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Toby Petersen

#17 · Centre · Dallas Stars

Born Oct 27, 1978 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · 5'10", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 244th overall in 1998 by PIT (round 9)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Murray STL · 0 P in 1 GP Andy Miele PHX · 0 P in 1 GP Bill Sweatt VAN · 0 P in 1 GP Bracken Kearns SJS · 0 P in 1 GP Brandon Pirri CHI · 0 P in 1 GP

Career

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

0510152000-01: 8 points800-012001-02: 18 points1801-022006-07: 15 points1506-072007-08: 3 points307-082008-09: 11 points1108-092009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 6 points610-112011-12: 5 points511-122012-13: 0 points012-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 PIT 12 2 6 8 3 4 25 5 0.67
2001-02 PIT 79 8 10 18 -15 4 116 34 0.23
2006-07 EDM 64 6 9 15 -18 4 92 36 0.23
2007-08 DAL 8 0 3 3 0 4 6 9 0.38
2008-09 DAL 57 4 7 11 1 14 80 52 0.19
2009-10 DAL 78 9 6 15 3 6 110 93 0.19
2010-11 DAL 60 2 4 6 -7 8 58 56 0.10
2011-12 DAL 39 2 3 5 -7 6 44 34 0.13
2012-13 DAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
9 seasons Career 398 33 48 81 -40 50 531 320 0.20

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 EDM 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.50
2007-08 DAL 16 0 0 0 -4 2 19 19 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 18 1 0 1 -3 2 22 19 0.06

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.0 6:40

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

00.511.522010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %7 attempts for, 7 against
+8.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.5Expected goals for %0.4 expected for, 0.3 against
+18.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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
Toby Petersen · Reilly Smith · Tomas Vincour12:5571.469.10-0
Erik Cole · Toby Petersen · Antoine Roussel11:040.00.00-0
Toby Petersen · Derek Roy · Antoine Roussel10:41100.0100.00-0
Toby Petersen · Reilly Smith · Cody Eakin10:400.00.00-0

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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes78th
Shot quality 9.6% chance per attempt96th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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 31, 2013 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:40