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Tomas Kaberle

#22 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Mar 2, 1978 in Rakovnik, CZE · 6'1", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 204th overall in 1996 by TOR (round 8)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Wilson COL · 3 P in 12 GP Radek Martinek NYI · 3 P in 13 GP Oliver Lauridsen PHI · 3 P in 15 GP Mark Cundari CGY · 3 P in 4 GP Jason Demers SJS · 3 P in 22 GP

Career

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

02040601998-99: 22 points2298-991999-00: 40 points4099-002000-01: 45 points4500-012001-02: 39 points3901-022002-03: 47 points4702-032003-04: 31 points3103-042005-06: 67 points6705-062006-07: 58 points5806-072007-08: 53 points5307-082008-09: 31 points3108-092009-10: 49 points4909-102010-11: 47 points4710-112011-12: 31 points3111-122012-13: 3 points312-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 TOR 57 4 18 22 3 12 71 27 0.39
1999-00 TOR 82 7 33 40 3 24 82 86 0.49
2000-01 TOR 82 6 39 45 10 24 96 57 0.55
2001-02 TOR 69 10 29 39 5 2 85 80 0.57
2002-03 TOR 82 11 36 47 20 30 119 14 0.57
2003-04 TOR 71 3 28 31 16 18 88 35 0.44
2005-06 TOR 82 9 58 67 -1 46 163 55 0.82
2006-07 TOR 74 11 47 58 3 20 128 61 0.78
2007-08 TOR 82 8 45 53 -8 22 155 41 0.65
2008-09 TOR 57 4 27 31 -8 8 93 29 0.54
2009-10 TOR 82 7 42 49 -16 24 158 44 0.60
2010-11 TOR 58 3 35 38 -2 16 99 28 0.66
2010-11 BOS 24 1 8 9 6 2 31 9 0.38
2011-12 CAR 29 0 9 9 -12 2 38 9 0.31
2011-12 MTL 43 3 19 22 -6 10 49 12 0.51
2012-13 MTL 10 0 3 3 4 0 11 2 0.30
14 seasons Career 984 87 476 563 17 260 1466 589 0.57

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 TOR 14 0 3 3 0 2 14 17 0.21
1999-00 TOR 12 1 4 5 2 0 11 23 0.42
2000-01 TOR 11 1 3 4 4 0 17 8 0.36
2001-02 TOR 20 2 8 10 7 16 29 25 0.50
2002-03 TOR 7 2 1 3 -6 0 11 10 0.43
2003-04 TOR 13 0 3 3 1 6 14 12 0.23
2010-11 BOS 25 0 11 11 8 4 33 4 0.44
7 seasons Playoffs 102 6 33 39 16 28 129 99 0.38

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 3 3 4 0 11 2 0.30 0.0 13:33

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-202462010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

56.3Corsi for %116 attempts for, 90 against
+6.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.5Expected goals for %4.8 expected for, 3.1 against
+14.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
72.7Goals for %8 for, 3 against
106.8PDO12.9% shooting + 93.9% saves
14Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tomas Kaberle · Francis Bouillon970:5752.857.24-3
Tomas Kaberle · P.K. Subban419:2065.273.63-0
Tomas Kaberle · Raphael Diaz311:2940.945.40-0
Tomas Kaberle · Josh Gorges24:2380.079.40-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt35th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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
Mar 5, 2013 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:42
Mar 3, 2013 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:46
Mar 2, 2013 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 12:36
Feb 27, 2013 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:55
Feb 2, 2013 vs BUF W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 07:28
Jan 30, 2013 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:42
Jan 29, 2013 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12:13
Jan 24, 2013 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:40
Jan 22, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:20
Jan 19, 2013 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:05