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Ales Kotalik

#26 · Right wing · Calgary Flames

Born Dec 23, 1978 in Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE · 6'1", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 164th overall in 1998 by BUF (round 6)

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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.

Mike Comrie PIT · 6 P in 21 GP Ryan Johnson CHI · 6 P in 34 GP Ethan Moreau CBJ · 6 P in 37 GP Zach Parise NJD · 6 P in 13 GP Guillaume Latendresse MIN · 6 P in 11 GP

Career

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

02040602001-02: 4 points401-022002-03: 35 points3502-032003-04: 26 points2603-042005-06: 62 points6205-062006-07: 38 points3806-072007-08: 43 points4307-082008-09: 43 points4308-092009-10: 27 points2709-102010-11: 6 points610-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 BUF 13 1 3 4 -1 2 21 24 0.31
2002-03 BUF 68 21 14 35 -2 30 138 52 0.51
2003-04 BUF 62 15 11 26 -1 41 142 75 0.42
2005-06 BUF 82 25 37 62 -3 62 261 74 0.76
2006-07 BUF 66 16 22 38 -5 46 162 99 0.58
2007-08 BUF 79 23 20 43 -5 58 207 139 0.54
2008-09 BUF 56 13 19 32 -7 28 153 93 0.57
2008-09 EDM 19 7 4 11 2 6 55 28 0.58
2009-10 NYR 45 8 14 22 -18 38 100 83 0.49
2009-10 CGY 26 3 2 5 1 29 72 34 0.19
2010-11 CGY 26 4 2 6 -7 8 62 38 0.23
9 seasons Career 542 136 148 284 -46 348 1373 739 0.52

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 18 4 7 11 4 8 51 28 0.61
2006-07 BUF 16 2 2 4 -3 8 34 51 0.25
2 seasons Playoffs 34 6 9 15 1 16 85 79 0.44

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 4 2 6 -7 8 62 38 0.23 6.5 12:22

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacement544th of 672 skaters, 373rd of 439 forwards
-0.1Wins 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-0.7 35th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 28th percentilePower play-0.3 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties+0.2 44th 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

53.4Corsi for %285 attempts for, 249 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Expected goals for %9.6 expected for, 9.7 against
-7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.0Goals for %7 for, 13 against
95.1PDO4.8% shooting + 90.3% saves
89Attempts 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
Ales Kotalik · Niklas Hagman · Matt Stajan966:3857.765.12-2
Olli Jokinen · Ales Kotalik · Rene Bourque425:3136.430.12-0
Olli Jokinen · Ales Kotalik · Niklas Hagman522:0031.625.60-0
Brendan Morrison · Ales Kotalik · Mikael Backlund218:2750.045.51-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.1Expected goalsfrom 86 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes59th
Shot quality 4.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected50thOne 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.

01234Game 20Expected 4.1Goals 4

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
Mar 30, 2011 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:54
Mar 26, 2011 @ EDM W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:13
Mar 23, 2011 @ SJS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 12:13
Mar 21, 2011 @ LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:44
Mar 20, 2011 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 12:55
Mar 17, 2011 vs COL W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 13:05
Jan 21, 2011 vs DAL W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:55
Jan 19, 2011 vs MIN L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:24
Jan 17, 2011 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:41
Jan 15, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:04
Jan 14, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 14:48
Jan 11, 2011 @ CAR L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 2 4 3 09:14
Jan 5, 2011 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:16
Jan 3, 2011 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 13:01
Jan 1, 2011 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:14
Dec 31, 2010 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:20
Dec 27, 2010 vs BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 09:26
Dec 23, 2010 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16:23
Dec 21, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 11:34
Dec 18, 2010 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:17
Dec 16, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 12:02
Dec 13, 2010 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:33
Dec 10, 2010 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:44
Dec 9, 2010 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:35
Dec 7, 2010 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:37
Dec 5, 2010 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 08:30