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Rostislav Klesla

#16 · Defence · Phoenix Coyotes

Born Mar 21, 1982 in Novy Jicin, CZE · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 4th overall in 2000 by CBJ (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carlo Colaiacovo STL · 4 P in 25 GP Jean-Philippe Cote TBL · 4 P in 19 GP Mike Komisarek CAR · 4 P in 32 GP Peter Harrold NJD · 4 P in 33 GP Rasmus Ristolainen BUF · 4 P in 34 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

051015202000-01: 2 points200-012001-02: 16 points1601-022002-03: 16 points1602-032003-04: 13 points1303-042005-06: 19 points1905-062006-07: 22 points2206-072007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 8 points809-102010-11: 11 points1110-112011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 8 points812-132013-14: 4 points413-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2000-01 CBJ 8 2 0 2 -1 6 10 7 0.25
2001-02 CBJ 75 8 8 16 -6 74 102 83 0.21
2002-03 CBJ 72 2 14 16 -22 71 89 26 0.22
2003-04 CBJ 47 2 11 13 -16 27 74 38 0.28
2005-06 CBJ 51 6 13 19 -4 75 84 45 0.37
2006-07 CBJ 75 9 13 22 -13 105 159 113 0.29
2007-08 CBJ 82 6 12 18 7 60 130 107 0.22
2008-09 CBJ 34 1 8 9 2 38 30 59 0.26
2009-10 CBJ 26 2 6 8 -7 26 24 39 0.31
2010-11 CBJ 45 3 7 10 10 26 45 41 0.22
2010-11 PHX 16 1 0 1 -6 12 22 20 0.06
2011-12 PHX 65 3 10 13 13 54 87 112 0.20
2012-13 PHX 38 2 6 8 0 22 44 40 0.21 $2.975M
2013-14 PHX 25 1 3 4 -3 24 22 41 0.16 $2.975M
13 seasons Career 659 48 111 159 -46 620 922 771 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CBJ 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 13 0.25
2010-11 PHX 4 0 0 0 -2 7 7 12 0.00
2011-12 PHX 15 2 6 8 -2 4 24 37 0.53
3 seasons Playoffs 23 2 7 9 -4 11 34 62 0.39

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 1 3 4 -3 24 22 41 0.16 4.5 15:31

Contract

$2.975MCap hit2013-14
$744KCap dollars per point4 points in 25 games
$467KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.5MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.975M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2013-14 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacement501st of 672 skaters, 168th of 234 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 234 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-0.4 61st percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 47th percentilePower play0.0 71st percentilePenalty kill-0.2 27th percentilePenalties-0.5 54th 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.

-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

52.1Corsi for %334 attempts for, 307 against
+0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Expected goals for %11.4 expected for, 11.6 against
+0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.8Goals for %11 for, 12 against
98.9PDO6.0% shooting + 92.9% saves
40Attempts 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
Rostislav Klesla · Michael Stone14113:5250.948.03-3
Rostislav Klesla · David Schlemko10101:2755.654.95-4
Rostislav Klesla · David Rundblad433:0460.354.21-1
Rostislav Klesla · Zbynek Michalek621:1957.165.50-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt11th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected63rdOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.6

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 14, 2014 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:31
Jan 13, 2014 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:09
Jan 11, 2014 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 7 0 1 11:23
Jan 9, 2014 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:31
Jan 7, 2014 vs CGY W 6-0 0 0 0 2 5 2 1 14:36
Jan 4, 2014 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:53
Jan 2, 2014 vs CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:09
Dec 23, 2013 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 14:24
Dec 21, 2013 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:55
Dec 19, 2013 @ TOR L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:37
Nov 25, 2013 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:56
Nov 23, 2013 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12:53
Nov 21, 2013 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 16:32
Nov 14, 2013 @ CHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 24:41
Nov 12, 2013 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:35
Nov 9, 2013 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:32
Nov 6, 2013 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:08
Nov 5, 2013 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:37
Oct 24, 2013 @ LAK L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 01:04
Oct 22, 2013 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14:26
Oct 19, 2013 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:18
Oct 18, 2013 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 16:51
Oct 15, 2013 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 19:16
Oct 11, 2013 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 15:34
Oct 10, 2013 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:13