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Henrik Tallinder

#20 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 10, 1979 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'4", 209 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 48th overall in 1997 by BUF (round 2)

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.

Ian White DET · 4 P in 25 GP Shane O'Brien COL · 4 P in 28 GP Nicklas Grossmann PHI · 4 P in 30 GP Brian Strait NYI · 4 P in 19 GP Erik Johnson COL · 4 P in 31 GP

Career

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

051015202001-02: 0 points001-022002-03: 13 points1302-032003-04: 10 points1003-042005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 14 points1406-072007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 12 points1208-092009-10: 20 points2009-102010-11: 16 points1610-112011-12: 6 points611-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 8 points813-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 BUF 2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0.00
2002-03 BUF 46 3 10 13 -3 28 37 2 0.28
2003-04 BUF 72 1 9 10 5 26 63 37 0.14
2005-06 BUF 82 6 15 21 10 74 79 43 0.26
2006-07 BUF 47 4 10 14 19 34 34 26 0.30
2007-08 BUF 71 1 17 18 5 48 70 34 0.25
2008-09 BUF 66 1 11 12 -2 36 35 48 0.18
2009-10 BUF 82 4 16 20 13 32 53 63 0.24
2010-11 NJD 82 5 11 16 -6 40 102 67 0.20
2011-12 NJD 39 0 6 6 -11 16 43 32 0.15
2012-13 NJD 25 1 3 4 0 10 22 15 0.16
2013-14 BUF 64 2 6 8 -21 34 40 39 0.13
12 seasons Career 678 28 114 142 8 378 582 407 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 BUF 14 2 6 8 14 16 12 23 0.57
2006-07 BUF 16 0 2 2 -4 10 12 17 0.13
2009-10 BUF 6 0 2 2 2 2 2 9 0.33
2011-12 NJD 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 39 2 10 12 11 28 29 53 0.31

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 1 3 4 0 10 22 15 0.16 4.5 17:34

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+2.8Goals above replacement194th of 605 skaters, 54th of 208 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 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-0.7 44th percentileEven-strength defence+2.3 89th percentilePower play+0.1 83rd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 36th percentilePenalties-0.3 62nd 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

63.7Corsi for %353 attempts for, 201 against
+11.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
64.9Expected goals for %14.9 expected for, 8.1 against
+10.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.0Goals for %9 for, 11 against
96.1PDO5.1% shooting + 91.1% saves
69Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Henrik Tallinder · Marek Zidlicky24220:3865.666.85-7
Henrik Tallinder · Anton Volchenkov1066:2055.253.12-1
Henrik Tallinder · Adam Larsson1436:0051.051.90-3
Henrik Tallinder · Peter Harrold925:4175.790.80-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 36 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes31st
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt30th
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected52ndOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 1.0

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
Apr 27, 2013 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:42
Apr 21, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 21:09
Apr 20, 2013 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:43
Apr 18, 2013 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:09
Apr 15, 2013 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:21
Apr 12, 2013 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:26
Apr 10, 2013 vs BOS L 4-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:02
Apr 6, 2013 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:18
Apr 4, 2013 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:08
Apr 1, 2013 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:03
Mar 30, 2013 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:47
Mar 5, 2013 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:38
Mar 4, 2013 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:21
Mar 2, 2013 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37
Feb 28, 2013 @ WPG L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:02
Feb 21, 2013 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:37
Feb 18, 2013 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:49
Feb 16, 2013 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 16:52
Feb 2, 2013 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:08
Jan 31, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 15:59
Jan 29, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:06
Jan 27, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:49
Jan 25, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:14
Jan 22, 2013 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:15
Jan 19, 2013 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 15:01