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Paul Mara

#22 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Sep 7, 1979 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA · 6'4", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 1997 by TBL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Bruno Gervais NYI · 6 P in 53 GP Mark Stuart ATL · 6 P in 54 GP Steve Eminger NYR · 6 P in 65 GP Jonas Holos COL · 6 P in 39 GP Colin White NJD · 6 P in 69 GP

Career

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

0102030401998-99: 2 points298-991999-00: 18 points1899-002000-01: 20 points2000-012001-02: 24 points2401-022002-03: 25 points2502-032003-04: 42 points4203-042005-06: 47 points4705-062006-07: 23 points2306-072007-08: 17 points1707-082008-09: 21 points2108-092009-10: 8 points809-102010-11: 6 points610-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 TBL 1 1 1 2 -3 0 1 1 2.00
1999-00 TBL 54 7 11 18 -27 73 78 62 0.33
2000-01 TBL 46 6 10 16 -17 40 58 45 0.35
2000-01 PHX 16 0 4 4 1 14 20 17 0.25
2001-02 PHX 75 7 17 24 -6 58 112 129 0.32
2002-03 PHX 73 10 15 25 -7 78 95 22 0.34
2003-04 PHX 81 6 36 42 -11 48 140 90 0.52
2005-06 PHX 78 15 32 47 -12 70 157 52 0.60
2006-07 BOS 59 3 15 18 -22 95 60 57 0.31
2006-07 NYR 19 2 3 5 6 18 40 15 0.26
2007-08 NYR 61 1 16 17 1 52 80 74 0.28
2008-09 NYR 76 5 16 21 2 94 102 123 0.28
2009-10 MTL 42 0 8 8 -16 48 30 50 0.19
2010-11 ANA 33 1 1 2 -1 40 34 61 0.06
2010-11 MTL 20 0 4 4 2 48 16 27 0.20
12 seasons Career 734 64 189 253 -110 776 1023 825 0.34

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 PHX 5 0 0 0 -4 4 7 6 0.00
2006-07 NYR 10 2 2 4 -4 18 11 7 0.40
2007-08 NYR 10 0 1 1 3 20 12 16 0.10
2008-09 NYR 7 1 1 2 -2 8 7 4 0.29
2010-11 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 33 3 4 7 -7 50 37 37 0.21

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 1 5 6 1 88 50 88 0.11 2.0 18:17

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-7.3Goals above replacement670th of 672 skaters, 233rd of 233 defencemen
-1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-10.5Goals 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-3.1 15th percentileEven-strength defence-3.7 5th percentilePower play-0.5 28th percentilePenalty kill-0.8 7th percentilePenalties-2.4 9th 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

40.8Corsi for %568 attempts for, 825 against
-7.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.5Expected goals for %23.7 expected for, 37.9 against
-6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.1Goals for %25 for, 27 against
101.7PDO7.8% shooting + 93.9% saves
73Attempts 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Mara · Cam FowlerANA27364:1039.136.813-10
Brent Sopel · Paul MaraMTL984:0941.746.64-4
Paul Mara · Yannick WeberMTL549:3154.865.70-0
Paul Mara · Andreas LiljaANA846:3137.528.32-3

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes38th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt49th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected23rdOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Expected 2.4Goals 1

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 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:47
Apr 7, 2011 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:56
Apr 5, 2011 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:48
Apr 2, 2011 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:29
Mar 30, 2011 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:09
Mar 29, 2011 vs ATL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 16:10
Mar 26, 2011 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:28
Mar 24, 2011 @ BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 9 0 4 11:26
Mar 22, 2011 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:52
Mar 20, 2011 @ MIN W 8-1 0 0 0 1 12 0 2 13:23
Mar 18, 2011 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:07
Mar 17, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:13
Mar 15, 2011 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 12:51
Mar 12, 2011 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 14:31
Mar 10, 2011 @ STL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 17:04
Mar 8, 2011 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:42
Mar 1, 2011 @ ATL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:52
Feb 24, 2011 vs TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:30
Feb 22, 2011 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 12:03
Feb 20, 2011 @ CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:46
Jan 18, 2011 @ OTT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 14:54
Dec 18, 2010 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 18:43
Dec 10, 2010 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:02
Dec 8, 2010 @ VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 21:25
Dec 7, 2010 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 20:04
Dec 5, 2010 vs PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 18:24
Dec 3, 2010 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:07
Dec 1, 2010 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:58
Nov 29, 2010 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:37
Nov 27, 2010 @ PHX W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22:19
Nov 26, 2010 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:07
Nov 19, 2010 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:34
Nov 17, 2010 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:38
Nov 16, 2010 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:53
Nov 14, 2010 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:45
Nov 12, 2010 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 20:50
Nov 10, 2010 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 22:07
Nov 9, 2010 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 25:01
Nov 7, 2010 vs NSH W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 23:18
Nov 5, 2010 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:51
Nov 3, 2010 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24:33
Oct 30, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 17:21
Oct 29, 2010 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 22:32
Oct 26, 2010 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:07
Oct 23, 2010 @ DET L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:32
Oct 21, 2010 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:35
Oct 20, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:27
Oct 17, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 21:06
Oct 15, 2010 vs ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:22
Oct 13, 2010 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:46
Oct 11, 2010 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 14 0 2 13:03
Oct 9, 2010 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 19:20
Oct 8, 2010 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:22