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Andy Sutton

#25 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Mar 10, 1975 in Kingston, Ontario, CAN · 6'6", 245 lb · Shoots left

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Hainsey WPG · 10 P in 56 GP Aaron Rome VAN · 10 P in 43 GP Adam McQuaid BOS · 10 P in 72 GP Anton Babchuk CGY · 10 P in 32 GP David Savard CBJ · 10 P in 31 GP

Career

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

05101520251998-99: 3 points398-991999-00: 2 points299-002000-01: 7 points700-012001-02: 10 points1001-022002-03: 21 points2102-032003-04: 21 points2103-042005-06: 25 points2505-062006-07: 16 points1606-072007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 10 points1008-092009-10: 13 points1309-102010-11: 4 points410-112011-12: 10 points1011-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 SJS 31 0 3 3 -4 65 24 50 0.10
1999-00 SJS 40 1 1 2 -5 80 29 93 0.05
2000-01 MIN 69 3 4 7 -11 131 64 123 0.10
2001-02 MIN 19 2 4 6 -4 35 21 30 0.32
2001-02 ATL 24 0 4 4 0 46 20 58 0.17
2002-03 ATL 53 3 18 21 -8 114 65 26 0.40
2003-04 ATL 65 8 13 21 0 94 102 133 0.32
2005-06 ATL 76 8 17 25 13 144 86 99 0.33
2006-07 ATL 55 2 14 16 6 76 51 61 0.29
2007-08 NYI 58 1 7 8 -6 86 57 86 0.14
2008-09 NYI 23 2 8 10 3 40 19 30 0.43
2009-10 NYI 54 4 8 12 -3 73 58 155 0.22
2009-10 OTT 18 1 0 1 -7 34 19 42 0.06
2010-11 ANA 39 0 4 4 1 87 31 62 0.10
2011-12 EDM 53 3 7 10 5 80 41 112 0.19
13 seasons Career 677 38 112 150 -20 1185 687 1160 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 ATL 4 0 0 0 -2 10 4 4 0.00
2009-10 OTT 6 0 0 0 -2 8 3 24 0.00
2010-11 ANA 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 11 0 0 0 -4 20 7 29 0.00

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 3 7 10 5 80 41 112 0.19 7.3 16:22

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+1.2Goals above replacement411th of 680 skaters, 126th of 235 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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+1.1 86th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 68th percentilePower play0.0 65th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 84th percentilePenalties-3.8 1st 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.

-3-2-10122010-112011-12Goals 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

49.6Corsi for %689 attempts for, 700 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Expected goals for %30.8 expected for, 31.3 against
+5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %30 for, 25 against
101.2PDO8.0% shooting + 93.2% saves
77Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Andy Sutton · Corey Potter31161:0057.056.24-6
Andy Sutton · Cam Barker19155:4745.245.810-4
Andy Sutton · Theo Peckham2196:0850.646.98-3
Andy Sutton · Tom Gilbert1587:1244.947.93-2

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 56 unblocked attempts
+1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes30th
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt61st
Finishing +1.1 goals above expected77thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Goals 3Expected 1.9

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, 2012 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:44
Apr 5, 2012 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:57
Apr 2, 2012 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20:27
Apr 1, 2012 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 22:45
Mar 30, 2012 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 20:22
Mar 28, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:07
Mar 22, 2012 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 16:52
Mar 16, 2012 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 02:51
Mar 12, 2012 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:33
Mar 10, 2012 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 18:02
Mar 5, 2012 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 15:16
Mar 2, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:13
Feb 27, 2012 @ WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14:14
Feb 25, 2012 vs PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 14:56
Feb 23, 2012 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:45
Feb 21, 2012 @ CGY W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:26
Feb 19, 2012 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 17:51
Feb 17, 2012 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:26
Feb 15, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 16:50
Feb 11, 2012 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:06
Feb 4, 2012 vs DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:49
Feb 2, 2012 vs CHI W 8-4 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 14:55
Jan 31, 2012 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18:19
Jan 24, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:30
Jan 23, 2012 vs SJS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:18
Jan 21, 2012 vs CGY L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 17:35
Jan 19, 2012 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 16:40
Jan 17, 2012 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:58
Jan 15, 2012 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:34
Jan 13, 2012 vs ANA L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:26
Jan 11, 2012 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:37
Jan 7, 2012 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:56
Jan 5, 2012 @ STL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:15
Jan 3, 2012 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:22
Jan 2, 2012 @ CHI W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 18:32
Dec 31, 2011 @ NYI L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:20
Dec 7, 2011 vs CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 2 9 0 2 18:23
Dec 3, 2011 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13:26
Dec 2, 2011 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 18:32
Nov 30, 2011 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 14:50
Nov 17, 2011 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 2011 @ CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:43
Nov 11, 2011 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:21
Oct 28, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 7 1 4 15:33
Oct 27, 2011 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:40
Oct 25, 2011 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:25
Oct 22, 2011 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 14:24
Oct 20, 2011 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 18:15
Oct 18, 2011 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:44
Oct 17, 2011 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:13
Oct 15, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 13:16
Oct 13, 2011 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 17:52
Oct 9, 2011 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:08