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Alexandre Giroux

#28 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jun 16, 1981 in Quebec City, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 208 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 213th overall in 1999 by OTT (round 7)

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.

Andre Deveaux NYR · 1 P in 9 GP Mika Zibanejad OTT · 1 P in 9 GP Nikita Filatov OTT · 1 P in 9 GP Ryan O'Marra ANA · 1 P in 9 GP Cody Almond MIN · 1 P in 10 GP

Career

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

012342005-06: 0 points005-062006-07: 4 points406-072008-09: 2 points208-092009-10: 3 points309-102010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 1 points111-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 NYR 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
2006-07 WSH 9 2 2 4 -4 2 11 4 0.44
2008-09 WSH 12 1 1 2 4 10 20 22 0.17
2009-10 WSH 9 1 2 3 3 4 17 14 0.33
2010-11 EDM 8 1 1 2 -2 2 13 16 0.25
2011-12 CBJ 9 1 0 1 -2 8 18 11 0.11
6 seasons Career 48 6 6 12 -2 26 79 67 0.25

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 1 0 1 -2 8 18 11 0.11 5.6 12:12

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.3Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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.

-0.500.512010-112011-12Goals 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

53.1Corsi for %86 attempts for, 76 against
+3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.1Expected goals for %3.6 expected for, 2.6 against
+6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %4 for, 4 against
97.4PDO7.1% shooting + 90.2% saves
22Attempts 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
Vinny Prospal · Alexandre Giroux · Antoine Vermette221:5672.172.81-1
Alexandre Giroux · Antoine Vermette · R.J. Umberger318:2240.032.71-2
Derek MacKenzie · Alexandre Giroux · Cody Bass313:3840.964.71-0
Alexandre Giroux · Derek Dorsett · Derick Brassard312:0037.518.80-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt41st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected49thOne 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.

00.51Expected 1.5Goals 1

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
Nov 3, 2011 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:07
Oct 30, 2011 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 06:10
Oct 29, 2011 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:41
Oct 27, 2011 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 14:04
Oct 25, 2011 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 06:40
Oct 22, 2011 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:34
Oct 21, 2011 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:36
Oct 18, 2011 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 18:59
Oct 15, 2011 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 14:55