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Mark Eaton

#4 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born May 6, 1977 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA · 6'1", 215 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Justin Falk MIN · 3 P in 22 GP Mike Mottau NYI · 3 P in 20 GP Brian Lee OTT · 3 P in 50 GP Marc-Andre Gragnani BUF · 3 P in 9 GP Nathan Oystrick STL · 3 P in 9 GP

Career

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

0510151999-00: 2 points299-002000-01: 11 points1100-012001-02: 8 points801-022002-03: 9 points902-032003-04: 13 points1303-042005-06: 4 points405-062006-07: 3 points306-072007-08: 3 points307-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 3 points310-112011-12: 4 points411-122012-13: 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
1999-00 PHI 27 1 1 2 1 8 25 21 0.07
2000-01 NSH 34 3 8 11 7 14 32 29 0.32
2001-02 NSH 58 3 5 8 -12 24 52 59 0.14
2002-03 NSH 50 2 7 9 1 22 52 14 0.18
2003-04 NSH 75 4 9 13 16 26 82 51 0.17
2005-06 NSH 69 3 1 4 -2 44 28 39 0.06
2006-07 PIT 35 0 3 3 -6 16 22 18 0.09
2007-08 PIT 36 0 3 3 6 4 28 17 0.08
2008-09 PIT 68 4 5 9 3 36 34 43 0.13
2009-10 PIT 79 3 13 16 5 26 65 27 0.20
2010-11 NYI 34 0 3 3 -2 8 29 30 0.09
2011-12 NYI 62 1 3 4 -17 10 44 53 0.06
2012-13 PIT 23 0 0 0 9 4 8 9 0.00
13 seasons Career 650 24 61 85 9 242 501 410 0.13

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 PHI 7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 0.00
2005-06 NSH 5 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 0.00
2006-07 PIT 5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00
2008-09 PIT 24 4 3 7 4 10 16 9 0.29
2009-10 PIT 13 0 3 3 -4 4 13 11 0.23
2012-13 PIT 8 0 3 3 2 0 6 3 0.38
6 seasons Playoffs 62 4 9 13 -1 22 43 33 0.21

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 0 3 3 -2 8 29 30 0.09 0.0 20:22

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+2.0Goals above replacement360th of 672 skaters, 103rd of 233 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-1.7 37th percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 78th percentilePower play-0.2 42nd percentilePenalty kill-0.6 12th percentilePenalties+0.8 95th 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. 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.

-2-10122010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

42.5Corsi for %413 attempts for, 558 against
-2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.3Expected goals for %18.4 expected for, 23.2 against
+2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.7Goals for %17 for, 21 against
99.9PDO8.0% shooting + 91.9% saves
54Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Mark Eaton · Radek Martinek27294:5342.246.710-12
Mark Eaton · James Wisniewski24112:4042.635.04-3
Mark Eaton · Milan Jurcina1466:5940.937.61-2
Mark Eaton · Bruno Gervais1022:5049.166.60-1

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
1.4Expected goalsfrom 45 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt47th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected22ndOne 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.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.4Goals 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
Jan 3, 2011 @ CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 22:53
Dec 31, 2010 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 27:56
Dec 29, 2010 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24:52
Dec 27, 2010 @ NYR L 2-7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22:04
Dec 26, 2010 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:57
Dec 23, 2010 @ NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:47
Dec 22, 2010 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:25
Dec 11, 2010 vs ATL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:28
Dec 9, 2010 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:37
Dec 5, 2010 vs PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:27
Dec 3, 2010 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:17
Dec 2, 2010 vs NYR L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 22:59
Nov 26, 2010 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 27:04
Nov 24, 2010 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:25
Nov 21, 2010 @ ATL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:11
Nov 20, 2010 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 20:34
Nov 17, 2010 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:33
Nov 13, 2010 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 24:04
Nov 11, 2010 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27:41
Nov 10, 2010 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:11
Nov 6, 2010 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:31
Nov 4, 2010 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:30
Nov 3, 2010 @ CAR L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:23
Oct 30, 2010 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:30
Oct 29, 2010 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:16
Oct 27, 2010 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:27
Oct 23, 2010 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:31
Oct 21, 2010 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:34
Oct 18, 2010 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:34
Oct 16, 2010 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:00
Oct 15, 2010 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:55
Oct 13, 2010 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:08
Oct 11, 2010 vs NYR W 6-4 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 19:42
Oct 9, 2010 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 18:49