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Francis Lessard

#49 · Right wing · Ottawa Senators

Born May 30, 1979 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'2", 235 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 80th overall in 1997 by CAR (round 3)

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

Nick Bonino ANA · 0 P in 26 GP Wade Belak NSH · 0 P in 16 GP Matt Ellis BUF · 0 P in 14 GP Brandon Mashinter SJS · 0 P in 13 GP Aaron Voros ANA · 0 P in 12 GP

Career

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

00.511.522001-02: 0 points001-022002-03: 2 points202-032003-04: 2 points203-042005-06: 0 points005-062010-11: 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
2001-02 ATL 5 0 0 0 0 26 2 12 0.00
2002-03 ATL 18 0 2 2 1 61 7 12 0.11
2003-04 ATL 62 1 1 2 -5 181 19 57 0.03
2005-06 ATL 7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0.00
2010-11 OTT 24 0 0 0 0 78 6 36 0.00
5 seasons Career 116 1 3 4 -6 346 34 118 0.03

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
24 0 0 0 0 78 6 36 0.00 0.0 3:51

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacement581st of 672 skaters, 393rd of 439 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: 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-0.9 34th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 64th percentilePower play0.0 60th percentilePenalty kill0.0 40th percentilePenalties-1.3 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 forwards. 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.

On the ice

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

52.2Corsi for %70 attempts for, 64 against
+4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 2.3 against
+5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
99.2PDO2.6% shooting + 96.7% saves
12Attempts 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
Francis Lessard · Ryan Potulny · Jesse Winchester729:0646.349.90-1
Francis Lessard · Roman Wick · Jesse Winchester49:2940.036.10-0
Francis Lessard · Corey Locke · Roman Wick27:3533.324.60-0
Francis Lessard · Marek Svatos · Zack Smith35:5580.039.10-0

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.36 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 5.6% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected44thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.6Goals 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 7, 2011 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 15 0 4 04:11
Apr 5, 2011 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 02:42
Apr 2, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:03
Mar 31, 2011 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 03:00
Mar 29, 2011 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:25
Mar 27, 2011 @ ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 04:00
Mar 25, 2011 vs WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 02:49
Mar 24, 2011 @ NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:11
Mar 22, 2011 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 02:10
Mar 19, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:30
Mar 17, 2011 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:20
Mar 15, 2011 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 03:29
Mar 13, 2011 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:05
Mar 11, 2011 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:49
Mar 10, 2011 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 04:28
Mar 8, 2011 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:36
Mar 4, 2011 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:14
Mar 3, 2011 @ ATL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 05:59
Mar 1, 2011 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:18
Feb 26, 2011 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:23
Feb 25, 2011 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 05:53
Feb 23, 2011 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 06:31
Feb 19, 2011 @ TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 01:36
Feb 18, 2011 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 04:51