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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aaron Palushaj MTL · 5 P in 38 GP Andrew Gordon ANA · 5 P in 37 GP Darryl Boyce CBJ · 5 P in 37 GP Jay Beagle WSH · 5 P in 41 GP Blake Geoffrion MTL · 5 P in 35 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 2 3 5 -7 6 44 34 0.13 4.5 7:39

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+1.4Goals above replacement399th of 680 skaters, 277th of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-1.0 38th percentileEven-strength defence+2.2 89th percentilePower play0.0 58th percentilePenalty kill-0.5 7th percentilePenalties-0.1 34th 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.

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

54.3Corsi for %247 attempts for, 208 against
+4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.8Expected goals for %8.5 expected for, 6.0 against
+10.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
26.7Goals for %4 for, 11 against
91.9PDO3.1% shooting + 88.8% saves
67Attempts 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 · Jake Dowell · Tom Wandell1169:4359.356.92-3
Toby Petersen · Adam Burish · Tom Wandell831:5354.252.40-1
Krys Barch · Toby Petersen · Tom Wandell528:4960.061.20-0
Toby Petersen · Jake Dowell · Tomas Vincour420:0547.860.40-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.8Expected goalsfrom 67 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.76 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 5.6% chance per attempt9th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.8Goals 2

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 31, 2012 @ SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:46
Feb 26, 2012 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:59
Feb 24, 2012 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:06
Feb 23, 2012 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:25
Feb 21, 2012 @ MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 09:33
Feb 12, 2012 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 06:16
Feb 9, 2012 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:11
Feb 7, 2012 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:58
Jan 21, 2012 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:22
Jan 20, 2012 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:23
Jan 17, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:16
Jan 16, 2012 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:17
Jan 14, 2012 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:04
Jan 12, 2012 @ LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:56
Jan 3, 2012 vs DET L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:48
Dec 29, 2011 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:54
Dec 26, 2011 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:48
Dec 19, 2011 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 06:13
Dec 16, 2011 @ NJD L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 06:29
Dec 3, 2011 vs NYI L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 08:46
Dec 1, 2011 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 10:39
Nov 28, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:23
Nov 26, 2011 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:02
Nov 25, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:15
Nov 23, 2011 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:21
Nov 21, 2011 vs EDM W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 09:07
Nov 19, 2011 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 09:34
Nov 18, 2011 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:17
Nov 15, 2011 vs FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 09:17
Nov 12, 2011 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:38
Nov 11, 2011 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:26
Nov 8, 2011 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:36
Nov 6, 2011 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:33
Nov 4, 2011 vs COL W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:08
Oct 25, 2011 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:42
Oct 22, 2011 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:07
Oct 15, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:03
Oct 13, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 03:47
Oct 7, 2011 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:10