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Sean Avery

#16 · Left wing · New York Rangers

Born Apr 10, 1980 in North York, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 195 lb · Shoots left

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.

Brett Sutter CAR · 3 P in 15 GP Evgenii Dadonov FLA · 3 P in 15 GP Linus Omark EDM · 3 P in 14 GP Zac Dalpe CAR · 3 P in 16 GP Matt Calvert CBJ · 3 P in 13 GP

Career

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

0102030402001-02: 4 points401-022002-03: 15 points1502-032003-04: 28 points2803-042005-06: 39 points3905-062006-07: 48 points4806-072007-08: 33 points3307-082008-09: 22 points2208-092009-10: 31 points3109-102010-11: 24 points2410-112011-12: 3 points311-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 DET 36 2 2 4 1 68 30 71 0.11
2002-03 DET 39 5 6 11 7 120 40 37 0.28
2002-03 LAK 12 1 3 4 0 33 19 25 0.33
2003-04 LAK 76 9 19 28 2 261 125 98 0.37
2005-06 LAK 75 15 24 39 -5 257 189 91 0.52
2006-07 LAK 55 10 18 28 -10 116 160 61 0.51
2006-07 NYR 29 8 12 20 11 58 89 49 0.69
2007-08 NYR 57 15 18 33 6 154 125 119 0.58
2008-09 DAL 23 3 7 10 2 77 49 44 0.43
2008-09 NYR 18 5 7 12 4 34 50 45 0.67
2009-10 NYR 69 11 20 31 0 160 139 145 0.45
2010-11 NYR 76 3 21 24 -4 174 137 115 0.32
2011-12 NYR 15 3 0 3 2 21 15 10 0.20
10 seasons Career 580 90 157 247 16 1533 1167 910 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 NYR 10 1 4 5 -3 27 42 30 0.50
2007-08 NYR 8 4 3 7 3 6 13 19 0.88
2008-09 NYR 6 0 2 2 -3 24 15 20 0.33
2010-11 NYR 4 0 1 1 -1 12 7 5 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 28 5 10 15 -4 69 77 74 0.54

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 3 0 3 2 21 15 10 0.20 20.0 7:01

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.3

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.

00.511.522.52010-112011-12Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %85 attempts for, 85 against
+4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Expected goals for %3.8 expected for, 3.7 against
-0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %4 for, 2 against
105.4PDO9.3% shooting + 96.1% saves
30Attempts 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
Sean Avery · Brandon Dubinsky · Brandon Prust935:4058.063.20-1
Sean Avery · Erik Christensen · Andre Deveaux415:2247.835.51-1
Ruslan Fedotenko · Sean Avery · Brian Boyle38:2231.345.51-0
Brad Richards · Ruslan Fedotenko · Sean Avery26:4750.039.41-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.86 expected goals per 60 minutes76th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt37th
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected70thOne 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.

0123Goals 3Expected 1.5

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
Dec 10, 2011 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:48
Dec 8, 2011 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:13
Dec 5, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:32
Dec 3, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:28
Dec 1, 2011 @ CAR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:37
Nov 29, 2011 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 05:03
Nov 26, 2011 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:33
Nov 25, 2011 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:38
Nov 23, 2011 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:07
Nov 19, 2011 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:36
Nov 15, 2011 @ NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 7 2 2 11:57
Nov 11, 2011 vs CAR W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 10:06
Nov 9, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 05:28
Nov 6, 2011 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:21
Nov 5, 2011 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:46