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Eric Godard

#28 · Right wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Mar 7, 1980 in Vernon, British Columbia, CAN · 6'4", 222 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

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

Blair Jones TBL · 3 P in 18 GP Andrew Desjardins SJS · 3 P in 17 GP Victor Oreskovich VAN · 3 P in 16 GP Chris Mueller NSH · 3 P in 15 GP Eric Tangradi PIT · 3 P in 15 GP

Career

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

012342002-03: 0 points002-032003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 4 points405-062006-07: 1 points106-072007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 3 points309-102010-11: 3 points310-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 NYI 19 0 0 0 -3 48 6 4 0.00
2003-04 NYI 31 0 1 1 -2 97 5 17 0.03
2005-06 NYI 59 2 2 4 -2 115 17 52 0.07
2006-07 CGY 19 0 1 1 0 50 3 9 0.05
2007-08 CGY 74 1 1 2 -8 171 14 36 0.03
2008-09 PIT 71 2 2 4 -3 171 20 37 0.06
2009-10 PIT 45 1 2 3 2 76 17 30 0.07
2010-11 PIT 19 0 3 3 4 105 1 19 0.16
8 seasons Career 337 6 12 18 -12 833 83 204 0.05

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 NYI 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0.50
2007-08 CGY 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 7 0 1 1 1 6 1 4 0.14

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 0 3 3 4 105 1 19 0.16 0.0 5:10

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.8

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

47.3Corsi for %71 attempts for, 79 against
-3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 2.6 against
+2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
83.3Goals for %5 for, 1 against
112.1PDO15.2% shooting + 97.0% saves
3Attempts 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
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Eric Godard826:0846.237.82-0
Arron Asham · Craig Adams · Eric Godard512:2057.940.80-0
Craig Adams · Eric Godard · Eric Tangradi36:2433.384.50-0
Craig Adams · Mike Comrie · Eric Godard16:0844.474.30-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.0Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.02 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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
Apr 10, 2011 @ ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 08:52
Apr 8, 2011 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 15 0 0 03:03
Feb 11, 2011 @ NYI L 3-9 0 0 0 -1 31 0 1 03:57
Feb 8, 2011 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 05:56
Feb 2, 2011 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 04:24
Feb 1, 2011 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:07
Dec 26, 2010 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:16
Dec 23, 2010 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:14
Dec 8, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 02:42
Dec 6, 2010 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:19
Dec 4, 2010 @ CBJ W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:21
Nov 29, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:34
Nov 22, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 05:21
Nov 10, 2010 vs BOS L 4-7 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 03:49
Nov 3, 2010 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 06:20
Oct 30, 2010 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:51
Oct 16, 2010 @ PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:24
Oct 15, 2010 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 02:24
Oct 13, 2010 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:24