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Jay Leach

#33 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Sep 2, 1979 in Syracuse, New York, USA · 6'5", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 115th overall in 1998 by PHX (round 5)

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.

Doug Janik DET · 0 P in 7 GP Matt Bartkowski BOS · 0 P in 6 GP Brad Lukowich DAL · 0 P in 5 GP Maxim Noreau MIN · 0 P in 5 GP Nick Holden CBJ · 0 P in 5 GP

Career

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

00.511.522005-06: 0 points005-062007-08: 0 points007-082008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 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
2005-06 BOS 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0.00
2007-08 TBL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
2008-09 NJD 24 0 1 1 0 21 5 7 0.04
2009-10 MTL 7 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 0.00
2009-10 SJS 28 1 1 2 3 20 26 17 0.07
2010-11 NJD 7 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0.00
5 seasons Career 70 1 2 3 3 60 37 33 0.04

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0.00 0.0 14:15

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence+0.8Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

42.3Corsi for %47 attempts for, 64 against
-10.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %1.9 expected for, 2.2 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
98.8PDO6.7% shooting + 92.1% saves
6Attempts 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
Jay Leach · Mark Fayne729:1241.235.41-1
Henrik Tallinder · Jay Leach724:1044.842.00-2
Jay Leach · Andy Greene722:2844.469.71-0
Jay Leach · Anton Volchenkov111:2241.736.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.05 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt12th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected54thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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
Apr 9, 2011 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:26
Apr 6, 2011 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:05
Apr 5, 2011 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:39
Apr 2, 2011 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:47
Apr 1, 2011 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16:11
Mar 30, 2011 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 12:46
Mar 26, 2011 @ BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:48