33 -38 1263 212 657 0.06

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 TOR 16 1 0 1 4 18 6 22 0.06
2002-03 TOR 2 0 0 0 -2 4 0 1 0.00
2003-04 TOR 4 0 0 0 0 14 0 16 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 22 1 0 1 2 36 6 39 0.05

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 0 0 -1 18 4 20 0.00 0.0 3:32

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

36.5Corsi for %35 attempts for, 61 against
-14.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 1.7 against
-7.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
97.1PDO0.0% shooting + 97.1% saves
5Attempts 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
Wade Belak · J-P Dumont · Chris Mueller510:1226.322.20-0
Wade Belak · Jerred Smithson · Joel Ward26:5650.070.60-0
Wade Belak · J-P Dumont · Nick Spaling36:2350.064.10-0
Wade Belak · J-P Dumont · Cal O'Reilly15:4272.785.20-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt18th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected46thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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 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
Jan 24, 2011 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:42
Jan 23, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 03:37
Jan 13, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:34
Jan 8, 2011 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:09
Jan 6, 2011 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:22
Jan 5, 2011 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 01:55
Jan 2, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 08:44
Dec 28, 2010 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 01:54
Dec 26, 2010 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:59
Dec 22, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04:39
Dec 15, 2010 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01:25
Nov 7, 2010 @ ANA L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:48
Oct 30, 2010 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:42
Oct 14, 2010 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 04:26
Oct 13, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:43