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Nolan Yonkman

#40 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Apr 1, 1981 in Punnichy, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'6", 247 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 37th overall in 1999 by WSH (round 2)

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

Chad Ruhwedel BUF · 0 P in 7 GP Alexander Petrovic FLA · 0 P in 6 GP Chris Summers PHX · 0 P in 6 GP Mark Borowiecki OTT · 0 P in 6 GP Michal Jordan CAR · 0 P in 5 GP

Career

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

02462001-02: 1 points101-022003-04: 0 points003-042005-06: 7 points705-062010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 1 points113-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 WSH 11 1 0 1 3 4 7 30 0.09
2003-04 WSH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2005-06 WSH 38 0 7 7 1 86 14 41 0.18
2010-11 PHX 16 0 1 1 5 39 8 41 0.06
2011-12 FLA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2012-13 FLA 7 0 0 0 -1 11 4 12 0.00
2013-14 ANA 2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 7 0.50
7 seasons Career 76 1 9 10 7 140 36 131 0.13

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -1 11 4 12 0.00 0.0 9:46

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.5

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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

43.3Corsi for %45 attempts for, 59 against
-11.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.1Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 2.5 against
-22.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
101.7PDO10.5% shooting + 91.2% saves
8Attempts 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
Nolan Yonkman · Colby Robak756:2044.033.02-3
Filip Kuba · Nolan Yonkman33:3216.70.00-0
Nolan Yonkman · Erik Gudbranson32:5925.034.20-0
Brian Campbell · Nolan Yonkman32:4171.447.00-0

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt29th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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
Mar 14, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 11:54
Mar 12, 2013 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:10
Mar 10, 2013 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 07:40
Mar 8, 2013 vs WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 07:05
Mar 7, 2013 @ WSH L 1-7 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:03
Mar 5, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:24
Mar 3, 2013 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:07