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Ruslan Salei

#24 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Nov 2, 1974 in Minsk, BLR · 6'1", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 1996 by ANA (round 1)

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

Mike Komisarek TOR · 10 P in 75 GP Jay Harrison CAR · 10 P in 72 GP Jeff Schultz WSH · 10 P in 72 GP Ladislav Smid EDM · 10 P in 78 GP Niklas Hjalmarsson CHI · 10 P in 80 GP

Career

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

01020301996-97: 1 points196-971997-98: 15 points1597-981998-99: 16 points1698-991999-00: 10 points1099-002000-01: 6 points600-012001-02: 11 points1101-022002-03: 12 points1202-032003-04: 15 points1503-042005-06: 19 points1905-062006-07: 32 points3206-072007-08: 30 points3007-082008-09: 21 points2108-092009-10: 6 points609-102010-11: 10 points1010-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 ANA 30 0 1 1 -8 37 14 0 0.03
1997-98 ANA 66 5 10 15 7 70 104 126 0.23
1998-99 ANA 74 2 14 16 1 65 123 154 0.22
1999-00 ANA 71 5 5 10 3 94 116 205 0.14
2000-01 ANA 50 1 5 6 -14 70 73 146 0.12
2001-02 ANA 82 4 7 11 -10 97 96 191 0.13
2002-03 ANA 61 4 8 12 2 78 93 55 0.20
2003-04 ANA 82 4 11 15 -1 110 145 133 0.18
2005-06 ANA 78 1 18 19 17 114 108 112 0.24
2006-07 FLA 82 6 26 32 -13 102 148 192 0.39
2007-08 FLA 65 3 20 23 -5 75 81 122 0.35
2007-08 COL 17 3 4 7 1 23 30 40 0.41
2008-09 COL 70 4 17 21 -4 72 93 107 0.30
2009-10 COL 14 1 5 6 -1 10 22 21 0.43
2010-11 DET 75 2 8 10 0 48 75 117 0.13
14 seasons Career 917 45 159 204 -25 1065 1321 1721 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 ANA 3 0 0 0 -4 4 5 3 0.00
2002-03 ANA 21 2 3 5 3 26 33 60 0.24
2005-06 ANA 16 3 2 5 10 18 27 18 0.31
2007-08 COL 10 1 4 5 0 4 10 25 0.50
2009-10 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2010-11 DET 11 1 0 1 6 0 17 11 0.09
6 seasons Playoffs 62 7 9 16 15 52 92 119 0.26

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 2 8 10 0 48 75 117 0.13 2.7 17:58

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement458th of 672 skaters, 136th of 233 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.9Goals 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-3.8 9th percentileEven-strength defence+1.5 80th percentilePower play-0.1 59th percentilePenalty kill+1.0 94th percentilePenalties-2.4 7th 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.

On the ice

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

53.1Corsi for %1133 attempts for, 1002 against
-0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Expected goals for %43.8 expected for, 40.9 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.2Goals for %40 for, 43 against
98.9PDO6.6% shooting + 92.2% saves
146Attempts 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
Ruslan Salei · Niklas Kronwall63486:4655.355.817-14
Ruslan Salei · Jakub Kindl41407:0351.647.716-18
Ruslan Salei · Jonathan Ericsson59104:5550.355.94-4
Ruslan Salei · Brian Rafalski2344:3961.349.91-3

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.1Expected goalsfrom 114 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt26th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected29thOne 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.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 3.1Goals 2

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 10, 2011 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:15
Apr 8, 2011 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 18:43
Apr 6, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:08
Apr 3, 2011 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:30
Apr 2, 2011 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 14:14
Mar 28, 2011 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:49
Mar 23, 2011 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:00
Mar 21, 2011 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:28
Mar 12, 2011 @ STL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:04
Mar 11, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:19
Mar 9, 2011 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:53
Mar 5, 2011 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16:39
Mar 3, 2011 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:46
Mar 2, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 13:42
Feb 28, 2011 @ LAK W 7-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:20
Feb 26, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:29
Feb 24, 2011 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:46
Feb 22, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:46
Feb 20, 2011 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:23
Feb 18, 2011 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:37
Feb 13, 2011 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:13
Feb 11, 2011 @ BOS W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:24
Feb 9, 2011 vs NSH L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 19:26
Feb 7, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22:47
Feb 5, 2011 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:06
Feb 4, 2011 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 16:50
Feb 2, 2011 @ OTT W 7-5 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 17:31
Jan 26, 2011 vs NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:09
Jan 22, 2011 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:57
Jan 20, 2011 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:48
Jan 18, 2011 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 16:54
Jan 15, 2011 vs CBJ W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:18
Jan 14, 2011 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 22:15
Jan 10, 2011 @ COL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:19
Jan 8, 2011 @ VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:36
Jan 7, 2011 @ CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:32
Jan 4, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:33
Jan 2, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:56
Dec 31, 2010 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:46
Dec 29, 2010 @ DAL W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:32
Dec 27, 2010 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 22:43
Dec 23, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:56
Dec 22, 2010 vs VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 20:13
Dec 19, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 19:16
Dec 17, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16:25
Dec 15, 2010 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:30
Dec 13, 2010 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:11
Dec 11, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:04
Dec 10, 2010 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:55
Dec 8, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:08
Dec 6, 2010 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:37
Dec 4, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 19:27
Dec 3, 2010 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:43
Nov 30, 2010 @ SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:55
Nov 28, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 19:07
Nov 26, 2010 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:58
Nov 24, 2010 @ ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:18
Nov 21, 2010 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:56
Nov 19, 2010 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:34
Nov 17, 2010 vs STL W 7-3 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 16:55
Nov 13, 2010 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:39
Nov 11, 2010 vs EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:29
Nov 8, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 22:00
Nov 6, 2010 @ VAN L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:42
Nov 5, 2010 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 17:05
Nov 3, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 14:24
Oct 30, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 18:52
Oct 28, 2010 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:12
Oct 23, 2010 vs ANA W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:36
Oct 21, 2010 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 17:53
Oct 16, 2010 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:34
Oct 14, 2010 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:11
Oct 12, 2010 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 24:37
Oct 9, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 14:57
Oct 8, 2010 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18:42