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Mike Mottau

#22 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Mar 19, 1978 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 182nd overall in 1997 by NYR (round 7)

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.

Justin Falk MIN · 3 P in 22 GP Marc-Andre Gragnani BUF · 3 P in 9 GP Nathan Oystrick STL · 3 P in 9 GP Andrei Markov MTL · 3 P in 7 GP Mark Eaton NYI · 3 P in 34 GP

Career

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

0510152000-01: 3 points300-012001-02: 0 points001-022002-03: 0 points002-032007-08: 17 points1707-082008-09: 15 points1508-092009-10: 18 points1809-102010-11: 3 points310-112011-12: 2 points211-122013-14: 0 points013-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 NYR 18 0 3 3 -6 13 17 19 0.17
2001-02 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2002-03 CGY 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
2007-08 NJD 76 4 13 17 -11 48 68 41 0.22
2008-09 NJD 80 1 14 15 24 35 71 41 0.19
2009-10 NJD 79 2 16 18 4 41 74 75 0.23
2010-11 NYI 20 0 3 3 -12 8 21 17 0.15
2011-12 NYI 29 0 2 2 -10 15 19 27 0.07
2011-12 BOS 6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 11 0.00
2013-14 FLA 8 0 0 0 -3 4 1 3 0.00
9 seasons Career 321 7 51 58 -16 164 274 235 0.18

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 NJD 5 1 0 1 -3 0 4 5 0.20
2008-09 NJD 7 1 1 2 -3 0 1 6 0.29
2009-10 NJD 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.20
2011-12 BOS 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 19 2 2 4 -8 0 6 17 0.21

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 0 3 3 -12 8 21 17 0.15 0.0 20:20

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-2.6Goals above replacement627th of 672 skaters, 211th of 233 defencemen
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals 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-1.2 49th percentileEven-strength defence-2.4 9th percentilePower play-0.6 22nd percentilePenalty kill+0.5 86th percentilePenalties-0.3 67th 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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122013-14Goals 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

45.9Corsi for %279 attempts for, 329 against
-1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.4Expected goals for %10.6 expected for, 15.7 against
-8.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
19.0Goals for %4 for, 17 against
92.9PDO2.9% shooting + 90.0% saves
39Attempts 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
Mike Mottau · James Wisniewski17182:2045.543.32-10
Mike Mottau · Radek Martinek2062:3539.130.70-2
Mike Mottau · Milan Jurcina733:4056.534.01-3
Mike Mottau · Bruno Gervais918:3855.267.71-1

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
1.1Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes49th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected28thOne 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.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.1Goals 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
Nov 21, 2010 @ ATL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:20
Nov 20, 2010 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:58
Nov 17, 2010 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:50
Nov 13, 2010 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:41
Nov 11, 2010 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25:10
Nov 10, 2010 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:26
Nov 6, 2010 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:45
Nov 4, 2010 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:52
Nov 3, 2010 @ CAR L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 20:08
Oct 30, 2010 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 17:42
Oct 29, 2010 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:23
Oct 27, 2010 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:59
Oct 23, 2010 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:20
Oct 21, 2010 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 21:59
Oct 18, 2010 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:16
Oct 16, 2010 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:23
Oct 15, 2010 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 24:25
Oct 13, 2010 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:50
Oct 11, 2010 vs NYR W 6-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 19:07
Oct 9, 2010 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:06