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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tyler Myers BUF · 8 P in 39 GP Jamie McBain CAR · 8 P in 40 GP Luca Sbisa ANA · 8 P in 41 GP Michael Kostka TOR · 8 P in 35 GP Brendan Smith DET · 8 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 2 6 8 0 22 44 40 0.21 4.5 17:38

Contract

$2.975MCap hit2012-13
$372KCap dollars per point8 points in 38 games
$3.297MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement
$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacement373rd of 605 skaters, 120th of 208 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 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-0.6 48th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 68th percentilePower play0.0 74th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 30th percentilePenalties-1.2 15th 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

47.6Corsi for %512 attempts for, 563 against
-3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %20.0 expected for, 21.9 against
-0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.8Goals for %21 for, 22 against
100.7PDO7.7% shooting + 93.0% saves
93Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rostislav Klesla · Michael Stone27188:2250.848.49-7
Derek Morris · Rostislav Klesla23144:3848.745.84-5
Rostislav Klesla · Keith Yandle1581:3252.356.83-2
Rostislav Klesla · Oliver Ekman-Larsson1056:3038.743.31-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes46th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt37th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected55thOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.9

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 27, 2013 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 17:14
Apr 26, 2013 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:57
Apr 24, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:16
Apr 22, 2013 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:49
Apr 20, 2013 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 18:29
Apr 18, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:16
Apr 15, 2013 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:05
Apr 10, 2013 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:40
Apr 8, 2013 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:00
Apr 6, 2013 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:45
Apr 4, 2013 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 23:01
Apr 2, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:04
Mar 30, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:30
Mar 28, 2013 @ NSH W 7-4 0 4 4 2 4 0 1 19:26
Mar 27, 2013 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:20
Mar 25, 2013 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:42
Mar 21, 2013 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:55
Mar 19, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 13:50
Mar 18, 2013 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:28
Mar 16, 2013 @ CBJ L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:11
Mar 14, 2013 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:45
Mar 12, 2013 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 20:10
Mar 9, 2013 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:02
Mar 7, 2013 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:43
Mar 6, 2013 @ ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:40
Mar 4, 2013 vs ANA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:54
Mar 2, 2013 vs ANA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:34
Feb 28, 2013 vs MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 13:13
Feb 26, 2013 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:18
Feb 24, 2013 @ CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:05
Feb 23, 2013 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 20:06
Feb 18, 2013 vs CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:33
Feb 16, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 20:31
Feb 14, 2013 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:55
Feb 11, 2013 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:36
Feb 9, 2013 @ SJS W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 18:56
Jan 20, 2013 vs CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:11
Jan 19, 2013 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:40